...Decisions in Paradise: Part2 Starbucks leading problem that they need to address when doing business in Kava is to address the issue of educating both the citizen of Kava and their employees on the risks of AIDS. In this essay some solutions to the education and awareness of AIDS. By exploring different ideas it will help in the decision making of choosing the right program to implement in the education of AIDS, by doing this it will benefit the citizens of Kava. Since at least half the population is under the age of 15, they are most likely looking to get an education on basics as well the knowledge of the world around them. With the government on Kava wanting to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Kava, Starbucks as a company can help in this task. The first issue is to make sure that all know and understand the seriousness of AIDS. By getting this information out, it will help in reducing the chances of the citizens of Kava, as well as Starbucks own employees of contracting the AIDS virus. An excellent tool to utilize in getting the information out to the citizens is through the schools. Since more than half the population of Kava is under the age of 15, the schools would be a great place to get the information out and spreading through the population. Due to over half the population under the age of 15, Starbucks could start by implementing a program to start education these students in the classroom. By educating the younger generation can benefit the overall...
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...Club IT June 20, 2011 BIS/219 Club IT Part II The club owners Rueben and Lisa have discovered new opportunities for the advancement of their information technologies systems that are already in place. This assessment will provide them with a recommendation for the improving and upgrading of their current information management capabilities. This assement will also discuss some definite ideas on how the information technology can be improved at Club IT. By talking to Reuben and Lisa the main topics that require their attention should be the business’ resources, the relationship between them and their customer, and the supply system. Club IT currently has a pretty good internet system that is in place, but it could be better. The current internet system allows the employees to use their own password to see their personal information. Reuben and Lisa have total access to the company’s information. This includes a variety of things like the company’s sales, stock, and inventory. The owners can only see the results of company but not its needs. The new internet system can allow them to do a lot more things. They could manage their employees a lot better. This feature can help them evaluate how they manage their time at work and their efficiency. They could also manage their customer feedback. This feature can help the owners find out what their customers like or dislike about their club, their music preferences, and their food and drink preferences. Having the new internet...
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...Club IT has done a wonderful job building their business. They have made it into one of the hottest new spots. However, their information systems need to be improved. The status of Club IT will be evaluated through information gathered on the website and interviews. Three business problems and the solutions, an evaluation of Club IT's resources, customers, and supply chain, and how various departments can uses these solutions will be discussed in following paragraphs. There are a couple business problems that should be fixed to improve Club IT. First and foremost, the internet connection needs to be upgraded. Switching from the dial-up connection to high-speed internet connection will be a little a little bit more expensive. It may seem like they are saving money with sticking with dial-up but they lose a lot of valuable time waiting for the connection. Dial--up also requires a phone line. High-speed internet does not. Another problem that can be changed to improve Club IT is the latency which is associated with the dial-up connection. High latency can make any type of video conferencing or online gaming very difficult, or almost unattainable. By upgrading to high-speed internet this problem will be fixed. Club IT will have more potential with this upgrade (Rainer & Turban, 2008). The customers must be happy for a business to be successful. However, most of the customers use the internet regularly. Customers are not as connected as they could be to Club IT. There should...
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...Decisions in Paradise Part 2 University of Phoenix Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making MGT/350 August 07, 2011 Decisions in Paradise Part 2 This paper reports on a company named “Drinks in Paradise” and the focus of the research that revolves around how critical thinking is used or how it affects a business decision. Drinks in Paradise wishes to expand their company to a location in Paradise. Nik is a new employee, the company has sent him to complete a business evaluation, and then to report his findings back to upper management. Nik will need to do a cost analysis of the situation and use the six systematic steps of the decision making process together with a cost benefit analysis in order to start the operation. To make an analysis every department has special techniques or tools they use. These tools check the feasibility and workability of a plan, and any unforeseen events. To make solid, sound, logical, and error free decisions is an important step from the beginning. “Critical thinking is thinking that proceeds on the basis of careful evaluation of premises and evidence and comes to conclusions as objectively as possible through the consideration of all pertinent factors and the use of valid procedures from logic” (Callahan, 1998 Par 1). Cost benefits analysis is a tool that can be used and will assist Nik and his team in conducting a financial analysis. This technique will help decide if a plan is a good one or not. Financial analysis...
