Discussion Question 1

It is said that, “men are from Mars and women are from Venus.”

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, read more about this statement. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

•Have you seen this kind of difference in communication style between men and women? Provide examples.

•How can this gender gap in communication be bridged?

Discussion Question 2

With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about cultural diversity. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

•How does having members of different cultures on a team affect the team’s performance?

•How would you incorporate a person from a culture of your choice into your team, keeping in mind communication differences within your and the chosen culture?

HRM

Resource: Case Study: Good Management or Bargaining in Bad Faith? in Ch. 14 of Public Personnel Management

Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words in which you address the following:

• What was the relationship like between city management and the unions? Were there any problems with this relationship? Did this relationship differ from normal relationships between management and unions in the public sector?
• What was the collective bargaining process like? What was effective in this process? What should have been done differently? Was hard bargaining the best choice in this situation? Why? Were there any other options that could have been considered?
• What were some of the challenges faced to reaching an agreement? Are these challenges normal?
• What personal and public factors must be considered when determining which course of action to take?

 

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guideline

 

With REFERENCES

 

 

Write a 375-word paper in which you complete the following:

Describe the primary components of a strategic management process, and indicate why a strategic management process is needed for a company.

Research at least one company and describe the strategic management process that the company uses.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

The third research method to explore is a combination of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. However, combining two different things is more complicated than throwing everything into the same bowl and hoping to get a cake—there is a procedure to selecting the right ingredients and their amounts. The same is true of mixed methods strategies, and the newness of this research design makes it both exciting and challenging. In this Discussion, you will examine some of those challenges, calling upon your growing understanding of both quantitative and qualitative strategies.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review Chapter 10 in the course text, Research Design and the “Mixed Methods: Examples” media segment. Based on this information, how would you respond to someone who asks you, “To what extent is mixed methods research simply taking half a quantitative plan and half of a qualitative plan and putting them together?”
• Review the article “On Becoming a Pragmatic Researcher: The Importance of Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodologies” in the Learning Resources.
• Explore what you believe is or are the biggest challenges for a researcher who wants to use a mixed methods strategy of inquiry.
• Determine which kinds of research questions would be served by a mixed methods strategy of inquiry and explain why.
• Indicate why you believe that more researchers are using a mixed methods strategy of inquiry.
• Describe the extent to which a mixed methods strategy of inquiry is used in your discipline.

 

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a 2-to 3-paragraph response that includes an answer to the question “To what extent is mixed methods research simply taking half a quantitative plan and half of a qualitative plan and putting them together?” and an articulation of the challenges to using a mixed methods strategy of inquiry.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the reading(s) and/or media segment(s) and use APA format.

Unit 5 – Discussion Board

You have just been hired by another company, and you will be starting your new job within a month. To take advantage of your skills in the interim, your supervisor has tasked you to train your replacement to coordinate many elements of next year’s festival.

Accordingly, in a discussion of 300–500 words, explain the festival preparation process to your replacement based on all the task list assignments that you have written in the course to this point.

 

Unit 5 – Individual Project

 

Write a final report of 400–600 words that assesses your performance as a business writer in this course. Include the following in your report:

1. Introduce the discussion with an overview of the progress you have made in the course.
2. Next, evaluate every assignment you posted, and be honest and analytical in examining the strengths and weaknesses in your writing.
3. Then, address the most important professional writing skills you would like to improve on, and discuss possible strategies to affect these ends.
4. Close with a discussion on how the course has helped shape your academic and professional futures.

For this assignment, you will research the potential international markets and possible competitors of your chosen project. The combination of those two items enables you to create a powerful framework to perform a relevant organizational analysis.

In a 7–8-page report, include the following:

Part I: Key Market 

In this part of this assignment, you are to:

1. Decide if all operations will be internationalized (or only some of them) and identify which ones.
2. Identify and assess different potential regions and/or countries to globalize operations.
3. Choose two or three that are the most relevant to your operations.
4. Justify choices made.

Specific evidence from scholarly sources should be used to support your choices. Generate separate analyses for each country and/or region chosen, addressing the following main points:

• Size and characteristics of the market
• Number and size of global, regional, and local competitors currently acting in the market
• Balance of trade
• Currency exchange rates (current and historical)
• Percentage of domestic production exported
• Percentage of domestic consumption imported
• Cost of labor
• Tax level for domestic and foreign companies
• Presence of government in the economy
• Percentage of ownership allowed to foreign companies and/or investors
• Local laws and regulations related to industry/product

Part II: Define Competitors

1. Identify and describe 3-5 major potential global and domestic competitors that will be considered for this project.

   Create one report for EACH competitor chosen. Include the following information:

   • Market share, globally and in key markets considered in part 1 of this assignment
   • Strategy and competitive advantages
   • Relative prices of products and services being offered
   • Quality-related actions and procedures, and relative quality

   Note: You may want to prioritize competitors who have a global footprint or are the largest competitors in each lead country and/or major region you considered in Part I. Competitors with a great potential to become global players should also be included. Specific evidence from scholarly sources should be used to support your choices.

