Author: chris

Assignment 1: Discussion—Characteristics of Effective TeamsBased on your knowledge from a past or present job, explain the difference between a group and a team. Would you say you were a part of a group or a team while working in that job?Now, identify a team that you were a part of and describe the advantages that you derived from being a member of the team. Include responses to the following:Write your initial response in a minimum of 200–300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.Beginning , post your responses to the appropriate . Through , comment on at least two of your peers’ responses.

The planning for the community building session is almost complete. The last details are how to conduct the plenary sessions for sharing information across groups to develop key priorities and themes that will need to be addressed.There are 2 sessions that need to be planned. One is to review the work done by intact work teams. In this larger session, the goal is to spot patterns and identify themes that can be used to plan actions. These patterns or themes will come from the stop–continue–start charts developed by each functional group. In this way, not only will the changes that need to happen be identified, but aspects of effective work (those things that work well and should be continued) can also be reinforced.The external consulting team strongly recommended a \”cross-functional, by-level grouping\” for the first step. Their aim is to promote understanding of priorities and show how different issues at different levels of the organization can be aligned. The internal consulting team is excited about being the primary facilitators for these sessions. Everyone recognizes that a structured approach will be critical (for timing and to control decision–making inputs). The approach called(NGT) seems to be ideally suited to this task.You want to prepare yourself for conducting the session. Use the library, Internet, or other resources to research NGT. Because each grouping will be of a differing size, you want to tailor the overall steps of NGT to the situation you will facilitate. To do this, you must create a meeting session plan (a document of 4–5 pages) that will answer the following questions:Download a sample format. Your assignment is to complete the missing sections (in red) and develop any additional participant materials or instructions to assist the group in completing the task. 

Write a journal article of 600-900 words about a piece of environmental
legislation (Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act).
Describe both the content of the legislation and the process of passing it.
Explain the arguments for and against the legislation. Include an analysis of the
effects of the legislation. If the legislation is too recent to have had any effect
yet, speculate on its possible effects. Include your own point of
view about the effectiveness of the legislation.
Must include:
a. Whats in the bill?
b. How did the bill become law?
c. What is your analysis of the bill?
Instruction files

research_instructions.docx(28,32 KiB)

Mr. Martin’s best reading group achieved the following scores on an achievement test: 85, 90, 90, 92, 94, 94, 97, 97, and 98. Mr. Scott’s best reading group obtained the following scores on the same achievement test: 61, 85, 90, 90, 92, 93, 94, 97, 97, and 97.

For each group, determine the following:

N
R
X bar, or mean
MDN
Mode
Why is there so much difference in the means?
What measure of central tendency should be used to compare these distributions?

sources to be used:
Popham, W. J., & Popham, J. W. (2005). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know. Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

The project is the upgrade and new installation of a system wide Windows 10 Operating System to a building consisting of approximately 200 client seats. (if you need,you can fake name and data)
I need the quality assurance plan.

Project description
Evaluate the benefit of using plate heat exchangers in place of shell & tube heat exchangers and determine what materials could be used when the heat exchangers are used in marine environments.

The attached document is from a selection of teaching cases produced by ISACA, the global IT risk management association. There are two cases in this document: DentDel Inc. and Your Neighborhood Grocers (apologise for the American spelling). For this assignment, you will be analysing the second case- Your Neighborhood Grocers.

Here are the questions for the case:
1.Identify the key issues that are the root cause of the new CIOs problems.
2.For each of the key issues identified in phase I, how would you apply specific COBIT enabling processes from APO02, APO03 and EDM01 to address these issues? Larry needs specifics and requested that you cite the control objective and explain how it would remedy the situation.

To answer question 1, you need to read the case. To answer question 2, read the specific sections of the COBIT 5 \”Enabling Processes\” document (attached). The document was part of the reading for last week. You can read the first part of the document to get an idea of how it is organised, and then open the specific section, e.g. APO02 is on page 57, EDM01 is on page 31, and so on. Each Enabling Process contains a list of practices, and each practice consists of a few activities, describing what is done to achieve the goals of that process.For example:

*Enabling Process APO03 Manage Enterprise Architecture, consists of 5 practices: APO03.01 to APO03.05.
*Within APO03.01 Develop the enterprise architecture vision, 12 activities are listed.

Your answer for Question 2 consists of explaining to Larry which particular mix of processes, practices, & activities will help sort out the mess his grocery business is in. Not all of them are relevant and required. COBIT is designed to cover every eventuality, so when it is applied in an organisation, IS auditors choose the ones which fit the problems/shortcomings of that particular context.

This is a tough assignment, and you have to be careful, methodical, and thorough. It\’s a realistic example of what an IT risk analyst or auditor would do- investigate, analyse, and advise. In terms of word length, I\’ll put the upper limit at 1,000 words, which is about 2 single-spaced pages or 4 double-spaced pages.
Instruction files

it-risk-analysis-assignment_isaca_caselets.pdf(190,78 KiB)
cobit5-enablingprocesses_1_.pdf(1,44 MiB)

****DUE ASAP****ACCESSIBLE SOURCES PLEASEResearch a criminal justice agency or related agency in your area of interest, and list a grant that the agency received in the past 5 years. Also, include the purpose of the grant and how the agency has used the grant.

 DUE ASAPAlthough the term is often used in a generic manner, there are a number of specific grant types that grant writers in criminal justice and related fields may pursue. Please discuss the various types of grants listed below, and provide examples of each type.

t has become a controversial article in academic and policy circles with its claim that the lobby influences US foreign policy in detrimental ways. However, the authors have been severely criticized by many policy experts (among others) who rebut their claims. See the bottom of this blog site for these sources:    Complete the following instructions: Using the sources listed at the bottom of the blog site above as a starting point, read at least 5 or more rebuttals to Mearsheimer and Walt’s argument. You may discover other sources on your own from the library or Internet.Among the articles read, identify the strongest points against the Israel Lobby argument.Make these points the basis of your critique of the Israel Lobby argument. What are the limits, problems, or gaps in the Israel Lobby argument?