Can you assist with any of the following business management questions? APA, times new roman 14pt, double space, 200-500 words each essay, minimum of 1-2 sources cited for each

Questions 1-6 due Monday 3:00 p.m. EST
Questions 7-14 due Tuesday 3:00 p.m. EST
Questions 15-18 due Wednesday 3:00 p.m. EST

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Textbook: 

Bazerman, M.H., & Moore, D.A. (2009).  Judgment in managerial decision making (7^th ed.).  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley.

 

1. Question 4.1
Lately, the stock market has experienced unprecedented volatility – wild ups and downs. Discuss how stock trading has created a lot of this volatility and the decisions for stock traders to buy and sell wildly in terms of hyperbolic discounting.
2. Question 4.3
The news has been full of stories lately about the stock market problems, sub-prime mortgages, and ponzi schemes. All of these required people to make decisions. Research one of the stories and discuss how motivation influenced people to make such terrible decisions. Had exponential discounting played a part in the decision(s) that you had researched. If so, how?
3. Question 5.1
Discuss how perceptual bias affected President George W. Bush’s decisions that lead the United States into war in Iraq in 2003. Did judgmental bias play a part in these decisions?

4. Question 5.2
During the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, the United States and the Soviet Union have been competing with one another in attempts to gain a strategic advantage over one another. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was born out of that competition. Discuss the SDI and how the United States and the Soviet Union applied the competitive escalation paradigm.
5. Question 5.3
In the 1960s, Britain and France decided to jointly fund and build a supersonic transport that became known as the Concorde. Research the decision to build and fly the supersonic transport Concorde. Then, discuss how the sunk costs and an escalation of commitment affected their decisions.

6. Question 5.4
In 2001, Polaroid filed for bankruptcy protection. Investigate this filing. What caused the bankruptcy? Can it be traced to an escalation of commitment?

7. Question 6.1
Read the case Fairness in Punishment. Discuss the Decatur School Board’s decision to adopt a “no tolerance on school violence” in terms of fairness. How did implicit attitudes, perhaps, influence the school board’s decision to punish such a disproportionate number of African-American students?

8. Question 6.2
Bernard Madoff, a once highly regarded member of the Wall Street community, recently pleaded guilty of running a $50 billion ponzi scheme. Research the driving forces behind his seemingly unethical behavior and discuss your findings. How did favoritism and bounded ethicality come into play in this case?
9. Question 6.3
Research the subject of the Enron and Arthur Andersen relationship. Discuss your findings in terms of the application of ethics in the various decisions made by the Enron and Arthur Andersen teams. How did bounded ethicality play a role in these decisions?

10. Question 6.4
Recently, the American International Group (AIG), a global insurance and financial services organization, accepted billions of dollars from the United States Government in order to remain solvent and in operation. After receiving this money, the organization decided to pay over $160 million in bonuses. Discuss the ethical problems associated with this decision. Could in-group favoritism play a role in this decision? If you were the CEO, what decision would you have made?

11. Question 7.1
We have each had to negotiate during the process of purchasing a home or automobile. Analyze the last major purchase that you were involved with and discuss that purchase in terms of the decision-analytic approach. What was your BATNA and how did that come into play?
12. Question 7.2
Assume that you are part of a mediation team that has been brought in to help overcome an impasse between negotiators who are deliberating the use of embryonic stem cells for a research project. The decision makers are polarized along ethical and religious lines. Since this is a potentially emotional issue, what would you do in order to break this impasse? How could the fixed pie concept come into play in this situation?
13. Question 7.3
Recently, General Motors and the United Auto Workers had to sit down and negotiate a change in the labor agreement in order to keep the company from going bankrupt. Consider what might have gone on during these negotiations and discuss how framing might have been used, and what issues might have been discussed, in order to reach an acceptable agreement.

14. Question 7.4
Discuss the four ways, outlined in Chapter 9, in which contingent contracts can improve the outcomes of negotiations for both sides.

