Principal Case Studies Samples For Students

Issue 1 - Ethics and Legal Environment 2

Issue 2 - Organizational Environment 4
Issue 3 - Critical Thinking 7
Issue 4 – Business Associations and Torts 8

Issue 1 - Ethics and Legal Environment

As an agent of her employer, Monique has legal obligations of obedience, loyalty, accounting and performance to her principal. The duty of loyalty involves a fiduciary obligation where the agent is required to serve one principal at a time and shun from conflicts of interest, inform the principal about any material information, and keeping away from actions that would adversely affect the interest of the principal (Hartigan, 2014:272). Additionally, Monique has the duty of obedience towards her principal. The obligation ...

Business

Business

Response to Questions

Employees are those people who may be given a job either on a part time or full time basis under an employment contract that can either be written or oral. When talking of an independent contractor, it could refer to professionals such as doctors, engineers and various other professionals who may be carrying out individual businesses through which they offer direct service to the public. For an agent, these are people that may be authorized to act on behalf of other businesses. Their contracts are normally in written form. For instance, a company may be making sales through someone in a different ...

This study was conducted to analyze the principal efficacy between the first year students (Cohort 8) and the second year students (Cohort 7) of the Masters Educational Leadership University Program. The principal efficacy can be measured via analyzing the responses obtained across the various items of the questionnaire exploring areas of time management, enthusiasm, organizational management, policies and several more. For this reason, the foremost research question is as follows:

Is there a significant difference in the mean efficacy scores for cohort 7 and cohort 8?

It was therefore hypothesized that the principal efficacy of cohort 7 is greater that cohort 8 as shown below:
Ho: u1=u2

Ha: u1>u2

Where U1= mean of cohort 7
...

Following the guidelines of the course ID guidelinesStudent’s NameUniversity

Overview of the Case
The paper has been developed to identify how organized data collection methods can be utilized in organizational change. In the given case study, some of the documented response from the teachers, parents, and staffs of Logan Elementary School has been attached. There are 38 faculty associates, eight school staffs, and a single part-time librarian. Nancy Mestas, the principal of the school, has wanted to build an improved relationship among the teaching staffs to provide a better education for students. Considering her overall vision, she has made several drastic changes over the past few years. To ...

Contract Formation, Breach, and Defenses

Question1.As a general rule, the party who receives the contractual right is the assignee. Assignments do not need to be supported by consideration to be legally effective even though it is often is. Madonna has the right to receive payments in return for needed cash.
Question2. If a place of performance is not designated by a statute, other legal acts, or contract does not appear to form the customs of trade or the nature of the obligation, performance must be made on an obligation to transfer property
Question3. Against a backdrop of several properties rights, the two components of ...

Business Law Case Study

Business Law Case Study

Issue

Is Walmart vicariously liable for the personally motivated acts of its cashier?

“A principal (employer) is not liable for the intentional torts of agents and employees that bare committed outside the principal’s scope of business; however, a principal (employer) is liable under the doctrine of vicarious liability for the intentional torts of agents and employees committed within the agent’s scope of employment” (p. 448).
Two main tests are normally applied by the courts: the motivational and work-related test. “Under the motivation test, if the agent’s (or employee’s) motivation in committing an ...

ANALYSIS OF ISLAMIC BOND (SUKUK) MARKET OF DUBAI AND MALAYSIA

Analysis of Islamic Bond (Sukuk) Market of Dubai and Malaysia
Introduction
As the business has expanded all across the world due to rise of internalisation or globalisation, it has become necessary that both the sources of equity and debt capital must be obtained for financing operational activities. In this regard, experts in financial management designed different modes of finance in which issuance of bonds, in case of debt management, forms an integral position. However, these conventional form of bond issuance require trading based on interest rates and are not backed by any security.
Therefore, based on Islamic principles, a ...

