Case Application

 

“Growing Pains at Modern Office Supply” (pages 236-237 in the text).

 

After reading the case annotated above, answer the following questions as noted on page 237 of the text:

 

1. What important elements are missing in the performance management process?  In what ways would improving the performance management process help improve discipline and morale at Modern Office Supply? 
2. Explain ways the form used for hourly employees contributes to errors and distortions in the appraisal process.  How would you revise the form to reduce those errors?  Explain other steps that need to be taken to further reduce distortions in the process.
3. What type of appraisal method would you recommend that would be more effective for the hourly employees?  Construct an appropriate form for the delivery driver position.
4. How can the appraisal process for the managers be improved?
5. Research:  Find two to three online examples of performance appraisals for hourly employees that are more effective than the example in the case.  Explain the elements that make your examples more effective.  

 

There are no “right” or “wrong” answers, only well-substantiated opinions based on critical analysis.

 

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

 

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

 

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.  

ALA (T) – Topic Videos – Applied Learning Assignment (ALA) Graduate

 

Each student is required to review the “Video-of-the-Week,, listed in GAP for this current week. The video(s) selection is directly related to at least one of the Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs), and presents a solution(s) to a business problem. 

 

Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, JSTOR.org, the Internet, or any other electronic journal database, research at least one stated claim, aspect, challenge, solution, opinion, and so forth, in the video. 

 

Subsequently, you will include in your CLA2 assignment paper, a separate and distinct heading titled “Topic Video Critical Thinking & Reasoning”. You are to critically think about the solution presented and that you researched and applied critical thinking and reasoning skills to present the following (include every item in the bullet list below to potentially receive full credit): 

 

● State a course CLO that the video relates to and how it relates to the CLO 

 

● Discuss your initial thoughts about the solution/challenge/aspect presented in the video

 

● Present what you would do different in terms of the solution presented in the video

 

● Relate the content of the video to one of the CLO’s in the course. 

 

● Approximately 250 to 350 words in length (minimum of two paragraphs) 

 

● Include the industry example demonstrating the application of your researched video 

 

● Include the in-text citation in APA format to properly reference your article

 

Please be sure to provide justification by citing the article researched, and include the citation in the reference page of your paper

Research Problem 4. How are transactions using Bitcoin (or another virtual currency) treated under U.S. tax law? Some background on Bitcoin can be found at bitcoin.org/en/faq. Locate the current IRS guidance on this question. In addition, locate the American Institute of CPAs Comment Letter on virtual currency (issued in May 2018). After reading these materials, provide a one-page written summary for your instructor.

 

use this website: bitcoin.org/en/faq

HSY315: HISTORY OF WAR Assessment Item 2: Essay 

 

Length: 2,500 words (+/- 10%; excluding notes and bibliography) Due date: 5pm, Friday, week 8 Questions: 1. How do historical conquests echo in the modern world? Select one (or not more than two) historical examples of conquest and consider their effects. 2. The French philosopher Montesquieu wrote that ‘An empire founded in war has to maintain itself by war.’ Are empires agents of order and peace, or of conquest and war? Discuss with reference to a specific historical case study. 3. Has the idea of just war become redundant? 4. ‘Colonial frontier violence should be remembered as genocide rather than war.’ Discuss with reference to a specific historical case study. 

 

Details: Each essay will present a historically contextualised argument in response to ONE of the above questions, and incorporate references to at least 8 scholarly sources (books, book chapters, and journal articles). In doing so, the essay must contextualise the examples of warfare discussed — for example, by showing which historical factors gave rise to warfare, or what historical factors determine how warfare was interpreted and understood in different historical periods.  Each essay will also incorporate evidence drawn from primary historical texts, and relate those texts to the specific historical context in which they were produced.

 

The essay has a specific format. It will consist of: (1)  an introduction stating your aims and objectives in the essay, and briefly framing your argument. (2)  A logical and coherent series of body paragraphs in which you develop your argument. (3)  A conclusion that does not merely summarise the essay, but reflects on the the implications of your argument, and/or the historical significance of the topic.

 

You may use subheadings in your essay, but no dot points please! Graphs, tables, and illustrations may also be used (as long as they are appropriately labelled).  All sources must be appropriately cited with a bibliography listing all sources cited in the essay. You may use either footnotes or in-text citations.

 

Criteria:  1. Understanding of historical context of the subject matter.  2. Quality of argument and historical analysis. 3. Reflective and critical use of evidence, including contextualisation of key primary source(s). 4. Logical structure and standards of presentation. 5. Quality of writing and presentation (including a clear and consistent method of citation and bibliography).

This assignment asks you to do documentation of requirements in a standard Software Requirements Specification format.  Use the results of either your first assignment or your second assignment, and provide a document in the following format:

 

Cover Page

 

      Date

 

      Your name

 

      Title of the Product

 

Introduction

 

      1.  Purpose:  brief (one to three sentence) description of the product being developed, and whether it is a new product, a new version,, or a replacement.

