This document discusses vision and mission statements, which are important strategic management tools. It provides examples of effective vision and mission statements and explains their key components and benefits. A vision statement describes what an organization wants to become while a mission statement defines its core business and purpose. Developing clear vision and mission statements helps ensure organizational focus and can benefit other strategic planning activities.
The document discusses vision and mission statements for organizations. It explains that a vision statement answers what the organization wants to become, while a mission statement declares the organization's reason for existing and what business it is in. The document provides guidelines for developing vision and mission statements, including having managers provide input and merging statements into a single draft. It also lists the importance of and characteristics for effective vision and mission statements.
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This document discusses vision and mission statements, which are important strategic management tools. It provides examples of effective vision and mission statements and explains their key components and benefits. A vision statement describes what an organization wants to become while a mission statement defines its core business and purpose. Developing clear vision and mission statements helps ensure organizational focus and can benefit other strategic planning activities.
The document discusses vision and mission statements for organizations. It explains that a vision statement answers what the organization wants to become, while a mission statement declares the organization's reason for existing and what business it is in. The document provides guidelines for developing vision and mission statements, including having managers provide input and merging statements into a single draft. It also lists the importance of and characteristics for effective vision and mission statements.
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This document discusses the importance of effective communication for careers and businesses. It explains that communication skills are vital for any role, from employees to entrepreneurs, and help businesses in many ways. The communication process and how it is changing with social media is also examined, noting how audiences receive, decode and respond to messages. The rise of mobile communication as a platform for businesses is outlined, including the challenges it poses with things like small screens while also enhancing productivity and engagement.
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This document outlines key concepts about individuals in organizations, including their intrapersonal experiences and interpersonal relationships. It discusses theories of motivation from Maslow, Herzberg, and Skinner that influence individual behavior. Interpersonal relationships like those between supervisors and employees are important, with factors like leader-member exchange quality impacting work satisfaction and productivity. Effective communication is important for developing quality relationships and achieving organizational outcomes.
This document summarizes a presentation on next generation learning trends and the evolution of learning strategies. It discusses how learning organizations are shifting from traditional training approaches to focus on continuous learning, informal learning opportunities, and cultivating a culture of learning. It also emphasizes the need for learning and development (L&D) organizations to master measurement in order to demonstrate accountability and business impact.
This document provides an overview of business intelligence, analytics, and decision support. It discusses the changing business environment and need for computerized decision support. Key topics covered include the business pressures organizations face, how they respond, and how decision support can help. Frameworks for decision making and business intelligence are presented. The roles of data warehousing, analytics, dashboards and other tools are summarized. Case studies demonstrate real-world applications of business intelligence and analytics.
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1) Professional organizations like PRSA establish codes of conduct to develop ethical standards and advance the profession through education and conferences.
2) Public relations practitioners must balance ethical responsibilities to the public interest, their employer, and professional standards when advocating for clients.
3) As the field progresses toward greater professionalism, practitioners are expected to prioritize ethical conduct and professional standards over client demands through accreditation, education, and an expanding body of knowledge.
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The document discusses vision and mission statements in strategic management. It provides examples of vision and mission statements from various companies and analyzes their key components. A vision statement describes what an organization wants to become while a mission statement defines its business and purpose. Developing a vision and mission involves input from managers and should create unity of purpose. Clear vision and mission statements can benefit strategic planning by guiding objectives and resource allocation.
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This document discusses vision and mission statements. It begins by listing the learning objectives, which include describing vision and mission statements, discussing how to develop them, and their benefits. It then provides information on characteristics of good vision and mission statements, including being short, inspiring, identifying customers and products/services. The document presents examples of statements and evaluates them. It concludes by listing the nine key components that should be included in an effective mission statement.
This document discusses vision and mission statements. It begins by listing the learning objectives, which include describing vision and mission statements, discussing how to develop them, and their benefits. It then provides information on characteristics of good vision and mission statements, including being short, inspiring, identifying customers and products/services. The document presents examples of statements and evaluates them. It concludes by listing the nine key components that should be included in an effective mission statement.
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The document discusses the importance of vision and mission statements for organizations. It provides examples of vision and mission statements from various companies and outlines best practices for developing vision and mission statements, including getting input from managers and treating the statements as living documents. Developing a clear vision and mission is important for providing strategic direction and motivating employees.
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Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8−10 slides (excluding the title slide, table of contents slide, and references slide) that covers the following:
Evaluation of the threats specific to your community (man-made and natural)
Threat mitigation techniques that should be incorporated
Important partnerships that should be maintained with both public and private entities
Cost effectiveness of mitigation versus the expense of response to an incident
Business continuity considerations for returning government services to normal operations
.
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.
