This document summarizes an interview with a student using a university research opportunities website. The student's major is AGPM with a CS minor. They were hoping the website would provide information on available research opportunities and fields being researched. Previous experiences using the site were that it was difficult to navigate and find relevant information. The student wants the site to better emphasize and promote current research projects to attract students. They hope to find potential research opportunities to get involved in during future visits to the site.
Behind the Scenes of a Market and Competitive Intelligence PlatformContify
Market and Competitive Intelligence platform is a reliable solution for providing actionable insights to organizations; hence, building such a platform comes with a lot of challenges.
Read more to find out the challenges faced while building a Market and competitive intelligence platform: https://www.contify.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-a-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platform/?utm_source=Slideshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic_2020
Behind the Scenes of a Market and Competitive Intelligence PlatformContify
Market and Competitive Intelligence platform is a reliable solution for providing actionable insights to organizations; hence, building such a platform comes with a lot of challenges.
Read more to find out the challenges faced while building a Market and competitive intelligence platform:https://www.contify.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-a-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platform/?utm_source=Slideshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic_2020
As the internet becomes the critical hub for all business and personal communications, discover ten trends that will allow businesses and individuals to differentiate themselves and succeed online.
Jay Berkowitz, CEO, Ten Golden Rules (Twitter @JayBerkowitz)
From 'Being Digital' to Becoming a 'Digital Being'Cognizant
While it’s true that digital transformation requires strong top-down leadership and impeccable technical skills, high-performing organizations must also go one step further: They need to acquire, nurture and retain the talent necessary to lead the charge.
Week 10 Term Paper SubmissionIf you are using the Blackboard Mobil.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 10 Term Paper Submission
If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser."
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Term Paper Project: Designing a Secure Network
Due Week 10 and worth 190 points
This term paper involves putting together the various concepts learned throughout this course. You are tasked with designing the most secure network possible, keeping in mind your goal of supporting three (3) IT services: email, file transfer (centralized), and VPN. Your first step is to design a single network capable of supporting there three (3) different services. Once you have fully designed your network, you will need to provide three (3) workflow diagrams explaining how your designed network handles the three (3) different transactions. The first is an internal user sending an email using his / her corporate email address to a user on the Yahoo domain with an arbitrary address of
[email protected]
The second workflow diagram should show a user initiating an FTP session from inside your network to the arbitrary site of ftp.netneering.com. The third workflow is an externally located employee initiating a VPN session to corporate in order to access files on the Windows desktop computer, DT-Corp534-HellenS, at work.
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you complete the following three (3) Parts. Note: Please use the following page breakdown to complete your assignment:
Overall network diagram: One (1) page
Datapath diagrams: Three (3) pages (one for each diagram)
Write-up: six to ten (6-10) pages
Part 1
Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a diagram showing the overall network you’ve designed from the user or endpoint device to the Internet cloud, and everything in between, in which you:
Follow the access, core, distribution layer model.
Include at a minimum:
Authentication server (i.e. Microsoft Active Directory)
Routers
Switches (and / or hubs)
Local users
Remote users
Workstations
Files share (i.e. CIFS)
Mail server
Web servers (both internal and external)
Firewalls
Internet cloud
Web proxy
Email proxy
FTP server (for internal-to-external transport)
Explain each network device’s function and your specific configuration of each networking device.
Design and label the bandwidth availability or capacity for each wired connection.
Part 2
Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a Datapath Diagram for the following scenario:
Local user sends email to a Yahoo recipient. Local (corporate) user having email address
[email protected]
sends an email to
[email protected]
Document and label the diagram showing protocols and path of the data flow as data traverses through your network from source to destination.
Include path lines with arrows showing directions and layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, .
Week 11 Question SetRoper v. SimmonsREAD THE ENTIRE CA.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 11 Question Set:
Roper v. Simmons
:
READ THE ENTIRE CASE otherwise the sections I picked may not make complete sense to you!!!
Brief these sections of Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion:
III A
III B
Miller v. Alabama:
READ THE ENTIRE CASE otherwise the sections I picked may not make complete sense to you!!!
Brief these sections of Justice Kagan’s majority opinion:
II
IV
.
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Behind the Scenes of a Market and Competitive Intelligence PlatformContify
Market and Competitive Intelligence platform is a reliable solution for providing actionable insights to organizations; hence, building such a platform comes with a lot of challenges.
Read more to find out the challenges faced while building a Market and competitive intelligence platform: https://www.contify.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-a-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platform/?utm_source=Slideshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic_2020
Behind the Scenes of a Market and Competitive Intelligence PlatformContify
Market and Competitive Intelligence platform is a reliable solution for providing actionable insights to organizations; hence, building such a platform comes with a lot of challenges.
Read more to find out the challenges faced while building a Market and competitive intelligence platform:https://www.contify.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-of-a-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platform/?utm_source=Slideshare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic_2020
As the internet becomes the critical hub for all business and personal communications, discover ten trends that will allow businesses and individuals to differentiate themselves and succeed online.
Jay Berkowitz, CEO, Ten Golden Rules (Twitter @JayBerkowitz)
From 'Being Digital' to Becoming a 'Digital Being'Cognizant
While it’s true that digital transformation requires strong top-down leadership and impeccable technical skills, high-performing organizations must also go one step further: They need to acquire, nurture and retain the talent necessary to lead the charge.
Week 10 Term Paper SubmissionIf you are using the Blackboard Mobil.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 10 Term Paper Submission
If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser."
