Describe your socio-technical genre, with a definition (quote a reference), a name and links to least five well known examples.

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Social and Professional Issues in Information Technology Investigate Social Issue in Information Technology From the pyramids of Egypt to the Internet of today, social synergy has been critical to development of human civilized society for thousands of years. It is now also required for socio-technical systems, information technologies that enable online communities. Read the following paper on the social environment model: Whitworth, B. and Sylla, C., A Social Environment Model of Socio-technical Performance, International Journal for Networking and Virtual Organizations, Vol. 11, Number 1, p1-29 2012 It suggests why online communities flourish or fail, to improve socio-technical system design and help developers. Key concepts are: system levels, social synergy, defection, utility value, social failure, competence, cooperation, altruism, legitimate interactions, community performance, social hijack, social dilemma, social health, technical vs. social environment, freedom and social €œgoodness€ You have been asked to review technology support for synergy in three socio-technical system applications within a genre, to help its designers. They should be relatively recent and still developing, i.e. an online community has formed but is not yet massive. Register your genre selection by sending an email to Brian, as each group must investigate a different genre. Table 6 of the reference paper gives some options. Your study will compare and contrast the applications and recommend changes. Base your report on academic research and web data, not personal opinion. Reference all sources. Any word-for-word sentences from other documents, whether online or not, including the above paper, must be in quotes. Write the report in academic format, of about ten pages not counting figures, as per the format outline below. Summarize your report: explain the topic, a sentence say why it is important, summarize what you found and give any conclusions or recommendations. The introduction to our report (1-3 pages) S2, SEAT “ Page 1 What you write in this section defines the concepts used in the rest of the report. Don€„¢t assume the reader has read the above paper. Define key ideas either in your own words or by a quote from an academic paper. Under an appropriate sub-heading, clarify the concept behind the term social synergy. Give a definition, then describe a common example from the ordinary physical world (not online), then describe a common example from the online world. Explain how this concept relates to IT requirements analysis and design. Conclude by giving software designers good reasons to understand and apply this concept in practice. Repeat the above for four other terms from the main reference paper, each again under an appropriate sub-heading. [Main headings are TNR 14 Bold. Text is TNR 12, justified. Sub headings are TNR 12 Bold. Use sub-headings to break up the text and guide the reader. Give each a meaningful name. A report’s heading structure is an important part of its quality.] The main part of our report (3-6 text pages) Replace with meaningful words. In this section, report the results of your web research on social synergy. 1. Describe your socio-technical genre, with a definition (quote a reference), a name and links to least five well known examples. Do not be too general in your genre, e.g. œinformation exchange systems is too general. Possible examples include social networks, social media, chats, twitters, discussion boards, wikis, online games, social simulations, social bookmarkers, news and media sites, texting, academic knowledge exchange sites, trading sites, job search sites, and others. 2. Analyse three different socio-technical applications in your genre. For each one: a) Describe and link to the application, what users do, what the software does. b) Competence. Describe the technology functions that alone (with no other user input) increase individual user competence. Estimate the user benefit(s). c) Synergy. Describe the technology functions that enable synergy gains between community users. Cover both what users give and what they get in the synergy. Estimate the community €œuser€ benefits. Compare with b). d) Defections. Describe defections that could destroy the synergy gains, i.e. how can users €œabuse€ the system? Be explicit on how exactly the defections harm the community. How susceptible is the system to defections and how does it defend its community? Describe the software functions that help this. e) Social dilemma. Describe in non-technical terms a social dilemma that might present to a user in this online community. Discuss the factors that affect how they resolve it, both human and technical. f) Social health. About how many users does this community have? About how many of these contribute to its synergy? How many harm it? How many just €œlurk€ ? Estimate the social health as a % and justify your percentage. g) Legitimacy rules. Name the social rules or €œlaws€ the community espouses or tries to follow to increase legitimate interactions. How does IT help here? h) Screenshots. For each of a)-h) above, illustrate with at least one screenshot, given as a numbered and titled Figure referenced in the text. 158.345 ALB 3. Summarize your findings in a numbered and titled Table referenced in the text. Compare the applications on at least five key social requirements, including synergy and defections, mentioned in your introduction. 4. Conclude with a list of main conclusions. Discuss and recommend (1-4 pages) 1. Discuss your main conclusions, i.e. what do they mean in general? Are there any big lessons here, for other socio-technical genres or physical society? 2. Suggest how IT system designers can design for community synergy in this genre: a) Make at least five points, preferably more. b) Be specific to the genre. c) Be useful not vague, e.g. €œIncrease synergy€ doesn€„¢t help. d) Target your recommendations at IT software designers. 3. Recommend specific and feasible design improvements to each application based on your suggestions, preferably with a screenshot. S2, SEAT “ Page 3 Personal report (1 page) Done individually. Join and participate in any example of your genre that is of interest. Must not be the same as another group member. List the actions you did to participate. In a page or two, not counting any screen shots, summarize your experiences with reference to your report. How did you feel towards the technology and the online community? What features made you want to join or leave the community? Will you use it again?

