Discussion Board

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The narrator states that the aims of data visualization is to, “Maximize how quickly and accurately people decode information from graphics.” The narrator also talks about some shortcomings (disadvantage) of the techniques used to create data visualization for storytelling. Select and discuss one of the mentioned shortcomings. Then discuss what we have learned in this course that can assist with overcoming your selected shortcoming.

 
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Development of an information technology (IT) project

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You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system needs to allow employees to locate and schedule professional development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees’ calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking to allow employees to determine who is attending conferences and events. This will promote fostering relationships and ensure coverage of conferences that are considered of high importance.

Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications to management personnel whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete professional-development requirements is approaching and is not yet satisfied. Before the solution can be fielded, a Project Plan (below) must be completed to identify the work breakdown structure, resources, and project schedule needed to execute the project. This should be in Section 3 “Project Plan” of your overall project. Include Sections 1 and 2 from Unit 1, along with updates made from instructor feedback.
For Section 3: Project Plan, complete the following:

  • Step 1 (in      MS Word): For the selected solution, explain the project plan to      stakeholders and discuss its important components. (Note: You do not need      to deliver a project plan but instead speak to its critical components.)
    • For Section 3 within the project       plan, include the following (in MS Word via an embedded table): Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS), and include the       task name, duration (days), start date, and finish dates for the selected       solution. Keep in mind, this project plan will only contain two sections:       An intro speaking to the importance of the plan and its components and       the WBS. It will not contain all of the possible components of a project       plan due to the restriction on the length of the course.
  • Step 2: Write      10 user requirements at a high level that will establish the key      functionality needed by the solution. They do not have to be testable. For      example: “The system will e-mail the client a copy of the receipt.”

This was the Unit 1 from last week

From Instructor: Please add the entire outline from week 1 into your paper and then fill in all of the requirements for week 1.  I also posted this requirement as an announcement.  You are missing your required appendix

You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain its records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees, who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system must allow employees to locate and schedule professional-development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees’ calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking, which will allow employees to determine who is attending various conferences and events. This will promote the fostering of relationships and ensure that the company has representation at important conferences.

Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications, which will allow managers to receive notice whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete a professional-development requirement is approaching and it has not yet been completed. Because the expenditure has been approved for the project, it is now time to justify the start-up of the project with a business case.
Using the above scenario, develop a business case and project charter (2–3 pages each). Include the following:

  • Section 1: Business Case (Unit 1)
    1. Description of the problem or       opportunity being presented to the business
    2. Costs and benefits of each       alternative solution
    3. Recommended solution needed for       approval
    4. List of alternative solutions,       feasibility of each in a table, and the selected solution
  • Section 2: Project Charter and      WBS (Unit 1)
    1. Identify project vision
    2. Define scope of project
    3. List project deliverables
    4. List roles       and responsibilities
    5. List risks, issues, and assumptions
  • Section 3: Project Plan and      Requirements (Unit 2)
  • Section 4: Architectural Views (Unit      3)
  • Section 5: Transition Plan (Unit 5)
  • Appendix A: Ethics (Unit 1)
    1. Using the PMI ethics resources       (found in the useful links below) as reference, explain ethical and professional       considerations in the management of this project.
    2. Prepare a Word document between 2       and 6 pages in length. You may use a Project Charter template as the       foundation of your Word document.

The following may be useful as you research and prepare for this assignment:

 
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Week 5 – Security and Optimization of a DDBMS

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Resource:

  • Appendix B.3, “The Wellmeadows Hospital Case Study” of Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management (6th edition).

Review the case study The Wellmeadows Hospital Case Study” in Appendix B.3 of Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management.

Develop a Database Security and Optimization Plan for Wellmeadows Hospital that protects distributed and object-oriented databases.