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Term Paper Project: Designing a Secure Network
Due Week 10 and worth 190 points
This term paper involves putting together the various concepts learned throughout this course. You are tasked with designing the most secure network possible, keeping in mind your goal of supporting three (3) IT services: email, file transfer (centralized), and VPN. Your first step is to design a single network capable of supporting there three (3) different services. Once you have fully designed your network, you will need to provide three (3) workflow diagrams explaining how your designed network handles the three (3) different transactions. The first is an internal user sending an email using his / her corporate email address to a user on the Yahoo domain with an arbitrary address of
[email protected]
The second workflow diagram should show a user initiating an FTP session from inside your network to the arbitrary site of ftp.netneering.com. The third workflow is an externally located employee initiating a VPN session to corporate in order to access files on the Windows desktop computer, DT-Corp534-HellenS, at work.
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you complete the following three (3) Parts. Note: Please use the following page breakdown to complete your assignment:
Overall network diagram: One (1) page
Datapath diagrams: Three (3) pages (one for each diagram)
Write-up: six to ten (6-10) pages
Part 1
Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a diagram showing the overall network you’ve designed from the user or endpoint device to the Internet cloud, and everything in between, in which you:
Follow the access, core, distribution layer model.
Include at a minimum:
Authentication server (i.e. Microsoft Active Directory)
Routers
Switches (and / or hubs)
Local users
Remote users
Workstations
Files share (i.e. CIFS)
Mail server
Web servers (both internal and external)
Firewalls
Internet cloud
Web proxy
Email proxy
FTP server (for internal-to-external transport)
Explain each network device’s function and your specific configuration of each networking device.
Design and label the bandwidth availability or capacity for each wired connection.
Part 2
Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, create a Datapath Diagram for the following scenario:
Local user sends email to a Yahoo recipient. Local (corporate) user having email address
[email protected]
sends an email to
[email protected]
Document and label the diagram showing protocols and path of the data flow as data traverses through your network from source to destination.
Include path lines with arrows showing directions and layer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, .
Week 11 Question SetRoper v. SimmonsREAD THE ENTIRE CA.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 11 Question Set:
Roper v. Simmons
:
READ THE ENTIRE CASE otherwise the sections I picked may not make complete sense to you!!!
Brief these sections of Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion:
III A
III B
Miller v. Alabama:
READ THE ENTIRE CASE otherwise the sections I picked may not make complete sense to you!!!
Brief these sections of Justice Kagan’s majority opinion:
II
IV
.
Week 11 (On the day you have class during this week) Population .docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 11 (On the day you have class during this week): Population
Select topic # 1 or topic # 2 below and write one page in which you briefly provide your answer: Topic # 1: Do you think rapid global population growth is cause for alarm? If not, why not? If so, what aspects of global population growth are specifically worrisome? What should be done about them? Answers will vary by student and may include references to Malthus and theory (pp. 502
–
504), demographic transition theory (pp. 505
–
507), population and social inequality (pp. 507
–
508), class inequality and overpopulation (p. 509), and urbanization (pp. 510
–
519).
Topic # 2: Do you think of the city mainly as a place of innovation and tolerance or mainly as a site of crime, prejudice, and anomie? Where does your image of the city come from? Your own experience? The mass media? Your sociological reading?
Answers will vary by student and may include references to text information on urbanization (pp. 510
–
519).
1 page 500 words
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Week 10 Assignment 3 - Submit Here
Students
, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors
, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Assignment 3: Cultural Activity Report
Due Week 10 and worth 100 points
As a way of experiencing the Humanities beyond your classroom, computer, and textbook, you are asked to do a certain type of “cultural activity” that fits well with our course and then report on your experience. Your instructor will require you to propose an activity and get instructor approval before you do it and report on it (students should look for any instructions in that respect). Every effort should be made to ensure that this is a hands-on experience (not a virtual one), that this activity fits the HUM111 class well, and that the activity is of sufficient quality for this university course. The two key types of activities are a museum visit or a performance. NOTE: This must not be a report on the same activity (and certainly not the same report) as done for another class, like HUM112. For instance, one might go to the same museum as done for HUM112, but this HUM111 report will focus on entirely different works and displays.
Visit a museum or gallery exhibition or attend a theater or musical performance before the end of Week 10. The activity (museum or performance) should have content that fits our course well. Have fun doing this.
Write a two to three (2-3) page report (500-750 words) that describes your experience.
Clearly identify the event location, date attended, the attendees, and your initial reaction upon arriving at the event.
Provide specific information and a description of at least two (2)
pieces
(e.g. art, exhibits, music, etc.).
Provide a summary of the event and describe your overall reaction after attending the event.
Use at least the class text as a reference (additional sources are fine, not necessary unless required by your content). Your report should include connections you make between things observed in your activity and things learned in the course and text.
Note
: Submit your cultural activity choice to the instructor for approval before the end of Week 5 (earlier is even better). Look for guidance from the instructor for how or where to make your proposal. You may also seek advice from your instructor (provide your town/state or zip code) for a good activity in your general area.
Visiting a Museum
It makes sense to approach a museum the way a seasoned traveler approaches visiting a city for the first time. Find out what there is available to see. In the museum, find out what sort of exhibitions are currently housed in the museum and start with the exhibits that interest you.
If there is a travelling exhibition, it’s always a good idea to see it while you have the chance. Then, if you have time, you can look at other things in the museum.
Every effort should be made ahead of time to identify a museum that has items and works one can e.
Week 1 - Discussion 2
The Industrial Revolution
Background: In the last quarter of the 19th Century, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing; however, with the business boom came a number of concerns, including corporate influence in politics and waves of immigration, as well as a middle class in apparent decline. These developments seemed to threaten to alter the character of American society as new technologies introduced new social problems, as well as offering new opportunities. The rise of captains of industry (or robber barons), with their sway of politicians, created a widespread feeling among common Americans that they had had lost control of their government.
