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Assignment: Leadership
Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will research and locate a current journal article on nursing leadership styles.
The article must be from a professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5
years; and then write a summary of your findings.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this
assignment.
Research a current journal article on nursing leadership styles. The article must be from a
professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within the last 5 years.
Write a 1-2 page summary of your findings following the criteria below:
o First paragraph: summarize the major points of the article.
o Second paragraph: answer whether you support the leadership style, and why or
why not.
o Final paragraph: discuss the article as it relates to nursing practice.
o Use at least one additional outside source, such as your textbook.
o The summary should be written in APA style format and all sources must be
cited correctly.
Include the proper file naming convention: NUR204_wk7_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy.
Grading:
Criteria Excellent (3pts) Good (2pts) Needs Improvement
(1pt)
Pts.
Article - Citation from a
professional
peer-reviewed
nursing journal.
- Current within last 5
years
- Relates to nursing
leadership.
- Citation from nursing
journal.
- Out of date or
- Not related to nursing
leadership
- Citation not from a
nursing journal
- Article out of date or
not related to nursing
leadership.
First Paragraph - Concise summary of
key points of article.
- Writing is clear and
focused.
- Details are present.
- Concise summary of
key points.
- Writing is not clear or
focused.
- Some details present.
- Summary is not
concise.
- Writing is not clear or
focused.
- Details are missing.
Second Paragraph - Writing presents
support or non-support
of leadership style.
- Writing explains why
support or non-support
is given.
- Writing is clear and
logical.
- Writing presents
support or non-support.
- Writing does not
express reason for
support or non-
support.
- Writing is somewhat
unclear or not logical.
- Writing does not
present support or non-
support.
- Writing does not
express reason for
support or non-
support.
- Writing is unclear
and illogical.
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Third Paragraph - Writing is related to
nursing practice and
demonstrates analysis
and application.
- Writing is related to
nursing practice.
- Analysis and
application is weak.
- Writing is not related
to nursing practice.
- Missing analysis and
application.
Spelling/grammar/
APA
- Proper APA format is
used for citations.
- At least two sources
are included.
- Spelling and grammar
errors are few and
insignificant.
- Proper APA f.
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held compani.docxwendolynhalbert
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States,
with more than 180,000 employees in more than 140 countries. Carlson enterprises
include a presence in marketing, business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries.
Its Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services, acts as a service
provider to its internal clients and consequently must support a spectrum of user
applications and services. The IT division uses a centralized data processing model to
meet business operational requirements. The central computing environment includes an
IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02,HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of applications,
including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange, Web, PeopleSoft, and a
data warehouse application.
In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT services continued to
meet the needs of a growing company with heavy reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Established six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resource.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area network (SAN) with a
consolidated, centralized database to support mainframe and server applications.
Carlson needed a SAN and data center approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable
facility to accommodate the increasing demand of its users.
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Storage Requirements
Until recently, the central DP shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus
that of the mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was minimal. However,
the data management cost was high. There had to be backup procedures for the storage
on each server, as well as management controls to reconcile data distributed throughout
the system. The mainframe included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data
in the event of major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many servers.
As Carlson’s databases grow beyond 10 terabytes (TB) of business-critical data, the IT
team determined that a comprehensive network storage strategy would be required to
manage future growth.
Solution
Concept
The existing Carlson server complex made use of Fibre Channel links to achieve
communication and backup capabilities among servers. Carlson considered extending
this capability to a full-blown Fibr ...
Case Study 4 Carlson Companies Carlson Companies is one of the.docxwendolynhalbert
Case Study 4 Carlson Companies
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, with more than 180,000 employees in more than 140 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing, business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services, acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a centralized data processing model to meet business operational requirements. The central computing environment includes an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers [KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange, Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application. In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy reliance on data and applications: Implement an enterprise data warehouse. Build a global network. Move to enterprise-wide architecture. Established six-sigma quality for Carlson clients. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange. Leverage existing technology and resource. The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate the increasing demand of its users. Storage Requirements Until recently, the central DP shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many servers. As Carlson’s databases grow beyond 10 terabytes (TB) of business-critical data, the IT team determined that a comprehensive network storage strategy would be required to manage future growth.
Solution
Concept The existing Carlson server complex made use of Fibre Channel links to achieve communication and backup capabilities among servers. Carlson considered extending this capability to a full-blown Fibre Channel SAN that would encompass the server, the mainframe, and massive centralized storage facilities. The IT team concluded that further expansion using Fibre Channel technologies alone would be difficult and costly to manage. At the same time, in supporting ...
C8-1 CASE STUDY 8 CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUT.docxclairbycraft
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CASE STUDY 8
CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Carlson Companies (www.carlson.com) is one of the largest privately held
companies in the United States, with more than 171,000 employees in more
than 150 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing,
business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Carlson Hotels
Worldwide division owns and operates approximately 1,075 hotels located in
more than 70 countries. Radisson, Park Plaza, and Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson are some of its hotel brands. The hotel loyalty program is named
Club Carlson. The Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes T.G.I. Friday’s
and the Pick Up Stix chains. The company registered approximately $38
billion in sales in 2011.
Carlson’s Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services,
acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must
support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a
centralized data processing model to meet business operational
requirements. The central computing environment has traditionally included
an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of
applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange,
Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application.
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In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT
services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy
reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Establish six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resources.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area
network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support
mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center
approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate
the increasing demands of its users.
Storage Requirements
Prior to implementing the SAN and data center approach, the central DP
shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the
mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was
minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be
backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management
controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe
included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of
major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many
servers.
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C8-1 CASE STUDY 8 CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUT.docxjasoninnes20
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CASE STUDY 8
CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Carlson Companies (www.carlson.com) is one of the largest privately held
companies in the United States, with more than 171,000 employees in more
than 150 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing,
business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Carlson Hotels
Worldwide division owns and operates approximately 1,075 hotels located in
more than 70 countries. Radisson, Park Plaza, and Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson are some of its hotel brands. The hotel loyalty program is named
Club Carlson. The Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes T.G.I. Friday’s
and the Pick Up Stix chains. The company registered approximately $38
billion in sales in 2011.
Carlson’s Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services,
acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must
support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a
centralized data processing model to meet business operational
requirements. The central computing environment has traditionally included
an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of
applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange,
Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application.
http://www.carlson.com/
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In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT
services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy
reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Establish six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resources.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area
network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support
mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center
approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate
the increasing demands of its users.
Storage Requirements
Prior to implementing the SAN and data center approach, the central DP
shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the
mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was
minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be
backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management
controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe
included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of
major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many
se ...
Assignment 5 Technical Term PaperThe Technical Term Paper will in.docxrosemariebrayshaw
Assignment 5: Technical Term Paper
The Technical Term Paper will include the detailed response to the network design request. The document will be submitted in MS Word and will be between 10-15 pages with graphics embedded within the document.
Background
You are a small network design company called Wide-IP that is looking for that big break. As the CTO of the Wide-IP company, you recently made a persuasive presentation of your company's approach to designing networks at a large industry event. The CEO of Fiction Corporation, a large retail chain, was impressed by your presentation. It looks like you've finally got your break! You have a small team of 10 technically proficient staffers with a strong background in project management, networking, and internetworking skills that include PMP, Network+, CCNP, and CISSP credentials.
You have been selected by Fiction Corporation to develop a network design document and plan without an RFP.
Overview
Fiction Corporation, a large national retail chain of 10,000 employees and 500 retail outlets, is migrating its one primary data center operation to a new headquarters building several miles away. The company wishes to upgrade its network and correct any security flaws in its infrastructure as part of this move. The Fiction CEO has informed you that the capital budget for this migration cannot exceed $500,000 and must not interrupt business operations. What follows is a brief background that will serve as your foundation in developing the network design.
The data in the center supports remote retail locations, an off-site 100 seat call center and 3 remote warehousing operations 24 hours a day with annual uptime at 99.9%. Any significant downtime to its production systems would impact Fiction Corporation's operations and profitability. From the data processing viewpoint, the move includes 2 large UPS, 4 RS/6000 AIX application servers, 10 virtualized servers and 20 PC servers.
