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What is the impact of rapid environmental changes on organizations?

This posting should be at least 250 words. Respond to at least one other student’s initial posting. Your primary posting can end with a “tag-line” or a related question of your own. Your secondary postings can either answer another student’s question, or comment on their answering my question. Secondary responses should be substantial and well-meaning, between 100-125 words. Initial postings should comply with APA format. For secondary responses, APA is optional (but good practice).

Attaching Student comment, please give a response to it

Review the reading by Naouma and answer the following

1. Denote what the study was about.
2. Discuss how random-field theory was used in the case study.
3. What were the results of the false recovery rate in the study?

Naouma, P. (2019). A comparison of random-field-theory and false-discovery-rate inference results in the analysis of registered one-dimensional biomechanical datasets. PeerJ (San Francisco, CA), 7, e8189–e8189.

Assignment Content

1. In class, we learned how to write the introduction and conclusion of the Literature Review section, which includes:
   • Introduction (6 sentences on p. 10a)
   • Review of Literature (using notes on p. 13a – ONE objective summary is graded already — apply feedback)
   • Analysis of Literature (compare and contrast activity on p. 16a)
   • For this submission: You will submit your full draft of the Literature Review in a WORD document.
   •  YOU MUST CHECK YOUR SIMILARITY prior to submission here. 
   • Grading: 
   • Title Page = 10 pts
   • Literature Review: Intro, Review of Literature, and Analysis of Literature WITH in-text citations and correct level headings:
   • Introduction = 15 pts
   • Review of Literature = 40 pts
   • Analysis of Literature = 20 pts
   • References page with ALL three research articles listed = 15 pts

Find a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article discussing blockchain technology. Complete a review of the article by writing a 2-3 page overview of the article. This will be a detailed summary of the journal article, including concepts discussed and findings. Additionally, find one other source (it does not have to be a peer-reviewed journal article) that substantiates the findings in the article you are reviewing. Once you find the article, you will read it and write a review of it.  This is considered a research article review. Your paper should meet these requirements: 

• Be four pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

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Find a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article discussing big data analytics. Complete a review of the article by writing a 2-3 page overview of the article. This will be a detailed summary of the journal article, including concepts discussed and findings. Additionally, find one other source (it does not have to be a peer-reviewed journal article) that substantiates the findings in the article you are reviewing. 

You should use Google Scholar to find these types of articles (https://scholar.google.com/ )

Once you find the article, you will read it and write a review of it.  This is considered a research article review.

Your paper should meet these requirements: 

Be approximately five to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 

Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

1. How does prescriptive analytics relate to descriptive and predictive analytics?

2. Explain the differences between static and dynamic models. How can one evolve into the other?

3. What is the difference between an optimistic approach and a pessimistic approach to decision making under assumed uncertainty?

4. Explain why solving problems under uncertainty some-times involves assuming that the problem is to be solved under conditions of risk.

5. Investigate via a Web search how models and their solutions are used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the “war against terrorism.” Also investigate how other governments or government agencies are using models in their missions.

This assignment requires you to use a mixed integer program to solve a network design problem.

1. Refer to the “Hands on Excel” discussion on pages 53–56 of the textbook.
2. Download the MIP 9 City Example Excel file from the assignment resources and open it in Excel.
3. Ensure that Solver has been enabled on your PC. This may require  you to turn Solver on in the “Add-Ins” area of Excel. For instructions  on how to do this, you can go to the Office Support page and do a search  for “Excel Solver Add-in.”
4. Develop an answer to question 6 on page 61. In addition, solve the model with four locations.
5. Develop a 2- to 3-page document that includes:      
   • Quantitative answers to the questions raised in the text.
   • Explanations of what these solutions mean in business terms.
   • An explanation of the managerial implications to your solutions.
   • Answers to the following questions:        
     • Consider the change in total distance as you move from two,  to three, to four locations. How significant an improvement does the  firm achieve in each step?
     • What change to your results do you see in parts C and D of question 6?
     • What service level impacts do you foresee as you move from two, to three, to four locations?

As you complete your assignment, be sure your paper meets the following guidelines:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: All resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Length: 2–3 typed, double-spaced pages.
• Font size and type: 10-point Arial

 Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 2 – discussion question #1 & exercises 4, 5, and 15(limit to one page of analysis for question 15)

When submitting work, be sure to include an APA cover page and include at least two APA formatted references (and APA in-text citations) to support the work this week.
All work must be original (not copied from any source).

Discussion question #1–  Discuss the difficulties in measuring the intelligence of machines. 

Exercise 4 —   In 2017, McKinsey & Company created a five-part video  titled “Ask the AI Experts: What Advice Would You Give  to Executives About AI?” View the video and summarize the advice given to the major issues discussed. (Note:  This is a class project.) 

Exercise 5 —  Watch the McKinsey & Company video (3:06  min.) on today’s drivers of AI at youtube.com/ watch?v=yv0IG1D-OdU and identify the major AI  drivers. Write a report. 

Exercise 15 —  Explore the AI-related products and services of Nuance  Inc. (nuance.com). Explore the Dragon voice recognition product. 

11 Discussion Boards 

Each on is 400 to 600 words