Required Source:
The American Industrial Revolution
from the Films on Demand database in the Ashford University Library.
Instructions: Based on your textbook and the assigned video, analyze how the revolutionary nature of this period impacted either Native Americans, immigrants, or farmers, using the following questions as the basis of your analysis:
What were the most revolutionary social and economic developments of the last quarter of the nineteenth century?
How did the group of Americans you chose to examine respond to those changes, and how effective were their responses?
What role did government play in these developments?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and properly cite any references. You may use additional scholarly sources to support your points if you choose. Your references and citations must be formatted according to APA style as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center.
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Week 1 System and Application Overview An overview of the system.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 1: System and Application Overview:
An overview of the system or software application an intended users
Week 1: Requirements Specification:
Detailed requirements specification with both functional and nonfunctional requirements
Week 2: System and Application Design:
A high-level design in the form of use cases and detailed design models utilizing computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools to represent the data, processes, and interfaces
Week 3: Test and Quality Assurance Plan:
A test and quality assurance plan that included the various tests and quality control measures that need to be taken into consideration
Week 4: Development Strategy:
A development strategy that weighs make versus buy or insourcing versus outsourcing acquisition strategies
Integration and Deployment Plan
Develop an overall work breakdown structure (WBS) for the 7 system development life cycle (SDLC) phases:
Preliminary Analysis
System Analysis or Requirements Definition
System Design
Development
Integration and Testing
Acceptance, Installation, and Deployment
Operation Support and Maintenance
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Week 1 DQOne objective of this course is learning how to cor.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 1 DQ
One objective of this course is learning how to correctly interpret statistical measures. This includes learning how to identify intentionally misleading statistics. For this week's activity create your own example of a misleading statistic. Explain the context of the data, the source of the data, the sampling method that you used (or would use) to collect the data, and the (misleading) conclusions that would be drawn from your example. Be specific in explaining how the statistic is misleading.
500 hundred words one page
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Week 1 - AssignmentDo the followingA corporation is created b.docxsheronlewthwaite
Week 1 - Assignment
Do the following:
A corporation is created by state issuing a charter upon the application of individuals known as incorporators. As a creature of state legislative bodies, the corporation is more complex to create and operate than other forms of businesses.
Write a one page essay describing the advantages and disadvantages of forming a corporation. Also, outline the complexities of creating a corporation.
In a Word document, you will want to save your essay file as ‘Week 1_Assignment_Your Name’ and submit the file for grading.
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Weather Forecast Assignment Objective create a weather map.docxsheronlewthwaite
Weather Forecast Assignment
Objective: create a weather map and
entertaining weather forecast for 4 areas. Be as creative as possible with
your dialog. Assume this map/weather is late summer.
Criteria for your weather map:
1.
Draw two midlatitude cyclones. One occluding over the
Great Lakes and one mature over the Colorado region
2.
Write a weather forecast for the areas along the warm front
(1), cold front (2), cut off low (3), and (4) occlusion (number
1,2,3,4 and write forecast on the back)
3.
Show station models for at least 8 cities (dew point, temp,
wind vane, cloud cover, wind speed, and pressure)
4.
Draw isobars around each midlatitude cyclone and across
the US
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Weak ties are valuable parts of a social network becausea.it is.docxsheronlewthwaite
Weak ties are valuable parts of a social network because:
a.
it is easier to sever them if a friendship doesn't blossom smoothly.
b.
it is easier to exert power over those to which we have such ties.
c.
they are more likely to introduce us to new information and ideas.
d.
we do not have to invest as much energy in maintaining them.
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We have read and watched, in the two You Tube clips from the.docxsheronlewthwaite
We have read and watched, in the two You Tube clips from the Judaism and Christianity chapters, that monotheistic proselytizing religions have often been blamed for colonizing or destroying indigenous and foreign religions. Today, most of the world's monotheists live in countries that were once colonized by Portugal, France, Britain, Spain, Germany or other European countries. Because of this history, some critics of monotheism have argued that monotheistic religions are bad neighbors to other religions. Your task in this prompt is to reflect on this critique in light of what we have read about the history, practice, and teachings of Monotheistic faiths.
Writing Prompt:
Based on the readings and the YouTube clips we have watched explain whether or or not the teachings and practices of monotheistic faiths are helpful resources for becoming neighbors with the other non-monotheistic faiths we have studied? Explain why or why not.
Organizational Guidelines:
Introduction:
Introduce the position you are taking and clearly explain in a sentence or two why you are taking the position.
Paragraph One:
Discuss the historical events, practices or teachings that you think make monotheistic religion a good neighbor or a bad neighbor. (Be sure to use information from Brodd text and YouTube clips.)
Paragraph Two:
Expound on what you have articulated in paragraph one or present other relevant historical, events, or teachings.
*Note: You may not see a need to take two paragraphs here if not continue to the next point.
Paragraph Two or Three:
Discuss what monotheist stand to learn from other religions, which we have read, that could make them better neighbors. Or, if you think Christians are good neighbors discuss what you think the other religions we have read could learn from monotheism.(Expound on this point as you see fit.)
*Note: Choose only one or two religions here. You do not need to discuss all of the religions we have read. You also could choose to group the religions if you find they hold one thing in common that is distinct from monotheistic faith.
Paragraph Four: Conclusion
Restate and summarize your argument. Discuss what you think is the future for monotheism as it is faced with coming to terms with an awareness of religious diversity.
Word Processing Guidelines
1. 12pt font
2. 1 inch margins
3. 800 words maximum
4. For referencing please use the parenthetical format
Examples: (Brodd, 23); (YouTube, Judaism); or (YouTube, Christianity).