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The document discusses the role of ethics and professional organizations in public relations. It provides 3 key points:
1) Professional organizations like PRSA establish codes of conduct to develop ethical standards and advance the profession through education and conferences.
2) Public relations practitioners must balance ethical responsibilities to the public interest, their employer, and professional standards when advocating for clients.
3) As the field progresses toward greater professionalism, practitioners are expected to prioritize ethical conduct and professional standards over client demands through accreditation, education, and an expanding body of knowledge.
This document provides an overview of business ethics and social responsibility. It discusses how individuals develop personal ethics and why ethics are important in the workplace. It also defines social responsibility, identifies key organizational stakeholders, and describes approaches to social responsibility including obstructionist, defensive, accommodative, and proactive stances. The document outlines how social responsibility applies to a firm's relationships with customers, employees, investors, suppliers and local communities.
SocialBBC Susan Warner Developing An Effective Social Media PolicyUrban Interact, Inc.
Social Business Boot Camp & Networking Happy Hour Benefiting National Breast Cancer Foundation March 4th, 2010 @ the Aloft Hotel Downtown Dallas
Speaker Segment: Susan Warner of StaffOne on Developing an Effective Social Media Policy
Twitter Event #SocialBBC
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This document discusses the importance of open standards in building digital learning environments. It begins by noting the increasing number of learning tools and the challenge of scaling digital curriculum without integrated standards. It then discusses how open plug-and-play standards can help integrate tools to improve learner experience and enable data sharing. The remainder of the document outlines the work of IMS Global Learning Consortium communities of practice focused on topics like learning tools/content, analytics, credentials, and accessibility and how they are working to advance relevant standards.
The document discusses the organization and structure of public relations departments and firms. It describes how public relations departments are typically organized in corporations, with most companies having small PR departments of 2-5 employees. It also outlines the different levels of influence PR departments may have as staff functions and their need to cooperate with other departments. Additionally, it discusses the rise of public relations firms and holding companies that own many PR firms globally.
Effective onboarding and employee engagementRamesh Ankathi
This document provides an overview of Cyient, an engineering and technology solutions company, and its approach to corporate social responsibility. It discusses Cyient's focus on education, sanitation, digital literacy and skill development through initiatives like adopting a local school, building sanitation facilities, establishing a digital library, and running training programs. It also outlines Cyient's disaster relief efforts and contributions to innovation initiatives. The company allocates 2% of annual profits to its CSR activities and aims to create lasting social change through small, targeted interventions.
The document discusses vision and mission statements in strategic management. It provides examples of vision and mission statements from various companies and analyzes their key components. A vision statement describes what an organization wants to become while a mission statement defines its business and purpose. Developing a vision and mission involves input from managers and should create unity of purpose. Clear vision and mission statements can benefit strategic planning by guiding objectives and resource allocation.
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This document summarizes key concepts from a textbook about small group communication. It discusses definitions of groups, primary and secondary groups, types of groups like problem-solving and decision-making groups, and virtual small group communication using technology. It also outlines components of the communication process, characteristics of effective teams, challenges groups face, and qualities of competent group communicators.
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This document discusses vision and mission statements. It begins by listing the learning objectives, which include describing vision and mission statements, discussing how to develop them, and their benefits. It then provides information on characteristics of good vision and mission statements, including being short, inspiring, identifying customers and products/services. The document presents examples of statements and evaluates them. It concludes by listing the nine key components that should be included in an effective mission statement.
This document discusses vision and mission statements. It begins by listing the learning objectives, which include describing vision and mission statements, discussing how to develop them, and their benefits. It then provides information on characteristics of good vision and mission statements, including being short, inspiring, identifying customers and products/services. The document presents examples of statements and evaluates them. It concludes by listing the nine key components that should be included in an effective mission statement.
The document discusses training and developing human resources. It covers topics such as career planning from both organizational and individual perspectives, developing needs analyses through tools like assessments and succession planning, and various development approaches organizations can take including on-the-job training, coaching, and management development methods. The goal of development is to improve employees' abilities to handle complex work through judgment, decision-making, and communication.
Harry Prestanski presents an overview of his communications consulting firm HP Communications. He has over 30 years of PR experience and founded the Communications Group, an affiliation of communication firms. HP Communications provides strategic communication services including public relations, crisis communications, and media relations to help clients achieve their goals. They develop comprehensive plans through research, messaging, and evaluating progress against objectives.
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The document discusses the importance of vision and mission statements for organizations. It provides examples of vision and mission statements from various companies and outlines best practices for developing vision and mission statements, including getting input from managers and treating the statements as living documents. Developing a clear vision and mission is important for providing strategic direction and motivating employees.
