Critical Thinking Essay: Decision-Making and HR Selection

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I need your help for writing essay (6 pages not including the cover page and references page)

  The topic as below:

For this assignment, you will apply decision-making to the process of  international human resource management as you determine which of the  four final applicants to hire into a global executive position. 

You are a member of the management committee  of a MNE that conducts business in 23 countries. While your company’s  headquarters is located in the Netherlands, your regional offices are  located fairly evenly throughout the four hemispheres. Primary markets  have been in the European Union and North America; the strongest  emerging market is the Pacific Rim. Company executives would like to  develop what they see as a powerful potential market in the Middle East.  Sales in all areas except the Pacific Rim have shown slow growth over  the past two years.

At present, your company is seeking to  restructure and revitalize its worldwide marketing efforts. To  accomplish this, you have determined that you need to hire a key  marketing person to introduce fresh ideas and a new perspective. There  is no one currently in your company who is qualified to do this, and so  you have decided to look outside. 

The job title is “Vice President for Global  Marketing”; an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000, plus elaborate  benefits, an unlimited expense account, a car, and the use of the  corporate jet. The person you hire will be based at the company’s  headquarters in the Netherlands and will travel frequently.

A lengthy search has turned up four people  with good potential. It is now up to you to decide whom to hire.  Although all the applicants have expressed a sincere interest in the  position, it is possible that they may change their minds once the job  is offered. Therefore, you must rank them in order of preference so that  if your first choice declines the position, you can go on to the  second, and so on.

First, read the biographies of each applicant. As you are doing  this, rank each of them from 1 to 4, with 1 being your first choice, and  explain your reasons for their ranking.

For your essay this week, respond to the following questions using the decisions you have made with your rankings.

  1. The first section of your paper should be an overview of your rankings and reasons for your decisions.
  2. Did your decision include any culturally  based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or  politics in your rankings?
  3. Did you make any observations that you feel  would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not  accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.
  4. What implications do you believe any of the  applicant’s cultural differences would have in business dealings? In  what countries or cultures?
  5. What expatriate adjustments for the candidate need to be considered? How will the company handle these?
  6. Explain the decision-making process you used to make your decisions.

Park L.

Park L. is currently senior vice president for  marketing at a major South Korean high-technology firm. You have been  told by the head of your Seoul office that his reputation as an expert  in international marketing is outstanding. The market share of his  company’s products has consistently increased since he joined the  company just over 15 years ago. His company’s market share is now well  ahead of that of competing producers in the Pacific Rim.

Park graduated from the University of Seoul  and has worked his way up through the ranks. He does not have a graduate  degree. In addition to his native tongue, Park is able to carry on a  reasonably fluent conversation in English and has a minimal working  knowledge of German and French.

Saya K.

Saya K. is a woman living in Malaysia. She  began her teaching career while finishing her DBA (Doctorate in Business  Administration) at the Harvard Business School and published her first  book on international marketing ten months after graduation. Her  doctoral dissertation was based on the international marketing of  pharmaceuticals, but she has also done research and published on other  areas of international marketing.

Two months after the publication of her book,  Saya went to work in the international marketing department of a Fortune  500 company, where she stayed for the next ten years. She returned to  teaching when Maura University offered her a full professorship with  tenure, and she has been there since that time. In addition, she has an  active consulting practice throughout Southeast Asia. In addition to  fluency in Malay, English, and Japanese, Saya speaks and writes German  and Spanish and can converse in Mandarin.

Peter V.

Peter had worked in a key position in the  international marketing division of a US Fortune 100 company until the  company pulled out of his country South Africa eight months ago. Peter  has a long list of accomplishments and is widely recognized as  outstanding in his field. 

Peter has a PhD in computer science from a  leading South African university and an MBA from Purdue’s Krannert  School of Business.

Peter speaks and reads English, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Swahili and can converse in German.

Joe P.

Joe is currently job hunting. His former job  as head of marketing for a single-product, high-technology firm—highly  specialized workstations for sophisticated artificial intelligence  applications—ended when the company was bought out by Texas Instruments.

Joe has both his undergraduate and MBA degrees  from Stanford University. In addition, he was a Rhodes Scholar and won a  Fulbright scholarship, which he used to support himself while he  undertook a two-year research project on the marketing of  high-technology equipment to Third World countries. In addition to his  native English, Joe has a minimal command of French—which he admits he  hasn’t used since his college days. 

