Project Design

Using the information that you gained from the readings thus far, write a  three- to four-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) that describes a project that you might undertake (this can be a fictitious one or one that you have actually worked on). Describe the major steps and the milestones of your project along with a timeline for each step. Be sure to explain how to address team conflicts and how to help ensure team cohesion and collaboration. You are required to use at least two scholarly sources in

NETW563 – Case Studies Requirements

There are two case study assignments required for the course. Case studies are designed to give the student the opportunity to analyze and solve real world problems. The case studies will consist of the students’ analysis and conclusions.  The case studies should be between 750 and 1,000 words.

Case Study 1

Municipal WiFi  – Hot or Not?

A number of U.S. cities have launched municipal WiFi networks over the past few years. Research three deployments, anywhere in the world, and compare the networks in terms of architecture, applications, cost to the consumer, and success.

 

Subjects Covered:  Consumers, Customer relations, Information technology, Innovation, Internet, Market research, Marketing strategy, Pricing, Product introduction, Telecommunications industry.

 

In Case Study 1, focus on the following issues:

–        Applications for the service

–        Cost of the service for the users and the cost to the city for deployment

–        What factors influenced the success or failure of the project

Case Study 2

Bayton is small Midwestern city of 30, 000 people. The town is located on Lake Michigan and supports a large 600 slip marina that is adjacent to the downtown business district. The downtown has been in decline for the past 15 years. There are a few restaurants, but most of the buildings are boarded up. A number of economic development projects have been tried in the past, but nothing seems to stick. However, there is small historic district surrounding the downtown that has been moderately successful in attracting some “urban pioneers” who have purchased old historic homes and performed renovations.

A telecommunications consultant has proposed a municipal WiFi network for the downtown and marina. The consultant claims that this network will bring in businesses and spark a redevelopment of the downtown.  It could also be used to connect mobile public service personnel such as police, firefighters, and the water department. The signal would blanket the marina, downtown, and offer some penetration into the historic district. The consultant is seeking a $50,000 commitment from the city to cover the initial cost of equipment and deployment and would negotiate a yearly maintenance contract. The consultant claims that new businesses, increased traffic at the marina, and the savings on the public service network would offset the cost of the network.

Currently, Internet access is available downtown through Comcast and AT&T DSL There is an adequate 3G wireless footprint throughout the city. The marina is not served by Comcast or a telco DSL service.

You are a local IT professional and the mayor has asked you to evaluate this proposal and make a recommendation to the city council. Use the information obtained in Case Study 1 to support your decision.

 

Subjects Covered: Information technology, Internet, Service management, Technology & operations, Telecommunications, Telecommunications industry.

 

In Case Study 2, focus on the following issues:

– The potential of the Municipal WiFi network to spark investment based on your previous research

– The potential to leverage the network for municipal services such as police, fire, meter reading, etc…based on your previous research

– The potential for the city to provide a internet access as a public utility, akin to the water department or garbage collection based on your previous research

valuation of Plan Effectiveness Criteria

Evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions.

Some questions you should seek answers to are:

1. Would I be able to implement the interventions? If not, what barriers exist?
2. What visible signs of success (for example, reduced health issues) would I look for? What is your projected effectiveness?

The evaluation component of the final paper should describe your evaluation of the implementation. Include responses to points 1 and 2 above. The evaluation component of the final Microsoft Word submission document should be a minimum of 2 pages.

The complete summary document should use the Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT) steps used in pulling together your project.

Over the past phases, you selected an aggregate and conducted a risk assessment of its health, developed a care plan to address those health risks, and considered the effectiveness of the interventions on the health of the aggregate. It’s time now for you to present your final submission of this project.

Your final submission should include: the documentation of the work accomplished through your project, a Microsoft Word Document that contains the evaluation and summary, and a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation highlighting the main aspects of the project.

The summary document should use the Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT) steps used in pulling together your project. The complete documentation of the work accomplished over the course of the project should contain a minimum of 6 pages in a Microsoft Word document and should include the following information:

• A detailed description of the aggregate
• A description of the aggregate’s strengths and weaknesses
• A risk assessment of the aggregate
• Diagnoses based on the risk assessment
• A detailed care plan for the aggregate
• A description of how at least one intervention was implemented in the aggregate to address an identified issue
• An evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention

The Power Point presentation should be concise and should include the highlights of the project and the key things learned over the course of this project, from developing, planning interventions, and evaluating the care plan. Your presentation should not exceed 15 slides.

Submit your final Microsoft Word document containing the evaluation and complete summary. Use bold sub-headings in the paper to differentiate between the evaluation and the summary information.

