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W15 Literature Review Project – Due April 11th
Individual Literature Review – Due April 4th
One of the most prevalent issues in project management is the need for effective use of social media to improve communications among the project team members themselves as well as the project sponsors and stakeholders. In this individual project you will be required to:
Research the need for better communications in project management using Social Media as a solution.
Read scholarly articles that expose the problem of project management communications. Search online database articles over the past 4 years and choose those that you think are the most interesting.
Develop a literature review of the various scholarly articles found on this topic (Maximum 5 pages single spaced).
Use APA style with single line spacing.
Do not make citations of websites, all of your citations must be from peer reviewed journals.
A literature review should include:
An overview of the subject, issue or theory under consideration, along with the objectives of the literature review. In this case it will be the need for improved communications in project management.
Division of works under review into categories (e.g. those in support of a particular position, those against, and those offering alternative theses entirely)
Explanation of how each work is similar to and how it varies from the others
Conclusions as to which pieces are best considered in their argument, are most convincing of their opinions, and make the greatest contribution to the understanding and development of their area of research
.Refer to this example literature review to get a better idea as to what is a literature review and how it should be formatted.
http://faculty.mwsu.edu/psychology/Laura.Spiller/Experimental/sample_apa_style_litreview.pdf
Search for: Project Management with a the terms Communication and Social Media, which could appear in the title of the article or somewhere in the article itself. You will have to try a few searches to see which method brings back the types of articles that you are looking for.
Alternatively you can use the Thesaurus from the main page to search and help narrow your key terms:
When a list displays with that term at the top, click on it. At this point you will see a display, including Narrower Terms and Related Terms. You’ll notice terms such as business communication, communication in management, and communication in organization. Select each term which you want to include, and then click Add and then Search.
Search results can be refined from the left side of the screen by, for example, limiting to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals and/or Publication Date.

• Question 1: Provide a brief explanation of each of the following security terms and provide an example of each. (~250 Words)
o Something the user is …
o Something the user has …
o Something the user knows …
o Something the user does …
• Insert your answer here

• Question 2: Briefly discuss the following, is it ethical for an employer to monitor their staff’s usage of the Internet at work? List three (3) acceptable and three (3) unacceptable activities you would include in an ‘acceptable internet usage’ policy? (~250 Words)
• Insert your answer here

• Question 3: List and describe the three fundamental tenets of Ethics in a business environment. Explain why ‘unethical is not necessarily illegal’ and give an example that shows this? (~250 Words)
• Insert your answer here

• Question 4: Informed consent is an important consideration for an organisation’s customers and their Privacy Policy. Identify and describe the two models of informed consent typically used in eCommerce and Social Networking sites privacy policies. Which is the preferred option? Justify your answer. (~250 Words)
• Insert your answer here

Choose one online Museum to visit from the Google Art Project website. To find a Museum website – search for example Museums in New York (or type a city of your interest) and a list of Museum websites will come up. Here are some major ones you can also Google: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), Guggenheim, Getty, Louvre, MOMA, LACMA. Some of the Museums have virtual tours you can take while viewing the website.

Paper Guidelines

Write a two full typed page paper, double spaced with 1″ margins. The paper needs to focus on your personal thoughts and experiences visiting an online Museum. How did you perceive the experience.

How to write a reflective analysis

In the one-page module outline, the following guidance has been provided about the reflective analysis:
The reflective analysis should incorporate what you have learned through the presentation assessment in order to present a theoretically supported analysis of your own experiences on a matter of your choice from the module. In effect, this is an essay with the title:
Describe a part of your own experience as a learner or employee and critically analyse this experience with reference to one topic from the course.
Some students have expressed concerns about identifying a relevant topic, and evaluating how much of the writing should be devoted to their own experiences. Some guidance is provided below.
Identifying a relevant topic
The course module guide lists the topics covered in the lectures, and you have become familiar with these through the weekly presentations. It also lists the three themes of the module as:
1. Issues concerning individuals’ place and meaning in organisations.
2. Issues in understanding contemporary organisations & their management.
3. Ethical issues in broader society which impact on management.

In the tutorials and on the module blog we have been addressing issues on each of these three themes. In selecting which topic you will write on for your reflective analysis, first try to identify that part of your experience which has been useful in the presentations, and which of the above issues most clearly describes the tensions highlighted by that experience. This helps you to focus on the type of analysis you will be conducting.
Now identify one of the key topics from the lectures (use the slides rather than the module outline as some lecture titles will be updated):
1. Choose one lecture title, such as Dr Oultram’s “Youth Employment, Masculinity and Policy”.
2. Consider whether you have specific experiences of employment, training or have been directly affected by government policies in a way that can be discussed with reference to materials from that lecture or the key reading.
3. You might want to be more specific and focus primarily on one concept from that lecture content, such as Foucault’s concept of ‘disciplined selves’, or ‘competing discourses’ and gender identity.
4. Write your essay title; it might be ‘An analysis of my personal experiences as a student drawing on Oultram’s work on Youth Employment, Masculinity and Policy’ or it might be something like ‘the discourse of education: experience of international transitions from school to university’, according to your personal experiences.