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...HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MATTHEW ROBISON 10-28-2010 NOTES FOR INFORMATION ON CHAPTER TWELVE C. Adolescence - - Psychosocial Development (Chapter 12) What are some components of the adolescent’ search for identity? Erickson believes that cognitive development enables them to construct a theory of the self because as adolescents they have a “kind of maturational malice” that is vital to a process that builds on achievements of early stages. What are examples of immature thoughts? Here are several. Trust, autonomy, initiative and industry lay the groundwork for coping with challenges of adulthood; however an identity crisis is seldom fully resolved in all of these factors in the short time of adolescence, as issues concerning identity come up again and again throughout adult life. What is the psychosocial conflict of identity vs Identity confusion and the resulting virtue of fidelity? It is explained as becoming a unique individual adult with coherent sense of self and valued role in society. Identity crisis is based on Eriksson’s life experience. His struggle and confusion caused him to find any identity the leading him to the immigrant status as his identity where he saw and experienced many things that he struggled with and worse yet decided to change and have news thoughts and actions that he had to consciously considered successful in his identity to himself. An adolescent who resolves the identity crisis satisfactorily develop the virtue of fidelity...
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...Wal-Mart Business Analysis Part 2 Dr. Kenneth Edick Wal-Mart Business Analysis Part 2 This paper compares Wal-Mart’s financial health to its competitors such as Target and K-Mart, which are also designed in retail multi-shopping department stores. Further review will detail how Wal-Mart’s rates in comparison of profitability through its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow in relationship to Target and K-Mart. Upon examination, this information will illustrate the future perspective success of Wal-Mart and determine areas of improvement such as sales, operating income, return on investments, liabilities, and cash flow. Further information will identify the processes that Wal-Mart has designated to comply with the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations. Detailed evaluations will specify Wal-Mart’s financial performance and the principal tools of benchmarking analyses that differentiates Wal-Mart’s position in best practices, operational processes and procedures in the domestic and global markets as well as the technology advantages in relationship to Target and K-Mart (University of Phoenix, 2011). Financial Statements Wal-Mart implemented a new financial system, which reflects the retail method of accounting for inventory. This procedure affects the operating income and the consolidated net income for all comparable periods. Wal-Mart reclassified expense and revenue items within these statements of income for the purpose of reporting. However, the...
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...CMIT 350 WAN and SOHO Skills Implementation UMUC Winter 2015 Springfield Site Configuration: Required Implementation: Device hostnames, banners, secured passwords and spanning tree protocol. * Device Configurations: Implement device hostnames to match the xACME educational topology labels. Provide a template and sample configuration for the MOTD banner and login banner (wording and implementation) for one of the switches. Keep this generic, as it will be implemented on all switches in the xACME educational topology. Lastly, include the configuration steps for implementing device passwords on both console port (out-of-band communications) and VTY (Telnet/in-band communications). All passwords should be encrypted. Required Implementation: Configure all devices hostnames as per the xACME topology Configure encrypted passwords (console and Telnet ports) on all devices Configure MOTD and Login banner for one of the switches Create Server VLANS, Faculty VLANS, Instructional VLANS and Administrative VLANs on all switches Assign ports to VLANs on all switches Assign mode of access of VLANS Configure trunks between switches Make Switch1 as primary root bridge for all VLANs Configure security to protect from bogus BPDUs Configure Hostname: 1. Enable 2. Router# configure terminal 3. Router(config)#hostname (SpringfieldSw1, SpringfieldSw2, SpringfieldSw3, SpringfieldSw4) 4. End 5. Copy run start Creating Passwords: 1. Conf t 2...
