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Assignment : Discussion Assignment
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by Saturday, November 26, 2016.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.
Cross Training Staff
The practice of cross training staff (learning another type of job) is an old and often successful practice at hospitals.
Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research cross training techniques. Based on your research and training, respond to the following:
What steps would you take in deciding whether or not to cross train lab technicians as x-ray technicians?
What are the negative and positive financial considerations in making this decision?
What steps will you take to deal with a weekend staffing crisis whereby your small hospital has no x-ray technicians in-house, yet the demand for their services is very high including 30 percent of the need emanating from critical care units?
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Japanese market portfolio in your new optimal portfolio
: Consider the following market portfolios from the US, UK, and Japan. You are thinking about diversifying your existing portfolio with Japanese market. Should you include the Japanese market portfolio in your new optimal portfolio?
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Write a function that converts a phrase into pig latin
: Your function can assume that each word consists of at least two letters and that each word is separated by one space, with no punctuation marks.
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There are three stocks
: There are three stocks. Stock A has a beta of βA = 0.6 and an expected return of 8.8%. Stock B has a beta of βB = 1.2 and an expected return of 13.6%. If the CAPM holds in this market, what should be stock C’s expected return if its beta is βC = 1.05..
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Draw on a diagram with the capital market line derived
: The expected return on the market portfolio μm = E[Rm] = 15%, the standard devia- tion is σm = 25% and the risk-free rate is Rf = 5%. Suppose the CAPM holds. Draw on a diagram with the Capital Market Line (CML) derived from the above data. Make sure ..
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What are the negative and positive financial considerations
: What steps would you take in deciding whether or not to cross train lab technicians as x-ray technicians?What are the negative and positive financial considerations in making this decision?What steps will you take to deal with a weekend staffing cri..
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What is its estimated profit one year from now
: ABC Corp. mines copper, with fixed costs of $0.60/lb and variable cost of $0.30/lb. The 1-year forward price of copper is $1.10/lb. The 1-year effective annual interest rate is 6.2%. If ABC Corp. does nothing to manage copper price risk, what is its ..
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Comment on the liquidity of the two companies
: Suppose you are comparing two companies that are in the same line of business.- Comment on the liquidity of the two companies. Which company has more risk of not satisfying its near-term obligations? Why?
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Describing the concept of a force field analysis
: Write a three- to four-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) describing the concept of a Force Field Analysis (FFA) and then creating an FFA on an issue in your life that you would like to change.
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What information would you look at to further explain trend
: Suppose you calculate a return on fixed assets of 20% for 2008 and 15% for 2009 for a company. Explain how you would use the DuPont system to further investigate this change in the return on fixed asset?
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