Creation of context diagram & DFDs (current and Proposed) ?
A few years ago, Ronald Montgomery founded Cultural Learning
Experiences (CLE), Inc., a small firm in Chicago that organizes and
plans educational trips for faculty and students seeking a unique
learning experience abroad. At first, the company focused mainly on
organising these educational experiences in France and Switzerland,
but as the interest continued to grow, Ronald increased the scope
of operations to include many other countries, including Spain, New
Zealand, Germany, and others.
Ronald has the help of Isabella Aubel (office manager) and two
other employees that help with the day-to-day office tasks. At the
present time, the work processes are entirely manual for this
organization. With the recent growth in the business, it has become
quite challenging for the current workforce to manage all of this
manually. Everything is rather disorganized, with many mistakes
being made with the recording of important information regarding
students and their scheduled classes and locations, for example.
Such errors are adding to the existing inefficiencies, thereby
creating a work. environment that is stressful and hectic. Even
more importantly, customer needs are not being met and customer
satisfaction is at an all-time low. It is, therefore, necessary to
implement a database solution at the present time. It is important
to note that while Ronald intends to eventually automate all
business processes, including payroll and accounts payable, the
more immediate concern is to make certain that efficiencies in data
storage are improved. The database solution should include a
user-friendly interface that allows for entry, modification, and
deletion of data pertaining to students, teachers, and classes, for
example. Additionally, the database solution should be designed to
ensure consistency of data entry (formatting) and should include
enhanced reporting capabilities. Such functionalities should be
considered in order to resolve the problems the company is
currently experiencing. The total amount available to fund this
project is $65,000. It may be possible to expand this budget, if
necessary, but the company is hoping that the project can be
completed with the specified amount. The company currently has only
two computers, both with the Windows 7 operating system and
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 installed. The machine is
currently being used for electronic mail communications and simple
word processing and spreadsheet tasks. It will be necessary to
purchase two additional machines for this office, as Ronald would
like all of his employees to have access to the new database
management system. Ronald is hoping that this database solution
will be instrumental in improving customer relations and employee
morale, as both are critical to the continued success and growth of
his business. With an automated work process, Ronald knows that
efficiencies within the organization will be dramatically
improved.
Cultural Learning Experiences, Inc. is essentially the middleman
between faculty and students & international opportunities to
teach and learn. CLE organises educational trips/programmes for
college students (to take) and college professors (to teach/lead)
in the USA and across the world.
You have been hired to provide them a mean to keep track of the
classes offered in destinations around the world, all of the
students who sign up for a particular class, the professors who are
teaching specific courses, etc. You have several goals that you
want to accomplish with this database. First, you will need to keep
track of all the
students âtheir studentID number, address, telephone number,
e-mail address, etc. You will need to keep track of faculty members
and their contact information as well.
As students register for classes and pay their registration fees,
the owners of CLE want to be able to record this information
directly in their database. An outside accounting firm handles all
of the billing processes. CLE simply provides this firm with a
physical copy of a report containing the information necessary for
billing. (Your team is responsible for designing this report.) All
payments are made directly to CLE. Beyond the recording of whether
or not the registration fees have been paid, this system should not
be concerned with accounting practices. The recording of all
billing and payment details will be handled outside of the
boundaries of this system. CLE also outsources the marketing
function and provides reports on a regular basis to an outside
marketing firm that seeks to inform potential faculty participants
of the educational trips that are available through CLE and to
increase awareness in general. You should design at least one
report that would provide useful information to this marketing
firm. (You may make assumptions here.)
CLE would like the database to be password protected. Beyond the
creation of these reports, Ronald wants you to focus on making
data-entry as easy and efficient as possible for her staff while
simultaneously ensuring accuracy of the entries. An organised
database, focusing on data-entry and reporting, is essential. (Your
team will need to explore various options within Access that will
allow for this).
In: Operations Management
Routine Persuasive Message Guidelines
Summary Because everyone at your company is suddenly working from home due to the pandemic, upper management wants to make it mandatory for all employees to install insecure corporate spyware on any device they use for work. As the lead developer on your team, you must speak up for yourself and your colleagues and persuade your direct manager that this is a bad idea. Using the strategies discussed in your readings and resources, write a well formatted email to your manager, Deion Guillory (he/him). Include a subject line and email signature. Do not copy text or phrases from these guidelines, the readings, templates, or any other source.
