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What are the impacts of reducing the amount of money allocated to the petty cash in running a business 
 
just come prepared to discuss the dissertation you found on a topic similar to yours for the final paper in the class.  Pay attention to the Introduction and Literature Review and how they pulled together all this literature to make a case for why the dissertation needed to be done.  How did they do that and were you convinced it needed to be done?

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Atlantic Manufacturing is a manufacturer of small motors. The company had problems with order acquisition, operations, distribution, and accounting systems. Some of the specific issues were identified as being

  • information supplied to sales force is inaccurate;
  • customers requesting reduced lead times;
  • credit system inconsistent, producing collection problems;
  • service calls lack warranty information; and
  • quality control system not integrated.

In this week’s case study, you will be investigating their decisions for the ERP sales and marketing modules implemented and what specific areas each of those decisions addressed. Identify both the purpose and benefits that their system was to have provided and whether that was achieved. Major focus should be given to the decisions and assumptions made as well as the reasons made for their selection. There are no specific references given for this case study, only some background information references to help you in your research. It is suggested that in your research, you pay particular attention to their competition and how it affected their sales and marketing needs.

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  1. Go to FRB: Press Release”FOMC statement December 16, 2009.
  2.  You should now find a press release from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, dated December 16, 2009, which discusses the decisions of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) for that date.

This release also states that the Federal Reserve is in the process of purchasing $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage-backed securities and about $175 billion of agency debt. Additionally, the release states that the FOMC has decided to gradually reduce the pace of such Fed purchases. Discuss why you believe that the FOMC has made such a decision, and explain the consequences of such a decision on the economy.
In your answer, discuss the Federal Reserves use of open-market operations to influence the money supply and the respective consequences of such actions. Include a discussion of the money multiplier effect in your response. Justify your conclusions and provide appropriate examples.
Using Microsoft Word, submit your responses in the form of a short paper (1 – 2 pages).

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A fallacy is an error in reasoning that takes the place of the real support needed in an argument. There are many different types of fallacies and each takes a distinct form in the argument.
Take a moment to review the following website, which provides a list of the more common fallacies
VIDEOLINKS:
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/fallacies.htm
Also view this video on common fallacies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhhJAGjBIEw
 
                                                                              Prompt:
Using the website above or another website of your choosing, identify at least one of the fallacies that you are most likely to commit. Describe a specific time when you committed this particular fallacy. What could you do to avoid committing this fallacy in the future?
 
** Main post must be two to three substantive paragraphs 150+ total words and include at least one APA-formatted citation/reference. **