You must write a 4 to 5 pages essay and describe the rise of the Autonomists in the later 19th century, including the persecution of 1887. Essays are double-spaced, Times New Roman 12, with normal margins.
An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a very important policy within organizations to define acceptable employee behavior when accessing company resources. Additionally, there are also legal implications within AUPs. Use an existing AUP that you are familiar with, such as from a current or previous workplace, or search on the Internet for an example AUP to complete this case study.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
that are no more than five years old
Task 1
University grading system maintains number of tables to store, retrieve and manipulate student marks. These tables reside in a centrally or locally located server known as ‘database server’. ‘Student_marks_ITC000’ is one of the tables which contains following information for all the students enrolled for ITC000: ‘Student ID’, ‘Student Name’, ‘Marks obtained in Assignment 1’, ‘Marks obtained in Assignment 2’, ‘Marks obtained in Assignment 3’ and ‘Marks obtained in Final’. A sample of the table may look like as follows:
| Student ID | Name | Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 | Assignment 3 | Final Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Janet | 80 | 100 | 90 | 85 |
| 1002 | Daniel | 60 | 70 | 75 | 90 |
Write a JAVA program that would perform following tasks:
Task 2
Write a JAVA program that would simulate a number of stopwatches (e.g. 4 stopwatches) times using the concept of Multithreading. The time of stopwatches increase on their own. Moreover, a stopwatch’s time can be increased and decreased using specified keys from the keyboard. Please note that, initially the time in each stopwatch would be zero. The time of all the stopwatches should be displayed in the screen in both text format and graphically. For each stopwatch design a GUI in circular shaped (like real stopwatch) for the graphical representation of time.
Note: For further clarification and concerns about the assignment, students are recommended to contact with the subject lecturer
This assignment is designed to asses following learning outcomes:
– What have you learned or gained? e.g. better understanding of business world?
– Why is strategy or strategic management important?
– How strategic management theories can actually be useful in the real world?
– How it has changed you or your thinking – gain new knowledge in several areas, better understanding in the business world (example: read reports on business issues, the economic problems faced by European countries may cause a domino effect to other countries. This can relate back to PESTLE, by scanning the environment, we can analyze threat and opportunities.
– Talk about sustainable competitive advantage, value
– What real world companies are doing, cost leadership strategy, analyzer strategy, etc..
entrepreneur what ideas are applicable in the real world?
more confident and curious and continue to learn and read up more on strategic management. peak my curiousity in strategic management.
connection to other subjects: Entrepreneurial Process – feasibility analysis, Leading For Change – leadership
Course experience
Learning from teammates, forced to read beyond the textbook, learning from lecturers and visiting lecturer.
his assignment consists of two (2) sections: a project introduction and a project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
The use of specific software has been suggested however equivalents such as OpenOffice, Dia, and Open Project are also permitted. If equivalent tools are used, files must be saved for grading using extensions that are readable by their equivalent Microsoft Windows edition. Assignment submissions that fail to follow this request may result in a reduced grade.
You are a newly appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a $25 million dollar data collection and analysis company that has been operating less than two (2) years. It is expected to grow by 60% over the next eighteen (18) months. Your company currently collects data using Web analytics and combines it with operational systems data. Web analytics is an increasingly important part of most business marketing plans. Your company is looking for ways to leverage the collected data but wants to ensure that the information technology infrastructure will support the expected growth that the company is anticipating. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has given you sixty (60) days to deliver a comprehensive information systems project plan to address the organizational growth that the company is experiencing. The company will be expanding from one (1) floor to three (3) floors within six (6) months. Since this is a relatively new company, there is currently limited technology infrastructure to support the business. All information technology (hardware and software) must be redesigned to meet organizational needs. The solution should be implemented in either a hosted solution, on-site solution, or a hybrid model. The CEO is expecting you to integrate different technologies from different partners and incorporate industry best practices and cost-effective solutions in connection with the development of technological systems. In addition, the CEO is extremely interested in cloud computing technologies and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) but is leery of security issues that may be associated. However, he is sure that you will implement proper security protocols. The company currently consists of twenty (20) employees of which four (4), including yourself, are dedicated to the IT organization.
Section 1: Project Introduction
1. Write a four to six (4-6) page project introduction that documents the current state of the organization, expands upon the information given above, and includes the following:
a. Background information of the company.
b. Details regarding the type of business that the company is engaged in.
c. A description of current outsourcing and offshoring activities.
d. Identification of current skilled information systems personnel in position and responsibilities.
e. The specific types of data that the company collects.
f. A description of the information systems that the company currently has to support the business. The description at a minimum should include the following:
i. Operational Systems and Databases
ii. Analytics and Interfaces
iii. Infrastructure and Security
g. The use of at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Section 1 of 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.