Details For this assignment, imagine that you are a senior software developer at the imaginary company, Swift Coding Enterprises. The company has been fortunate during the pandemic: the software you make is still in high demand, and your jobs are such that all employees can do their work from home. Some of you are using company laptops, but most of you have your own desktop computers, laptops, tablets, etc. that you also use for work while youâre at home. However, your upper management (CEO, CFO, etc.) are concerned that employees are âslacking offâ because theyâre working from home. They want to monitor employeesâ work to make sure no one is taking advantage of the situation to be less productive. In order to do this, theyâve instructed all managers to make it mandatory for employees to download and install Beramind corporate monitoring software on any device the employee uses for work. Beramind takes screenshots of the userâs display every 30 seconds and sends it to cloud storage. Anyone who has the companyâs admin login can view these screenshots and which employeeâs computer they come from. They can also choose, without notifying the user, to mirror a userâs display on their own system and watch what that user is doing in real time. Your manager, Deion Guillory (he/him), has received these instructions from his own manager. He has sent a memo to you and your team telling you to download and install Beramind on your computers. You and your team have discussed the situation privately, and you donât want to install Beramind for many reasons, such as:
- Your teamâs output (e.g. code, documentation) has been the same as when you worked in the office. - Some of you havenât been able to work as many hours as usual, but itâs not because youâre slacking offâitâs because thereâs a pandemic, and you have other emergency responsibilities, such as taking care of children. - You donât want your bosses to be able to monitor your activity on your personal and/or family computers, even if you do use it for work sometimes. - Beramind uses a lot of bandwidth, system memory, and processor power, which not everyone is able to spare. - According to some articles you read online, Beramind doesnât use end-to-end encryption when it sends data to its server.
Because youâre the team lead, itâs up to you to email Deion and explain your teamâs situation. You want to make it clear that none of you will install this program, and you want to persuade Deion that itâs a bad enough idea that he should push back against it to his own bosses. TIP: You may make up any reasonable information you need (for example, a colleagueâs name or exactly how much system memory Beramind needs) as long as it doesnât contradict the assignment guidelines. By âreasonable,â your instructor means that the information you include might happen in reality and doesnât substantially change the assignment. For example, it would not be âreasonableâ to tell Deion that your team canât install Beramind because you have all forgotten the passwords to your system admin profiles and canât install anything.
Your email should follow the best practices for business emails that youâve learned about in your readings/resources. You must include an email signature block and a subject line. There is no required word count, but you must include enough information to achieve your purpose effectively without overloading a single email with too much content. Most submissions will be between 200 and 500 words, although it is possible to write an excellent but slightly longer or shorter submission.
In: Computer Science
I need the technical Feasibility and the Operational Feasibility for one recommendation solution .
A few years ago, Ronald Montgomery founded Cultural Learning
Experiences (CLE), Inc., a small firm in Chicago that organizes and
plans educational trips for faculty and students seeking a unique
learning experience abroad. At first, the company focused mainly on
organising these educational experiences in France and Switzerland,
but as the interest continued to grow, Ronald increased the scope
of operations to include many other countries, including Spain, New
Zealand, Germany, and others.
Ronald has the help of Isabella Aubel (office manager) and two
other employees that help with the day-to-day office tasks. At the
present time, the work processes are entirely manual for this
organization. With the recent growth in the business, it has become
quite challenging for the current workforce to manage all of this
manually. Everything is rather disorganized, with many mistakes
being made with the recording of important information regarding
students and their scheduled classes and locations, for example.
