Think about the Enron video that you watched in this course (attached below). In your opinion, what steps could have been taken to avoid the ethical blowup? After the CEO and CFO were released from the company, suppose Enron hired you to build an ethics program that will lead to a culture of care, honesty and integrity. Describe the steps you would take to build this culture and to hold individuals accountable to ethical practices.

Question 1

a) Explain in a paragraph why is effective information management, especially the ability to identify business problems through data collection, so important in a business environment?

b) Describe in a paragraph what is the role of a leader that manages knowledge and information?

c) Under what circumstances can corporate knowledge be lost?

d) List five consequences of failing to maintain corporate knowledge.

e) Provide one test you might use for the:

i. Reliability of information sourced

ii. Validity of the information

Question 2

a) Explain one statistical analysis method, including its benefit and applications.

b) Explain in a paragraph how can sensitivity analysis aid decision-making in an organisation?

c) Explain the consequences of failing to comprehensively analyse cause and effect relationship.

Question 3

Read the case study answer the questions that follows. Mariana is the area manager of a large retail clothing chain. In a recent meeting with her store managers, she hears anecdotal evidence that returns seems to have increased dramatically this quarter. She decides to take a closer look at what’s going on so that she can address the situation. During her research, Mariana discovers that there have been several complaints from customers about the feedback tool on the organisation’s website. It seems there isn’t enough space in the comments section for customers to leave a detailed enough description of their problem and they are forced to wait for extended periods on a telephone hotline, which further angers them.

a) What should Mariana’s objective be?

b) Explain in a paragraph how could Mariana undertake research and analysis to achieve that objective? Describe the process she could undertake.

c) How could Mariana organise the data and present the findings from her research?

d) What adjustment could Mariana make to improve this situation?

Question 4

a) Explain in a paragraph why the decisions you make should reflect your organisation’s values, objectives and procedures.

b) What part does the role of risk management play in decision-making?

c) What are some possible consequences of not conducting a risk analysis?

d) Describe in one paragraph how you would ensure that decisions taken are within the delegated accountability.

e) List three quantitative methods you might use to assist decision-making.

f) List three strategies you might implement to ensure that organisational procedures and regulatory requirements are met when a decision is made

Question 5

Read the case study and then answer the questions that follow. Case study Ella works for a company with 45 staff. She is asked to prepare procedures for a new performance management system that is being introduced to improve work performance. The new system includes an online personal performance checklist, a face-to-face meeting with the employee’s manager, and a professional development plan to be completed online. Ella finalizes the procedures and has now been tasked by her manager to develop a communication strategy to implement the system. Her audience is to be the Board and the CEO, the executive management team, managers, all staff. Ella decides to present the information to the various audiences in different ways and at different times to suit their needs and backgrounds. Ella needs to ensure the whole staff is present, the information is presented in a positive way to ensure everyone understands what the new performance management system is about. She realizes that the staff is made up of people from different backgrounds and with different abilities and responsibilities. Ella prepares by formulating and checking the information and planning the best way to disseminate it.

a) Complete the following table as part of Ella’s communication plan

item comments

Objective

Information checked for accuracy, sufficiency, currency and relevance

Audience

Location

Dissemination methods

Time line

Policies/procedures to be met

Security/confidentiality status

Action

Supporting documentation

b) Prepare a checklist to record the information Ella disseminates to the staff during her communication plan and how this information in your organisation.

There are three poles in front of you. One pole is stacked with 64 rings ranging in weight from one ounce (at the top) to 64 ounces (at the bottom). Your task is to move all of the rings to one of the other to poles so that they end up in the same order. The rules are that you can only move one ring at a time, you can move a ring only from one pole to another, and you cannot even temporarily place a ring on top of a lighter ring.

What is the minimum number of moves you need to make to achieve the task?

Show a detailed proof and give a thorough explanation please.

The “Chopped” lab will be the basis for your final exam. Upon completing the dish, you will be required to write up a paper describing your dish and the chemical/scientific properties and processes that made it come together. This document contains a rubric describing how you will be graded. In Lab: While in lab, there are several important things that you need to do. The first and most important is that you need to be creative. Your dish can be anything you want: breakfast, appetizer, main course, or dessert. It is up to you. However, each ingredient needs to be transformed and incorporated into the final dish. You will be assessed on both the creativity of your dish and your ability to transform each of the ingredients. I highly suggest that you use the pantry to make a final dish. It will also serve you well to take photos (during the cooking and of the finished plate) for use in the final report. While you will work with a partner in the lab, your reports need to be original. You can use the same pictures. I expect that all words, references, graphs, and illustrations will be unique to your own report. Written Report: Formatting The report can be formatted any way you choose. However, it must be at least 2000 words (not including references) in length and contain appropriate photos, graphs, illustrations, and other images. Contents Your report needs to describe the dish that you made. This description should certainly include a recipe with instructions so that someone else would be able to reproduce your dish. You also need to adequately describe the chemical/cooking techniques that were required to prepare your dish. I will be checking to make sure that your report accurately reflects all of the techniques/processes that were used. I will also be checking to make sure that you adequately describe all of these processes. Remember all of the topics we covered this semester (hydrophobic/hydrophilic, texture, acid/base, reaction energetics, changing recipes, and flavor). The adequate description will require references (to scientific literature or kitchen science cookbooks or kitchen science websites) and will also be bolstered by the use of diagrams that help to explain these processes. My lectures from the semester can serve as a template for the types of illustrations/diagrams that can be useful. The infographics in “Why does asparagus make your wee smell” are also useful. I am not limiting you to these types. Creativity is a good thing. Most of all, I would like to remind you that this is a chemistry course. I would like you to keep in mind the types of chemical concepts we have discussed all semester long and I expect that you will incorporate these concepts heavily into your description of the cooking process.

Advanced Step International School, Riyadh is celebrating the 25th foundation day event. in this event, the Minister of education “Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Sheikh” is coming as a chief guest.

You are working as a personnel officer at Advanced Step International School, Riyadh and The Board of school committee was giving you the responsibility for anchoring the whole event.

Now, as an Anchor, you must prepare the draft for anchoring of the 25th Foundation Day –

Q1.You must start the event with a short speech in which:

• You introduce your school, provide a short history, and academic achievement it has accomplished.

• Then you request your chief guest to come to the podium and speak to the audience.
• Your draft of short speech will not take more than 2-4 minutes of times (approximately 500 words).
• To complete this task, you can rely on your imagination of the type of school, and the type of activities the school has carried over the last year, etc… This is a hypothetical scenario to allow to you practice business communication.
• Question 1 is worth 4 marks

Q2.You must conclude this event by giving a vote of thanks to the chief guests, parents, students, and other participated guests.

(your draft of short speech will not take more than 2 minutes of time.) Approx. 250 Words.