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...Service Request SR-rm-004 part2 JOE BLOW BSA/375 December 12th 2010 Mr. Swallows Service Request SR-rm-004 part2 Riordan Manufacturing human resources information system project has reached the end of the current systems analysis phase of the system development life cycle. The information gathering process has been completed and we must move on to the next step in our SDLC. Riordan’s executive management has made clear that they wish to make the system more efficient and secure. While conducting our analysis of the Riordan Manufacturing we found many issues that need to be addressed and several inefficiencies. We also found many security concerns that need to be addressed in the interest of the company and its personnel. Application architecture and process design Designing forms and reports is a user-focused activity that typically follows a prototyping approach (Dennis, Wixom, & Roth, Chapter 8, 2009). Prototypes may help to model desired behavior, design the user interface, or analyze resource utilization (Bass, Clements, & Kazman, Chapter 1, 2003). The analyst will take in to consideration the data we compiled during part one of the service request to design a prototype of the system. This prototype will be heavily based on the needs and goals of Riordan Manufacturing executive management and take in to account some of the input from the human resources department management and staff. We learned in part one of this service request that Riordan Manufacturing’s...
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...Work-Related Project Analysis Part 2 BSA/376 October 15, 2012 Andrew Nash, MBA Introduction to Elements of System Design Managing a live project past the planning stage is a stressful and complex process. It takes a very special person to do this kind of job and even though it is stressful, that special person thrives in this kind of work and are very good at managing it. For a successful project management, there are four areas that must be controlled and they are: 1. Assigning tasks to team members after organizing each individual into a team. 2. Closely monitoring and controlling the progress of the project. 3. Communication monitoring for the project. 4. Keeping track of all the open activities in the lifetime of the project. Systems design is the structuring the components and organizing the process of the system so that the new system can be programmed. The components are composed of the network, software, application architecture, system interfaces, user interfaces, the system appthat were built during the analysis. The outputs are the models or diagrams that describes the architecture of the system and detailed logic within the various components of the programming. Traditional Approach to Design The traditional approach to systems design is the data flow diagram which is enhanced by the addition of system boundary in which the designer sketches the system boundary to show the overall system. A structured design includes a system flowchart which show...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 2 BSA/375 Service Request SR-rm-022, Part 2 The application architecture and design determines the possible technologies used by information systems as well as the information, data, process, interface, and network components. This is the framework for the over-all design of a system. Riordan’s team will now need to decide which hardware and software Riordan will be need for their system based on the requirements needed for the new HR system. This part is crucial in order to build a reliable application through System Development Life Cycle phases (SDLC) (Valacich, 2012). Riordan needs portability, therefore a thin client/server architecture can be used. This should allow for the system to conduct transactions via the internet thru employee’s mobile and desktop browsers. Incorporation of the updated HR system with the current software is a requisite. To meet system requirements for integration with employee desktop computers Riordan should use a client /server architecture. This a high tech system will allow better integration of hardware, and will handle the payload. This is because of the client/server architecture dependability, scalability, Efficiency, and readiness. The client/server architecture is only as good and secure as its operating system, this is why the upgrade to Windows Server 2012 operating system will happen. Windows Server 2012 capabilities range from (Microsoft, 2014): * Server Virtualization * Storage *...
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...Michael Turner BSA/375 Karen Knox 10/31/15 Riordan Manufacturing Part 2 of the SR-22 Security protocols are of paramount importance within a company and should be maintained by all levels from development to end user operation of any software. “Security is the primary responsibility of the operations group, which consists of staff responsible for operating security controls such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems and routine backup and recovery operations” (Dennis, Wilcox and Roth, 2012) However, it is essential for security concerns to be held at high importance at each step, especially during the development stage as developers have the responsibility of incorporating and even building the initial security protocols within a new system or application. Outside of the software exists the human condition in which company policy and procedure is expected to hold some precedence. Anyone having access to company data, such as employment information, client records, customer inquiry notations, company information and communications; must be kept secure to maintain the integrity and trust of the company, its clients and stakeholders. To assist in insuring this, software encryption systems must be established along with standard procedures for accessing data. Depending on the sensitivity of data being stored, their exist a wide variety of security protocols that can be implemented, some of which far exceed the standardized limitations of username/password lock out’s...
