A firm’s stock  A firm’s stock may bring about publicity due to the sensitivity of the valuation concerning several factors. To make the appropriate choice when deciphering whether to sell or buy, there are various aspects that a keen investor ought to be conversant with when evaluating a company’s stock. Some of the fundamental aspects encompass political instability, market rumors, company performances, economic situation, supply, and demand. The investor is required to familiarize himself with a company’s supply and demand to determine if the product is in high demand.  If so, the stock prices will increase until it reaches a mutual settlement.  Following is the “economic situation” factor, where the company’s stock market performance is known as the “leading indicator” of where the market expectations will be in a few months. The investor will consider “Company Performance,” where he will focus on the firm’s “business fundamental” because this would influence the stock price in the long run.  New Strait Times states about this factor, “As an investor, your concern should be on the direction of the firm businesswise, projects, and…

Los Angeles Juvenile Hall The paper explores a juvenile detention hall project that will be set in Los Angeles County. The juvenile facility is set to be established in 2020 and will hold a population of 7000 young inmates who include both boys and girls. The facility will cover a perimeter of twenty-two and a half acres piece of land. It will be one of the most extensive juvenile facilities in Canada. The project will have 24 buildings, which include two gym facilities, a chapel, a kitchen, two school buildings, living units, and mechanical areas. The buildings will be enclosed in a well-fenced perimeter wall, which will be 10 meters tall. The perimeter fence will confine the juvenile inmates as well as enhancing their safety. The institution will also install CCTV cameras around their buildings, which will survey the institution activities always. Also, the institution will recruit highly-trained security officers who will be tasked with protecting the inmates as well as maintain law and order in the institution. Besides, the institution will hire highly trained and experienced correctional officers whose…

Literary analysis of, “A Wagner Matinee” By Willa Cather             Willa Cather is recognized as one of the most prolific writers in American literature. Her short story, a Wagner Matinee, is narrated in the first person by a young man called Clark. The story is characterized by sentences with many adjectives, use of imagery, irony and is developed extensively through the use of narration. The effect of this style makes the reader understand the life of Georgiana in her book A Wagner Matinee. Willa Cather demonstrates her styles and narrative approach in dealing with the themes of struggle, isolation, and hardship. Cather develops a sense of the hardship and physical suffering faced by Georgiana though out the story. Georgiana had eloped with Howard despite the reproaches and criticism of her friends and family. The narrator makes the reader aware that Howard was a carpenter who had no money. Both of them had eloped to the Nebraska frontier family. The extent of Georgiana’s hardship is evident from the narrator’s opinion of her when he describes her as having, “yellow skin as…

American Idols             It has remained evident from research and studies that have been conducted that the American society in the 1950s is one that is characterized by social, political as well as moral pervasiveness based on the old morality. Besides, the congressional panel was fabricated who’s primary function or goal was to cast out or similarly ferret out the subversions as well as the disloyalty that was deeply rooted in the American society (Clohesy, 25). Civil rights activists such as Robinson as well as Ginsberg utilized this opportunity or scenario to bring forth the racial injustices that had infiltrated the entire nation. This paper aims at reviewing the idols broken by Ginsberg and Robinson as well as the significance of their words. In his testimony, he was determined to continue with the fight against racial discrimination as the Black American race suffered a great deal of racial discrimination at the hands of the ‘white man.’ Robinson clearly states that his intention of fighting will only cease when all the discrimination is all licked from society. In his testimony, a…

Ethical Considerations Ethical considerations are paramount in any business institution. Not only is the management of the business entity supposed to respect the shareholders but also the stakeholders. Stakeholders such as employees ought to be ethical in their operations within and out of the business premises. Besides, they should incorporate all the aspects of ethics when handling matters concerning their business; for instance, honesty, integrity, trust, accountability, and be law abiding. However, some of the employees show high levels of unethical issues to both their employees and customers leading to high losses in the business. According to the story Brenda Williams, some of the characters show both ethical and unethical issues. Even though both Joan and Harold are active and hardworking, they have unethical issues too. For instance, Joan signed payment vouchers without counterchecking leading to employees over expenditure. Also, Harold violated the company’s policy by travelling in first class and Porsche despite the company’s rules on air tickets and Chevy Luminas. I think it is mandatory for all employees to respect the company’s policy despite their managerial positions. Harold…