 

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Determine two (2) major challenges that each of the selected acts may cause within an organization, and then outline a plan to prevent the challenges from adversely affecting the organization or employees.

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Please respond to the following:

•Choose two (2) factors from those discussed in the textbook that may cause a possible breach of an implied contract. Suggest two (2) strategies that an employer may use to avoid these possible breaches from occurring. Justify your response.

•Select two (2) of the following acts: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Reduction in Force (Age), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA). Determine two (2) major challenges that each of the selected acts may cause within an organization, and then outline a plan to prevent the challenges from adversely affecting the organization or employees. Justify your response.

 

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Discuss General Robert E. Lee’s grand strategy in defeating the Union Army.

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Discuss General Robert E. Lee’s grand strategy in defeating the Union Army.One page required Please provide references.

 

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Draw the CALLS graph for your sample program, and check whether the graph is a DAG or not.

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1. Define some useful relations among modules other than the relations discussed in this chapter. 2. Classify the changes discussed in as either perfective, adaptive, or corrective maintenance. 3. Consider a program you have written in the past in a programming language like Ada, Modula-2, C, or Pascal. (Here we employ Ada, but the exercise can be adapted quite easily to any of these languages.) Consider Ada library units as corresponding to the concept of a module that we are using in this chapter. Also, define a relation CALLS between any two modules such that; CALLS; if and only if a call to a procedure or function in; is issued within M. a. Unlike the assumption we made in would it make any sense to define CALLS as a reflexive relation? b. What follows from requiring CALLS to be a hierarchy? c. Draw the CALLS graph for your sample program, and check whether the graph is a DAG or not.

 

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Review product advertisements discussed during Week 1.

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Review product advertisements discussed during Week 1.
Suggest a new way to market the products to a different age group (350- to 700- words). Include the following:
Indicate the original age group identified during the first week. Choose another age group to market this product to.
What media style would be most effective to reach the new audience
What strategies would it take to market this product to the new age group
Describe what the advertisement would look like.
Describe some key terms that would be used to market the product.
What do you think the consumers’ response would be
Would a different marketing plan for this product change your opinion about the product

 

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demonstrate the change I want to see, paraphrasing( Ghandi), and stay engaged in the process as long as I am apart of the company.

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have been most challenged with change leadership skills at step 2 of Kotter’s 8 step framework-creating a guiding coalition. I have a great sense of urgency behind the need for quality measures in our department, however, I am so inundated with the management tasks that have been referenced in this week’s course materials-such as planning, controlling, problem solving, etc., and almost zero remaining time to devote to this critical stage of change leadership. I don’t have time to chit chat with people, network, and schmooze so I feel like I am burning the candle at both ends to survive each day and not being able to devote time required to help implement a change vision with any kind of long term sustainability.
My most immediate area for growth is to be more fearless. Just like the Jack Welch EOP video and the Suzy welch video with Tim Tebow-it’s best to go all out and follow your passion to be true not only to yourself and to your vision but also to enable those around you to see your passion and be influenced by that passion and then be drawn to that, thus becoming your followers.
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response 2:

This has been an invigorating stimulating and intense course, and I have enjoyed the journey with you. I say this because not just for business, but in the current political and social environment, I am passionate about wanting the best for this country, my family friends and the world we live in. And that is where change the right attitude towards change comes into play. This is the primary foundation for my answer to the first question.
Most difficult
Abrupt change speaks for itself, in that it is usually as a result of some crises or unexpected event. But, Changes that have long-term implications requires vision and candid communication of that vision. The end result will be for the company and the stakeholders who are the backbone of the company and the consumers that they serve. Thus the most challenging skills will be creating urgency and building the coalition to help the necessary change come to fruition. Complacency is a key element, but so is selfishness. Great companys are composed of unselfish people who just get it. Look at sports teams who are successful, they play with unselfish passion and with an eye on the common goal of a championship. And they have a sense of urgency about their jobs and they are always aware of what the competition is doing and making the necessary adjustments, come hell or high water, they win. Down the road, anyone who becomes resistant to the change must go. They bring in a new player who supports the changes that align with the mission and values and winning continues. And if you win long enough, you have a dynasty. However, non of this is possible, without a clear vision followed by a strong since of urgency, and a supportive coalition.
Area for growth
My biggest area for growth is in realizing that change is a constant, and having patience with the process. A famous scientist once said, “you must have the will, do the work and wait for the result”. And with change that can be a long time. Yet, I am encouraged, by the fact as a leader, I will demonstrate the change I want to see, paraphrasing( Ghandi), and stay engaged in the process as long as I am apart of the company.

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Examine one key influence that a mainstream-centric curriculum has on a diverse student population.

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Present a scenario that illustrates the approach or blend of approaches to curricular reform based upon the Common Standards, as presented in the text, that you would use in a classroom. Examine one key influence that a mainstream-centric curriculum has on a diverse student population. Provide examples to support your rationale.

 

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Describe the use of internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and the payback method in evaluating project cash flows.

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Subject: Business    / Finance
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to calculate the project cash flow using net
present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and the payback methods.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Corporate Finance
Create a 350-word memo to management including the following: Describe the use of internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and the payback
method in evaluating project cash flows. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Calculate the following time value of money problems:
1. If you want to accumulate $500,000 in 20 years, how much do you need to deposit today
that pays an interest rate of 15%?
2. What is the future value if you plan to invest $200,000 for 5 years and the interest rate is
5%?
3. What is the interest rate for an initial investment of $100,000 to grow to $300,000 in 10
years?
4. If your company purchases an annuity that will pay $50,000/year for 10 years at a 11%
discount rate, what is the value of the annuity on the purchase date if the first annuity
payment is made on the date of purchase?
5. What is the rate of return required to accumulate $400,000 if you invest $10,000 per year for
20 years. Assume all payments are made at the end of the period.
Calculate the project cash flow generated for Project A and Project B using the NPV method. Which project would you select, and why? Which project would you select under the payback method? The discount rate is 10% for
both projects. Use Microsoft® Excel® to prepare your answer. Note that a similar problem is
in the textbook in Section 5.1. Sample Template for Project A and
Project B: Show all work.
Submit the memo and all calcluations.

 

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Productivity should be a concern of every business organization. a. How is productivity defined? b. How are productivity measures used?

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1. Explain the importance of identifying and differentiating order qualifiers and order winners. 2. Productivity should be a concern of every business organization. a. How is productivity defined? b. How are productivity measures used? c. Why is productivity important? 3. The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew’s output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures: Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. On the basis of your calculation, what can you conclude about crew size and productivity?. Show all the work and formulas 4. Compute the multi-factor productivity measure for each of the weeks shown. What do the productivity figures suggest? Assume 40 hour weeks and an hourly wage of $12. Overhead is 1.5 times weekly labor cost. Material cost is $ 6 per pound. Week Output (units) Workers Material (lbs) 1 30,000 6 450 2 33,600 7 470 3 32,200 7 460 4 35,400 8 480 5. The following table shows data on the average number of customers processed by several bank service units each day. The hourly wage rate is $25, the overhead rate is 1.0 times labor cost, and material cost is $5 per customer. a. Compute the labor productivity and the multifactor productivity for each unit. Use an eight-hour day for multifactor productivity. b. Suppose a new, more standardized procedure is to be introduced that will enable each employee to process one additional customer per day. Compute the expected labor and multifactor productivity rates for each unit.

 

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Explain the elements of the product life cycle you used to determine where each of your selected products was in the product life cycle.

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Imagine that you’re a product analyst working in a consulting firm. Your job is to evaluate where various products are on the product life cycle curve. Pick three products with the following characteristics:

Product 1 has been around for more than 25 years with little change.

Product 2 was released relatively recently, in the last two or three years.

Product 3 was released very recently, in the last two or three months.

Write a paper that uses two additional resources other than your textbook and that addresses the following prompts:
Describe these products and the products’ target audiences.

Determine where each product is today in its product life cycle.

Explain the elements of the product life cycle you used to determine where each of your selected products was in the product life cycle.

Outline any ethical considerations the companies you are consulting for might face.

 

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