Address the following elements in your plan:

  • Security measures
  • Back-up and recovery plans
  • Optimization plans for ongoing querying and data access
  • Ongoing monitoring plans to ensure alignment with emerging security, legal, and ethical trends and requirements
  • Items or concerns that may be considered acceptable risks and not require a comprehensive solution
  • Current best practices and trends

Document your plan as one of the following:

  • A 4-page Microsoft® Word document
  • A 15- to 16-slide multimedia-rich Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes

Note: Cite industry sources and any images, graphics, video, or audio sources

Submit your assignment.

 
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Discussion (Chapter 6 – Depth)

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This defense in depth discussion scenario is an intentional cybersecurity attack on the water utility’s SCADA system. It occurs during the fall after a dry summer in Fringe City. The water utility’s Information Technology (IT) person did not receive an expected pay raise and decides to reprogram the SCADA system to shut off the high-lift pumps. The operator’s familiarity with the SCADA system allows him to reprogram the alarms that typically notify operators of a high-lift pump failure. In addition, he prevents access to the SCADA system by others. A wildfire breaks out on the outskirts of the city. Please identify what type(s) of new countermeasures should have been implemented to prevent this cyber attack from occurring.

Start a discussion thread and discuss what type(s) of new countermeasures should have been implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

 
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Annual Review Paper

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  • Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a summary of how you would approach your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best. This assignment should focus on your goals for the conversation, and which employee relations approaches you will use to address the situation.

Write an eight (8) paragraph paper in which you:

  1. Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues.
  2. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
  3. Include at least 1 reference to support your paper.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  1. Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.
  2. Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.
  3. Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
  4. Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Background: According to Sharda (2015), The application of social contract theory helps companies adopt a broad perspective. Exploring three areas in which corporate social responsibility is particularly visible: responsible use of information, ethical tensions with government, and green computing

Reference: Sharda, R., Delen, Dursun, Turban, E., Aronson, J. E., Liang, T-P., & King, D. (2015). Business Intelligence and Analytics: Systems for Decision Support. 10th Edition. By PEARSON Education. Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-305090-5

Assignment: Regarding the background statement above, pick one of the above three areas of social responsibility and discuss extensively on it.

Your research paper should be at least three pages (800 words), double-spaced, have at least 4 APA references, and typed in an easy-to-read font in MS Word (other word processors are fine to use but save it in MS Word format). Your cover page should contain the following: Title, Student’s name, University’s name, Course name, Course number, Professor’s name, and Date.

 
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BUS 630 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

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Week 3 – Assignment

Glaser Health Products

Complete: Case 5A (Glaser Health Products)

In this case, management needs assistance in evaluating and classifying costs identified within Glaser Health Products in order to implement an activity-based costing system.  Please address Questions 1 through 6 at the end of the case. Based on the case questions, you are required to provide a two to four double-spaced written report providing management with the necessary guidance in implementing an activity-based costing system.  The written report should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Explanations and recommendations should be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.

For Questions 1 through 3, create a chart to classify and identify a cost driver for each of the costs provided in the text. The chart should be included as an appendix to the written report. Explanations of the classifications and identifications within the chart should be included within the written report, supported by references to the appendix.

Questions 4 through 6 should be addressed in fully developed explanations/instructions as part of your written report. The written analysis should be supported by at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Week 3 Written Assignment should:

  • Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
  • Be presented as a written analysis (not a question/answer format).
  • Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
  • Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
  • Consists of two to four double-spaced pages of content.
  • Provide at least three scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

Required Resource

Text

Schneider, A. (2017). Managerial Accounting: Decision making for the service and manufacturing sectors (2nd ed.) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

  • Chapter 5: Joint Cost Allocation and Variable Costing
  • Chapter 8: Cost Control Through Standard Costs

 

Recommended Resource

Multimedia

Crosson, S. (2007). PVA ABC JIT – 4 ABC example (Links to an external site.) [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyH4l3VvOCU

 

Week 3 HW Guidance

Ruizhen Hardin

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Everyone,

For the Week 3 Written Assignment, you are asked to classify the cost categories identified by Glaser Health Products’ management.  The chart below is a sample classification for several items and I hope they give you some idea of the expected outcome for this assignment.

