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Briefly discuss the importance

Essay Question:  Briefly discuss the importance of the project charter, and compare the roles played by the project sponsor and the project manager with respect to the preparation of this document.

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Agency Theory

Agency theory is used to understand the relationships between agents and principals. The agent represents the principal in a particular business transaction and is expected to represent the principal's best interests without regard for self-interest. The different interests of principals and agents may become a source of conflict, as some agents may not perfectly act in the principal's best interests. The resulting miscommunication and disagreement may result in various problems and discord within companies. Incompatible desires may drive a wedge between stakeholders and cause inefficiencies a...

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L3DA

Jay Farrar Company is a manufacturing company that specializes in writing instruments. The past year was a difficult one for the company, as it sought to retain its share in a market in which the largest competitors were also rapid innovators. Jay Farrar introduced a new product late in the year, even though testing was not complete. It was a pen designed with two cartridges: one supplying ink and the other correction fluid. A person could then switch easily between writing and correcting errors. It was priced fairly high, and was never heavily advertised. Even so, the Correct-O-Pen, as the pr...

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Wk 6, MHA 508: Summative Assessment: Root Cause Analysis

Assignment Content  Throughout this course, you have examined occurrences of the types of health care noncompliance, fraud, and abuse that commonly take place in the context of the regulatory environment in which organizations must operate. To ensure the best chance of avoiding intentional and unintentional noncompliance, health care administrators should devise and adopt a risk management plan that identifies, assesses, and analyzes the risks and tolerances inherent in the organizations processes and operations.  One of the crucial aspects of a risk management plan involves strategies for act...

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sofia b

The Setup Groucho Marx once said, “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies.” If only he knew how right he was… January 2021. There is a new president in the White House. 2020 was an exciting election for sure. Trump? Biden? Sanders? Harris? Warren? All interesting. But not as interesting as the real surprise candidate. Who was this mysterious stranger? Mitt Romney? No. Michael Bloomberg? Hardly. Arnold Schwarzenegger? Getting closer. Your new President of the United States is: Justin Bieber??? That is right. In a stunning...

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Week 9 Activity

Linear Regression Analysis Terry Downes owns a commercial cleaning company. He has conducted a survey of customers to determine how satisfied they are with the work performed. He devised a 100-point rating scale—with 0 being poor and 100 being excellent service, selected a random sample of 16 customers, and asked them to rate the service. He also recorded the number of worker hours spent in the customer's facility. These are in the file named Downes.xls   Use Excel to complete the following: Develop a scatter plot showing the variables, rate of service, and worker hours, with the y variable o...

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Chapter Five Reflection

After reading chapter-5 from the attached text book,  type a two page paper regarding what you thought was the most important concepts or methods or terms that you felt was worthy of your understanding.

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Module

Step 1: Draft your Long-Term Goals Begin by reading page 8.3 in the webtext about SMART goals and long-term goal setting. Follow the directions on those pages to come up with two long-term goals for your own life – one related to your academic future and one for your career/professional future. Follow the SMART framework outlined in the webtext to make sure each goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely Step 2: Create your Action Plans Read pages 8.5-8.7 in the webtext to review a sample Action Plan and begin creating your own. Then go to the template for this assignment...

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BA 3080 ASSN 2

Module 2 Article Review: Corporate Social Responsibility Overview:For this assignment you will look at Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as discussed in chapter 3 & 4. Prepare a written response to the prompt below using a word processor. Please save your file in .doc or .docx format. Your response should be complete, and your final document should be two (2) to three (3) pages in length and should comply with APA writing requirements. *To view the grading rubric for this assignment, click on the name of the assignment and click "View Rubric" Instructions: Read the following Forbes articl...