Rationale Reports Samples For Students

Introduction to prototyping

1.1 Definition and objectives
A prototype is a functional model that works similar to the component of the product. In most cases, the client only has the general perspective of what is expected from the product of software. In such a situation where there is no detailed information concerning the system input, processing requirements and the output requirements, the prototyping model can be used. Prototyping has a number of objectives. First, it is employed in order to overcome the possible client misinterpretation and also to test technical feasibility of the proposed design and its purpose. Next is that it is meant ...

Introduction

The trade-off between risk and return is an always been a concerned for the analysts and researchers and the concepts related to the same are extremely effective and essential. Financial Management is one of the largest fields which have different dominating options embedded in it. Financial Management is a combination of two things that are managing and finance. It means that the management of the financial function is more than essential and effective for the sake of the organization (Elton, Gruber, Brown & Goetzmann, n.d.).
The concept of risk and return has number of aspects as well in which different techniques ...

1. Which of the following is an antidote for benzodiazepine overdose or toxicity?a. Buspirone (BuSpar)b. Hydroxyzine (Visteril)c. Flumazenil (Romazicon)d. Naloxone (Narcan)There is one other drug overdose antidote in the above list. Name the drug and its mechanism of action. Flumazenil (Romazicon®) is another drug given to reverse the depressant effects of benzodiazepine and thus useful for overdose treatment. It acts as a competitive antagonist of benzodiazepines, having high affinity to GABAA receptors, which is the BZD binding site. This allows it to specifically target benzodiazepine and drugs with similar MOA such as zolpidem, but not other ...

Business Case Analysis

Business case analysis

According to Remenyi and Sherwood-Smith, it is necessary that every IT investment is preceded with a comprehensive business case analysis which will summarize all important elements of the project proposal and will assist in the decision making process (Remenyi and sherwood-Smith, 2012). Following a structure suggested by the same authors, the following business case analysis is comprised of:
- Set of outcomes and clearly defined business objective
- Beneficiaries and stakeholders of the project
- Evaluation of project benefits
- Evaluation of project costs
- Evaluation of project risks
- Definition of ...

Supervisor:

Abstract
In modern business world characterized with competition, acquisition and mergers are dominating main company’s games. In fact, major companies in such as food sectors and banks are acquiring smaller firms in order to ensure that control competition and assets are strengthened. Just like numerous other decisions, there is need for careful prognosis and study before taking this important step in analysis of assets in a company, business performance, and acquisition overall viability. Embry Investment Group is a company that is exploring for a company to qualify for acquisition. This report is aimed at gaining a deeper comprehension on the viability ...

Letter of Transmittal

Richard Albert Sylvester
Management Consultant
Lamplighters Corporation
Ottawa K I P 5B5
Phone: 613-563-1509
www.lamplightres.ca
The Right Honorable Justin P.J. Trudeau

Office of the Prime Minister

80 Wellington Street

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

RE: Project Suitability Report on the Proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline Project
Dear Right Honorable Prime Minister,
It is with great pleasure and honor that I submit this report on the suitability of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project.
The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project proposal by Kinder Morgan aims at increasing the current capacity of the existing Trans Mountain oil pipeline. Currently, the existing infrastructure has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per ...

The researchers have selected their organization Gap Inc. based in Ottawa to conduct research on the prevalent HR issues pertaining to employee compensation system and performance management. It should be highlighted that the major HR problem across GAP is their flawed remuneration system that result in poor rewards for employees despite their dedication and inclination for job. It should be emphasized that poor reward system adversely impacts employee financial targets and job fulfillment, which in turn leads to lack of job motivation, low confidence and trust relationship with employers, reduced desire for growth in existing organization, greater absenteeism and ...

Executive Summary

Canada stands out as a trade-dependent country. Thus, it finds its prosperity quite tied towards international commerce. The statement above means that import and export trade constitutes over half the GDP of Canada. For quite some long time in the history of Canada’s international trade, the United States has been the leading destination of Canada’s export merchandise. However, the high Canadian dollar, the Asian economies competition, as well as the thickening of the border have greatly decreased Canada’s trade with the United States. In light of the above, it has become clear that Canada must diversify in ...

