Do the same disciplines apply to software and hardware? For example, does software “break” in the way that hardware does? Does it break without warning and unpredictably at all? Contrast the “traditional” ilities of reliability and maintainability with those of human factors and environmental engineering. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different?

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EMA 620 Module Six Worksheet

In this course, you will be asked to respond to a series of short-response questions. In this module, these short-response questions will allow you to check your understanding of the “ilities” of system engineering.

This worksheet will be graded with the Module Six Assignment Rubric.

  1. Do the same disciplines apply to software and hardware? For example, does software “break” in the way that hardware does? Does it break without warning and unpredictably at all?

Your response:

  1. Contrast the “traditional” ilities of reliability and maintainability with those of human factors and environmental engineering. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different?

Your response:

  1. Why do you think that the ilities are considered a part of systems engineering rather than design?

Your response:

Is the OD field something you would consider as a career path? If yes, why? What intrigues you about the OD field? What strengths do you bring to the table? If no, why? What sways you away from the OD field? What integral skills in the OD field are transferrable to your own career path?

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Organizational Development Field

Before beginning this assignment, look back at your previous Weeks 1 and 2 Journal submissions. Consider what you did and did not know about OD during your Week 1 Journal assignment. Then, review Week 2 and consider the new knowledge gained during that week.

As you prepare the final journal entry, ponder the following thoughts:

-Is the OD field something you would consider as a career path?
-If yes, why?
-What intrigues you about the OD field?
-What strengths do you bring to the table?
-If no, why?
-What sways you away from the OD field?
-What integral skills in the OD field are transferrable to your own career path?

The journal entry must be a minimum of two full pages of content, and you must connect at least one OD concept or action to your reasoning.

Write an essay on either topic: the possible application of blockchain in the legal industry, or the possible application of smart contracts by the legal industry.

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Blockchain

The paper can be about either:

1. The possible application of blockchain in the legal industry.

or

2. The possible application of smart contracts by the legal industry.

 

After thinking about a topic area you are interested in researching, conduct a preliminary literature search on that topic using scholarly sources through ProQuest, EBSCOhost, or another library search engine.

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Research Proposal: Step One

Throughout the next six weeks, you will plan and propose a quantitative research design of your choice, which may (or may not) involve an area of interest for your doctoral dissertation. You will select a research topic, generate testable hypotheses, review relevant literature, describe participant selection procedures, identify data collection methods, describe the proposed quantitative research design, address potential ethical problems, and describe limitations of your research proposal.

This assignment is the first step toward completing your Final Research Proposal in Week 6. Every research project begins with a well-defined topic and research problem. Review Chapter 2 in your textbook for ideas regarding how to select a good topic.

After thinking about a topic area you are interested in researching, conduct a preliminary literature search on that topic using scholarly sources through ProQuest, EBSCOhost, or another library search engine

(NOTE: Websites and other non-scholarly sources such as Newspapers, Periodicals, etc. are not acceptable for this assignment).

From your initial review of the literature on your topic, write a one to two page paper, in addition to the Title and References page, on the following:

Rationale/Problem Statement for the research topic of your choice: Explain your topic. Make a case for why this topic is important to you, the field of psychology, or your specialization area.

Research questions you have developed for your topic: Conclude your discussion of the research topic by identifying specific research question(s) about the relationships between two or more concepts. Use both the textbook and the Pajares (2007) website to formulate specific research questions.

Hypotheses that you want to test: Considering your research question or statement of the problem, formulate a hypothesis that states the relationships between the variables and answers the research question.

Remember that hypotheses make statements or predictions about something that may be true. Thus, they are hunches or intuitions about what the study’s results may show about the variables being tested. Some examples of hypotheses include:
Parental education will be the best predictor of children’s IQ scores.

The amount of physical punishment a parent experienced as a child will be positively correlated with the amount of physical punishment he or she uses on his or her own children.
Group X’s scores will differ significantly from Group Y’s scores.

Higher caffeine use will result in lower memory retrieval.
Hours of computer usage will be related to hours of sleep.
References page: Include a list of at least 5 scholarly sources on the Reference page that support your topic.

After reading Stiles and Petrila (2011) and reviewing Standard 8: Research and Publication of the APA Ethics Code, discuss the importance of informed consent, confidentiality and debriefing with respect to research activities. Consider a research area of interest to you and discuss how these substandards (as well as the other substandards) would apply in carrying out a research study.

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Ethical Research

Due to significant violations of federal and institutional rules and regulations, ethical issues in human participant research have received increasing attention over the past 50 years.

While it might seem obvious that respect, integrity, fidelity, and justice should serve as the ethical foundation for all research activities, this has not always been the case for research involving human participation.

After reading Stiles and Petrila (2011) and reviewing Standard 8: Research and Publication of the APA Ethics Code, discuss the importance of informed consent, confidentiality and debriefing with respect to research activities.

Consider a research area of interest to you and discuss how these substandards (as well as the other substandards) would apply in carrying out a research study. You may support your discussion with additional articles or credible websites as needed.

Which predictors are considered significant if we work with α=0.05? Which predictors can be eliminated? What is the final model if we only use FloorArea and Offices as predictors? What wouldbe the assessed value of a medical office building with a floor area of 3500 sq. ft., 2 offices, that was built 15 years ago? Is this assessed value consistent with what appears in the database?

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Regression Modeling

Purpose

This assignment provides an opportunity to develop, evaluate, and apply bivariate and multivariate linear regression models.

