You are asked to look at the four housing associations and choose the one whose location most resembles your own home area, together with another association in a contrasting area. You are asked to address four questions for each of the two associations that you have chosen:

1. Given the fact that the association is a charity, with risks related both to its financial and charitable aims and any profits made being reinvested to support its charitable aims, what do you assess as the biggest risks facing the association and what is your assessment of these risks? Note that “for profit” activities such as building houses for sale can also contribute to an association’s aims (e.g., to provide affordable housing within its chosen area of operation).

2. Considering the list of products in the “Background” section, how do you rate their potential risks and returns for the association, again in relation to its charitable aims and viability constraints and in the context of the association’s operating environment?

3. In the light of the association’s financial position and its charitable aims, how high should be the risk appetite of the association? Is one of the generic strategies listed in the “Sector Issues” section appropriate for the association, and if not then what should the association’s strategy be?

4. Can you suggest product growth targets and appropriate risk limits that will enable the association to develop safely and dynamically in the short/medium term? The association data was drawn in 2013 from current real cases, and it may help you to investigate the “actual” cases and their contexts.

Textbook: Implementing Enterprise Risk Management Case Studies and Best Practices. John Wiley & Sons.  Fraser, John, Simkins, Betty, Narvaez, Kristina. (2015) 

Chapter 8: Housing Association Case Study of ERM in a Changing Marketplace 

Discussion Length (word count): At least 250 words (not including direct quotes).

References: At least two peer-reviewed, scholarly journal references.

 Pick one of the many information security standards organizations and describe what they do and what type of standards they are responsible for. 

Dear Students,
After you review all course materials attached below please answer the following question.

Assignment:

Which skills do you think are more important for information technology project managers to possess at various points in their careers: strong technical skills or strong communications skills?

Compare and contrast the difference of network security within an on-premise environment and a cloud environment. Give some examples of areas that are common and areas that are different.

 What are risk analysis and threat definitions? Explain What is being protected? What are the threats? Where are the weaknesses that may be exploited? Explain at least three(3) types of attacks and how they impact organizational data/resources?. 

Need 300 words with references 

 After reviewing the Cases (The New Roles in Technical Communication and Top 10 trends shaping tomorrow TCI) respond to the question: what technical communications mean to you, the roles it plays in business and industry today, and also what are some of the key trends? 

600 words

Research paper topic: Data breaches in the cloud

 By 2018, the need to prevent data breaches from public clouds will drive 20% of organizations to develop data security governance programs.
Recommended Action: Develop an enterprise-wide data security governance (DSG) program. Identify data security policy gaps, develop a roadmap to address the issues and seek cyberinsurance when appropriate.

In your paper:

• Identify and describe at least one emerging domain in the field of IT. Include details such as the underlying technologies of these domains and expected timelines for major worldwide adoption.
• Analyze the impact on cybersecurity and supporting standards of these domains.
• Make appropriate recommendations based on the standards and guidelines related to the identified domain.

Topic – The Smart Phone as a Dangerous Technology

Please reflect on your dissertation progress.

500 words with APA format and references needed.

I need a python program which can read first 5 values from the file in a loop, end the loop and pick next 5 values from the file until the end of the file.

Week 3 Discussion — Corporate Growth Strategies

Week 3 Class Discussion topic comes from — Chapter Two “Corporate Strategy Decisions and Their marketing Implications”

One of the highlights Chapter Two discusses is on corporate growth strategies. To determine where future growth is coming from, corporate management must decide on a strategy out of following two major directions:

• Expansion of its current businesses and activities
• Diversification into new businesses, either through internal business development or acquisition

To better understand these two conceptes, we continue to use “Samsung — Changing Strategies to Build A Global Brand” for our “Week 3 Discussion”.

This class expects you to contribute two times:

Your contribution one — answer one question only out of four questions below after your study Chapter Two —

Question #1  “Expansion by Increasing Penetration of Current Product-Markets,”  is this a strategy Samsung has used? Explain why or why not.

Question #2  “Expansion by Developing New Products for Current Customers,” is this a strategy Samsung has used? Explain why or why not.

Question #3  “Expansion by Selling Existing Products to New Segments or Countries,” is this a strategy Samsung has used? Explain why or why not.

Question #4  “Diversification to Become a Conglomerate,” is this a strategy Samsung has used? Explain why or why not.

• You are the first person to answer any one of above four questions, given you list the question you choose to response first, followed by your answer.
• Otherwise, you will not receive a full 2 points.

Your contribution two — comment on one of your classmates’ posting about his/her contribution one.