Ch5QUIZ strategic management concepts &cases 11th edition by Fred حمد بوجرادة
The document discusses the importance of vision and mission statements for organizations. It provides examples of vision and mission statements from various companies and outlines best practices for developing vision and mission statements. An effective vision inspires and guides an organization, while an effective mission statement defines the organization's purpose and primary stakeholders. Developing a shared vision and mission requires input from managers and should be revisited periodically.
The document discusses the challenges of improving IT service delivery and the importance of leadership teams having a shared point of view. It notes that while there are many ideas on improving services, sustained change is difficult without a holistic, insight-based approach. Successful leadership teams have a shared understanding based on common frameworks, models, practices and language. The document outlines nine crucial elements that should be aligned for an effective IT operating model and shares the perspective that has been developed to help leadership teams improve service delivery.
You have been chosen to present in front of your local governing boa.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been chosen to present in front of your local governing board (county commission, city council, etc.) to outline the prevention and preparedness programs that should be implemented in your community.
Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8−10 slides (excluding the title slide, table of contents slide, and references slide) that covers the following:
Evaluation of the threats specific to your community (man-made and natural)
Threat mitigation techniques that should be incorporated
Important partnerships that should be maintained with both public and private entities
Cost effectiveness of mitigation versus the expense of response to an incident
Business continuity considerations for returning government services to normal operations
.
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You have been charged with overseeing the implementation of cybersecurity best practices for EnergyA. In this course, you examined 10 design and security principles (Deception, Separation, Diversity, Commanlity, Depth, Discretion, Collection, Correlation, Awareness, Response) in the context of national and critical infrastructure protection
.
You have been commissioned to create a manual covering the installat.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been commissioned to create a manual covering the installation planning issues relating to the following network servers:
A domain controller
A DNS server
A Terminal Access Gateway
A Web server
A database server
A file and print server
In covering the installation planning issues, you should provide hardware advice in terms of a) system capabilities (internal and input/output); b) which systems should be replicated to ensure high availability [assume 99.999% uptime]; and c) which systems can be co-located on one or more virtualized servers
.
You have been challenged by a mentor you respect and admire to demon.docxmaxinesmith73660
A mentor has challenged you to demonstrate your commitment to early childhood by choosing an issue affecting children's development, examining it in your state, and identifying advocacy strategies to champion the cause.
You have been chosen as the consultant group to assess the organizat.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been chosen as the consultant group to assess the organization’s readiness to perform in a high value care environment
(better care, lower cost)
. Using the tools in
CEO Checklist
(ATTACHED)
how would you brief management in your assessment of the organization under those principles?
Interview key stakeholders in the organization to gain information and categorize in the subsection provided in the checklist (ATTACHED).
Two Pages (one for each element)
Please focus on these two elements as these are my sections to complete!
1) Governance priority—visible and determined leadership by CEO and Board (one page)
2) Culture of continuous improvement—commitment to ongoing, real-time learning (one page)
Thanks!
.
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You have been assigned a reading by WMF Petrie; Diospolis Parva (posted as a pdf folder).
You needn’t read the whole volume; I would like you to concentrate on pp.(4-12) which outlines Petrie’s method.
Further information about Petrie’s method can be found in Bard in box 5-A, pp. 100-102.
For this discussion, answer the following questions;
1. Why does Petrie invent sequence dating? What kinds of artifacts does Petrie use to construct his relative sequence?
2. Why is the following statement important for “anchoring” Petrie’s method in time?
“The most clear series of derived forms is that of the wavy handled vases (Class W)…side by side with this (Class) W pottery… we have seen to be later than the rest, as it links to the historic age… lettered L,” (Petrie 1901:5).
3. Why do you think Petrie’s method reflects the passage of time?
Your answer should be 3-4 paragraphs.
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You have been asked to speak to city, municipal, and state elected a.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to speak to city, municipal, and state elected and appointed officials who investigate disaster management at the next governmental meeting. Your main task is to recommend policy actors who could be involved in disaster management planning after a catastrophic event. These individuals will be involved during the entire process.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation to guide your presentation. Be sure to address the following:
Identify key local, state, and federal partners as policy actors.
Provide rationale for the selection of each policy actor.
Determine how these specific people will aid the community amid the devastation.
As you develop your PowerPoint, you may wish to interview someone in your community that is involved in disaster planning. Interviews can be conducted in-person, via telephone, or by email. However, this is not required. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length: 12 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 200 words for each slide
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style.
.
You have been asked to provide a presentation, covering the history .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to provide a presentation, covering the history of the juvenile court system in the United States. In your history, be sure to address the following issues:
10-12 slides
When was the first juvenile court established?
What was the child-saver movement during the 1800s? How did this social movement lead to the creation establishment of the juvenile justice
system?
What is
parens patriae
, and how has this concept influenced juvenile courts in the United States?