You need to make sure you do not diverge extensively from your focal topic in the written assignment, even though you may find a variety of materials throughout the course relevant to your discussion. You should also make sure your discussion is theoretically based, and does not become distracted by reflection on whether an experience was ‘good’ or ‘bad’, or ‘efficient work’ unless this is expressly relevant to the theory being applied.
Writing a reflective analysis
This assessment is not an essay, but a reflective analysis. The difference is that you are drawing on your experience much like if you were undertaking a research project you would draw upon empirical material. In order to write about this in a consistent way, I would recommend the following structure (though you will not be marked down for using a different format):
Introduction
In this section you should explain what topic or issue you have highlighted from the lecture material, and identify the key authors on the subject. You should explain what form your argument will take (the overall ‘point’ your writing is making). This should show how your writing will be structured (e.g. “I will describe the key points from Foucault’s (1982) discussion of governmentality in order to explain how my experience provides evidence for this occurring in contemporary experiences of work”).
Literature Review
In this section you should identify and summarise the key writings on the topic you are focusing on. You should use the course reading list and supplementary reading lists as a guide, but you should also do your own research using the library and Google Scholar to identify appropriate reading on the subject. You should explain the key features of relevant concepts, the context of the writing and how these concepts are going to be used to analyse your own experiences.
Description and Analysis of Personal Experiences
In this section you should describe your own (relevant) experiences. You will not get marks for rambling, so try to be concise. You should then highlight particular sections or implications of these experiences in the light of the literature you have presented in the previous section. You should explain whether these are evidence supporting the literature or if it highlights a limitation of the literature. If you wish, you can split this section into two parts, description and analysis. You could then take the opportunity to start with the description of your experiences before the literature review section if you find that more helpful.
Conclusion
In the conclusion you should summarise your overall argument and indicate how your own experiences have supported and added to your understanding of the issues (as discussed in the written work). This may take the form of supporting or critiquing the literature. You should also identify any areas of theory or emerging from your experiences which might be relevant but which you were unable to explore in this assignment in order to show your wider knowledge of the topics on the module. You may find it helpful to concentrate on one of the three module themes listed on the previous page to summarise your main points.
Good work will be expected to demonstrate the relevance of key theoretical material covered in the module to a compact discussion of personal experience, showing a comprehensive level of understanding supported by quality academic references from the course and supplementary reading lists. The best work will include the theoretical material provided in lectures and tutorials and go beyond that material to show evidence of extensive reading of academic journal articles and books on the subject, and will synthesise that material in their analysis of a concise example of personal experience.

Formatting & Submission
As well as following the above recommendations, please ensure you format your work

Assignment title The role of Supply Chain in the success of the organization Strategic Plan

The purpose of this assignment is provides the learner with the understanding and skills to manage supply chain and use it as a tool to drive the organization towards achieving its strategic objectives.

This assignment will enable the learner to:
– Transform business from classic purchasing process to supply chain concept
– Manage supply chain to enhance the organization processes.
– Use the organization resources efficiently and effectively.
– Face the global challenges and the aggressive completion in the marketplace today

Scenario

You have been asked to submit a report to your organisation board of directors to get their approval on transforming from the current purchasing practices to full supply chain approach in order to improve the overall performance of the organization and support future growth, expansion, and cost minimization. In your report includes the following:

Minimum length required for each section is indicated

Task 1

• Using examples, explain the importance/benefits of supply chain approach and how it will help in achieving your organisation’s strategic objectives. (200 words) AC 1.1.

• Using examples, explain the link between supply chain and other business functions in your organisation (200 words) AC 1.2.

• Using examples, discuss the key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in your organisation (200 words) AC 1.3.

Task 2
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current strategies used by your chosen organisation to maintain relationships with suppliers. (200 words) AC 2.1.

• Use different information technologies to create strategies to develop your chosen organisation’s relationship with suppliers? (200 words) AC 2.2.

• Choose one policy/system that you like to adopt in your organisation and explain how this policy will help enhancing suppliers’ relationship? (200 words) AC 2.3.

Task 3
• Assess how various information technologies could be used to integrate different parts of the supply chain of your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 3.1.

• Evaluate how information technology has contribute to the management of the supply chain of your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 3.2.

• Assess the success of information technology in managing the supply chain of your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 3.3.

Task 4

• Explain the role of logistics in supply chain management in your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 4.1.