  • Directions:– 
  • – Write an essay that  includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s    body, and a  conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s    guide questions. 
  • – Do not address the questions using a   question-and-answer format.    
  • –  Charts/diagrams should be labeled and can be added within the body of your paper.  
  •  – APA style should be used   
  • – Font will be: Times roman 12, and double space should be between  lines    
  • -At least 3-4 scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles will be  used as references (including the below two). 

Needs Assessment Surveys

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Human and social services professionals are both consumers and producers of research. While having a thorough understanding of the meaning of research for professional practice is essential, it is also important for you to have a basic understanding of how to conduct research. Surveys can be one form of research used for all areas of your practice, but they are especially useful in needs assessment. You can use surveys to determine unmet client needs or the degree to which clients are satisfied with your current services. They may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular program offered by a school, hospital, organization, or agency.

For this Application, you develop a survey instrument and describe your procedures for analyzing the data. These experiences will help you to develop a foundational knowledge of survey methodology.

To Prepare

Imagine that you are creating a needs assessment for the professional issue or interest you identified in this week’s Discussion. Develop an operational definition for the construct you will need to measure (e.g., “job satisfaction”). Then, construct a 10-item survey to measure this construct. Your survey questions should be measurable and based on one of the designs in the Learning Resources (i.e., Likert scale, indexes, etc.).

The Assignment (2–3 pages):

Submit your 10-item survey and a brief explanation of the survey design used to construct it. Be sure to include the operationalized definition of the construct you wish to measure. Briefly explain your rationale for including the items and describe how you would collect and analyze data from the survey. Finally, explain at least one challenge in constructing a survey of this nature. Be specific and provide examples.

 

Babbie, E. (2016). The basics of social research (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage. 

  • Chapter 5, “Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement” (pp. 125–158)
  • Chapter 6, “Indexes, Scales, and Typologies” (pp. 159–189)
  • Chapter 7, “The Logic of Sampling” (pp. 190–231)
  • Chapter 9, “Survey Research” (pp. 254–294)

ASSIGNMENT #1 FEBRUARY 2021 201CDE ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (ADE)

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1. The objective of simulation is to verify and optimize the design.

Simulation can idealize a circuit. The objective of measurement is

to experimentally confirm the specifications. Measurements must

consider all non-idealities.

a. Describe completely the definition of the Common

Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR) of an operational

amplifier. Recommend a circuit to measure the CMRR.

Use MULTISIM to conduct the measurements of

CMRR. Provide the plot of the CMRR (in dB) versus

Frequency (Hz) to prove the efficacy of the OPAMP.

(15 Marks)

b. What do you understand by the term “slew rate” of an

operational amplifier? Recommend a circuit to

measure this parameter and provide complete

measurement of this parameter using the MULTISIM

environment.

(15 Marks)

 

2. Design an operational amplifier circuit that performs the

mathematical operation of integration with respect to time; that is,

its output voltage is proportional to the input voltage integrated

over time..

(5 Marks)

a. Explain fully the operation of the circuit and derive its    

input/output characteristic equation.

(10 Marks)

b. Using MULTISIM show the performance of the circuit

when the input was impressed with the following

waveforms.

i. Square Wave

ii. Triangular Wave

iii. Sine Wave

(10 Marks)

c. Show that if the input is a sine wave of varying

frequency the OPAMP integrator performs like an

active low-pass filter.

(5 Marks)

3. An oscillator is the basic element of all AC signal sources and

generates sinusoidal signals of known frequency and amplitude.

It is one of the basic and useful instruments used in electrical

and electronic measurement. Oscillators are used in many

electronics circuits and systems providing the central clock

signal that controls the sequential operation of the entire

system. 

a. Describe the operation of an OPAMP-based oscillator

using the concept of a basic oscillator feedback

circuit. Your description must include all pertinent

equations relating the overall closed loop gain and

the open-loop and feedback gain

(10 Marks)

b. Figure 1 shows the complete schematic diagram of a

variable frequency COLPITTS Oscillator. Use the

MULTISIM platform to simulate the operation of this

oscillator as you vary the values of the inductor, ????,

from 1???????? to 62????????. What is the gain of the oscillator?

(3 Marks)

i. Tabulate the output frequencies versus the

various inductor values.

(7 Marks)

ii. Show the output waveforms as displayed on

the oscilloscope for ten selected

frequencies.

(10 Marks)

iii. Show the output waveforms as displayed on

the spectrum analyzer of the output

amplitude versus frequency.