Since, the portfolio construction is based on Moderately Conservative Risk Tolerance, this is a clear indication that the investor is either retired or is retired and is solely relying on paychecks from the portfolio income. Another extreme case can be that the investor has already faced the negative side of investment and has lost his money in the past and thus, he prefers to be moderately conservative in his investment approach. Thus, being an ethical investment advisor firm, we cannot force the investor to change his investment approach and thus, we shall continue with the portfolio construction as per moderately ...

Relationship between infrastructure and security

The way the network has been planned has significant impact on the way the security of the company will be undertaken. It is important to understand the gateways and the security devices have been planned. It is also important to understand the policies that have been put in place to have the data of the company protected. There is a need to analyze the flow of information so that the diagnosis of any security faults will be easy to identify. Security depends so much on the infrastructure that has been put in place in the company. There is a need to ...

Vision and Mission Analysis

Vision:
Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is envisioned to being the best company in the hospitality business in the entire world. It plans to achieve this by developing hotels that meet the needs of their guests. The company has specifically stated that the customers’ needs are the core satisfactions that the company wants to align with its long-term goals and objectives. This vision explains the continued success of the company in the hospitality sector.

Mission:

The established mission statement by IHG demonstrates the importance of maintaining and increasing the shareholders returns. It reveals the importance of maximizing the shareholders wealth. ...

Summer B

Group 45
John
Bill
Mary
Accounting
9th, November, 2013
Introduction:
Our company, XYZ Investments, is an asset management investment firm where we manage the portfolio of our clients on the basis of their differentiated preference for risk and return objectives. We, the three founders of this company, John, Bill and Mary have an extensive experience in investment industry and this report will target our client Mr.X for whom we are managing the portfolio of stock that include the following company:
- McDonalds
- Walt Disney
- South West
...

Question 1

In order to manage and successfully reduce or mitigate the financial risks associated with advance payment of large amount of money to unknown supplier, it is first important to identify and understand the risks associated with this kind of transaction (Froot, Scharfstein, and Stein 1993). An advance payment, in its basic terms, is a prepaid expense from the client (in this case RTE) paid to the supplier or the vendor (Vital Office Furniture Limited) in advance for the goods and services (furniture and fittings in this case).
An advance payment is very important to the supplier as it provides ...

Abstract

This paper is about the need to foster employee engagement in organizations, as the concept has significant impacts in business management. The study acknowledges employee engagement (EE) as emotional commitment that employees develop to meeting organizational objectives. The paper appreciates that employees require empowerment, recognition, and reward for their contribution to the development of EE. The paper utilizes the case study of Putteridge Solutions plc to show an example of an organization that needs to implement EE to experience better results. Different tools are used in measuring the concept, with employee survey being a common approach, as it helps ...

SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is a tool used in the evaluation of the internal environment, where the organization conducts an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The Sony retail company in London has low product diversification, making it vulnerable in the face of the businesses that have a broad range of goods. The threat posed by the competitors is real. Many players in the DVD/CD and video games market have emerged, and the management is concerned that it is becoming extremely hard to retain dominance of the market (Williams and Chinn, 2010, P.426). Several Substitute products are available ...

Essay

Chapter 17. Prevention Programs
Describe the key characteristics of community based drug prevention strategies. Please list these descriptions in bullet point format
Community based drug prevention strategies are very broad (they involve community’s youth, parents, businesses, media, schools, law enforcement, religious or fraternal groups, civic or volunteer groups, healthcare professionals and government agencies with expertise in the field of substance abuse),
Community based drug prevention strategies are to be integrated to increase public support, social awareness and to keep the community members informed of the current state of things,

Community based drug prevention strategies are expected to have a structured organizational plan aimed to reach at-risk population,

Community based drug prevention strategies might be oriented to ...

Internal Analysis

Internal Analysis

Introduction

According to David (2011), every organization has weaknesses and strengths in its functional areas. Organizations have several functional areas depending on the industry they operate in. A firm that seeks competitive advantage against rivals must build on its distinctive competencies, which are inimitable strengths that others cannot replicate. Similarly, it is important to build on weaknesses and to turn them into strengths. The process of internal analysis, therefore, involves establishing the company’s strengths and weaknesses within key functional areas. Once completed, an internal analysis helps employees to understand and perform their roles within the larger organizational ...