Such errors are adding to the existing inefficiencies, thereby
creating a work. environment that is stressful and hectic. Even
more importantly, customer needs are not being met and customer
satisfaction is at an all-time low. It is, therefore, necessary to
implement a database solution at the present time. It is important
to note that while Ronald intends to eventually automate all
business processes, including payroll and accounts payable, the
more immediate concern is to make certain that efficiencies in data
storage are improved. The database solution should include a
user-friendly interface that allows for entry, modification, and
deletion of data pertaining to students, teachers, and classes, for
example. Additionally, the database solution should be designed to
ensure consistency of data entry (formatting) and should include
enhanced reporting capabilities. Such functionalities should be
considered in order to resolve the problems the company is
currently experiencing. The total amount available to fund this
project is $65,000. It may be possible to expand this budget, if
necessary, but the company is hoping that the project can be
completed with the specified amount. The company currently has only
two computers, both with the Windows 7 operating system and
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 installed. The machine is
currently being used for electronic mail communications and simple
word processing and spreadsheet tasks. It will be necessary to
purchase two additional machines for this office, as Ronald would
like all of his employees to have access to the new database
management system. Ronald is hoping that this database solution
will be instrumental in improving customer relations and employee
morale, as both are critical to the continued success and growth of
his business. With an automated work process, Ronald knows that
efficiencies within the organization will be dramatically
improved.
Cultural Learning Experiences, Inc. is essentially the middleman
between faculty and students & international opportunities to
teach and learn. CLE organises educational trips/programmes for
college students (to take) and college professors (to teach/lead)
in the USA and across the world.
You have been hired to provide them a mean to keep track of the
classes offered in destinations around the world, all of the
students who sign up for a particular class, the professors who are
teaching specific courses, etc. You have several goals that you
want to accomplish with this database. First, you will need to keep
track of all the
students âtheir studentID number, address, telephone number,
e-mail address, etc. You will need to keep track of faculty members
and their contact information as well.
As students register for classes and pay their registration fees,
the owners of CLE want to be able to record this information
directly in their database. An outside accounting firm handles all
of the billing processes. CLE simply provides this firm with a
physical copy of a report containing the information necessary for
billing. (Your team is responsible for designing this report.) All
payments are made directly to CLE. Beyond the recording of whether
or not the registration fees have been paid, this system should not
be concerned with accounting practices. The recording of all
billing and payment details will be handled outside of the
boundaries of this system. CLE also outsources the marketing
function and provides reports on a regular basis to an outside
marketing firm that seeks to inform potential faculty participants
of the educational trips that are available through CLE and to
increase awareness in general. You should design at least one
report that would provide useful information to this marketing
firm. (You may make assumptions here.)
CLE would like the database to be password protected. Beyond the
creation of these reports, Ronald wants you to focus on making
data-entry as easy and efficient as possible for her staff while
simultaneously ensuring accuracy of the entries. An organised
database, focusing on data-entry and reporting, is essential. (Your
team will need to explore various options within Access that will
allow for this).
In: Operations Management
Case Study 2 â Auditing ACCT3000 (Semester 2, 2019)
You are an Audit Senior currently planning the 30 June 20X9 audit
of Technology Limited, an Australian-owned company that produces
and exports computer chips to China. At a recent planning meeting
with Technology Limitedâs senior staff, you obtained the following
overview of this yearâs operations:
Tight checks by Australian custom officials have delayed several
shipments of computer chips. These delays have angered Chinese
customers who are threatening to deduct 20% from the amounts owing
as compensation for lost production time.
One of Technology Limitedâs customers, Blue Chip Limited, is
claiming that the latest batch of computer chips it received was
found to be faulty. Blue Chip Limited is refusing to pay its
account, which is allegedly seven months overdue. Technology
Limited has claimed to have launched an investigation into the
allegations, but as yet not been able to substantiate them.
Technology Limited has suffered significant cash flow problems
because another major customer, Creative Limited (Creative), is
experiencing financial difficulties. As a result, Creative is
taking well over 120 days to pay outstanding amounts, despite
Creativeâs terms of trade being payment within 30 days. Creative
makes up 40 per cent of Technology Limitedâs sales and the board
has been reluctant to take any action that might adversely affect
those sales. Consequently, Technology Limited has had to increase
its dependency on its line of credit, and this has caused it to
temporarily breach the debt to equity ratio required in its loan
covenant with Big Bank Limited.
One of Technology Limitedâs major suppliers went bankrupt one month
ago, causing major product shortages. To overcome the problem,
Peter James, the husband of the finance director, Natalie James,
provided electronic components used in the production of computer
chips to Technology Limited through his private company Norton
Limited. Norton Limited demands payment in $US prior to the
electronic components being supplied. There is no formal agreement
in place with Peter James, however, the goods are being provided at
competitive prices. You are concerned about the electronic
components that Peter Jamesâ company is supplying, because his
products are new to the market and you have heard some of
Technology Limitedâs staff complaining that they are of poor
quality.
