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Instructions

• Sirius XM acquires Pandora.
• The merger of Sprint, T-Mobile and Metro PCS.
• The merger of Strayer University and Capella University.
• The Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance.

• What are the synergies that come from the economies of scope?
• What are the synergies that come from the economies of scale?
• How do economies of scope and economies of scale differ within the context of your chosen scenario?
  • How are these two concepts different in general?

Sources

1. Luke M. Froeb. 2018. Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach (5th ed.). p. 59. Cengage.

Instructions

1. Your firm conducted a search for a new chief financial officer and hired a highly qualified candidate with a yearly salary of $250,000. After six months, the person left to join another firm.
2. Your firm has an exclusive contract to assemble automobile seats for a number of luxury models. Almost 100% of the materials are imported and, of those, over 50% include parts manufactured in China. All of the prices on the parts from China increased by 25% when the U.S. imposed tariffs on China. Your company has informed all of its customers that increased cost must be passed on for your firm to continue supplying the seats. All of your customers reluctantly agreed to pay the additional cost.
3. Your company took note of your progress toward your MBA, and when the director for customer services left the company, you were asked to take over as interim director. You were encouraged to apply for the full-time position once you got your MBA. You served for 13 months, at which time your company was acquired by another company and your position was abolished.

• Which of the above, if any, are an example of post-investment holdup?
• Define the following and explain each within the context of a chosen scenario:
  • What is the sunk, or stranded, cost?
  • What is the contract?
  • Was the contract breached?
  • What are the damages?

1. Goals: What the project hopes to accomplish.
2. Critical Success Factors: Identify at least four different stakeholders; for each, list at least two things that the stakeholder requires in order to deem the project successful.
3. Acquisition strategy: Should the system be built in house, created by a contractor, purchased off the shelf and customized, or leased as a service? Explain your rationale.
4. Resources: For in-house development, what people and skills are required and what development life cycle do you recommend? Otherwise, identify three candidate organizations that can deliver the system.
5. System functions: In a table format, summarize the types of users for the system; the business reason(s) each would use the system; the ways that the system supports each of these needs and how this support differs from the current system.
6. Connectivity: Provide a diagram that shows how the system will connect to the other information systems and what data flows among them.
7. Security: List the most serious cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities of the new system. Suggest strategies to address them.
8. Mobility: Identify the system’s capabilities for mobile use. Include a title and summary slide.

1. What did you expect to accomplish on the project this week?
2. What did you actually accomplish on the project this week?
3. What issues have arisen, and what help do you need?
4. What do you expect to accomplish on the project next week?

• Read the following scenario.
• Answer the questions that follow. This will be a 2-3 page submission in a question and answer format (also in paragraph form). An introduction and conclusion is not required.
• Refer back to your textbook for guidance on how to think through the scenario.
   

1. Consider what you have learned relative to ethics and financial reporting. What is the rationale for the calculations/process used to estimate the $180,000 uncollectible allowance?
2. How do you think the misstatement of funds will impact the income statement and balance sheet?
3. What is the ethical dilemma you face? What are the ethical considerations? Consider your options and responsibilities as assistant controller.

Case Study Option 1: Mr Jeffries, a 76 years-old patient was admitted to the acute aged care ward of a hospital following a fall at home, where he injured both his wrists. He has a history of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and usually self-administers his insulin at home via an insulin pen TDS before meals. The ward was very short-staffed for the morning shift due to staff absences (gastro outbreak), so RN Amanda was seconded from the paediatric ICU (PICU) department to work the morning shift on the acute aged care ward. Amanda had 30 years of PICU experience and had not looked after adults since her graduate year, however she was happy to help out as she thought that working in aged care had to be much easier than nursing critically unwell infants. Amanda introduced herself to Mr Jefferies and he asked her when he was going to get his insulin, so he could eat breakfast. Amanda read the medication order and went to the treatment room to prepare the 2 units of Humulin. She was a bit confused because the medications and equipment were different to the PICU ones, but she drew up the insulin, checking carefully that she had the right patient, right time, and right medication against the medication order. She asked Agency RN George to check the prepared injection, and George glanced at the items in the kidney dish, checked the insulin vial to see that it read “Humulin” and the use by date and said it was all OK. Amanda proceeded to administer the insulin to Mr Jeffries and then continued with her busy shift. An hour later Mr Jeffries rang the bell as he was feeling very unwell. He appeared anxious, confused, was tachycardic and sweating, so Amanda checked his BGL and it was 1.8 mmol/L. The MET team were called and after some emergency IV dextrose Mr Jeffries was transferred to HDU for monitoring. An incident form was completed and when questioned by the unit manager about the incident Amanda demonstrated that she had used a 3ml syringe to administer the insulin instead of an insulin syringe. The patient had received 2 mls (200 units) of insulin instead of the ordered 2 units of insulin. The hospital Quality and Safety unit investigated this incident. Root cause: medication error – incorrect dose of medication administered to patient.

