Week 2/ SOC100

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Review the Reading Guide: Socialization and Social Institutions for information on roles, statuses, and social institutions to assist with this assignment.

  • A sense of self is developed through roles and statuses that are reinforced through social structures and that shape our personal experiences. Roles are patterns of behavior that we use every day to reflect our social status, such as the role of a parent, worker, daughter/son, student, neighbor, etc. Each of these roles is associated with a different status.
  • Social institutions are systems and structures that shape the activities of groups and individuals in society. Family, education, and religion are examples of social institutions that affect the everyday lives of people at a micro-level.

Complete the 10-slide Socialization and Self-Identity Presentation Template on socialization and its influence on our self-identities. Instructions for what to include are provided in the speaker notes section for each slide, which can be accessed by clicking the View tab at the top, then clicking Notes. As you work through the presentation template, you will replace the instructions in the speaker notes section with actual speaker notes—that is, sentences that represent what you would say about each slide if you were to give the presentation in-person.

sociology prompt

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Each prompt must be double-spaced, with a “normal” font size and style, and one-inch margins. Your answers must be saved as one document with four distinct parts (one for each prompt below); do NOT submit separate documents for each prompt.

Your answers must be written in complete sentences and free of any grammatical or spelling errors. Your whole exam should be a total of 4-8 pages long; in other words, your answers to each prompt should be approximately 1-2 pages long, but some responses may be longer than others. There are no minimum or maximum length requirements, but short essays may lose points for failing to incorporate enough relevant information and long essays may lose points for being disorganized or losing focus on the questions asked. 

Prompt 1

Karl Marx proposed that, under modern capitalism, workers are alienated from the products and process of their jobs. How can these concepts be applied to students and their educations? In other words, explain the ways in which students are alienated from the products and process of their education using Marx’s theory of alienation as a guide. In which of these ways have you experienced alienation as a student? Which of the three main sociological perspectives best describes your personal view of education as an institution? Explain why.Your answer must address the multiple types of alienation. You are NOT required to discuss all three perspectives in your answer. 

prompt 2

Race, class, and gender are social constructions that are learned over time through the socialization process. Describe TWO events from your childhood (0-18 years old) which exemplify a lesson you were taught about what it means to be a member of the race, class, or gender group of which you identify. For each event, provide a factual account of the event (to the best of your memory) and then provide a sociological analysis or interpretation of the event and its influence on you using terms, concepts, and perspectives learned this semester. You may not have necessarily recognized these events as “lessons” at the time, but I aim asking you to reframe these events as examples of social construction and socialization. These lessons may have been explicit (someone sat you down and had a conversation) or implicit (you observed or overheard something). You may discuss lessons which only involved one status, or you may discuss a lesson that had an intersectional message. 

prompt 3

Think of a time when your behavior in a crowd was dictated by the circumstances. Use this experience to illustrate the premise of emergent norm theory.Elaborate on any information or interpretations from your experience that speak to the source of the norms, how they came to be accepted by the crowd, and/orhow they spread through the crowd.Ensure that you describe your experience in a crowd, not a mass or public. 

Project: Network Security

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 I’m working on a cyber security project and need support to help me learn.

The Acme Corporation is a new startup that wishes to sale their new phone to the public called Acmephone, a more secure version of the phone to business organizations, called the Acmephone B+, and highly secure version of the phone, called the Acmephone G+, to the government. Due to the fear of corporate espionage and government security requirements, there are many security concerns that must be addressed. As a security professional, you have been employed to design a network infrastructure for their two campuses located in Atlanta and Cincinnati based upon the following specifications:

  1. There needs to be a constant connection between the two locations that can carry at least 50 Mbps of data.
  2. Each facility has three floors. The buildings are rectangular with each floor being 350’x350’.
  3. There will be 200 network connections on each floor with an additional 100 network connections in the data centers located on the third floor of each building.
  4. The primary data center will be located at the Atlanta location.
  5. There will be a failover data center at the Cincinnati location.
  6. Each location should be protected from intrusions that are not limited to state change attacks.
  7. The Atlanta location will house the two secure development teams. As such, it will need the most security. To further complicate the design, there will be database servers and the corporate Web servers housed at that location as well.
  8. There will be database servers located at the Cincinnati site.
  9. The servers must have redundancy.
  10. The solution must have a plan to verify security measures.

Your job is to develop a network design to meet the requirements above.

