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Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory (1977)
Discuss what is known about the theory from a research perspective. Do we know whether the ideas work or not? Are there any practical “strategic” recommendations for leaders based on that theory? Be sure to cite your sources using APA style.
Discuss: What are considered to be the positive and negative consequences of using transformational leadership behaviors? What are the practical implications of using the transformational approach?
Experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental comparative designs regularly include multiple groups between which one must differentiate one or more variables. This assignment will provide you with the experience toward developing those skills. Using the data set provided, practice and demonstrate the skills of developing a problem statement, purpose statement, research question, and hypotheses. You will then conduct the appropriate statistical analysis to differentiate scores between the modality groups to determine if and to what extent there is a difference in English scores.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
• Locate and download the attached data set called SchoolData.sav.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA 7th style for their writing assignments.
• The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
• Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific guidelines related to doctoral level writing. The manual contains essential information on manuscript structure and content, clear and concise writing, and academic grammar and usage.
• You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Directions
Write a problem statement, purpose statement, research question, and hypothesis that require one to test for differences of English scores (English) between learning modalities (Learning_Modality).
Complete the tests of assumptions for the selected statistical analysis. You must identify each assumption, describe how it was tested, and describe the outcome of that test.
Complete the appropriate statistical analysis to determine if there is a difference in English scores between learning modalities. Complete all post hoc tests, if appropriate.
Write up the conduct of the analysis and the results. In a narrative format, do the following:
Analyze 1 of the following government intervention programs:
Countercyclical fiscal policies (countering economic disruptions such as the housing bubble and the Great Recession)
US agriculture support programs
Assistance for families with lower incomes (choose 1)
Housing vouchers
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), including Child Tax Credit
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Health care resources for people with lower incomes (choose 1)
Medicaid, including Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Affordable Care Act expansion
Social insurance programs (choose 1)
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
Medicare
Unemployment insurance
Write a 550 to 700 word summary of your analysis. Identify the intervention and the market failure leading up to the intervention. Complete the following in your paper:
Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information about market failures.
Examine who has been helped and who has been hurt by the selected government intervention.
Examine externalities and unintended consequences of such intervention. For example, consider whether the SNAP program and health coverage for families with lower incomes result in higher future tax revenues because children from families with lower incomes grow up healthier and produce higher incomes over their lifetimes.
Analyze whether cost of the intervention you selected as a share of GDP or the number of participants is increasing, decreasing, or varies with the state of the economy, based on the cost trend(or number of participants) since its inception or since 2000.
Analyze credible economists’ opinions on the success or failure of the intervention that you chose in achieving its objectives.
Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified based on your conclusions. Defend your recommendation.
Using the Internet:
Research acquisitions currently underway and choose one of these acquisitions to discuss.
Based on the firms’ characteristics and experiences and the reasons cited to support the acquisition, do you think it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not?
Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition:
Which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why?
What should firms do to ensure they do not experience such a problem when using an acquisition strategy?
Catalan Incorporated (CI) is based in the US and wants to sell its products in Mexico. Because of USMCA, there is no tariff on the products it manufactures in the US. CI currently exports its products to Mexico, and they make a good profit from the products they sell there. Because of the lower labor rates and lax regulatory environment in Mexico, CI is considering opening a manufacturing plant there to supply the Mexican market. The Mexican economy is known for its instability and its government is highly corrupt. Should CI consider opening a manufacturing plant in Mexico? Or, should CI continue to export its products? What other mode of entry might you recommend? If so, why? Explain your answer in detail.
Many companies use their brand as a competitive advantage. Given your knowledge about the global economy:
Identify three brands you believe have the strongest likelihood of remaining a source of advantage in the 21st century and explain why.
Next, explain the effects you believe the Internet’s capabilities will have on the brands you identified in the previous question and what the owner of the brand should do in light of them.
