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When you are collaborating with others to make decisions in your professional life, the more you understand the thought processes and paradigms that lie behind your organization’s business and IT decisions, the better equipped you will be to propose ways to enhance its information infrastructure to better support its business goals in the future. This week’s Discussion will focus on the various types of data resources, processes, and storage systems currently utilized in business IT.

You will begin with your own Internet and/or Walden Library search for 1 or 2 current and credible articles on the various types of data resources, processes, and/or storage systems used in information systems in businesses big and small in various industries. If you are not sure where to start, you may want to ask your peers in this course or your colleagues at your current organization for additional guidance and tips. Because these technologies change and evolve so rapidly, you may also want to explore credible blogs where individuals in IT and business are talking about these same subjects and issues.

Some examples include:

• HBR Blog Network, Harvard Business Review (http://blogs.hbr.org/)
• CIO Journal, Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/public/page/cio-journal.html)
• CloudTweaks (http://www.cloudtweaks.com/)

There are many popular, relevant periodicals to search from as well. Some examples include:

• Information Week
• Wired
• Business 2.0
• Business Week
• Fast Company
• Wall Street Journal
• CIO.com

By Day 3

Post your research findings:

• Identify and briefly describe 3–4 various types of data resources, data processing, and/or storage systems used in today’s business environments that you think are most relevant and important. Explain your rationale.
• Describe 2–3 examples of how each of these tools, processes, or systems is used or could be used within your organization.

Identify 2–3 short-term and 2–3 long-term issues that could potentially arise from your examples (e.g., dealing with legacy systems; breach of data; compatibility, privacy, security, or ethical issues, etc.). Then, offer at least one recommendation that might enable your organization to formulate a response to at least one of the issues.

1. Select a tool, survey, or instrument, that can be use for an improvement project titled ” Determining the effect of in class education versus handing out printed education materials to patients whit uncontrolled diabetes Support with references.

2. Describe the chosen survey, instrument, or tool that you plan to use in your project. Describe the tool in terms of name, number of items, how it is answered (Likert scale, yes/no, open answers, etc.), and the total score. Describe the level of measurement for this instrument. Support with references (

3. Describe the validity and reliability of the instrument you chose in and explain how is this different from external and internal validity?

As a teacher, describe the various sources of performance data available for high-risk students which are outlined in Step III of the textbook. Document how these data are utilized in the intervention process and discuss the various assessments that could be used. Explain your role as the referring teacher within the intervention team and the overall function of an intervention team.

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

This section should include a brief literature review: (1) definition of the key construct discussed in your paper (Departmentalization); (2) short description of key characteristics/dimensions of your key construct (connection to other organizational design parameters, contingency factors, and final product & service mix, describer in applied and theoretical literature reviewed), (3) case(s) of industry peers to illustrate your construct in practice (when available) (4) suggestions for organizational design based on the group business, organizational prowess and resource sufficiency assessment. The same literature sources can be used in the group and individual work. In brief, this section should include a brief literature review, case(s) of industry peers when available and suggestion for organizational design based on the group business idea, organizational prowess and resource sufficiency assessment. Assume that your team colleagues are organizational members in your start-up and that you can bring in new workers. Describe how you divide and coordinate work in your start-up organization whose mission is to implement your business idea. Cover 1 topic related to only one organizational design parameter per student. If you use graphs or tables to illustrate your proposition, put them in the Appendix (Tables and Figures) and comment on them in the main text body of the section. Attached, an example, the business canvas of the project and an oak chart of the departments.

For the first part of the assigned project, you must create an initial draft of the final risk management plan. To do so, you must:

1. Develop and provide an introduction to the plan by explaining its purpose and      importance.
2. Create an outline  for the completed risk management plan.
3. Define the scope  and boundaries of the plan.
4. Research and      summarize compliance laws and regulations that pertain to the      organization.
5. Identify the key  roles and responsibilities of individuals and departments within the      organization as they pertain to risk management.
6. Develop a proposed      schedule for the risk management planning process.
7. Create a professional      report detailing the information above as an initial draft of the risk      management plan.For the first part of the assigned project, you must create an initial draft of the final risk management plan. To do so, you must:
   1. Develop and      provide an introduction to the plan by explaining its purpose and      importance.
   2. Create an outline  for the completed risk management plan.
   3. Define the scope and boundaries of the plan.
   4. Research and      summarize compliance laws and regulations that pertain to the      organization.
   5. Identify the key roles and responsibilities of individuals and departments within the organization as they pertain to risk management.
   6. Develop a proposed      schedule for the risk management planning process.
   7. Create a professional eport detailing the information above as an initial draft of the risk      management plan.

Consider the corporation you have selected to use in your first three assignments.

Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database, the University’s online databases, the Nexis Uni database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

You will do a 15-minute presentation to the Board of Directors of the corporation. Develop an eight- to twelve-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes or record a video based upon Assignments 1 through 3. You may choose to compare your chosen corporation to a major competitor with whom you would like to work. You will make recommendations to the Board of Directors based upon your analysis and decision on why the corporation remains or is not a good fit for you.

Requirements

Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success as a competitive employer in the industry.

• Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
• Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
• Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
• Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
• Develop an executive-level PowerPoint presentation with 8  slides with speaker notes and appropriate graphics.
• Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library and locate at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not quality as academic resources.
• References must be submitted on a Works Cited page using SWS format.

Imagine that you work as a representative for the marketing department of your college or university and have segmented students into four different clusters, each representing one of the four functions.

Develop a marketing strategy based on each of the four functions to motivate students to stay in school and complete their degrees.