Author: chris

Project description
A team of no more than four people must analyze and write an analysis report of the application of OM in a specific industry of choice. The report must be submitted online on the date that is specified in the class schedule. The report write-up should be in the form of a management or consultant report. It should be typed, single or double spaced, and should be fewer than 20 pages, including exhibits, flowcharts, tables, etc., but excluding title, abstract, and reference pages. You must decide the exact content, analysis, and presentation format. An “A” report would be of sufficient high quality to use as an outside consultant’s report (to your client) or as a top-level management’s internal document (to your boss). Plan ahead and get an early start! Just like in the real world, no late reports will be accepted. You will also be making a short presentation of your report to the class. The presentation will be 10% of the overall report grades and be graded based on organization etc..
Organize your analysis so you clearly define the issues and problem(s) to solve in the case, make sure you have a section in the report “base lining” the current situation including numbers if available, and then other sections documenting you analysis of practices around different topics of various chapters. Make sure your report addresses the topics in several chapters but emphasizes certain of them. Your team may decide to address other issues not identified in the textbook (Collier, 2015).
A good management report usually includes an executive summary, a logical sequence of topics with ample use of headings and subheadings to “guide the reader” through the analysis, easy to follow exhibits with “example computations”, all assumptions clearly stated, a final/summary set of recommendations with summary numerical support if appropriate, and so on. Make sure you start and end strong. Poor report organization and/or writing can defeat a good analysis, so spend some time on this part of the assignment. The reader (your boss or client someday) should be able to smoothly move through the report without being confused (Collier, 2015).
And i will upload the 3 PPT about the resouce planning, supply chain, facility and work design

For this final assignment you will be paired up with a classmate.  I have randomly assigned you to a team member.  In this assignment you will be completing your assignment from the following perspectives:(1) as a policy advisor for the leading US presidential democratic contender; and(2) as a policy advisor for the leading US presidential republican contender.You will get 100 points for each of the two policies, and 50 points for each side of the policy as described below:To earn all 200 points you and your partner must develop a policy proposal for each side of the political divide.Please re-read the assignment description, then read the following:You get 50 points for the conservative policy analysis, 50 points for the liberal policy analysis, 50 points for the creative conservative presentation, 50 points for the creative liberal presentation. You need to reference your team members positions and provide arguments that counter their position and their proposal.  Each of you needs to complete an analysis and presentation — but it needs to be coordinated with your team mate as they are arguing for a DIFFERENT solution to the same issue.  Each student completes their own analysis/presentation — based on the work that the other student is doing.So — you have ONE topic/policy that is defined, analyzed and presented from 2 different ideological perspectives. This makes 4 components each worth 50 points, which I believe adds up to 200 points total.Put another way….100 points of 200 points are for your creative demonstration of ideas and economic thought as applied to a problem and presented from 2 different perspectives;100 points of 200 points is for your in-depth critical thinking and analysis — your WELL-CITED and PROPERLY referenced use of ECONOMIC THEORY as applied to a single problem as analyzed from 2 different perspectives. In other words…Half of your final grade is related to your creativityHalf your final grade is related to your quantitative analysis skillsIn more words….I am grading you on your ability to think creatively and apply critical thinking to real-world problems.  Everything must be well-written and properly referenced and cited, or it is not professional and will not be acceptable for a 300 level college course.  Writing and critical thinking are vital to your long term success, and I want to make sure you get to practice those skills.  You are all smart individuals, show me what you got! PS — for example, let’s say we look at illegal immigration.  One team member argues for one position (say build a wall and deport all illegal aliens) and the other argues for another solution (instant amnesty for all and citizenship for all).  Using the tools of economics (demand, supply, taxation, deadweight loss, changes to GDP and employment, public provisioning of social services, fiscal vs monetary policy….) would argue for why their stated position is rational and preferable to the other side’s position. Each team member takes on the persona of a policy wonk for one side of the political divide and makes strong arguments USING ECONOMICS for the position of the party/candidate.  My solutions above are clearly extreme versions of what the current political debate is — and I certainly take no side in this debate and will not criticize or mark down any assignment for the ideology or philosophy.  Positions must use data, facts, theory, and logic — this is not an opinion piece — even though the issues can be very heartfelt. This is an exercise in applying critical thinking and analysis skills to complex problems. 