  1. You should submit a network drawing listing the network’s topology including any necessary hardware.
  2. You should list any recommended cable.
  3. You can recommend wiring closets wherever you need them.
  4. You should recommend ways to assure that you are not getting attacked.
  5. You should build traps to stop attackers.
  6. You should recommend any WAN or wireless technologies.
  7. You should recommend any technology needed in the data center for high availability.
  8. Justify your recommendation

CIS524 Week 4 Assignment 2

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Case Study 2: Design Process
 
 

You  have recently started your own software design company. You discover  that your local DMV is looking to build a system that will allow  receptionists to check customers in quickly. They would like for the  system to allow customers to self-check-in during busy times, but have  receptionists check customers in the rest of the time. Your company puts  a bid in for the project and wins.  Read the article located at http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_hc07_lppaper18.pdf.   Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:  

  1. Suggest the prototyping technique you would use for this system and support your rationale.
  2. Create a management plan containing eight to ten (8-10) stages for proper design of such a system. 
  3. Explain each stage of the management plan and justify your rationale.
  4. Estimate the length of time it will take to complete each stage of the management plan.
  5. Compare and contrast the self-check-in interface with the interface a receptionist would use.
  6. Use  Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative, Dia, to create a total  of two (2) graphical representations of your proposed interfaces, one  (1) for the self-check-in and one (1) for the receptionist. Note: The  graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page  length.
  7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this  assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as  quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:  

  • Be  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the  assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,  and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in  the required assignment page length.
  • Include charts or diagrams  created in Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such  as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must  be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:  

  • Analyze and evaluate interface design models.
  • Develop an interface design plan that addresses and solves a proposed business problem.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction.
  • Write clearly and concisely about HCI topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

DBdiscussion3

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Overview:

Just like children in a learning program, educators have a personal routine and schedule.

Think about your daily routine by reflecting on these questions:

  • What do you do each day, and when do you do it?
  • Which aspects of our schedule and routine are driven by you? Which aspects are driven by others (example: a job, family obligations, etc.)?
  • How do you feel throughout your schedule? For example, when are you most at ease? Most rushed?
Instructions:

In your initial post:

  • Describe one aspect of your daily routine and share how this aspect makes you feel and why.
  • For example, you might describe your morning routine and share how this routine/schedule makes you feel.
  • Next, share a schedule or routine that could have a similar emotional impact on children.
  • For example, if your schedule’s described aspect makes you feel rushed, describe a routine/schedule within the learning program that a child might experience that makes them feel rushed.

In your reply post:

  • Reflect on the connection between the emotion and the routine.
  • Identify one aspect of your peer’s routine and the child’s routine that you think might be triggering this emotion and how.
  • Offer one possible suggestion to enhance or modify the routine.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT

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The summative assessment will assess not only your knowledge of the topics covered in the course but also your own learning experience developed during the semester. The final task is composed of two parts. Part A is a theoretical reflection and part B an annotated bibliography.

Part A: Theoretical reflection – The first part of the assignment will require you to respond to a total of two (2) questions regarding your understanding of the main theories in the field of human resource management as well as your awareness of how they may be applied in practice, including how they shape the development of your own skills. Both answers need to be essays style and no more than 1500 words in total. Each answer will be worth 10 marks, for a total of 20 marks.    

Part B: Annotated bibliography – The second part of the assignment requires you to cite, read, summarise, and analyse two (2) articles addressing one or more topics done during the semester. Each article will be worth 10 marks, for a total of 20 marks. 

Assessment Criteria for Assessment Task 3 – Summative Assessment:  
• Appropriate understanding and effective use of the relevant literature.
• In-depth evaluation of your own experience and learning.
• Presentation of logical and cohesive discussion that provides evidence of critical and analytical thinking. 

• Ideas and assertions substantiated through reference to theoretical material and key academic perspectives/views. 
• Clear and comprehensive written style to convey meaning as well as professional use of RMIT Business referencing (harvard style)

Week 8- Step 3

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The purpose is to initiate the steps for planning, researching and developing an evidence-based practice intervention project proposal. 

 final proposal- This  will include and expand upon work completed thus far

Essential Components of the Final Project Proposal will include:   

  1. Introduction– Provide an introduction to your topic or project. The introduction gives an accurate, concrete understanding what the project will cover and what can be gained from implementation of this project.
  2. Overview of the Problem – Discuss the problem,  why the problem is worth exploring and the potential contribution of the proposed project to the discipline of nursing.
  3. Project Purpose Statement – Provide a declarative sentence or two which summarizes the specific topic and goals of the project.
  4. Background and Significance – State the importance of the problem and emphasize what is innovative about your proposed project. Discuss the potential impact of your project on your anticipated results to the betterment of health and/or health outcomes.
  5. PICOt formatted Clinical Project Question(s)– Provide the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Expected Outcomes and Timeframe for the proposed project.
  6. Literature Review – Provide the key terms used to guide a search for evidence and discuss at least five (5) summaries of relevant, credible, recent, evidence-based research studies to support the project proposal.
  7. Critical Appraisal of Literature – Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence, what is known from the evidence and what gaps in evidence were found from the appraisal of evidence-based research studies.
  8. Develop an EBP Standard – Describe two to three interventions (or a bundle of care) from the evidence and discuss how individual patient preferences or the preferences of others will be considered.
  9. Implications – Summarize the potential contributions of the proposed project for nursing research, education and practice.