Your final document should be a 7–8-page Word document and use a minimum of 5 professional sources to reinforce your conclusions. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use the APA format.

Capstone Project Overview

The purpose of this Capstone Project is for students to examine and solve real world information assurance problems and apply associated techniques to create practical solutions. The course takes an integrative and senior security officer approach to address the policy, risk, and control opportunities within cyberspace and IT environments. Deliverables 1 through 5 focus on preparing students toward the final Capstone Project. Skills, experience, and knowledge gained through the completion of prerequisite courses will be used throughout each deliverable. The project contents to be addressed are as follows:

Project Deliverable 3: Security Policy Documentation

Project Deliverable 3 is a two-part deliverable using MS Word and MS Project, or their open source equivalents. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Research the Internet for a large organization, reviewing its cybersecurity policy.

From your textbook, examine the phrase “policy as a project” from the Cyber Security Policy Guidebook, taking into account the security cycle.

Submission Requirements

• Document (MS Word)
• Microsoft Project (MS Project)

Section 1

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the strategy used to protect the large organization you researched from hackers, fraud, and theft.
2. Describe how your researched large organization uses “policy as a project” in its program.
3. Analyze the general consequences of not having a policy for cybersecurity. Justify your thoughts with real-world examples.
4. Cover the basic needs should there be a lack of cybersecurity policy in an organization. Decide what can be done to provide a base for security needs.  

Section 2

Using Microsoft Project, or an open source alternative such as OpenProj, to:

5.  Record all tasks, subtasks, resources, and time related to the security cycle.

6.  Outline the organization’s business, the systems, mission, and / or risk management phases in your design.

7.  Your milestones should show how you are reducing cybersecurity risk rather than compliance and best practices.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Discuss cybersecurity strategies and the various frameworks.
• Discuss the threats of modern technology in the workplace.
• Discuss how policies play an important role in techniques adopted for cybersecurity.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information assurance.
• Write clearly and concisely about information assurance topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Read the case study titled, “Why Does Cryptographic Software Fail? A Case Study and Open Problems,” located here (original article located at http://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/paper‌s/lazar-cryptobugs.pdf). Use the Internet to research a specific mistake and / or vulnerability that an organization has experienced within the past five (5) years in relation to its use of cryptographic software. Also, research the results that multiple organizations have experienced when they have implemented cryptographic software.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Examine two (2) major mistakes that organizations make with cryptographic software. Recommend two (2) actions that companies can take in order to avoid these common mistakes and vulnerabilities with cryptographic software.
2. Briefly describe the company that you researched and its experience with cryptographic software. Analyze the company’s actions (or lack thereof) following the mistake and / or vulnerability.
3. Provide your opinion on the company’s actions or plans to correct the mistake and / or vulnerability to avoid it from reoccurring. If the organization has not corrected or does not have a plan to correct the mistake and / or vulnerability, suggest one (1) action that it should take in order to correct the mistake and / or vulnerability. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Examine the most common results that organizations have experienced when they implemented cryptographic software. Speculate two (2) reasons that organizations see such results. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the challenges of computer security, including different threats and types of attacks
• Describe computational security and symmetric encryption techniques and adoption to modern organizations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in Cryptography.
• Write clearly and concisely about Cryptography using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you to consider this stock.
2. Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a suitable investment for your client. Include a description of your client’s profile.
3. Select any five (5) financial ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past three (3) years of the selected financial ratios for the company; you may obtain this information from the company’s financial statements. Determine the company’s financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include, but are not limited to, current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, and price earnings ratio.)
4. Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of the stock from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key strategies that you may use in order to minimize these perceived risks.
5. Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed articles, material from the Strayer Learning Resource Center, and reviews by market analysts.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Critique financial management strategies that support business operations in various market environments.
• Analyze financial statements for key ratios, cash flow positions, and taxation effects.
• Review fixed income strategies using time value of money concept, bond valuation methods, and interest rate calculations.
• Estimate the risk and return on financial investments.
• Apply financial management options to corporate finance.
• Determine the cost of capital and how to maximize returns.
• Formulate cash flow analysis for capital projects including project risks and returns.
• Evaluate how corporate valuation and forecasting affect financial management.
• Analyze how capital structure decision-making practices impact financial management.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial management.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial management using proper writing mechanics

Prepare a 10-minute presentation (10-15 slides, not including title or reference slide) on organizational culture and values.

1. Describe how alignment between the values of an organization and the values of the nurse impact nurse engagement and patient outcomes.
2. Discuss how an individual can use effective communication techniques to overcome workplace challenges, encourage collaboration across groups, and promote effective problem solving.
3. Identify a specific instance from your own professional experience in which the values of the organization and the values of the individual nurses did or did not align. Describe the impact this had on nurse engagement and patient outcomes.

Solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines