Explain why organizations within the hotel and tourism industries have a hard time changing their core values after an extended period of time

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  • Creating an organizational culture is one of the most significant aspects of a leader’s job. Recommend three methods you would use to emphasize service and quality as part of your organization’s culture and how the message would be communicated through the organization.
  • Most people agree that change is difficult and yet change is necessary to move forward.  Explain why organizations within the hotel and tourism industries have a hard time changing their core values after an extended period of time. Use this article (https://www.inc.com/articles/2000/08/20028.html) from Inc. magazine as a guideline.

What part will statistics play in the Global Society?

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 H.G. Wells once said, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!” What part will statistics play in the Global Society? Take a position on whether you agree or disagree with this statement, and provide a rationale for your response.

What deficiencies existed in the internal environment at Springer

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Answer the following questions about the audit of Springer’s Lumber & Supply

 

a.

What deficiencies existed in the internal environment at Springer

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s?

The “internal environment” refers to the tone or culture of a company and helps determine how risk consciousness employees are. It is the foundation for all other ERM components, providing discipline and structure. It is essentially the same thing as the control environment in the internal control framework. The internal environment also refers to management’s attitude toward internal control, and to how that attitude is reflected in the organization’s control policies and  procedures. At Springer’s, several deficiencies in the control environment are apparent: 1.

 

Management authority is concentrated in three family members, so there are few, if any, checks and balances on their behavior. In addition, several other relatives and friends of the family are on the payroll. 2.

 

Since the company has a “near monopoly” on the business in the Bozeman area, few competitive constraints restrain prices, wages, and other business practices. 3.

 

Lines of authority and responsibility are loosely defined, which make it difficult to identify who is responsible for problems or decisions. 4.

 

Management may have engaged in “creative accounting” to make its financial  performance look better, which suggests a management philosophy that could encourage unethical behavior among employees.

b.

 

Do you agree with the decision to settle with the Springers rather than to prosecute them for fraud and embezzlement? Why or why not?

3) What allows information to be more closely packed on blue ray discs than DVDs?

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1) An 8 bit video card can display how many colors?

A) 8

B) 16

C) 64

D) 256

E) 512

2) POS terminals are found everywhere BUT the following?

A) Grocery store

B) Gift shop

C) Clothing store

D) Office building

E) Auto parts store

3) What allows information to be more closely packed on blue ray discs than DVDs?

A) The information on DVDs is encoded in a more complex manner than on blu ray discs.

B) Blu ray discs are read with a blue laser, whereas DVDs are read with a red laser.

C) DVDs are created out of a different material than blu ray discs.

D) Blu ray discs are read with a red laser, whereas DVDs are read with a blue laser.

E) The information isn’t more closely packed. Blu ray discs are just twice as big as DVDs.

4) Which of the following is a computer language used in designing web pages?

A) HTML

B) GUI

C) LAN

D) TCP/IP

E) OLTP

5) A person sits down at a computer and moves their mouse to click on an icon. The reason they are able to do this is because of

A) VPN

B) DSS

C) HTML

D) WAN

E) GUI

6) A student needs to email her thesis paper to her teacher and she knows the file is 12,000 bits. However, she knows that her email carrier will only allow her to at­tach a certain number of bytes to an email. How many bytes is her paper?

A) 120

B) 150

C) 1200

D) 1500

E) 3000

7) After its creation, ASCII later developed into

A) CIO

B) Unicode

C) HTML

D) CSS

E) None of the above

8) _____________ provides access to a remote computer for retrieval of files.

A) FTP

B) EDI

C) URL

D) TCP

E) TCP/IP

9) When you copy something to the clipboard, it will remain there until

A) It is pasted.

B) It is sorted.

C) It is replaced.

D) It is collated.

E) It is bolded.

10) Which of the following correctly orders the steps which the CPU follows in executing a command?

A) Fetch, Execute, Decode, Writeback

B) Fetch, Decode, Execute, Writeback

C) Fetch, Writeback, Execute, Decode

D) Decode, Writeback, Execute, Fetch

E) None of the above

CLEP Practice Test Answer Key:

D:) 256.

D:) Office building.

B:) Blu ray discs are read with a blue laser, whereas DVDs are read with a red laser.

A:) HTML. This stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.

E:) GUI. Graphical User Interfaces allow a person to interact with their computer. Before there were GUIs, computers could only be operated through the use of a command line.

D:) 1500. There are eight bits in one byte. 12,000 bits/8 = 1500 bytes.

B:) Unicode.

A:) FTP.

C:) It is replaced.

B:) Fetch, Decode, Execute, Writeback.

3) Describe the leadership approaches preferred in the cluster that will be visited.

