Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?

For this project, Select an organization that has leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an attempt to improve profitability or to give them a competitive advantage.  Research the organization to understand the challenges that they faced and how they intended to use Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.  The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.

• Company Overview:  The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.
• Challenges: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.
• Solution:  Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?  Did they meet their objectives for fall short?
• Conclusion:  Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.
Requirements:

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages.  There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page.  Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due. The body of the paper should be 3 pages in length.

Identify if the manager was acting as a manger or a leader. 

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

There are many roles that a manager must play in a business. Many times it is situational. The manager must plan, organize, control, provide resources to do the job, and lead. When a manager leads, they must at times delegate, motivate, and communicate.

In addition to the Intellipath lessons from Week 1, please take a look at the following video then answer the questions below:

Leader versus Manager

  • Describe a time where you were influenced by a manager (either good or bad.)
  • Identify if the manager was acting as a manger or a leader.
  • Explain the outcome and whether it was effective.
What kind of actions and procedures differentiates an ethical hacker from a malicious hacker?

Question 1

Below list shows the five phases of hacking in random order. Place them in the correct order into the table below:

 

1. Covering Tracks

2. Gaining Access

3. Maintaining Access

4. Reconnaissance

5. Scanning and Enumeration

 

Below list shows actions/methods/tools that are used within five hacking phases. Select three of them for each hacking phase, and fill out the table below accordingly.

 

1. Backdoors

2. Buffer overflow

3. Dumpster diving

4. Hide files

5. Login a wireless access point with the default password

6. Network mapper

7. Network Sniffing

8. Ping sweep

9. Port scan

10. Remove log files

11. Rootkits

12. SQL injection

13. Trojans

14. Use VPN

15. Watch the outside of the building

 

Describe each of the phases in one or two sentences.

 

  Place phases into this column in the correct order. Action-1 Action-2 Action-2
Phase-1        
Phase-2        
Phase-3        
Phase-4        
Phase-5        

 

Question 2

What kind of actions and procedures differentiates an ethical hacker from a malicious hacker?

Describe how Whole Foods built its competitive advantage.

Whole Foods Five Competitive Forces

 

Assessment Description

In this assignment, students will research competitive advantage. By learning this concept, students will understand the necessity of a consumer’s problem and a company’s product or service as a solution to that problem.

In 500 words or more, address the following:

Describe how Whole Foods built its competitive advantage.

What IT assets and capabilities does Whole Foods utilize?

Assess Whole Foods’ competitive environment by describing the following five competitive forces:

1. The potential threat of new entrants/competitors

2. The bargaining power of buyers

3. The bargaining power of suppliers

4. The threat of substitute products/services

5. Industry competitors

Note: Use Figure 2.3 in the textbook as a guide.

This assignment requires the use of at least two additional scholarly research sources published within the last 5 years. Include at least one in-text citation from each cited source.

What are the advantages to good communication?

By the due date assigned respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area.

Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Support your answers with examples and research and cite your research using the APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible.

Internal Business Communication

For this week’s discussion assignment, find an internal communication document (this could be e-mail, newsletter, or other internal means of communicating with staff) that you have seen either in your current organization or another organization that you are familiar with.

Based on your analysis of the chosen business document, complete the following tasks:

Post the document as an attachment.

Provide a one paragraph summary at the beginning of your initial post detailing who the intended audience is for this document as well as what the intended message is.

Then, choose one of the following bullet points.

Rewrite the document in your own words using the different concepts that you learned about written communication in Week 1 and Week 2 of the course. Post your rewritten document to the discussion as well. Provide a one paragraph summary note that details at least two principles or concepts (with research citation support) that you used for re-writing the document

Assess any problems that you see in the business document, using research to support your conclusions. Compose a succinct paragraphing detailing the importance of effective written communication both as an individual and as a team member. For example:

What are the advantages to good communication?

Why are there so many communication problems within an organization when it is such an important aspect of a successful organization?