15. Question 8.1
Conduct an Internet search for information on linear decision-making. Then, discuss your findings and contrast it with what the authors offer in the textbook. Next, discuss how a linear decision-making model could have helped you in making a past decision.
16. Question 8.2
Bazerman and Moore suggest that we should understand the biases of others. Discuss this concept in terms of why it is important for us to understand other peoples’ biases. In your discussion, focus on how you might be able to improve your decision-making in a group setting.

17. Question 8.3
Describe the concept of analogical reasoning. Then, considering your last purchase decision, discuss how analogical reasoning could have helped you to improve your decision and increase your satisfaction with the product or service that you purchased.

18. Question 8.4
Research Kurt Lewin’s model for change. Then, discuss the three-staged de-biasing process (unfreezing, change, and refreezing) and explain the mechanisms that make each of them hard to implement. In your discussion, include how you believe such a process can help you, personally, to improve your decision-making

Please don’t waste my time 

 

 

 

 

you must have the book :

 

Eric Foner—Give Me Liberty! An American History (Vol. 2).  because you need quotes and page citations from the book 

 

 (book essays)

 

 two essays for two different student take the same history class.

 

Instructions:  For this assignment, I want you to learn about some policies and trends in recent American history that we won’t get to cover in lecture. 

At the beginning of each chapter of Eric Foner’s, Give Me Liberty, Vol. 2), there are a series of Focus Questions.  I want you to read the following chapters and answer the following focus questions:

 

Ch. 25, The Sixties (1960-1968)

 

1.        What were the purposes and strategies of Johnson’s Great Society programs?

2.       What were the sources and significance of the rights revolution of the late 1960s?

3.       In what ways was 1968 a climactic year for the Sixties?

 

Ch. 26, The Triumph of Conservatism (1969-1988)

 

1.        How did Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affect popular trust in government?

2.       What were the roots of the rise of conservatism in the 1970s?

3.       How did the Reagan presidency affect Americans both at home and abroad?

 

Ch.27, Globalization and its Discontents (1989-2000)

 

1.        How did Bush and Clinton transform America’s world role?

2.       What forces drove the economic resurgence of the 1990s?

3.       What cultural conflicts emerged in the 1990s?

 

 

More Instructions

 

·         Use question-answer format (that’s nine short essays).

·         Use quotes and page citations for each chapter (in parentheses at the end of the sentence).

·         Your essay must be a 5-page minimum (of actual essay, about 24 lines per page). 

 

·         There’s no maximum length à write lots!

 

 

 

Your answers must come from the Foner book, don’t use outside sources

In a 1-2 page paper, summarize your findings and decisions on the following case studies. Be sure to explain your reasoning and the law(s) from which you derived your decisions. Be sure to include a reference list citing any sources that you use in your decision making process. All sources should be cited using the APA format. 

Case Study #1

Gladys and Sam married.  When they bought a house, Sam’s father signed the mortgage note with them, and made the monthly house payments. Several years later, Gladys moved out of the house and Sam’s father stopped making the monthly payments. Shirley moved into the house with Sam, but they did not make any payments on the house mortgage. The mortgage company told Gladys to make the payments. Gladys took a business law course many years before and remembers the terms third-party beneficiary, and novation. Can either of these principles help her?

Case Study #2

Stanley and Garcia were both minors. Stanley bought Garcia’s baseball card collection for $1,000. Stanley then sold the collection to American Collectors Company for $1,500, saying he was 22 and it was his collection. Two weeks later, Garcia decided she wanted the collection back. Discuss the rights of all the parties.

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet) 

1. Mental retardation occurs in approximately of the general population. 

a.1 

b.5 

c.10 

d.20 

2. Treatment of phenylketonuria includes all of the following EXCEPT 

A)daily supplements. 

B)a severely restricted low-protei n diet. 

