Author: chris

Answer ALL Questions
1. Discuss your views on the impact of the “Internet of Things” on Higher Education in the next ten years. (Max: 1100 words)
[25 marks]
2. Consider airbnb (www.airbnb.com), the “community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodation around the world”. Visit airbnb’s Web site and do your own research and describe its business model. Identify its customer value proposition, its revenue model, marketplaces airbnb operates and who its main competitors are (hint: use of online marketplace analysis tools to illustrate competition trends), any competitive advantage you believe airbnb possesses and what its market strategy appears to be. Also try to identify information about the company’s organisational structure. Conclude your analysis by identifying and discussing the key competitive threats affecting airbnb. (Max: 2300 words)
[50 marks]
3. Should health care organisations such as the NHS use social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to interact with patients? Illustrate your views with examples (Max: 1100 words)

Essay title: “Investigate the relationships between theory and reality in the case of Kensal House”

This essay asks you to read about Kensal House, a block of flats built in London in the 1930s, and then write about the theories behind it, the reality of what was built, and what the tenants themselves thought of the resulting flats.

Analysis of NASA’s Retired Space Shuttle Program: Was the Space Shuttle Program a Failure?
Paper details

This is a final thesis paper for my capstone course. I am going for a Master’s in Aeronautical Science with a specialization in Aeronautics. I have several program outcomes which need to be covered in the paper and thus, will guide the content of the paper. I am doing the individual project. The only Program Outcomes that I am responsible for are Program outcomes 1-5. Since this is I will attach the instructions for the paper. Some written instruction given to me from my instructor: Of importance is the coverage of all the PO subtopics. Your Capstone Individual Project is an academic type research document so PO2 and PO4 are very important. In an overview perspective, this paper is really just a problem solving process in an academic format: 1.) State the problem; 2.) State the hypotheses; 3.) Identify the Data from the literature, best not to plan on doing your own survey. It is important to have substantial data for a p=.05 significance factor); 4.) State the statistical process you’ll use on the data – quantitative or qualitative; 5.) State the statistical method you’ll use for data analysis – annova, t-test, chi-sq, correlational analysis though scatter plotting, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis or a qualitative method (regardless pick one you’re familiar with and may have used too), etc.; 6.) State the results and how the hypothesis’s were proved or disproved; 7.) Make your recommendations; 8.) And, format in the expected format and using the APA manual.

Topic: Explosive Devise Attack Emergency Response

Finalize your topic(ORDER 81470404) into a paper. Your paper should be developed into a well-organized and scholarly 7-10- page research paper. The title page and reference page are not included in the required length.

Your Research Paper should include the following elements: title page, abstract, introduction, background, problem impacting the U.S. regarding WMD, your main focus, brief literature review supporting your topic, training/education, preparedness, problems with response, consequences of the bioterrorism attack, future implications of such an attack, and suggestions for improving the current preparedness issues facing the U.S. A comprehensive reference section must also be included after the paper.

CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Your paper must contain at least five references, and may include Internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession.

The written document must meet specific formal requirements:

– Include acknowledgements if appropriate

– Consist of the following parts as a minimum:

– An executive summary setting out the key question posed and the main structural parts of the thesis: issues, a summary of the propositions or hypothesis, the chosen methodology, results and recommendations

– An interest creating introduction to the chosen topic, its practical relevance and benefit to the company/companies in general

– A critical literature review leading to the propositions or hypotheses and the methodology chosen to address the issue

– The chosen methodology and method

– A presentation of the data collected

– A section with analysis and interpretation of the empirical insights

– An outline of recommendations

– A conclusion including an analysis of the benefits and limits of the proposed solutions, and an inventory of additional work to be undertaken

– A bibliography[1] listing the sources used in the literature review; the bibliography is located between the conclusion and the appendices

– References in the body of the text, referring[2] to the bibliography,

– A section listing the used literature, which has to be formatted in a specific, consistent way

– Obey the following presentation standards:

