1. In a 1-2 page paper, describe how a cloud deployment would affect an  organization’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan. 
2. Remember to use proper APA formatting, including citations and references to all resources used.

Chapter 10

Subaru’s Sales Boom Thanks to the Weaker Yen For the Japanese carmaker Subaru, a sharp fall in the value of yen against the U.S. dollar has turned a problem—the lack of U.S. production—into an unexpected sales boom. Subaru, which is a niche player in the global auto industry, has long bucked the trend among its Japanese rivals of establishing significant manufacturing facilities in the North American market. Instead, the company has chosen to concentrate most of its manufacturing in Japan in order to achieve economies of scale at its home plants, exporting its production to the United States. Subaru still makes 80 percent of its vehicles at home, compared with 21 percent for Honda. Back in 2012, this strategy was viewed as something of a liability. In those days, one U.S. dollar bought only 80 Japanese yen. The strong yen meant that Subaru cars were being priced out of the U.S. market. Japanese companies like Honda and Toyota, which had substantial production in the United States, gained business at Subaru’s expense. But from 2012 onward, with Japan mired in recession and consumer prices falling, the country’s central bank repeatedly cut interest rates in an attempt to stimulate the economy. As interest rates fell in Japan, investors moved money out of the country, selling yen and buying the U.S. dollar. They used those dollars to invest in U.S. stocks and bonds where they anticipated a greater return. As a consequence, the price of yen in terms of dollars fell. By December 2015, one dollar bought 120 yen, representing a 50 percent fall in the value of the yen against the U.S. dollar since 2012.    For Subaru, the depreciation in the value of the yen has given it a pricing advantage and driven a sales boom. Demand for Subaru cars in the United States has been so strong that the automaker has been struggling to keep up. The profits of Subaru’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, have surged. In February 2015, Fuji announced that it would earn record operating profits of around ¥410 billion ($3.5 billion) for the financial year ending March 2015. Subaru’s profit margin has increased to 14.4 percent, compared with 5.6 percent for Honda, a company that is heavily dependent on U.S. production. The good times continued in 2015, with Subaru posting record profits in the quarter ending December 31, 2015. Despite its current pricing advantage, Subaru is moving to increase its U.S. production. It plans to expand its sole plant in the United States, in Indiana, by March 2017, with a goal of making 310,000 a year, up from 200,000 currently. When asked why it is doing this, Subaru’s management notes that the yen will not stay weak against the dollar forever, and it is wise to expand local production as a hedge against future increases in the value of the yen. Indeed, when the Bank of Japan decided to set a key interest rate below zero in early February 2016, the yen started to appreciate against the U.S. dollar, presumably on expectations that negative interest rates would finally help stimulate Japan’s sluggish economy. By late March 2016, the yen had appreciated against the dollar and was trading at $1=112 yen. Sources: Chang-Ran Kim, “Subaru-Maker, Fuji Heavy Lifts Profit View on Rosy US Sales, Weak Yen,” Reuters, February 3, 2015; Yoko Kubota, “Why Subaru’s Profit Is Surging,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2014; Doron Levin, “Subaru Profit Soaring on Weaker Yen,” Market Watch, November 15, 2014; Y. Kubato, “Weaker Yen Drives Subaru Maker’s Profit Higher,” The Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2016. Page 294 Case

Questions

 Why do you think that historically, Subaru chose to export production from Japan, rather than set up manufacturing facilities in the United States like its Japanese rivals? 

What are the currency risks associated with Subaru’s export strategy?

 What are the potential benefits?  Why did Subaru’s sales and profits surge in 2014 and 2015? Is Subaru wise to expand its U.S. production capacity?

What other strategies could the company use to hedge against adverse changes in exchange rates? What are the pros and cons of the different hedging strategies Subaru might adopt? 

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Overview:  A design document consists of various elements including a style guide and navigation structure. Creating the style guide is one of the more creative aspects of a mobile application. As the style guide is created this week, you want to establish the colors and fonts that will be used throughout the mobile application. These design and style choices should directly reflect the purpose of the mobile app and appeal to the target audience. This style guide should help ensure that the visual aspects of the website will be consistent regardless of the page users will be on in the site. Each style guide would consist of a proposed set of color swatches with their hexadecimal color code to ensure that the exact same colors are being used throughout the entire design of the mobile application. The style guide package would also consist of the font specifications that will be used within the app. The fonts should be selected for the buttons, navigation and the text at the minimum. These fonts should be displayed using the actual font and size that you are proposing. The mobile application navigation should provide information about the navigation process between the various screens. The information that should be created in this visual diagram should be presented in a flowchart. The flowchart should list all the planned main screens and identify how the pages are going to be linked together. Note that some of your screens are universally accessible such as the home screen whereas other screens may only be accessible based on specific criteria. This flowchart will provide a blueprint for the mobile navigation designating how the various screens will be connected. Instructions: • Create a design document that consists of the style guide that will be used for your project along with the navigational structure for your project. These design decisions will help solidify the look and feel of your project along with a guide of what the main screens of your app will be. • Make sure to include the welcome/home screen, main app screen, and the credits at the very least. • Include the flowchart for a blueprint for the mobile navigation designating how the various screens will flow. CIS290 – Mobile Application Development Design Document Requirements: • Submit a Word document that consists of the style guide and the flowchart for the navigation.

Chapter 14 of your text lists several professional certifications, both vendor-neutral and vendor-specific.

Which type of certification do you think is the most value? Why? Of that type, which do you think you’ll pursue? How do you see the knowledge gained from that certification aiding you in your career?