Analyze the likelihood that John would be found guilty of sexually harassing Martha. If found in Martha’s favor, what should the HR manager do to remedy the situation within the workplace?

Case Analysis

Analyze the following situation:

Martha has worked for John for two years. About 6 months ago, John asked Martha out to dinner. They had a good time together and agreed that they had some real interests in common outside of work. The pair dated for two months. Martha initially liked John, but he was beginning to get annoying.  John called her all the time, was very pushy about her seeing him, and wanted to control all aspects of her life, both at work and at home. Martha decided to call it off. When she told John that she did not want to see him personally anymore, he went crazy on her. He told her she would be sorry and that he would see to it that she regretted it.

John began to make life miserable for Martha at work. She suddenly started to get poor performance evaluations after two years of exemplary reviews. Even the managers above John were beginning to make comments about her poor attitude.  Martha decided it was time to act. She was worried she would be fired, all because John wanted her to continue to date him. She loved her job and knew she did quality work. She made an appointment with the HR manager.

Using the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, and the two basic types of sexual harassment as described in our lecture ( quid pro quo and hostile work environment), assess the type of sexual harassment Martha is experiencing.

Evaluate the obligations of the HR manager once Martha reports her concerns. If the HR manager investigates and finds Martha is telling the truth, what steps should be taken to comply with the EEOC? How does HRM offer an affirmative defense and prevail in a lawsuit.

Analyze the likelihood that John would be found guilty of sexually harassing Martha. If found in Martha’s favor, what should the HR manager do to remedy the situation within the workplace?

Submission Details:

· Submit your report in a 4 to 5 page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.

What seem to be the key focal points of the code of ethics?

Instructions

Project: Communication Ethics

This course has major project assignments due in  Week 3 and  Week 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and work on those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due.

Communication Ethics

In this assignment, you will learn to critically evaluate the code of ethics practiced in the corporate world.

Complete the following tasks:

· Find an example of an actual corporate code of ethics (you may also use the code of ethics from your current employment).

· Critique the code of ethics by addressing the following questions:

· What seem to be the key focal points of the code of ethics?

· Does the firm urge all its employees to uphold the code and perform only in ethically acceptable ways? How?

· Does the code discuss the firm’s values and reflect the corporate culture? How?

· Recommend at least three improvements the organization could make to its code of ethics.

Support your answers with examples and reasoning.

Submission Details:

· Submit your assignment as a 3 to 4 pages Microsoft Word document, using APA style.

· Support your answers with examples, reasoning, and research.

Identify an example from your professional career in which both highly favorable and unfavorable variances occurred.

Several tools are available to managers to assist them in evaluating organizational performance, one of them being variance analysis. Variance analysis compares actual costs and quantities with standard costs and quantities. The results from a variance analysis are important for helping managers control costs (price variances) and identify areas where organizational performance and efficiency can be improved (quantity variances). In this Discussion, you will use an example from your professional career to consider the role of variance analysis in the decision-making processes for an organization.

To prepare for this Discussion:

· Consider the role of variance analysis in decision making and how understanding variances, both favorable and unfavorable, might help contribute to improved organizational efficiency.

· Identify an example from your professional career in which both highly favorable and unfavorable variances occurred.

 

Post an explanation of the role of variance analysis in managerial decision making, to include the following: (the assignment should be 300 words or more)

· Describe an example from your professional career in which both highly  favorable and  unfavorable variances occurred.

· Identify what stakeholders were most affected by these variances.

· Explain how understanding these variances could have helped you as a manager in this situation to make better decisions.

 

 

 

References

 

https://openstax.org/books/principles-managerial-accounting/pages/8-2-compute-and-evaluate-materials-variances

https://openstax.org/books/principles-managerial-accounting/pages/8-3-compute-and-evaluate-labor-variances

https://openstax.org/books/principles-managerial-accounting/pages/8-5-describe-how-companies-use-variance-analysis