Resource: Microsoft Excel DAT/565 Week 5 Data File

Instructions:

The Excel file for this assignment contains a database with information about the tax assessment value assigned to medical office buildings in a city. The following is a list of the variables in the database:

FloorArea: square feet of floor space
Offices: number of offices in the building
Entrances: number of customer entrances
Age: age of the building (years)
AssessedValue: tax assessment value (thousands of dollars)

Use the data to construct a model that predicts the tax assessment value assigned to medical office buildings with specific characteristics.

Construct a scatter plot in Excel with FloorArea as the independent variable and AssessmentValue as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis of FloorArea and AssessmentValue. Is FloorArea a significant predictor of AssessmentValue?
Construct a scatter plot in Excel with Age as the independent variable and AssessmentValue as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis of Age and Assessment Value. Is Age a significant predictor of AssessmentValue?

Construct a multiple regression model.

Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis with AssessmentValue as the dependent variable and FloorArea, Offices, Entrances, and Age as independent variables. What is the overall fit r^2? What is the adjusted r^2?
Which predictors are considered significant if we work with α=0.05? Which predictors can be eliminated?
What is the final model if we only use FloorArea and Offices as predictors?

Suppose our final model is:
AssessedValue = 115.9 + 0.26 x FloorArea + 78.34 x Offices
What wouldbe the assessed value of a medical office building with a floor area of 3500 sq. ft., 2 offices, that was built 15 years ago? Is this assessed value consistent with what appears in the database?

Select and apply global marketing and digital business concepts to a real world organisation. Understand the meaning and scope of digital business and e-commerce; and summarising the main reasons for adoption of digital business. Identify the need for a separate digital business and digital marketing strategy supported by the creation of a digital marketing plan, which intends to implement the digital marketing strategy.

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Report on Global Marketing Strategy for AliExpress Super-centres planning to enter the Iranian market

Assessment 2: LO4- LO5-LO6

LO4 Select and apply global marketing and digital business concepts to a real world organisation.

 LO5 Understand the meaning and scope of digital business and e-commerce; and summarising the main reasons for adoption of digital business.

 LO6 Identify the need for a separate digital business and digital marketing strategy supported by the creation of a digital marketing plan, which intends to implement the digital marketing strategy.

Use of graphics and visuals is highly recommended.

Criteria:

-Effective and persuasive presentation of the pitch to a panel
-The pitch should be logically organised and flows easily through introduction and arguments to the conclusion
-The delivery method is suitable for the audience and topic
-The use of appropriate media/visual aids/ supporting materials
-Any graphics/background/media used are clearly displayed and add value and interest to the pitch
-All group members are required to participate equally during the pitch. Members should be comfortable and knowledgeable about their topic

Provide a situation analysis to help the reader understand the company’s branding objectives and choice of country. Include a description of how a product’s pricing is impacted by a combination of such external factors as the macroeconomic environment, government actions, and competitive activities, as well as a company’s own internal cost structure

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International market

This assignment is similar to a project that would be assigned to a marketer in an international firm. The objective is to develop the branding of a firm’s product for a specific international market. For this assignment, choose any business-to-consumer product to sell in a new country.

The focus is to provide a situation analysis to help the reader understand the company’s branding objectives and choice of country. This is the research portion, so documentation of research results and citation of sources are critical. You should include the following items in 750-1000 words:

-Company selection (including description, mission/objectives, and global marketing strategies)
-Country selection, including attractiveness compared to alternative countries (use two or three other countries)
-Evaluation, including demographic and cultural descriptions
-Description of how a product’s pricing is impacted by a combination of such external factors as the macroeconomic environment, government actions, and competitive activities, as well as a company’s own internal cost structure

Choose one of the examples above. Explain the social, economic, and technological environment during the disruption. What distinguishes between the winners and the losers from the disruption?

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Creative Destruction

1. MBA 610 Minor Project 1 (17% weight in course grade)
Assignment—1,800 words (2,000 max., not including list of references). Research one of the examples of creative destruction below, applying the concepts from ch 8-10.
• A leader misses an industry shift and is displaced by an innovator who dominates the changing industry.
o Blackberry phone displaced by Apple
o Blockbuster displaced by Netflix.

• An industry leader misses an industry shift and loses out to many smaller, more nimble competitors
o Kodak dominated film photography but missed out on digital photography
o IBM dominated all aspects of computers but missed out on personal computers, mini-disc drives, etc.

• Through outperformance & scale economies a leader emerges, either absorbing or defeating potential competitors.
o Ford Motor Company outperforms hundreds of small rivals to dominate car industry in early 1900s
o Banking, media, and health care industries consolidate, taking advantage of economies of scale

• Disintermediation through technology–supplier connects to end-user via technology
o Amazon displaces brick and mortar retailers by selling online and shipping to homes.
o Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline, TripAdvisor, etc. replace travel agents with do-it-yourself travel planning
o Airbnb disrupts lodging industry & Uber disrupts taxi industry with technology that enables “sharing economy”
o Facebook & google disrupt newspapers and other media that depend on advertising

Choose one of the examples above. Explain the social, economic, and technological environment during the disruption. What distinguishes between the winners and the losers from the disruption? Be specific as to costs, expertise, organizational flexibility, strategy, risk management, etc.

Note that this project is graded using the Minor Project Rubric (MBA 610). Please click on the underlined ‘Minor Project’ heading above and then look at the rubric so that you know how the project will be evaluated.