The network consists of approximately 500 remote location retail stores connected via frame relay (with ISDN backup) to 10 routers at the data center running a common LAN shared by the entire organization. The retail operations also run WLANs that are on its own subnet. You will have a T1 link and ISDN as a primary backup. Network managers also need to monitor the status of remote systems. The SNMP management system must be able to detect and report failure of the remote system or its communications link and the status of individual applications.
The company wishes a seamless migration that minimizes impact to its customers and employees. Any gaps in this background will require you to make sound technical and persuasive assumptions that satisfy the customer's goals that are within the budget guidelines.
You were selected in part due to your detailed analysis and agreement to an implementation cost that will not exceed $500,000. Your network migration plan will be in phases with noted milestones. Key to the success of this plan is th.
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Task
Founded in 1990, Century Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a regional Australian pharmaceutical company that delivers pharmaceutical supply chain services to a number of nursing care facilities in regional Australia. The company has some 100 staff, which includes management, administrative staff and other pharmaceutical staff. Century Pharmaceutical has a small data centre at its main site at Wagga where the company’s servers and data storage is located. The company has the following server infrastructure at its data centre:
2x Active Directory domain controllers on Windows Server 2008 R2;
3x MySQL database servers on Windows Server 2008 R2;
1x Exchange 2007 Email Server on Windows Server 2008 R2;
4x Windows Server 2003 File and Print Servers;
2x Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux Server running Apache and TomCat.
The management of the Century Pharmaceuticals Ltd is concerned about the increasing costs of power and cooling to operate their data centre. The management also wants to increase the reliability of the services, reduce the desktop support loads and accelerate desktop provisioning to the staff. They are investigating whether they should employ a virtualisation technology in their data centre to enhance the data centre efficiency while keeping the cost low. They are also considering whether they should use virtualisation to provide an updated desktop environment to their staff.
The Challenge
You are to consider how to implement a virtual infrastructure for the company and prepare a report for the management. Your report should include:
One page executive summary
Proposed virtual infrastructure for the data centre including which virtual technology is recommended and the reasons for that recommendation
Analysis of how virtual applications and desktops or both will be delivered to the user’s desktops.
Design disaster recovery / backup system
Information security changes required and the steps required to implement / monitor these changes
Final approximate price for your proposal
Rationale
This assessment item is designed to assess the understanding and use of some advanced topics in virtualisation, analytical skills, planning and design capabilities of students under some predefined requirements. In particular, the assessment covers the following learning objectives:
be able to communicate the importance of different virtualisation technologies for x86 and Unix based systems;
be able to evaluate which virtualisation technology should be used in a given set of requirements;
be able to identify and evaluate the requirements to create a virtual infrastructure; and
be able to analyse the requirements for management of a virtual infrastructure.
Marking criteria
The following rubric will be used when assessing each component in this assignment.
Item
HD
DI
CR
PS
FL
Executive Summary
A complete summary of the solution and main points of the report.
A highly detailed explanation of main points of the report.
A thorough explanation of main points of the .
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held compani.docxwendolynhalbert
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States,
with more than 180,000 employees in more than 140 countries. Carlson enterprises
include a presence in marketing, business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries.
Its Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services, acts as a service
provider to its internal clients and consequently must support a spectrum of user
applications and services. The IT division uses a centralized data processing model to
meet business operational requirements. The central computing environment includes an
IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02,HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of applications,
including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange, Web, PeopleSoft, and a
data warehouse application.
In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT services continued to
meet the needs of a growing company with heavy reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Established six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resource.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area network (SAN) with a
consolidated, centralized database to support mainframe and server applications.
Carlson needed a SAN and data center approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable
facility to accommodate the increasing demand of its users.
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Storage Requirements
Until recently, the central DP shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus
that of the mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was minimal. However,
the data management cost was high. There had to be backup procedures for the storage
on each server, as well as management controls to reconcile data distributed throughout
the system. The mainframe included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data
in the event of major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many servers.
As Carlson’s databases grow beyond 10 terabytes (TB) of business-critical data, the IT
team determined that a comprehensive network storage strategy would be required to
manage future growth.
Solution
Concept
The existing Carlson server complex made use of Fibre Channel links to achieve
communication and backup capabilities among servers. Carlson considered extending
this capability to a full-blown Fibr ...
Case Study 4 Carlson Companies Carlson Companies is one of the.docxwendolynhalbert
Case Study 4 Carlson Companies
Carlson Companies is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, with more than 180,000 employees in more than 140 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing, business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services, acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a centralized data processing model to meet business operational requirements. The central computing environment includes an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers [KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange, Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application. In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy reliance on data and applications: Implement an enterprise data warehouse. Build a global network. Move to enterprise-wide architecture. Established six-sigma quality for Carlson clients. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange. Leverage existing technology and resource. The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate the increasing demand of its users. Storage Requirements Until recently, the central DP shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many servers. As Carlson’s databases grow beyond 10 terabytes (TB) of business-critical data, the IT team determined that a comprehensive network storage strategy would be required to manage future growth.
Solution
Concept The existing Carlson server complex made use of Fibre Channel links to achieve communication and backup capabilities among servers. Carlson considered extending this capability to a full-blown Fibre Channel SAN that would encompass the server, the mainframe, and massive centralized storage facilities. The IT team concluded that further expansion using Fibre Channel technologies alone would be difficult and costly to manage. At the same time, in supporting ...
C8-1 CASE STUDY 8 CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUT.docxclairbycraft
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CASE STUDY 8
CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Carlson Companies (www.carlson.com) is one of the largest privately held
companies in the United States, with more than 171,000 employees in more
than 150 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing,
business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Carlson Hotels
Worldwide division owns and operates approximately 1,075 hotels located in
more than 70 countries. Radisson, Park Plaza, and Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson are some of its hotel brands. The hotel loyalty program is named
Club Carlson. The Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes T.G.I. Friday’s
and the Pick Up Stix chains. The company registered approximately $38
billion in sales in 2011.
Carlson’s Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services,
acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must
support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a
centralized data processing model to meet business operational
requirements. The central computing environment has traditionally included
an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of
applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange,
Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application.
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In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT
services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy
reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Establish six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resources.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area
network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support
mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center
approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate
the increasing demands of its users.
Storage Requirements
Prior to implementing the SAN and data center approach, the central DP
shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the
mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was
minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be
backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management
controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe
included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of
major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many
servers.
C8-3
As Ca.
C8-1 CASE STUDY 8 CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUT.docxjasoninnes20
C8-1
CASE STUDY 8
CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Carlson Companies (www.carlson.com) is one of the largest privately held
companies in the United States, with more than 171,000 employees in more
than 150 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in marketing,
business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its Carlson Hotels
Worldwide division owns and operates approximately 1,075 hotels located in
more than 70 countries. Radisson, Park Plaza, and Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson are some of its hotel brands. The hotel loyalty program is named
Club Carlson. The Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes T.G.I. Friday’s
and the Pick Up Stix chains. The company registered approximately $38
billion in sales in 2011.
Carlson’s Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson Shared Services,
acts as a service provider to its internal clients and consequently must
support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT division uses a
centralized data processing model to meet business operational
requirements. The central computing environment has traditionally included
an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide range of
applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange,
Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application.
http://www.carlson.com/
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In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that IT
services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with heavy
reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Establish six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resources.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area
network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to support
mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and data center
approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate
the increasing demands of its users.
Storage Requirements
Prior to implementing the SAN and data center approach, the central DP
shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of the
mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data was
minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There had to be
backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as management
controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system. The mainframe
included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in the event of
major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed for the many
se ...
Assignment 5 Technical Term PaperThe Technical Term Paper will in.docxrosemariebrayshaw
Assignment 5: Technical Term Paper
The Technical Term Paper will include the detailed response to the network design request. The document will be submitted in MS Word and will be between 10-15 pages with graphics embedded within the document.
Background
You are a small network design company called Wide-IP that is looking for that big break. As the CTO of the Wide-IP company, you recently made a persuasive presentation of your company's approach to designing networks at a large industry event. The CEO of Fiction Corporation, a large retail chain, was impressed by your presentation. It looks like you've finally got your break! You have a small team of 10 technically proficient staffers with a strong background in project management, networking, and internetworking skills that include PMP, Network+, CCNP, and CISSP credentials.