Project description
1. Title Page
2. Table of Contents
* Include page numbers
3. Executive Summary
* This should be a concise, one-page, executive-level summary of key findings and recommendations from your paper
4. General Background of Project Topic and Vision of Architecture Project Success
* Provide general overview, some kind of benchmarked big picture for context, and an
Architecture Vision/Purpose what will success look like?
* Include references as appropriate
* Use page numbers beginning with this section page 1
5. Identification of approximately 4-6 Major Architecture Issues associated with the project (and benchmarked big picture of which this project will be a part provide a context for what part of a larger ecosystem you are addressing.
* Potential Issue Areas: Organizational, Management, Strategy, Financial, People, Culture
* Potential Issue Areas: Data, Information & Knowledge
* Potential Issue Areas: Information Technology, Other Technology
* Potential Issue Areas: Business Process, Policies & Procedures, Controls/Metrics
* Potential Issue Areas: Architecture frameworks, reference models, patterns, Implementation
* Each identified issue should be bulletized and short, clear and crisp
* Do not discuss issues in this section
* No more than one sentence for each issue
6. Analysis of the implementation of the Project Topic and associated Major Enterprise Architecture Issues
* Factually based on research material gathered (can include examples from your own personal experience
* Develop a small business case to justify that each issue merits attention as such why is the
issue an issue, based on the facts and your analysis?
* Do not include personal conclusions or recommendations in this section
* Include references as appropriate
7. Recommended Solutions, High-Level Roadmap, and Conclusion with Recommended Next Steps
* Provide recommended solutions, showing that you have first considered alternatives, for each major issue
* Provide a high-level road map (could be part of an MS Project plan, an Excel spreadsheet, or a Word table)
** Provide key activities and milestones in this road map
* Provide a section entitled Conclusion in which you summarize your key findings and provide some recommendations, including suggested next steps.
8. Appendices (Schematics, Charts, Graphs, etc.): Along with a high-level roadmap for your problem space/solution, provide either a catalog, matrix, or diagram (TOGAF vernacular) for some aspect of each of the following: business, data/information, application, and technical architectures (e.g., could be As Is, To Be, or Transition views). Therefore, a minimum of 5 visuals is required. You can of course do more if you like.
9. References
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Project description
This paper should be in first person, thank you.

Paper should be 10 – 12 pages in length (typed, double-spaced and using standard size 12 font and one-inch margins) and contain sections on each of the following:

**= Title of sections and should be included in paper

**Introduction (This is where you outline the question to be studied and explain its importance); 1-2 pages ” Do students who take Adderal receive higher grades in school”

**Review of Literature (This is where you discuss prior research on the topic of interest); 2-3 pages (articles at bottom)

**Research Design (This is the most important part of this particular assignment. Here, you explain how you are going to study the question of interest); 3 4 pages

Important points to be discussed in this section include:

– What type of method(s) will you use? Is it a survey? Experiment? Field research? Secondary data analysis?
( This study will be an EXPERIMENT. You will conduct your study at a University. You will divide student into two groups, student who take addrall and students who don’t. The independent variable will be Adderall use and the dependent variable will be grades which will be looked at by GPA of students and if Adderall affects grades. Some other variable that may play into the grades could be basic demographics such as age,race,gender, also outside activities, how many credits one is taking, and majors could also be variables that affect grades. The groups would have to be somewhat equal. )

– How will you find subjects/data for your study?

– What type of sampling method, if any, will you use?

– What other resources will you need to conduct your study?

– Are there threats to reliability/validity and if so, how will you treat them?

– How does your proposed project differ from what has been done previously?

– What are the shortcomings to your proposed method and, if so, how will you minimize their impact on your research efforts?