Identify and describe 2 significant changes in the legal rights of juvenile offenders since the establishment of the juvenile justice
system.
3-4 paragraphs
Peter is a 14-year-old boy living in New York in the year 1870. Peter has stolen a horse and has been arrested by local law enforcement.
Discuss what life may have been like for Peter as a young person in the United States at this time.
How were young people treated in everyday life?
How were their criminal actions handled?
How would Peter's punishment be different as compared to an adult who was arrested for the same crime?
.
You have been asked to organize a community health fair at a loc.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to organize a community health fair at a local public school. The health fair will provide information and education on the following topics related to health promotion:
*Immunizations
*Importance of healthy diet and exercise
*Avoidance of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol
*Responsible sexual behaviors (use of condoms, risk of sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and concerns related to unintended pregnancies)
*Injury and violence prevention (motor vehicle crashes, firearms, poisonings, suffocation, falls, fires, and drowning)
The volunteers who will be manning the stations are from the health care community (i.e., doctors, nurses, dietitians, and social workers). You want to ensure that the team members take into consideration the familial health traditions, personal beliefs, and the values of the people who will be attending the health fair. In a three- to four-page paper (excluding title and reference pages), address the following points:
-Identify potential areas where health care providers’ culture may influence the treatment approach/recommendations, which may be in conflict with the health belief of a community member’s culture and practices.
-Describe the differences.
-Describe the role, if any, social control will play in the development of the educational materials presented by differentiating health and wellness rituals among people of different cultures.
-Recommend potential strategies that the health care team can use when faced with a cultural practice that conflicts with the medical model.
-Recommend strategies to increase community participation and enhance the relationships/partnerships between the medical community and members of the culturally diverse community.
The Critical Thinking Paper
^Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.
^Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
^Must document all sources in APA style.
^Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.
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You have been asked to explain the differences between certain categ.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to explain the differences between certain categories of crimes. For each of the following categories of crime, provide a general definition of the category of crime and give at least 2 detailed examples of specific crimes that fall into each category:
Violent crimes
Crimes against persons
Crimes against property
Crimes of public morality
White-collar crime
Cyber crime
Then, for the following scenarios, discuss the categories of crimes involved in each scenario, and explain the specific criminal charges that you would apply to each scenario. You can utilize the Library, Internet, and other resources to research the criminal statutes of a state of your choice to help you determine which criminal charges should be applied:
David S. was running around a public park at 3 AM without his clothes on, singing and shouting loudly. Police arrived after neighbors called to complain. They saw David S. tipping over a garbage can and when they shouted for him to stop, he threw the garbage can into a car, breaking one of its side windows. The police arrested David S. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit.
Gary M. was arrested by the FBI when he showed up at a local mall to meet a 14-year-old girl for a date, which he arranged over the Internet. He didn't know that the “14-year-old girl" was actually a 35-year-old male FBI agent.
Elaine R. was an accountant working for a large corporation. She had been falsifying the accounting records and sending some of the corporate funds to her own bank accounts in an offshore bank. The corporation found out what she had been doing and reported her to the police.
Your complete answer to this assignment should be 1–3 pages.
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You have been asked to evaluate a 3-year-old child in your clinic. .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to evaluate a 3-year-old child in your clinic. Riley’s mother is concerned that “her speech has sounded “bumpy” over the last two weeks. She also reports that Riley has a cousin who stutters. During the evaluation, Riley demonstrated occasional whole word repetitions and hesitations in her speech. She did not appear to notice these disfluencies.
.
You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict and describe the architecture of two (2) unrelated software systems. The first system is for an automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station. The second system is for a computer-controlled video conferencing system, located in a corporate office and accessible to senior management that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Create two (2) UML diagrams, one (1) showing a conceptual view and one (1) showing a process view of the architectures for each of the two (2) following systems (for a total of four [4] diagrams) through the use of Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, Dia.
Note:
The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
An automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station.
A computer-controlled, video-conferencing system that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Describe how you created the conceptual and process view for all four (4) diagrams. In the description, be sure to provide a justification for each key decision in the design.
Explain how you arrived at your final solution for the four (4) conceptual and process view diagrams that you have created.
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 Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.
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You have been asked to create UML diagrams depicting the conceptual and process views of two unrelated software systems: 1) an automated ticket-issuing system for a railway station, and 2) a computer-controlled video conferencing system for a corporate office. You must create two diagrams for each system (one conceptual view diagram and one process view diagram), for a total of four diagrams. You then need to write a 3-5 page paper describing how you created the diagrams and justifying the key design decisions.
You have been asked to develop a quality improvement (QI) process fo.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to develop a quality improvement (QI) process for your medical facility employer. You have previously established the skill sets required for QI team members. The chief information officer has asked you what areas you will be analyzing and how you will determine if your project was successful or not. Complete the following:
Write a paper that details the method that you will use to quantitatively and qualitatively measure your QI process for various QI areas in your health care facility.