Due to increased competitive pressure, Technology Limited has
recently moved the manufacture of some of its computer chips to
Bangladesh. Technology Limited saves around 25 per cent in costs
compared to the equivalent Australian made items. However, the
manufacturing process takes longer and on a few occasions late
delivery from Bangladesh has resulted in lost sales.
Last month, a protester suffered a broken leg, allegedly because he
was hit by a company truck. The protester is now suing Technology
Limited for damages, claiming the contractor was in fact an
employee of Technology Limited at the time of the accident, and was
acting on Technology Limitedâs instructions. Technology Limited is
fighting the case and appears to have a reasonable chance of
winning; however, the adverse publicity being generated is making
the company nervous about its sales in the future.
During the period, the Australian dollar has remained steady
against the Chinese Yuan, although it fell by about 3% against the
US dollar. Debtors are invoiced in $US at the time of shipment, and
payment is received in $US one month after the shipment is
delivered. It takes around six weeks for the charter vessels to
travel from Technology Limitedâs shipyard at Bigmantle Bay to
China. A recent downturn in the Chinese economy is affecting
forward orders, which have fallen by 15%.
Required:
Prepare a memorandum to the audit manager, outlining your risk
assessment relating to Technology
Limited. When making your risk assessment:
(a) Identify two (2) balance sheet accounts from the information
provided that are subjected
to an increase in audit risk. Briefly explain what factors increase
the audit risk associated
with the two (2) account balances identified. In your explanation,
please mention the key
assertion(s) at risk of material misstatement and the components of
the audit risk model
affected for each account balance identified.
(b) Identify how the audit plan will be affected and recommend
specific audit procedures to
address the risks associated with each account balance
identified.
(Please Note â Maximum Word Limit: 800 Words excluding
references)
In: Accounting
Youâve Got MailâŚand Youâre Fired! The Case of RadioShack No one likes to receive bad news, and few like to give it. In what is heralded as one of the biggest human resources blunders of 2006, one company found a way around the discomfort of firing someone face-to-face. A total of 400 employees at the Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters of RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) got the ultimate e-mail message early one Tuesday morning. The message simply said, âThe work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately, your position is one that has been eliminated.â Company officials argued that using electronic notification was faster and allowed more privacy than breaking the news in person, and additionally, those employees who were laid off received generous severance packages. Organizational consultant Ken Siegel disagrees, proclaiming, âThe bottom line is this: To almost everyone who observes or reads this, it represents a stupefying new low in the annals of management practice.â Itâs unclear what, if any, the longterm effect will be for RadioShack. It isnât just RadioShack that finds it challenging to deal with letting employees go. Terminating employees can be a painful job for many managers. The communication that takes place requires careful preparation and substantial levels of skill. BusinessWeek ethics columnist Bruce Weinstein suggests MAN 1163_2 (April 4 th, 2020) Š 2020 LAMBTON COLLEGE IN TORONTO that anyone who is involved with communicating with downsized employees has an ethical responsibility to do it correctly, which includes doing it in person, doing it privately, giving the person your full attention, being honest but sensitive, and not rushing the person. Some organizations outsource the job of letting someone go to âterminatorsâ who handle this difficult task for them. In fact, Up in the Air, the 2009 movie starring George Clooney that was nominated for six Oscars, chronicles changes at a workforce reduction firm and highlights many of these issues. Downsizing has been referred to using many euphemisms (language that softens the sound of the word) for termination. Here are just a few ways to say youâre about to lose your job without saying youâve been fired: ⢠Career alternative enhancement program ⢠Career-change opportunity ⢠Dehiring staff ⢠Derecruiting resources ⢠Downsizing employment ⢠Employee reduction activities ⢠Implementing a skills mix adjustment ⢠Negative employee retention ⢠Optimizing outplacement potential ⢠Rectification of a workforce imbalance ⢠Redundancy elimination ⢠Right-sizing employment ⢠Vocation relocation policy Regardless of how itâs done or what itâs called, is downsizing effective for organizations? Jeffrey Pfeffer, a faculty member at Stanford and best-selling author, argues no: âContrary to popular belief, companies that announce layoffs do not enjoy higher stock prices than peersâeither immediately or over time. A study of 141 layoff announcements between 1979 and 1997 found negative stock returns to companies announcing layoffs, with larger and permanent layoffs leading to greater negative effects. An examination of 1,445 downsizing announcements between 1990 and 1998 also reported that downsizing had a negative effect on stock-market returns, and the negative effects were larger the greater the extent of the downsizing. Yet another MAN 1163_2 (April 4 th, 2020) Š 2020 LAMBTON COLLEGE IN TORONTO study comparing 300 layoff announcements in the United States and 73 in Japan found that in both countries, there were negative abnormal shareholder returns following the announcement.