Hw 7

Question 1

Qualitative Risk Assessment.  Imagine that you are a member of a project team that has been charged with developing a new product for the residential building industry. Using a qualitative risk analysis matrix, develop a risk assessment for a project based on the following information:

 

                        Identified risk factors                                      Likelihood

 

            1.   Key team members pulled off project                  1.   High

            2.   Chance of economic downturn                            2.   Low

            3.   Project funding cut                                               3.   Medium

            4.   Project scope changes                                           4.   High

            5.   Poor spec. performance                                        5.   Low

 

Based on this information, how would you rate the consequences of each of the identified risk factors?  Why?  Construct the risk matrix and classify each of the risk factors in the matrix.

Need a 1.5 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Question 2

This assignment is an individual-specific assessment of the industry in which you currently work or of the industry in which you intend to work after completing your MBA.  You should discussion the sources of the value created within your particular industry.  Your brief document should address the following issues:

1. Brief description of your current or intended industry

2. Evaluation of the unique value created by your firm (for its customers) relative to all of its competition.  In other words, what makes your firm special for its customers.  The value may be derived from the quality of the product (relative to others on the market), customer service, overall purchase experience, or a combination of these and other factors.

3. Concluding discussion that addresses how the factors that influence value created in this industry may change over the next five years.

Need a 4 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Grading Criteria:

· Content Knowledge & Structure (25 points): All of the requested components are completed as assigned; content is on topic and related to managerial economics, critical thinking is clearly demonstrated (few, if any, direct quotations from the source in the paper); scholarly research is demonstrated; topics and concepts gained from the assigned reading and/or from research is evident.

· Critical Thinking (15 points): Demonstrates substantial critical thinking about topics and solid interpretation of materials and reflection.

· Clarity & Effective Communication (15 points): Communication is clear, concise, and well presented; scholarly writing is demonstrated; grammar, sentence structure, writing in third person, and word choice is used correctly.

· Integration of Knowledge & Articles (15 points): Articles used are current and relevant (preferably published within last five (5) years and MUST be from peer-reviewed journal article publications. At least four (4) peer-reviewed journal articles are examined and analyzed in the paper.

· Presentation & Writing Mechanics (30 points): Cover page, headings, in-text citations, page citations (page number citations required for specific information such as dates, years, list of items from article, names, numbers, statistics, and other specific information), and references are properly formatted.

Question 3

Describe and discuss Maslow's hierarchy of needs including the types of needs and how they become dominant.

Need a 1.5 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Question 4

PART ONE: Generally speaking, social media has three primary uses for organizations: recruiting talent, knowledge sharing and reinforcing the brand.  How is social media used in achieving these objectives at your organization? How does your organization prevent employees from abusing social media on the job? If you are not currently working, just use a hypothetical (or past) work experience. 

PART TWO: Please review the "Applying OB" section on page 354 for tips on optimizing LinkedIn profiles. Does your profile fit the criteria listed there? What would you do to improve your LinkedIn profile? Share your LinkedIn profile with the class. Share improvement suggestions to help your peers improve their profiles.

Need 1 page APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Question 5

Practical Connection with the course

Course: Organizational Behavior, Role: Validation engineer in the healthcare industry

Course: Cryptography, Role: Data Stage Developer for BlueCross Blue Shield of KanasCity.

Course: Info Security & Risk Mgmt, Role:  Performance engineer 

Need 1.5 pages of above 3 papers of APA format paper. Total 4.5pages No Plagiarism.

Question 6

Your paper requires that you use at least 10 references - five of them from peer-reviewed scholarly journals accessible from the UC Library. Develop a full annotated outline of the paper including sections in which each resource will be used. Note that you can find many examples of how to build an annotated bibliography.  Your Bibliography should be about 3 double-spaced pages in length as a guideline.

Need 3 pages APA format of 2 different answer papers for above question. Total 6 pages. No plagiarism.

Question 7

This week's written activity is a three- part activity. You will respond to three separate prompts but prepare your paper as one research paper. Be sure to include at least one UC library source per prompt, in addition to your textbook (which means you'll have at least 4 sources cited). 

Start your paper with an introductory paragraph.

Prompt 1 "Data Warehouse Architecture" (2 pages): Explain the major components of a data warehouse architecture, including the various forms of data transformations needed to prepare data for a data warehouse. Also, describe in your own words current key trends in data warehousing. 

Prompt 2 "Big Data" (2 pages): Describe your understanding of big data and give an example of how you’ve seen big data used either personally or professionally. In your view, what demands is big data placing on organizations and data management technology? 

Prompt 3 “Green Computing” (2 pages):  One of our topics in Chapter 13 surrounds IT Green Computing. The need for green computing is becoming more obvious considering the amount of power needed to drive our computers, servers, routers, switches, and data centers. Discuss ways in which organizations can make their data centers “green”. In your discussion, find an example of an organization that has already implemented IT green computing strategies successfully. Discuss that organization and share your link. You can find examples in the UC Library.

Conclude your paper with a detailed conclusion section. 

Need 6 pages APA format of 2 different answer papers for above question. Total 12 pages. No plagiarism.

Question 8

Select a topic from the following list on which you would like to conduct an in-depth investigation:

· Information systems infrastructure: evolution and trends 

· Strategic importance of cloud computing in business organizations 

· Big data and its business impacts 

· Managerial issues of a networked organization 

· Emerging enterprise network applications 

· Mobile computing and its business implications 

Include an abstract, introduction, and conclusion 

Need 7 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.