 

       2.  Document Conventions:  Describe any typographical conventions you will be using or any standards you will be following.  If there are none (probably the case for your assignment), state NONE.

 

       3. Project Scope:  Relate the software to business objectives and strategies.

 

       4.  References:  List any documents, or other resources on which part of the specification is based.  Here you would list the materials for your firast or second assignment.

 

Overall Description

 

      1.  Product perspective:  Describe how the product fits into the other products or services your company provides.

 

      2. User Classes and Characteristics:  Describe the types of users your product is expected to have, their experience with computers, and with similar products.

 

      3.  Operating Environment:  Describe the hardware, network, other software, etc. with which the product will operate.  Include verison numbers where appropriate.

 

      4.  Design and Implementation Constraints:  If there are any constraints such as programming language, database management system, code library, coding standard, etc. whcih must be employed on the project, describe them.  If there are any constraints on the selection of tools by the developers, describe them.

 

        5. Assumptions and Dependencies:  Will the product depend on the availability of any particular personnel, software, or hardware to operate? 

 

System Features

 

Repeat these subsections for each feature to be provided by the product.

 

          1.  Name:  a brief, but descriptive name of the feature

 

          2.  Description

 

          3.  Functional Requirements

 

          4.  Non-functional requirements that affect this feature.

 

Data Requirements

 

         1.  Logical data model

 

         2.  Data Dictionary

 

        3.  Reports the product will produce

 

       4.  Data acquisition, integrity, retention, and disposal

 

External Interface Requirements

 

        1.  User Interfaces:  Describe the logical characteristics of each user interface.

 

          2.  Software Interfaces

 

          3.  Hardware Interfaces

 

          4.  Communications interfaces

 

Quality Attributes

 

           1.  Usability

 

           2.  Performance

 

           3.  Security

 

           4.  Reliability

 

           5.  Internationalization

 

           6.  Localization

 

           7.  Others

 

       Other Requirements

 

           1.  Legal

 

           2.  Accounting

 

           3.  Logging and audit trails

 

           4.  Installation

 

          5.  Startup

 

           6.  Shutdown

 

           7.  Monitoring

This assignment concerns requirements analysis.  Identify at least four risks in developing the product you specified in either assignment one or assignment two.  Explain which requirements lead to each risk.  Explain how the risk could be reduced either by specific development practices, or by specific modifications to the requirements.

Description

2,000 words

Use .doc or .docx only (no .pdf etc.)

A minimum of 5 sources required, 3 of which must be academic in nature (scholarly books, journal articles, chapters in edited books). The others may be from popular press sources (newspaper articles, magazines such as The Economist.

Evaluation rubric available through LEARN

Students must choose from the following topics (an alternative topic may be selected upon approval by the instructor):

How private enterprises shape and are shaped by government/public policy

The activities of state owned enterprises

The extent to which the state is able to manage its national economy

The political and/or economic implications of the following policies: privatization, austerity, free trade

Workers, wages, and the changing workplace

The impact of globalization on business and/or government

Description

1. On each page: Student Name, ID Number, Course Number, Course Title, and Unit Number.
2. Responses typed, using a standard font, 12-point type size, double-spaced, with overall neatness and readability.
3. Restatement of the question and question number (exactly as stated in the Study Guide).
Writing Assignment Evaluation
1. Student used standard essay format: Introduction/Body/Conclusion.
2. Student demonstrated proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation, citation style, etc.
3. Student demonstrated an understanding of course content and key concepts, as discussed in the text.
4. Student was able to examine, assess, evaluate, and/or analyze course content and key concepts.
5. Student provided a clear and well-developed response to the question

• Read pages 336-351 of your textbook
• Reference: Psychology for Living:
Adjustment, Growth, and Behavior Today
by Steven J. Kirsh. Karen Grover Duffy,
and Eastwood Atwater. 11th edition, 2014

Description

1. On each page: Student Name, ID Number, Course Number, Course Title, and Unit Number.
2. Responses typed, using a standard font, 12-point type size, double-spaced, with overall neatness and readability.
3. Restatement of the question and question number (exactly as stated in the Study Guide).
Writing Assignment Evaluation
1. Student used standard essay format: Introduction/Body/Conclusion.
2. Student demonstrated proper use of grammar, spelling, punctuation, citation style, etc.
3. Student demonstrated an understanding of course content and key concepts, as discussed in the text.
4. Student was able to examine, assess, evaluate, and/or analyze course content and key concepts.
5. Student provided a clear and well-developed response to the question

• Read pages 194-213 of your textbook
• Reference: Psychology for Living:
Adjustment, Growth, and Behavior Today
by Steven J. Kirsh. Karen Grover Duffy,
and Eastwood Atwater. 11th edition, 2014