Helpful Guiding Questions:
What events or concepts in the history and practice of monotheism do you think make it susceptible to dominating the religions of its neighbors?
What events or concepts in the history and practice of monotheism make it the ideal neighbor to other religions?
What might monotheists learn, from the religions we have read, that might make Christians better neighbors to the world's religions? Or, what can Christians teach practitioners of the religions we have read so far that might make.
Web Site Project 1 Purpose The purpose of this project is to .docxsheronlewthwaite
Web Site Project 1
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the ability to implement basic HTML code to create a simple three-page web site that displays text and links, and to properly validate the code and publish the site to the Web.
Instructions:
Create a three-page website about your favorite city. The home page should introduce the user to the city and why it is your favorite; then, briefly explain what the rest of the site contains. Page two should give general information about the city – a brief history/general information and current demographical statistics. Finally, the third page should display information about attractions, tourism, etc.
Requirements:
Your web site must demonstrate effective use of the basic HTML code from chapter 2. In order to complete
Web Site Project 1
, each page must include, at a minimum:
a properly coded head section
o
include an appropriate title to display in the title bar
a body section that demonstrates effective use of
o
heading 1 and heading 2 elements
o
paragraph and/or blockquote elements
o
line break element
o
unordered, ordered, or description lists
at least
two
different lists should be used, but not necessarily on
the same page
o
div and anchor elements
divs should be used to indicate “divisions” between sections of a web page, and create white space; for example, between the heading, navigation, content, and footer
anchor elements should be used to construct relative, absolute, and email links
o
bold and italicize phrase elements
navigation and external links
o
create navigation links to link your web pages
o
link to at least four other web sites that pertain to your favorite city
NOTE:
the external links do not have to be on every page and
cannot
include the site(s) you used for research
•
email and copyright information
o
include the text
Questions? Contact
with a link to your email address
o
include the word
Copyright
and the copyright symbol (note: the symbol
must use the appropriate code)
o
must include links to at least two online sources
o
this information must display on every page
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Web QuizAssignment Name Web Field Trip Military Industrial Com.docxsheronlewthwaite
Web Quiz
Assignment Name:
Web Field Trip: Military Industrial Complex
Title:
Military Industrial Complex
Introduction:
World War II and then the Cold War increased the annual budget of the United States dramatically in the two decades from 1940 to 1960. During this period, the United States went from a reluctant participant in Western European culture to the military protector of Western Europe. The increase in the money spent on the military had enormous implications not only for the role of the United States in geopolitics, but also for the viability of democratic institutions within the United States. As members of congress became increasingly beholden to military contractors who supplied jobs in their congressional districts, the nature of politics in the United States changed significantly. In 1960, republican president Dwight Eisenhower called attention to what he originally labeled the military-industrial-congressional complex, a phrase that he later shortened to simply the military industrial complex.
To read Eisenhower's warning, see the following site.
Activity
Visit this URL:
Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
Instructions:
Answer the following questions in the fields below.
1.
Why was Eisenhower a particularly well informed person on this subject?
2.
How did Eisenhower feel about the escalating costs of warfare?
3.
What were the implications of leaving this issue alone?
Web Quiz
Assignment Name:
The Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society (1962)
Title:
The Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society (1962)
Introduction:
The Port Huron statement was issued by a meeting of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) convention in Port Huron, Michigan, held on June 11-15, 1962. Largely written by Tom Hayden, the statement proclaims that young people are breaking away from the conservatism bred by the Cold War, frightened by the prospect of nuclear war, and alienated from American society by the falsehoods they have been told. The statement lays out the ways the New Left movement will create a grass-roots "participatory democracy," able to reconnect the public with American politics.
Visit URL:
The Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society (1962)
Instructions:
After reading the introduction and the primary source provided, answer the questions below.
What does the statement say about African Americans and civil rights?
What concerns are raised about poverty in the United States?
What economic changes are called for?
What are the key components of participatory democracy?
Why are the demands of the Port Huron Statement considered on the liberal/left end of the political spectrum?
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Web Technology PresentationSubmit a presentation for the CIO. Your.docxsheronlewthwaite
Web Technology Presentation
Submit a presentation for the CIO. Your presentation should address in detail the requirements for changing the database to a web-based architecture. Your CIO is interesting in knowing whether it is cost effective to use the cloud as an alternative for storing data. Explore additional options such as hosted SQL servers, SaaS providers, cloud deployment models, and the security implications.
To help the CIO make an informed decision, discuss the steps required to determine whether a web solution is appropriate and viable.
it should be 3-4 pages and tunitin free
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We normally think of the arts as very different from technologies in.docxsheronlewthwaite
We normally think of the arts as very different from technologies in spite of the fact that art (with perhaps a few exceptions) is practiced with the help of technology. This practice creates interdependence between technology and art. To what extent does art respond to, or is shaped by, the technology that enables it? To what extent have advanced and accessible digital technologies, such as websites, digital photography, and YouTube, changed the relationship between art and technology? Are these technologies reshaping our attitudes toward artists?
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Web Discussion and Assignment #41 page is Web Discussion with this.docxsheronlewthwaite
Web Discussion and Assignment #4
1 page is Web Discussion with this requirements.
2 page assignment #4 more later send info.
1 page Web Discussion Post
Take Christian Smith's subcultural identity theory and discuss it in terms of some example from your own life. Think of the sub-cultures in your own life that you belong to. It can be anything -- any kind of group or collective identity. Examples include fans of a particular sub-genre of music or fiction or art or sports team, participation in a sorority or fraternity, a religious group, a political group, etc. It doesn’t have to be a group that you belong to explicitly, just other people that you might identify with in some way or another.
