Question 6

Consider the university admission process described in Question 1.

Use the list provided in Question 5. Record each issue in Table 2 and classify each issue using the PICK chart four quadrants, described below.

Possible (low payoff, easy to do): issues that can be addressed if there are sufficient resources for doing so.

Implement (high payoff, easy to do): issues that should definitely be implemented as a matter of priority.

Challenge (high payoff, hard to do): issues that should be addressed but require significant amount of effort. In general one would pick one of these challenges and focus on it rather than addressing all or multiple challenges at once.

Kill (low payoff, hard to do): issues that are probably not worth addressing or at least not to their full extent.

Table 2

The whole process is as follows:

Consider the following process for the admission of graduate students at a university.

In order to apply for admission, students first fill in an online form. Online applications are recorded in an information system to which all staff members involved in the admissions process have access to. After a student has submitted the online form, a PDF document is generated and the student is requested to download it, sign it, and send it by post together with the required documents, which include:

Certified copies of previous degree and academic transcripts.

Results of English language test.

Curriculum vitae.

When these documents are received by the admissions office, an officer checks the completeness of the documents. If any document is missing, an e-mail is sent to the student. The student has to send the missing documents by post. Assuming the application is complete, the admissions office sends the certified copies of the degrees to an academic recognition agency, which checks the degrees and gives an assessment of their validity and equivalence in terms of local education standards. This agency requires that all documents be sent to it by post, and all documents must be certified copies of the originals. The agency sends back its assessment to the university by post as well. Assuming the degree verification is successful, the English language test results are then checked online by an officer at the admissions office. If the validity of the English language test results cannot be verified, the application is rejected (such notifications of rejection are sent by e-mail). Once all documents of a given student have been validated, the admission office forwards these documents by internal mail to the corresponding academic committee responsible for deciding whether to offer admission or not. The committee makes its decision based on the academic transcripts and the CV. The committee meets once every 2 to 3 weeks and examines all applications that are ready for academic assessment at the time of the meeting. At the end of the committee meeting, the chair of the committee notifies the admissions office of the selection outcomes. This notification includes a list of admitted and rejected candidates. A few days later, the admission office notifies the outcome to each candidate via e-mail. Additionally, successful candidates are sent a confirmation letter by post.

Question 5

Complete Table 1 below using the complaints listed. List the most frequent admission problems first. Prepare a Pareto chart using Chart 1 based on the information in Table 1, alternatively use MS Excel to prepare the Pareto chart.

Online application system is slow – 100 complaints

Confirmation letter not received – 20 complaints

Degree verification takes too long – 120 complaints

Admissions office does not follow through as promised – 40 complaints

Critically evaluate DeBeers and its vision, value and ethics and its capability to successfully innovate. What is the current position in respect of their corporate social responsibility initiatives and are there any further actions that might be necessary for DeBeers to fulfill its corporate sustainability initiatives? Justify your position taken and provide supporting evidence from a range of external sources, including those of the company to support your academic argument. (Minimum 2000 words)

Explain how, if at all, do you think management and employees can benefit from using balanced scorecards. Do you think compensation should be linked to balanced scorecards? What problems do you think the company might encounter in trying to implement a balanced scorecard?

- Embed at least one scholarly peer-reviewed reference to support your answer.

- Use APA style academic writing and menntion the resources.

Review the case study entitled “Evaluating Vision and Mission Statements at PepsiCo.” Alternatively, you may choose an organization of your choice; however, be sure to include a copy of the vision and mission statement in your submission. Address the questions posted.

Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing references as appropriate. Submit your findings in a 2-4-page document in the Assignment Dropbox.

State your MBTI preferences as you see them, and write a short description of how your findings apply to your understanding of yourself in private, academic, and work-related settings. This means explaining the process you followed to find out which letters represent your preferences. You are to refer to the knowledge gained in this module to explain your preferences and expand your EI. Show off your knowledge and understanding.

How did society utilized S&T (Science and Technology) for:

a. information drive pertaining to CoViD-19 disease for people cooperation in preventing the faster spread of the dreaded disease;

b. maintaining or promoting economic stability and viability;

c. government operation; and

d. educational system or academic concerns Point-out specific technologies that were used for each of these concerns; explain if these were effectively used; and/or were these maximized with their proper use.

Part I:

Research: Other features of Word are the following Desktop Publishing and pdf files. Why is Desktop Publishing such an important feature of the Word program and cite an example of when you might use Desktop Publishing in your personal or professional life. What are PDF files and why is the feature unique in Word 2019?

Part II: Comment on the following:

Student Success in College Seven Elements of Academic Success.pdf

Actions

1. Discuss 3 Taking Tests success strategies that you will incorporate.
How do you plan on implementing this information in school and in life situations?

2. What are some of the many ways that your values, actions, behaviors, and beliefs have been tested and evaluated in life?

3. Define what integrity means for you.

4. What do you see as the reason for the unique role of integrity within the academic community?

Suppose you are interested in whether the GPAs of college athletes are significantly different from the GPAs of the college athlete population. To investigate this, you obtain a random sample of academic records of 5 athletes and compare their GPA to the known student population.

Here are your data:

Using an alpha = .05, what is your alternative/research hypothesis?

1. Note taking is an important academic task. What advice will you give students who do not write notes in class? Why?

2. Methods for making notes from reading are different from those from lectures. Mention FOUR methods of making notes from reading ?

3. What does setting a priority mean? Give an Example.

4.STUDY SKILLS can be viewed as four categories of skills. They are