You have been selected by Fiction Corporation to develop a network design document and plan without an RFP.
Overview
Fiction Corporation, a large national retail chain of 10,000 employees and 500 retail outlets, is migrating its one primary data center operation to a new headquarters building several miles away. The company wishes to upgrade its network and correct any security flaws in its infrastructure as part of this move. The Fiction CEO has informed you that the capital budget for this migration cannot exceed $500,000 and must not interrupt business operations. What follows is a brief background that will serve as your foundation in developing the network design.
The data in the center supports remote retail locations, an off-site 100 seat call center and 3 remote warehousing operations 24 hours a day with annual uptime at 99.9%. Any significant downtime to its production systems would impact Fiction Corporation's operations and profitability. From the data processing viewpoint, the move includes 2 large UPS, 4 RS/6000 AIX application servers, 10 virtualized servers and 20 PC servers.
The network consists of approximately 500 remote location retail stores connected via frame relay (with ISDN backup) to 10 routers at the data center running a common LAN shared by the entire organization. The retail operations also run WLANs that are on its own subnet. You will have a T1 link and ISDN as a primary backup. Network managers also need to monitor the status of remote systems. The SNMP management system must be able to detect and report failure of the remote system or its communications link and the status of individual applications.
The company wishes a seamless migration that minimizes impact to its customers and employees. Any gaps in this background will require you to make sound technical and persuasive assumptions that satisfy the customer's goals that are within the budget guidelines.
You were selected in part due to your detailed analysis and agreement to an implementation cost that will not exceed $500,000. Your network migration plan will be in phases with noted milestones. Key to the success of this plan is th.
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Task
Founded in 1990, Century Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a regional Australian pharmaceutical company that delivers pharmaceutical supply chain services to a number of nursing care facilities in regional Australia. The company has some 100 staff, which includes management, administrative staff and other pharmaceutical staff. Century Pharmaceutical has a small data centre at its main site at Wagga where the company’s servers and data storage is located. The company has the following server infrastructure at its data centre:
2x Active Directory domain controllers on Windows Server 2008 R2;
3x MySQL database servers on Windows Server 2008 R2;
1x Exchange 2007 Email Server on Windows Server 2008 R2;
4x Windows Server 2003 File and Print Servers;
2x Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux Server running Apache and TomCat.
The management of the Century Pharmaceuticals Ltd is concerned about the increasing costs of power and cooling to operate their data centre. The management also wants to increase the reliability of the services, reduce the desktop support loads and accelerate desktop provisioning to the staff. They are investigating whether they should employ a virtualisation technology in their data centre to enhance the data centre efficiency while keeping the cost low. They are also considering whether they should use virtualisation to provide an updated desktop environment to their staff.
The Challenge
You are to consider how to implement a virtual infrastructure for the company and prepare a report for the management. Your report should include:
One page executive summary
Proposed virtual infrastructure for the data centre including which virtual technology is recommended and the reasons for that recommendation
Analysis of how virtual applications and desktops or both will be delivered to the user’s desktops.
Design disaster recovery / backup system
Information security changes required and the steps required to implement / monitor these changes
Final approximate price for your proposal
Rationale
This assessment item is designed to assess the understanding and use of some advanced topics in virtualisation, analytical skills, planning and design capabilities of students under some predefined requirements. In particular, the assessment covers the following learning objectives:
be able to communicate the importance of different virtualisation technologies for x86 and Unix based systems;
be able to evaluate which virtualisation technology should be used in a given set of requirements;
be able to identify and evaluate the requirements to create a virtual infrastructure; and
be able to analyse the requirements for management of a virtual infrastructure.
Marking criteria
The following rubric will be used when assessing each component in this assignment.
Item
HD
DI
CR
PS
FL
Executive Summary
A complete summary of the solution and main points of the report.
A highly detailed explanation of main points of the report.
A thorough explanation of main points of the .
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Technical Paper: Database Administrator for Department Store
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A company wants to create 4 separate offices across the globe. The managers want to be able to connect these offices over the Internet, and they want to make sure that each network is available to each other. That is, they want the routing information of all 4 networks to be available at each site so that any employee can go to any site and work from it, but they are worried about passing traffic over the Internet and how to monitor the traffic for security and compliance reasons.
Please answer the following questions and requirements to write your 3–5 page paper. As you answer each question, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic IT articles or real-life IT findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your reference page.
· Discuss the latest implementations of routing protocols that would be used in the company's wide area network and the Internet.
· Where is each protocol used in a wide area network (WAN)? How does each protocol work in a WAN?
· How would the routers help in monitoring passing traffic over the networks and Internet under safe and secure conditions? Provide examples of how it would be done and why it would be done in this fashion.
· If you were able to recommend another way to build this network from the idea and requirements of the company, what would be your recommendation? Why would you recommend this alternative?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.
Please submit your assignment.
Unit2 - Individual Project due on 4/5/2014
Discuss the importance of using a routing protocol and explain general functionality. Router Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol than can be used by a router to send data from one network to another. What are the demerits of distance vector routing protocols in general?
Assignment Guidelines:
· Using the course materials, the textbook, and Web resources research distance-vector routing protocols, with a high concentration on the versions of Router Information Protocol (RIP).
· Use the following questions to help you format your research paper:
What is the purpose of a routing protocol?
What is a distance-vector routing protocol?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance-vector protocols?
What is RIP?
What are the two versions of RIP, and what are their specific purposes?
What are the limitations of RIP?
· Compile your responses to the above questions in a 4–7 page word document.
Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the following:
· A 4–7 page, double-spaced Microsoft Word document, excluding title page and reference section. All references should be in APA format. You may find using section headings and bullets make the paper mo ...
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Assessment item 4 - Cloud Proposal and Design
Value: 20%
TASK
The Department of Spatial Information (DSI) is a State Government department. The major function of DSI is to provide accurate and timely spatial information to other Government departments, but also to make some of this spatial information available to the public. In order to provide both the government and public services, DSI has developed a number of web services that deliver this information through a number of internally developed services and applications. This suite of web services and applications is referred to as the DSI Online Spatial Delivery System (OSDS).
The OSDS is considered essential by DSI and their users, so these services must be:
· Readily available and accessible at all times,
· Capable of handling heavy loads in times of peak demand,
· Capable of serving downloads to users as required,
· Secure from attacks,
· Capable of providing detailed reports on usage.
DSI is considering the following strategic proposal:
· They plan to retain their data centre solely for archival and long-term data storage. This would entail updating their data storage infrastructure, and moving all other infrastructure into the Cloud.
· They plan to initially move all their Web Services into the Cloud in order to provide an increased level of HA (High Availability) as well as a better degree of flexibility in supplying data to their customers and employees.
· Their web services are running on the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers using Apache Tomcat
· They plan to change their current web software architecture to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability that can be gained by moving to a Microservices model (this would entail the use of such services as AWS Lambda or Azure Functions, Containers, Data Services, and Cloud Edge capability and monitoring).
· All Microservices are to be designed so that they can be easily moved from one cloud to another to suit requirements or to take advantage of price differentials.
· They plan to use a multi-cloud approach to provide increased reliability, access, price differentials and avoid vendor lock-in.
· They also plan to migrate their Spatial LoB (Line of Business) applications to the cloud in order to increase the application's flexibility and availability. The Spatial LoB application suite will require:
· a number of IaaS instances running Windows Server 2019
· a number of PaaS instances for Microsoft SharePoint 2019 Enterprise
· DSI are required under State Government legislation to keep spatial data sets in Australia.
The DSI Board is contemplating this strategy as a way to increase the company’s flexibility and responsiveness. The Board also expects to achieve significant savings by migrating to a Cloud based ICT infrastructure. They appreciate that this would entail retraining for:
· Their existing ICT staff so that they can manage the new Cloud based infrastructure,
· Their development staff so that they can start to .
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4- Discuss TCP's congestion control mechanism?
5- What are the differences between CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA?
Graded Scoring Rubric
Attribute
Comments
Possible Points
Points Earned
Requirements analysis Analysis covers five requirements, defining them and providing explanations of each; and demonstrates understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking.