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You have been asked to design and deliver a Microsoft PowerPoint pre.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to design and deliver a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to your team regarding the upgrade and the integration of the WATCH network into SHG's Active Directory forest. Since your team is geographically dispersed, you must create the slides and record the presentation so that when you distribute it to your team, they can watch and listen to the recording to understand the upgrade and integration.
You will need to do the following:
Explain how to integrate the existing WATCH networking standards, protocols, and access methods.
Select which is the most appropriate protocols and access standard to use without any loss of existing functionality to the billing department, the intranet, or the existing Internet site.
These functionalities will be migrated later, but for now your team needs only the migration plans for the administrative and bookkeeping functions.
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You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system needs to allow employees to locate and schedule professional development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees’ calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking to allow employees to determine who is attending conferences and events. This will promote fostering relationships and ensure coverage of conferences that are considered of high importance.
Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications to management personnel whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete professional-development requirements is approaching and is not yet satisfied.
There are several types of architectural views. For the given scenario, develop 2 architectural views.
There must be enough detail for the design to be handed off to an implementation team.
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You have been asked to conduct research on a past forensic case to a.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to conduct research on a past forensic case to analyze how digital data was used to solve the case. Choose one of the following digital forensic cases:
S. v. Doe (1983), Doe U.S. (1988), People Sanchez (1994), Michelle Theer (2000), Scott Tyree (2002), Dennis Rader (2005), Corey Beantee Melton (2005), James Kent (2007), Brad Cooper (2008)
Using the Stayer Library or the Internet, search for the case notes and reports for the case and answer the following:
Summarize the case, the pertinent actors, evidence, and facts.
Outline the specific digital evidence that was used in the case.
Describe how the investigators found and documented the evidence, if any.
Describe the procedures and tool(s) used for acquiring potential evidence.
Describe the obstacles faced in the investigation.
Outline the most significant improvement to digital forensic investigations/tools that assisted with efficiency and reliability.
Provide the links to two modern tools that could have assisted with the collection of evidence.
Use at least five (5) 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.
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You have been asked for the summary to include the following compone.docxmaxinesmith73660
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Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications, which will allow managers to receive notice whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete a professional-development requirement is approaching and it has not yet been completed. Because the expenditure has been approved for the project, it is now time to justify the start-up of the project with a business case.
Using the above scenario, develop a business case and project charter (2–3 pages each). Include the following:
Section 1: Business Case (Unit 1)
Description of the problem or opportunity being presented to the business
Costs and benefits of each alternative solution
Recommended solution needed for approval
List of alternative solutions, feasibility of each in a table, and the selected solution
Section 2: Project Charter and WBS (Unit 1)
Identify project vision
Define scope of project
List project deliverables
List roles and responsibilities
List risks, issues, and assumptions
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Discuss the real meaning of Internet of Things and its impact everything that has the ability to communicate.
What types of “Things” communicate within the IoT concept?
How do these types of “Things” communicate?
How do “mobile technologies” relate to IoT?
Provide definitions for the following concepts within the IoT sphere:
RFID, Sensors, Smart technology and Nano technology
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Pamela Tolbert and Lynne Zucker (1996),
Tim Kuhn (2005)
Institutionalization
habitualization phase must
occur, whereby the innovation becomes part of patterned
approaches to
problem solving usually used by a limited set of individuals
who have contact
with each other across organizations
f the
innovation, often
based on limited knowledge about the specifics of the
innovation but
agreement that based on convincing arguments of merit the
innovation has
significant potential.
he value of the
72. 4. How are social classes represented?
5. Describe abuses of power
6. Do stories, rituals, and events sustain hierarchical and
patriarchal systems?
7. Is decision making characterized by domination or
codetermination? How can change occur?
8. How is rationality conceptualized and presented?
9. How do institutions influence particular organizations?
10. How do global cultural differences influence organizational
collaborations?
11. Describe how technology influences issues of power,
marginalization, culture, and
participation in decision making
Figure 2.3
Analyzing Organizational Problems
BBA 2026, Organizational Communication 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit II
73. Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
3. Distinguish between the responsibilities of communicators at
different levels of an organization.
3.1 Classify message directions within organizations.
7. Discuss the impact that organizational culture has on
employees, processes, and functions within an
organization.
7.1 Identify factors that adhere to various approaches for
studying organizational communication.
7.2 Categorize factors associated with major organizational
theories.
7.3 Evaluate the organizational culture within an organization.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 2:
Perspectives for Organizational Communication
Chapter 3:
Communication Implications of Major Organizational Theories
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Presentation.