Submit your Microsoft Word document and PowerPoint presentation

 

 

Assignment  Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Presented the evaluation of the implementation plan.	5
Described plan for implementation of interventions and anticipated signs of success.	5
Cited at least two journal articles as references for ideas in the work.	3
Submitted the complete documentation of the project including a description and analysis of the aggregate and a comprehensive care plan based on the results of the risk assessment.	13
Presentation highlighted the main aspects of the project, such as a description of the aggregate, the results of the risk assessment, the major health risks, a summary of the strategies included in the care plan, the details of the implementation, and a note about the effectiveness of the plan.	8
Presentation included the key learning from the project.	6

Strategic Decision-Making Process in the chapter discuss which of the eight steps you feel is the most important of the process to achieve competitive success for a firm.

These are the 8 steps: Mission, Objective, Strategies, Polices, Program, Budgets, Procedures, Performance

Minimun: 250 words.

 

Select a comapny: Company AT&T

• Identify your firm’s Mission and Vision Statements.
• Describe if the current Mission and Vision Statements are effective and why.
• Recommend new Mission and Vision Statements, if need be, and support your work.

Develop a Mission Statement and or a Vision Statement, if your firm does not have one. Support the ne

trategic Decision-Making Process in the chapter discuss which of the eight steps you feel is the most important of the process to achieve competitive success for a firm.

These are the 8 steps: Mission, Objective, Strategies, Polices, Program, Budgets, Procedures, Performance

Minimun: 250 words.

 

Select a comapny: Company AT&T

• Identify your firm’s Mission and Vision Statements.
• Describe if the current Mission and Vision Statements are effective and why.
• Recommend new Mission and Vision Statements, if need be, and support your work.

Cowling’s rule. Cowling’s rule is another function for determining the child’s dosage of a drug. For this rule, the formula

 

d = D(a+1)

 

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(expresses the child’s dosage d as a function of the adult dosage D and the child’s age a.)

 

 

 

 

 

a) If a doctor prescribes 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen for an adult, then how many milligrams would she prescribe for a six-year-old child using Cowling’s rule?

 

 

 

b) If a doctor uses Cowling’s rule to prescribe 200 milligrams of a drug to a child when she would prescribe 600 milligrams to an adult, then how old is the child?

 

 

 

 

 

• Explain what the variables in the formula represent and show all steps in the computations.

   

   

 

• Incorporate the following five math vocabulary words into your discussion. Use bold font to emphasize the words in your writing (Do not write definitions for the words; use them appropriately in sentences describing your math work.):

   

• Literal equation
• Formula
• Solve
• Substitute
• Conditional equation

   

   

  150-250 words in length

Due by 1/14/2016 by 8:30 m EST.  References cited.  Each post must be 250 words.

 

1. Out-Group

   One way to engage out-group members is to empower them. Describe what empowering means to you. How do you see your own competencies in the area of empowerment? What keeps you from empowering others? Explain. 

2. Conflict

 

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different styles of approaching conflict. Which approach do you use? Give an example of why you used this approach.

 

Creswell (2014) discusses Qualitative Procedures. He suggests ten aspects that distinguish qualitative research writing (I have provided the 10 aspects for you below directly from the book). Considering the salient aspects of qualitative writing as depicted in your text.

Identify three of the most salient aspects of the ten distinguishing characteristics of qualitative writing.

• Discuss why these aspects were selected.
• Describe how the selected aspects relate to the evaluation and interpretation of criminal justice data and research findings.
• Explain why researchers would consider qualitative methods an artistic expression of formalized methodology.

The paper

• Must be 3 1/2  double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA
• Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

1. Qualitative research occurs in natural settings, where human behavior and events occur.
2. Qualitative research is based on assumptions that are very different from quantitative designs. Theory or hypotheses are not established a priori.
3. The researcher is the primary instrument in data collection rather than some inanimate mechanism (Eisner, 1991; Frankel & Wallen, 1990; Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Merriam, 1988).
4. The data that emerge from a qualitative study are descriptive. That is, data are reported in words (primarily the participant’s words) or pictures, rather than in numbers (Fraenkel & Wallen, 1990; Locke et al., 1987; Marshall & Rossman, 1989; Merriam, 1988).
5. The focus of qualitative research is on participants’ perceptions and experiences, and the way they make sense of their lives (Fraenkel & Wallen, 1990; Locke et al., 1987; Merriam, 1988). The attempt is therefore to understand not one, but multiple realities (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).
6. Qualitative research focuses on the process that is occurring as well as the product or outcome. Researchers are particularly interested in understanding how things occur (Fraenkel & Wallen, 1990; Merriam, 1988).
7. Idiographic interpretation is utilized. In other words, attention is paid to particulars; and data is interpreted in regard to the particulars of a case rather than generalizations.
8. Qualitative research is an emergent design in its negotiated outcomes. Meanings and interpretations are negotiated with human data sources because it is the subjects’ realities that the researcher attempts to reconstruct (Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Merriam, 1988).
9. This research tradition relies on the utilization of tacit knowledge (intuitive and felt knowledge) because often the nuances of the multiple realities can be appreciated most in