C)a diet rich in dairy products and grains. 

D)compliance until age 8. 

3. Ingestion and inhalation are the two most common ways that enters the body. 

a.lead 

b.iron 

c.copper 

d.aluminum 

4.Mathematics disorder, or ____, is the diminished disability to understand mathematical terms, operations, or concepts; recognize numerical symbols or arithmetic signs; or copy numberslfigures correctly. 

a.dysgraphia 

b.dyscalculia 

c.dyspraxia 

d.dyslexia 

5.Autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified are collectively known as 

a.autism spectrum disorders. 

b.childhood integrative disorders. 

c.developmental delay disorders. 

d.disruptive behavior disorders. 

31.

32.Until the 1970s, autistic disorder was thought to be caused by , or parents who 

were emotionally unresponsive to their infants. 

a.frigid parents 

b.refrigerator mothers 

c.emotionally repressed parents 

d.schizophrenogenic mothers 

 

7. Although few adults develop bipolar disorder after the age of 65, when it does occur, the intervals between manic and depressive periods are and the episodes are. _ than in younger adults. 

a.longer; shorter 

b.shorter; shorter 

c.longer; longer 

d.shorter; longer 

8. As with depression, treatment for anxiety should always begin with 

a.a complete medical evaluation. 

b.medication therapy. 

c.an in-depth psychosocial evaluation. 

d.cognitive-behavioral therapy. 

9. Treatment for risky/problematic drinking in older adults is aimed at 

a.prevention and early intervention. 

b.detoxification and relapse prevention. 

c.social skills training and daily living activities. 

d.withdrawal safety and early intervention. 

10. Etiological factors for late-onset schizophrenia include all of the following EXCEPT 

a.hormonal changes in women. 

b.deficits in hearing and vision. 

c.hypertension 

d.genetic factors. 

33.

11. In contrast to delirium, the cognitive difficulties associated with dementia 

a.result in alterations to a patient’s level of consciousness or alertness. 

b.occur suddenly and disappear in a relatively short amount of time. 

c.fluctuate over the course of the disorder. 

d.are not accompanied by changes in consciousness or alertness. 

12. Brain abnormalities associated with Alzheimer’s disease include 

a.excessive amounts of neurofibrillary tangles and cerebral senile plaques. 

b.smaller cerebral ventricles than can be accounted for by normal aging. 

c.blocked blood vessels, which may result in tissue death. 

d.damage that is confined primarily to the inner layers of brain tissue. 

13. A shared limitation of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Hassles Scale, and the Uplifts Scale is 

a.poor “real-I ife” general ization. 

b.the possibility of memory bias. 

c.not factoring in individual differences. 

d.an inability to differentiate between the impact of positive and negative life events. 

14.One of the two major systems that are affected by the stress response is the_____________ which results in secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine. 

a.hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis 

b.parasympathetic nervous system 

c.sympathetic-adrenomedullary system 

d.autonomic nervous system 

15.A component of the non-specific immune system that prevents microbes from getting into the body is called a(n) barrier. 

a.anatomical 

b.protective 

c.membrane 

d.microbe 

34.

35. According to the text, the different ways that men and women respond to stress may be the result of 

a.evolutionary influences that dictated different parental roles. 

b.genetic differences (e.g., the presence/absence of the Y chromosome) and hormonal differences. 

c.societal influences on gender roles and differences in the physical stress response. 

d.genetic differences and societal influences on gender roles. 

17.Which of these factors is NOT listed in the text as having an influence on the progression of HIV to AIDS and adjustment to an HIV diagnosis? 

a.genetic factors. 

b.social support. 

c.depression. 

d.stress. 

18. Modifying behavior by changing the stimuli that bring on the behavior is called 

a. contingency contracting. 

b. stimulus control. 

c. primary intervention. 

d. behavior control. 

