BUS375 Week 10 Assignments

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Assignment 3: Project Execution, Control, & Closure Proposal

Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

Your Project Sponsor has approved your project proposal and has asked you to come up with a proposal for the execution, control, and closure for the project.

Instructions:

For this assignment, you will provide a four to six (4-6) page paper, in which you must:

  1. Provide a brief summary of your chosen project.
  2. Identify and discuss your project’s greatest challenges (at least three) and provide a recommendation for addressing each of the challenges.
  3. Examine how you manage your project performance via Earned Value Management (EVM). Identify at least three key EVM metrics you will use for your project.
  4. Discuss your plan to properly close your project when it is over.
  5. Use at least three (3) academic resources for this assignment. These resources should be related to your chosen project and the content provided in Assignment 3. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the key concepts, processes, and components of project management.
  • Develop a process for managing & controlling a project.
  • Develop a process for measuring the progress of a project in order to determine its effectiveness.
  • Develop a process for coordinating project closure and determining the project’s effectiveness

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment

Leadership DISC Assessment Reflection

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DISC Assessment Reflection

Assignment Instructions:

Each student has completed the DISC assessment and received their personalized report. This report is approximately 45 pages long. Utilizing the information in the report, reflect and respond to the questions being asked below.Detail your responses in a report format. Please add examples and details where appropriate.

  • What behaviors do you consider to be your strengths? Please do not just create a list. Expand on your selections and provide detailed responses.
  • What behaviors do you consider to be your limitations? Please do not just create a list. Expand on your selections and provide detailed responses.
  • What behaviors do you commit to improve and what would the payoffs be when you make these improvements?
  • What insight has this assessment provided to you?
  • In general, do you feel that the results of the assessment are accurate to your personal behavior traits?
  • What can you gain from this assessment?
  • How will you use this assessment for future?

Paper Guidelines:

  • In your RUNNING HEADER, please put your assessment result. (i.e.: CD, or S, or SI, etc.) so I know what your overall results are.
  • At least three pages of content.You will be docked points for anything less than 3 full pages of content.
  • Written using APA formatting – Times New Roman, size 12 font, double-spaced, and include page numbers in the top right corner and running header.You are NOT required to include a cover page for this assignment.
  • If outside references are utilized, please make sure that you include all citations (in-text and in the reference list).
  • Make sure to proofread your work!Grammar and spelling issues will be graded accordingly.You will also have points deducted from your score if you write your entire paper in one solid paragraph.

Contract Analysis Assignment

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Residential House Lease

The following question is based on the Residential House Lease found in the Contracts

Module. Please reference the Lease by clause number as you answer the questions.

Essay (1-2 complete paragraphs with

text

references to

support

your answers)

Maria, the landlord, refuses to fix a small leak in the roof that was there prior to

the current tenant. The consequence is that black mold has been forming in the

attic. Juan, the current tenant, still has significant time remaining on his lease.

Juan has notified Maria in writing of the mold and leak issue. He is concerned

about the premises becoming unsafe to live in. It has been 14 days since he

emailed her his notification. What are Juan’s options if Maria declines to do the

repairs?

UCC Sales Contract

The following question is based on the Sales Contract found in the Contracts Module.

Please reference the Sales Contract by clause number as you answer the questions.

Remember, this is a contract under the UCC.

Essay (1-2 complete paragraphs per essay with text references to support your answers)

You received non-conforming goods as a result of an ambiguity in the contract.

You ordered goods thinking it was a particular product. You wanted Razor

scooters as that was the original oral communication when the selling merchant

was first contacted by you. Thereafter, in phone conversations, you and the seller

just talked about scooters. The selling merchant shipped scooters but not Razor

scooters. Upon receipt of the goods, what are your merchant options under the

contract?

Why are text references important? Contract language does not exist in a vacuum. It is written

based on the law. It is critical, therefore, to cite to the text to support your analysis.

Human Resources Professionals Effecting Positive Social Change

Question Description

By taking part in positive social change, the impact of an organization can extend not only to those who work for the organization, but also to society at large. Accountability and transparency can help an organization meet this opportunity, and there are many actions the HR department can take to help support a positive social change initiative.