Part 2: Income Approach to Calculating GDP (weight 45% of the assignment
grade)
Complete the following exercise:
Go to http://www.bea.gov/
Visit the Bureau of Economic Analysis website at www.bea.gov. From the drop
down menu under “Data”, click on “by Economics Account”. Then click on
“National”, “Gross Domestic Product, and “Full Release and Tables”. Use table 7
(Relation of Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, and National
Income) and table 8 (Personal Income and its Disposition).
Part 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP (weight 45% of the assignment
grade)
BEA estimates the nation’s GDP for each year and each quarter. But new GDP
statistics are released every month. Why? Because for each quarter, BEA
estimates GDP three times. The advance estimate, coming about a month after
the quarter’s end, is an early look based on the best information available at that
time. The second estimate and third estimate each incorporate additional
source data that weren’t available the month before, improving accuracy.(
www.bea.gov).
BEA publishes estimates of levels at annual rates (for most series) for ease of
comparisons with related and historical data. For example, in its February 2,
2004 personal income and outlays release, BEA estimated that personal income
for December 2003 was $9,335.8 billion at an annual rate. This is easily
compared to BEA’s estimates of personal income for the fourth quarter of 2003
($9,312.6 billion, at an annual rate) and for the entire year of 2003 ($9,187.4
billion).(www.bea.gov).
Published
January 13, 2006
Complete the following exercise
Visit the Bureau of Economic Analysis website at www.bea.gov. From the drop-down
menu under “Data”, click on “by Economics Account”.
Then click on “National”> “Gross Domestic Product > and “Full Release and Tables”.
(To find “Full Release and Tables” you need to scroll down the page to the section
“Current Release”.
Use table 3 (Gross Domestic Product: Level and Change from Preceding Period).
Tables are located at the end of the Release, so you need to scroll all the way down to
the tables.
The left columns are nominal GDP (and its components) and the right half represents
real GDP (chained 2012 dollars).
a) Create the table that contains the following information for the most recent
quarter where data required for this exercise is available. Please note that
using the data for previous years and/or previous estimates will produce
grade zero for this part of the project.
You need this information from both parts of the table 3- (nominal GDP (and its
components) from left columns and real GDP (chained 2012 dollars) from the
right part of the table 3). Omit the intermediate lines found in Table 3 on the web
site.
∙ Gross domestic product
∙ Personal consumption expenditures
∙ Gross private domestic investment
∙ Net exports of goods and services
∙ Government consumption expenditures and gross investment
b) Calculate the percentage (the proportion) of each category in nominal
GDP and in real GDP.
Using Nominal GDP:
[Personal consumption expenditures / Nominal GDP]100% [Gross private domestic investment / Nominal GDP]100%
[Net exports of goods and services / Nominal GDP]100% [Government consumption expenditures and gross investment/ Nominal GDP]100%
And using Real GDP:
Personal consumption expenditures / Real GDP]100% [Gross private domestic investment / Real]100%
[Net exports of goods and services / Real GDP]100% [Government consumption expenditures and gross investment/ Real GDP]100% Present the information that you received (a) and (b) as a table(s) in
your project.
Discuss the importance of balancing finance, quality, mission and its relevance to sustainability of organizational performance. Include at least one example that supports this concept.
In Chapter 9 you were introduced to the terms trade deficit and trade surplus. In Chapter 19 your view of imports and exports was expanded to include the balance of payments. As part of the balance of payment calculation, trade deficit or trade surplus is called balance on goods and services (p. 396, exhibit 5, line 7). Business news commonly use the term trade deficit to discuss the U.S. economy rather than your textbook’s favored term, balance on goods and services. The trade deficit or trade surplus (p. 396, exhibit 5, line 7) has the biggest impact on the current account.
Politicians often warn us about the problems of the US having a trade deficit. For this discussion, cordially debate whether the US should be concerned about our trade deficit.
For your initial post, first discuss how the balance of payments can influence exchange rates and purchasing power. Then take a position either for or against trade deficits. In your position, address the pros and cons of the U.S. trade deficits. There are many supplemental resources available to assist you with this debate.