 (10 Marks)

Figure 1: Complete schematic diagram of a COLPITTS Oscillator (Diagram in PDF)

Module 4: Assignment N495

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Physical Activity Resource Brochure

After reading the websites cited in the Overview and your peer’s Discussion posts develop a one-page Physical Activity Resource Brochure/infographic. Imagine that your peers all live in the same general location. Research one fun and unusual but accessible activity that will meet the physical activity goals of you and your peers.

Remember to search for activities on Living Social, Groupon, Department of Recreation and Parks brochures, club and meetings sections of the newspaper, bulletin boards in your favorite neighborhood coffee shop or grocery store, etc. Develop a one-page infographic as the brochure which offers information on:

  • a      description of the activity
  • cost
  • when      and where
  • website      or copy of the listing location

The activity should be described as above noted with the addition of photos or graphics to enhance the brochure. Pictures and graphics are required.

You may submit your brochure/infographic in PowerPoint, PDF, Word or Microsoft Publisher format. View websites on how to create an 8 X 11.5 color infographic (one-page Word or pdf. document), but do not purchase formatting options. 

Assignment Expectations:

Length: One-page

Structure: One-page colored infographic/brochure

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions.  A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment. Citations on infographic where used, references at the bottom of infographic.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Human Computer Interface (HCI) ASSIGNMENT 3

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Human Computer Interface (HCI)

Everything we touch that is electronic has a Human to Computer Interface (HCI). Some companies put a lot of effort into the user experience; some, not so much. Some are very complex with enormous functionality (computer operating systems and smartphones) and some are much simpler (ATMs, gas station pumps, lottery ticket machines, movie dispensing machines).

For this assignment, choose either a simple interface (one with a few options) or a singular function of a more complex item (like a singular function of your smartphone, such as to create and send an email). Remember that there are several options for many of these. Visit the interface that you chose.

Note: Keep your selection to something simple, as you will find there are many options even in a simple task.

Write a paper in which you address the following:

  1. Research history and background of the HCI (just a few of paragraphs).
  2. From your chosen HCI, describe all the steps and options that are available to use and complete the task. 
  3. Build an Activity Diagram such as those on pages 138 Figure 5-5 and 139 Figure 5-6 of the textbook. Use Visio, MS Word, or your choice of program that can create an activity diagram. You need to create the diagram, not take one from the internet. 
  4. Reflect on the experience. Do you feel the process you chose was well designed? Do you think it can be improved?
  5. Use at least two quality resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

  • Include charts or diagrams created in Visio, Word, or an open source alternative to create the diagram. The completed diagrams or charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Evaluate the efficacy of the design of a human computer interface.

Touch stone 3

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Directions

  1. Think about a persuasive speech that you would like to present on a topic of your choice. The speech can be for any context and any length, but it must be persuasive.
  2. See the list of example speech occasions and purposes for inspiration, if needed.
  3. Plan your speech, considering what your introduction, main points, and conclusion will include.
  4. Organize your speech, following the structure of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Your speech should include an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction should contain your key message. The body should cover your main topics and support to back up your main points. Make sure that all support is relevant and from credible sources. Your conclusion should summarize your main points and provide a call to action.
  5. Create notes or bullet points that you can refer to while presenting your speech.
  6. Practice presenting your speech. Aim for a speech that is 3 to 5 minutes in length.
  7. Before filming, review the rubric to ensure that you understand how you will be evaluated.
  8. Film yourself presenting the speech. Be sure that you can be easily seen and heard, and direct your speech to the camera.
  9. Review your video to ensure that you can be seen and heard. Refilm as needed.
  10. Review the checklist and requirements to ensure that your Touchstone is complete.
  11. Upload your video using the blue button at the top of this page.

Touchstone Support Videos

Organizing your Persuasive Speech
Persuading your Audience
Choosing the Right Language
Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety

Speech Occasions

Personal

  • Product recommendation

Academic

  • Presenting academic work (argumentative paper, research, or report)
  • Academic speech and debate

Community

  • Speech at a community gathering (PTA meeting, boy/girl scout convention, town hall, homeowner’s association, athletic league, school board meeting, etc.)
  • Community action speech (asking for something, promoting a policy, etc.)
  • Political speech (on behalf of a candidate, yourself as candidate, etc.)

Business

  • Presenting to colleagues or peers (pitching ideas, etc.)
  • Presenting to superiors (project proposal)
  • Convention presentation (pitching new products, rally speech, teachable moments, etc.)