Section 2: Project Plan
Use Microsoft Project to:
2. Create a project plan (summary and detailed) using Microsoft Office Project. The project plan should:
a. Record all tasks, subtasks, resources, and time related to the project.
b. Outline the planning, analysis, design, and implementation phases.
c. Develop in accordance with the systems development life cycle (SDLC).
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Describe the various functions and activities within the information systems area, including the role of IT management and the CIO, structuring of IS management within an organization, and managing IS professionals within the firm.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic issues and practices in the information systems domain using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
For this assignment, you will review the steps to communicating the purpose of a research study and management question, examine the process to create a literature review, and develop Purpose of the Investigation andManagement/Business questions to use as a guide to your investigation. You will also begin researching information for the Problem or Opportunity Background section of your Portfolio Project.
Please note that the literature review, which is in Section II of your Portfolio Project, is entitled Problem or Opportunity Background. There are several components to this assignment:
Section I
Problem or Opportunity Background
Remember: the literature review does not attempt to answer your problem statement. The twelve references will provide the most up-to-date review of the areas/topics of your investigation. The references will be a starting point to develop Section II – Problem or Opportunity Background, which is due in Week 8 as part of the Portfolio Project.
Your well-written paper (one to three pages for Section I draft, plus outline of areas/topics for investigation and list of twelve references) should be formatted according to APA guidelines, including a title page, running head, page numbers, a separate reference page and the completed Worksheet asanAppendix.
Your Final Capstone Proposal is the next stage of the prospectus you wrote in Unit 3, which I returned to you with feedback, questions, and suggestions. Here you are writing about the project that you will complete in your NEXT course, MBA6900. Here you are laying the groundwork, and then you’ll have your final 6 week section to finish it. You should be doing research now, bookmarking things, saving sources, and getting as ready as you can because this is a large project for you to do in 6 weeks. Prepare!
So, this week you have an updated version of your prospectus, which is now an actual proposal. You should be using Appendix C of the project description (which you can find, among other places, in U03A3 resources box).
Be sure to look at the comments I made on your Unit 3 draft, then turn your prospectus into an official proposal. IMPORTANT NOTE: I want you to add one thing to these beyond the assignment directions – an OUTLINE. That is, a rough outline of the main sections that you will have in your actual final paper.
Basically, add a section called “outline” and then give a nice list of the main section headings that you will use to guide development of your actual capstone paper. So in this “outline” section you will have a list that includes introduction, company background, a few other sections, maybe SWOT, Recommendations and a Conclusion. Some people seem to misunderstand this and they turn their entire proposal into an outline. That’s not what I’m saying. Create your outline just as Appendix C shows. Just ADD an additional heading called “Outline” per the above.
So, your proposal should include everything required in the prospectus, an outline, and a deliverable section. See the project description for more information – again, it is linked to in U03A2. So, your prospectus is the start of your proposal, but add a bit more. Also, IMPORTANT, I want at least 2 citations in your proposal. This means you must do some research and cite sources, per your APA manual. More citations are better, of course.
As I noted above, when you submit your U5A2 proposal please add another section titled “Deliverables.” There, very clearly tell me what you are going to turn in, in your next course, for your final project. Tell me you will write a paper of X pages, and it will make X recommendations, you’ll have a power point and Connect presentation – be very clear. Note that the minimum length of the capstone paper is 20 pages (not including cover, abstract, references and so forth). Also, be sure to include the section called “Outline” where you give a working outline of your final project paper that is a list of all the major sections that you intend to have in your paper. Finally, be sure to read the scoring guidelines for U05A2 before you finalize. That’s what I use to grade it, so you should check it as you write it!
So, let’s summarize the proposal:
Use Appendix C of the project description as a sample.
See my comments on your U3A3 paper.
Add a “deliverables” section.
Add an “outline” section.
Have at least 2 APA citations (more = better!)
Proofread, proofread, proofread.
If you are annoyed at my repetitiveness here, good for you! It means you are on the ball. But I get so many proposals where the person did not understand what’s needed that I want to be as clear as I possibly can. 🙂
Activity Context
This assignment helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies: •Analyze strategic issues to guide overall business decision making. •Integrate and apply core knowledge, skills, and attitudes to plan for resolution of key business challenges. •Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.
Activity Instructions
For this assignment, complete the Final Capstone Proposal as described in the MBA Capstone Project Guidelines document given in the resources. Appendix C of this document provides a proposal outline for you to follow. Appendix D is the scoring guide from MBA6900. It is included for you to review as you draft your proposal to ensure that your project will meet the requirements. Submit your proposal as a Word document to this assignment.
