Topic: Financial sector

You will review both quantitative and qualitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a peer-reviewed, academic research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there. There are no hard word counts or page requirements as long as you cover the basic guidelines.  You must submit original work, however,  and a paper that returns as a large percentage of copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted.  (Safe Assign will be used to track/monitor your submission for plagiarism.)  

Please use APA formatting and include the following information:

• Introduction/Background:  Provide context for the research article.  What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research question?
• Methodology:  Describe how the data was gathered and analyzed.  What research questions or hypotheses were the researcher trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used?
• Study Findings and Results:  What were the major findings from the study? Were there any limitations?
• Conclusions:  Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability and the implications of the results.  Does the piece lead into further study? Are there different methods you would have chosen based on what you read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a large part of the rubric is covered.) 
• References  

Article Reviews 

You will write a 2 page review/abstract/summary on an article from a peer reviewed scholarly journal. This is to assess your ability to select and summarize the research of others, analyze and apply the research of others, and communicate professionally and effectively to their regard. However, the most important rationale for this assignment is for you to see how statistical analysis is presented. 

Instructions: 

1. Use the library system (https://www.ucumberlands.edu/library) or online catalog to locate a journal article that pertains to your research, thesis, or area of interest. The article you chose should have performed some statistical analysis of gathered data and made an inference using something other than just the average (mean). That is, they can’t just talk about averages; they must have used one of these tests: t-test, chi-square, F-test, Fischer test, ANOVA, MANOVA, ANCOVA, Mann-Whitney, correlation, regression. 

2. Read the article thoroughly. 

3. Write a 2-page summary about the article following the given guidelines. Guidelines: 1. 

Your review should include: 

a. The question/problem being researched by the author 

b. The experiment that will answer the question 

c. How they collected data 

d. Analysis of the data (Must identify the statistical test used) 

e. Their conclusion or findings

 2. Your review can be single spaced or double spaced in at least 11 pt font. 

3. You should make a bibliography to list the article you chose and practice APA format. NOTE: The APA Guidelines address specifically how the reference page is title and how articles are provided! Note: It is not called Bibliography. 

4. Graphs or visual representations are not needed for this assignment. 

5. A title page is not required, but you may include one if you want to practice APA style. If you have a title page, your submission is 4 pages. If you do not  have a title page, your submission is 3 pages. Do not go over. There are points associated with following the directions.

 6. Your grade on these assignments will be based on the rubric below. 

FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES.

 

Answer the following questions. If the answer isn’t in the video or article, you should use your notes from class, including the lecture video, and outside sources, such as Wikipedia. Please cite all your sources using the citation method of your choice. I don’t care which citation style you use, I just want to be able to look up your sources. Some of the answers will only require a short answer, while other questions will require longer and more detailed answers. 

Your grade is based on how well you answer the questions, including how well you provide supporting details to back up what you’re saying, if you correctly cited your sources, and how well written your answer was, including correct spelling. 

I’d like you to read these resources: 

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2018/09/20/redlining-the-history-of-berkeleys-segregated-neighborhoods (Links to an external site.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/upshot/how-redlinings-racist-effects-lasted-for-decades.html (Links to an external site.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining (Links to an external site.) (I’d skim it and look for nuggets of good information)

https://theconversation.com/how-black-cartographers-put-racism-on-the-map-of-america-155081 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-modern-day-redlining-20180215-story.html (Links to an external site.)

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/19/911909187/in-u-s-cities-the-health-effects-of-past-housing-discrimination-are-plain-to-see (Links to an external site.)

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-flood-risk-redlining/?srnd=citylab (Links to an external site.)

https://www.kqed.org/news/11648307 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/segregation-in-the-city-of-angels-a-1939-map-of-housing-inequality-in-l-a (Links to an external site.)

and watch these videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLksMcZdaPcZ07l7OeJJhE2qiy5U95a1Ca (Links to an external site.)

and then answer these questions:

1. What were the economic factors that led to the government trying to increase home sales in the early 1930s? Why was the HOLC created? (more details = more points)
2. What were the criteria that HOLC used to grade neighborhoods? 
3. What were the four HOLC classes of neighborhood? 
4. What are some of the benefits of cul-de-sacs in the suburbs? 
5. Was there evidence of structural racism in real estate lending patterns from 1934-1968? Did everyone that was economically qualified for a loan get a loan? 
6. What were the economic motivators that would lead residential developers to create segregated neighborhoods?
7. What was Levittown? Why is it important? 
8. Was Levittown segregated? 
9. Do you agree or disagree with the statement that redlining created conditions that have led to gentrification due to the rent gap theory? Use specific examples to support your statement. 
10. Describe the feedback loops with house prices in the Green neighborhoods, compared with the feedback loops with house prices in the Red neighborhoods. 
11. What happens to the residents of the formerly Red regions when those regions are redeveloped? How does the “back to the city” movement make this better or worse?
12. Which groups benefited from the past racist lending policies, and which groups were harmed?
13. Which groups benefit from modern gentrification and redevelopment, and which groups were harmed?
14. What’s the main source of household wealth in the US? 
15. How did redlining prevent African-Americans from participating in the growth of household wealth from 1934 to the present? 
16. How is the legacy of redlining affecting schools, public health, including exposure to pollution, exposure to natural hazards, and policing today?
17. Pick one city discussed in the articles or video and tell me:

How did redlining affect the city at the time of redlining?