Your paper should be 3-4 pages long, with at least two scholarly resources published in the last year.

Refer to the attached directions and guidelines in the document uploaded.

Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. 

Requirements:

Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.

Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 

You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

I have attached the assignment’s instruction.

Exp19_Excel_Ch11_ML2_Game_Studio 

Exp19 Excel Ch11 ML2 Game Studio

Excel Chapter 11 Mid-level 2 – Game Studio

Project Description:

Innovations Game Studio has locations in Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City. Each location has game-development teams to produce video games for various consoles. You will use text functions to format the list and copy records of programmers in one location. In addition, you will insert database functions to calculate summary statistics and create a lookup area to look up an employee’s ID to retrieve that person’s name, job title, and salary.

Start Excel. Download and open   the file named Exp19_Excel_Ch11_ML2_GameStudio.xlsx.   Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the   filename.

You want to combine the first,   middle, and last names into one cell for each person.
 

  Display the Salary Data worksheet. In cell E2, insert the TEXTJOIN function   to join the range
  B2:D2, using a space delimiter and ignoring blank cells. Copy the function to   the range E3:E49.

Column F contains job titles and   departments. You want to separate the data into two columns.
 

  Select the range F2:F49 and convert text to columns using the comma delimiter   to separate
  the department names from the job titles. Click OK when prompted with There’s already data
here. Do you want to replace it?

You want to display just the   city names in column I by nesting a LEN function within a LEFT function.
 

  In cell I2, insert a LEN function that identifies the number of characters in   cell H2. Edit the function by subtracting 4 after the closing parenthesis. The   result subtracts the two-letter state abbreviation, space, and comma, leaving   the number of characters in the city. Edit the cell contents to nest the LEN   function as the num_chars argument for a LEFT function. Use cell H2 as the   text argument. The nested function result should display the city name only.   Copy the function to the range I3:I49.

The state abbreviations should   be formatted in uppercase letters.
 

  In cell J2, insert an UPPER function that nests the RIGHT function with cell   H2 as the text function and the correct number of characters to extract just   the state abbreviation. Copy the function to the range J3:J49.

You want to create a criteria   range to enter data to filter the dataset based on conditions.
 

  Create a criteria range by copying the range A1:K1 and pasting it in cell   A51. Create conditions
  using Programming   as the   department and Salt Lake City as the city in the respective cells on row 52.

You are ready to create the   output range and perform the advanced filter.
 

  Create an output range by copying the range A51:K51 to cell A54. Perform the   advanced filter by copying data to the output range. Use the appropriate   ranges for list range, criteria range, and output range.

Hide columns B, C, D, and H in   the Salary Data worksheet. 

Change the width of column F to 21.

You are now ready to insert   database functions on the Information sheet.
 

  In cell B2, insert the appropriate database function to calculate the total   salary for programmers in Salt Lake City. Use the range A$1:K$49 in the   Salary Data worksheet for the database, Salary for the field, and the criteria range.

In cell B3, insert the   appropriate database function to calculate the average salary for programmers   in
  Salt Lake City.

In cell B4, insert the   appropriate database function to identify the highest salary for programmers   in Salt
  Lake City.

In cell B5, insert the   appropriate database function to identify the lowest salary for programmers   in Salt Lake
  City.

In cell B6, insert the   appropriate database function to count the number of programmers in Salt Lake   City.

You are ready to format the   values.
 

  Format the range B2:B5 with Accounting Number Format with zero decimal   places.

Format cell B6 with Comma Style   with zero decimal places.

You want to combine text using   the CONCAT function.
 

  In cell B1, insert a CONCAT function that concatenates the text in ‘Salary   Data’!F52 and ‘Salary Data’!I52 separated by a space, the word in, and another space. The result   should look like this: Programming in Salt Lake City.

Before using an INDEX function,   you want to use the MATCH function to identify the position of an ID.
 

  In cell E3, insert the MATCH function to identify the position of the ID   stored in cell E2. Use the range A2:A49 in the Salary Data worksheet for the   lookup_array argument and look for exact matches only.

In cell E4, insert the INDEX   function with Salary Data!A$2:K$49 as   the array, E$3 that contains the MATCH function as the row number, and 4 as the column number to   retrieve the last name corresponding to the ID in cell E3.

Copy the INDEX function to the   range E5:E6. Edit the function in cell E5 by changing 4 to 7. Edit the function in cell E6 by changing 4 to 11. Format cell E6 with Accounting Number Format with zero decimal   places. Change the ID in cell E2 to 17604 to test the results of the MATCH and INDEX   functions.

In cell H2, insert the function   to display the formula that is stored in cell B2.

In cell H3, insert the function   to display the formula that is stored in cell E3. Copy the function to cell   H4.

In cell H5, insert the function   to display the formula that is stored in cell B5. Copy the function to cell   H6.

Use the Home tab to change the   width for column H to 57.

Create a footer with your name   on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file
  name code on the right side on all sheets.

Save and close Exp19_Excel_Ch11_ML2_GameStudio.xlsx.   Exit Excel. Submit the file as directed.

Find a case study that has a history of poor leadership and analyze what you would do as a leader by completing the steps below.  (I have also attached an example of a what a case study analysis looks like that you can use as guide.)

1. Introduction: Investigate the Company’s history and growth.

2.  Background information: Identify strengths and weakness

3. Examine the external environment

4. Analyze your findings

5. Identify the corporate and business level strategies

6. Analyze implementations

7. Make recommendations/Proposed solutions

Make sure to review your paper when complete for any errors.  Follow the APA guidelines.