Based on what your colleague observed from the WestJet case, explore ways that your organization might assess its information technology capabilities.

“WestJet Airlines: Information Technology Governance and Corporate Strategy” by Malcolm Munro and Sharaz Khan.

Post your responses to the following Discussion prompts:

  • When Cheryl Smith, the new CIO, arrived at WestJet, she was asked by the CEO to advise whether or not the company had an adequate IT infrastructure. What aspects of the WestJet IT situation did she assess in order to respond to the CEo’s concern, and why do you think they are important?
  • Summarize and critique Smith’s assessment.
  • Offer evidence/arguments that major changes in IT at WestJet were essential and that Smith’s governance model would enable WestJet to achieve its strategic goal.
  • Summarize the lessons you learned based on the experiences at WestJet. How might these lessons help your organization evaluate its information technology capabilities and best serve its business strategies and needs?

Respond to two of your colleagues in one or more of the following ways:

  • Based on what your colleague observed from the WestJet case, explore ways that your organization might assess its information technology capabilities. What lessons did the case provide that help an organization make a better assessment?
  • Expand upon your colleague’s observations by positing additional problems that a business manager might encounter if a similar assessment were done for their organization.
  • Offer your colleague alternative perspectives, if in fact you drew different conclusions from the case.
  • Describe the IT governance model used in your organization, and explain why it is important to the organization’s ability to achieve its strategic goals.

 

Research the Aol-Time Warner merger. Consider how Deming and TQM would have dealt with (or avoided) the problems that occurred. What does a TQM initiative look like in an IT department?

Research the Aol-Time Warner merger. Consider how Deming and TQM would have dealt with (or avoided) the problems that occurred. What does a TQM initiative look like in an IT department? How would IT support Total Quality at your chosen company?

Develop a poster campaign consisting of 3 posters for security awareness to display in the workplace and to distribute virtually.

As a final project requirement, the executive staff requested recommendations to address the following:

  • Strategy for staff awareness
  • Strategy for ongoing security maintenance

The best way to get the message across is to have a solid mission statement to share with the organization. You decide to create an awareness campaign for the organization to address the executive staff member’s request. Your campaign consists of the following three items:

  • Mission statement
  • Poster campaign
  • Message to organization via the intranet

Create an approximate 90-word security policy mission statement for Dayton Soft Products.

Develop a poster campaign consisting of 3 posters for security awareness to display in the workplace and to distribute virtually. Each poster must include the security policy mission statement. Highlight at least 5 legal and ethical issues across the 3 posters. You may use any program to create your posters.

Write a message for the company’s internal website to a diverse workforce announcing the cybersecurity awareness material. You will need to submit a draft of your announcement message to the executive staff in the form of a Microsoft® Word document.

Provide the following elements in your announcement message:

  • The reason the corporate security policy was established
  • Mission statement
  • Employees’ role to meet the mission
  • Announce launch of the poster campaign
  • Large images of the three posters
  • Strategies and tools for ongoing monitoring and enforcement of security policy

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment (IT Developer) . If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment (IT Developer) . If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.

What were the benefits of implementing an EDW at Isle? Can you think of other potential benefits that were not listed in the case?

1. What were the benefits of implementing an EDW at Isle? Can you think of other potential benefits that were not listed in the case?

2. What are ROLAP, MOLAP, and HOLAP? How do they differ from OLAP?

 

Remember that plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the internet into assignments without properly citing the source of the material. Copying from an internet source and pasting is strictly forbidden.

All work must be organized and formatted consistent with the APA 6th edition style format (double spaced and references indented accordingly). All citations and references must be in the hanging indent format with the first line flush to the left margin and all other lines indented.

This is a scholarly post and your responses should have more depth than “I agree” and should demonstrate critical reflection of the problem in order to promote vigorous discussion of the topic within the forum.

For the conferences students are expected to make a minimum of three posts on three days for EACH Topic.  Your initial post will be your answer to the Question and is to be 300 – 400 words with at least two references.  The remaining two posts will be comments engaged with your classmates in meaningful discussion, more than affirmation, on their post and the subject matter and be between 150 – 250 words.

Initial post will be graded on length, content, grammar and use of references. The initial post must be submitted at 11:59 PM EST.

How would you describe the “Strategic Risk Management Return on Investment” at LEGO?