Once you have a group in mind, talk about the symbolic things about this group that create a sense of collective identity. Smith talks about evangelical Christianity as creating strong symbolic boundaries through the unique beliefs and practices of their religion. But you could also think of this as much more simple practices. For example, if I wanted to write about being a University of Arizona football fan, I could talk about the practice of wearing clothing that identifies me as part of that group. Or I could talk about going to pep rallys or tailgating events where I can interact socially with other members of that group.
The key to applying the subcultural identity theory to understand culture, is to identify the ways in which different sub-cultures create symbolic boundaries that enable collective identity.
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Web Application SeurityAs the Information Systems Security Offic.docxsheronlewthwaite
Web Application Seurity
As the Information Systems Security Officer for your large health care company, you have been assigned the task of implementing Web security. Determine how you would implement security to eliminate single points of failure.
Describe the implementation of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in support of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). Assess how you are assured that your browser is secure. Determine if the user data truly is protected or this is a false sense of security. Give an example of SSL being compromised.
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We use computers and electronic systems to run and store just about .docxsheronlewthwaite
We use computers and electronic systems to run and store just about everything. Personal computers and the Internet are now included as part of the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity issues.
Cybersecurity involves protecting the information by preventing, detecting, and responding to attacks on information that is housed in technology.
There are many levels of risks in cybersecurity, some more serious and damaging than others. Among these dangers are:
Viruses erasing the entire system.
Individuals breaking into personal computer systems and altering the systems' files.
Individuals using personal computers to attack others' computer systems.
Individuals stealing credit card information and making unauthorized purchases.
Unfortunately, there is no 100% guarantee that even with the best precautions some of these things won't happen. Risk reduction steps exist to minimize vulnerability to information.
Tasks:
Create a PowerPoint Presentation containing 6–8 slides to address the following:
Analyze and discuss the vulnerabilities and recommend what security management can do to minimize the potential of a government or private organization being at risk for cybersecurity damage.
Outline the steps you recommend and identify any impediments to successfully implementing the suggested cybersecurity program.
Support your presentation with at least three outside scholarly resources using APA in-text citations. Add detailed speaker notes for each of the slides.
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we need to understand all six project feasibility factors. Its true.docxsheronlewthwaite
we need to understand all six project feasibility factors. It's true we need to consider all of them when beginning to plan for a system change. Why is the process of assessing project feasibility so important? What are the various methods for assessing project feasibility? When would one of them take precedence over the others
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we have to write an essay 2 pages about Gustave Whitehead and the Wr.docxsheronlewthwaite
we have to write an essay 2 pages about Gustave Whitehead and the Wright brothers and we have to write an opinion on who do we think flew the first plane.
Did he fly before the wright brothers? You have to write both sides of the debate and then decide who is telling the truth . two pages due Thursday
Sorry I just realize I forgot to write the guys name . Gustave whitehead
Did Gustave whitehead flew before the right brothers.
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Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
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1. Imagine you are an interviewee who is using a
website:https://ugr.ue.ucsc.edu/
Questions:
Semi-Structured Questions
· What major are you?
· What kinds of opportunities are you hoping to get when you
look through the website?
· When you use the website, what do you expect to see when
you click through? What would be most helpful for helping you
achieve the best experience from this site?
· Have you used this website before?
· What were your previous experiences like?
· Were you successful in getting research during any past visits
to the site?
· Based on your past experiences, in the future, what do you
hope to see on the website?
· What tasks do you hope to achieve the next time that you are
on the website? How long do you expect that it will take you to
achieve these tasks?
· Why would you use this site over another site or a personal
connection? What is it that attracts you to the website?
· Are there any other issues that you think are present with the
website that we could investigate during our research process?
Observation
· “How do you normally go to X?”
· How did you feel about the site?
· Did you experience any difficulty with finding certain things?
If so, what were they?
Wrap Up
· Ask about some choices they made during their navigation
· Ask if there is anything they would like to share
· Ask if they have any questions
· Give thanks and finish the session
2. Example:
Major: AGPM with minor in CS
· Expect to see what research opportunities are there and
actually find the correct website---> “not have to go through an
entire roadmap just to find what I want”
· Want to see what fields they cover and recent updates
· “Even if they show a list of recent research”
· Make the website more visible for UCSC students
· “Advertise it more”---> make it more accessible for freshman
and transfer
· “Did not know about the website till this quarter”---> What
does the website mean?
· More clarification about what going into research actually
means---> “want to be able to explain it to people”
While navigating:
· “Trying to navigate from main page to actual site”
· Wanted page not really accessible from main site
· “Have to go through many hurdles just to find what you
want… easier if you just search on Google and type in what you
want”
· “Feels like two separate entities”
While on website:
· Had trouble finding links when asked to recall how they got
there afterwards
What do you want from website?
· “More emphasis on what they’re researching”
· “Wish they were less hidden”
· “Overall, research website is ok”
· “Website could get some improvements”
4. knife fights, bickering and inertia. In his
mind, the company’s ability to make great technology was never
lost. However, a culture of internal
competition and “not invented here” mentality had focused
employees on a narrow vision of
performance over customers and increasingly expansive market
opportunities.
An engineer, Nadella thus set out to change the human system at
Microsoft. Four years later, he
prided himself on the company again becoming a magnet for top
engineering talent, a world-class
competitor among the heavyweights of the tech industry, and
valued partner to companies undergoing
their own digital transformation (see Exhibit 2).
“People often ask how it’s going,” said Nadella. “My response
is very eastern: We’re making great
progress, but we should never be done.” 1
The “lost decade”
Just 17 days after founder and technical whizz Bill Gates
handed over the reins to Steve Ballmer in
2000, the stock market crashed. In the decade that followed, a
culture that crippled innovation
flourished at Microsoft.
