Module 2 Critical Thinking 4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the Cash Payback Period‚ Discounted Cash Payback Period‚ NPV‚ IRR and MIRR capital expenditure budgeting methods. Prepare a recommendation for Stewart regarding the capital budgeting method or methods to use in evaluating the expansion alternatives. Support your answer. Capital budgeting techniques such as payback period‚ net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate of return (IRR) and modified internal rate of return (MIRR) all offer
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Outline and evaluate the effect of anxiety on eyewitness testimony AO1 AO2 Yerkes Dodson law – states that there is an optimum level of anxiety for accurate eyewitness testimony. I.e. People who are not at all stressed‚ and people who are very stressed will be less accurate eyewitnesses that those who are under a moderate amount of stress. Loftus carried out a study of the ‘Weapon effect’. She set up two conditions of the experiment. In both conditions‚ participants heard a discussion in the
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Page 1 PTLLS 6302 Roles and Responsibilities and Relationships in Lifelong Learning‚ Task 1-4 1.2 Analyse own responsibility for promoting equality and valuing diversity According to Urdany L‚ (1991). The definition of Equality; Sameness‚ Similarity‚ Likeness‚ resemblance‚ Equivalence‚ comparability‚ and comparison. The definition of Diversity; Difference‚ Unlikeness
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024.5.2 Evaluate different approaches to supporting positive behaviour. When supporting positive behaviour there is lots of different approaches‚ most practitioners find they need to draw on several of these: Reinforcing positive behaviour; this approach is well known and focusses on praising children when they have shown positive behaviour so they will be more likely to repeat this behaviour. Modelling; this approach is extremely important as children learn some of their behaviour from others
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Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships There are two theories of the formation of romantic relationships‚ which are the reward/need satisfaction theory by Byrne and Clore (1970) and the similarity theory also by Byrne and Clore with Smeaton (1986). The similarity theory promotes liking. It suggests that we are attracted to people with similar personalities and attitudes to us and that we first sort potential partners for dissimilarity avoiding those whose personality
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In this essay I will evaluate the arguments by Descartes about animals which he uses in order to verify his arguments on the immortality of the soul. In turn I will evaluate the more contemporary arguments of Peter Singer put forward mainly in his book Animal Liberation.’ The concept of animal sanctity branches as far back as one can imagine. In ancient times animals were considered to have intelligence and even a language all of their own. This was an early view on animals stemming from pre-agrarian
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Evaluate the case for and against using a buffer stock scheme to stabilise the price of a commodity such as sugar or tin. A buffer stock scheme is an intervention carried out by the government which aims to limit fluctuations in the price of a commodity. It involves the government and/or local authorities buying these storage stocks and selling them back to the famer. Price stability is indicated by low inflation whereby the value of money is also stable. A buffer stock is an attempt
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customers." (Laudon‚ 2002‚P1) It provides information figure of reports and displays to managers. For example‚ sales managers may use their computer workstations to get sales results of their products and to access weekly sales analysis reports‚ and then evaluate sales made by each salesperson. "Management information systems arose in the 1970s to focus on computer-based information systems aimed at managers." (Laudon‚ 2002‚ P15). Because of the growths of the Internet‚ globalisations of trade‚ and the rise
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1.1 – Evaluate the importance of performance and engagement with followers in an organization To me “Leadership means leading people for positive outcomes”. An effective leader may have many aspects but the relationship that exists between a leader and their followers is one of the most important aspects of leadership which can determine the success quotient in any organization. To evaluate the Performance in any organization would simply mean to understand the goals and objectives of the company
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Evaluate the significance of the factors that influence voting in congress? (15 marks ) House and senate members are called upon to cast a large number of votes each year. In 2007 representatives voted 1‚186 times. There are many factors which influence how members of congress vote. One factor that influences voting in congress is parties. The whip system in congress is relatively weak‚ unlike in the UK party whips have no effective way of persuading congress members to vote in line with
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