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Authentic leadership focuses on leadership that is genuine and real. Whether something is genuine and real may likely be in the mind of the individual evaluating it or experiencing it.• Examine the usefulness of authentic leadership in organizations by identifying research that supports or refutes authentic leadership as a determinant of organizational or individual success.• Identify elements of authentic leadership. Describe the behavioral elements that one might objectively see in an authentic leader.• Include the role of emotional intelligence in authentic leadership.• Identify a nationally or internationally recognizable, currently living business figure who might be described as an authentic leader and justify your selection of that individual.• Next, critically evaluate your authentic leadership skills in relation to the behavioral elements and emotional intelligence you identified as important. Identify any areas for personal growth as a result of this examination. Directions:• Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format. Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:• Be 3-5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.• Use APA style guidelines.• Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published in the last five years.the Document should be plagiarism free

TaskPlease answer all the 3 questions below. Explain your calculationsIncome and changes in retained earningsSubmit your assignment in an Excel documentFormalities:Wordcount: 1,500 words maximumCover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.Font: Arial 12,5 pts.Text alignment: Justified.The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.It assesses the following learning outcomes:Outcome 1: Critically understand the different sections of the income statement.Outcome 2: Understand the different classes of stocksOutcome 3: Critically understand the effects of changes in accounting estimates.Timed Exercise 2:Jim holds 10% of the capital of Private Holding Inc., a company dedicated to Real Estate investments.In order to make an investment in a new project, the company issued on 1st of January 2020 1,000 11% cumulative preferred stocks of $1,000 face valueThe company also provided some financial services to clients but decided to sell this segment to Happy Financing Ltd on February 21st 2020.During the year 2020, Private Holding Inc. obtained a net income from continuing operations of $1,275,000 once deducted the 30% Corporate Income taxThe losses before taxes generated by operating the segment until February 21st 2020 were $75,000. The segment was sold for $100,000, implying a gain before taxes of $32,000 for Private Holding Inc.In June 2020, a tornado destroyed several apartments held by Private Holding Inc. in the Caribbean, causing a loss before taxes of $1,090,000.During the year 2020, the company had 150,000 shares of common stock outstandingPrepare an income statement of Private Holding Inc. for the year 2020, including ne income from continuing operations, discontinued operations, disposal of the segment and extraordinary events. Explain your calculations.Calculate the earnings per share of common stocks. Explain your calculations.In January 2020, the accountant of the company considered that the useful life of the IT equipment should be lowered from 8 to 6 years. The equipment was purchased on January 1, 2019 for $32,000, with no salvage value. What is the effect of this change in estimates on the net income of the company? Explain your answer and calculations.

1. Go to Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/ and look up Pifzer (PFE) options: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PFE/options/Note the share price on the day you do this assignment (note the date, but do this before April 30d). Go to the April 30 2021 calls and puts prices on the same date (choose your own strike prices).Use your own examples to construct the following strategies. Write out the tabular payoff matrix in each case:i) Bear spread using putsii) Bull spread using callsiii) Straddleiv) Strangle2. On March 31st 2021, the CBOE’s VIX index http://www.cboe.com/vix was trading at 19.4. Explain how you would interpret this figure in terms of the US stock market.NB: Form your own view as to whether VIX will increase or decrease from this level by the end of April 2021. Assume you will trade 500 options.Using your own strike prices from the following options chain http://www.cboe.com/delayedquote/quote-table?ticker=vix analyse fully any two (2) strategies based on VIX options that you could employ to profit from this opinion.Other strategies are here http://www.cboe.com/strategies/product-specific-strategies/vixIn addition, explain any 1 strategy that you could employ using VIX futures to profit from the same view https://www.cboe.com/products/futures/vx-cboe-volatility-index-vix-futuresNB: Calculate the subsequent profit or loss on your strategy as at April 30, 2021. Note you will need to use the appropriate multipliers for VIX options and futures.Explain briefly what factors you considered in designing these VIX strategies.3. On March 31st 2021, Alibaba (BABA) shares closed at $226.73.https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BABA/options?p=BABAUse the Black-Scholes model in Excel to estimate(i) the price of April 23 2021 CALL options with a $230 strike and(ii) the price of April 23 2021 PUT options with a $210 strikeCheck the maturity. Use the Date function to determine the number of days.Estimate sigma using historical volatility for $BABA based on daily prices for the past year. Use the 10-year US government bond as the risk-fee rate from Bloomberg (remember to adjust the maturity in the calculation)http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us/Compare your result to the traded price for these two options on the date you complete this question. Discuss any variation in the prices.4. Suppose, given recent movements in Tesla shares, a trader wishes to implement a trading strategy using options. Suppose the trader wishes to use (i) a strangle; (ii) a combination of 2 calls and 1 put; and (iii) a straddle using April 30 2021 TSLA options.On https://www.barchart.com/stocks/quotes/TSLA/options or https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/options?p=TSLA find the price of the call and put options on the day you complete the assignment.For each strategy, draw a diagram showing the variation of the trader’s profit with the asset prices.5. Use any Options Calculator to find the theoretical BSM price of an April 30 European call option for Coca Cola with a strike of $55. Compare this to the actual price on CBOE or Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/KO/options on the day you complete this question.Can you explain any reasons for the difference in prices? Use the ‘Implied Volatility’ function on the Options Calculator to infer the implied volatility based on the market price for this call option. Use the same Options Calculator to find out the Delta, Gamma, and Vega of this option. Explain how you would use that information as an options trader.

