Identify and estimate the cost of key technology, training, people, resources required for the business solution, i.e. the investment. Identify and estimate the value of the solution in specific financial gains or costs savings, i.e. financial gain.

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Solution Assessment

Identify and estimate the cost of key technology, training, people, resources required for the business solution, i.e. the investment. Next, identify and estimate the value of the solution in specific financial gains or costs savings, i.e. financial gain. Illustrate the ROI by using IT ROI and Related Financial MetricsLinks to an external site. and Return on Investment (ROI) CalculatorLinks to an external site.. If you aren’t sure about real costs, be sure to mark it as an assumption, i.e. best guess.

Leverage the output from the below three sections and quantify the value of the business solution.

Business and Market Overview
Problem Definition
Business Solution Proposal

Analyze the effect absenteeism has on an organization. Analyze an article on absenteeism that focuses on metrics and measurements. Analyze the correlation of employee depression, absenteeism, and work performance.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

For this project, you will continue your research on absenteeism and develop a problem statement to present to the stakeholders.

Tasks
Analyze the effect absenteeism has on an organization.
Analyze an article on absenteeism that focuses on metrics and measurements.
Analyze the correlation of employee depression, absenteeism, and work performance.
Evaluate the various options to engage employees and reduce the absenteeism rate.
Evaluate an employee absenteeism policy.
Formulate a business problem statement to provide stakeholders regarding your research on absenteeism.

Identify the model being used? State why the model is a good choice? State why the question is important (what did the author(s) hope to learn about the field?

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Journal Club SAMPLE Worksheet

Instructions: This worksheet must be completed for ALL peer-reviewed research articles that you read in this course.

Student Name: _________________ Date Submitted: _______________ (Mandatory)

Full Article Citation being read, interpreted, and presented – in APA format:

______________________________________________________________________________________ (Mandatory)

 

Observation that led to research (look in Abstract and Introduction)

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Describe 2-3 Observations in the article? What I observed from this article…
Question (try rewording the Title)

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Identify the model being used? The model being described is …
  • State why the model is a good choice? The model is a good choice because…
  • State why the question is important (what did the author(s) hope to learn about the field? The research question is important because…
Hypothesis (usually not stated, but implied in the Abstract of Introduction; look for phrases like “this research shows…”)

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Explain why these hypotheses make sense based on current knowledge (found in the Introduction)? The research hypotheses make sense because…
Experiment (look at the figures displayed in the article to determine what they did).

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Choose 2-3 key figures that directly address the Hypotheses? Three key figures are …(if none, then state ‘no figures’)…
  • Restate the model (look at the Legend for the Figure)?  The model in the research study is…(if none, the state ‘no models’)…
  • Describe the general experimental design; what was measured/compared and how? The experimental design was … and measured/compared…
  • Describe the methods and controls (draw a flow chart that will be presented to class)? The methods in the study used…The controls were…
  • Explain why the choice of controls was appropriated? The controls were appropriate because…
Results (look at the Figures First)

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Explain figures clearly; restate what is being compared to what for each one? The variables being compared are …
  • Look for trends; (e.g. what is increased over what)? Trends found in the study include…
  • Identify the controls and how they validate the trends? Controls found in the study include…
  • Look for statistical analyses (look at the Legend or Results) that validate the data? The statistical analyses that validates (or rejects) the data include…
Conclusion (based on the data, NOT on the discussion)

Answer the following questions in this box.  Type your responses after each question.

  • Does the data support the hypotheses? The data does (does not) support the hypotheses as stated in…
  • Are there other possible explanations for the data? Other possible explanations for the data include…
  • Is the data convincing (statistics)? The data is convincing because it shows…
  • How could the experiment be improved? The experiment could be improved by…
  • Why is the data interesting? The data in this study was interesting because it…
  • How does it contribute to our understanding of the field? The data from this study contributes to our understanding of the field of…

Include a 7-9 sentences summary of the article. You are limited to only one quote from each article, the rest is a summary in your own words. Read the article, summarize the findings, include the summary here – you may also include elements from your responses above to formulate the summary.  

You must use APA formatting. All paragraphs must have a proper citation at the end of the material denoting the author and year. Do not use contractions. Write in third person and do not write in first person (i.e. “me” or “I” should not be used).

Discuss the methods the organization uses to manage and process data (1), and then give one advantage and one disadvantage of these methods (1). Who are the main individuals, groups, or departments affected by the information system?