Introduction.3

Project Goals and Objectives..3

Transaction Processor.4

Price and Inventory File..5

Inventory Management5

Communications..6

Documentation.6

Alpha test.6
Beta test6
Start Rollout.7
Actual Project Costs and Cash Flow7
Timeframe and Timeline..8
Resourcing Allocation and Rationale..8

Perceived Benefits8

Assumptions9
Risk Assessment..9
References..10
1.0 Introduction.
Universal Retail Corporation (URC) is an active player in the growing electronic gadgets market, and it plans to open a chain of retail outlets to further its growth in the market and combat the growing competitive threat from online purchases (Colophon, 2014). URC is designed to have a sale and stock control system for its proposed chain of retail outlets across Australia. The organization provides ...

The Concept of Professional Motivation

Professional motivation is a concept that is at the heart of organizational productivity. Kearney-Nunnery (146) finds that motivation is the expression of the internal and external factors within the person and the work environment in which the individual works that elicit certain responses when people are faced with various situations. This would imply that when these factors within the individual and the environment have a negative connotation, the most expected reaction when the individual is faced with a situation is negative. This is because motivation entails the elements that influence behavior, some of which include needs and drives. However, ...

Introduction

The objective of this report is to summarize the key methods, procedures, goals and objectives, and takeaways from a series of individual laboratory experiments conducted throughout the course. Specifically, it is a summary of Exercises 1 on Phylum Porifera (Sponges), 2 on Phylum Cnidaria (Hydras), 3 on Phylum Platyhelminthes (Planarians), 4 on Phylum Annelida (Clamworms and Earthworms), 5 on Phylum Mollusca (Clams), and other exercises on Phylum Arthropoda (Crayfish), Deuterostome (Phylum Echinodermata, Sea Star), among others. Despite their number, the individual laboratory experiments, in fact, have one thing in common. That is their key objective is to be able ...

Brief Commercial Analysis

Cine World is one of the largest movie theater and cinema operators not only in its home country, the United Kingdom, but also in Europe. Specifically, it is the second largest in its industry, in terms of sales volume, net income, and number of branches. It owns several chains and brands of cinemas, the biggest of which would be Picture House Cinemas with 24 branches and Cine World Cinemas with 82 branches. All in all, however, the company has more than 800 branches, with some of its newest screens being opened in foreign European countries like Jersey and Ireland.
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Abstract

Presented is the cautious strategic analysis of newly born bank in the UK. Factual research suggests that UK owns the largest banking industry in the world and federal measures of the company highly support businesses in the country with lesser intervention. Secondly, economic and social factors are providing evidence of promising growth in the businesses in UK. Further, competitive landscape suggests that rivalry is high in the industry that is attributed to industry size as well as competitive pressures in terms of suppliers and buyer are comparatively higher.
The internal analysis highlighted the distinctive capabilities of the firm ...

Background and rationale

Background
Water is an essential substance for the life of human beings on earth; however lack of clean and fresh water for use because of poor sanitation and lack of water purification systems causes the significant number of deaths. More than 800 million people do not have access to fresh drinking water as per the report by the Millennium Development Goals in 2012. The world’s population is growing at a faster rate. Statistics shows that by mid-century, nearly 2 billion people will not have access to safe drinking water (Schilling 2013). The growing population, changing industrial and agricultural ...

Background of the Issue

With increasingly difficult organizational structures and continuously evolving markets, modern companies face more severe competition. This competitive market environment is no longer determined by the high level supply and demand curve and product features, as it used to be somewhat forty and even thirty years ago. Contemporary businesses have to learn to compete on price and upstream effectiveness to be able to develop sustainable competitive advantage in their respective markets. Past decades put in focus an emerging trend of production and manufacturing outsourcing, where large corporation found a great cost advantage in offshoring their operations in lower labor cost countries, ...

Introduction

Businesses always increase their revenue generation capability and effectiveness in terms of productivity and effectiveness. They have accomplished the same thing by get their things in the right manner accordingly (Click & Duening, 2004). Training and development in terms of effectiveness can be an aspect that associated directly with the productivity of the employees who would then become able to generate effectiveness and high revenue recognition in the long run. Short Run and Long run effectiveness are effective for the corporations as far as generating their net income is concerned (Click & Duening, 2005).
Employees have to give some extra ...