ABC LTD is considering two mutually exclusive projects requiring an initial cash outlay of 10,000 each and with a useful life of 5 years. The company required rate of return is 10%. Cash flows are given as follows:YEAR 1 2 3 4 5Project A 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000Project B 4,000 2,500 2,000 3,500 3,500Required:Calculate for each projecti. The payback periodii. The average rate of returniii. The net present valueiv. Profitability indexv. The internal rate of return

This week, you will analyze Publix’s current condition. As your analytical framework, please consult Chapters 4–6 in Hitt et al. (2017), in addition to the pdf-handouts on SWOT analysis and grand strategies and the ppt-handout on Porter’s generic strategies. Consult credible external sources as necessary to supply specific information on the company and its main competitors.1: Business-Level Strategy. Using Porter’s (1980) model, identify Publix’s generic strategy. Include relevant economic observations (consistent with the special ppt-handout on Porter’s generic strategies) to support your inference.2: Competitive Dynamics. From Chapter 5, analyze Publix’s competitive landscape to determine whether it is a slow-cycle, fast-cycle, or standard-cycle market. Provide objective evidence to support your inference.Remember—when analyzing your company’s current condition, refrain from making any suggestions whatsoever regarding what you think the company should do.Use APA style (7th edition), with appropriate topical headings to organize and segment the paper and correctly formatted citations and references.Cite at least the textbook (no more than three times), and at least one credible source for each topic. Aim for high-quality sources. Steer clear of generic websites for this purpose.

Need 300 words Initial Post and 3 replies of 50 words each. Need Initial Post in 18 hours.Extended Discussion: Free JazzImpressions of Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman, Bulbs by Cecil Taylor and Ghosts by Albert AylerInstructions:As you listen to Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman, Bulbs by Cecil Taylor and Ghosts by Albert Ayler, write down your impressions. Describe what you are hearing. What instruments are playing and how do they sound? Use your own words. Musical jargon is not necessary. How does this music make you feel? In your estimation, what is the skill level of the performers. Does this music sound as if it has a plan? Do the instruments and parts fit together?Describe how the character of any or all of these recordings might have been a reflection of the struggle for equal rights for African-Americans in the 1960s.Finally, tell the reader if you liked or disliked these pieces and why. Be honest. All of this should take up roughly one typed, double-spaced page. Use your Team’s Discussion Forum to share your research paper with your Team members.After all the students in your Team have posted their statements, read them. Then add at least one comment (can be as short as a sentence) about each Team member’s statement in the Extended Discussion: Free Jazz Folder in your Team Folder in the Discussion Board Folder.EvaluationWhen you complete this assignment, you will receive 20 points: 15 points for your statement and 5 points for the comments you add to statements from the other students in your Team discussion group. I am interested in your honest opinion, so there are no “right or wrong” answers. I may take off points if your statement is too short (missing something), if your assignment is incomplete (i.e., you fail to add at least one comment to each statement submitted by all the other members of your discussion group) or if there are grammatical and spelling problems. Do not submit a list. Your statement should be written in prose (sentences and paragraphs, etc.).

Choose any 2 islamic banks in Oman from the following:-Al Muzn Islamic bank-Meethaq Islamic bank-al hilal Islamic bank- Sohar Islamic bankAny conventional banks in Oman (if you want to use): ex.-Bank Muscat-Bank Sohar-al ahli bankQuestion 1: 1200 wordsQuestion 2: 800 wordsTotal 2000 wordsSingle spacing, total 4 pagesAdditional PowerPoint presentation based on the work, between 10-20 pages max

Assignment Questions: (Marks 05)1. Article Question: Read the attached article titled as “Your Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong” by Art Markman, published in Harvard Business Review, and answer the following Questions:a. Summarize the article and explain the main issues discussed in the article. (In 400-500 words) (Marks 2)b. What do you think about the article in relations to what you have learnt in the course about divergent thinking and group decision making? Use additional reference to support you argument. (In 250-400 words) (Marks 1.5)2. Critical Thinking Question: If you collect too much information for analyzing a decision, you can suffer from analysis paralysis, where you spend too much time thinking about a decision rather than making one. Recall a major financial decision you made recently, such as of a car or housing purchase or rental. Describe your process for making the decision. How could analysis paralysis have affected this process? (In 150-300 words) (Marks 1.5)