Excellent summary of FEI and its environment. Not totally clear on which 5 requirements you planned to address; perhaps bullets or explicitly identifying them would help.
3
2.5
Technology solution An appropriate technology solution is provided and thoroughly explained. It addresses all identified requirements.
Cloud storage, VoIP, videoconferencing, network management tools are all excellent components of a converged solution, but how do you plan to implement it. What network technology is required? Will FEI build the network themselves or lease it? I see the network in the diagram, but not explained in the text.
3
2
Converged solution An effective converged network is proposed; work demonstrates understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking.
Very good.
2
2
Cost-benefit analysis The benefits of the converged solution are fully discussed in terms of relative cost of implementing multiple solutions.
You mentioned a low cost solution that will lower the cost of operations, but without understanding the network infrastructure I’m not clear how this will be achieved. Again is FEI building a network or leasing it?
2
1.5
External research At least two sources other than the textbook (and other course material) are incorporated and used effectively
You must provide in-text citations so that the reader knows how you used the sources. Also, to avoid plagiarism be careful to use quotation marks appropriately when quoting directly.
1
.25
Document format The document reflects effective organization and correct sentence structure, grammar, and spelling; it is presented in a professional format; it incorporates illustrations or diagrams; and references are appropriately incorporated and cited, using APA style.
Section headers may help to organize the paper to ensure that all of the required topics are addressed.
1
1
Total Points
12
9.25
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Architectural Diagram Instructions
Introduction
This is an individual project. This project is related to the Case Study project. Each student must complete an Architectural Diagram that illustrates the placement of security and other technologies within the converged network solution. The foundation for this project is the requirements analysis and proposal document that you completed for the Case Study project. The target audience will be the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). The Architectural Diagram deliverable is an MS Word document.
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IT327-1404A-01 Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Network I
Phase 1 Individual Project
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10/14/14
Contents
Week 1: Target Organization 3
Target Organization 3
Analysis and Recommendations 3
Week 2: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Addressing and Management 4
Week 3: Fault Tolerance Plan 5
Week 4: Security Plan 6
Week 5: Network Monitoring 7
All Weeks: Network Pro Prep Toolkit 8
Week 1: Target OrganizationTarget Organization
About Ryan Computer Enterprises
Ryan Computer Enterprises formed in 2000, and provides leading business solutions. Currently there are over 8000 employees that are located throughout five states with three locations in Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Texas and New York. The administrative office currently is located in Pennsylvania. Currently there are over 500 additional employees located in the corporate headquarters. The company provides cutting edge solutions and needs USAA, JP Morgan, Goldman Sacks and other financial institutions. In 2002, Forbes magazine rated Ryan Computer Enterprises as the number one business organization for the field of technical consultation.
Major clients of Ryan Computer Enterprises are all in the field of investment banking and insurance. Some major factors of focus for the company will be improvement of business process the clientele have set in place, legacy systems and to have a set solution in place to be utilized thought their organization. Ryan Computer Enterprises has stated that our goal is align both the company and client goals.
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The last item for discussion that will be addressed as an upgrade will be the addition of remote access. Having VPN capabilities allows Ryan Computer Enterprises to better facilitate troubleshooting and adds to the functionality of its employees. All email services as well as server access allow an employee to better assist with technical work as well as giving the clients the ability to conduct business wherever they might be located.
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Memorandum
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What study design was chosen for this study? Why?
What data was collected? Why?
What biases the study was subjected to?
What conclusions were made?
How a healthcare manager can use this study to guide departmental staffing?
**Refer to credible sources following APA format when appropriate
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NR360 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
Required Uniform Assignment: Technology
Presentation
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to (a) explore and present an information technology used in the
healthcare system that supports the patient care experience and (b) develop the skills of team
communication, collaboration, and production.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
• CO 1: Describe patient‐care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient
population. (PO 1)
• CO 5: Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that
support safe nursing practice. (PO 5)
• CO 6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to
data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO 6)
• CO 8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing
care. (PO 8)
DUE DATE
See Course Schedule in Syllabus. The college’s Late Assignment Policy applies to this activity.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
This assignment is worth a total of 240 points.
Requirements
1. For this team project, students will be assigned by faculty into teams of three to five individuals
depending upon class size.
2. Teams will receive a project grade based on assessment by the project rubric, which will then be
applied to each individual’s grade for the project minus points for lack of participation in the
development or presentation of the project.
3. The team leader will make all dropbox submissions for the course so that the
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a. TURNITIN similarity index will not pickup inadvertent self‐plagiarism from another team
member’s submission
b. Course faculty will have only one submission to review and grade.
4. Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, 2010 or higher for systems’ compatibility.
a. Follow the best practices for PowerPoint construction & presentation
Preparing the Presentation
1. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes between 25‐30 slides, NOT including the
title and reference slides.
a. Speaker Notes
i. Outline and “script” the presentation for online students.
ii. Online students’ speaker notes should include the name of the student who
researched and presented the slide information.
iii. Campus students follow the guidelines of your course instructor.
b. Scholarly writing and APA 6th Edition guidelines should be followed as applicable to
PowerPoint slides.
c. Cite sources in APA format in the applicable slides and include the APA formatted
reference in your reference list slide(s) ‐ Minimum 6 references
d. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation apply even in bullet points and speaker slides (e.g.,
quotation marks, i.
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· If you were able to recommend another way to build this network from the idea and requirements of the company, what would be your recommendation? Why would you recommend this alternative?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.
Please submit your assignment.
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Discuss the importance of using a routing protocol and explain general functionality. Router Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol than can be used by a router to send data from one network to another. What are the demerits of distance vector routing protocols in general?
Assignment Guidelines:
· Using the course materials, the textbook, and Web resources research distance-vector routing protocols, with a high concentration on the versions of Router Information Protocol (RIP).
· Use the following questions to help you format your research paper:
What is the purpose of a routing protocol?
What is a distance-vector routing protocol?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance-vector protocols?
What is RIP?
What are the two versions of RIP, and what are their specific purposes?
What are the limitations of RIP?
· Compile your responses to the above questions in a 4–7 page word document.
Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the following:
· A 4–7 page, double-spaced Microsoft Word document, excluding title page and reference section. All references should be in APA format. You may find using section headings and bullets make the paper mo ...
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The Department of Spatial Information (DSI) is a State Government department. The major function of DSI is to provide accurate and timely spatial information to other Government departments, but also to make some of this spatial information available to the public. In order to provide both the government and public services, DSI has developed a number of web services that deliver this information through a number of internally developed services and applications. This suite of web services and applications is referred to as the DSI Online Spatial Delivery System (OSDS).
The OSDS is considered essential by DSI and their users, so these services must be:
· Readily available and accessible at all times,
· Capable of handling heavy loads in times of peak demand,
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· Secure from attacks,
· Capable of providing detailed reports on usage.
DSI is considering the following strategic proposal:
· They plan to retain their data centre solely for archival and long-term data storage. This would entail updating their data storage infrastructure, and moving all other infrastructure into the Cloud.
· They plan to initially move all their Web Services into the Cloud in order to provide an increased level of HA (High Availability) as well as a better degree of flexibility in supplying data to their customers and employees.
· Their web services are running on the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers using Apache Tomcat
· They plan to change their current web software architecture to take advantage of the flexibility and scalability that can be gained by moving to a Microservices model (this would entail the use of such services as AWS Lambda or Azure Functions, Containers, Data Services, and Cloud Edge capability and monitoring).
· All Microservices are to be designed so that they can be easily moved from one cloud to another to suit requirements or to take advantage of price differentials.
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· They also plan to migrate their Spatial LoB (Line of Business) applications to the cloud in order to increase the application's flexibility and availability. The Spatial LoB application suite will require:
· a number of IaaS instances running Windows Server 2019
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· DSI are required under State Government legislation to keep spatial data sets in Australia.
The DSI Board is contemplating this strategy as a way to increase the company’s flexibility and responsiveness. The Board also expects to achieve significant savings by migrating to a Cloud based ICT infrastructure. They appreciate that this would entail retraining for:
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Attribute
Comments
Possible Points
Points Earned
Requirements analysis Analysis covers five requirements, defining them and providing explanations of each; and demonstrates understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking.