– Are there any ethical considerations? If so, how will they be addressed?

**Hypotheses (Based on theory and prior research, what do you expect to find? Note: not all research proposals contain specific hypotheses!); 1 page or less

**Implications (What are the practical/policy implications of your research? What programs can be developed based on your findings?); 1 2 pages

Articles to use for Review of Literature:
1. http://www.hercampus.com/life/academics/using-study-drugs-get-better-grades-why-you-should-think-twice

2.http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/01/health/drugs-adderall-concentration/

3.https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/can-pill-improve-your-grades

4.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/education/seeking-academic-edge-teenagers-abuse-stimulants.html?_r=0

**** I will attach my previous research proposal that this essay will be based on and will make this easy to understand.
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Added on 06.05.2016 22:48
The paper Ive attached is my research proposal and the paper that is being written will be to further explain this. Please answer each part listed in the instructions and divide the paper into the sections as listed.

T/F questions are worth .5 point each:1.A fund in itself is a separate legal entity that is established to comply with laws that require that certain transactions be segregated and accounted for as a separate “fund.”2.The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) sets generally accepted accounting principles (GAAPs) for non-government not-for-profit organizations, while government non-profit organizations must follow GASB.T 3.The size of a government’s operations does not necessarily coincide with the number of funds it establishes.4.The MDA section of the basic financial statements is an introduction of events that have occurred in the organization as well as the possible effects of events that might happen.5.The government wide financial statements are presented in addition to fund financial statements and include the entity’s fiduciary activities.6.The budget of an NFP organization is not integrated into the record-keeping procedures and the applicable financial statements, as it is for governmental entities.7.Certain revenues are precluded by GAAP from being recorded in special revenue funds. Revenues that are earmarked for expenditures for major capital projects should be recorded in special revenue funds.8.NFP organizations adjust the value of their long-term debt for discounts or premiums on issuance of the debt, whereas governments list their long-term debt in the General Long-term Liabilities accounts at face value even though it may have been issued at a discount or at a premium.9.Because they use full accrual accounting, NFPs account for depreciation. There is an exception, however, in regard to certain assets that have collection value which are preservable in their current condition, and have a claim on resources sufficient to preserve them indefinitely.10. Proprietary funds use the accrual basis of accounting and the economic resources measurement focus. Accordingly, proprietary funds recognize revenues when they are earned and recognize expenses when a liability is incurred.11.The basis of accounting describes when transactions are recorded, not what transactions are recorded. Accordingly, allocations such as depreciation and amortization are not recorded as expenditures of governmental funds, nor are long-term liabilities. 12.Governmental funds use the current financial resources measurement focus, which recognizes as expenditures those costs that result in a decrease in current financial resources.13.Routine employer contributions from the general fund and internal services billings from the enterprise fund are treated as transfers between funds.14.The City of Virginia Beach issues $5 million in revenue bonds on January 1 to build a water line for the water enterprise fund.  Interest is payable every six months.  What entry is made for interest expense as of June 30?15.The GASB requires each governmental entity to prepare a CAFR.16. The budget for Virginia Beach authorizes expenditures of 12 million and forecasts revenues of 10 million for 2016.  The entry to record the budget in the General Fund is as follows (true or false).18. GASBS 34 updated the types of fiduciary funds to include the following:Pension (and other employee benefit) trust fundsInvestment trust fundsPrivate-purpose trust fundsEnterprise funds19.Identify 4 main (the big between fund accounting and proprietary accounting.  20.How are the 4 main differences (refer to question 19) reflected in the fund verses the government financial statements ?

