For this discussion board, review the 10 page contract entitled: California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions. Please Note: as of two months ago in Dec 2021, this Purchase Agreement is now 16 pages.

This contract serves as a binding purchase agreement for real property, instructions to the escrow company, it confirms agency relationships, it serves as evidence of an agreement to pay broker compensation and even as a deposit receipt to the buyer. Years ago we simply called this contract the deposit receipt because the buyer would present an initial deposit (earnest money) to indicate their intent on completing the agreement. Nowadays, most buyers send their initial deposit electronically directly to escrow and you the agent should always request this.

This is perhaps the most important contract in residential real estate, along with another 15 to 20 to complete an entire transaction. After reading this contract, please share your thoughts on the discussion board. Do you find the contract complex? Intimidating? Do you think you could fully explain and answer questions for your buyer? No need for alarm as once you receive your real estate license, your first employing office will (should) provide extensive training on these contracts and hopefully assign you to a mentor agent.

Chapter 6 Question:

Confinement options can be extremely restrictive and not therapeutic when a juvenile is deemed a security risk. What is your opinion on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles? Should there be a minimum age for its use?

For this week’s Discussion Board, please post 3 different things that could adversely effect the desirability of a property that are NOT related to the structure itself, in other words neighborhood or neighbor situations or nuisances. Feel free to share any experiences of family members or friends.

1. Regarding disclosures in real estate, please define what a material fact is, give examples.

2. Name and describe the 5 different sections to the Transfer Disclosure Statement

3. Name and describe the 6 areas addressed in the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement

4. Explain what exactly is Megan’s Law, does a real estate agent need to do any research for or with the buyer? What is the website to conduct this research?

5. Describe the purpose of the Agent’s Visual Inspection Disclosure form, how is it different from the Transfer Disclosure Form ?

Read the following scenarios below. Indicate what the ethical violation may be. (Hint: The ACA Code of Ethics is posted for you to review.)

1. Your counselor has recently gone through a difficult divorce. You confide in her that you are having marital problems. She advises you to get a divorce because men are awful human beings who will only take advantage of you.

2. You have been undergoing counseling for several months, and you feel you have a good rapport with your counselor. You mention you have a social media account and are concerned because you feel you are dependent on social media. Your counselor asks you for your account information, and he begins to send you inappropriate, romantic-leaning messages.

3. You are a counselor, and during a session with your client, you mention it is your birthday. Later that day, you receive a fruit basket from your client as a birthday gift. Should you accept it?

4. A client who has claustrophobia issues has been seeing a counselor twice a month for six months. The client has made significant progress and can now ride in an elevator, enclosed carnival rides and small taxi cabs. The counselor recommends six more months of counseling because his practice has been slow and he needs the money.

5. You have recently opened your own counseling center. You will employ six counselors and have asked that they participate in an off-the-books agreement to offer commissions to the counselors who generate the highest number of new clients.

6. A counselor recently decided to take several files home in his briefcase for review later. He stops at a busy restaurant for a take-out order. He places his brief case on the floor to pay for the order and hurriedly leaves the restaurant. At home that evening, he decides to review the files but remembers he forgot to pick up his briefcase at the restaurant. He frantically calls the restaurant, but no one has turned in the briefcase.

Examples from Ethical Standards in Confidentiality Texas Education Agency

• The Assignment must be submitted only in WORD format via allocated folder on Blackboard.

• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.

• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented. This also includes filling your information on the cover page.

• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.

• Late submitted assignments will NOT be entertained.

• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will resultin ZERO marks. No exceptions.

• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Mgt211

Action Required:

https://youtu.be/RbGBpMDZYf4 ( Watch the you tube video and answer the question that follow)

10.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

How can organizations manage to maintain poor employee performance effectively?

I want two different Answers

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Econ201

Discuss ‘open-market operations’ and ‘discount rate’ as tools used by the central bank of a country to control money supply.

Answer

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Mgt424

10.2 Action Required: (Read)

Case – Mercantile Stores

During the 1980s, Mercantile Stores was a major retail organization located throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Gulf Coast regions and included seven divisions: Gayfers, Maison, Blanche, Castner Knott, McAlpin’s, Jones, Joslins, and J. B. White. Mercantile’s mission statement was “Mercantile Stores is dedicated to creating excitement in merchandising by providing the highest level of service to our customers and a broad assortment of fashionable products that offer superior quality and value.” In 1983 Mercantile initiated a program for processing incoming merchandise at regional distribution centers. This was seen as more efficient than receiving merchandise in the individual stores. In 1986 the company remodeled and expanded existing stores to accommodate a greater selection of fashion merchandise. Designer apparel offerings were increased in 1987.