Submission checklist

_ I have selected a speech purpose that is persuasive.
_ My speech follows the structure of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence.
_ My speech has an introduction, body, and conclusion.
_ The introduction includes my key message (thesis).
_ The body includes my main points and support.
_ I have selected sources that are credible and support that is relevant.
_ I have used language that is appropriate to my audience.
_ The conclusion summarizes my main points and includes a call to action.
_ I have filmed a video of myself presenting my speech.
_ The video of my speech is 3 to 5 minutes in length.
_ I have reviewed the video and I can be easily heard and seen.
_ I have adhered to all of the requirements.
_ I have read through the rubric and I understand how my Touchstone will be evaluated.

Requirements

  • All video content must be appropriate for an academic context
  • Speech must be original and written for this assignment; plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited
  • Video is 3 to 5 minutes in length
  • Your video submission should include your name and the date

10 slide powerpoint needed in 18 hours

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the company is 3M

  1. You are also required to prepare a brief PowerPoint file of no more than 10 slides (do not exceed) for the SEC-10K Report.
  2. Make sure you include a reference list in APA format. (does not count toward 10 slide total – should be the final slide)

PowerPoint Presentation

  1. You are also required to prepare a brief PowerPoint draft and post it to Peer Review of SEC 10K Project: Post Your Draft. Please use the PowerPoint Slide Notes (located below the slide itself – not on the slide itself) to “say” what you would say if you were in the classroom giving the presentation to the class.  The notes section is the place to explain your numbers, discuss the analysis, relate the weekly learning activities from the homework/reading material to the SEC 10k project, and say anything else about the company you came across that you think is valuable for this project. Your presentation in the notes section should be on each slide including the introduction slide. Notes are not required for the reference page slide as it is not included in the slide count.

paper:

Report Layout

  1. Write a 2- to 3-page ( a full page typically has at least 500 words) report, single spaced, one-inch margins, 12-point font, with a double space between paragraphs.
  2. Please keep your report to no more than 4 pages.
  3. Page count does NOT include title page, tables and exhibits, table of contents, and reference list.
  4. Include a title page (include your name on the title page). Use headings in your report such as Accounts Receivable and Inventory (topics from the textbook); other examples would be Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
  5. Include a brief introduction of your company as well as a conclusion/summary at the end. The bulk of your report should cover the accounting topics in Weeks 1 through 5. (Course material from the class as well as the discussion postings. Consider using definitions of Assets, Liabilities, Equities, Gross Profit, Gross Profit Percentage, etc to help explain what the amounts mean and why they are important.)
  6. You will also be required to include the Income Statement and Balance Sheet as an attachment to your report. You can cut and paste directly from the SEC 10-K Report for these. (Only the Income Statement and Balance Sheet should be copy/pasted from the financial statements as an exhibit at the end of the report. All paragraphs and writing should be in your own words.) These are considered attachments and are not part of the required page count for the report.
  7. All graphs, tables, or charts you wish to include in the report should be included as an exhibit at the end of the paper. These should not be inside the paragraphs. These are considered attachments and are not part of the required page count for the report.
  8. APA style is required for citations and a reference list. Include in text citations. The reference list is the most important. If you are unsure of APA style you can use the PurdueOwl website or the UMUC websites for assistance.
  9. Your report should use one-inch margins on the left, right, top, and bottom of each page, and font set at 12 point.

Resources

  1. Visit the Accounting Toolbox in the Course Content > Course Resources of the ACCT 220 LEO classroom. The Accounting Toolbox is a constant resource in our UMUC undergraduate accounting courses.
  2. Links and explanations to assist you with this report may appear in this resource.
  3. Additional information will be posted on SEC Project: Request a Corporation to Study posting . 

need sunday 7pm

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Imagine that you own each of the following businesses:

Tinker’s Home Security Service (sole proprietorship)
Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (general partnership)
Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (LP)
Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, Inc. (corporation)
Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, LLC (LLC)

  • The businesses are being sued for breach of contract. Create a matrix that lists each business, and compare and contrast your personal liability exposure as an owner as a result of the lawsuit.
  • For each business entity, analyze how you might limit your liability exposure as an owner.
  • Describe a business that you may own some day or that you currently own. (Even if you never plan to own a business, pretend as if you will do so for the purposes of this assignment.) Examine the best business organizational form for the business that you have described, including in your examination personal liability exposure, management, taxation, and ease of formation.