Expectations

  • Length: A minimum of 8 pg and a maximum of 10 pg (excluding the title and reference pages)
  • Format: Formal in APA 7th ed format
  • Reference Citations: A minimum of five, recent (past five years), peer-reviewed scholarly references cited in APA 7th ed format.

Unit 4 IP

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Type: Group Project

Unit:  Analyzing Supply Chain Using Tools

Due Date:  Wed, 10/31/18

Deliverable Length:  See assignment details

https://class.ctuonline.edu/_layouts/MUSEViewer/MUSE.aspx?mid=13013673

John and Michael know that to be successful they need to properly staff their company and order the right amount of materials, and to do so, a new forecast method is needed. While they have used a simple forecast up to this point, they no longer believe that method will work for them and the company. They are now coming to you for help in selecting the right forecasting method and to develop an initial forecast.

Individual portion:

The first step in this project requires each member to research and select a relatively new company for which he or she will use as a benchmark. After researching your selected company, come up with a recommendation, for them, on which type of forecasting method they should use and why. Based on the recommendation, you must create a spreadsheet with a 12-month forecast highlighting the key factors used in its development. Your spreadsheet may also contain assumptions that support your argument.

For the Individual Portion of the Group Project, you must submit a spreadsheet consisting of 1,200-1,500 words in which you recommend a specific method of forecasting for your selected company. For full-credit, you must address the following in your spreadsheet:

  • Research and select a relatively new company.
  • Explain the various methods of forecasting to develop an aggregate forecast.
  • Explain which type of forecasting method the company should use and why.
  • Create a spreadsheet with a 12-month forecast highlighting the key factors used in its development.
  • Explain why you chose the method that you did.
  • Provide some assumptions that support your argument.

Please add your file. 

Group portion 

For the Group Portion of the Project, each team member should share his or her ideas and recommendations from the Individual Portion of the Project using the Small Group Discussion Board. Each member should submit their own ideas and recommendations while the group makes and educated consensus on which forecast method is the best. After the forecast method has been chosen by consensus, the group should discuss the pitfalls of the method and determine the consequences of using an inaccurate forecast.

For the Group Portion of the project, the group must submit a report consisting of 900-1,200 words in which they discuss the pitfalls of the selected forecast method chosen. For full-credit, the group must address the following in their report:

  • Explain the chosen forecast method in detail.
  • Explain the pitfalls of the selected forecast method.
  • Determine the consequences of using an inaccurate forecast.
  • Explain why forecasts are always wrong and how the selection of different forecast types might mitigate forecast error. 
  • Explain each member’s ideas/recommendation in detail.
  • Explain how the group came to a consensus on the selected forecasting method.
  • Explain if the selected forecast method would help, John and Michael get Stone Horse Supply Company off and running.

Use the Discussion Board to communicate with other team/group members. Also, the Group Portion of this project should be divided up amongst group members. With the final product being submitted to the Submit Files area by the group leader. The group leader will submit the template to the Submit Files area.

For more information on Group Projects, please read the Group Project Guidelines.

Please add your file.

Scenario:

 In early 1975, brothers John and Michael Phillips founded the Stone Horse Supply Company. John and Michael, both horse riders and horse owners, had developed a horse feed to keep their own horses healthier and happier and found it in demand from other locals and neighbors. In response to that growing local demand, John and Michael converted their small home operation into a rented building in town and went forward with the business of manufacturing and selling specialized horse feeds. 

Through the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, the Rock Horse Food Supply Company enjoyed modest prosperity, providing niche products to the local area with their products selling in most of the nearby counties. However, in early 2006, the situation began to dramatically change. In early 2006, John and Michael were contacted by representative of the largest chain of stores in the region. One of the officers of the large chain was a horse owner and had been buying the special horse feed for his horse. The officer felt that because she enjoyed the product so much and knew that other local customers had used the product and perhaps the product could have success on a statewide or even a national scale. 

Since its onset, John and Michael had run their business on virtually a manual basis. Suppliers were mostly local with sourcing decisions based on the supplier’s proximity. Forecasting and ordering from suppliers were completed through phone calls and faxes with new orders based on manual counts rather than any systematic process. Stone Horse Supply Company often found itself with either excess material or expediting material in from suppliers at the last minute to keep from missing a customer deadline. Likewise, Stone Horse Supply Company was in the same facility it had started in, a smaller facility that had an unusual layout that John and Michael had made minor modifications to through the years to adapt to problems encountered during those years. 

