Sunday, November 14, 2010
Eco401 GDB No. 01 Solution
The elasticity of supply measures the responsiveness the quantity supplied to a change in the price of that commodity.
Because supply curves slope upwards, the elasticity of supply is positive. As we move along a supply curve, positive price changes are associated with positive output changes. An increase in price causes an increase in quantity sold. The more elastic is supply the larger the percentage increases in quantity supplied in response to a given percentage change in price. Thus elastic supply curves are relatively flat and inelastic supply curves relatively steep.
There are important special cases. If the supply curve is vertical, -the quantity supplied does not change as prices changes- elasticity of supply is zero. A horizontal supply curve has an infinitely high elasticity of supply: A small drop in price would reduce the quantity producers are willing to supply from an indefinitely large amount to zero
CS101 Assignment's # 02 Solution
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Eng201 Assignment Solution
Some foundations/corporations prefer a letter of inquiry to determine whether the applicant falls within the foundation's guidelines. In this case, an inquiry letter used instead of a cover letter and proposal. It is very succinct, and attachments are not included. If the funder determines the organization and project fit within it's scope, the organization will be directed to submit a complete proposal. If not, a decline letter is usually issued at that time. A letter of inquiry should meet the following criteria:
Lists other prospective funders for the project
Includes thank you and next step to be taken
Does not exceed two pages (one page is recommended)
Includes name and phone number of contact at the organization
Is signed by the person who can speak with authority on behalf of the organization
Q2: Common organization mistakes
1. Taking too long to get to the Point
2. Including irrelevant material
3. Organize Your Ideas
4. Getting ideas mixed up
5. Leaving out necessary information
Why Good Organization is Important
1. Saves Time and Work
2. Helps you delegate
3. Increases reader understanding
4. Makes reader more receptive to message
5. Saves readers time
Q2: please refer handouts, lecture 13 and 14. Pages 50 - 60
Saturday, November 13, 2010
HRM627 GDB Solution
MGMT611 GDB solution
Discussion Question
A realistic approach to understanding conflict management styles is to divide them into two broad types: collaborative (win-win) versus competitive (win-lose).
Issue:
You are supposed to tell which type of conflict will arise in following situation and what will be the aftereffects if it will not be resolved.(word limit: maximum 150)
Situation:
"The sales team of the toys manufacturing company claimed that they made the boost sales in the current year than previous years so there should be extra bonuses for their welfare and encouragement but management is not ready to announce extra bonuses according to the efforts of sales team."
Solution:
Type of Conflict:-
In this situation competitive conflict (win-lose) will arise as staff demands more bonuses after they claim increase in the sales and management is not prepared to announce more bonuses.
Aftereffects:
A competitive process will most likely have the following effects on the parties:
Communication is obstructed as the conflicting parties try to gain advantage by misleading each other through false promises and misinformation. Communication is ultimately reduced as the parties realize they cannot trust one another's communications as honest and informative.
"Obstructiveness and lack of helpfulness lead to mutual negative attitudes and suspicion of one another's intentions. One's perceptions of the other tend to focus on the person's negative qualities and ignore the positives."
The parties are unable to effectively divide their work and end up duplicating efforts. When they do divide it, they continuously feel the need to check each other's work.
Ongoing disagreement and critical rejection of ideas reduces participants' self-confidence as well as confidence in the other parties.
The conflicting parties seek to increase their own power and therefore see any increase in the other side's power as a threat.
The competitive process fosters the notion that the solution of the conflict can only be imposed by one side on the other. This orientation also encourages the use of coercive tactics such as psychological or physical threats and/or violence. This process tends to expand the range of contested issues and turns the conflict into a power struggle, with each side seeking to win outright. This sort of escalation raises the motivational significance of the conflict for the participants and makes them more likely to accept a mutual disaster rather than a partial defeat or compromise.