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Web-based Systems

The grocery store, Wow Munchies, is considering developing an online store for customers to purchase food. Review the mini case from Chapter 8 for more background information that may help you complete this assignment.

The owner of the store believes that this capability will enable the store to grab market share from nearby Fast Food Co., which has a Web site and delivers food to the customer. This site will allow customers to purchase any item that is currently in stock in the store. The store will not deliver food, but will have the food bagged and ready for pickup at the time designated by the customer. Wow Munchies has a single storefront. Develop a three-to-five page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) that addresses the following:

Develop an operational feasibility study.
Evaluate whether the web site will enable Wow Munchies to gain market share. Describe what factors will affect the operational success of this web site.
Develop a technical feasibility study.
Describe what you would recommend the company use in the creation and maintenance of their web site (e.g. languages, specific hosts, encryption, etc.). Justify how your recommendations will positively affect the site and serve to meet the site objectives.
Develop an economic feasibility study for the investment into an e-commerce site.

Peer reviews should provide feedback to a peer on the criteria expected in the paper. The Week 6 Feedback Form can be downloaded from the Appendices section of the course guide by clicking the link here. Follow these instructions:

For Online Students:

Choose a classmate’s paper from the “Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone” discussion thread in the course shell.
Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course shell.
Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for improvement on the feedback form.
Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form by posting it to the same “Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone” discussion thread AND submitting it to the Peer Review Assignment link above.

For On-ground Students:

Receive a classmate’s paper from your professor.
Obtain the Peer Review Feedback Form from the course shell.
Comment on all criteria, noting strengths and / or areas for improvement on the feedback form.
Provide completed Peer Review Feedback Form and classmate’s paper as directed by your professor.

Note: On-ground students should submit the feedback form and paper to the professor during the class meeting in which the paper is reviewed; online students should submit the feedback form and paper to the professor via the “Easy Drop off/Pick up Zone” discussion thread and Peer Review Assignment link in the course shell.

As you read a classmate’s paper, address these criteria:

Identify the course, assignment, and date.

Provide positive feedback, where appropriate, on the criteria.

Identify areas for improvement, where appropriate, and recommend improvements.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.

Recognize transitional words, phrases, and sentences.

Identify effective sentence variety and word choice.

Identify positive qualities and opportunities for improvement in writing samples.

Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation into essays or presentations.

We have been able to look at the purpose of argumentative writing and how the arguments presented by others may affect the way we think or see certain issues. Creating strong arguments and focused rhetoric is a skill that is as old as the world and by looking into Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” we will be able to see how the form has not changed that much and the issues may be the same as today’s.

You are going to write an essay in which you analyze the arguments presented in one scene and demonstrate how the argument is created and why it works. You must effectively explain what types of arguments were used along with a detail analysis of how the evidence presented helped the character support the argument he/she was making. Remember that at this point we are looking at the entire argument, meaning we are looking at the audience, tone, diction, fallacies, evidence, reasoning, ethos, pathos and logos. Keep in mind the theories we have discussed and use them if you think doing so will enhance your own analysis of the text.

You may choose one from the following scenes:

The trial scene: In this scene Portia and Shylock engage in a discussion in which Portia wins at the end. How did Portia accomplished saving Antonio’s life? What type of arguments did she use? Why were they effective? Consider all the details from the scene and note which ones helped Portia win the case.

The casket scene: Portia’s father is dead and has left specific instructions on how a husband will be chosen for his daughter. Several suitors have come before the trial of the caskets and failed. Look at the arguments each one of the suitors has made in regards to each casket. Why has their reasoning failed them? Why is Bassiano able to guess the correct casket? They all have the same caskets in front of them and yet he is the only one able to deduce the correct casket. Why?

Readings: For this essay the main text we will be using will be the play, and “The Merchant of Venice: A Modern Perspective” by Alexander Leggatt. This article is at the end of the book, so if you purchased the edition stated in the syllabus, you already have it. If you are using a different edition, you can find a copy of the article in Moodle. In addition, you must provide two academic sources on your own. Remember Wikipedia is not an academic source.

