Critical thinking (Assignment 2 – Problem Solving )

 

Choose one (1) of the problem scenarios as a topic choice for your paper (Note: Your professor must approve your topic choice before you begin work on the assignment.)

Scenario 1: You have worked at your company for eleven (11) years. You have returned to college to earn a Bachelor’s degree in order to increase your chances for a promotion. You are nearly finished with your degree, when a supervisor’s position in a competing company becomes available in another state. The start date is in two (2) weeks, during your final exam period for your courses. The position offers a $15,000 per year salary increase, a car allowance, and relocation expenses. Your former supervisor works for the company and is recommending you for the position based on your outstanding job performance; if you want the job, it’s yours. All of the other supervisors at this level in the company have Master’s degrees, so you know that you would be expected to earn your Bachelor’s degree and continue on to a Master’s degree. Your present company offers tuition reimbursement, but the new company does not.

Scenario 2: Your child comes home from school with an assignment sheet for a school project. He / she is very excited about the project and begins work immediately, doing research on the Internet and gathering materials. You read over the assignment sheet and notice that your child is not including all of the required items in the project, and you have some ideas for how to improve the quality of the presentation. You recently read an article in a parenting magazine about the importance of a child developing responsibility for his/ her own learning. You recall the many ways in which your parents took over your school projects. You, on the other hand, want to encourage your child’s confidence in his / her ability to complete a project independently. The next day, you are at the grocery store when you see a parent of a student in your child’s class. That parent has spent over $30 in supplies for the science project and is taking a day off of work to put the pieces of the project together.

Scenario 3: You have two jobs, one during the week from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and one on Saturday from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm. You are taking two classes, one that meets from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, and one class online. You have two kids, one who plays soccer, and one who is in band. You have two elderly parents who no longer drive. You have two siblings, one who lives two (2) miles away, and one who lives in another state. You have two (2) papers due in your classes the same week that one (1) of your children has a soccer tournament, and the other child has a band concert. You are coaching the soccer team, and you are in charge of fundraising for the band. You have a goal to complete your degree in two (2) years. Your doctor tells you that your blood pressure, your cholesterol, and your weight are too high and recommends several medications that cost you nearly $200 per month after your insurance co-pay.

Scenario 4: You are a sales representative for a company that encourages staff to log time in the field and away from the office. You are expected to begin and end your day at the office. You notice that each day when you arrive and return another co-worker is already there, and you wonder whether this person spends most of his / her time at the office. At your weekly sales meeting, you are informed of your co-workers’ outstanding sales performance. You suspect that this co-worker is spending more time flattering the boss instead of working leads in the field, and as a result is getting the best client referrals. Your own sales numbers have steadily decreased since this other sales representative was hired.

 

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Define the problem in the scenario that you have chosen.
  2. Analyze the problem in the scenario.
  3. Generate options for solving the problem in the scenario.
  4. Evaluate the options for solving the problem.
  5. Decide on the best option for solving the problem.
  6. Explain how you will implement the decision made and reflect on whether this option was the most effective.

Week 6

 1. Discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and how it impacts you.    

2.  Discuss FISMA and how it impacts you and/or your work. 

Security Architecture.

Briefly respond to all the following questions. Make sure to explain and backup your responses with facts and examples. This assignment should be in APA format and have to include at least two references. Minimum length of 800 words.

  1. When should the architect begin the analysis?
  2. What are the activities the architect must execute?
  3. What is the set of knowledge domains applied to the analysis?
  4. What are the tips and tricks that make security architecture risk assessment easier?

Week 2 Research Paper: Blockchain

Industry experts believe blockchain is a technology that has the potential to affect the business of most IT professionals in the next five years. Pick an industry you feel will be most affected by blockchain and how blockchain may be used in that industry. As an IT manager, how would you embrace blockchain? For instance, how would training occur for your team, what strategies might you use, what security methods may you recommend be used?

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
  • Follow APA7 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. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
  • 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.

CIS 373

 

This assignment consists of two parts. 

Part One

Your client is interested in how you will structure the website. Before you begin to write the HTML for your pages, it’s a good practice to create a storyboard that outlines your ideas for colors, font sizes, placement of images, hyperlinks, and sections on each page. Your storyboard and file structure should outline your homepage, inside pages, navigational scheme, and where you plan to add your form. This is a high-level design that you will be adjusting and changing throughout the quarter. You do not need to write this in HTML! In fact, it will save you time if you develop your storyboard in Word, PowerPoint, or Visio first, so you can make adjustments based on feedback.

Here are some online resources to help you think through the process:

Part Two

Based on your storyboard, you will begin to create your file structure for your site. It is never a good practice to keep all your files in the same folder.

For example, if you are developing a site that sells clothing for men, women, and children, you might have one folder for all the pages that house men’s clothing, another for women’s clothing, and so on.

You can create this portion in Word, indicating where each of your HTML pages will be located, as shown in Section 2.4: Links in Your Text.

Requirements

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Create a storyboard for a website.

Professionalism assignment help

NEEDS SLIDES and SUPPORTING NARRATION

I WILL DO THE VOICE AFTERWARDS

Bulleted Points on each slide should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.

Your PowerPoint presentation should include a total of six slides using the following format:

Slide 1: Cover page that includes assignment title, your name, course, section number, and date.