– Document should have page numbers

– Font size 12

– Line spacing of 1.5

– Maximum 50 pages

Special attention is paid to the detection of plagiarism, the presence of which automatically leads to a disciplinary committee meeting and is subject to severe penalties. Plagiarism refers to a situation in which a thesis author does not indicate properly, when and where other sources were used. It is therefore important to use references according to the following standards, which should be strictly obeyed:

[1] Bibliographic references will be presented as follows:

– Books: Desmet, P. and Zollinger, M. (1997), Pricing: from conceptual analysis to practical price setting, Paris, Economica

– Extract from a book: as for a book, with the page numbers in addition to the elements listed above

– Journals: Durand, R. and Vaara, E. (2012), How to connect strategy research with broader issues that matter?, Strategic Organization, 10, 3, 248-255. [10 represents the volume number, 3 the number of the periodical within the volume and 248-255 page numbers]

– Unpublished paper: Barroso, R. and Cacciatore, S. (2008), Increasing returns to adoption: a multilevel approach, Working paper IRM, no 0804/2008.

2 Within the text, reference quotes appear in brackets with the name and date of publication, for example: (Laurent, 1990). If there are more than three co-authors, the note et al. will be used after the name of the first author. If two references have the same author and the same year of publication, they shall be differentiated by letters, for example (Laurent, 1990a). These letters will also appear in the bibliography.

Topic: The Financial Crisis and Legal Origins

Dracula was written in the Victorian Age, during which people valued bravery among men and weakness among women. How is this portrayed in the book? Are such gender roles outdated? How?

Analyze the following case (attached) and answer these questions below:

Questions 1. What is the REAL problem & critical strategic business issues in this case?

2. What is (are) your strategic recommendation(s)? Explain why correlating to textbooks and class materials.

3. What peer reviewed article and expert practitioners source substantiates your recommendations? Explain why.

4. What are the key success factors needed to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of your strategic recommendation including financials?

For your own research paper:

1. Write a research paper that tries to convince the reader of a position. In other words, to repeat, your paper should not just inform your reader about a topic, but instead it must convince your reader of something. Think of an argumentative paper as writing FOR or AGAINST something.

You may choose your own topic, but to promote writing across the curriculum, choose from the following:

an argumentative issue that exists within your major/field of study or a job you currently hold or want to hold (where you take a side and argue FOR or AGAINST something. Don’t just explore a career, salaries, etc. – that does not equal an argument). For example, a business student may write an argumentative paper in support of/or against the Affordable Care Act and its effect on small businesses. A criminal justice student may write an argumentative paper in support of/or against the use of confessions in trials. Ultimately, choose a topic that will be of real interest to you. Consider perhaps a problem you face at your current job or areas of disagreement in your profession of interest.

an argumentative issue that exists in the field of education (where you can take a side and argue FOR or AGAINST something. Think of a problem or issue you yourself may have faced in the past or are facing now, a school policy with which you disagree, etc.). If you have not declared a major or are a dual-enrolled student, you must choose this option.

Source guidelines:

The paper must incorporate formal research.

A minimum of three (3) sources must be used – a maximum of five (5) sources can be used.

Only ONE (1) source may come from a direct website; this does not mean that you cannot conduct all of your research online — you can, but your other sources must be academic ones (books, newspaper articles, journal articles, etc.). It IS possible to access these sources remotely via the library portal (from your home or work computer) without having to physically visit the library, if you would prefer not to or are unable to do so. The unit content will explain how this is possible.

Within the paper itself, you must cite each source from which you paraphrase, summarize, or quote. All in-text citations must adhere to MLA formatting. Although this is a reseach paper assignment, the bulk of the paper should still come from your own original ideas, interpretations, evaluations, and suggestions. Roughly, no more than 30% of the paper should come from source material.

An accompanying Works Cited page is required: papers submitted without one will automatically earn a zero (0).

Accompanying multi-media materials can be incorporated — and are encouraged! — but should be in addition to, not in place of, other formal source material and own content.

Topic: Disciplinary Discourse Community Analysis