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze the relationship between productive and counterproductive behavior in organizations. As a part of your analysis be sure to address the following items:

Define productive behavior and counterproductive behavior.
Describe the impact that productive and counterproductive behaviors have on job performance and the overall performance of an organization.
Recommend strategies to increase productive behavior and decrease counterproductive behavior in organizations.
Format according to APA standards.

Web-based Systems

The grocery store, Wow Munchies, is considering developing an online store for customers to purchase food. Review the mini case from Chapter 8 for more background information that may help you complete this assignment.

The owner of the store believes that this capability will enable the store to grab market share from nearby Fast Food Co., which has a Web site and delivers food to the customer. This site will allow customers to purchase any item that is currently in stock in the store. The store will not deliver food, but will have the food bagged and ready for pickup at the time designated by the customer. Wow Munchies has a single storefront. Develop a three-to-five page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) that addresses the following:

Develop an operational feasibility study.
Evaluate whether the web site will enable Wow Munchies to gain market share. Describe what factors will affect the operational success of this web site.
Develop a technical feasibility study.
Describe what you would recommend the company use in the creation and maintenance of their web site (e.g. languages, specific hosts, encryption, etc.). Justify how your recommendations will positively affect the site and serve to meet the site objectives.
Develop an economic feasibility study for the investment into an e-commerce site.

A persuasive essay is written in an attempt to sway an audience for or against a certain thing or idea through facts and the development of an argument or arguments. Create a rough draft of a persuasive essay. In 1-2 pages, create an essay that challenges the following claim:

“Freedom of speech is one thing, but when it is damaging to society something can and should be done.”

Remember to proofread your paper to eliminate spelling and grammar errors.

Examine how the American class system looks from the perspective of people of color, women, and people with non-traditional gender orientation. Please give scrupulous attention to the idea that how we think and act as a gender and as a sexual being is not a choice, but an orientation that seems to be largely predisposed.

Rely heavily on the required readings as you use a sociological perspective to compare and contrast the reported experiences of different individuals from different minority groups. Add to the required readings with reading done on your own.

part 1

Power Rules.” Please respond to the following:

Agency power combines the executive and legislative powers with respect to rule making and the legislative and judicial powers with respect to adjudication. Pick two agencies and compare and contrast the power each agency has in enforcing the regulations they are asked to uphold. Discuss why it is challenging for some agencies to enforce regulations and why it may be easy for other agencies to enforce regulations.
Evaluate Bring v. North Carolina State Bar. Apply the court’s ruling on delegation to another situation of your choice to determine at what point delegation should stop.

Part 2

“Judicial Review.” Please respond to the following:

It has been stated, “Judicial review is concerned, not with the decision, but with the decision-making process.” Take a position on whether it should or should not be true. Support your position with examples or evidence.
Imagine a Libertarian is voted into the White House at the next presidential election. Speculate what this could do for any agency’s judicial review process.

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field where science and technology are used to develop and apply our understanding of matter at the atomic level to improve existing or to make new materials. It is a fusion of the basic scientific fields of physics and chemistry where knowledge of atomic theory, molecular bonding, and the macroscopic properties of metals, ceramics, and plastics come together to solve manufacturing and engineering problems.

Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research materials science. Do the following:

Discuss scientific and technical concepts related to materials science. Use the manufacturing of one of the following materials as the basis for your response:
Plastics
Glass
Metals
Discuss how materials science has advanced to the stage where materials can be engineered to fit a specific purpose.
Provide an example of an application or object that is made of materials specifically engineered for that purpose.

Create an annotated bibliography that identifies the important factors to consider when working with the following special populations:

African American
Latin American
Arab America

Read two peer-reviewed articles related to each population, and cite them as resources in your bibliography.

Format your bibliography consistent with APA guidelines.