This essay highlights the facts of the case of IBP, Inc v Alvarez in the peer review. It outlines the decision of the initial court and further displays the other decisions in the subsequent courts. It also addresses the principles underlined in the cases outlined. The introduction deals with the facts of the case and the rest of the ideas are discussed in the subsequent sections of the essay.Facts of the case.
The case of IBP, Inc v Alvarez, the employees sued Barber Food and IBP in two separate cases. The suit was brought before the federal district ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

This case study presented a concern that dealt with the principal who has allowed teachers to independently decide on the use of instructional materials in school. The study involved Lake Side Elementary School that made the unfavorable decision of purchasing the spelling software. Miss Tannin, the principal, argues that the teachers are prepared to solve routine educational issues. Being professional in their field, the teachers are aware of resources that are best for learners. The only error, this time, was the principal’s failure to countercheck the teachers’ decisions.
The parents had true concerns about their children who were ...

Q. 1 Communication between Mr. Porter and Mr. Weigand is to some extent effective. The email is brief and concise, driving the intended message clearly by the sender to the recipient. The email message clearly shows there is a chain of command being followed from the way the message is written, giving directions on orders that need to be implemented. Mr. Porter ranks higher as he is the school district superintendent, while Mr. Weigand is a principal of an elementary school. However, the communication is also lacking as it is just one way. The superintendent is not interested in the feedback ...

Q: Determine the annual effective financing percentage cost of the yen-denominated notes issued in each of the three scenarios in the Blades case for the future value of the yen.

Scenario 1: No change in value of yen
Scenario 2: 2% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht
Scenario 3: 3% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht
Q: Determine the probability that the financing cost of issuing yen-denominated notes is higher than the cost of issuing baht-denominated notes
As we may note from the above spreadsheet table, under all the three scenarios, the annual ...

ABSTRACT

Brenda Spencer, at age 16, killed two people, injured a police officer as well as several school children when she opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her home while students were arriving for class. Brenda made startling proclamations about the school shooting. She claimed the shooting made her day better, and that the shootings were fun. After being sentenced to twenty-five years to life, she has been denied parole since the incident and remains incarcerated today. There is no comprehensive explanation for the crime of Brenda Spencer. Yet, her mental condition and the positivist theory ...

Interview Questions

Interview Questions
Job interviews are usually prepared to determine whether the employer and employee will make an effective match. For Interview’s validity questions should be asked from experience so that the information to select the best candidate for the post is easily gotten. Moreover, when this criterion is used biased questions, for instance, concerning age, race are avoided. Applicants will be assured an equal opportunity to prove that they are competent and have the required skills for the job. It is during an interview that the candidate exhibits his or her communication skills in building rapport with the ...

Introduction

Leadership is the act of influencing other people’s minds to the extent that they blend their own perceptions with one’s perceptions and eventually incline their loyalty towards your principles. However, it’s only the positive qualities that define an effective leader. In strategic management, leaders often experience situational dilemma when implementing the mechanisms of corporate governance as stipulated by the executive members of the organization (Hunger & Wheelen, 2003). Leaders often devise the procedures to follow, possible solutions as well as unforeseen challenges that my cripple the success of an organization. In any circumstance of resolving a contention, a temporary ...

Pros of Ethiopia As An Investment Opportunity

The Ethiopian economy is essentially centered on agriculture, which actually account for more than 85% of Ethiopia’s total employment and 46% of its GDP. Similarly, the country has shown an impressive economic growth from the past few years. Ethiopia is one of the largest landlocked countries in sub-Saharan Africa and it is increasingly becoming a central point for the foreign investors seeking forthcoming investment opportunities in that particular region. According to IMF, Ethiopia is one of the firmest growing economies with approximately an average growth rate of 8.2%. The economy brightly expected to grow further. It grew 9.6% ...

The case is about Gerald who had a health insurance cover that had an 80/20 copayment arrangement. When Gerald received a surgery bill of $950, he wanted to ascertain that the insurance company actually paid $760 or 80% of the total bill. A copayment plan requires patients to pay a portion of their medical bill in accordance with a pre-agreed ratio (Chang, 2014). Upon investigation, Gerald discovered that the insurance company had negotiated for a discount and their part of the bill was only $374. However, Gerald Copayment of 20% was still based on the original fee and not ...