Kate has been employed by a well-known manufacturing company for 12 years. She is the only female on her line and the fastest worker. She has been promoted several times through mergers and acquisitions, but has always been looked over for a senior management position. Kate believes she is qualified for advancement but thinks her manager has a problem with her personally. To top it off, Kate did not receive a semiannual or annual review, which would have resulted in a raise. Her coworkers (all males) have urged her to go to management and report what she believes to be discriminatory behavior from her immediate manager.
Now, complete the following tasks:
Discuss a situation you have been in where you felt you were passed over for a promotion, made to feel indifferent, or were discriminated against. Compare and contrast your story with Kate’s.
Compare the possible ethical breaches of Kate’s manager against your own manager’s behavior. Utilize scholarly research on leadership theory as justification.
Compare the possible legal breaches of Kate’s manager against your own manager’s behavior. Utilize scholarly research on leadership theory as justification.
Recommend an approach Kate could have used to manage the negative risk both personally and professionally.
Evaluate the advice Kate received from her coworkers.
Referring to the conflict resolution strategies taught in this course, determine which one is best suited to resolve Kate’s conflict. Justify your position.
In the chart below, evaluate your conflict resolution skills from the past five years. Rate yourself on a scale from 1–5, where 1 represents low performing and 5 represents high performing
(I got hired in as an Assistant Dirctor at a preschool)…
There was a time where I felt I was passed over for a promotion. I got hired with a company, prior to getting hired I was told I would be hired in as an Assistant Director and as soon as I learn about the company and their financial records then I would promote to Director quickly because of my prior years of experience being a Center Director. As Kate felt that she was fully qualified to promote I felt I had the knowledge and ability to promote even though I was knew. I was told to go run a center because the Director is on a Leave of Absence, there is currently no manager but myself and there is a Lead teacher there that has been training with the Director and she has the knowledge of our company policies and financial system. I was simply thrown in this facility I was not properly introduced to the Lead teacher nor all the staff. The District Manager said he would meet me there on my first day and never did, it wasn’t til about a week later and didn’t not define who does what but simply “both of you run the center”.
A month later
I continued to work with the Lead teacher but it wasn’t all that successful. Me and her continuously had disagreements. She took control in every situation and when I asked her questions she would reply that she don’t know because she’s just a teacher. When I asked her to show me how to work the financial system (here and there) she would tell me she doesnt have time it’s too busy. She even made a comment “why did the District Manager bring you over here knowing that you don’t know anything?” I have to train you? That is not my job.” She added” why should I show you when I’m trying to prove myself to the District Manger that I am capable”. This was challenging for me because I would call him and he was never available he told me over rule her. “Win the conversation with her”. So this is what I tried to do but was unsuccessful because I didn’t know how to use their financial record software to keep track of everyones acct. I needed the Lead teacher it was impossible to run it without proper training.
It was a “no win situation”. I tried to talk to my District Manager (Kenny) about the whole situation but he was not very supportive he kept telling me to stop complaining and put my knowledge to practice and how come I keep complaining whereas the Lead teacher doesnt complain and she is a go- getter and a problem solver. He can give her work to do that she has never one before and somehow she manages to get it done without having to be told how to complete it. He made me feel incompetent.
This Lead Teacher (Brandi) was telling Kenny things about me that I wasn’t a team player and I don’t try. It seemed tho as if Kenny took her views rather than mine. He stood in communication with her and set her up for success and me for failure. When I brought things to his attention he took it as Im just a complainer and I cant get along with people. Staff were her friends because she is a teacher so they all were on her side and they turned on me. She didn’t practice good work ethics she had favoritism, she made fun of some children, and violated some company policies, and most certainly didn’t lead by example.
Feeling Stressed
I felt discriminated, incompetent, and unvalued. I did share this with him and he told me “stop playing the victim role, this is ridiculous!” I couldn’t work to my full potential because everything I tried to do to make things better it either wasn’t how they do things there or not good enough, my ideas were all shut down by both Brandi and Kenny.
My goal was to advance and grow with the company as mentioned by Kenny but my performance was not good enough because the center did not show my work according to him.
There was a time where I mentioned that a teacher there had continuous poor performance and needs corrective action he was not on board with that and said I have high expectations when that wasn’t the case it was simply respecting a child’s personal rights and adhering to company policy. When I gave my suggestions he was not on board with it.