• Evaluate the current procurement practices in your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 4.2.

• Discuss the key factors that must be considered when improving logistics and procurement practices in your chosen organisation? (200 words) AC 4.3.

Task 5

• The board of directors have approved the transformation to Supply Chain approach. Plan an effective strategy to improve the supply chain of your chosen organisation (300 words) AC 5.1.

• Assess how a supply chain improvement strategy will benefit overall business performance in your chosen organisation (200 words) AC 5.2.

• Explain the barriers that you will face and your strategy to overcome those barriers during the supply chain implementation (200 words) AC 5.3

Grading

To gain a PASS grade student must satisfactorily cover the learning outcomes:

Learners need to research information and produce a review of the screen the current purchasing and logistics practices in their organization.

For AC1.1, learners need to explain the importance/benefits of effective supply chain management in achieving organizational objectives. To illustrate this, they could relate this explanation to the achievement of objectives in their own organization.

For AC1.2, learners need to explain the link between supply chain management and business functions in their own/chosen organization. To illustrate these links, the explanation needs to contain real examples from their chosen organization.

For AC1.3, learners need to discuss the key drivers that are moving their chosen organization towards implementing an integrated supply chain.

For AC2.1/2.2/2.3, Learners need to demonstrate their understanding of the role of IT in supply chain management for their chosen organization, they need to assess the effectiveness of IT in managing the supply chain, (AC2.1), assess how IT could assist in the integration of different parts of the supply chain (AC2.2). and evaluate how IT has contributed to the management of the supply chain (AC2.3)

For AC3.1/3.2, learners need to describe the strategies currently used in their chosen organization to maintain relationships with suppliers and evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies before choosing the best policy to adopt to enhance suppliers relationships.

For AC4.1, learners need to explain the role of logistics in the management of the supply chain in their chosen organization and then evaluate procurement practices (AC4.2). Having examined both procurement and logistics management, learners need to discuss the factors that must be considered when looking at making improvements to logistics practices in the organization
(AC4.3).

For AC5.1, having reviewed their chosen organizations’ supply chain and logistics activities, learners need to plan a strategy to implement the supply chain approach and set management rules for this approach.

For AC5.3, learners need to identify any current or potential barriers that could prevent or hinder the implementation strategy from being successful in their chosen organization. Learners need to explain clearly how these barriers will be overcomed.

A wise manager is one who keeps a check on costs and makes informed decisions based upon the understanding of these costs.
To prepare for this Discussion, “Shared Practice: The Impact of Sunk, Opportunity, and Accounting Costs,” refer to your Learning Resources for this week, research in the University library, and your professional experience. Then, select one of the following types of costs: sunk costs, opportunity costs, or accounting costs, and think about a scenario where this type of cost was important for informing decision making. Think about another scenario where this type of cost was important for furthering stakeholder agendas.
1) Provide an explanation of a scenario of how the type of cost you have selected (sunk, opportunity, or accounting) has impacted an organizational decision.
2) Provide an explanation of a scenario of how the type of cost you have selected (sunk, opportunity, or accounting) may be used to further stakeholder agendas.

Essay outline
1. Introduction
• The history of the non-profit organization
Thesis: The non-profit organization is an organization that does not declare profit and its main purpose is to serve the public interest.
2. Body
• Who is funding the non-profit organization?
• Who are the non-profit organization are targeting?
• What is there mission?
• What is there vision?
• What are some difficulties that the non-profit organizations are facing?
3. Conclusion
People should be more thankful of what they own instead of complaining and wasting it on unnecessarily goods. Awareness should be raised by the governments in order to support and ease the non-profit organizations missions.

The history of the non-profit organization
Non-profit organizations started on the 18th century where people did volunteer work to serve the people in public. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the organizations evolved and become more engaged with the help of the people and the government. However, if we would compare today’s organizations with the past, we would see a huge difference because now both the governments and the people are working together for the sake of humanity.

Who is funding the non-profit organization?
When it comes to the funding, the majority of non-profit associations mainly rely on the people with power. For example, today; many businessmen around the world are focusing on helping the people that suffer in today’s world. For instance, Bill gates where once was one of the richest people around the globe is now putting a lot of his profit into saving and improving peoples lives. He said after he dies, he would donate a lot of his fortune to charity organizations because they are the people that are in need of help. Nevertheless, there are some famous businessmen who tend to donate in order to gain the attention of the media, hence increase their popularity. After gaining a strong reputation, the purpose of their intentions is no longer a nonprofit organization. In a matter of fact, such organizations start using the reputation for their own sake.

