Assignment: Dealing with Risk, Asymmetric Information, and Incentives
Earlier in the quarter we discussed Southwest Airlines’ use of game theory to create new strategy. Continue to research Southwest Airlines or a company of your choice and write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty.
2. Offer advice for improving risk management.
3. Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions.
4. Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it.
5. Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability.
6. Examine the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability.
7. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: One of your references regarding your should have been published within the last 6 months. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
– Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
– Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
| Unacceptable Below 70% F | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A | |
| 1. Describe the Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. | Points Range:0 (0%) – 21.68 (6.99%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:21.7 (7%) – 24.78 (7.99%)
Partially describes the Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. Offer advice for improving risk management. |
Points Range:24.8 (8%) – 27.88 (8.99%)
Satisfactorily describes the Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. Offer advice for improving risk management. |
Points Range:27.9 (9%) – 31 (10%)
Thoroughly describes the Evaluate a company’s recent (with in the last year) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty. Offer advice for improving risk management. |
| 2 Offer advice for improving risk management | Points Range:0 (0%) – 32.52 (10.49%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:32.55 (10.5%) – 37.17 (11.99%)
Partially offered advice for improving risk management. |
Points Range:37.2 (12%) – 41.82 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily offered advice for improving risk management |
Points Range:41.85 (13.5%) – 46.5 (15%)
Thoroughly offered advice for improving risk management |
| 3. Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions. | Points Range:0 (0%) – 32.52 (10.49%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:32.55 (10.5%) – 37.17 (11.99%)
Partially examines an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions |
Points Range:37.2 (12%) – 41.82 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily examines an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions. |
Points Range:41.85 (13.5%) – 46.5 (15%)
Thoroughly examines an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions. |
| 4. Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it. | Points Range:0 (0%) – 32.52 (10.49%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:32.55 (10.5%) – 37.17 (11.99%)
Partially determines the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it. |
Points Range:37.2 (12%) – 41.82 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily determines the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it. |
Points Range:41.85 (13.5%) – 46.5 (15%)
Thoroughly determines the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it. |
| 5. Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability. | Points Range:0 (0%) – 32.52 (10.49%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:32.55 (10.5%) – 37.17 (11.99%)
Partially identifies a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability. |
Points Range:37.2 (12%) – 41.82 (13.49%)
Satisfactorily identifies a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability. |
Points Range:41.85 (13.5%) – 46.5 (15%)
Thoroughly identifies a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability. |
| 6. Examine the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability. | Points Range:0 (0%) – 43.28 (13.96%)
Did not submit or did not address the subject |
Points Range:43.4 (14%) – 49.48 (15.96%)
Partially examines the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability. |
Points Range:49.6 (16%) – 55.68 (17.96%)
Satisfactorily examines the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability. |
Points Range:55.8 (18%) – 62 (20%)
Thoroughly examines the organizational structure of your company and suggests ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability. |
| 7. Use of at least 5 academic quality references. One has been published in the last 6 months | Points Range:0 (0%) – 10.82 (3.49%)
Did not submit or did not include citations or references in work |
Points Range:10.85 (3.5%) – 12.37 (3.99%)
Used enough references however not all were of academic quality, and one has been published in the last 6 months |
Points Range:12.4 (4%) – 13.92 (4.49%)
Did not use enough references however all were of high quality and citations/references were appropriately done, and one has been published in the last 6 months |
Points Range:13.95 (4.5%) – 15.5 (5%)
Used 5 or more academic quality reference and citations were appropriately done, and one has been published in the last 6 months |
| 8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements | Points Range:0 (0%) – 10.82 (3.49%)
Student did not submit the assignment or there are so many errors that work is confusing to read. APA citation not attempted |
Points Range:10.85 (3.5%) – 12.37 (3.99%)
Several errors(5-6) in grammar, formatting and APA citation. |
Points Range:12.4 (4%) – 13.92 (4.49%)
A few errors (3-4) in grammar, formatting and APA citation but not so much that . |
Points Range:13.95 (4.5%) – 15.5 (5%)
Minimal (0-2) errors in grammar, formatting and APA citation |
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