74. Unit Lesson
Would you rather swim with sharks or whales? The answer to
this question may seem straightforward, but
within businesses and other organizations such a metaphor can
be formed to describe the culture of an
organization. Observing organizational culture is just one way
to critically evaluate the structure and function
of an organization and the effectiveness of the communication
processes within. According to Daniela (2013),
“Knowledge of organizational behavior helps to better
understand oneself and other people” (p.1555).
Employing perspectives including functional tradition, the
Meaning-Centered approach, and emerging
perspectives can provide a way to focus questions for studying
organizations and their communication
implications (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015). In addition, there are
also theories to consider that can help
conceptualize the phenomenon of organizational operations
from various viewpoints such as scientific
management, human behavior, postmodern, critical, and
feminist perspectives (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015).
Each of these perspectives can enhance the study of
organizational communication from various viewpoints
and provide one with tools to study individuals and groups
within these organizations.
The key focus in this unit will be on the influence that
organizational culture, also known as corporate culture,
has on overall operations and communication practices. Using
this perspective, one can observe how
organizational culture influences operations, members, and
leadership within an organization. Additionally,
one can see how these elements interact to create and preserve a
vibrant, efficient, and effective culture for
75. the well-being of the organization (including employees,
external stakeholders, and the overall success and
longevity of an organization).
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Organizational Culture
To begin, it is important to understand what organizational
culture means. Shockley-Zalabak (2015) defines
organizational culture as a sense that organizations create
through specific ways of accomplishing tasks and
communicating internally and externally. Organizational culture
76. “reflects the shared realities and shared
practices in the organization and how they create and shape
organizational events” (Shockley-Zalabak, 2015,
p. 46). Additionally, Jones (2010) defines organizational culture
as the “set of shared values and norms that
control organizational members’ interactions with each other
and with suppliers, customers, and other people
outside the organization” (p. 179). Culture can help or hinder
organizational effectiveness because
organizational culture can influence the way members make
decisions, interpret and manage the
environment, decide what is done with information, and
determine how members behave (Jones, 2010).
Hence, organizational culture can have a profound effect on a
company’s competitive position in the market
as well as on the members within the organization. Doina,
Mirela, and Constantin (2008) explain that
“companies have ‘cultures’ as people have ‘personalities’” (p.
560). The culture of a company is composed of
its collection of beliefs and reactions that are almost
“instinctive, of heroes and negative characters, of
realizations, interdictions and commandments” (Doina et al.,
2008, p. 560). The idea of heroes and negative
characters is very interesting, for such characters can represent
members or leaders within an organization.
Organizational Culture as a Metaphor: Sharks or Whales
There are many ways to describe an organization’s culture.
Referring back to the metaphor of sharks and
whales, a culture that is made up of whales can be described as
cooperative and supportive. A culture that is
composed of sharks can be described as ultra-competitive and
ruthless. Both organizational cultures can be
observed in companies present in the market place, institutions,
and non-profit arenas, but what is important
77. is not to mix these two varying ideologies by placing a shark
leader in a culture of whales or dropping a whale
type employee in shark infested waters.
An organization’s culture can be a powerful influence on day-
to-day operations. “Cultural inclinations are well
entrenched. But it’s possible to draw on the positive aspects of
culture, turning them to your advantage, and
offset some of the negative aspects as you go” (Katzenback,
Steffen, & Kronley, 2012, p. 111). For example,
in an organization it is important to recognize creative
employees and enhance the culture by taking
advantage of the skill sets and innovative ideas the employees
want to share by reinforcing a cooperative
environment where information sharing is rewarded. “One of
the greatest challenges of guiding cultural
change, development, or stability, is influencing the
organization to follow the same guiding principles, to
understand the values and priorities, and to make choices
consistent with how we want the culture to operate”
(Nicol, 2014, p. 34). Maintaining a culture of whales can be a
challenge, and using the values that epitomize
the organization’s missions can help this endeavor succeed.
Organizational Culture: Morale and Cooperativeness
Organizational culture can affect the level of cooperativeness
found within an organization. Workplace culture
can affect employee satisfaction levels for the job or contribute
to employee burn-out (Watts, Robertson,
Winter, & Leeson, 2013). Grant (2013) purports that a
significant predictor of group or cultural effectiveness is
the amount of help that employees and team members give one
another. Grant (2013) contends that in an
organization that invests “extensive time and energy in
coaching, teaching, and consulting with their
78. colleagues,” the productivity and effectiveness of an
organization improves (p. 8). The organization in a
whale-type culture must establish “an environment in which
customers and suppliers feel that their needs are
the organization's top priority” (Grant, 2013, para. 10). Grant
refers to this type as an organizational culture of
givers.