In 1989 a major technological initiative called Quick Response was instituted. It integrated all facets of operations, from inventory planning to purchasing and inventory control, to provide customers with better service. Some of the technologies introduced were price look-up and point-of-sale laser scanning systems, electronic purchase ordering and replenishment, and electronic invoicing and funds transfer. Stronger partnerships were developed with suppliers to help ensure that suppliers have sufficient merchandise for stocking the stores. The company was in constant contact with its suppliers for mutual benefit. For example, Hanes hosiery used selling information furnished electronically and shipped 97 percent of Quick Response orders. Sales increased 17 percent, and the inventory level decreased by 15 percent.

The Quick Response program eliminated bottlenecks within the merchandise processing functions. Previously, shipments had required a high amount of labor-intensive efforts: opening cartons, physical counts, sorting, and manual ticketing. Advance shipping notice capability provided the means of knowing exactly what was coming and when. Shipments arrived pre-ticketed by suppliers with external shipping container marking. Entire containers were scanned for contents and matched to purchase orders.

Mercantile Stores also established a University Business School for training its management associates to implement quality practices within the company The school’s motto, Investing in Excellence Through Education, reflected the company’s commitment to the development of its people. Sales associates, department managers, and store managers were empowered and challenged to embrace ownership and responsibility in their jobs. For example, they planned and monitored their own forecasts from start to finish. Complete customer satisfaction was seen as the responsibility of all associates. Decisions were made as close to the customer as possible, and promotions were made from within the company.

10.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

1. How does Mercantile view quality? Explain the roles of people and information technology in achieving quality in the Mercantile organization.

2. Compare the importance of “internal quality” (what the company sees) and “external quality” (what the customer sees). Do they conflict? What is needed to ensure that they are consistent?

10.4 Instructions

Read Case study and answer the questions.

Answers

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Fin401

Discuss Lifeline Banking service for low-income individuals. ( 120 words )

I want two different answers

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Mgt301

Case Analysis (Organizational Politics at Google)

Google only wants “civil” behavior at work. Talk about work at work, talk about politics elsewhere. The multinational technology company announced to its over 100,000 employees in August 2019 that nonwork topics were causing disruption. Specifically, political arguments have taken a large role in the company’s online forums.

This is an interesting turn of events, given that the company has long been an example of a relaxed and creative culture. In the prior months, the company was accused of suppressing conservative political views in searches. A leaked video after the 2016 presidential election showed the displeasure of Google executives with the election results. Over the next months, the online internal platforms for employee discussion became increasingly argumentative and, in some cases, worse.

Organizational politics are, of course, not the same as government politics. But this situation at Google could easily lead to organizational political behavior. Any strong expression of opinions by executives exerts influence on employees. At Google, the video of executives expressing negative opinions about the election immediately takes advantage of their power to influence subordinates. Those who are not of the same political opinions as the executives are now excluded from a circle of those who do agree. This can easily lead to those people either receding from involvement and hiding their views or taking an aggressive stance that further causes work problems.

Excluding employees can often be unintended. But when you are pushed out of important discussions and decisions, especially by superiors, you are then on the “outs.” This can lead to low performance and commitment, and even leaving the organization in more serious cases. Political behavior on the part of those who are in agreement with executives can then bond further, whether intentionally or not. Based on this, Google’s direction with their new policies about topics allowed in internal communication is, therefore, not as shocking as they might appear.

10.3 Test your knowledge:(Questions)

1. Your boss asks you to attend a meeting to participate in a serious discussion of corporate policies that you disagree with. After the meeting, you are convinced and agree completely with the policies, showing you experienced what reaction to the meeting’s influence?

2. People who share opinions with executives may try to use that to enter into more social circles and meet powerful people who also agree, expressing what type of political skill?

10.4 Instructions:

Read the following case about politics at work and answer the questions that follow

Answers

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Mgt312

10.2 Action Required:

Read the following statement:

Decision support tools are widely used in the business world and are becoming increasingly complex and specialized.

