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 […]

Watch Dan Pink and respond to the following:   1. When are extrinsic rewards most effective? 2. When do extrinsic rewards serve to inhibit achievement? 3. What are the three elements of intrinsic motivation? 4. Did this TED talk challenge any of your assumptions or made you think differently about motivation?   Must watch the […]

FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU WILL CREATE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON A TOPIC THAT YOU SELECTED LAST WEEK FROM THE LIST BELOW, AND NARROWED TO LOOK AT A SPECIFIC PROBLEM.   General topic areas (choose one):   Motivation and performance in the workplace.   Motivation and performance in education.   Motivation and performance in sports.   […]

What market structure best describes the environment within which your organization operates? What challenges and opportunities would arise from higher and lower degrees of government intervention? Provide a rationale to support your selected market structure.

Opportunity cost of your resource is defined as “the value associated with the next best use of that resource (which you must give up).” Decisions you make should reflect your opportunity cost, and not just your out-of-pocket costs. For example, if you decide to spend two hours of your time watching TV, the opportunity cost […]

In 2002 a U.S. court of appeals imposed remedies relating to a lower court’s findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating system and had maintained its monopoly through illegal actions.   At the U.S. Justice Department’s Web site, www.usdoj.gov,   Click on the Agencies on the top of the window,   […]

You are the HR director of training and development of a startup organization. You have just attended a “future leadership” meeting regarding the need to establish a training program to develop, train, and promote current employees, managers, and supervisors with effective managerial and leadership techniques. During the meeting, upper management decided to implement an incentive […]

1. Pick a company that has been affected by the virus outbreak.   2. The company must have a market capitalization of less than $100 billion. Market cap can be found on Yahoo Finance (Links to an external site.) (Clearly Microsoft should not be selected).   3. Illustrate the recent stock movement of the firm […]