What are the effects of past redlining that are being felt by that city today?

Enterprise X wants to become more relevant to the global marketplace. As a Corporate Information Systems Management expert, you understand the role that IT Infrastructure plays in an internetworking environment. The problem is getting the decision makers at Enterprise X to understand what the technical requirements are for participation in the global marketplace. Business managers with a vision of the future for their company do not always know what is required to realize that vision. You, however, know that in order to make the necessary strategic shifts you are recommending, it will also be necessary to align the company’s corporate strategy with a new IS/IT strategy.

An effective way to communicate the IS/IT requirements for this major strategic shift is to describe how Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can impact IT Infrastructure and how adopting SOA can enable Enterprise X with the IS/IT capabilities to enter the global marketplace. Research SOA and explain how business processes built into individual packages that can operate independently will make the IS/IT capabilities of Enterprise X more flexible for aligning a new corporate strategy with its IT Infrastructure.

(Note: You may also want to find relevant case studies on SOA and SOI [Service Oriented Infrastructure] vendor Web sites.) To submit your assignment:

• Use Microsoft Word to write a 500- to 750-word Position Paper that describes your findings and recommendations.
• You may include diagrams and illustrations to enhance and/or clarify technical issues. Remember that you will draw from this Position Paper to prepare your PowerPoint presentation.
• Follow APA guidelines to write the report and cite your sources as appropriate.
• Save the report as SU_MIS6020_W2_lastname_firstinitial.docx and submit it to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Part B. Presentation Component: IS/IT Capabilities

You have already researched pertinent issues and prepared a Position Paper that will guide you in presenting your proposed corporate strategy for Enterprise X. Now you must also prepare a new part of your strategy proposal where you will present your proposed IT Infrastructure based on SOA. Extract the more important technical issues from the Position Paper that you completed to create your PowerPoint presentation component for this week.

Keep in mind that each week you will work on a new aspect of your Final Project Presentation and, combined, these weekly presentations will become your Final Project proposal due in Week 5. Your Final Project Presentation will be published to the class in Week 5 for reflections and comments. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation with five to ten charts covering the aspects of your strategy described above.

Save your presentation as: SU_MIS6020_W2_Lastname_Firstinitial.pptx and submit it to the Submissions  Area along with your Position Paper by the due date assigned.

• You are nearing the end of a long week in your community mental health outpatient counseling practice when your supervisor asks you to squeeze in an intake with an unexpected new client who walked in without an appointment. You go to the waiting room and greet a young man, Jasce, who is clearly anxious and distressed. Upon closing the door to your office, Jasce looks down at the floor and quickly blurts out that he was diagnosed yesterday by his psychiatric medical provider as having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). He tells you he was up all night searching the internet for information on BPD and now he feels worse than he did before he received this diagnosis. He said he tried counseling when he was a teenager immediately following a brief hospitalization for an overdose attempt, and he tried counseling again last year when he turned 21 and suicidal thoughts began returning. He mumbles that he only went to a couple of sessions both times because the counselors didn’t “get him.” He raises his head and looks you directly in the eyes with what looks like something between desperation and hopelessness and asks you quietly, “Can you help me?” What do you do and say in response? Use your own words as if you are speaking directly to Jasce. In addition to sharing what you would say in your initial response, please also continue this brief “live” script of how you would explain DBT to this vulnerable individual.
• Describe a turning point in Marsha Linehan’s session with her suicidal client where you feel the client began to consider other choices or new perspectives on his situation. Describe what Marsha said or did to elicit this shift and how the client responded. Name and briefly explain which aspect of DBT Marsha was using at this moment.
• Now return to your clinical practice client, and share with us how DBT could be used to provide treatment for your client’s primary identified issue and goals. Be specific in describing which aspect of DBT you feel would be most helpful and why. Please include a sample dialogue from a DBT interaction/session with your client as part of your response to this question.
• Close your post with a brief critical assessment of DBT. Discuss what you feel is relevant and helpful, what you see as it’s limitations or risks, and how you would rate this approach in relation to strengths-based and culturally sensitive and trauma-informed practice.