Why is it important for organizations that use Information Systems should also be using a Risk Management function to protect themselves and the consumers who purchase their products or services? Explain

• Describe the purpose of a corporate governance and describe its relationship to corporate social responsibility.
• When it comes to creating value for shareholders, discuss some competing interests among the key players in the corporate governance structure.
• Support your opinions with evidence from the readings or other reputable materials.

Q. Discussion on the external and internal factors that are driving the need for change in the organization.

Identify and describe a company with an ineffective organizational design. How would you organize for success and why?

Crime Control Model

1. Define the assigned theory of punishment. Identify and describe an example of a movie, television show or novel that depicts this theory of punishment.
2. Describe the prison system that was established under the assigned theory of punishment. What was the philosophical basis for this style of punishment (i.e., religion, political changes, science, etc.)? Identify the goals for the prison system. What types of activities were inmates assigned under this prison system? Did prisons gain revenue because of inmate productivity? How was this accomplished?
3. Compare the either prison system reviewed to the Auburn (New York) or Pennsylvania Prison System. Describe the similarities and differences between the two systems.
4. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of your assigned theory of punishment. Provide two weaknesses and two strengths for the theory of punishment and its prison system.

1. If one estimator generated cost estimates on the same day for two projects that were the same (like a super-sized Wal-Mart) type of facility, what are the most important reasons why the estimates could be different (4)?

Are Americans becoming ruder in their interactions with one another in the business environment??Explain and document your reasoning using scholarly and peer reviewed journal articles and/or texts.

Describe how Netflix was able to adjust their core competencies in order to enhance their competitiveness versus Blockbuster, which ultimately failed. Give another example of a company that has pivoted in order to remain competitive while one or more of its competitors failed.

Select a real-world medium or large-sized business and identify a potential risk to the implementation and acceptance of an EA program, and strategies to mitigate those risk .

Describe how a company can be difficult to classify as a services or goods company. Provide at least one example of such a company where that classification might be difficult.

Recreational Park Project
The public has recognized the benefits of recreation and parks as essential to their health and quality of life. A recent survey conducted in 2016 found that the construction of more recreational facilities was a top priority among residents in Lazarette Town (in the Caribbean).
As such, the town council in Lazarette, with the help of other key stakeholders, has sourced and secured three (3) million dollars of grant funds from the Caribbean Wellness Community (CWC) for the development of a mini outdoor recreational park on three (3) acres of land donated by a benevolent resident of the town.   
The park will contain sporting facilities among other recreational facilities (e.g. walking trails, children playground, tennis court, basketball court, work out stations, benches, shower facilities, rest rooms etc.). All major key stakeholders and sponsors have unanimously agreed that that the facility should cater for residents of all ages. Additionally, a group of minority stakeholders has expressed their requirements of having an eco-friendly and climate resilient facility. The park should be completed and ready for use by 2022, i.e. the project duration should not exceed two years.
To ensure that the project is completed on time, within scope and on budget, the funding agency and the Lazarette Town Council require that a dedicated and knowledgeable project team is assigned to the project. CWC has expressed the need for the project deliverables to be of ‘high’ quality to guarantee stakeholders’ satisfaction and safety. The CWC requires that ‘tight’ procurement processes should be followed to ensure transparency, accountability and economy. It is anticipated that most of the goods, works and services for building the park will be procured from vendors, suppliers and contractors in the town. In addition, CWC has detailed the need for both positive and negative projects risk to be properly managed throughout the project.
In response to CWC implied and expressed requirements, the Lazarette Town Council has selected and appointed your team to provide project management services for the Recreational Park Project. As a proactive team, your team has decided to use ‘best practices’ in project management to plan project activities and get approval from key project stakeholders before constructing or building the facility. Give the type and nature of the project, the intention is to use a traditional/waterfall approach to project management activities instead of the largely popular and contemporary agile methodology used other industries.   
Your team understands the value of planning before doing, and the council’s concerns of not losing the grant funding from CWC. In addition, your team is keen on building a good reputation in the
town. With a can do attitude and the need to increase the chances of the project success, the project management team (your 5-member group) is determined to ensure that the team utilizes the ‘best practices’ for planning, executing and controlling this valuable community based project.

1. Create an appropriate quality management plan for the project.

2. Justify the need to effectively manage quality for the project.

13) A professor's son, having made the wise decision to drop out of college, has been finding his way in life taking one job or another, leaving when his creativity is overly stifled or the employer tires of his creativity. The professor dutifully logs the duration of his son's last few careers and has determined that the average duration is normally distributed with a mean of sixty-six weeks and a standard deviation of ten weeks. The next career begins on Monday; what is the likelihood that it endures for less than a year and a half?

Describe/come up with an information systems problem that you would apply the below Problem Solving Strategy. Explain how each of the steps below would apply to solving the problem.

System Problem Solving Strategy:

1. Recognize the issue
2. Identify the facts
3. Define additional data that would be helpful
4. Make assumptions necessary
5. Determine alternative approaches
6. Evaluate alternatives
7. Make recommendations
8. Alter assumptions and rework solutions
9. Reflect on lessons learned