â He further notes that evidence doesnât support the idea that layoffs increase individual company productivity either: âA study of productivity changes between 1977 and 1987 in more than 140,000 U.S. companies using Census of Manufacturers data found that companies that enjoyed the greatest increases in productivity were just as likely to have added workers as they were to have downsized.â Please Answer the Following 5 Questions: 1. What communication barriers did RadioShack likely experience as a result of terminating employees via the communication method used? 2. What do you think RadioShackâs underlying motivation was in using this form of communication? 3. What suggestions for the future would you give RadioShack when faced with the need to dismiss a large number of employees? 4. How has technology enhanced our ability to communicate effectively? In what ways has it hindered our ability to communicate effectively? 5. What ethical challenges and concerns do you think individuals involved in downsizing have?
In: Operations Management
Throughout this course, you will complete assignments that lead up to a final project. The project, titled âConsultant to the Client Organization,â is based on a scenario presented below. It may be helpful to refer back to this scenario as you complete each assignment.
Consultant to the Client Organization
Fig Technologies is a global technology solutions firm with offices around the globe. Fig Technologiesâ corporate headquarters is just outside Mobile, Alabama. Fig recently acquired several smaller firms in different regions to expand its products and service lines. Assimilating the processes, systems, and human capital has presented a significant challenge. The leadership has chosen to bring in an outside firm to address concerns. You are the consultant from that firm, The Solution Group.
In each of the assignments in this course, you will be given a scenario to address the concern that is presented. You will be expected to develop assessment, analysis, and research in order to support your proposed solution. Often, you will be asked to present the top three solutions for the concern and support your answer. Use of course materials (textbook and required readings) and external credible materials is strongly encouraged. The scenario is not intended to have a set answer but to develop critical thinking on what can often be very emotional and opinion-based topics. Consider carefully your position and how you will support the proposed solutions.
Grading will not require simply meeting format standards and word count. It will require substantive content, research, and critical thinking. Each assignment will be a section of a comprehensive report that will be submitted to the Fig Technologies Executive Leadership Council (ELC) in written form in Unit VII. The presentation will be made in Unit VIII. Consider as you work on each assignment how it will fit into the final report that will be sent to the ELC for review. The final report will include recommendations for continued improvement regarding managing diversity in the organization.
The project serves as an opportunity to stretch your thinking and your organizational skills whether you are a business or human resources major. Working in an organization or being contracted to an organization will require this type of thinking from you as to how you will handle diversity issues within an organization. The project and the course will allow you to build a solid foundation to build upon while also enriching your resource library on the topic for future business world opportunities.
Click here to download a copy of these instructions for the project scenario.
Fair Treatment of Ethnicities
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) has authorized The Solution Group, (the company you work for) to assess assimilation of recent transfers into the workplace environment in the newly opened IT division of Fig Technologies in Tyler, Texas. The Tyler IT division was aligned with its counterparts in Qatar and Germany. In an effort to assimilate the newly formed virtual teams, a contingent from each of the three offices went to the other offices for a two-month immersion. The purpose of the short-term exchange was to learn culture, process, and systems. Some hostilities have been reported in all three offices by team members as to difficulties with the visiting team members. The ELC wants more information.
Your objective is to determine how to assess the assimilation progress of workers to different people and cultures. Is there acceptance? What are possible roadblocks and obstacles (e.g., language, common terminology, customs, and work ethics). As a consultant, how would you complete this assessment and report results?
Your assignment instructions are as follows:
1. Introduce the composition of the three 10-member teams in each of the sites. You do not need names, though you should develop an ethnically diverse team of locals and visitors from the other respective worksites and national cultures. Explore the differences in culture, perspective, and experience of your team. Include whether the work culture in these countries is individualistic or collective. This section should be 200 words, approximately half of a page.