Learner's Full Name

Assignment Title
The September 11, 2001 attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon by the Al Qaida proved to be a watershed moment in the history of America as well as general warfare. In his Address to the Joint Session of the 107th Congress on 20th September , 2001, President Bush blamed the Al Qaida for the attacks and entreated Americans as well as people from all over the world to wage a war against terrorism. He argues that the war against terrorism was unlike any conventional war and that it would be protracted. This war against terror ...

Part one

U.S president purchases a Mercedes Benz C230
Mercedes is made in Germany therefore it will have to be imported to the United States. This is a debit in the balance of payment account. Importing the Mercedes is a transfer of good meaning the current account will be the one to be affected.

U.S resident purchases Chevrolet Impala

Chevrolet is a U.S based firm. Therefore, this is a no entry to the country’s balance of payment statement.

Foreigner purchases GE dryer

GE is a company based in U.S. The country has to export GE dryer to the foreigner leading to a credit entry in the balance of payment. ...

Question 1

She can develop a financial plan for short term and long term duration that will act as a roadmap and a benchmark for performance evaluation.

She can develop financial recommendations based on deviance reports from financial projections.

Question 2
Debt financing increases the return on equity (ROE). From exhibit 9 it can be observed that the net income available for equity holders decreases as the Debt/Capital ratio increases. This is because interest expense is an allowable expenses for the purposes of taxation. Therefore, it offers a tax shield benefit reducing the amount of taxes paid the CPK and consequently, its profitability.
Cost of Equity = Risk free rate + β (Market return – risk free ...

ISLAMIC FINANCE

Introduction
“During the past decade, the Islamic finance industry has witnessed significant developments, particularly in the field of Sukuk (Islamic bonds)” (Chermi, 2015, p. 1). Sukuk signifies one of the best fruitful merchandises in Islamic finance. They have enticed the notice of numerous backers and turn out to be progressively well-liked in many marketplaces international. They have gotten fame as monetary tools supplying both government support through the issuance of sovereign sukuk and private sector backing through commercial sukuk.

According to Brian (Kettell, n.d.), a sukuk has financial features related to those of a conventional bond, nonetheless is arranged ...

Management and Leadership

Part 1: Theory and reviewSection 1: Introduction
There are two major views regarding contemporary management and leadership. The first is the personality perspective. In this perspective, the major influence of the leader is shaped by his power to influence other individuals towards achieving some goals. Therefore, the leader uses special traits that serve as bait and amalgamation for these individuals to work towards some common objectives. The other view is the behavioral aspect. In this case, the leader selects some tools that are directive, participative, and achievement oriented. The basis for selecting these tools is the needs of ...

Introduction

At the heart of every successful corporative is the financing decisions that it adopts to ensure its financial stability. While companies are aiming at maximizing profits, the level of financial risk that they face ought to be minimized. This is usually achieved by making sure that the capital structure of the firm is optimal. In this regard, the dividend policies and decisions of a firm constitute the integral part of firm’s strategic financing decisions as it determines the division of earnings between shareholders and re-investment into the firm. The managers therefore have to formulate an optimal dividend policy that ...

Company Law

Question One
First, the issue in play is fueled by two elemental components. That is, the Beanstalk Ltd Company has a constitution that limits the sale of the agricultural products by the company in Queensland. In addition, the board of directors of the company implemented the policy that the board should approve all the transactions of the company over $100,000. Nevertheless, Jack, who is the managing director of the company, attended a trade fair in Victoria that saw him sign a purchase agreement worth $150,000 with Giant Ltd. This aspect has led to the disagreement of the viability of ...

How should Jonathan describe the rationale of the dividend discount model (DDM) and demonstrate its use in calculating the justifiable price of PCU share?
Firstly, Jonathan should explain to Dwayne that there are different methods how a financial or a security analyst can analyze the fundamental and technical aspects of a security, which in this case is the PCU share, including its price, the forecasted growth rates, and a lot of other aspects. There is more than one way of predicting the future stock price of a company . A security analysis can focus on the fundamental aspects of the company such as the ...