Submit a four- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and you must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Benchmark – Humanities Comprehensive Assessment Plan

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Need someone to complete a benchmark assignment by 1130pm 5/26/2021 Eastern Time. 

 

Assessing student learning is a vital part of the instructional process. The learning from each lesson must be assessed and the data used to inform future instruction.

Based on the lesson plan you developed in Topic 4, create a Comprehensive Assessment Plan using the “Humanities Comprehensive Assessment Plan Template.” The plan must include a formative assessment and a summative assessment, as well as remediation and reassessment procedures.

Formative Assessments

Create a formative assessment of 3-5 questions that could appear in this lesson. The formative assessments must:

  • Provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in different ways
  • Align with the selected content standard and the learning objective
  • Describe potential bias, and how you could minimize it
  • Describe how feedback will be provided to students

Summative Assessment

Create an 8-12 item summative assessment that could follow the lesson. Assessment must:

  • Provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in different ways
  • Align with the selected content standard and the learning objective
  • Describe a potential bias, and how you could minimize it
  • Describe how feedback will be provided to students

Remediation and Reassessment

For students who do not meet the minimum standards, remediation and reassessment is necessary. While this may not have any effect on the student’s grade, it is best practice for teachers to provide intervention and reassessment for students to have the opportunity to meet the standards.

Describe a remediation activity that would assist a student in meeting the standards. Explain how you would reassess to check for mastery of content.

While APA format is not required for this assignment, solid academic writing is expected. In-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines

Economics Discussions

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 Please reply to each of the following prompts separately with two paragraphs of six sentences each.

Discussion for Chapter 21: One of the most important economic indicators is GDP. This is discussed briefly in the text but because of its importance we need to take a closer look at this valuable concept. For this discussion research the various aspects of the economy that comprise the GDP, choose two, and explain how you think the change(s) in these aspects of GDP over the past five years has impacted or been involved in our current economic situation. This will require outside research so be sure to cite your sources. Also be sure to reply to at least two other postings.

Discussion for Chapter 22: The CPI measures the cost of living for a typical urban household. However, according to many researchers, the elderly are rarely, if ever, “typical.” Prices of health care, medications, and other items that are overrepresented in the budgets of the elderly continue to rise. There has been discussions about preparing a new “weighted” CPI just for the elderly.

Discussion question: Should there be a special version of the CPI for the elderly? What about for the poor who are collecting food stamps or help for children? Be sure to use sound reasoning and, preferably, facts and statistics to support your argument (cite your sources).

Discussion for Chapter 23: Equilibrium is an important concept in economics. Almost all of the studies and research conducted are based on determining the equilibrium of all the various aspects of the aggregate and individual economies. Explain what the term equilibrium means to you from an economic standpoint and why it is so important. Keep in mind that the definition offered in micro economics is not the same as in macroeconomics. Be sure to explain the difference(s). You may need to use outside sources (from the Internet). Cite the sources that you utilize. Also, offer one or two instances of how you personally attempt to achieve equilibrium in your own life.

Discussion for Chapter 24: There has been a plethora of discussions concerning what course(s) of action the federal government should take to: a) improve the economy, and b) decrease our national debt. For this discussion you need to take a good look at these issues and discuss how government policy can improve the economy and whether or not decreasing our national debt at this time will help or hurt our economy. And then answer this question: Can the government improve the economy and decrease our debt at the same time? If so, how? If not, why not? Be sure to base your response on sound economic principles and support your argument with reliable facts and/or statistics and cite your sources. Your opinion is not acceptable for this discussion.

Discussion for Chapter 25: An aura of mystery surrounds the use of gold and silver as money for long periods of history. What is so special about these two metals? The answer is not mysterious at all. Money must have certain properties to function well as a medium of exchange. One type of money is replaced by another when the newer money fulfills these properties better than the old.

The six properties that a “good” medium of exchange must possess are:   1. Verifiable at low cost (people must be able to distinguish real money from counterfeit money at low cost). Discuss the redesign of U.S. paper currency. Also discuss the original meaning of “debasing the currency.” When gold was money and a king wanted to fight a war, he would sometimes order the royal treasurer to melt all the gold, add 10 percent lead and recast the debased gold into coins.  2. Portable (people must be able to carry it around conveniently). Paper money works better than gold or silver in many respects. 3. Divisible (people must be able to make change). Again, this can be a problem with gold and silver coins. 4. Durable (money shouldn’t wear excessively). This is a problem with gold because very pure gold flakes easily. 5.  Available in sufficient supply (to avoid the need for barter). In the era of “free coinage” in the United States, the main determinant of the money supply was the location and timing of the most recent gold strike. 6. Have a stable purchasing power. Gold and silver do not have a stable purchasing power because their price changes with changes in supply and demand.

