Investing in European Union Introduction International investments involve venturing into businesses outside the domestic markets (Vernon, 2015). It helps in minimizing risks and offers opportunities for diversification. Also, it allows investors to capitalize on emerging markets and avoiding domestic economic stress. Furthermore, it will enable investors to expand their return horizons. Before one invests in any given project, the risk management process is critical to make the best investment option. The investor must weigh the returns of such plans or investments against the expected risks. The higher the risks, the better the returns. Another critical item is legal compliance to both international and host country’s legalities (Dolzer & Schreuer, 2012). Financial instruments are commercial contracts that result in a financial asset to one entity and financial liability to another body (Pilbeam, 2018). They can be either in cash or derivative form. Cash instruments include securities, loans, and deposits, while derivative instruments include forwards, options, futures, and swaps. Financial hedging investment entails counteracting potential profits and losses that may be incurred by the investing company. Financial instruments such as forward contracts,…

Article Critique on sustainable travel Who is the intended audience? How can you tell? Did it meet the needs of its intended audience? How can you tell? The article targets travelers who move from one place to another. The start of the article explains briefly the ways an individual can use to become an eco-friendly traveler. It underpins that traveling has become an international problem causing environmental harm to tourist attractions due to overcrowding. Therefore, the article is purposely to inform aspiring travelers about the best principles to create an ecofriendly place. It is easy to tell the target audience because of the information the article provides, starting from past statistics and evidence pertaining to international travel destinations. Also, the article is specifically on providing recommendations for travelers on the best destinations they should consider rather than others to establish eco-friendly environments wherever they go. The article did not meet the needs of the audience in various ways. First, the article did not provide guidelines for travelers who desire to travel in places never explored in the world. At least…

Patrick Hemmingway Your family heard that you are doing a class on the African diaspora and ask you to say what you hope to learn in the course. The assignment is interpretive and should include your opinion as well as evidence from other sources. The study of African diaspora class will breed in different aspect of diversity. It will help build up appropriate skills that cannot be acquired locally. However, the aspect of the African diaspora is not limited to people having African descent. But people with other descents can also be related with such as historians who have adverse knowledge of the language. For example, the Jewish diaspora, which is widely studied have ancient roots starting two thousand years ago. This means that a particular ascent can be accepted and studied for many generations that follow. Therefore, the study of the African diaspora is essential in understanding different issues related to Africans. Africa being a diverse continent, it is important to learn about their cultures, origins, and other key elements that the society considers in one way or the…

Actual exploited risks Actual exploited risks are the real threats that are examined after invading the systems. The assessment experts are able to measure their intensity of impacts at a certain percentage level. In the chapter, the case study examined risks that access user systems through messages and attachments send through personal email. Sharing of outlook when reading a mail can facilitate the spread of viruses that may be present in the send attachment, therefore, it is advisable to use personal outlook to reduce the chances of vulnerabilities getting visibility to the entire user website. Simple mail sends protocol (SMSP) is used to show the channel that a mail should follow to run from the sender to the receiver. It controls interference of the message on transit from colliding with other attachments that may infect threats in it. Incase of mail traffic, the protocol box stores the message for a while to give way for already transferred mails to reach their destination hence reducing the chances of message breach before reaching the intended receiver. The use technology reduces risk exploitation…

Socrates paper Summarize some of the key ideas of the Sophists. Sophists were public speakers, orators, and hired for their skilled speaking in an orally oriented culture (Rankin, 2014). This gift, they used to arouse many individuals’ ire. They only cared about winning lawsuits, debates, and contests while they charged fees to teach others to be like them. No paperwork was available at this time; thus, the best-presented case orally would win. Their values were winning, and nothing else. The tales would be used for selfish reasons. They were cynical about traditions, and religious beliefs were relativists and secular atheists (Rankin, 2014). To them, no end justified the means. At all costs, they would get what they desired. They focused on the art of persuasion and not the discovery of truth. Identify and draw parallels with professionals in our world today who seem to embody the spirit of the Sophists. Modern-day lawyers and politicians can compare to the Greek sophists. They are worried about convincing others of what they say and not the truth. Politicians convince the public of their…