For Programming Assignment 3 you will be creating a program to manage a car dealership. This will again be a menu driven system. The following is your menu:Display InventoryAdd a vehicleUpdate a vehicleDelete a vehicleSort inventory by VINSearch inventory by MakeRead inventory from fileWrite inventory to file and exitNotes:When reading inventory from a file, the dealer number must be placed in a pointer to a Dealer.When writing inventory to a file, you MUST use the >> operator.Your program will be class based with the following UML representing the classesDealer- dealerNum: int+Dealer( )+getDealerNum( ):int+setDealerNum(iDealerNum:int):voidVehicle- VIN:string- make:string- model:string- year:int- price:double-dealer: dealerType * (pointer to a dealerType) + Vehicle(iVIN:string, iMake:string, iModel:string, iYear:int, iPrice:double)+ Vehicle( )+ getVIN( ):string+ getMake( ):string+ getModel( ):string+ getYear( ):int+ getPrice( ):double+ setVIN(iVin:string):void+ setMake(iMake:string):void+ setModel(iModel:string):void+ setYear(iYear:int):void+ setPrice(iPrice:double):void+ friend operator << (ostream&:out, const Vehicle &:vehic):ostream&You will have four files for your program (Use these file names!): main.cpp, functions.h, vehicle.h, vehicle.cpp.main.cpp: this will be your driver file.functions.h: this will contain your global functions for each of the menu items (display, addVehicle, deleteVehicle, updateVehicle, operator << etc).vehicle.h: this will contain both class declarations and the operator << function.vehicle.cpp: this will contain both class implementations.You will be storing your vehicle objects in avector. In the main function, you will create a vector of vehicles with an initial size of zero (0). When the menu options display, delete, edit, sort, or search are called, you will have to check your vector and ensure that it has a vehicle in it before the function continues (error checking).You will not have any global variables.Each menu item will have a corresponding function, and the definition of the function will be found in the file functions.h. Each function will only have one parameter, the vector. All I/O will be done in the functions and not in main (expect asking for what menu option the user wants).  The following are the details for each of your menu options:You will display each vehicle, using the following format:Vehicle: #VIN: VVVVMake: MMMMModel: MMMMYear: YYYYPrice: $D.CCDealer: #The bold face letters represent the values for the individual vehicle, and it doesn’t have to be bolded. Notice the tab stop between the label and the value. Also notice that there is a dollar sign and decimal for the price. Lastly, for Vehicle: #, the pound sign represents the vehicle position number in the vector (starting at 1 not 0), which will be 1, 2, 3 … and so on.You will ask the user for all of the information to add the vehicle and then you will add it to the vector.You will display the vehicles and then ask the user which vehicle to edit; they will give you the index number (starting at 1). Check to ensure they gave you a valid entry, then prompt for which item they want to edit (year, make, model, price, or VIN). Once they make their selection prompt for the new information, then return to the main menu.You will display the vehicles and then ask the user which vehicle to delete: they will give you the index number (starting at 1). You will then check to ensure they gave you a valid entry and then remove that vehicle from the vector.You will sort the vector by VIN number (when sort is done, the vector in main will be sorted by VIN number).You will ask the user for a make, then search the vector for that vehicle. You will return the first matching entry’s index number or an appropriate message if not found.You will read the inventory from a file called inventory.txt, which is NOT provided for you (you will need to make your own to start with). The data is stored in the same order as listed above and it is newlines is a change to the requirements for PA3: First, Rename Dealer *dealerType to Dealer * dealerPtr- This will help understanding when you are working with objects that have values or pointers (memory addresses to objects) Next, Inside your Vehicle class- Place Dealer *dealerPtr under the public: area- This will allow you to say dealerPtr->dealerNum directly…which is a lot cleaner (and easier) than using get and set variables.  This means you do NOT have to write a getdealerPtr( ) member function.  You WILL need to write  getdealerNum and setDealerNum functions inside the dealer class becuase dealerNum will still be private. I’ll have more to recommend in another post.

Project description
Write a critical review of a published journal article explores aspects of professional practice as it pertains to the information systems industry

i have chosen this article :
Narayanan, Arvind, and Shannon Vallor. “Why software engineering courses should include ethics coverage.” Communications of the ACM 57.3 (2014): 23-25.

