Author: chris

One of the major causes of system performance issues is programs that run in the background and are started when the system starts. These programs are usually installed, so they are started from one of two entries in the system registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run

As a network administrator, you would like to gather information about these registry entries for all the computers in the network. You have selected Windows PowerShell to write a script for this task. Your plan will result in a document with a script for the tasks involved. Because there are security issues that prevent executing the scripts on remote computers, the script will be distributed to all users on the network as a download link on the company intranet. For purposes of this exercise, security issues can be ignored, so the script is not required to take security issues into account.

Prepare a document to submit your work:
Use Word.
Title Page
Course number and name
Project name
Student name
Date
Provide well-documented source code for a Windows PowerShell script that will perform the following tasks:
Read the registry entries from both of the locations named in the project description.
Compare each entry to a list of acceptable entries. The acceptable entry list is from a text file named “Acceptable_Reg.txt” that will accompany the script when the script is downloaded.
Produce a text file report that lists all unacceptable registry entries. Save the report using the computer name as the file name.
Transmit the report file to the following intranet address:
intranet.xyzcompany.com/bad_reg.aspx
Name the document yourname_ITSD327_IP4.doc.

The industrial revolution and the fast growth of U.S. manufacturing after the Civil War created many problems for businesses, individuals, and society. Although it may seem strange from today’s perspective, these problems had never really existed before! The practice of management came about as a response to these problems.

Write a word paper that describes how the industrial revolution and rapid growth of American industry after the Civil War created the need for management. You may want to address the following:

Identify business problems that resulted from the industrial revolution and fast growth of U.S. manufacturing after the Civil War.
Explain the significance of each problem. For example, why was it such a problem? Whom was it a problem for: business owners, workers, society? How were people and businesses affected by the problem?
What need did the problem create? What lessons were learned?

List your references according to APA guidelines, including links to any websites or online articles your paper refers to.

Hints:

Ch. 3 of the textbook organizes problems that arose during the industrial revolution into several categories:

How does a business find, train, and motivate workers? (pp. 44–50)
Who should manage workers, and how should these managers behave? (pp. 50–55)
What are acceptable working conditions, and for whom? (pp. 55–59)

Ch. 6 describes challenges that resulted from rapid growth in American industry after the Civil War. It concludes (p. 117) by grouping these challenges into three categories:

The organizational and methods problems of melding technology, materials, organizational functions, and productive processes in an efficient manner
The human problems of acquiring, developing, stimulating, and controlling human behavior toward preconceived ends
The managerial problem of fusing both of these facets to accomplish objectives.

Select a company with long term bonds outstanding. There are many examples in the textbook. Locate and analyze a current quotation for that bond. Use figure 10.2 in the textbook as a guide. Compare the current price with the par value. Explain at least one (1) reason for the difference.

1. Why do corporations employ investment bankers?
2. Identify the primary market functions of investment bankers.
3. Discuss how investment bankers assume risk in the process of marketing securities of corporations. How do investment bankers try to minimize these risks?
4. Briefly describe the process of competitive bidding and discuss its relative advantages and disadvantages.
5. Explain market stabilization.
6. Identify the costs associated with going public.
7. Briefly describe how investment banking is regulated.
8. Describe the inroads into investment banking being made by commercial banks.
9. In 2003, several investment banking firms were fined $1.4 billion for ethics abuses related to the underwriting process. Will this be a deterrent for ethical lapses?
10. What are some of the characteristics of an organized securities exchange?

Continue working on your proposal.

Submit a word synopsis with the following element:

A description of how a specific business requirement would drive the project’s creation and use

The Week’s Slide contribution should consist of a one to three page document, double spaced with headers consisting of the slide’s separate questions with a discussion that answers each of the questions:

What You’ve Been Up To

What have you done in the past year to change the competitive playing field?
Have you bought a company, introduced a new product, stolen a competitor’s key salesperson, or licensed a new technology from a startup?
Have you lost any competitive advantages that you once had—a great salesperson, a special product, a proprietary technology?

Scholars of international relations disagree about the inevitability of Great Power rivalries in the international system. Which of the arguments that you have read this week you find the most convincing? Why? (If you find none of the arguments convincing, offer your own alternative) Given your answer, and your knowledge of current international politics, should we expect a Great Power rivalry to develop in the near future? Why, or why not?