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Technology solution An appropriate technology solution is provided and thoroughly explained. It addresses all identified requirements.
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2
Converged solution An effective converged network is proposed; work demonstrates understanding of course concepts, analysis, and critical thinking.
Very good.
2
2
Cost-benefit analysis The benefits of the converged solution are fully discussed in terms of relative cost of implementing multiple solutions.
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1.5
External research At least two sources other than the textbook (and other course material) are incorporated and used effectively
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1
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Document format The document reflects effective organization and correct sentence structure, grammar, and spelling; it is presented in a professional format; it incorporates illustrations or diagrams; and references are appropriately incorporated and cited, using APA style.
Section headers may help to organize the paper to ensure that all of the required topics are addressed.
1
1
Total Points
12
9.25
Page 1 of 2
Architectural Diagram Instructions
Introduction
This is an individual project. This project is related to the Case Study project. Each student must complete an Architectural Diagram that illustrates the placement of security and other technologies within the converged network solution. The foundation for this project is the requirements analysis and proposal document that you completed for the Case Study project. The target audience will be the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). The Architectural Diagram deliverable is an MS Word document.
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Target Organization 3
Analysis and Recommendations 3
Week 2: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Addressing and Management 4
Week 3: Fault Tolerance Plan 5
Week 4: Security Plan 6
Week 5: Network Monitoring 7
All Weeks: Network Pro Prep Toolkit 8
Week 1: Target OrganizationTarget Organization
About Ryan Computer Enterprises
Ryan Computer Enterprises formed in 2000, and provides leading business solutions. Currently there are over 8000 employees that are located throughout five states with three locations in Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Texas and New York. The administrative office currently is located in Pennsylvania. Currently there are over 500 additional employees located in the corporate headquarters. The company provides cutting edge solutions and needs USAA, JP Morgan, Goldman Sacks and other financial institutions. In 2002, Forbes magazine rated Ryan Computer Enterprises as the number one business organization for the field of technical consultation.
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Presentation
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to (a) explore and present an information technology used in the
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communication, collaboration, and production.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
• CO 1: Describe patient‐care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient
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• CO 5: Identify patient care technologies, information systems, and communication devices that
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• CO 6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to
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• CO 8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in delivery of nursing
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DUE DATE
See Course Schedule in Syllabus. The college’s Late Assignment Policy applies to this activity.
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This assignment is worth a total of 240 points.
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depending upon class size.
2. Teams will receive a project grade based on assessment by the project rubric, which will then be
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a. Follow the best practices for PowerPoint construction & presentation
Preparing the Presentation
1. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes between 25‐30 slides, NOT including the
title and reference slides.
a. Speaker Notes
i. Outline and “script” the presentation for online students.
ii. Online students’ speaker notes should include the name of the student who
researched and presented the slide information.
iii. Campus students follow the guidelines of your course instructor.
b. Scholarly writing and APA 6th Edition guidelines should be followed as applicable to
PowerPoint slides.
c. Cite sources in APA format in the applicable slides and include the APA formatted
reference in your reference list slide(s) ‐ Minimum 6 references
d. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation apply even in bullet points and speaker slides (e.g.,
quotation marks, i.
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NUR3020
Assignment 1: Application of Law and Ethics Modules
Contents
Objectives: Assignment one: 1
Process 1
Assignment Brief 2
Assignment Section One: Patient Safety/Nursing Care 2
Assignment Section Two: The Tort of Negligence 3
Assignment Section Three: Ethical Issues 3
Guidelines 4
References 4
Objectives: Assignment one:
After successfully completing this assignment students will:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of law and ethics in 21st Century registered nursing practice in Australia
2. Apply published theory to case situations.
3. Synthesise published material with the student’s own analysis to demonstrate appropriate conclusions.
4. Demonstrate professional communication in the accepted form of an Academic Assignment.
Process
1. Due Date: Monday, August 14, 2017 Extension to Tuesday, Aug 22nd.
2. Word limit is 2000 words – 10% deviation allowed
3. This piece of assessment is an individual submission; it is not group work – it must be your own and will be electronically tracked against other submissions.
4. Submitted via Study Desk, course site (only) - no emailed copies or hard copy accepted
5. Please submit Marking Guide as a separate document (in WORD).
6. APA6 referencing is required as per the USQ Library guide is expected.
7. The teaching team is not in a position to review drafts – but welcomes questions and outlines of your work and questions about areas you may find challenging! These can be in the Communities of Practice if you feel the question would benefit your peers, or emailed to Marie Cleary individually if you feel it is something of an individual nature.
8. Request for extensions are for extenuating circumstances and must be at least three days prior to due date. The examiner will request a ‘work in progress’ at the point of request.
Assignment Brief
Conduct an analysis of the Case: Findings of the Inquest into the death of Albert Eric Bruce Biffin addressing the three sections as outlined.
In the report of the Inquest into the death of Albert Eric Bruce Biffin1 the Coroner identified the medical cause of death as complications of an incarcerated umbilical hernia. It was known that Mr Biffin had a long medical history however was still relatively independent in his residential care environment. Mr Biffin died on February 27, 2013 at the age of 86.
A number of registered nurses, were involved in Mr Biffin’s care in the period February 24, 2013 to February 27, 2013. The role of the assistant in nursing, the endorsed enrolled nurse and the registered nurse were key within the chain of events that transpired and affected the deterioration and death of Mr Biffin.
In a chapter provided for you on DIRECT readings on the study desk for NUR3020, McDonald and Then (2014) discuss that while individuals can make errors, it also may be difficult to attribute to one person. (McDonald & Then, 2014, p. 134).
Assignment Section One: Patient Safety/Nursing Care
Section 1 - Conduct an analysis of the nur.
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Utilitarian
Degradation
Ideology
Paradigm
Moral
Ethical
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Essay 3 (20 points): Life
Context: Over the last two quarters, we have studied monster stories, real life “monstrous” events, and our
life-threatening fears to find that, as Stephen King said, they “make us feel alive.” Aside from forcing us to
consider our own mortality, your cultural stories (told last quarter -- sooo long ago!) also incorporated elements
of your historic and cultural lessons aimed at teaching you to be “good.”
Assignment: For this next paper, you’ll come to terms with the phrase “a good life,” forward other theorists’
research on the matter, and expand your findings by assessing/interpreting your own life.
Basic Requirements:
● MLA format
● Incorporate _____ sources to help you define your terms
● A minimum of 4 sources - only one may be from our past readings.
● A minimum of 3.5 pages (The Works Cited does not count as a page)
Skills Required:
● Research and critical selection of sources
● Citing like a boss
● Comparison/Contrast
● Careful use of language
● Paragraph content - discuss only ONE concept/perspective/aspect of work
● Paragraph organization (logical order of paragraphs)
● Paragraph cohesion (use of transitions and reasonable flow of ideas)
● Revision and final editing
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In this assignment, you will use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to create a detailed diagram and timeline of eight domestic and international terrorist events that have occurred. Four events must have occurred before 9/11, and four events must be from after 9/11.Further, you will be required to submit a paragraph that provides a brief synopsis of each terrorist event. Therefore, at least eight paragraphs should be present in your submission. Your synopsis of each event must include the following information.
Who was the terrorist or terrorist organization?
What was the terrorist’s or terrorist organization’s motive(s)?
Where did the terrorist events take place? Why did the terrorist or terrorist organization launch this attack?
When did the attack occur?
How did the terrorist or terrorist organization complete this attack? What tactics were used?
The length of the timeline will depend on how you organize the points. There is no specific length requirement as long as the criteria is met. You are required to use at least your textbook as an outside source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA guidelines.
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NR360 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
Required Uniform Assignment: We Can, but Dare We?
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate smartphone and social media use in healthcare and to
apply professional, ethical, and legal principles to their appropriate use in healthcare technology.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
• CO #4: Investigate safeguards and decision‐making support tools embedded in patient
care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for
both patients and healthcare workers. (PO 4)
• CO #6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal
requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and
client’s right to privacy. (PO 6)
• CO #8: Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force to institute change in the
delivery of nursing care (PO 8)
DUE DATE
See Course Schedule in Syllabus. The college’s Late Assignment Policy applies to this activity.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
This assignment is worth a total of 240 points.