Introduction

Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness with strong and consistently reported causal linkages with cigarette smoking. Econometric analyses have demonstrated sufficient rationale in promoting smoking cessation as an effective strategy for primary prevention of AMD (Hurley et al, 2008). Japan shares many of the contemporary health issues with the developed countries including its demographic profile (long life expectancy, aging population) and disease burden (lifestyle related disorders). The prevalence of AMD in Japanese population has been found comparable to that in White population (Nakata et al, 2013).This provides sufficient basis for replication of evidence-based strategies ...

Consumers are rational decision makers who are only concerned about their personal preferences and interests say Zumpfe and Schiffman (2007). There are a number of factors that influence their preferences; some of which include their needs, knowledge, alternatives, and purpose.
In order to maintain a strong relationship with consumers, companies such as Fetch TV, need to focus more on relationship marketing. Relationship marketing involves the creation of a strong, lasting relationship, by which, consumers feel respected and important. Today, consumers are very conscious of their needs and what and where to buy them. Because of the large number of options they have to ...

Brand Equity Management

Part One: Introduction
One of the key reasons behind the success of a business is a strong brand image or building brand equity. The main rationale behind building brand equity is because it serves as a basis for business success and also helps assists in offsetting stiff competition by letting brands to maintain high pricing, differentiating the product, and enjoying loyal set of customers. Explaining in short what makes such a brand, on the other hand, is not as straightforward a task as saying what a brand should bring about (Carman, 1990). Notably, the outlook of a brand is primarily associated with an identity, a name, a symbol ...

Abstract

The field of psychology continues to offer several means of measuring empathy different from the traditionally known empathy measurement styles. Empathy has a relationship with age and autistic spectrum trait of an individual. The research aimed at determining the different AQ scores for adults between 19 and 70 years of age. In addition, the relationship between age and AQ and empathy measurement was investigated. The research used mixed methodology research design where interviews, questionnaires, and surveys were conducted. In addition, the Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) was used to test autistic like-traits among participants. The research results indicated that the ...

Introduction

Critics of Global institutions have a variety of complaints about the IMF and the World Bank. Explain some of the main categories of complaints and give some recommendations as to the type of reforms necessary for these institutions.
Formed as part of the Bretton Woods system after the Second World War to aid in the reconstruction of nations afflicted by the war, the international monetary fund and the World Bank have grown in stature over the years.

Criticisms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and Recommendations

- Segregation among member countries
One of the principal criticisms of the two global economic institutions is what is viewed as ...

Understanding, Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences

Chosen Organization – Citibank (A Citi Group Banking Company)
About the Company
Citibank is a part of the Citi Bank Group that offers a wide array of banking needs, products and services to millions of consumers, governments and commercial organizations. This business organization thrives in serving over a million clients with financial services that deliver consistent client-centric such as retail banking, credit cards, retail services and mortgage (Citigroup.com). The chosen organization is a commercial business that belongs in the banking industry. It is an organization that has strategically placed itself in key locations around the world where major financial institutions can be ...

In capital budgeting, the ultimate condition underlying any investment decision in whether or not it maximizes the wealth of the shareholder. It might be of interest at this point to note that it is shareholders and not any other providers of capital who are considered in the investment decisions.
The best rationale for the maximization of shareholder wealth is the ownership claim that shareholders have on any company. Essentially, shares represent ownership, and thus it follows that any business decisions should be in the best interests of the owners. Investment decisions should thus all be geared towards improving ...

The patient, 89 years old, was admitted because of a stroke. No family brought her to the care facility. Age seems to contribute to the stroke. Patient has also diabetes. The blood sugar after conducting tests was at 5.1, which is stable. Based on the patient’s medical history, the patient has experienced hypertension, TIA, CHF and Atrial fibrillation. Monitoring for the patients ECG was done every 48 hours. The weight of the patient was done weekly, and in case, it increased, the doctor was to be notified. Body assessment was done. She indicated signs of depression. There was weakness ...

Executive Summary

China is recognized as the fastest growing countries in trade. There are various products that are sold in China and the market has been declared favorable to many due to its high demand brought about by the high population. Lipton tea is a product of Unilever Company which was recently launched in China and its market has been tremendously increasing for the past few years. Unilever caters in three types which include personal care, food brands and home care brands. Personal care brands include Lotions, creams and soaps, Food Brands include Lipton and Blue band while home care brands include ...