Gulf Real Estate Properties, Inc. is a real estate firm located in southwest Florida. The company, which advertises itself as an “expert in the real estate market,” monitors condominium sales by collecting data on location, list price, sale price, and the number of days it takes to sell each unit. Each condominium is classified as Gulf View if it is located directly on the Gulf of Mexico, or No Gulf View if it is located on the bay or a golf course (near but not on the Gulf). Sample data from the Multiple Listing Service in Naples, Florida, provided sales data for 40 Gulf View condominiums and 18 No Gulf View condominiums. The complete data set is in the file named Real Estate, linked at the bottom of the page.

Managerial Report

Prepare a report (see below) that summarizes your assessment of the nature of the housing market in southwest Florida. Be sure to include the following seven (7) items in your report.

Descriptive statistics (mean, median, range, and standard deviation) to summarize each of the three variables for the 40 Gulf View condominiums. Are there any outliers in the data set for any of the three variables? If there are any outliers in any category, please list them and state for which category they are an outlier. Describe which method you used to make your determination.
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, range, and standard deviation) to summarize each of the three variables for the 18 No Gulf View condominiums. Are there any outliers in the data set for any of the three variables? If there are any outliers in any category, please list them and state for which category they are an outlier. Describe which method you used to make your determination.
Compare your summary results from #1 and #2. Discuss any specific statistical results that would help a real estate agent understand the condominium market.
Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean sales price and population mean number of days to sell for Gulf View condominiums. Interpret your results.
Develop a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean sales price and population mean number of days to sell for No Gulf View condominiums. Interpret your results.
Assume the branch manager requested estimates of the mean selling price of Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of $40,000 and the mean selling price of No Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of $15,000. Using 95% confidence, how large should the sample sizes be for each?
Gulf Real Estate Properties just signed contracts for two new listings: a Gulf View condominium with a list price of $589,000 and a No Gulf View condominium with a list price of $285,000. What is your estimate of the final selling price (based on the percent difference for the sale and list price) and number of days required to sell each of these units?

Write a report that adheres to the Written Assignment Requirements under the heading “Expectations for CSU-Global Written Assignments” found in the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. As with all written assignments at CSU-Global, you should have in-text citations and a reference page. An example paper is provided in the MTH410 Guide to Writing with Statistics, linked at the bottom of the page.

Your report must contain the following:

A title page in APA style.
An introduction that summarizes the problem.
The body of the paper should answer the questions posed in the problem by communicating the results of your analysis. Include results of calculations, as well as charts and graphs, where appropriate.
A conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings and what you have determined from the data and your analysis.

There are a number of well-known strategic planning models. To bring your team up to speed on the evolution of strategic planning itself, write a white paper of 1,200–1,500 words that addresses the following specific models of strategic planning:

Michael Porter’s Five Forces
Adrian Slywotzky’s Value Migration
W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy

Using the Web resources provided and any others that you find, address the following in your white paper:

Discuss the premise underlying each of the three models of strategic planning and the advantages that each brings to the process.
Discuss how to apply or implement strategic planning using each of the methods.
Discuss the pros and cons of each strategic planning method.

Select 1 of the models, and respond to the following questions:

What methods could be used to ensure continuous process improvement in the organization from a production and operations management perspective?
From a business finance or accounting perspective, how would you analyze the business and measure the effectiveness of your strategy so that you can make the best decisions for the organization?
As a leader, how would you help the organizational structure and culture adapt to the changes that would result from this strategy (e.g., how you would empower teams, resolve conflicts, and motivate employees to support the changes from this strategy)?
From a marketing perspective, what effect will the strategy have on your marketing plan; product differentiation, positioning, life cycle, and portfolio; and Internet or retail marketing to your customers?
What human resource management changes will be necessary because of the strategy? Address each of the functions of human resources, including staffing, training and development, performance management, compensation, and employee relations.

Write a  paper, which explains what you would recommend to Peachtree to solve their IT problems as if you were hired as a consultant. Support your recommendations with references and outside citations. Address the following questions:

How did your opinions about what should be done differ before you read the commentaries and after you read them?
Which of the commentators’ opinions made the most sense to you? Why?
Which parts of the recommendations will you use?
Which parts of your recommendation are unique?
Provide a full explanation of what you would recommend and why.
Provide at least two recent articles from the UOP online library to support your paper.

Project Management homework assignment

In a well-written 2- to 3-page paper, describe the differences between the top-down and the bottom-up budgeting process. Be sure to address when using one process might be better suited than use of the other.