In this Discussion, you will consider an aspect of positive social change that you would like to implement and discuss how an HR professional could contribute to making that initiative possible.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on how HR professionals can have the opportunity to effect positive social change in their organizations.
  • Consider an organization with which you are familiar. Think about what types of positive social change initiatives you would want to lead within the organization and how implementing those initiatives could be achieved through the HR role. Additionally, consider the concepts of this course and how they could be applied to promote positive social change.
  • Review the Academic Writing Expectations for 2000/3000-Level Courses, provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

By Day 3

Post a 150- to 225-word (2- to 3-paragraph) explanation of how HR professionals can lead positive social change initiatives within an organization. In your explanation, do the following:

  • Identify at least one type of positive social change initiative you would want to lead within an organization.
  • Give two or three examples of how HR could lead the type of positive social change initiative you described.
  • Describe at least one concept from this course about the role of HR that could be helpful in implementing the positive social change initiative you described.
  • To support your response, be sure to reference at least one properly cited scholarly source

Global Business

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Instructions:

Please answer the following question in essay format. Please start by copying and pasting the question at the top of your answer:

There is no word limit. I need you to write enough for me to understand that you have mastered the subject matter. What you consider adequate in this regard is up to your discretion. It is open book and you must create and write your own answer, make citations where you are quoting other’s work. Please write to me in at the same standard as if you were writing to the President or Board of Directors of your company. Please make sure that you have addressed at least 10 separate points for each question asked. Please do not provide me a mere list of points. Your answers need to be substantiated and arguments supported. Please answer in complete sentences.

Your answers should include, but by no means be limited to, discussion regarding the following: geopolitical factors; (ie. identify predominant political systems; identify relevant political events that could impact selection such as corruption; provide examples of locations, natural or infrastructure created resources etc.; identify relationships in the global community); socioeconomic factors (ie. identify salient cultural, religious, language issues and identifiers; identify key economic indicators; identify key health, workforce, and social indicators; identify logistical issues; identify key economic development issues such as IT infrastructure or other necessary infrastructure for your business. Provide analysis of the above in your answers.

Exam 1: Deciding to embark on expansion into international markets is a big, important, and potentially both risky and lucrative opportunity for a USA based business. What are the major barriers to entry and considerations in making such a decision? Discuss and justify your decisions.

Short Discussion- Decision-Making Bias Videos (MGT422)

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Most of the sources in the background materials are library textbook chapters or journal articles. In general, these sources are considered much more credible than various random webpages that you will find online. When finding an online source, you need to carefully consider the credibility of the source. Factors to consider include the credentials of the person who wrote the materials, whether this person is trying to sell you something, and of course you also need to use your own intuition as to whether or not a source seems credible.

Your task for this discussion is to go to YouTube or videos.google.com and find a video that explains cognitive/heuristic biases covered in the background materials such as confirmation bias, overconfidence bias, etc. Use word searches such as “decision-making biases,” “heuristic biases,” “overconfidence, anchoring, framing, confirmation bias,” and similar searches. You should find many videos, but the difficult part will be to try to find a video that is A) relevant to the topics covered in the module, B) from a credible source, and C) easy to understand and follow.

To find a video from a very credible source, look at a video from Nobel Prize winner and heuristic bias expert Daniel Kahneman. Credible yes, but I can’t guarantee you will stay awake during the video. So see if you can also find a video from a source that appears credible but and has information consistent with the background material readings but also keeps you awake and helps you understand the different types of decision-making biases.

Share the link with your classmates and explain why you think the video is both useful and credible, and which biases from the background materials the video helps explain.

writing assignment 3

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PLEASE USE THE SAME ORGANIZATIONAL FORMAT AS EXHIBITED UNDERASSIGNMENT 2

Answer the following questions based upon your assigned readings and class materials. IF YOU USE ANOTHER SOURCE FOR YOUR ANSWER, YOU MUST CITE THAT SOURCE, but please be advised that other sources may give information that is not as discussed or presented in class and will not provide additional credit.

Your answers must be in complete sentences and free of typographical errors.

Your writing assignment must be saved as either as WORD documents or in PDF, with double-spaced, 1” margins. The assignment must be well written and professional in appearance. Your completed assignment must be uploaded onto Blackboard for submission. NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE ACCEPTED. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.