10.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

What do you think are the dangers of developing and using sophisticated decision support tools?

10.4 Instructions

Answer the question in test your knowledge section.

Answer

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Mgt321

Action Required:

The purpose of this interactive activity is to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts learned lessons by responding to discussion questions. 

11.3 Test your Knowledge (Question): 

Compare and contrast licensing and Franchising. 

11.4 Instructions 

• Maximum word limit: 250 words.

Answer

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Mgt324

11.2 Action Required:

Read the following statement:

“Public administration requires efficient information technology that brings together different and interlinked areas”.  

11.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

Does public administration require efficient information technology that brings together different and interlinked areas?

Answer

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Mgt425

11.2 Action Required: 

Read the following chapter of your Textbook.

Chapter 11: Integer Optimization 

11.3 Test your Knowledge (Question): 

• Explain the Capital Budgeting Problem
• Describe the Set Covering Problem.

Answers

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Fin201

10.2- Reading

Read the following to prepare for this week:

• Chapter 23
• [Company] Option Data at http://finance.yahoo.com
• Most Recent IBM Income Statement

10.3 – Test your Knowledge (Question):

@ What options may be provided in financial securities ?

10.4 – Instructions

• Answer the question in test your knowledge section.

Answer

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1. The average amount of time to board a fully loaded passenger plane is 26.4 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.1 minutes. If the time to board a fully loaded plane is normally distributed, answer the following questions. Use the empirical rule to answer the following questions (No rounding, full answer – either answer acceptable .2236 or 22.36%):

1A. What is the probability (proportion) it will take at most 22.3 minutes to board a fully loaded passenger plane?

1B. What is the probability (proportion) it will take more than 34.6 minutes to board a fully loaded passenger plane?

1C. What is the probability (proportion) it will take between 18.2 minutes and 30.5 minutes to board a fully loaded passenger plane? © Chris O’Byrne 2023

2. Compute the geometric mean (return) and the final balance after 5 years on a $1,500 investment using the following information:

2A. What is the average rate of return for this investment over the 5 years (convert to % and round to 3 decimal places – example 12.063%) (geometric mean)?

2B. If you invested $1,500 at the beginning, how much would your investment be worth after 5 years (round to the nearest penny (example – $1,607.45)?

When doing and showing your work for the PDF – it should be handwritten as if you are figuring out the problem on the exam – it doesn’t need to be typed up – and I prefer that you DON’T type it out and that you hand write it.

When you answer the question put the 5 answers in this order and label like this:

1A.

1B.

1C.

2A.

2B.

Presentation about

Copper and copper mineral deposits – Special reference to the distribution and mineralogy of copper deposits in Saudi Arabia.

1. General information about copper such as its uses, producing countries, global copper reserves, …

2. Copper chemistry and minerals, especially copper sulfides and oxides.

3. Different types of copper ores such as: igneous magmatic ores, porphyries, hydrothermal ores, sedimentary ores of copper, etc.

4. Distribution of copper ores in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, their locations, and the most famous places for copper extraction

The word ‘democracy’ is derived from the greek language and means ‘rule of the people; In a democracy,all citizens are free and have equal rights and duties. The fundamental idea of this from of government comes from ancient Greece.At that time,leaders directly addressed the crowd and the decision about the laws were made in the assemblies . In today’s republic,the procedure is more elaborate and structured. Elections are held every four to five years in which the citizens of the country elect their representatives, Who sit in the parliament and pass laws.

This weeks article should be related to the vertebrate ancestors of dinosaurs. Read the PowerPoint for the week to get topic ideas. The article can be no older than 5 years old. You will need to write a summary about the article (at least 3 paragraphs) in your own words and include how the article relates to the topic we are discussing in class. You will also need to respond to at least two other students summaries. The response should be college level appropriate. For example you will not get credit for a response similar to “Cool response dude, I loved the article you chose.” Responses should be a minimum of 50 words.

Demonstrate integrated understanding of the moral concepts, as well as providing an analysis of managerial ethical reasoning and perception

There are two case studies in total, namely brake pad company and McDonald’s. Each case study has two questions, totaling 500 words. So there are four questions in total, 1000 words.

Prohibitions: Use of Wikipedia, similar encyclopaedia, online “quick fix” resources such as coursehero, UKessays and other dubious sites are strictly not permitted