Conversely, Grant (2013) explains how company culture can
also stack employees against each other for the
control of resources, which makes it ineffective for them to
provide help to others unless they can expect a
reciprocal investment. In this type of culture, employees who
pour out to others unselfishly and freely provide
information and resources soon find out the negatives of this
type of cooperative behavior, for the “takers
exploit them by monopolizing their time or even stealing their
ideas. Over time, employees anticipate taking-
behavior and protect themselves by operating like takers or by
becoming matchers, who expect and seek
reciprocity whenever they give help” (Grant, 2013, para. 15).
The culture of an organization and how the
culture can be positively or negatively affected by supporting
and condoning either value system. Grant
(2013) posits that an ineffective organization can be turned
around to a more cooperative style by
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79. employing three practices: facilitate help-seeking, recognize
and reward givers, and screen out takers. Thus,
a whale-type culture that supports a spirit of cooperation can
maintain or improve an organizational culture.
Organizational Culture: Overcoming Conflict
An organization’s culture can influence how members involved
in that culture make decisions and view
conflict. “The more talented an individual, the greater the risk
that they’ll leave” if the employee feels
disrespected and unsupported in the organizational culture
(Meshanko, 2013, p. 8). This would be an
example of a whale member swimming with the sharks, so it is
important to get the right fit. When employees
are on board with the culture and direction of the company,
leaders can continue to inspire positive changes
to the culture through clear communication of values, providing
rewards and public acknowledgments for
employee contributions and innovate ideas, and removing fear
of retribution for making mistakes (Davis,
2010).
Davis (2010) offers an example of changing a component of
corporate culture by using the blame game as an
example. The author contends that when endeavoring to resolve
conflicts and establishing processes to solve
problems, and leaders perpetuate a culture of blaming other
departments or individuals, this component of the
culture will not change. The leaders on top instill this behavior
by reemploying and reinforcing its use. To
overcome this negative component of organizational culture and
others there are two methods Davis (2010)
suggests employing. First, leaders must create “inspiring
80. customs that enable employees and managers to
creatively work together without sabotage or blame” (Davis,
2010, pp. 10-11). Next, leaders must
communicate the “destructive power of negative thoughts to
sabotage desired outcomes” (Davis, 2010, p.
11). In using the blame game example, one way to overcome
this would be to incorporate new practices to
resolve conflict at every level using “curiosity rather than
blame” (Davis, 2010, p. 11). The example of the
blame game is a tendency for employees in organizations with
shark-type leaders in place to begin using as a
means to demonstrate each individuals own effectiveness in the
company. However, this is counterproductive
to productivity and morale. A whale-type leader can instill a
sense of safety and reinforce a spirit of
cooperation among employees to enhance the culture and
increase productivity.
An organization can be positively or negatively influenced by
how members communicate with one another.
Pirjol and Maxim (2012) found that organizational culture
guides employees to meet certain expectations.
Members of an organization can “create misunderstandings,
quarrels, frustration and all this leads to a drastic
decrease in performance. Usually employees are frustrated not
by their work, but by the working environment,
by colleagues, by managers, by the fact that they are not
appreciated” (Pirjol & Maxim, 2012, p. 374). Thus,
the influence of organizational culture is significant. An
example of a successful company culture made up of
whales is the company Federal Express. Doyle (2013) reveals
that the practice of leaders fostering a culture
of people first, then profit helps the company stay competitive.
According to Doyle (2013), “FedEx’s People
Service Profit (P-S-P) corporate philosophy takes care of the
people who deliver impeccable service to the
81. company” (p. 37). When the company culture to cultivate and
nurture its employees is a primary focus, then
the employees will take care of the customers.
Organizational Culture: Leadership
The way in which a high-level leader chooses to fill his or her
position can affect the company culture.
Valentine (2012) explains that “cultural leadership indicates the
degree to which cultural ideologies and
expressive behaviors are affected by leadership” (p. 130). There
is much research in the field that supports
this supposition. A leader in a high position of authority and
influence can directly affect a company’s culture
and thus improve it or diminish it. Drawing on the initial
analogy of culture as sharks and whales—if an
organization places a shark-type leader in a key leadership
position within an organization made up of
whales, the results could be disastrous and many casualties
would be a result (including a decrease in
productivity and buy-in to the new company mission and values,
lowered morale, and increased turnover
rate). On the other hand, if a whale were placed over a company
composed of sharks, then the whale would
not long be in the position but be eaten alive by the aggressive
culture. Some organizations foster a company
culture that reinforces shark behavior, whereas others foster a
culture that is conducive to a whale-type
mentality. It is important to place the right person in the
position that fits the best. The focus of this discussion
will be on ways to reinforce a whale-type culture by placing a
whale-type leader in a leadership position.