Please contact the HELP desk for technological issues

.1. Identify and define the elements of negligence.

2. Under a negligence claim, please identify and define the two separate elements of causationand discuss how they are applied.

3. In most states, what defenses are available in negligence-based product liability actions?Please define each defense.

Ximena, who runs a successful real estate agency, ran across a very interesting pamphlet oncustomer relations. The pamphlet was fifty pages long and cost $70.00. Ximena thought the pricewas outrageous. Accordingly, she bought one copy and photocopied the pages that she thoughtwere pertinent and gave them to her employees. She copied forty of the pages out of the pamphletfor each of twenty employees. A disgruntled employee informed the pamphlet’s publisher whatXimena had done, and she was charged with copyright infringement. Ximena defended on thebasis of the fair use doctrine.

4. Identify, define and discuss the four factors a court would consider in determining whethera violation occurred. Will Ximena would prevail? Explain your answer.

discussion2

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Think about a place where you have worked, or where someone you know works. Think both from an employee’s perspective and a leader’s perspective.

Now that you are knowledgeable about the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory of leadership, what are the implications for you, or the person you know, as an employee of the organization? How is this new knowledge changing the way you see things? What are you looking for? What are you thinking about?

What are the implications for you, or the person you know, as a leader in the organization? What do you do with your newly acquired LMX knowledge?

What are the benefits of being in the “in group” for an employee? What are the benefits for the organization that is characterized by high-quality leader-member exchanges?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (including supporting citations) along with at least one current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. You may find that your discussion of leadership characteristics is easily supported with such current scholarly research, while the information about how your chosen leader exhibits those leadership characteristics is supported by popular research.

Keep in mind that current scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Current research means published in the last five years.

You are required to reply to at least two peer responses to this week’s discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. Your replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to and evaluate/analyze the content of the post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

one page discussion on Path goal and LMX theoty

Question Description

Think about a place where you have worked, or where someone you know works. Think both from an employee’s perspective and a leader’s perspective.

Now that you are knowledgeable about the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory of leadership, what are the implications for you, or the person you know, as an employee of the organization? How is this new knowledge changing the way you see things? What are you looking for? What are you thinking about?

What are the implications for you, or the person you know, as a leader in the organization? What do you do with your newly acquired LMX knowledge?

What are the benefits of being in the “in group” for an employee? What are the benefits for the organization that is characterized by high-quality leader-member exchanges?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (including supporting citations) along with at least one current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. You may find that your discussion of leadership characteristics is easily supported with such current scholarly research, while the information about how your chosen leader exhibits those leadership characteristics is supported by popular research.

Keep in mind that current scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Current research means published in the last five years.

You are required to reply to at least two peer responses to this week’s discussion question and/or your instructor’s response to your posting. Your replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to and evaluate/analyze the content of the post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

CASE MODULE Create a context d iagram to help the programmers understand how information is flowing through the proposed system. U se the notes fr om the JAD session which have identified the entities and processes and you can use this information

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Hopefully, you are not too bogged down with the DFD. The owner and store manager met this morning and came up with some new rules that will need to be implemented in the SIM system:

  • The owner and store manager have decided to offer customers a service plan were they pay a flat rate once a year. With this plan, customers only pay for the cost of parts when they have their appliance(s) serviced. They can only buy a service plan if they have purchased an appliance from Appliance Warehouse.
  • With this new service plan, if they have service on their appliance more than 3 times during the year, they will have to pay the full amount of the service fee and cost of parts.
  • If the customer does not buy a service plan but buys their appliance from us, we will give a 20% discount off the service fee for the life of their appliance.
  • Everyone else will pay the full cost of the service plan and parts cost.

Create a decision table from these rules. I would like to see your first pass at this by our next scheduled meeting.

Nice work on the decision table! Now you’ll need to simplify the decision table so that you can create a decision tree. The programmers find it very helpful to have all the decisions laid out in a decision tree.



You should create a Data Flow Diagram (DFD). This diagram will help the programmers understand how information is flowing through the proposed system. I suggest that you use the notes from the JAD session. They have identified the entities and processes and you can use this information to create a context diagram.