compensation for the market risk taken. The challenge is that practitioners cannot precisely know what the future holds and thus what the expected return should be. Thus‚ we create methods to estimate the expected return. 2. "Describe how different allocations between the risk-free security and the market portfolio can achieve any level of market risk desired." (Cornett‚ Adair‚ and Nofsinger‚ 2012‚ p. 246). An investor can allocate money between a risk-free security that has zero risk (β=0)‚ and the market
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Jamie KeyworthUnit 637 Develop‚ maintain and use records and reports 1. Understand the legal and organisational requirements for recording information and providing reports. 1.1 Specify own responsibilities and those of others when recording information and producing reports. To ensure the necessary safeguards and appropriate uses of personal information are in place. For example‚ any issues relating to human rights‚ the duty of confidentiality as part of duty of care‚ accuracy. The information
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National Income (Contd.) Methods used to measure National Income Calculating National Income There are various methods for calculating the national income such as production method‚ income method‚ expenditure method etc. Income Method: Different factors of production are paid for their productive services rendered to an organization. The various incomes that are included in these methods are wages‚ income of self-employed‚ interest‚ profit‚ dividend‚ rents‚ and surplus of public sector
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Read the attached article "An Order of Influence Can Make a Difference." What leadership strategies are proposed by this author to overcome resistance to change? Compare and contrast this approach to at least one other assigned reading. Answer The author Steve Willis (2008) in his above named article seeks to discourage leaders from adopting a one dimensional approach to overcoming resistance to change. This approach is similar to the well know adage ‘my way or the highway’ which in some cases
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Job Analysis Sales Manager for Park Hotel Sales Maria Russo 2 November 2014 HRM 637 Maria Russo 2 November 2014 HRM 637 Signature Assignment Phase One Abstract This paper explores the methods and theories used to create a Job Portfolio for a Sales Manager position. In this paper it will focus on specific areas including Job Analysis Requirements‚ Task Statements‚ KSAOs‚ Collecting Competency Information‚ and Job Rewards. In addition legal issues will also be discussed. Introduction At
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T-4 Failure to identify and document cost estimating standards and provide written policies and procedures to persons responsible for preparing‚ supporting and reviewing cost estimates. T-10 Excessive reliance on individual personal judgement where historical experience or cost estimating standards are available. THREATS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT: T-6 Inadequate staff training in the preparation‚ review and approval of cost estimates. T-5 Inadequate staff training in the preparation
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Estimating Osmolarity by change in weight Abstract Water flows in and out of cells in an attempt to attain a state of equilibrium. The concentration of solutes to solvent in the cells environment is the cause of the water flow. Plant and animal cells can be negatively affected or positively affected due to the concentration balance in their environment. Potato cells were used to see the affects of sucrose in different concentrations. In some
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Project managers must take cost estimates seriously if they want to complete software projects within budget constraints. After developing a good resource requirements list‚ project managers and their software development teams must develop several estimates of the costs for these resources. There are several different tools and techniques available for accomplishing good cost estimation. Software development project managers should prepare several types of cost estimates for most projects. Three
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Practical 16: estimating Population Size Using Mark and Recapture Method Raw and Processed Data Table 1: Uncertainties of apparatus used in the experiment. Apparatus | Uncertainties | Stopwatch | ±0.01s | Table 2: Formulae and sample calculations involved in processing data in the experiment. Calculations | Formula | Sample Calculation | Mean ( x ) | x = 1n i=1naiWhere‚ 1. n refers to the total number of values. 2. ∑ refers to the addition of all values starting with the first value
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Accurate estimating Estimating the time to complete a project and the cost is the most difficult part of project management. Inaccurate estimating will cause a project to fail and looks bad on all members of the project team. Questions are asked why the project failed and what needs to be changed to ensure steps are taken to prevent other projects having the same issues. Once a project is planned‚ the estimating to perform the project has to be correct. For example‚ if a project was estimated to
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