Potential Segmentation The behavioral, demographic and psychographic approach are the best to this marketing plan. terms of behavioral approach, the loyalty of the customers is based on making the product appealing to the potential buyers by raising interest. People are becoming conscious about health hence find ways to maintain body fitness. Awareness of the trends such as benefits of cycling is a factor to place under considerations classified as either aware or not aware of the products. Demographically, in terms of gender, men are more concerned with their body fitness that they purchase bikes more than female counterparts. Moreover, age is an important factor as the youthful population has the energy to cycle compared to the aging population. Moreover, there are middle and upper classes of time as they are more concerned about exercise as a way of keeping their bodies standard. Psychographically, lifestyle is a critical consideration as people living luxurious lives sees cycling as the only method for exercise. Also, the enjoyment in people when going out is a consideration as people who like staying indoors are more…

MBA606_HW    Being the chief information officer in a firm seeking to recover from a set of challenges without much Information Technology background information can be a significant challenge.  The new CIO stand numerous risks such as remaining at the bottom of the capability gap for longer than the company can afford, thus destroying his reputation and career. However, being business smart presents its set of opportunities towards closing the capability gap necessary for effective management of the IT department within an organization.IVK needs to collaborate with its IT and managerial functions through timely communication to enhance its effectiveness. IT is one of the critical infrastructural development in business. However, failure to leverage the technology and reap its benefits while the opportunity window is open can result in substantial unwarranted costs in a company. Nicholas Carr’s argument that companies should not  invest huge sums of money in information technology while every other competitor can access the same technology sounds profound.  However, understanding the management aspect on the window of opportunity is insightful on the issue. Industry leaders reap their profits…

 Challenging issues in OSI and TCP/IP model Different developers have different implementation techniques for software development. As a result, communication between these systems becomes impossible. However, with the introduction of the Open System Interconnection model (OSI model) in 1979, promoted interoperability between communication devices. End devices running on different software can, therefore, communicate with each other freely despite their implementation diversity. The concept of the OSI model allows networking engineers to understand conceptual communication architecture. The OSI framework allows standardization of critical concepts such as data-type implementation and interpretation between devices by breaking the implementation conflict (Priya, Samina & Zahida, 2017). The OSI model consists of seven distinct layers that operate sequentially to facilitate communication between devices. While the application layer serves as the user interface, the other layers are concerned with data communication between the devices. The session layer maintains the session between the devices, ensuring uninterrupted communication. Sometimes communication between devices may be unsuccessful due to the existence of faults within the  OSI model layers. Sometimes the server may take longer to respond due to latency problems, especially…

Comprehensive Final Examination Question for Cristal Adams     Choose one composition and discuss its significance in the history of Western classical music.  What were the circumstances of its composition, compilation, and dissemination?  How does it compare and contrast with other music composed of the same historical period?  What are the most important aspects of its musical style and form?  How has it proved influential for music ever since?*   New instructions for the exam:   “In preparation for the oral examination, candidates for the Master of Music in Music Education must prepare a written report based on questions from the faculty committee.  Each committee member will submit one question for the candidate.  Each candidate response should be between 1000-1500 words in length (exclusive of references).   At least one response must directly address research processes and findings from a primary area of interest in music education.  The candidate must present copies of this written report to each member of the faculty committee at least one week prior to the scheduled oral examination. Candidates should be prepared to elaborate on the…

Ethics Committee Q1. What is the story about? The story revolves around an extensive investigation that was undertaken by the office of ethics created a few years ago as a means of responding to the numerous scandals on Capitol Hill that included illegal lobbyist funding of trips for lawmakers. It similarly covers a scandal where ten members of the Congress, as well as 32 other members of staff, attended a secret conference in Baku according to an ethics report that was confidential and obtained by The Washington Post, and the meeting was funded by a state-owned company that covered all their expenses. Q2. How would ethics apply to this? Since ethics refer to the set of moral obligations or similar principle that govern the conduct as well as the behavior of an activity, ethics applies in this case as a study conducted asserts that the nonprofit organizations filed false statements with the Congress claiming to have supported the sponsorship of the conference. The results of these statements were forwarded to the House Ethics Committee for further investigation for the possibility…