Case Study Option 1: Mrs Bentley, an 84 years-old was admitted to hospital for a routine total knee replacement (TKR). Mrs Bentley was alert and oriented before surgery, chatting with the nursing team and her pre-op observations were all within normal limits. Mrs Bentley’s surgery commenced at 1700hrs, two hours later than planned due to a complication with the previous patient in the theatre. The tired OT staff rushed to prepare for Mrs Bentley’s surgery and all the instruments were checked by Scrub RN Nicole, who quickly looked over the trays of instruments and stapled the paper instrument receipts from Clean Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) in the patients notes. Mrs Bentley’s surgery was uneventful, and she was transferred to post anaesthetic care unit (PACU). She recovered well, and the only issue was a slightly elevated temperature. The PACU nurse reasoned that this was probably due to post-op inflammation and noted this on the PACU report. Mrs Bentley was transferred to the orthopaedic ward at 1930hrs, where she was received by RN Steve. Steve completed a set of initial post-operative observations, noting Mrs Bentley’s elevated temperature. Steve missed some scheduled post-op observations on Mrs Bentley as he was busy. When the night shift arrived at 2100hrs Steve handed over to RN Misha that Mrs Bentley was stable, had not passed urine since her return to the ward and her temperature remained elevated due to post-op inflammation, but it had been like this since PACU so was not reason for concern. Misha did a set of observations noting that Mrs Bentley still had a high temperature, her BP was a bit low and she gave Mrs Bentley an extra blanket as she was shivering. Mrs Bentley seemed a bit sleepy and confused to Misha, but Misha thought that this was normal considering Mrs Bentley’s age and documented “temp due to inflammation, low BP, wound dressing dry and intact, confused ? dementia” in Mrs Bentley’s notes. The night shift was very busy due to two staff calling in sick so Misha didn’t do any further observations on Mrs Bentley, only checking on her as she walked past the room noting that Mrs Bentley appeared to be sleeping. When the morning shift arrived at 7am Mrs Bentley was found semi-conscious, disoriented, moaning in pain. Her skin was clammy, and there was purulent ooze from her operation site. The MET team were called, and Mrs Bentley was transferred to ICU, where she was placed on assisted ventilation. She was also administered a large dose of IV antibiotics for suspected infection and had to return to theatre for further surgery to remove the infected prosthesis. She eventually recovered after a long hospital stay but had ongoing health issues. During the Infection Prevention and Control follow-up of Mrs Bentley’s critical incident it was noted that two of the trays of instruments used in Mrs Bentley’s surgery were not sterile with the CSSD tickets in her notes stating "steriliser cycle incomplete”. The root cause of this incident was that surgery was performed with unsterile instruments.

Written Reflection on Social Crisis Based on both the creative work and the artist statement, write an argumentative essay (1,500 words in total) to continue reflecting on the relevance of UNCC100 to the selected social crisis that is connected to your ACU course of study. Throughout the essay:

1. Present an argument concerning the logic and message of UNCC100 as well as its usefulness (or not) in both navigating and negotiating the social crisis (see Criterion 3, 4, 5, and 6).
2. Explain (see Criterion 3) (a) the relationship between the Catholic social thought principles, (b) your choice of social crisis, and (c) how the social crisis is relevant to your course of study.
3. Analyse (see Criterion 4) and evaluate (see Criterion 5) topics and concepts from the UNCC100 learning materials throughout.

Artist Statement Write an artist statement (250 words in total) that describes: (a) the inspiration underpinning the creative work you have produced (c. 125 words); and (b) a rationale of the elements in the creative work and how they meet aspects of this task (c. 125 words).

Creative Work Produce an original piece of creative work in which you reflect on the relevance of UNCC100 to a social crisis that is connected to your ACU course of study. This can be in any medium or genre, e.g., poem, short story, letter, diary entry, collage, dramatic skit, painting, sculpture, musical composition, dancing composition, etc. It should take your tutor no longer than approximately 2 or 3 minutes to view, listen to, read, etc. The text (e.g., poem), photograph (e.g., painting), or public recording link (e.g., musical composition) should be at the top of the document you submit through Speedgrader on Canvas.