Requirements
1. Research, compose, and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario described below, and
choose a conclusion scenario to discuss within the body of your paper. Reflect on lessons
learned in this class about technology, privacy concerns, and legal and ethical issues and
addressed each of these concepts in the paper, reflecting on the use of smartphones and social
media in healthcare. Consider the consequences of such a scenario. Do not limit your review of
the literature to the nursing discipline only because other health professionals are using the
technology, and you may need to apply critical thinking skills to its applications in this scenario.
2. Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting. Consult your copy of the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association, sixth edition, as well as the resources in Doc Sharing if you
have questions (e.g., margin size, font type and size (point), use of third person, etc.). Take
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advantage of the writing service SmartThinking, which is accessed by clicking on the link called
the Tutor Source, found under the Course Home area.
3. The length of the paper should be four to five pages, excluding the title page and the reference
page. Limit the references to a few key sources (minimum of three required).
4. The paper will contain an introduction that catches the attention of the reader, states the
purpose of the paper, and provides a narrative outline of what will follow (i.e., the assignment
criteria).
5. In the body of the paper, discuss the scenario in relation to HIPAA, leg.
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NURS 6003: Transition to Graduate Study for Nursing
Academic and Professional Success Plan Template
Prepared by:
<INSERT NAME>
This document is to be used for NURS 6003 Transition to Graduate Study for Nursing to complete Assessments 1-6. Just as importantly the document serves to organize your thoughts about planning for your academic and professional success.
For specific instructions see the weekly assessment details in the course, or ask your instructor for further guidance.
Week 1 | Part 1: My Academic and Professional Network
I have identified and secured the participation of the following academic (at least two) and professional (at least two) individuals and/or teams to form the basis of my network. This network will help me to clarify my vision for success and will help guide me now and in the future.
Directions: Complete the information below for each member of your network. For more than four entries repeat the items below with details of your additional network member(s) in the ‘ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS’ section.
NETWORK MEMBER 1
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Academic or Professional:
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes:
NETWORK MEMBER 2
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Academic or Professional:
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes:
NETWORK MEMBER 3
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Academic or Professional:
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes:
NETWORK MEMBER 4
Name:
Title:
Organization:
Academic or Professional:
Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:
Notes:
ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS
Week 2 | Part 2: Academic Resources and Strategies
I have identified the following academic resources and/or strategies that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or my specialty in particular.
Directions: In the space below Identify and describe at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program, and at least threeprofessional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or your specialty in particular. For each, explain how you intend to use these resources, and how they might benefit you academically and professionally.
Academic Resource/Strategy 1
Academic Resource/Strategy 2
Academic Resource/Strategy 3
Professional Resource/Strategy 1
Professional Resource/Strategy 2
Professional Resource/Strategy 3
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES/STRATEGIES
Week 3 | Part 3: Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity and Professional Ethics
I have analyzed the relationship between academic integrity and writing, as well as the relation.
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NURS 6241: Strategic Planning in Healthcare Organizations
Strategic Plan Issue
Prepared by:
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This document is to be used for NURS 6241: Strategic Planning Issue in Healthcare Organizations to complete the Module 1 Assessment, in which you identify a strategic planning issue for your Strategic Plan. This document serves to organize your thoughts about planning for your strategic plan issue.
Identify a strategic plan issue that has significant impact on your organization and/or community.
In a total of 1–2 pages, briefly address each component below related to your proposed issue:
· Historical analysis of issue
· Explanation of how evidence from the literature supports the need to address this issue (Note: Include appropriate resources.)
· Past attempts by various individuals and groups to address this issue
· Stakeholders who should be included in the strategic planning process
· Financial implications of the project for the organization
How to Identify a Strategic Plan Issue
Use the questions in the worksheet below to guide your identification of a strategic plan issue that has significant impact on your organization and/or community.
What is the organization for which you will create a strategic plan?
What is the mission or vision of this organization?
How is the organization currently meeting its mission or vision?
Is there a specific segment of the organization that is ineffective or may be financially underperforming?
What are some notable achievements, successes, or failures of the organization?
· Could a plan be devised to address or extend anything notable you identified above?
Consider the performance of services offered by the organization. Do the services offered effectively or efficiently meet their intended goals?
· Could a plan be devised to meet or improve current or future organizational goals?
Identify current trends in the field of healthcare or trends that are specific to the organization you are addressing (this could include political or economic issues).
· What strategic plan could be developed to position the organization to meet these trends successfully?
Additionally, consider the impacts of each of following on the issue you are considering:
· Historical analysis of issue
· Evidence from the literature
· Past attempts by various individuals and groups to address this issue
· Stakeholders which should be included in the strategic planning process
· Financial implications for the organization
Looking Ahead: Strategic Plan
In this course, you will create a nine-section strategic plan to address an issue that you will identify in Week 2. In the Week 11 Discussion, you will share the Executive Summary of your Strategic Plan with your colleagues. Please see the Strategic Plan Overview and Template for complete directions.
· Due Day 7 of Week 2
· Identifying a Strategic Plan Issue (1 page)
· Due Day 7 of Week 5
· Section 1: Summary of the Issue (2–3 pages)
· Section 2:.
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Now you should have started your actual work for the project. The work may involve some design, testing, field study, interviews and data collection.
Write your work development with the following items:
1. Title of your project
2. Update on your experimental/field study as reference to your project plan and timeline
a) Any design you made - drawings
b) Any place your visited
c) Any people you interviewed
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Assignment: Change Paper
Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will assess a current semi-direct or indirect nursing situation that is in need
of change. Observe a healthcare environment, focusing on areas of the nursing process that are
inefficient, unsafe, or problematic in nature. Diagnose the problem and choose a nursing change
theory that suits the change(s) you want to make. Propose a detailed plan based on your chosen
change theory, explaining how to implement change. Develop criteria to evaluate the effectiveness
of the plan and include a timeline for your change proposal. Finally, reflect on how your change
affects the nursing profession.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this
assignment.
Assess a current semi-direct or indirect nursing situation that is in need of change.
o Observe your healthcare environment, focusing on areas of nursing process that
are inefficient, unsafe, or problematic in nature.
o Diagnose the problem and choose a nursing change theory that suits the change
you want to make.
o Propose a detailed plan based on your chosen change theory, explaining how
to implement change.
o Develop criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan and include a timeline for
your change proposal.
o Reflect on how your change affects the nursing profession.
Write a 3-5 page paper following the criteria below:
o Your paper should include primary sources and include at least two peer-
reviewed nursing journal articles.
o Citations should be in your own words and not direct quotes.
o Include a title page, running head, appropriate headings, and reference page.
o The paper should be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, 12-point font,
follow APA style format, and cite all sources correctly.
Include the proper file naming convention: NUR204_wk9_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy.
Grading:
Criteria Excellent (3pts) Good (2pts) Needs Improvement
(1pt)
Pts.
Research - Cited 4 or more
reliable sources.
- Sufficient information
provided to support
topic.
- Research in-depth,
revealing new insight.
- Cited 4 or more
reliable sources.
- Adequate information
provided to support
topic.
- Research is
superficial.
- Missing citations or
unreliable sources
used.
- Information does not
support research topic.
- Research is not
relevant to paper.
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NSG3036 W2 Project
Research Template Name
Cite both articles reviewed in APA style:
***In the template, any direct quotes from the articles needs to only include the page number.
Week 2 Template
Quantitative Article
Qualitative Article
Summarize the two assigned articles. In a paragraph, describe in your own words what the study was about and what the researchers found.
Identify and describe the problem for each article
Identified the purpose statement for each article
Identified hypothesis and/or research questions depending on the methodology used in the articles.
After analyzing, discuss
each article’s significance to nursing practice.
Identify two details to support the study being quantitative or qualitative
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Growth Mindset
Task 1: Read the article Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn, by Carol S. Dweck, Winter 2008, (following pages)before coming to class. Highlight the things you find interesting as you read.
Task 2: Think about yourself and your own mindset about mathematics and Engineering. Think about your personal science history in light of what Carol S. Dweck and her graduate students have discovered about mindsets and learning.
Write a draft of a paragraph or two about your reaction to this article. You might include thoughts about the following.
· How did the article make you feel?
· Do you believe you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? Explain why.