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...Ethics Report – task2 Human Resources RJDT Strategies for ethics training on the job should be applied to all levels from temporary workers to upper management. There must be no basis for resentment among employees because of a real or perceived double standard of morality. The company itself must also model these standards to the public. Consistency builds credibility, a contrast to competitors and non-competing companies alike, who may not be as accountable to outsiders. “This stage involves the use of managerial, communication, administrative, and persuasive abilities to ensure the choice is carried out. The success of a decision is based on how it is implemented.” (Becker 2011) b.1 Strategies Mentoring will help employees learn better ways of applying the code of ethics and understanding ways it can help them be more successful on the job. Modeling is a natural extension of mentoring, since the company sees all employees as co-workers, and peer pressure is a useful tool for reinforcing positive behaviors. Forthrightness helps build trust. Accountability is an asset to relationships, and a good role model for employees following the code of ethics. Shifts power to the employee to determine how to apply the ethical standard and be responsible for the result. This is one factor in raising job satisfaction and performance, making employees see that every person’s actions count. When one employee sees another engage in ethical, code-conscious activity, there is greater...
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...Essay Ethics is a social science that refers to the study of human conduct and moral principles. The role of ethics and moral judgement is increasingly playing a more significant role in the corporate world. The concepts of personal values and moral judgement are inextricably connected. As a result, I believe that as professionals, whether we choose to act according to our morally intelligent conclusion, or ignore it, is highly related to individuals underlying personal values. When professionals are required into making moral decisions, they are forced to rely on their ethical reasoning. However Maggid’s web article argues that, Modern Actuary ethics goes further than the ‘minimal legal compliance’ (Maggid, 2010). Whilst an individual may know the ethical code, does that mean he or she will choose the morally right choice? Maggid seeks to answer this issue by extending our understanding of ethics into a combination of three key components. These three components are ethical reasoning, underlying personal values and reasonable self-interest. Subsequently, Maggid supports the notion that personal values are related to whether we choose to act morally. Underlying personal values refers to an individual’s core philosophy that drives ones belief and psychological reasoning. From a young age, it is our personal values that drive our rational thinking. It is a form of identity that allows an individual to distinguish from what is right and wrong. The issue is, that in the corporate...
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...2012年8月4日,8月9日,8月11日,8月25日,9月1,6,15,22日,10月11,13,20,27日,11月3,8,17,24日,12月G类大作文具体题目预测:(YYB资料提供所有题目范文)预测题目按照重点先后顺序排列,可以根据自己时间取舍最前面10题(最重点)/15题(一般重点)/20题(次重点)/30题。 1. Many people believe that the main aim for university education is to help graduates to find better jobs, while some people believe that university education should aim at cultivating students’ overall abilities. What is your opinion?或 Young people are important resources to their country, but governments may ignore some problems faced by young people in running the country. Please show those problems and give your ideal suggestions to solve them. 2. Food can be produced cheaper if we use improved fertilizers and better machinery. However some of methods may be dangerous for human health, and have negative effects for local communities. What is your opinion?或In many countries traditional foods are being replaced by international fast foods. Some people think that there are negative effects on both family and the society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?或 A balanced diet, or eating balanced meals, is the key to a healthy life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer. 3. In many countries,the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend make positive or negative effects to society? 或 Some people believe that in order to give opportunities to new generation companies should encourage high level employees who are older than 55 to retire....
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...Financial Statement Fraud | By “Fraud Master” Team, Introduction of Financial Statement Fraud Financial statement fraud is by definition, the deliberate misstatements or omissions of amounts or disclosures of financial statements to deceive financial statement users, particularly investors and creditors. In other words, these fraudulent activities take place when a business entity engages in certain practices designed to hide or maneuver its accounts in order to remain attractive to investors. Theoretically, there are three factors that appear to be present in every case of financial statement fraud. These factors are an apparent situational pressure, a perceived opportunity to commit and conceal the dishonest act, and some way to rationalize the act as justifiable. In simple terms, there is something that prompts otherwise honest people to consider dishonest acts (pressure), along with the perception that they can get away with it (opportunity), and an ability to justify why their actions were not dishonest (rationalization). This theory is better known as the fraud triangle which infers that if all three of these factors are present, there is a high likelihood that a fraud will be committed. Major Categories of Financial Schemes There are many different forms in which financial statement fraud can be perpetrated. The most common ones include: * Falsification, alteration, or manipulation of material financial records, supporting documents, or business...
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