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6. to the rapid growth of upstart firms such as Google, some of
Microsoft’s most talented employees were
leaving faster than they could be replaced. “Instead of a culture
that said, ‘Let’s experiment and see
which ideas work,’ the culture is one of, ‘Let’s kiss enough ass
so maybe they’ll approve of our product’,”
said one Microsoft executive who eventually quit in 2009 to
work for Google 2. A former engineer said
it was like “designing software by committee.”3
Microsoft’s product development process lagged: Bing failed to
extinguish Google search, and Zune
couldn’t compete with Apple’s iPod. In 1998, for example, a
group of executives passionate about
bringing an e-book to market were waved away by Gates and
told to report into an Office-run division.
“Potential market-busting businesses, such as e-book and smart
phone technology, were killed or
delayed amid bickering and power plays.”4
Ballmer aggressively opposed open-source innovation, calling
Linux a “cancer that attaches itself in
an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” The
industry labelled him “shortsighted”.
Morale plummeted. By 2011, Ballmer’s Glassdoor rating among
his own employees was just
29%. Despite climbing to 46% the following year, it still lagged
behind others at that time: Google CEO
Larry Page’s approval rating was 94% and Mark Zuckerberg’s
was 99%.
After the tech bubble burst and with the stock price flat,
“People realised they weren’t going to get
wealthy,” one former senior executive said. “They turned into
people trying to move up the ladder,
8. created. The India-born cricket enthusiast started working at
Microsoft in 1992 when products were
saved on disks and the world was powered by Windows 3.0. A
computer scientist by training, Nadella
moved through a range of leadership roles, including heading up
R&D for Online Services, and
ultimately becoming executive vice president of the Cloud and
Enterprise group. He recalled taking
risks along the way:
I distinctly remember Steve saying, ‘Hey, look, you know if you
go to Bing and you
don’t do a good job or succeed, it might just be your last job.’
But at the same time,
his own intellectual honesty and how he talked about that job
made it, you know, very
enticing. It was tough to refuse to go there to learn. And it’s
clear that if I had not gone
and learned… and if I had not run the cloud infrastructure
business, I’m sure the
board would have not seen me as a candidate even for CEO.8
Reflecting on important influences in his life, Nadella cites his
formative experiences: “It’s the language,
routines and mindset of my parents back in India and my
immediate family in Seattle that helped form
me and still guide me today.”9
In particular, he traces the roots of his ideas about leadership to
the birth of his first child, Zain, who
was premature, weighed just three pounds, and had cerebral
palsy. “Empathy, we learned, was
invisible and was a universal value,” said Nadella. “And we
learned that empathy is essential to deal
with problems everywhere, whether at Microsoft or at home;
here in the United States or globally. That
10. innovation that is centred on our core value of empowering
users and organisations to ‘do more’.”
As Nadella reflected on what needed to shift, he set his sights
on what he himself called “a vague and
amorphous term”:
Microsoft’s culture had been rigid. Each employee had to prove
to everyone that he
or she was the smartest person in the room. Accountability –
delivering on time and
hitting numbers – trumped everything. Meetings were formal. If
a senior leader
wanted to tap the energy and creativity of someone lower down
in the organisation,
she or he needed to invite that person’s boss, and so on.
Hierarchy and pecking order
had taken control, and spontaneity and creativity had
suffered.11
“We all knew something was going to be different when he
assigned the Leadership Team to read
[Marshall Rosenberg’s] Nonviolent Communication: A
Language of Life: Life Changing Tools for
Healthy Relationships,” recalled Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox.12
Microsoft president and chief legal
officer Brad Smith, a 24-year company veteran, agreed this was
a clear indication that Nadella was
going to transform “not just the business strategy, but the
culture as well.”13
Nadella devoted much of his first year to listening and learning
from others:
I heard from hundreds of employees at every level and in every
part of the company.
12. paralysis.14
Nadella’s to-do list for the first year included preparing
Microsoft for a mobile- and cloud-first world,
building “new and surprising partnerships” and working to
ensure they could truly empower every
person on the planet as their new mission stated.
In the spring of 2014, despite a contentious historical rivalry
with Apple and lack of traction with their
own Windows phones, Microsoft made Office available on all
iOS devices, including the iPhone and
iPad. The next year, the global launch of Windows 10 originated
in a tiny village in Kenya.
“Articulating our core raison d’etre and business was a good
first step. But I also needed to get the
right people on the bus to join me in leading these changes,”
Nadella said. He wanted a senior
leadership team (SLT) that would “lean into each other’s
problems, promote dialogue, and be effective”.
“I don’t mean yes-men and yes-women,” he explained. “Debate
and argument are essential. Improving
upon each other’s ideas is crucial. I wanted people to speak up.
‘Oh, here’s a customer segmentation
study I’ve done’. ‘Here’s a pricing approach that contradicts
this idea’. It’s great to have a good, old-
fashioned college debate. But there also has to be high quality
agreement.”15
To her surprise, Nadella selected Jill Tracie Nichols, Ballmer’s
communications lead 2009–2014, as
his chief of staff in 2014. When she questioned why, Nadella
told her: “I’ve seen you work with others
and you treat them well. You show respect. I want my office to
13. be about the culture we are trying to
create and not about power.”16
Peggy Johnson, a seasoned Qualcomm executive, became head
of business development. Her job
would be to forge ties with former Silicon Valley rivals, such as
Dropbox. “Satya was already on a
regular cadence of visiting the Valley, which was new for the
CEO of Microsoft,” said Johnson. “And
he said to me, ‘I want you to be outside of Redmond as much as
you are inside of Redmond’.”