In: Operations Management
Problem
Write in drjava is fine.
Using the classes from Assignment #2, do the following:
The Vegetable class should have the usual constructors (default and parameterized), get (accessor) and set (mutator) methods for each attribute, and a toString method
Child classes should call parent methods whenever possible to minimize code duplication.
The driver program must test all the methods in the Vegetable class, and show that the new methods added to the Plant class can be called by each of the child classes. Include comments in your output to describe what you are testing, for example System.out.println(âtesting Plant toString, accessor and mutatorâ);. Print out some blank lines in the output to make it easier to read and understand what is being output.
Assignment Submission:
Submit a print-out of the Plant and Vegetable classes, the driver file and a sample of the output. Also include a UML diagram of the classes involved. (Use tables in Word to create the various classes. Remember to use the correct arrows between the classes)
Marking Checklist
private String lifespan;
class Plant{
String name;
String lifeSpan;
//Default Constructor
public Plant(){
}
//Parametrized Constructor
public Plant(String name,String lifeSpan){
this.name=name;
this.lifeSpan=lifeSpan;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getLifeSpan() {
return lifeSpan;
}
public void setLifeSpan(String lifeSpan) {
this.lifeSpan = lifeSpan;
}
public String toString(){
return "\n\tName:"+name+"\n\tLifeSpan:"+lifeSpan;
}
}
class Tree extends Plant{
float height;
//Default Constructor
public Tree(){
}
//Parametrized Constructor
public Tree(float height,String name,String lifeSpan){
super(name,lifeSpan); //Super Class Constructor
this.height=height;
}
public float getHeight() {
return height;
}
public void setHeight(float height) {
this.height = height;
}
public String toString(){
return "\n\t"+super.toString()+"\n\tHeight:"+height;
}
}
class Flower extends Plant{
String color;
//Default Constructor
public Flower(){
}
//Parametrized Constructor
public Flower(String color,String name,String lifeSpan){
super(name,lifeSpan); //Super Class Constructor
this.color=color;
}
public String getColor() {
return color;
}
public void setColor(String color) {
this.color = color;
}
public String toString(){
return "\n\t"+super.toString()+"\n\tColor:"+color;
}
}
public class drjava{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println("\n\nPlant DETAILS\n");
Plant plant=new Plant();
System.out.println("Testing Plant Setter and Getter and toString Methods");
plant.setName("Rose");
plant.setLifeSpan("2Years");
System.out.println("Plant Name:"+plant.getName());
System.out.println("Plant LifeSpan:"+plant.getLifeSpan());
System.out.println("Plant toString:"+plant.toString());
System.out.println("\n\nTREE DETAILS\n");
Tree tree=new Tree();
System.out.println("Testing Tree Setter and Getter and toString Methods");
tree.setName(plant.getName());
tree.setLifeSpan(plant.getLifeSpan());
tree.setHeight(3.565f);
System.out.println("Tree Name:"+tree.getName());
System.out.println("Tree Height:"+tree.getHeight());
System.out.println("Tree LifeSpan"+tree.getLifeSpan());
System.out.println("Tree toString:"+tree.toString());
System.out.println("\n\nFlower DETAILS\n");
Flower flower=new Flower();
System.out.println("Testing Flower Setter and Getter and toString Methods");
flower.setName("Rose Flower");
flower.setLifeSpan("2days");
flower.setColor("Red");
System.out.println("Flower Name:"+flower.getName());
System.out.println("Flower Lifespan:"+flower.getLifeSpan());
System.out.println("Flower Color:"+flower.getColor());
System.out.println("Flower toString:\n"+flower.toString());
}
}In: Computer Science
what are the requirements analysis and the Recommended solution for this case study ?
A few years ago, Ronald Montgomery founded Cultural Learning
Experiences (CLE),
Inc., a small firm in Chicago that organizes and plans educational
trips for faculty and
students seeking a unique learning experience abroad. At first, the
company focused
mainly on organising these educational experiences in France and
Switzerland, but as
the interest continued to grow, Ronald increased the scope of
operations to include
many other countries, including Spain, New Zealand, Germany, and
others.