Who are the non-profit organization are targeting
Since they are nonprofit organizations, their main targets are people that are in need of the basic elements of life such as food, water and shelter. Supporting places which lack education or areas that experience poverty is important in order to take a step further into a better world. To be civilized is to assist people in the good and harsh times; hence the governments need to increase their assistance to nonprofit organizations. Additionally, in some cases, associations at times finances fund groups of people that will make new discoveries and scientific researches that will hopefully benefit the humanity in the future.

What is there mission?
The mission of an organization basically is identifying the purpose of the organization since it started. The mission of the Non-profit Organization is basically to communicate to the public as a whole and work with people so that everyone achieves his or her goal. This basically means that the mission gives a solid description of the groups it serves, each particular Non-profit Organization will serve a particular purpose. It’s very important that thosse Non-profit Organizations have a mission because thenn, this will be a very important step to define what the organization really aims. In addition, having goals will encourage everyone to work hard for other people that are suffering and help create a better world.

What is there vision
The vision of a company is basically stating the objects and goals of the organization to the public. This is very important because analyzing their vision statement will make other rich people or very well known organizations help them achieve their goals. This will give them the lead because they will be funded with lots of money.

What are some difficulties that the non-profit organizations are facing?
For some time, non-profit organizations have been experiencing lots of problems. Which had a huge impact on the organizations. Firstly, lack of funding’s from the government will weakens the ability of the non-profit organization to continue the business. Hence, the majority of non-profit associations rely on wealthy businessmen to keep the business flowing. Thus, the founder of the organization has the advantage of taking all the deceptions regarding the association as he or she desires without any interruption. However, non-profit organizations should not rely mainly on an individual because someday the founder might experience some financial problems and therefore will decide to end the project.

In short, the non-profit organization is formed for the sake of the people in need. Nonprofit organizations are usually formed in order to help areas that experience poverty, lack of education or for new scientific researches. Nowadays, we can notice a huge improvement in the intentions of the non-profit organizations. It aims not to help but improve their lives. Lastly, people should be more thankful of what they own instead of complaining and wasting it on unnecessarily goods. Awareness should be raised by the governments in order to support and ease the non-profit organizations missions.

Write a paper in which you explain how the portfolio management concept supports an organization’s mission and goals.
The purpose of this assignment is to describe how portfolio management can help an organization meet its strategic goals and objectives.Learn the benefits of portfolio management and how an organization’s strategic selection, control, and the evaluation of projects are used to determine the most advantageous blend of projects in a portfolio. In addition, discover how the project manager may help an organization balance ongoing maintenance initiatives and new projects.

Protestant Christianity:

Write at least 3 typed pages for each visit, 12 size font, double-spaced, in which you discuss:

General Information

Full name, address and religious affiliation of the group: Hope Church is an Evangelical Presbyterian megachurch in Cordova, a district of Memphis, Tennessee. 8500 Walnut Grove Rd, Cordova, TN 38018

(901) 755-7721.- IT ALL BEGAN IN 1988…when Craig Strickland, a pastor at Second Presbyterian Church, felt the call to plant a church “out east” in the suburbs of Memphis – little did he know the plans God had for a little place called Hope! Along with 25 other charter members, Craig began Hope in the living room of a Germantown home in September of 1988. Nine months after Hope’s conception, Eli Morris came to Hope bringing a strong passion and big heart for inner city missions. Still to this day, Hope’s Urban Ministry is thriving in the North Memphis communities with many opportunities of offering a better life for the families we work with. From that Germantown living room, Hope moved to rented space at Shelby Place Restaurant (currently The Butcher Shop), then to Evangelical Christian School’s gymnasium where they spent the next seven years.

Date and time of visit: March 22nd 2015 11:15 AM Service

Name and type of service attended: Sunday Service

Name and role of person spoken with: Rufus Smith Senior Pastor

Observations: a band instead of traditional choir , very large church , like a stadium

Describe the facility outside and inside: The main sanctuary is a big one, 5000 seats. It finds use outside of weekend services with concerts, movie nights, and school graduations. The space is wheelchair accessible and includes cry rooms for families of newborns.

Technology abounds with full 1080i HD workflow from camera to two 25’x14′ screens. It takes 8 volunteers and 3 staff to run video and lighting on a given weekend.

Describe the congregation—ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status,

Age, number present (does this equal the number of members?) mixed ethnic, and mixed gender as well as middle class to higher economic status . Well over a 1000 ppl present at service.

Describe the service attended: make sure to include as many beliefs,lifestyle issues, rituals and institutions as you can: Please describe a typical Protestant church ( to the writer)

Compare and contrast the two groups visited by discussing 2 similarities/differences between groups : Compare and Contrast Protestant And Roman Catholic.

– Chapter 1: Review and discuss cross-border and offshoring management theory and apply to you chosen company.”
– What’s cross-border and offshoring management?
– Why is cross-border and offshoring management important?>
– What are some of the unique challenges with cross-border and offshoring management?