Kathleen Hogan, who had experience at McKinsey and Oracle,
would transition from leading
Microsoft’s global consulting and support business to partnering
with Nadella on leading the cultural
transformation as chief people officer. Kurt DelBene, who “was
handpicked by President Obama to fix
Healthcare.org” and once upon a time led the Office division,
returned as chief strategy officer. Chris
Capossela headed up marketing and Scott Guthrie, an engineer
who had worked with Nadella in
building the cloud business, would lead Cloud and Enterprise,
Microsoft’s “fastest growing business”.
“Over time, these changes meant that some executives left,”
recalled Nadella. “They were all talented
people, but the senior leadership team needed to become a
cohesive team that shared a common
world view… We needed everyone to view SLT as his or her
first team, not just another meeting they
attended. We needed to be aligned on mission, strategy and
culture.” 17
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15. asked questions. They
shared their own journeys. They pushed us to better.18
Another change “not universally loved” was scheduling
customer visits during the retreat. Despite
some “eye-rolling and groaning,” executives from different
business lines were shuttled off together to
visit customers. The invigorated executives ended up talking for
days about what they had learned
and what that meant for the future of Microsoft. “The
transformation was under way,” concluded
Nadella.
From know-it-alls to learn-it-alls
At Microsoft’s July 2015 global sales conference in Orlando,
Nadella revealed a fresh company
mission: “To empower every person and every organisation on
the planet to achieve more.” The
original mission enshrined by Gates was “a computer on every
desk and in every home.”
After covering business plans, including building an intelligent
cloud platform, with the spotlight on his
face, Nadella talked about his children and what learning each
of their special needs had meant for
him and his wife, Anu. Nearing the end of the speech, he turned
to talking about the Microsoft culture:
We can have all the bold ambitions. We can have all the bold
goals. We can aspire
to our new mission. But it’s only going to happen if we live our
culture, if we teach our
culture. And to me, that model of culture is not a static thing. It
is about a dynamic
learning culture. In fact, the phrase we use to describe our
17. world between learners and non-learners,” explained Nadella,
“demonstrating that a fixed mindset will
limit you and a growth mindset can move you forward.”21
Microsoft’s culture change, he concluded,
would centre on “the belief that everyone can grow and develop;
potential is nurtured, not
predetermined; and anyone can change their mindset”.22 They
would shift from being “know-it-alls” to
“learn-it-alls.”
Nadella told Hogan that the primary things he wanted her to
help him on was evolving the culture. At
an offsite with 180 executives divided into 17 teams, they
started a dialogue on what kind of culture
they wanted to have. The 17 leaders became Hogan’s “culture
cabinet,” charged with defining growth
mindset for Microsoft.23 After much debate, and consultation
with experts like Dweck, the group
articulated three pillars, all in the service of making a
difference in the world:
Customer obsession. We need to obsess about our customers. At
the core of our
business must be the curiosity and desire to meet a customer’s
unarticulated and
unmet needs with great technology. This was not abstract: We
all get to practice each
day. When we talk to customers, we need to listen. We need to
be insatiable in our
desire to learn from the outside and bring that learning into
Microsoft.
Diversity and inclusion. We are at our best when we actively
seek diversity and
inclusion. If we are going to serve the planet as our mission
states, we need to reflect
19. apart ideas in meetings to test their validity
and the presenter’s conviction, and that approach flowed
through the organisation. Satya models being
curious, seeking to learn as people bring him new ideas and
information.25
Grounding the pillars
“We made big intentional changes that would grab people’s
attention,” said Hogan, “like changing the
performance review system ... and small changes like giving
people a list of 10 inclusive behaviours
and asking them to pick one and discuss it.”26 “We never
believed that there would be one thing that
would change the company. It would be a lot of things, big and
small, reinforcing the change,” echoed
Nichols.27
Customer obsession required employees to get up from their
chairs and into the field. Dorothee Ritz,
Microsoft’s general manager for Austria in July 2015,
encouraged her team to speak with customers
on their turf:
One account manager spent a week out on a street with police
officers, trying to
understand when and where remote data could help them.
Another account manager
spent two days in a hospital to observe first-hand and
understand what it would really
mean to become paperless.28
After a year of experimenting with “immersive experiences”,
Ritz selected a set of key customers
(whom she calls partners) across industries ranging from car
manufacturing to retailers to hospitals.
21. Microsoft’s annual Hackathon, OneWeek, is an example of the
new “one company” ethos. Employees
are invited to step away from their work and concentrate on a
hack: a problem that, when solved, could
benefit people, business, society or the environment. People
team up, plot a business plan, create a
prototype and then pitch it company-wide; winning hackathon
teams are funded to build their projects.
At first, people wondered if OneWeek was worth the effort. But
the potential to reach millions of people
around the world held a strong allure.
On September 26, 2017, Nadella’s book, Hit Refresh was
released, and every employee received a
copy with a letter inside (see Exhibit 5). “Writing it was more
for employees and to advance culture
than anything else,” said co-author Nichols.35
Nudges and small reminders engage all 125,000 employees with
the new culture. For example,
leaders close meetings with a reflection, “Was that a growth-
mindset or fixed-mindset meeting? Why?”
Nadella issues monthly videos reviewing his top few learnings,
prompting groups across Microsoft to
discuss their own learnings. Visitors to Redmond have been
welcomed by elevator doors decorated
with the Chinese symbol for “listen”. Employees in the canteen
are reminded to be lifelong learners
when they wipe their face – thanks to the napkin holders.
