You have received a position that requires you to oversee a group of 30 correctional officers. This job will be challenging, because these officers are noted for holding negative, and sometimes even hostile, attitudes toward the institution’s leadership, as well as the prisoners they oversee.Your job is to try to create a better rapport between the officers and prisoners in an attempt to ensure better behavior from the prisoners as a whole. The facility is designed to hold 1,200 male inmates, but it currently houses 1,376. Most are classified as medium security, though there is a minimum-security dormitory that is used to reward good behavior. You have been assigned to oversee one of the three minimum-security units. It houses 345 inmates in a space designed to hold 275. All indoor recreation areas have been converted into makeshift dormitories, and portable toilets have recently been installed in the only accessible exercise yard.The prison that you have been assigned to has also received many complaints of abuse from prisoners, and you are directed to correct this problem with the officers. These complaints range from relatively minor issues, such as failure to distribute mail in a timely manner, to serious violations, including deliberate denial of access to daily meals. The unit is currently down six officers, which has disrupted shift schedules, and the administration recently increased mandatory overtime and announced suspension of all vacation and personal leave until further notice. The CO shortage has also made it difficult to move inmates for meals, medical care, visitation, and classes. Officers have also complained that they are not getting breaks and that they do not have the opportunity to eat, go to the bathroom, or sit down, sometimes for an entire 12-hour shift.What challenges do you foresee in overseeing the correctional officers? Why? How can you apply the principles of the path-goal theory to ensure the success of the task entrusted to you?How will you use supportive and directive leadership to motivate the correctional officers assigned to you?Can you apply the situational leadership theory to improve the relationship with your officers? If yes, how? If not, then why? Can situational leadership be applied to the inmates?How can participative and achievement-oriented leadership motivate these officers? Can it be used to motivate the inmates?What are the situational variables that might affect the application of the path-goal theory of leadership?

Instruction: Suppose that, as a financial analyst, you are tasked with evaluating Blades, a U.S. manufacturer of roller blades. In the assignment, you provide the chief financial officer (CFO) of Blades a better understanding of the process of government intervention and its impact on Blades’ international business. The company generates most of its revenue and incurs most of its expenses in the United States. However, it has recently begun exporting roller blades to Thailand. You will provide a report that includes your assessment of the Thai government intervention and its impact on the exchange rate of baht. You are asked to analyze the following issues and provide solutions to Blades.•Discuss whether the intervention effort by the Thai government constitute direct or indirect intervention. Discuss whether the intervention by the Thai government constitute sterilized or no sterilized intervention and the difference between the types of intervention. Which type of government intervention (sterilized vs. no sterilized) do you think would be more effective in increasing the value of the baht? Once you choose one of the types, please justify your answer. If the Thai baht is virtually fixed with respect to the dollar, what would happen to the U.S. levels of inflation? Will U.S. inflation rate go up or down, or remain unchanged? Please justify your answer. What are some of the potential disadvantages for Thai levels of inflation associated with the floating exchange rate system that is now used in Thailand?What do you think will happen to the Thai baht’s value when the swap arrangement is reversed later?Do you have any other suggestions to Mr. Holt with regard to Blades’ business in this circumstance?You need to limit your report to two pages using single space and normal font size. If you use any external sources, please be sure to provide the cites.Case:Blades, Inc.: Blades has an agreement with Entertainment Products, Inc., a Thai importer, for a 3-year period. According to the terms of the agreement, Entertainment Products will purchase 180,000 pairs of “Speedos,” Blades’ primary product, annually at a fixed price of 4,594 Thai baht per pair. Due to quality and cost considerations, Blades is also importing certain rubber and plastic components from a Thai exporter. The cost of these components is approximately 2,871 Thai baht per pair of Speedos. No contractual agreement exists between Blades, Inc., and the Thai exporter. Consequently, the cost of the rubber and plastic components imported from Thailand is subject not only to exchange rate considerations but to economic conditions (such as inflation) in Thailand as well. Shortly after Blades began exporting to and importing from Thailand, Asia experienced weak economic conditions. Consequently, foreign investors in Thailand feared the baht’s potential weakness and withdrew their investments, resulting in an excess supply of Thai baht for sale. Because of the resulting downward pressure on the baht’s value, the Thai government attempted to stabilize the baht’s exchange rate. To maintain the baht’s value, the Thai government intervened in the foreign exchange market. Specifically, it swapped its baht reserves for dollar reserves at other central banks and then used its dollar reserves to purchase the baht in the foreign exchange market. However, this agreement required Thailand to reverse this transaction by exchanging dollars for baht at a future date. Unfortunately, the Thai government’s intervention was unsuccessful, as it was overwhelmed by market forces. Consequently, the Thai government ceased its intervention efforts, and the value of the Thai baht declined substantially against the dollar over a 3-month period. When the Thai government stopped intervening in the foreign exchange market, Ben Holt, Blades’ CFO, was concerned that the value of the Thai baht would continue to decline indefinitely. Since Blades generates net inflow in Thai baht, this would seriously affect the company’s profit margin. Furthermore, one of the reasons Blades had expanded into Thailand was to appease the company’s shareholders. At last year’s annual shareholder meeting, they had demanded that senior management take action to improve the firm’s low profit margins. Expanding into Thailand had been Holt’s suggestion, and he is now afraid that his career might be at stake. For these reasons, Holt feels that the Asian crisis and its impact on Blades demand his serious attention. One of the factors Holt thinks he should consider is the issue of government intervention and how it could affect Blades in particular. Specifically, he wonders whether the decision to enter into a fixed agreement with Entertainment Products was a good idea under the circumstances. Another issue is how the future completion of the swap agreement initiated by the Thai government will affect Blades. To address these issues and to gain a little more understanding of the process of government intervention, Holt has prepared the following list of questions for you, Blades ‘financial analyst, since he knows that you understand international financial management.2 single spaced pages, 12 pt, times new roamen check the attached files for more information