Ronald has the help of Isabella Aubel (office manager) and two
other employees that
help with the day-to-day office tasks. At the present time, the
work processes are
entirely manual for this organization. With the recent growth in
the business, it has
become quite challenging for the current workforce to manage all of
this manually.
Everything is rather disorganized, with many mistakes being made
with the recording
of important information regarding students and their scheduled
classes and locations,
for example. Such errors are adding to the existing inefficiencies,
thereby creating a
work. environment that is stressful and hectic. Even more
importantly, customer needs
are not being met and customer satisfaction is at an all-time low.
It is, therefore,
necessary to implement a database solution at the present time. It
is important to note
that while Ronald intends to eventually automate all business
processes, including
payroll and accounts payable, the more immediate concern is to make
certain that
efficiencies in data storage are improved. The database solution
should include a userfriendly
interface that allows for entry, modification, and deletion of data
pertaining to
students, teachers, and classes, for example. Additionally, the
database solution
should be designed to ensure consistency of data entry (formatting)
and should
include enhanced reporting capabilities. Such functionalities
should be considered in
order to resolve the problems the company is currently
experiencing. The total amount
available to fund this project is $65,000. It may be possible to
expand this budget, if
necessary, but the company is hoping that the project can be
completed with the
specified amount. The company currently has only two computers,
both with the
Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft Office Professional 2010
installed. The
machine is currently being used for electronic mail communications
and simple word
processing and spreadsheet tasks. It will be necessary to purchase
two additional
machines for this office, as Ronald would like all of his employees
to have access to
the new database management system. Ronald is hoping that this
database solution
will be instrumental in improving customer relations and employee
morale, as both are
critical to the continued success and growth of his business. With
an automated work
process, Ronald knows that efficiencies within the organization
will be dramatically
improved.
Cultural Learning Experiences, Inc. is essentially the middleman
between faculty and
students & international opportunities to teach and learn. CLE
organises educational
trips/programmes for college students (to take) and college
professors (to teach/lead)
in the USA and across the world.
You have been hired to provide them a mean to keep track of the
classes offered in
destinations around the world, all of the students who sign up for
a particular class,
the professors who are teaching specific courses, etc. You have
several goals that
you want to accomplish with this database. First, you will need to
keep track of all the
students âtheir studentID number, address, telephone number,
e-mail address, etc.
You will need to keep track of faculty members and their contact
information as well.
As students register for classes and pay their registration fees,
the owners of CLE
want to be able to record this information directly in their
database. An outside
accounting firm handles all of the billing processes. CLE simply
provides this firm with
a physical copy of a report containing the information necessary
for billing. (Your team
is responsible for designing this report.) All payments are made
directly to CLE.
Beyond the recording of whether or not the registration fees have
been paid, this
system should not be concerned with accounting practices. The
recording of all billing
and payment details will be handled outside of the boundaries of
this system. CLE
also outsources the marketing function and provides reports on a
regular basis to an
outside marketing firm that seeks to inform potential faculty
participants of the
educational trips that are available through CLE and to increase
awareness in general.
You should design at least one report that would provide useful
information to this
marketing firm. (You may make assumptions here.)
CLE would like the database to be password protected. Beyond the
creation of these
reports, Ronald wants you to focus on making data-entry as easy and
efficient as
possible for her staff while simultaneously ensuring accuracy of
the entries. An
organised database, focusing on data-entry and reporting, is
essential. (Your team will
need to explore various options within Access that will allow for
this).
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Please answer these below:
1) Avoiding research bias is important for developing objective, reliable health-related information that can be used by the public. Check all of the situations that are likely to indicate research bias.....
----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.
----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.
----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmersâ association.
----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmersâ association.
----A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.
----A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.
----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.
----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.
----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.
----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.
#2) WORD BANK: (NOT ALL WILL BE USED) dietary supplement, observation, correlation, data, experiment, hypothesis, treatment
Researchers make a(an) ____________ that people who like to camp take megadoses of thiamin to repel mosquitoes.
Researchers develop the following ____________ : "Taking megadoses of thiamin is an effective way to prevent mosquito bites."
Researchers design a(an) ____________ to test whether taking a high dose of thiamin repels mosquitoes.
Researchers randomly divide 100 people into two groups, each of which have 50 subjects. The ____________ group is given pills that contain a very high amount of thiamin. The control group is given similar tasting and appearing pills that do not contain thiamin.