Role-modelling the change
Eight months into his tenure, Nadella gave the keynote speech
at the Grace Hopper Celebration of
Women in Computing, an annual event for women in the tech
22. industry. During the Q&A, Dr Maria
Klawe, a computer scientist and former Microsoft board
member, asked Nadella what advice he had
for women seeking a pay raise who are not comfortable asking.
He advised patience, and “knowing
and having faith that the system will actually give you the right
raises as you go along.”
Nadella’s comments went viral, provoking outrage. He was
mocked publicly as ignorant of well-
documented gender pay gaps, and his stated commitment to
diversity was questioned. Instead of
waiting for the furore to settle, Nadella said, “I was determined
to use the incident to demonstrate what
a growth mindset looks like under pressure.”36
By email, the CEO told his employees he had “answered that
question completely wrong”. Nadella
explored his own biases and asked his executive team to do the
same. It made an impression with his
top team, including Hogan, who said: “I became more
committed to Satya, not less. He didn’t blame
anybody. He owned it. He came out to the entire company and
he said, ‘We’re going to learn, and
we’re going to get a lot smarter’.”37
There were plenty of other opportunities to learn from public
mistakes.
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24. Four years on
Today, Microsoft is once again a magnet for top engineering
talent, rated as one of five best AI
companies for employees 41, and Nadella has a Glassdoor
employee approval rating of 95%.
“Our industry doesn’t respect tradition,” said Nadella, “it
respects innovation.” His first four years have
seen a number of bold tech decisions; for example, investments
in quantum computing and mixed
reality, and innovations such as HoloLens, a holographic
computer that enables people to interact with
holograms.
Today, over 95% of Fortune 500 companies choose Azure,
Microsoft’s cloud computing service. Azure
has announced 50 regions globally, with 40 generally available
today – more than any other major
cloud vendor. The company has embraced Linux, the open-
source Windows rival “rather than clinging
to Windows like a security blanket.” Nadella’s $26 billion deal
for LinkedIn, which combines LinkedIn’s
500 million professional users with the 85 million people who
use Office 365, “gives Microsoft a
formidable data hoard for its AI operations.”42
“After years of intensive focus,” Nadella said of the culture
change, “we began to see some
encouraging results.”
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26. a new way to complain about others,”
Nadella told the group. He declared the whining over. “To be a
leader in this company, your job is to
find the rose petals in a field of shit.”44
“Cultural transformation is hard and demanding work,” agreed
Spencer. “Four years into it, it’s still
sometimes incredibly slow and incredibly painful to get
everyone on board, much less to admit our
own biases.”45
The future
In September 2017, at Microsoft Ignite, an annual conference
for developers and IT professionals,
Nadella closed with an ambition:
The core soul of our company is to empower every person and
every organisation on
the planet to achieve more. That means we want to democratise
the access to
technology.
I was reminded of a poem I’ve read by Vijay Seshadri, the
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
from 2014, called Imaginary Number. The last line goes: ‘The
soul, like the square
root of minus 1, is an impossibility that has its uses.’ It
definitely does.
We all seek to unlock the unimaginable and solve the
impossible. That’s the quest
we are on.46
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30. company of ours. Steve and Bill have taken
it from an idea to one of the greatest and most universally
admired companies in the world. I’ve been
fortunate to work closely with both Bill and Steve in my
different roles at Microsoft, and as I step in as
CEO, I’ve asked Bill to devote additional time to the company,
focused on technology and products.
I’m also looking forward to working with John Thompson as our
new Chairman of the Board.
While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more.
Our industry does not respect tradition
— it only respects innovation. This is a critical time for the
industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake,
we are headed for greater places — as technology evolves and
we evolve with and ahead of it. Our
job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-
first world.
As we start a new phase of our journey together, I wanted to
share some background on myself and
what inspires and motivates me.
Who am I?
I am 46. I’ve been married for 22 years and we have 3 kids. And
like anyone else, a lot of what I do
and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall
life experiences. Many who know me
say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I
buy more books than I can finish. I sign
up for more online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally
believe that if you are not learning
new things, you stop doing great and useful things. So family,
curiosity and hunger for knowledge all
32. It will better connect us to our friends and families and help us
see, express, and share our world in
ways never before possible. It will enable businesses to engage
customers in more meaningful ways.
I am here because we have unparalleled capability to make an
impact.
Why are we here?
In our early history, our mission was about the PC on every
desk and home, a goal we have mostly
achieved in the developed world. Today we’re focused on a
broader range of devices. While the deal
is not yet complete, we will welcome to our family Nokia
devices and services and the new mobile
capabilities they bring us.
As we look forward, we must zero in on what Microsoft can
uniquely contribute to the world. The
opportunity ahead will require us to reimagine a lot of what we
have done in the past for a mobile and
cloud-first world, and do new things.
We are the only ones who can harness the power of software
and deliver it through devices and
services that truly empower every individual and every
organisation. We are the only company with
history and continued focus in building platforms and
ecosystems that create broad opportunity.
Qi Lu captured it well in a recent meeting when he said that
Microsoft uniquely empowers people to
"do more." This doesn’t mean that we need to do more things,
but that the work we do empowers the
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Structure BookmarksSatya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a
growth mindset The “lost decade” Satya Nadella Taking charge
From know-it-alls to learn-it-alls Grounding the pillars Role-
modelling the change Four years on The future Exhibits Exhibit
1: Evolution of Microsoft’s share price Exhibit 2: Top players
by market share and revenue growth in cloud computing, Q2
2017 Exhibit 3: Organisation-chart cartoon courtesy of Manu
Cornet Exhibit 4: Exhibit 5: Satya Nadella’s letter to “the two
families that have shaped my life” References and Notes
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