The review is to be written as an essay that reflects your understanding of issues with Professional Practice. It is up to you what aspects, issues or arguments you put forward but they must be relevant to Professional Practice as it pertains to Information Systems and must be grounded in current literature. The essay is an academic paper and all claims and assertions must be adequately substantiated with appropriate evidence. You are expected to use other literature and references, preferably from current journal papers, to substantiate your argument in the review. All references must be appropriately cited and referenced. The essay must be relevant academically and indicate implications for practice. The style and form of the essay should be consistent with review articles published in IS journals.
The most important aspect of the essay is that it must reflect your own thinking and understanding of Professional Practice in the Information Systems Industry. Please be aware of the plagiarism and collusion policies established by FIT and Monash University.

Deliverables
Your review essay must contain at least:
An introduction indicating the objective, focus and direction of the essay
The body of the essay that contains a summary of the original, and an evaluation of the text
using other references to support the ideas you have so developing the argument.
The conclusions that flow from your argument
Full citations in the text of your essay to all references you have used to guide your analysis,
A bibliography listing all cited material and
The reviewed article
NOTE: Make sure that you comply with academic requirements relating to citation of all your sources. Your references must adhere to the Style Guide for citations and references.

Assessments
criteria will be based on
Originality of argument
Clarity of the argument and its development
Ability to synthesise and reflect on relevant Professional Practice issues.
Depth and breadth of reflections
Use and relevance of current literature
Use of literature other than the list of recommended readings
Relevance of references
Layout, structure, spelling, etc. and adherence to style guides

it also contain Presentation Requirement:
present your findings. This presentation has two parts. ill mention the requirement after i submit the order

Project description
Grant Proposals
Proposals must include a plan for determining the degree to which objectives are met and methods are followed. This section is extremely important as funders pay particular attention to evaluation methods, since they need help determining whether a proposed project represents an intelligent investment for them. The evaluation section should meet the following criteria:
Presents a plan for evaluating accomplishment of objectives
Presents a plan for evaluating and modifying methods over the course of the program
Explains who will be doing the evaluation and how they were chosen
Clearly states evaluation criteria
Describes how data will be gathered
Explains any test instruments or questionnaires to be used
Describes the process of data analysis
Shows how evaluation will be used for program improvements
Describes any evaluation reports to be produced
For this Discussion, keep these evaluation criteria in mind as you review the two grant applications listed in the Learning Resources. Two applications were submitted. Only one can receive the grant funds. Based on the information you have available, and using the evaluation rubric for each grant application, determine which one of the grants you believe should receive funding.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post two reasons why you selected the grant that you choose to fund and two reasons why you chose not to fund the other grant. Then, briefly explain two grant-writing strategies that you might recommend to improve the unsuccessful proposal.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources
Required readings and citations
Institute of Medicine. (2003). Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Washington, DC: National Academyof Sciences. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Chapter 2, The Healthcare Environment and Its Relation to Disparities
Shining Beacon Community Services Center. (2001). Shining light: Anger management for women. Retrieved from http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=331613513571494&id=260537440679102
HIV Awareness Project. (n.d.). HIV prevention and planning coalition. Retrieved from http://thegrantdoctor.com/samples/sample-proposal-aids-hiv-prevention-grant/Sample-Proposal-AIDS-HIV-Prevention2.html
National Science Foundation. (n.d.). Grant proposal guide. Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/gpgprint.pdf
Grant-Proposal Guide – NSF 11-1 by The National Science Foundation.
Honeycutt, A. A., Clayton, L., Khavjou, O., Finkelstein, E. A., Prabhu, M., Blitstein, J. LRenaud, J. M. (2006, March). Guide to analyzing the cost-effectiveness of community public health prevention approaches. Retrieved from http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/06/cphpa/report.pdf
Guide to Analyzing the Cost-Effectiveness of Community Public Health Prevention Approaches by Wilma Tilson, M.P.H., 2006. RTI Project Number 0208827.001 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Source: http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/06/cphpa/report.pdf
Document: Scholar-Practitioner Project (SPP) Guidelines
Document: Grant Evaluation Rubric: Grant 1
Document: Grant Evaluation Rubric: Grant 2
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