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For this assignment, imagine that you have been tasked with preparing a cultural brief for an upcoming trip that will put you and your travel companions in touch with a different societal cluster. Choose one cluster other than the one in which you currently operate, and create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following items:

1) List and describe the cultural cluster that will be visited.

2) Provide information on cultural norms from the cluster to be visited, including specific information from the GLOBE study (see article by Javidan, Dorfman, De Luque, and House in the unit’s required readings).

3) Describe the leadership approaches preferred in the cluster that will be visited.

4) Describe considerations for leading multicultural teams.

Utilize the in-class materials to support the content of this presentation and include at least one image in your presentation. Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least10 slides in length. The title and reference slides do not count toward the total slide count.

5) Be sure to include the rubric elements from the guidelines below:

6) Your presentation should have originality, and the content should be presented in a unique and interesting manner.

7) Speaker notes must be provided

8) The analysis should be thorough and fully developed.

9) The organization should be clear. The main points should be arranged logically to support the information provide, with similar ideas grouped together with smooth transitions.

10) All graphics and texts should be appropriate, attractive, and support the theme and content. Be sure to use a consistent and appropriate background.

11) Any sources used should be properly cited and referenced according to APA format.

12) The writing should be clear and concise with proper sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation, and it should be free from spelling errors.

Which of the following is the standard for electronic data interchange transfers from the American National Standard Institute?

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  1. When using a web browser, each address normally starts with the letters http. What does the “h” represent?High
    1. Hyper
    2. Head
    3. Height
    4. Hydro

CLEP Exam Study Guide with Practice Questions

  1. A web browser browses the Internet with all of the following types of connections EXCEPT a:
    1. wireless connection.
    2. firewalled connection.
    3. proxy-server connection.
    4. stand-alone connection.
    5. direct connection.
  2. To view web pages, the best protocol to use is:
    1. http.
    2. ftp.
    3. nntp.
    4. smtp.
    5. www.
  3. To transfer files, the best protocol to use is:
    1. http.
    2. ftp.
    3. nntp.
    4. smtp.
    5. www.
  4. To transfer e-mail messages, the best protocol to use is:
    1. http.
    2. ftp.
    3. nntp.
    4. smtp.
    5. www.
  5. A specialized system used to aid geographic mapping systems is called:
    1. geographic information system.
    2. business intelligence.
    3. decision support system.
    4. expert system.
    5. statistical analysis.
  6. A specialized system used to help make high-level decisions based on complex business intelligence information is called:
    1. geographic information system.
    2. business intelligence.
    3. decision support system.
    4. expert system.
    5. statistical analysis.
  7. A specialized system designed to ask questions, collect data, and provide a suggested solution, often with a specific degree of accuracy, is called:
    1. geographic information system.
    2. business intelligence.
    3. decision support system.
    4. expert system.
    5. statistical analysis.
  8. Which of the following is the standard for electronic data interchange transfers from the American National Standard Institute?
    1. IEEE
    2. 802.11
    3. X12
    4. ACM
    5. ASCII
  9. Benefits of electronic data interchange include all of the following EXCEPT:
    1. it is more accurate than traditional transaction processing.
    2. it is faster than traditional transaction processing.
    3. it uses fewer natural resources than traditional transaction processing.
    4. it is more secure than traditional transaction processing.
    5. it makes just-in-time processing more difficult and time-consuming.

Discuss what the term “pollution prevention” (P2) means to you, either personally or professionally.

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Read the lecture materials and click here to visit the EPA web page on P2. Discuss what the term “pollution prevention” (P2) means to you, either personally or professionally. Share with your classmates what involvement you have with pollution prevention in your work.

, do you notice any ethical issues with how the marketer has approached the consumer in that target market?

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Let’s discuss the buying decision process. Discuss a major purchase you have made recently. Explain the buying decision process stages you went though, what sources of information you used, etc. Let’s see how your decision process compares with two well known decision models. The classic consumer’s purchasing decision process is illustrated in Figure 3.9 in Reading #2 on the W4 Readings and this is the The new consumer decision journey (https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-new-consumer-decision-journey ) Which model describes your process better?

2. Let’s discuss market segmentation. First, take any major consumer product (e.g. autos, beers, cosmetics, soft drinks) and discuss how the market for that product has been segmented. Give specific examples of products that were designed to appeal to specific market segments and how the marketer has tried to appeal to that segment. For your product try to include each of these aspects from Market Segmenting, Targeting, and Positioning: (https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_principles-of-marketing-v2.0/s08-market-segmenting-targeting-an.html) Behavioral segmentation Demographic segmentation Geographic segmentation Psychographic segmentation Second, do you notice any ethical issues with how the marketer has approached the consumer in that target market? If so, what issues do you see?