· How might the article influence how your approach to your classes, particularly Engineering and Science classes, this semester?
Bring a copy of this with you to class next time we meet. We might / will use our responses to generate discussion and a list of things we can do to help us move toward and maintain a growth mindset.
Task 3: Review the draft of a paragraph or two you wrote before the class discussion next week. Revise these paragraphs if necessary and incorporate your thoughts on the mindset article in your Draft. Be sure to address the specific questions raised in Task 2.
Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn Carol S. DweckWinter 2008
This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing that our brains change constantly with learning and experience and that this takes place throughout our lives.
Does this have implications for students' motivation and learning? It certainly does. In my research in collaboration with my graduate students, we have shown that what students believe about their brains — whether they see their intelligence as something that's fixed or something that can grow and change — has profound effects on their motivation, learning, and school achievement (Dweck, 2006). These different beliefs, or mindsets, create different psychological worlds: one in which students are afraid of challenges and devastated by setbacks, and one in which students relish challenges and are resilient in the face of setbacks.
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Nur 6053. Mod2 Wk3 Assignment: Developing Organizational Policies and Practices
Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.
Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.
Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action, and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began work on in Module 1 by addressing competing needs within your organization.
To Prepare:
· Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment for Module 1, and review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
· Identify and review two evidence-based scholarly resources that focus on proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
· Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post regarding competing needs.
The Assignment (4-5 pages):
Developing Organizational Policies and Practices
Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. The new section should address the following:
· Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
· Describe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
· Critique the policy for ethical considerations, and explain the policy’s strengths and challenges in promoting ethics.
· Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.
· Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/stressor and/or the policies, and provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice recommendations.
RUBRIC
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. In 4–5 pages, address the following:
· Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
23 (23%) - 25 (25%)
The response accurately and clearly identifies at least two competing needs impacting the healthcare issue/stressor selected.
20 (20%) - 22 (22%)
The response identifies at least two competing needs impacting the healthcare issue/stressor selected.
18 (18%) - 19 (19%)
The response identifies at least two competing needs impacting the healthcare issue/stressor selected that is vague or inaccurate.
0 (0%) - 17 (17%)
The response describes at least two competin.
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NR103 Transition to the Nursing Profession 3-Minute Reflection
"WHY COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT AS NURSE"
Required criteria
1. Writes about the assigned topic.
2. Demonstrates strong evidence of reasoned reflection.
3. Demonstrated depth of original thought.
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NRS-493 Individual Success Plan
REQUIRED PRACTICE HOURS: 100 Direct Clinical Experience (50 hours community/50 hours leadership) – 25 Indirect Clinical Experience Hours.
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ISP Instructions
Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-493, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your preceptor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish.
In this ISP, you will identify all of the objectives and assignments relating to the 100 direct clinical practice experience hours and the 25 indirect clinical practice hours you need to complete by the end of this course. Use this template to specify the date by which you will complete each assignment. Your plan should include a self-assessment of how you met all applicable GCU RN-to-BSN Domains & Competencies (see Appendix A). General Requirements
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of each assignment as it pertains to deliverables due in this course:
· Use the Individual Success Plan to develop a personal plan for completing your clinical practice experience hours and self-assess how you will meet the GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and the Programmatic Domains & Competencies (Appendix A) related to that course.
Show all of the major deliverables in the course, the topic/course objectives that apply to each deliverable, and lastly, align each deliverable to the applicable University Mission Critical Competencies and the course-specific Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A).
Completing your ISP does not earn clinical practice experience hours, nor does telephone conference time, or time spent with your preceptor.
· Within the Individual Success Plan, ensure you identify all graded course assignments and indirect clinical assignments listed in the table on the next page.
Topic
Graded Assignment
Indirect Clinical Assignments
Topic 1
1. Individual Success Plan
2. Reflection Journal Entry
1. List of potential topics for the change proposal
Topic 2
1. Topic Selection Approval Paper
2. Reflection Journal Entry
1. Search the literature for supporting journal articles
2. Summary of topic category; community or leadership
Topic 3
1. PICOT Question Paper
2. Reflection Journal Entry
1. List of objectives
Topic 4
1. Literature Evaluation Table
2. Reflection Journal Entry
1. List of measurable outcomes
Topic 5
1. Reflection Journal Entry
1. Summary of the strategic plan
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NUR 48200
Nursing Leadership and Management
Module 2 Assignment
The Speed of Trust, Part 2
Overview: The Principle of Credibility
Our credibility is such an integral part of who we are, that we often take it for granted. But think of what it would be like to lose your credibility, your reputation. How do you regain what you have developed over years? Think of some of the disgraced politicians or celebrities. As a nurse, your credibility is your most valuable asset.
This assignment is worth 15 points.
Objectives
• Analyze the evolving professional nursing roles of leader/manager within a dynamic health care team
• Evaluate several management theories.
• Recognize several leadership styles and associated behaviors.
• Identify the leadership style that would be best for you.
Directions
Before completing this assignment, read the second section (p 27-124) of Covey’s
The Speed of Trust
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In this assignment, you will write a short (1-2 pages), opinion paper. The paper is to be based on your own experiences and opinions. You should critically reflect on your personal experiences and apply what you have learned in the module to your current practice. Justify and explain your responses with examples and thorough explanations.
Consider a person you want to trust, perhaps a manager or an elected official.
• Discuss how you might determine their credibility using the four cores of credibility discussed by the author.
• Discuss how this person might fall short in one of the cores.
• Reflect on your own leadership experience and ability. How do you see your current status using the four cores of credibility?
• How might you be viewed professionally using the four cores?
Grading Rubric
Tasks
Accomplished
Proficient
Needs Improvement
Not Acceptable
The Speed of Trust Part 2
Quality paper, with thorough content and minimal
grammar or spelling errors.
Good paper, but a few omissions in content or more
than 2 errors in spelling or grammar
Fair to poor paper, difficult to follow or
lacking in pertinent content, or many
spelling or grammar
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Very poor paper, very late paper, or no paper at all.
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NRF
The National Response Framework (NRF) is a guide to how the nation responds to all types of disasters and emergencies.
The NRF is used to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.
The NRF also established a fundamental mission to (1) engage partnerships; (2) tiered response; (3) flexible and adaptable operational capability; (4) unity of effort through unified command; and (5) readiness to act.
The governor coordinates state resources and provides the guidance for all types of incidents.
NIMS
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) focus is to better improve the nation's response to emergencies. Its goal is a better system that can more efficiently allocate resources in the event of a disaster and facilitate cooperation among diverse entities and agencies.
NIMS guides all levels of government, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents.
A comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident management, including the command and coordination of incidents, resource management, and information management
A set of concepts and principles for all threats, hazards, and events across all mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, Recovery)
Scalable, flexible, and adaptable; used for all incidents, from day-to-day to large-scale
Standard resource management procedures that enable coordination among different jurisdictions or organizations
ICS
Management system designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
Structured to facilitate activities in five major functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, Intelligence & Investigations, finance and administration.
Purpose of enabling incident managers to identify the key concerns associated with the incident often under urgent conditions without sacrificing attention to any component of the command system.
The National Response Framework (NRF) is the guide that established the fundamental mission to engage partnerships, tiered responses, and unit efforts. In short, the NRF is responsible for all the planning and preparedness that goes into the support of the communities.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) guides the government officials and organizations in the private sector regarding the necessary recourses for the emergencies they are faced with daily. The system is set-up to be resourceful towards any kind of national emergency event, whether it’s to mitigate, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from.
The Incident Command System (ICS) assist in bring the necessary tools and plans of action to the major areas in an emergen.
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Now that you have identified the revenue-related internal control that relates to the five assertions (existence, completeness, accuracy or valuation, rights and obligations, and presentation and disclosure), the test of controls will need to be identified for each assertion and internal control.
For this assignment, you will write and submit 400–500 words that set specific tests of internal controls for the 5 internal controls related to management assertions that you identified for the previous assignment.
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Now it's time to dig deeper! D
iscover a different oral condition that is related/caused by a non-oral disease/condition or infection.
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1. NUR204: Week 7 Assignment Page 1
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Assignment: Leadership
Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you will research and locate a current
journal article on nursing leadership styles.