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Mis project-part 2&3 only

Project Report Structure: Part 1

Submission: week 7 Thursday 04/05/2023                                                   

Marks: 17 Marks

  1. Cover Page (1 Mark).

This must contain topic title (0.25), student names and Students ID (0.5), section number and course name (0.25).

(You can find the cover page in the blackboard)

  1. Table of Contents (0.5 Mark).

Make sure the table of contents contains and corresponds to the headings in the text, figures, and tables.

  1. Executive Summary (2.5 Marks).

What does the assignment about (1), The name and field of the chosen company (0.5), and briefly explain the distinct features (1).

  1. Organizational Profile (3 Marks).

Brief background of the business including organization details (1), purpose (1), and organizational structure (1).

  1. Strategies (4 Marks).

Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages (2), and then select and discuss the most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization (2).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization)

  1. Technology Involved (3 Marks).

How is the organization set up in terms of its IT infrastructure? Discuss the hardware (0.5), software (0.5), telecommunication (0.5), information security (0.5), networks (0.5), and other elements (0,5).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course, and it’s related to your selected organization)

  1. Data Management (2 Marks).                             

Discuss the methods the organization uses to manage and process data (1), and then give one advantage and one disadvantage of these methods (1).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course (chapter 3) and link it to your selected organization)

  1. Identify the Stakeholders (1 Mark)

Who are the main individuals, groups, or departments affected by the information system?

(You can choose any stakeholder who has a major influence on the IS or vice versa. You can choose 1 stakeholder to discuss)

 

Project Report Structure: Part 2

Submission: End of week 12 Saturday 10/06/2023                                                  

Marks: 13 Marks

  1. Analysis of Existing System (5 Marks).

Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company (2). Also, discuss the Information Systems used within the company (3) for example:

  • Transaction processing systems (TPS)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
  • Functional Area Information Systems
  • Business intelligence
  • DSS

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

  1. System Evaluation (2 Marks).

Evaluate the current system that the company use (your chosen company) with one of the following options (1):

  • Success
  • Partial failure/partial success
  • Total failure

Then, State the reasons for your choice (1)

  1. Suggestions for the company (3 Marks)

Design or choose a system to help the company solve its main problems. State the following:

  • The new system name (1)
  • Its features (1)
  • Problems that will be solved (1)

(If the system that the company uses is successful and does not need to be changed, you can mention that (1), mention its features (1), and mention the problems that it solved or prevented from happening (1).)

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

  1. Conclusion (2 Marks).

 Summarize your report (including part 1)

  1. References (1 Mark).

 Use APA referencing style format

 

Project Presentation: Part 3

Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13                                                

Marks: 10 Marks

Make a power-point presentation of your Project work mentioning all the above contents and present in a group (All team members must participate ((1).  There must be minimum 10 slides in the presentation with a good background design (0.5), readable font size and style with an appropriate color (0.5).

Presentation must have the following format:

  • First slide: Group members name and Student id & Title of the Project (1)
  • Company Profile (1)
  • Strategies (1)
  • Technology Involved and Data Management (1)
  • Analysis of Existing System (1)
  • Evaluation and suggestions (1)
  • Conclusion (1)
  • References (1)

 

What is the last change your organization experienced? How do you anticipate this change to be different? Explain

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Business question

What is the last change your organization experienced? How do you anticipate this change to be different? Explain

How does Hislop’s concept of organizational “unlearning” relate to communication and organizational change? Offer from your experiences one best practice that a leader may use in the workplace to provide a daily learning method so each employee learns from the overall company’s experiences.

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Org leadership

  1. How does Hislop’s concept of organizational “unlearning” relate to communication and organizational change?
  2. Offer from your experiences one best practice that a leader may use in the workplace to provide a daily learning method so each employee learns from the overall company’s experiences.
  3. Consider the concept of critical self-reflection as well as Senge’s mental models at the organizational level rather than at the individual level. Describe how organizational leaders can successfully accomplish this challenging endeavor. Use examples from your personal experience to illustrate this continuous improvement.
  4. There is a challenge in how we know that we are accurately evaluating our mental models, especially if we have personal biases and judgments. Is there a process we can put in place that encourages critical reflection and the testing of models?

Which of the following is NOT an approach for handling nonlinear relationship between Y and X?

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Week 11: Homework, Model Building

Quiz Instructions

Question 1
The following is the quadratic regression equation for a sample of :
(1) predict Y for . (Keep integer)
(2) Suppose that the computed test statistic for the quadratic regression coefficient is 1.95. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence that the quadratic model is better than the linear model?