For centuries, gold and silver coins satisfied these conditions better than any other alternative; hence, their popularity as money. Fiat money, however, also satisfies these conditions quite well.

For this discussion forum, suggest some form of currencies that you would prefer other than the paper money and coins that we use today.  For the purpose of this discussion, just consider whether or not the item(s) meet the criteria for good currency. This is the opportunity to have some fun. For instance, jelly beans fit most of the criteria for good currency. Also, as part of the discussion, access the discussion of other students and offer some problems that might erupt if we decided to utilize their currency ideas. For instance, why don’t we use jelly beans for currency?  

Discussion for Chapter 26: As we have learned (or should have learned), the Federal Reserve is the organization that determines monetary policy in the United States. For this discussion research past Chairmen of this organization, choose one and discuss their history, policies and their ultimate impact on the economy.

Discussion for Chapter 27: In the United States (and many other developed countries), the link between budget deficits and the money supply is complex. In the United States, if the Treasury spends more than it collects in tax revenue, it must finance the resulting deficit by borrowing funds from the public, which it does by selling U.S. government bonds. As you learned in Chapter 23, only the Federal Reserve can create money. The Fed is not part of the U.S. government. The fact that the government is operating with a deficit does not necessarily mean that the Fed will choose to increase the money supply. However, the Fed may very well be pressured to increase the money supply in response to a budget deficit. Whether this pressure will be effective depends on the strength and independence of the Fed chairman. Hence, there may sometimes be an indirect link between the U.S. budget deficit and money creation. The discussion question for this chapter is this: Should the Fed increase the money supply during this recession, what are some of the trade-offs that could be associated with this move, and what would be some possible consequences?

Discussion for Chapter 28: Many of you do not know that businesses employ quite a few economists. One source for information about the various roles these economists play is the National Association for Business Economics (NABE, http://www.nabe.com). Among other activities, NABE members can join one (or more) roundtable groups. A list is available at http://www.nabe.com/rt/index.html. For this discussion, access both these sites and look for some of the interesting jobs economists hold. Choose two that you might be interested in pursuing and explain what it is and why you might be interested in that field. To get the full scope of possibilities, you will need to read everyone’s post.

Discussion for Chapter 29: At the end of the presentation and notes for this chapter there is a section that discusses the pros and cons of government deficits. Choose a side (pro or con) and argue your reasoning for choosing that stance. Use sound economic concepts/theories when answering (not your opinion). You may need to use outside sources to develop your argument. If so, cite your sources.

Discussion for Chapter 30: This chapter talks about “animal spirits.” Keynes concluded that much investment activity depends on psychology, what he called “animal spirits.” Animal spirits of entrepreneurs is a term coined by Keynes to describe investors’ feelings. Today we call “animal spirits” by their correct name–expectations of future profits and the expected future interest rates. If we expand this definition to include all expectations of our total economic future on a personal level, then what would be your “animal spirits?” In other words, what do you foresee economically in your future?

Discussion for Chapter 31: This chapter discusses growth. Growth brings change. New products are produced while others become obsolete. A terrific example is the personal computer industry. Today external data are mainly stored on CDs and flash memory sticks. Not so long ago the 3-1/2-inch disk was standard. Before that 5-1/4-inch disks were used. Even earlier 8-inch floppy disks were the only disk storage medium available. Today data stored on an 8-inch floppy is virtually unreadable. When a product becomes obsolete, it may have important implications for the future. Think of at least one other product or service that has experienced similar change/growth processes over the years. Everyone should try to choose a different product or service if possible (there are many).

Discussion for Chapter 33: One of the many items mentioned in the last presidential campaign was the problem of outsourcing jobs overseas. President-elect Trump vowed to raise and impose tariffs on imported goods in an effort to bring jobs back to the United States. Discuss here this strategy and whether or not this can be successful and the possible consequences if there are any. Support your argument and, as always, respond to at least two other postings.

Discussion for Chapter 35: For this discussion consider everything that you have learned in this chapter, and throughout the course, and discuss what you believe needs to be done to aid development in the non-developed countries around the world. Use sound economic principles in your discussion. You may choose a specific country to make your discussion more accurate.