As for questions regarding  tracing costs to different levels as well as preliminary and primary costs, we can get some idea from Figure 4.4. Please review Figure 4.4 and the discussions around Figure 4.4 and present your own responses to the questions.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for the hard work!

Instructor Hardin

Cost Object Divisions Activities Cost Driver
Depreciation on factory equipment O F Machine hours
Depreciation on office equipment A F Years
Depreciation of factory building O F Years
Advertising manager’s salary S P Units sold

 

Divisions:  (O)perations, (S)ales, or (A)dministrative
Activities:  (U)nit-level Activities, (B)atch-level activities, (P)roduct-level activities, or (F)acility-level activities

 

 
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Team Management

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A.     What is the leadership paradox? Give some reasons why a leader can encounter difficulty in newly formed teams or groups using a participative management system. Support your discussion with at least two (2) external sources.

B.     Present a discussion of the strategies for encouraging participative management in the workforce, and how to implement each of these strategies. Support your discussion with at least two (2) external sources.

C.    What serious biases or misassumptions do groups that are involved in inter-team conflict sometimes experience? How do these biases and prejudices affect the ability of teams to accomplish their goals? Support your discussion with at least two (2) external sources.

 
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Assignment: Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue: Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue

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Changes in the industry only serve to stress what has always been true; namely, that the healthcare field has always faced significant challenges, and that goals to improve healthcare will always involve multiple stakeholders. This should not seem surprising given the circumstances. Indeed, when a growing population needs care, there are factors involved such as the demands of providing that care and the rising costs associated with healthcare. Generally, it is not surprising that the field of healthcare is an industry facing multifaceted issues that evolve over time.

you reviewed some healthcare issues/stressors and selected one for further review. For this Assignment, you will consider in more detail the healthcare issue/stressor you selected. You will also review research that addresses the issue/stressor and write a white paper to your organization’s leadership that addresses the issue/stressor you selected.

To Prepare:

  • Review the national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the Resources and reflect on the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for the study.
  • Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post for the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
  • Identify and review two additional scholarly resources (not included in the Resources for this module) that focus on change strategies implemented by healthcare organizations to address your selected national healthcare issue/stressor.

The Assignment (3-4 Pages):

Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue

Develop a 3- to 4-page paper, written to your organization’s leadership team, addressing your selected national healthcare issue/stressor and how it is impacting your work setting. Be sure to address the following:

  • Describe the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and its impact on your organization. Use organizational data to quantify the impact (if necessary, seek assistance from leadership or appropriate stakeholders in your organization).
  • Provide a brief summary of the two articles you reviewed from outside resources on the national healthcare issue/stressor. Explain how the healthcare issue/stressor is being addressed in other organizations.
  • Summarize the strategies used to address the organizational impact of national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the scholarly resources you selected. Explain how they may impact your organization both positively and negatively. Be specific and provide examples.
  • APA citation 3 to 4 references within 5 years
 
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Assignment 3: Forced Ranking and Technology

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Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

In this assignment, you will prepare a presentation in which you recommend a forced ranking performance evaluation system to the Director of Human Resources of the organization examined in Assignment 3.

(Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.)

Prepare a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

  1. Provide a title slide (as indicated in the format requirements below).
  2. Develop a forced ranking performance evaluation system to improve the overall performance of the selected organization.
  3. Prioritize the pros and cons with the greatest impact on the effectiveness of the forced ranking performance evaluation system. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Suggest three (3) key implementation steps for the forced ranking performance evaluation system.
  5. Propose three (3) ways in which the selected organization could use technology as an enabler for the forced ranking performance evaluation system.
  6. Provide a summary slide which addresses key points of your paper.
  7. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, and indicate what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.
  8. Use four (4) external sources to support your responses. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from eighteen (18) feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
 
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