PMO, Project Management Standards and Metrics The Project Management Office (PMO) is an organization’s independent department responsible for managing, coordinating, and overlooking projects in a company (Tran, 2015). It can either be found at the organizational or enterprise level, where the PMO runs specific departments. It is an organization’s constant part, and when finished with a project, its attention is given towards internal projects. The PMO has different roles from the development of project standards and strategies to supporting and overseeing projects (Tran, 2015). Most importantly, it is responsible for ensuring quality project management through constant assessment and basing their decisions on past experiences, so that project performance is improved. PMOs are found in an Information Technology organization of a manufacturing Fortune 500 company. PMOs are set at different sectors, such as IT human resources, strategic programs, and initiatives at the program level. The organization then comes up with a division of technical structure for services such as web hosting. As aforementioned, PMO is entrusted with the duty to formulate standards. Project management standards are a document approved and established…

Introduction to Managerial Decision Making Steps in managerial decision making. The decision-making process involves five steps. They include: Defining the objective- this stage involves establishing the organizational objectives and finding out how the decision affects its goals. Defining the problem- This stage involves identifying the actual problem which requires a decision to be made. Exploring alternatives- at this stage, all possible solutions are explored. The organization draws a set of solutions that are proposed for addressing the problem. Evaluation- At this level of decision making, the alternatives provided in the previous step are analyzed carefully. Several analytical tools can be used to guide the management in drawing proper conclusions. Their impact on the organization is evaluated to ensure the selected solution serves the interests of the organization. Implementation- This is the final stage in the decision-making process. It involves making the actual decision after critically evaluating the possible solutions and defining an action plan to support its implementation.   Week 2: Judgment in managerial decision making Strategies for making better decisions Decision making involves six key strategies. These include: Learning…

 survey on the big five Personality comprises of patterns of behavior, feelings, and thoughts that differentiates one individual from others. Personality determines the actions of people when faced with certain situations. People act differently during different situations. For example, when fellow workers in the workplace smoke cigarrete in the office, some will ask him to go to the designated smoking place. Others will keep quite while other will chose to report to the boss. The situation is the same whereas actions are different. Thus, personality is what differentiates people. Based on the results of the survey on the big five, it happens that I tend to be conservative. New experiences are challenging and I don’t like them. Normal routines and process make me confident while performing daily tasks at the workplace. Introduction of new processes has been a big challenge for me. One year ago, the head of our department introduced social media as one way to communicate within the department. The usual communication channel was through the office notice board. Since I did not like social media platforms, I…

What are the Key Issues for Starbucks? Starbucks has faced several problems which have threatened its existence both in the United States and internationally. Business analysts have speculated that the problem may escalate if the giant coffee shop does not adjust its marketing and expansion strategies. Within the last three months, Starbucks stock exchange rates have fallen by 11.38 per cent against an overall market increase of 4.10 per cent. This trend has been as a result of several factors. This essay highlights several issues which have contributed to the organization’s downfall. Cannibalization The organization has opened stores in every neighbourhood. This trend has left the company with no opportunities to open new stores which would rekindle its darkening image. Market saturation has, however, led to self-competition. This means one store will compete for customers from another store owned by the same organization. This is referred to as store cannibalization, whereby the success of one store depends on the failure of a store owned by the same company. To minimize internal competition, the organization has announced the closure of some…

Methodologies in hazard examination Methodologies in hazard examination are helpful to specialists analyzing the damage intensity in the firm. Threat analysis follows a systematical order to achieve the best output of the risk assessment process. Questionnaire as the most methodology, the risk examination individuals ask open-ended questions to the department individuals where the impact of the risk is experienced. They make records from the responses, and this aid in knowing the time when the impact occurred. The professionals can determine the most affected areas and budget for the required resources to complete the entire assessment process. The use of questionnaires is more flexible compared to the flowchart method, where the specialists use graphically and sequentially to identify the hazards that affect the organization. Asking open-ended questions even to the top management personnel, they respond directly to the questions exposing all the affected areas by the risk. The assessment team analyzes the level of the threat impact and table down the adequate input required to carry the entire assessment process ultimately. Using the flowchart, the professionals could not be able to…