Researchers analyze ____________ about the number of mosquito bites people in each group receive.
#3- MATCH WORDS with definition: ANCEDOTE, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, DATA, EXPERIMENT, TESTIMONIAL
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- Report of personal experience -Systematic testing of a hypothesis -Facts observed over the course of an experiment -Traditional belief -Personal endorsement of a product |
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In: Psychology
just gave you the initial headlines. I'm looking here at the statement from the bank itself, talking about the investigations that the FCA and the PRA have opened up into Jes Staley and some actions at Barclays. The FCA and the PRA are saying that Jes Staley, they're looking into his personal, individual conduct, and senior management responsibilities relating to a Barclays whistleblowing program. An attempt by Mr. Staley to identify the author of a letter that was treated by Barclays as a whistleblower. The board says that Jes Staley explained his mistake here, they believe it was an honest mistake, that Staley thought he was able to look into the identity of the letter author and try to find out who it was. The board is saying that they are going to reprimand, or have reprimanded, Jes Staley formally with a written reprimand and also that they are going to very significantly adjust his compensation. But the board is saying now that Barclays is fully cooperating with the FCA and PRA investigations, which are ongoing. And that they-that Jes Staley has the full support of the board after that written reprimand and very significant pay adjustment. So we'll continue to follow this developing story, but very interesting stuff coming across from Barclays on an investigation that is now open and ongoing into their search for the writer of a whistleblower letter.
>> Yeah Matt, just looking through that statement as well. John McFarlane, who is the chairman over at Barclays saying that he's personally very disappointed and apologetic that this situation has occurred. Referring of course to-well Matt, you were just saying that, is that Jes Staley went-it's alleged that he tried to identify who the whistleblower was. In a situation, McFarlane saying, "I'm personally very disappointed and apologetic that this situation has occurred, particularly as we strive to operate to the highest possible ethical standards." The board takes at Barclay's culture and integrity of its controls extremely seriously. "We've investigated the matter fully at using external law firm, and we will be commissioning an independent review of Barclays processes and controls to determine what improvements can be made." So of course, the reprimand being made, it might work, some would say it hurts immediately, and that is in your pay packet. Matt.
>> For sure, and I think it's interesting, you know, Staley at the end of the statement,
he's quoted as well saying, "our whistleblowing process is one of the most important means by which we protect our culture and values at Barclays, and I certainly want to ensure that all colleagues and others who may utilize it understand the criticality," I didn't even know that was a word, criticality, "which I attached to it." So basically saying,
he shouldn't have looked for the author of that letter and going forward, they won't try and identify whistleblowers who wish to remain anonymous.
1. The video title refers to a pay cut for the CEO. What prompted the board of directors to take this action?
a.Unethical actions in regard to a whistleblower's identity
b.Ongoing investigation by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
c.Unhappy customers
d.Concerns about falling stock prices
2. CEO Staley remained in the position after this scandal was revealed. Who is ultimately responsible for Staley's past and future behaviors in his role as CEO?
a.Staley's fellow executives
b.The whistleblower
c.The board of directors
d.CEO Staley
3. The whistle-blowing program at Barclays is part of the corporation's governance mechanisms. Which of the following categories of corporate governance would it fall within?
a.Ethics
b.Customer
c.Financial
d.Innovation
4. Which of the following statements best characterizes the behavior of the board of directors after learning of the FCA and PRA investigations?
a.The board is committed to cooperating with ongoing investigations by the FCA and PRA.
b.The board is committed to drafting a code of ethics.
c.The board is committed to defending Staley's actions.
d.The board has resisted any attempts to allow outsiders to conduct investigations into the matter.
5. The board directors reprimanded Staley but did not dismiss him from his position as CEO. This action appears to stem from belief in Staley's profession of innocence about the wrongdoing and his willingness to take responsibility. The two sidesâfire him for an unethical action or keep him because he took responsibilityâcreate which of the following situations for the board of directors?
a.Complex strategy
b.Ethical dilemma
c.Opportunistic exploitation
d.Code of ethics
6. Although the video does not provide the content of the whistleblower's letter, which of the following unethical behaviors best describes Staley's actions in trying to find out the whistleblower's identity?
a.Opportunistic exploitation
b.Information manipulation
c.Self-dealing
d.Corruption
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