Read Chapter 6 scenario, and address the following question

“How would you describe the “Strategic Risk Management Return on Investment” at LEGO? ”

Discussion 2) We all use Email and Instant messaging daily in our work lives.  Which method do you feel is the best communication method for Senior Management to their employees? Messaging to your friend at work? Messaging to other members of your project team?  What is your biggest dislike about both communication methods? Do you think these communication methods have a major impact on how we incorporate IG into your business organizations?

Address the following questions:

  • What are the advantages of integrating ERM with strategy and strategy execution as described in this case?
  • Describe the four steps in the risk management process.
  • How does scenario analysis as described in this case help an organization to prepare for uncertainties?
  • What are the advantages of using the PAPA model to categorize risks?
  • The mission of the strategic risk management team is to “Drive conscious choice.” How does the Active Risk and Opportunity Planning (AROP) element of strategic risk management at LEGO help to drive conscious choice?

Compare and contrast the views of management and accountants regarding the changes required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on internal controls and how these changes have affected corporations, accounting firms, and investors.

Compare and contrast the views of management and accountants regarding the changes required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on internal controls and how these changes have affected corporations, accounting firms, and investors.

Describe the potential health risks for obesity that are of concern for Mr. C. Discuss whether bariatric surgery is an appropriate intervention.

  1. Describe the clinical manifestations present in Mr. C.
  2. Describe the potential health risks for obesity that are of concern for Mr. C. Discuss whether bariatric surgery is an appropriate intervention.
  3. Assess each of Mr. C.’s functional health patterns using the information given. Discuss at least five actual or potential problems can you identify from the functional health patterns and provide the rationale for each. (Functional health patterns include health-perception, health-management, nutritional, metabolic, elimination, activity-exercise, sleep-rest, cognitive-perceptual, self-perception/self-concept, role-relationship, sexuality/reproductive, coping-stress tolerance.)
  4. Explain the staging of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and contributing factors to consider.
  5. Consider ESRD prevention and health promotion opportunities. Describe what type of patient education should be provided to Mr. C. for prevention of future events, health restoration, and avoidance of deterioration of renal status.
  6. Explain the type of resources available for ESRD patients for nonacute care and the type of multidisciplinary approach that would be beneficial for these patients. Consider aspects such as devices, transportation, living conditions, return-to-employment issues.

You are required to cite to a minimum of two sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

Write a letter describe the problem and its relevance to the home country’s interests.

Memo to Foreign Affairs:Students will be required to   write a letter from a non American perspective, you may write as an   Ambassador or Assistant Minister to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.  The  memo should identify a diplomatic problem and propose a strategy  for  dealing with it (China).

The letter must: • Describe the problem and its relevance to the   home country’s interests; • Propose a diplomatic strategy for  resolution  or management; • Identify assets, constraints and potential  trade-offs.  Choose an issue that allows you to be specific. Be complete  yet  succinct: clarity, grammar and spelling count. You are encouraged  to  discuss your paper with me over the course of the semester

Discuss the unique marketing characteristics a product or service requires based on the specific phase of the product life cycle.

Discuss the unique marketing characteristics a product or service requires based on the specific phase of the product life cycle.

Marketing is a process of making sure that the product or service is will introduce and understood by every customer full stop it is important to have the right marketing strategies we should make sure that the product sales will increase very soon.  It is a basic guideline to understanding the product before adding it to the market once the product is in the market and if the product has flaws or defect then the product will be a complete loss and failure of the project.  Every product and service have a lifespan which is measured by its sale theory and history of the project is been launch after its deployment the development part of the project is completely ended now the marketing and marketing strategies are involved at the marketing stage. In order to understand various categories and characteristics of marketing to market a product and service, it is important to understand the product life cycle.  Every product and service has a certain life cycle which is a different product that has a different life cycle which defines is initial stage to its final stage.  To understand the marketing phase of any product it is important to understand its product life cycle.

Product life cycle

Understanding marketing characteristics per product life cycle requires the knowledge of the product life cycle.

The product life cycle is categorized into  4 stages.

Stage 1 introduction

In stage 1 the product is deployed by the company and it is introduced in the market first once the product is introduced in the market it is now introduced to the customers so that the customer can experience the product by using it.  But the only introduction of the product is not enough the product has to properly advertise and market in the commercial area so that the product will be used by the customers (Cata, 2010).