this way (Lincoln & Guba, 1985). Therefore, data are not quantifiable in the traditional sense of the word.

10. Objectivity and truthfulness are critical to both research traditions. However, the criteria for judging a qualitative study differ from quantitative research. First and foremost, the researcher seeks believability, based on coherence, insight and instrumental utility (Eisner, 1991) and trustworthiness (Lincoln & Guba, 1985) through a process of verification rather than through traditional validity and reliability measures. [Qualitative characteristics are mentioned.]

Original work only and no plagarism……paper should have no more than 25% in similarity because will have to use turnit in before submission to teacher

Assignment 1: Demand Estimation

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Imagine that you work for the maker of a leading brand of low-calorie, frozen microwavable food that estimates the following demand equation for its product using data from 26 supermarkets around the country for the month of April.

For a refresher on independent and dependent variables, please go to Sophia’s Website and review the Independent and Dependent Variables tutorial, located at http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/independent-and-dependent-variables–3.

Option 1

Note: The following is a regression equation. Standard errors are in parentheses for the demand for widgets.

QD = – 5200 – 42P + 20PX + 5.2I + 0.20A + 0.25M

(2.002) (17.5) (6.2) (2.5) (0.09) (0.21)

R2 = 0.55 n = 26 F = 4.88

Your supervisor has asked you to compute the elasticities for each independent variable. Assume the following values for the independent variables:

Q = Quantity demanded of 3-pack units

P (in cents) = Price of the product = 500 cents per 3-pack unit

PX (in cents) = Price of leading competitor’s product = 600 cents per 3-pack unit

I (in dollars) = Per capita income of the standard metropolitan statistical area

(SMSA) in which the supermarkets are located = $5,500

A (in dollars) = Monthly advertising expenditures = $10,000

M = Number of microwave ovens sold in the SMSA in which the

supermarkets are located = 5,000

Option 2

Note: The following is a regression equation. Standard errors are in parentheses for the demand for widgets.

QD = -2,000 – 100P + 15A + 25PX + 10I

(5,234) (2.29) (525) (1.75) (1.5)

R2 = 0.85 n = 120 F = 35.25

Your supervisor has asked you to compute the elasticities for each independent variable. Assume the following values for the independent variables:

Q = Quantity demanded of 3-pack units

P (in cents) = Price of the product = 200 cents per 3-pack unit

PX (in cents) = Price of leading competitor’s product = 300 cents per 3-pack unit

I (in dollars) = Per capita income of the standard metropolitan statistical area

(SMSA) in which the supermarkets are located = $5,000

A (in dollars) = Monthly advertising expenditures = $640

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Compute the elasticities for each independent variable. Note: Write down all of your calculations.
2. Determine the implications for each of the computed elasticities for the business in terms of short-term and long-term pricing strategies. Provide a rationale in which you cite your results.
3. Recommend whether you believe that this firm should or should not cut its price to increase its market share. Provide support for your recommendation.
4. Assume that all the factors affecting demand in this model remain the same, but that the price has changed. Further assume that the price changes are 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 cents.
   1. Plot the demand curve for the firm.
   2. Plot the corresponding supply curve on the same graph using the following MC / supply function Q = -7909.89 + 79.1P with the same prices.
   3. Determine the equilibrium price and quantity.
   4. Outline the significant factors that could cause changes in supply and demand for the low-calorie, frozen microwavable food. Determine the primary manner in which both the short-term and the long-term changes in market conditions could impact the demand for, and the supply, of the product.
5. Indicate the crucial factors that could cause rightward shifts and leftward shifts of the demand and supply curves for the low-calorie, frozen microwavable food.
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze how production and cost functions in the short run and long run affect the strategy of individual firms.
• Apply the concepts of supply and demand to determine the impact of changes in market conditions in the short run and long run, and the economic impact on a company’s operations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial economics and globalization.

 

 

 

Write clearly and concisely about managerial economics and globalization using proper writing mechanics