Age __________________________

Medical Conditions(s): _______________________________________________
Reason for Referral
The patient was experiencing difficulties in getting sleep and was irritable most of the time. The patient constantly sinks into depression and has even in a number of occasions attempted suicide. Furthermore, the patient has lost interest in certain activities, which they used to like such as that of playing with friends.

Tests Administered/Test Scores & Interpretation/Behavioral Observations:

The tests that have been administered are the psychological, brain and the blood tests for bipolar disorder. The psychological test were done through the use of questions involving the level of concentration of the patient while at work ...

There has been a proliferation of many businesses especially in the latter half of the twenty first century. As with any sector which experiences such tremendous growth rates, conflicts between various business players are bound to surface. This may range from conflicts between players in different businesses to conflict within players in the same business. Subsequently, many countries have enacted laws and regulations which seek to ensure that such disputes are resolved as amicably as possible. Pursuant to such laws, many countries have established such entities as competition authorities whose main purpose is to ensure that organizations adhere to fair ...

Introduction

In this particular paper, I will comprehensively give a description and also analyze my working experience in a class group project that was on conducting a case study on The Superintendent Directive, from the book, The Leadership Experience by Richard Daft. In the paper, I will focus on and address some of the communication techniques that were used in the group in the course of conducting the case study. I will also comprehensively address the issues that emerged in the group, the functional roles of the group members and I will also be commenting on the effectiveness and the efficiency of the ...

- There are a few economic problems which company can face:
- Adverse selection. It if form of market disorganization through asymmetric information between producers and consumers. As a result, more worth goods drive out goods with higher quality.
- Next possible problem is barriers to entry and exit to the market. Company can’t have enough resource to start at current market or vise versa it can’t go out from market avoiding bankruptcy.
- Unfair competition is also important problem which can negative impact on company’s results. There are some examples of unfair competition: dumping, ...

Introduction

Various factors may influence the learning styles of individuals (Riding & Rayner, 2002). These factors include the intelligence, ability, personality and achievement of individuals (Riding & Rayner, 2002). Individuals who are highly outgoing with numerous successful achievements may become more confident in learning than those with introverted personalities. People with introverted personalities may think of themselves as small, therefore, when learning, they may perceive themselves as slow learners even before they begin to learn.
It is believed that when the instructional styles of teachers are matched with the learning styles of the students, maximized learning is most likely ...

The Case of Angelina Jolie

It may sound like a mere rumor but it is a verifiable fact that the celebrated Hollywood movie star, Angelina Jolie has been a victim of bipolar personality disorder. Born on the fourth day of June 1975, the actress, who is a favorite in the entertainment industry, was named Angelina Jolie Voights (Tracy, 2008). Voights, her father was an actor and had met Angelina’s mother in the movie industry as she was into the acting business as well. Angelina’s parents separated in the year 1976 following Voight’s infidelity tendencies. The breakup has been pointed out as being the key factor ...

1. Background to the Acquisition
This proposed acquisition is between two firms, Congoleum Corporation (Abridged) and Prudential Insurance Company of America where by Congoleum is the targeted company and Prudential the acquiring one. The negotiations of the acquisition shall be handled by First Boston and Century Capital Corporation whereby the former is the lead negotiator while the latter shall one of the prospective equity participants. Congoleum is a highly diversified company with three products market segment; home furnishings, ship building and automotive and industrial distribution. The firm has an asset and revenue base of $323million and $576million respectively. In ...

A diversifiable risk refers to risk that an investor can eliminate if he held an efficient portfolio while a non-diversifiable risk refers to risk that still present in all adequately diversified portfolios. The investor, therefore, seeks to eliminate the diversifiable risk by adding more assets to the portfolio.

a) A substantial, unexpected increase in inflation is a non-diversifiable risk. This is because a substantial, unexpected increase in inflation will affect all assets that an investor can invest in. Therefore, the risk cannot be eliminated by adding more assets to the portfolio.
b) A major recession in the U.S is a non-diversifiable risk. This is ...