(Put “Y” for “Yes” or “N” for “N”)

Question 2

The logarithm transformation can be used

  • to overcome violations to the autocorrelation assumption.
  • to test for possible violations to the autocorrelation assumption.
  • to change a nonlinear model into a linear model.
  • to change a linear independent variable into a nonlinear independent variable.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an approach for handling nonlinear relationship between Y and X?

  • Logarithmic transformation
  • Square-root transformation
  • Quadratic regression model
  • Variance inflationary factor

Question 4

A real estate builder wishes to determine how house size (House) is influenced by family income (Income), family size (Size), and education of the head of household (School). House size is measured in hundreds of square feet, income is measured in thousands of dollars, and education is in years. The builder randomly selected 50 families and constructed the multiple regression model. The business literature involving human capital shows that education influences an individual’s annual income. Combined, these may influence family size. With this in mind, what should the real estate builder be particularly concerned with when analyzing the multiple regression model?

 

  • Randomness of error terms
  • Collinearity
  • Normality of residuals
  • Missing observations

Question 5

A regression diagnostic tool used to study the possible effects of collinearity is

  • the slope.
  • the Y-intercept.
  • the VIF.

Question 6

The Variance Inflationary Factor (VIF) measures the

  • correlation of the X variables with the Y variable.
  • correlation of the X variables with each other.
  • contribution of each X variable with the Y variable after all other X variables are included in the model.
  • standard deviation of the slope.

Question 7

An independent variable X is considered highly correlated with the other independent variables if

  • VIF<5
  • VIF>5
  • VIF>1
  • VIF>4

Question 8

Which of the following is used to find a “best” (most appropriate) model?

  • statistic or adjusted R square
  • Standard error of the estimate
  • VIF

Question 9

The statistic is used

  • to determine if there is a problem of collinearity.
  • if the variances of the error terms are all the same in a regression model.
  • to choose the best model.
  • to determine if there is an irregular component in a time series.

Question 10
Using the best-subsets approach to model building, models are being considered when their

 

Describe an example of your own success story as a leader, if not professionally, then in the community or within your family. Which leadership theories or styles helped you to be successful, and why?

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Business Question

Description

Because leadership is often learned by exploring stories of successful leaders, the CEOs have asked you to reflect on your own experiences as a leader. They would like to you to think about which leadership theories or styles you use. They believe that by sharing these stories, they will be able to prepare you for leading the merger.

Review the scenario for this course, and respond to the following:

  • Describe an example of your own success story as a leader, if not professionally, then in the community or within your family.
  • Which leadership theories or styles helped you to be successful, and why?
  • How would you lead the merger in the UWEAR-PALEDENIM scenario?

Access the assignment template.

Submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Find resources on how to write academically and use APA citations, including an example of Masters-level writing, in the Writing Style Guide for Master’s Students.

In your opinion, what is the difference between being a manager and being a leader? Considering this, in your opinion, which leadership theory or style will be effective when leading the merger and why?

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Discussion Board 400-600 words

Review the UWEAR and PALEDENIM scenario found here.

You will first meet with the CEOs of each organization, Theresa Tramlin and Mike Miller, to help them understand their important leadership roles for the success of the merger.

The merger is a significant change for both organizations; there is growing anxiety and uncertainty among the employees of both organizations. The goal is to complete the merger in a way that maintains employee performance and allegiance to the merged organization. Both CEOs were promoted from managerial positions, so one of your tasks is to help them understand how to distinguish the two roles.

Discuss the following with your classmates:

  • In your opinion, what is the difference between being a manager and being a leader?
  • Read research findings by Kabacoff (1998) that, although men and women are perceived as equally effective in leading, women tend to focus more on production, attaining results, and people, while men tend to focus on strategic planning, organization vision, and business tasks.
  • Considering this, in your opinion, which leadership theory or style will be effective when leading the merger and why?

Describe UA’s approach to innovation. Explain how UA’s approach to innovation is unique or not unique, and explain if UA’s approach could work for other organizations.

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Organizational Change, Innovative culture

Read the attached case scenario and address the following in your assignment submission:

Describe UA’s approach to innovation. Explain how UA’s approach to innovation is unique or not unique, and explain if UA’s approach could work for other organizations.
Describe UA’s culture regarding support for innovation. How does UA’s philosophy contribute to innovation? (Refer to the chart at bottom of attached)
Explain how design thinking could be used by UA to increase innovation within the company.
Identify two lessons that managers could learn from UA’s approach to encouraging innovation. What actions could a manager take to apply these two lessons.