Organizational culture can be influenced positively or
negatively based on communication techniques. Paul
and Berry (2013) conducted a study using questionnaires to
82. determine the significance that executive leaders
had on organizational culture in a post-merged organizational
environment. The findings suggest that leaders
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in authoritative positions had a profound impact on maintaining
or changing organizational culture. Some
specific areas that leaders can engage employees in include
exemplifying the values of the organization as a
leader and communicating to employees the “mission, vision,
and strategy” of the organization (Paul & Berry,
2013, p. 9).
Rogers (2013) supplies an example of leadership positively
affecting a company culture that was causing the
company to falter in the market. The new leader changed the
culture to one of accountability and began to
communicate the business plan and expectations of the company
mission, vision, and values to employees
and external stakeholders (Rogers, 2013). The turnaround of the
company was evidenced as productivity
increased, and the company repositioned itself as a competitive
player in the market once again (Roberts,
2013). One way to describe a healthy company culture is one
that is flexible, transparent, and responsive
(Battley, 2013). However, it also must be clearly aligned with
83. the organization’s strategic objectives and
priorities.
Organizational Culture: Decision Making
The systems in an organization can have a significant effect
upon the culture of a group and influence how
decisions are made. Shockley-Zalabak (2015) reveals that an
open system within an organization continually
takes in new information; whereas, a closed system “lacks input
communication, making it difficult to make
good decisions and stay current” (p. 30) with the needs of the
members/employees. For example, if a leader
is not accessible or distances him or herself from employees,
the impact on the culture could be negative.
The trust in the leader can favorably influence the cohesion of
the group (Doina et al., 2008). The influence
the closed or open system has on a culture can positively or
negatively influence the productivity of its
employees. Organizational culture is a topic that can affect
anyone who works with a group of people in
various arenas.
In order to influence organizational culture positively, there are
certain skills that leaders in positions of
authority and influence should employ. Schoemaker, Krupp, and
Howland (2013) reveal that the ability to
“anticipate, challenge, interpret, decide, align, and learn” (p.
131) are all important techniques for effective
leaders to employ. If a leader believes and exemplifies the value
system of the organizational culture, then
employing these six techniques to instill the values and norms
in every decision and operating procedure can
be a useful strategy for maintaining and improving the culture.
This effective management style is confirmed
in McClean, Burris, and Detert’s (2013) findings that state if a
84. leader is responsive to employees’ suggestions
for change and improvement and supports a culture of
cooperation and openness, then employees will
respond. However, if the leader is not open to enhancing the
operations and culture, then many good
employees will leave the company. The tendency is to replace
the employees that buy in to the values of the
company with those who buy in to the values of the new
leadership that may at times be against the original
culture.
To be an effective leader and positively influence
organizational culture, research suggests that leaders
should balance warmth and strength rather than heavy
handedness (Cuddy, Kohut, & Neffinger, 2013). The
researchers found that leaders who are personable and well-
liked have a greater chance of success than
those who are disliked (Cuddy et al., 2013). Leaders who
emphasize their credentials, competence, and
operate using fear tactics are found to be less effective. Hence,
employees are less comfortable swimming in
a sea surrounded by sharks. Cuddy et al. (2013) explain that
“fear can undermine cognitive potential,
creativity, and problem solving, and cause employees to get
stuck and even disengage” (p. 56). That is why it
is important to place the right leader in the right position. If the
culture that needs to be maintained or fostered
is one of cooperation, then a whale-type leader that supports
these values should be put in place. When
coming into a new leadership position, “begin with warmth”
rather than leading with an iron fist (Cuddy et al.,
2013, p. 56). Cuddy et al. (2013) continue that “warmth is the
conduit of influence: It facilitates trust and the
communication and absorption of ideas” (p. 56). This is in stark
contrast to some leaders who attempt to
change a company culture through tyrannical leadership
85. techniques, or shark antics. Cuddy et al. (2013)
purport that the most effective way to lead and influence
company culture is to balance their competence with
qualities of warmth and strength.
Conclusion
Organizational culture is a real and vibrant component of
organizational operations. As evidenced through
various publications in the field, organizational culture can be
positively or negatively influenced by leaders
and members within an organization. In order to maintain and
even enhance an organization’s culture, it is
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imperative to position people that will uphold the same values
and beliefs of the culture. This will ensure that
leaders and members will support the culture and exemplify the
behaviors needed to reinforce the established
culture rather than tear it down. An effective culture will
support the mission and vision of the institute and set
members up for success. As research has shown, leaders can
influence the culture or an organization in
positive or negative ways. It is important for leaders and
members within an organization to be cognizant of
the phenomenon known as organizational culture and work to
86. support the mission and value system that
he/she is put in place to support. Would you rather swim with
sharks or whales? It depends on whether you
are a shark or a whale.
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