Capitalism and Socialism: Case Study: Uber   This discussion assignment requires you to submit at least four posts: an initial post, two reply posts to fellow students in threads other than your own, and a revised post.       Prepare-3.png     Prepare: Your initial post in this discussion must be informed by the required […]

Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Virtue Ethics: Case Study: Starbucks   This discussion assignment requires you to submit at least four posts: an initial post, two reply posts to fellow students in threads other than your own, and a revised post in response to the professor’s feedback.   Prepare-4.png     Prepare: The initial post in this discussion […]

The Five Functions of Effective Management.   Address the following bullets, and provide an example company for each structure, with supporting rationale:   Provide an example of one company that should employ the simple structure organizational configuration.   Provide an example of one company that uses the machine bureaucracy form of structure.   Describe the […]

Complex ANOVAs, ANCOVAs, and MANOVAs    This week we will continue our discussion of ANOVAs to cover more than one independent variable, a covariate, or multiple dependent variables. We will learn how to analyze and interpret the results from a factorial ANOVA (more than one between-subjects or within-subjects independent variable), mixed-design ANOVA (combination of at […]

How do firms contribute to the efficiency of the market economy in ways that networks of independent contractors do not? Use your organization, or one with which you are familiar, to illustrate your response.

Find the flaw in the following argument made by a business analyst: “A technological innovation that lowers the cost of producing a good seems at first to result in a reduction in the price of the good to consumers. But a fall in price will increase demand for the good thus sending the price up […]

Identify the components of the GDP formula (expenditure approach). Explain how the current COVID-19 pandemic will affect said components and therefore affect GDP (are the components increasing/decreasing?). Lastly, why are these components affected? Example: Think about what is happening to households and firms and how it changes their relationship for each other. What is the […]

This little podcast was on WNYC’s Marketplace and discusses the rising price of ventilators – current price is $25,000!   States and FEMA are separately competing for ventilators, which is driving prices up to roughly $25,000 each. Today, we look at the market forces at work…   Link to the podcast: respirator_prices Note – just […]

Oil Company X is a large oil refinery which has been expanding and taking on new investment projects. Recently, they have considered building a pipeline that stretches across the United States, from Canada to New Orleans.   The Board is in the process of hiring a new CEO for the firm. They are concerned about […]

Design your own token economy system. You will create a PowerPoint presentation that includes the following components of your system and upload it to your post:   The tokens you will use (with visuals of what they will look like) The target behaviors and rules for successful task completion How you will make your system […]