Consumer Behavior, Market Segmentation & PositioningLearning OutcomesConsumer decision-making process. Student can identify how marketing strategy can influence each of the steps in the consumer decision-making process.Segmentation. Students can use the segmentation characteristics to identify and describe market segments.Target market & strategy. Students can identify a usable market segment to be a target market and determine an appropriate target-market strategyPositioning. Students can develop and interpret a perceptual map.DirectionsRefer to the product or service you selected for your first writing assignment. This week, you want to take a closer look at what consumer factors may be relevant for customers who are considering buying your product or service offering. This will require some critical thinking on your part based on your own behavior if you are a customer yourself, or you may want to talk to others who have purchased the product. Sometimes you can find clues when looking at the marketing messages that may be addressing some of these factors.So far, you have only been considering the customers of your product or service as one big group, or a mass market. More astute marketing breaks down this large group into smaller market segments of consumers who have similar characteristics. For any specific product or service, there could be numerous market segments. However, company resources may only allow a company to pursue one or two or these market segments, which then become target market(s). In this paper, you should divide the mass market for your product or service into at least two market segments and then pick one target market you think would have the most potential for future growth.Chances are you picked a product with which you are familiar. That is a good starting point, and you may represent one target market. But you may represent a target market that is saturated and therefore not the best target market to pick for the remainder of the semester. So be sure your second target market is different enough and represents growth potential.If you did not do a thorough analysis of the competition in the prior writing assignment, you may need to go back and figure out the nature of the product’s or service’s competition. This will be important when you address the positioning of your product for your newly identified target market inasmuch as positioning is a competition-based concept.Part 1Consumer decision-making process. Go through the six steps of the purchase process outlined in the readings and identify where marketing can influence each of the six steps. For example, if a consumer just identified a need for your product in step one, then the company can advertise how your product fills that need. Or, if a consumer purchased your product, the consumer can be called and asked about their satisfaction with the product and if there is any dissatisfaction steps can be taken to ensure the customer satisfaction. Be sure to be more specific with respect to your product or service than this example.Segmentation. View Table 5.1 of your Week 4 Reading, in Section 5.2, How Markets are Segmented. Using the various criteria of the segmentation bases described in Table 5.1, identify at least two distinct market segments for your product or service. Each market segment description must include at least three (more if needed) of the characteristics from amongst any of the four bases categories (e.g. one from demographic variables, one or two from psychographic variables, and one from behavioral variables, or a similar scheme). Be sure to explain your choices based on what customer need the product or service offering can fill for each segment.Part 2Target market & strategy. Select one of the market segments you described in your segmentation response as the one you believe is or can be the most profitable for your product or service offering and explain why you feel they can represent growth for the company. Refer to the six criteria for an attractive market segment as described in Section 5.3 of the reading ‘Selecting Target Markets’. Name your target market so you can use this name throughout all of your remaining writing assignments. Your name should be descriptive of the segments’ characteristics like ‘savvy young shoppers’ or ‘educated baby boomers’, or ‘urban hipsters’, or the like. The goal is for your faculty member to get a mental image of your target market for the remainder of the semester. Should the company focus all their resources on this new target market (concentrated marketing) or should they continue to pursue both the new and the existing target market as well as other market segments (multi-segment marketing)? Alternatively, is the market so saturated might they be more successful by focusing solely on an even more narrow market segment, perhaps an even narrower version (niche marketing) of your selected target market, as their best chance for growth? What is your reasoning?Positioning. Draw a perceptual map as illustrated in the week’s readings or the website in the directions. Be sure to pick two criteria that are important to your new target market for your two axes, perhaps two of the criteria you used in Week 1 in your competitive analysis. Map at least the two major competitors you noted in the previous writing assignment and add any others that you may have discovered since then. You may want to visit this resource for more information on how to construct a perceptual map. Describe what the perceptual map is telling you regarding how each product is perceived in the minds of the new target market you described above. You may have to make a series of educated guesses for some of the data points. Ideally, you want to find uncontested space. If your product overlaps with a competing offering discuss whether or not your product or service should try for an ‘uncontested’ space on the map and ‘reposition’ itself; or if it should keep the same position and compete head on with the other product.

Scenario: You will help Karen, the owner and operator of Vantage Restaurant, develop a system that will enable her to forecast food and beverage sales by month for up to one year in advance.Read Case Problem 1, Forecasting Food and Beverage Sales, on page 868. (the article is attached to the document )2. Perform an analysis of the sales data.3. Prepare a report that summarizes your findings in five pages maximum, forecasts, and recommendations. Include the following:A time series plot. Comment on the underlying pattern in the time series.Analysis of the seasonality of the data. Indicate seasonal indexes for each month and comment on the high and the low seasonal sales months. Do the seasonal indexes make intuitive sense? Explain.Deseasonalize the time series. Does there appear to be any trend in the deseasonalized time series?Using the time series decomposition method, forecast sales for January through December of the fourth year.Using the dummy variable regression approach, forecast sales for January through December of the fourth year.Provide summary tables of your calculations and any graphs in the appendix of your report. 4.Cite all sources in APA format – 5 sources one being the Holy Bible5. 5 pages title and reference