Slide 2: Introduction of Company (1–2 minutes of narration)

  • Introduce the presentation by explaining information about the organization and the observation that took place such as the name of the organization, type of organization, day and time of observation and your role as an observer (are you an employee, customer, etc.).
  • Share background information about the company to give the audience an understanding of what this organization does. Support the ideas shared with research about the company’s background.

Slide 3: Professional Appearance of Employees and Company (1–2 minutes of narration)

  • Use these questions to guide your response (do not use these questions verbatim in your presentation):
    • How do the employees dress?
    • Is there anything about the appearance of the employees that distracts from their professionalism?
    • Do the employees’ appearance fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?
    • What does the working environment look like? (furnishings, artwork, lighting, sounds, etc.)
    • Do the physical surroundings fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?
    • How do the employees interact with each other and outside people within the workplace? (greetings, tone of conversation, non-verbal communication, etc.)
    • How do employees interact with each other?
    • Do the interactions of employees fit the nature of the business? Why or why not?

Slide 4: Analysis of Company (1–2 minutes of narration)

  • What inferences can you make from your observation? You should cover the following ideas in your explanation:
    • Analyze the company based on information you have learned about organizational culture in the class. Areas to include:
      • Determine the dominant organizational culture the company follows by choosing one of the 4 organizational cultures you learned during this unit of the course. Support this information with what you have learned about organizational culture based on both observations and research.
      • Compare the work done at the company and the organizational culture and explain how this relates.
      • Research the mission of the company and explain if it aligns with what you have observed. Explain why or why not.

Slide 5: Evaluation of Your Fit (1–2 minutes of narration)

  • Based solely on what you have observed and researched about the company (not based on the field of the company), do you feel you would be a good fit for this company? Why or why not?
    • Support this information with what you have learned through your observation as well as what you have researched about the company.
  • Identify at least 2–3 social and behavioral attributes you have that would be an asset to this company. Explain why. How do these attributes specifically connect with the nature and needs of the company?

Slide 6: Reference Slide – follows APA guidelines. (Reminder: for each source on the reference slide, there must be a corresponding in-text citation in the body of the presentation.)

Narration Guidelines: Your narration for the slides should demonstrate the following:

  • Maintain a persuasive tone by summarizing observations and evaluations for each slide.
  • Words should be clearly enunciated, and professional tone should be sustained throughout the presentation narration.
  • Audio recording should be free of background noise and interruptions. 

Assignment Format

  • Two attachments will be needed to hand in for this assignment:
    • PowerPoint Presentation including narration with six slides that is professionally organized
    • Transcript shared in a Microsoft Word document should be included (be sure to separate each slide on a separate page).
  • Replace all template wording with brief bulleted points in your own words that guides the audience.
  • Slides 2–5 should include narration. See information on Slide 2 in the template which explains how to add narration to a PowerPoint slide – (be sure to remove this slide before posting to the Dropbox)
  • Ideas throughout the assignment should be supported by specific areas observed while conducting the observation during this course.
  • Bulleted points on each slide should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.
  • Researched information should be included on Slides 4 and 5 (In-text citations should be included with any brief points that were researched from outside sources and the narration should fully explain the points).
  • With the presentation, there must be a transcript included in a Microsoft Word document that includes the narration word for word for each slide. Be sure to use headings for each slide narration, e.g., Slide 2, Slide 3, etc.
  • Identify the source of any pictures you use. NOTE: Pictures are not required for this presentation.

Use the PowerPoint template provided and submit your two files (both the PowerPoint with audio narration and the MS Word document with the transcript) to the Unit 6 Assignment Dropbox.

GPU Databases (Kinetica, SQream, BlazingDB, Omnisci etc)

 Hi,

I want a Power point Presentation(PPT) with 25 Slides which needs to cover below questions, I have already mentioned Title of Topic on Above.

Need to cover these Questions on Presentation:

  1. What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category (pick at least three for this presentation)
  2. If a vendor, who are the competitors to the platform? If a database technology class, who is the clear leader and why?
  3. What industries are these database vendor tools or database technology platforms used in? Is the market increasing or decreasing for technology?
  4. What are the key features for each of these database platforms? What are differentiators compared to other database platforms in its like-kind class?
  5. Are these databases used on-premise only? Cloud-based only? Mainframe only? Explain the infrastructure use case for each of these databases that you are discussing. 
  6. Provide three (3) business uses for why a customer/client would want to use your vendors/class of database technology in their environment.
  7. What are key technical skills a data administrator or database administrator would require if they use this platform?
  8. Where do you believe this technology will be in 3-5 years?

Instructions to make PPT:

 The presentation should be a MINIMUM of 15 slides (including Cover and References). The deck should NOT EXCEED 25 pages. 

  • You should make the presentation for an executive audience. That means, Times New Roman or Arial Font Face, Size 14-18 for text. Size 20-24 for headers. (20% of your grade is presentational design)
  • Graphics are essential. A minimum of 8-10 graphics should be included that are meaningful. Custom graphics/tables are preferred!
  • If you put figures or tables in your slides, you have to make your own tables and figures. Please don’t copy and paste it from the reference.
  • Your first page should include your group member’s name, date, title, and course name.
  • Clearly, concise well written presentations are essential. Grammar/Spelling count for 10% of your grade. 
  • Each slides should include a minimum of one reference. (You need to reference your source material for each slide in APA format).
  • Following APA is a strict requirement.