I tried hard to get along with Brandi although it was hard. If I didn’t ask her questions and I was on her side agreeing with her ideas then we got somewhere. But if I thought differently and shared my ideas we would have a disagreement. There were times where she would ask me how to word things if she was creating a document or email someone or respond to Kenny through email or phone and I would help because I wanted so much to work together successfully but come to find out she would take all the credit and be recognized in front of me and behind my back (through emails).
Thhis was holding me back from promoting. Because I wasn’t properly trained and the Lead teacher Brandi was trying to prove herself
Brandi had mentioned to me that Kenny came to do evaluations when I wasn’t present and that he would be back to do mine (he never did), but that he promoted her to Assistant Director.
Soon they both were harassing me when he visited the school (humiliation, belittling me, disrespecting me)
About 5months later an announcement was made that Kenny was no longer with the company.(Later to learn he was terminated due to many complaints on his poor performance)
We soon got another Disctrict manager and things were apparently said about me from Kenny and Brandi that I was difficult to work with and uncooperative so I remained an Assistant Director and never promoted even tho I personally met with the District manager informing her of the situation. I told her how much experience, knowledge and ability I have as a Director and the high performance record I had in y past position but that was obviously irrelevant. It makes me feel horrible that I can do so much more but she does not feel that way bout me because of what has been said about me (damage is done already)
In this assignment, you will recommend the components of a career development planning program and explain how the plan will integrate the organization’s mission and value statements.
Consider the following scenario:
You work in the HR Department of an electric power company in the southwestern region of the U.S. The company was founded in 1940 and has an excellent reputation as a provider of electricity. It is also considered to be an outstanding corporate citizen and known to be an excellent place to work. It has been ranked among the top three employers in the community for several years.
Its mission is to serve customer’s needs for electric power in ways that provide exceptional value to all stakeholders including customers, shareholders, employees, and the communities in which it operates.
Its values include providing a safe work environment; fairness and respect for customers, employees, shareholders, and partners; honoring commitments to use resources wisely; providing a high quality of work life for its employees; and striving for excellence and having fun.
Given its long history, many of its current employees are children or grandchildren of former employees so there are close family ties to the company as well as a sense of loyalty.
However, technological advancements in the power generation business over the years have resulted in jobs being either redesigned or eliminated. For example, in the past, the company had many employees who read meters, which showed the amount of electricity used by households. Meter readers traveled from house to house each month to log the information for billing purposes. Now meters are read automatically and data is transferred to the billing department via computer. This technological advancement eliminated the need for many employees who were required to resign, be laid off, or be retrained for other positions in the company.
The company faces a challenge as it strives to maintain its reputation as an excellent employer in the community, and, yet leverage advances in technology, which help it increase efficiency and remain competitive.
As a member of the HR team, you have been tasked with the responsibility of drafting a plan for a career development program for the company which will help managers effectively guide their staff in developing individual career development plans that are integrated with and support the company’s mission and values. Your report will be reviewed by senior HR managers as well as executive directors.
The HR department will have conducted a needs assessment as part of its strategic planning process to determine how the company will achieve its goals and objectives over the next 5–10 years. This assessment identifies areas where employees with new skill-sets will be required as well as areas where current employees with skill-sets may need to be either maintained or reduced (laid off).
As part of their annual performance appraisal, all employees will draft a personal and professional development plan on their own which will then be discussed with their manager. This plan should cover a five-year period and be reviewed and adjusted annually. It should include both formal training programs and individual initiatives to support personal and professional development interests.
By combining information about the company’s needs from the needs assessment and employees’ interests from the personal and professional development plans, it will be possible to develop a career planning program for the company that identifies the overlap between the company’s needs and employees’ interests and also detects gaps which could become opportunities for growth in the future. Overlapping areas indicate where the company needs skill-sets and the employees want to develop them while gaps indicate where the company needs skill-sets and there are no current employee interests in that area.
This process should help the company achieve a greater return on investment (ROI) from its training budget thus improving the bottom line. It should also result in lower employee turnover since employees will see that their personal and professional growth and the company’s needs are in alignment so they will be able to stay with the company and meet their personal and professional development goals.
Instructions:
Address the following in the plan:
- Identify the information needed to develop a template that will be used to complete the individual employee’s learning plan.
- Identify the information needed in order to develop the company’s needs assessment.
- Explain how you would coordinate both the individual employee’s plan and the company’s needs assessment into a comprehensive development plan. Be sure to identify overlaps or gaps.
- Explain how you would use this information to create a roadmap for development of a career development program for the company.
- Identify other factors that should be considered in this program’s development.
- Explain how the proposed plan would help managers effectively guide their staff in developing individual career development plans that are integrated with and support the company’s mission and values.
Utilize at least five scholarly sources in your research. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.