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Remember, that the purpose of this discussion is not to answer my initial or follow-up questions. The purpose is to engage with the assigned readings and integrate them with other ideas and into your daily (or future) practice. Please do use terminology from the assigned readings, cite the textbook with at least an in-text citation (Dipboye, 2016), and bring in current events (provide a URL) to add to the conversation and to support your points. These discussions are the main learning and assessment tool in this course.

This text discusses numerous employee training techniques. Discuss those which have been successful and unsuccessful with you and why?

Create an entry in your strategic management research journal. You will use information from this entry in your presentation due in Week 5. Respond to the following prompts in your journal entry:

• Describe the role of strategic planning in achieving a competitive advantage.
• Assess Caterpillar Inc. to determine whether their top focus is accounting profitability, shareholder value creation, or economic value creation.
• Assess whether Caterpillar Inc. leverages the appropriate value and cost drivers for their business strategy.
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Caterpillar Inc’s competitive advantages.
• Evaluate the influence of ethics, social responsibility, and legal considerations on strategic planning.
• Discuss the value of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and determine if Caterpillar Inc.’s CSR meets those values.
• Analyze the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing Caterpillar Inc.’s strategic plan while considering stakeholder needs and agenda.

Let’s look at a real-world scenario and how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays into it. In the scenario, the United States will be hit by a large-scale, coordinated cyber attack organized by China. These attacks debilitate the functioning of government agencies, parts of the critical infrastructure, and commercial ventures. The IT infrastructure of several agencies are paralyzed, the electric grid in most of the country is shut down, telephone traffic is seriously limited and satellite communications are down (limiting the Department of Defense’s [DOD’s] ability to communicate with commands overseas). International commerce and financial institutions are also severely hit. Please explain how DHS should handle this situation.

Suppose that you are employed as a a data mining consultant for an Internet search engine company. Describe how data mining can help the company by giving specific examples of how techniques such as clustering, classification, association rule mining, and anomaly detection can be applied.

Suppose you have been hired by a small group of partners who are in the process of starting a new business. The business will design, produce, and sell an innovative product to the biomedical industry. The partners have a great deal of experience designing products but very little knowledge about starting a business. Due to the sensitive nature of the new business, you feel that the partners need to develop a code of ethics and a mission and vision statement for the company. They do not agree. You need to write a white paper (a document providing information on a topic) to convince them that this is an important step in establishing a new business.

Based on the scenario above, develop a white paper on the importance of mission and vision statements and a code of ethics. Use the Week 4 Assignment Template [DOCX] to develop your white paper with the following sections.

• Purpose of Mission and Vision Statements.
  • Explain the purpose of mission and vision statements using real-world examples and supporting evidence.
• Key Elements of Mission and Vision Statements.
  • Identify key elements within mission and vision statements and explain why the elements are important for a company.
• Purpose of a Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the purpose of a code of ethics and why the code should be directed toward all stakeholders, including leadership, employees, and customers.
• Key Elements of a Code of Ethics.
  • Identify key elements within a code of ethics and explain why the elements are important for a company.
• Relationship Between a Company’s Mission and Vision Statements and Its Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the relationship between a company’s mission and vision statements and its code of ethics in terms of strategic management.
• Role of Leadership in Promoting and Supporting the Mission, Vision, and Code of Ethics.
  • Explain the role of an organization’s leadership in promoting and supporting the mission, vision, and ethical principles of the organization, and discuss the consequences of a leader who fails to promote and support the mission, vision, and ethical principles of the company.

Explain the strengths and weaknesses of organizational (a) ethics codes, (b) ombudsperson and peer review programs, (c) ethics departments.

Why are the concepts of leverage and break-even important for managers to understand in order to achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030? Provide an example of how these concepts could be applied to a business with which you are familiar.

Search the Internet for an academic or industry-related article. Select an article that relates to these concepts in the context of doing business in Saudi Arabia.

• Explain several network security protocols and their similarities and differences.
• Differentiate a variety of network security and management tools.
• Distinguish the most appropriate network security design for a given scenario.
• Describe methods of implementing firewalls and IDS systems.
• Analyze network administration tools and examine their significance in a range of network environments.

A hard-wired LAN is relatively simple to secure while protecting data that travels across a wireless network can be more difficult. In this assignment, you will examine appropriate security measures to be taken when accessing wireless networks.

In your research, you will thoroughly address each topic .

1. Explain computer literacy.
2. Explain computer algorithm and its significance.
3. Explain some of the technologies that have contributed to the exponential growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW.)
4. Describe software development in respect to the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using applicable model.
5. Diagram major hardware components of a computing system.
6. Build a table of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) seven layers.
7. Summarize some security concerns of the Internet and computer use.

Research using Floridas Real Estate Commission web-site to explain the licensing laws with respect to a Property Manager in your state. This is a research paper and requires three references.

– Describe any exams required, required Pre-Licensing education and continuing education requirements.

– Explain how a Property Manager is responsible for staff according to the state law and if the staff must hold a real estate license as well.

Submission Instructions: Submit assignment as word document .doc or .docx file.

Requirements:

Paper Format:

A. Title Page – Include a title page formatted using APA style. Include the APA formatted Header.

B. Executive Summary.

C. Introductory Paragraph – Include an introductory paragraph that includes your thesis sentence.

You should support your thesis with supporting paragraphs and a concluding paragraph, using APA style and section headings. Be sure to include theories, models, terms, concepts, and principles, with examples, learned throughout the course.