19.In addition to consideration of an appropriate after-discharge treatment plan, successful deinstitutionalization requires 

a.a resocialization plan developed by the patient’s social worker. 

b.considerable family therapy to educate members on their responsibilities as part of the team. 

c.evaluation of a patient’s skills and resources for independent living. 

d.home healthcare delivery of medications by a visiting nurse practitioner. 

20. When a person is judged “not guilty by reason of insanity,” we may infer that 

a.the person had criminal intent at the time of the crime but is remorseful at the time of trial. 

b.the person has a long history of untreated mental illness that interfered with rational thought at the time the crime was committed. 

c.the trial judge cannot show that mental illness was not a factor in the crime. 

d.the person has a psychological disorder that interferes with understanding the seriousness and illegality of the crime. 

36.

37.Which of the following is NOT a term that describes environments that provide the client with protection against unwilling disclosure of personal information? 

a.Duty to Warn 

b.Privacy 

c.Privilege 

d.Confidentiality 

22. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding HIPAA? 

a.It was originally designed to protect people from losing their health insurance. 

b.It has great relevance to medicine but little relevance to psychological practice. 

c.It is a simple and streamlined way of receiving professional reimbursement. 

d.It is a philosophical/ethical statement with little operational relevance. 

23. The practice of psychology is bound by state laws and regulations as well as by 

a.client demands. 

b.an eth ical code of behavior. 

c.medical regulations. 

d.research and clinical trials. 

24. In psychological research, respect for persons means that 

a. all persons should have equal access to any treatment tested in an experiment. 

b. participants should be able to choose their experimental condition (active vs. placebo). 

c. researchers should maximize benefits and minimize harm to subjects. 

d. people’s autonomy should be respected, and those with limited autonomy should be protected. 

25.Which of the following questions has been disallowed on adolescent research protocols in certain school districts because of a concern over suggestibility, thus denying the principle of justice? 

a.Do your parents support your educational efforts? 

b.Have you ever thought about suicide? 

c.Do you think abortion should be legal? 

d.Have you ever been charged with a crime? 

 

 Decision Making Gone Awry

Sometimes social influences and societal pressures can influence decision making for the better and sometimes for the worse. In addition to these pressures, there are risks that need to be evaluated and measured when making decisions. In this assignment, you will reflect on decisions you made using social influence, persuasion, and risk taking that went awry.

Examine a time when you were involved in decision making that went awry as a result of protocols, social norms, or persuasive techniques. If you do not want to use an example from your business or personal experience, you can select a journal article on which you can base your assignment. Here are some key words to help you find an article for this assignment:

• Decision making
• Risk taking
• Persuasion
• Social heuristics

Write a 3–5-page paper in Word format that addresses the following:

• Describe a decision-making scenario using your business experience, personal decision making or cited journal article; include an example of the decision-making process, describe the risk, and whether persuasion was used. What were the social heuristics?
• Explain the incentives in this scenario. Were they effective?
• Identify the risks and the potential decision biases in your scenario. Propose the corrective steps that should have been taken to overcome these biases. If a risk assessment was conducted how did this affect the decision-making process?
• Analyze your scenario for what happened in terms of social heuristics. Explain how decisions were made and the social factors that shaped the decision-making environment.
• Discuss the greatest challenges to sound decision-making in your scenario.
• Critique the decision-making process used by the sponsor(s) and leader(s) of the decision. Identify the mistakes made by the sponsor(s), leader(s), and team members or others impacted by the decision during the implementation of the decision. 

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Thoroughly evaluated the decision-making situation, the social heuristics involved, and the decisions they made including proposing corrective steps that should have been taken.	40
Articulated the greatest challenges to sound decision making in your scenario. Included decision biases and risk assessment.	20
Critiqued the decision process used by the sponsor(s) and leader(s) of the decision. Identified the mistakes made by the sponsor(s), leader(s), and team members or others impacted by the decision during the implementation of the decision.	20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	20
Total:	100