While John and Michael were excited about the prospect of the company and its product becoming a mainstream product with vastly increased sales, they both knew that they were already struggling to meet current customer demand and that the current methods used to run the company would be insufficient as it entered this next phase. More specifically, John and Michael were concerned about the company’s ability to order and maintain the correct inventories to meet the new sales projections or even if many of its suppliers could meet the higher volumes. John and Michael also were concerned about how they would get the materials to Stone Horse Supply Company because they currently used a single company truck to pick up most of the local materials. Finally, John and Michael were deeply concerned about inventory levels and the cash required maintaining those inventories because they were already experiencing excess cost and issues in this area. 

Having decided to move forward, John and Michael’s company faced many questions regarding the new sales opportunity. Both John and Michael knew that while the technology they had to offer was superior to any other product of that type currently on the market, they also knew their company needed help in developing a supply chain strategy to ensure that this fantastic new sales opportunity did not overwhelm the company and end in failure. 

Your task starts with assisting John and Michael with an assessment of their current and desired situations. You will follow with assisting Stone Horse Supply Company in developing a supply chain that will support its future operations while also knowing that now that John and Michael’s product is going mainstream that there is great likelihood that other competitors will follow and that any strategy must address the future competitive landscape of the company.
 

Marketing Mix: Product and Price

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Deliverable Length:  3 pages excluding cover, abstract, and reference pages

  Scenario

Steven Jones recently returned from a week-long hiking trip out West. During the last leg of the journey, Steven’s hiking boot became lodged in an old branch, and he fell. The mishap caused a tear in the meniscus of his right knee. The emergency room physician told him he would need to see an orthopedic physician to get the meniscus repaired.

Steven has high-deductible insurance. When he got home, he searched the Internet to find orthopedic physicians in his community. The first one he found was a 35-physician group with a banner reading, “Your bones knit best with us.” Searching the site, Steven found information on the partners, their research, and some educational materials—but little else. 

The second group he found was called Macomb Orthopedic Group; it was made up of 10 physicians. The Web site contained a profile about each physician as well as price estimates for various procedures. The Web page instructed him how to register and complete the paperwork by downloading it from the site. It also explained how to submit his insurance information so they could supply a written estimate of costs for the procedure.

Write a paper to address the following:

  • Describe in detail the positioning strategy for each of these physician groups.
  • Based on what you see here, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each of these groups? Explain your reasoning.
  • The second group also discusses a concept called “package pricing.” Explain how this works, and include its advantages and disadvantages.
  • What recommendations would you make for these groups as far as their Web presence? 

NOTE: You need to support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources that were published within the past 5 years.

Discussion Due May 27 4:00 EST

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Answer the questions and then post a summary along with your responses. Your summary should be paragraph written responses that reflects your understanding- NOT a simple 1 sentence response. No more than 300 words. Use APA citations/references.

A global survey published in 2019 indicated that 99 percent of the respondents would like to work remotely at least some of the time and 95 percent of the respondents indicated that they encourage others to work remotely.86 In another survey published the same year, 47 percent of respondents indicated that a remote work policy is important to them when looking for a new job. Also, 40 percent indicated they would consider a pay cut for a job that allows them to work from anywhere. Appen, Dell, Appiro, Cisco, Salesforce, ConsenSys, GitHub, Lenovo, Ultimate Software, and Rackspace are among the top tech companies hiring remote workers. The job titles for telecommuters include search engine evaluator, voice data collector, digital project lead, software engineer, and AR/VR solutions architect. Working from home offers some clear advantages for both employees and employers. It also offers some disadvantages, such as lack of control and monitoring; however, this is changing. Using computer-monitoring software, employers are now able to check if employees are working or slacking off. One such software application is InterGuard (Awareness Technologies).

To make telecommuting more productive, some employers set targets for each employee to accomplish in a given period. Other employers review summaries of different Web sites that employees have visited and the amount of time that employees have spent on various Web sites. Some other employers track projects and schedule meetings on shared calendars in order to monitor their employees. Still, other employers require “virtual face time” via e-mail, instant messaging, video chat, or calls.

  1. Is a telecommuting policy a benefit that is essential to attracting top employees to a company? Why or why not?
  2. What types of job functions are suitable for telecommuters?
  3. What are some methods that employers use to monitor their employees?
  4. What is an example of a software tool that is used for employee monitoring? What are the benefits and drawbacks of using employee monitoring software?