Community Policing Proposal
Your Community Policing Proposal is based on the unique municipality that was assigned to you by your instructor at the beginning of this course. The Community Policing Proposal should differ from the draft because it incorporates the material, concepts, and the feedback that was gained in this course
Read the case study titled “ING Life” found at the end of Chapter 7.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Assess the probable difficulties and risks associated with using a public infrastructure such as the Internet as part of a business solution.
Analyze ING’s solution for providing security to determine if the solution is adequate or inadequate. Provide a rationale for your answer.
Critique the extranet solution and recommend one (1) change to the solution to provide better connectivity to brokers.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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; 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 page length.
Be familiar with McDonaldization when requesting to do this assignment. Type an one page essay Reviewing the five principles of McDonaldization: efficiency, calculability, predictability, control and irrationality of rationality. How does McDonaldization affect a person life and give examples.
Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Self-assessment of Communication Skills
In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of how good listening is crucial to effective communication and career success. In addition, you will perform a personal assessment of your communication skills and style.
Listening is an integral part of the communication process. Communication in the healthcare setting is vital. This includes communication between doctors and patients, doctors and nurses, clinicians and administrators, and so on.
Based on your learning, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that includes answers to the following questions:
• Which topic of conversation makes you uncomfortable? What is the topic? Do you know why you find it difficult to talk about this topic?
• What do you do when you become uncomfortable during a conversation? Do you withdraw? Do you try to change the topic? Do you speak louder or softer? Do you begin to gesticulate?
• Have you had an occasion to talk to a very persuasive or very aggressive person? If you and this person hold different opinions, can you hold to your position? Are you easily “led” in a conversation?
• Are you flexible in a conversation? If a comment made by someone takes the conversation in an unexpected direction, can you adjust quickly? Can you assimilate new information, reassess your position, and continue the conversation?
• When entering into a conversation, do you attempt to eliminate potential distractions and interruptions?
• Do you consciously avoid having important conversations in high traffic public areas where environmental distractions are likely possible? Why?
• Do you put your cell phone in the silence mode when you are likely to have conversations? Why?
• Do you listen without interruption and sufficiently control the conversation to minimize interruption? Why?
• When engaged in a conversation, do you give your undivided attention to the matters being discussed? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you develop reflective questions pertinent to the conversation? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you make conscious eye contact? Why?
• When involved in conversations, are you cognizant of body language, both the individual you are conversing with and your own? Why?
• Do you have an understanding of body language gestures and posturing?
In a self-assessment summary, provide a list of your communication strengths and weaknesses. Also, provide a plan to address the weaknesses identified.
See below a template that you can use to complete the assignment.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Self-assessment of Communication Skills
Listening is an integral part of the communication process. Communication in the healthcare setting is vital. This includes communication between doctors and patients, doctors and nurses, clinicians and administrators, and so on.
Based on your learning, answer the following questions:
• Which topic of conversation makes you uncomfortable? What is the topic? Do you know why you find it difficult to talk about this topic?
• What do you do when you become uncomfortable during a conversation? Do you withdraw? Do you try to change the topic? Do you speak louder or softer? Do you begin to gesticulate?
• Have you had an occasion to talk to a very persuasive or very aggressive person? If you and this person hold different opinions, can you hold to your position? Are you easily “led” in a conversation?
• Are you flexible in a conversation? If a comment made by someone takes the conversation in an unexpected direction, can you adjust quickly? Can you assimilate new information, reassess your position, and continue the conversation?
• When entering into a conversation, do you attempt to eliminate potential distractions and interruptions?
• Do you consciously avoid having important conversations in high traffic public areas where environmental distractions are likely possible? Why?
• Do you put your cell phone in the silence mode when you are likely to have conversations? Why?
• Do you listen without interruption and sufficiently control the conversation to minimize interruption? Why?
• When engaged in a conversation, do you give your undivided attention to the matters being discussed? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you develop reflective questions pertinent to the conversation? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you make conscious eye contact? Why?
• When involved in conversations, are you cognizant of body language, both the individual you are conversing with and your own? Why?
• Do you have an understanding of body language gestures and posturing?
In a self-assessment summary, provide a list of your communication strengths and weaknesses. Also, provide a plan to address the weaknesses identified.
Choose the best answer for each question in the “Best Answer” at the end of these chapters, and write a few sentences for each question to justify your choice. Note that just choosing the letter for your best answer only will not earn you full credit for this assignment.
LESSON 6:
1. What happens if you attempt to add workgroup servers to Server Manager?
a. Server Manager allows only servers that are members of an Active Directory Domain
Services (AD DS) domain to be managed.
b. Server Manager adds and allows management of any computer, whether a member of
an AD DS domain or workgroup.
c. Server Manager will not permit workgroup servers to be added and managed.
d. Server Manager usually allows you to add workgroup servers, but attempts to access
the remote server fail with a “Credentials not valid” error.
2. Once a server is added to Server Manager, what actions are taken to permit remote server
management?
a. No further action is needed. For example, you may immediately use the Add Roles
and Features Wizard.
b. No further action is needed, because Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is
enabled on the source Windows Server 2012.
c. No further action is needed because WS-Management Protocol is already running.
d. No further action is needed thanks to Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) and Windows PowerShell.
3. What is the primary difference between the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager and
previous versions?
a. Windows Server 2012 Server Manager allows management of multiple remote servers
at once.
b. Windows Server 2012 Server Manager allows management of remote servers, categorized
in role groups.
c. Windows Server 2012 Server Manager allows remote management of other servers,
including down-level Windows servers.
d. Windows Server 2012 Server Manager has been tested with nearly 100 servers added
Evaluate why many global alliances fail. What steps can an organization take to avoid, address, or minimize these issues? Discuss a specific example of a firm which could have used these steps to support their effort in forging a global alliance
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a COTS package? What is the difference between customizing a COTS package and tailoring a COTS package? Which, if either, should be allowed? When? Why or why not?
2. What are key considerations in evaluating potential candidate solutions? Can a candidate solution be to just do nothing? Why or why not? Who is ultimately responsible for determining which potential solution to our requirements will be implemented? Why? What should he/she base the final decision on?
3. Are banks of servers and PCs making mainframe computers obsolete? Why or why not? How does this affect systems design? Why?
4. What skills and characteristics must a systems analyst develop in order to be more effective in any design modeling process? What are the benefits and drawbacks of having analysts do the analysis tasks and designers do the designing tasks?
Section 2: Design Summary
(Microsoft Word or equivalent)
1. Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
a. Discuss the degree to which you believe the Visio diagram reflects the database design.
b. Describe any assumptions that you had to make about the business rules to in order to create the Visio diagram and the associated relationships.
Screening
For each full-length, International film that you screen in this class, you must write a paper and submit it through Turnitin. Your paper must conform to the following requirements: 1. The paper must list the movie title and the basic premise of the movie (3 sentences minimum). 2. The paper must describe the historical or cultural context surrounding the film(4 sentences minimum). 3. The paper must provide a personal perspective on the film (4 sentences minimum). You can also make additional comments as appropriate. It is important that your paper is submitted on-time as the assignment submission will close after the due date.