The article must be from a professional, peer-reviewed nursing
journal published within the last 5
years; and then write a summary of your findings.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
ractive lesson
before attempting this
assignment.
styles. The article must be from a
professional, peer-reviewed nursing journal published within
the last 5 years.
-2 page summary of your findings following the
criteria below:
2. o First paragraph: summarize the major points of the article.
o Second paragraph: answer whether you support the leadership
style, and why or
why not.
o Final paragraph: discuss the article as it relates to nursing
practice.
o Use at least one additional outside source, such as your
textbook.
o The summary should be written in APA style format and all
sources must be
cited correctly.
NUR204_wk7_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy.
Grading:
Criteria Excellent (3pts) Good (2pts) Needs Improvement
(1pt)
Pts.
Article - Citation from a
professional
peer-reviewed
nursing journal.
- Current within last 5
years
- Relates to nursing
leadership.
- Citation from nursing
journal.
3. - Out of date or
- Not related to nursing
leadership
- Citation not from a
nursing journal
- Article out of date or
not related to nursing
leadership.
First Paragraph - Concise summary of
key points of article.
- Writing is clear and
focused.
- Details are present.
- Concise summary of
key points.
- Writing is not clear or
focused.
- Some details present.
- Summary is not
concise.
- Writing is not clear or
focused.
- Details are missing.
Second Paragraph - Writing presents
support or non-support
of leadership style.
- Writing explains why
support or non-support
is given.
4. - Writing is clear and
logical.
- Writing presents
support or non-support.
- Writing does not
express reason for
support or non-
support.
- Writing is somewhat
unclear or not logical.
- Writing does not
present support or non-
support.
- Writing does not
express reason for
support or non-
support.
- Writing is unclear
and illogical.
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Third Paragraph - Writing is related to
nursing practice and
demonstrates analysis
and application.
- Writing is related to
nursing practice.
5. - Analysis and
application is weak.
- Writing is not related
to nursing practice.
- Missing analysis and
application.
Spelling/grammar/
APA
- Proper APA format is
used for citations.
- At least two sources
are included.
- Spelling and grammar
errors are few and
insignificant.
- Proper APA format is
used for citations.
- Only one source is
used.
- Occasional errors in
spelling and grammar.
- APA format is not
used.
- Sources are missing.
- Significant errors in
spelling and grammar.
Written communication
is non-coherent.
6. Instructor: Total score
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CASE STUDY 8
CARLSON COMPANIES STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Carlson Companies (www.carlson.com) is one of the largest
privately held
companies in the United States, with more than 171,000
employees in more
than 150 countries. Carlson enterprises include a presence in
marketing,
business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries. Its
Carlson Hotels
Worldwide division owns and operates approximately 1,075
hotels located in
more than 70 countries. Radisson, Park Plaza, and Country Inn
& Suites by
Carlson are some of its hotel brands. The hotel loyalty program
is named
7. Club Carlson. The Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes
T.G.I. Friday’s
and the Pick Up Stix chains. The company registered
approximately $38
billion in sales in 2011.
Carlson’s Information Technology (IT) division, Carlson
Shared Services,
acts as a service provider to its internal clients and
consequently must
support a spectrum of user applications and services. The IT
division uses a
centralized data processing model to meet business operational
requirements. The central computing environment has
traditionally included
an IBM mainframe and over 50 networked Hewlett-Packard and
Sun servers
[KRAN04, CLAR02, HIGG02]. The mainframe supports a wide
range of
applications, including Oracle financial database, e-mail,
Microsoft Exchange,
Web, PeopleSoft, and a data warehouse application.
http://www.carlson.com/
8. C8-2
In 2002, the IT division established six goals for assuring that
IT
services continued to meet the needs of a growing company with
heavy
reliance on data and applications:
1. Implement an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Build a global network.
3. Move to enterprise-wide architecture.
4. Establish six-sigma quality for Carlson clients.
5. Facilitate outsourcing and exchange.
6. Leverage existing technology and resources.
The key to meeting these goals was to implement a storage area
network (SAN) with a consolidated, centralized database to
support
mainframe and server applications. Carlson needed a SAN and
data center
approach that provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to
accommodate
the increasing demands of its users.
9. Storage Requirements
Prior to implementing the SAN and data center approach, the
central DP
shop included separate disc storage for each server, plus that of
the
mainframe. This dispersed data storage scheme had the
advantage of
responsiveness; that is, the access time from a server to its data
was
minimal. However, the data management cost was high. There
had to be
backup procedures for the storage on each server, as well as
management
controls to reconcile data distributed throughout the system.
The mainframe
included an efficient disaster recovery plan to preserve data in
the event of
major system crashes or other incidents and to get data back
online with
little or no disruption to the users. No comparable plan existed
for the many
servers.
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As Carlson's databases grow beyond 10 terabytes (TB) of
business-
critical data, the IT team determined that a comprehensive
network storage
strategy would be required to manage future growth.
Solution
Concept
The existing Carlson server complex made use of Fibre Channel
links to
achieve communication and backup capabilities among servers.
Carlson
considered extending this capability to a full-blown Fibre
Channel SAN that
would encompass the servers, the mainframe, and massive
centralized
11. storage facilities. The IT team concluded that further expansion
using Fibre
Channel technologies alone would be difficult and costly to
manage. At the
same time, in supporting the many offsite client systems that
accessed data
center servers, the IT shop already had a substantial investment
in IP
network products and staff training. Accordingly, Carlson
sought a solution
that would leverage this IP investment, provide scalability as
additional local
and remote services are added, and require minimal traffic
engineering of
the storage transport network.
Thus, Carlson settled on a solution based on a core IP SAN that
12. would
meet both data-center and wide-area storage requirements and
seamlessly
integrate new storage technologies.
Carlson Data Center SAN
The core of the Carlson SAN was an IP-based scheme in which
Gigabit
Ethernet switches carry IP traffic among servers and between
servers and
the central storage. Attached to the Gigabit switches were
Nishan IP storage
switches, which provided a Fibre Channel interface for the
servers and
storage and an IP traffic switch into the Ethernet core (Figure
C8.1). The
Ethernet switches had a considerable cost advantage over
13. comparable Fibre
Channel switches and required lower-cost management and
maintenance.
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For redundancy, servers were dual-homed to the IP storage
switches,
which in turn connected to redundant Ethernet switches. The
ratio of servers
to storage interconnect was determined by the throughput
requirements of
each server group. Similarly, multiple IP storage switches
connected the
Ethernet switch core to the SAN storage system. This
configuration could be
14. scaled to support additional servers and storage arrays by
adding additional
IP storage switches. The network core of Ethernet switches
could also
expand by adding additional switches.
The focus of the Carlson SAN was a 13-TB HP StorageWorks
Disc array.
A major consideration in planning the transition was the
migration of data
C8-5
from the mainframe's storage to the central storage. The
mainframe hosts
several mission-critical applications in a round-the-clock
fashion. Thus, an
15. offline data migration was not feasible. The migration of all
common data to
this array proceeded in two phases. In the first phase, each
server was
taken offline and a simple copy was performed to transfer the
application
data on the server systems to the new storage system. The
second phase
involved the transfer of 1.2 TB of data from the mainframe's
legacy storage
to the new storage system. Carlson contracted this task out to
HP storage
experts who made use of proprietary data migration and network
management tools to enable the transfer to occur during
production
processing hours. End users were unaffected during the
migration.
16. Carlson's IP SAN helped reduce the ongoing administration and
management of storage networking by taking advantage of well-
established
and well-understood IP networking technologies. In addition,
putting storage
data over IP facilitated integration of more efficient storage
services for
Carlson's enterprise-wide network including centralized backup
of remote
sites to the data center SAN.
Carlson’s Shared Storage Model
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has
developed
several frameworks to technologists and business managers
understand the
17. relationship among host applications, storage networks, and
storage
facilities. One of these is called the Shared Storage Model
(SSM). The SSM
provides guidance for designing storage networks within the
context of the
upper layer applications that rely on storage resources and the
storage
architectures that are available to satisfy them.
Like the OSI network model, the SSM is divided into layers
and has an
application layer at the topmost level. Immediately beneath the
application
layer is the file/record layer; this includes file system and
database system
18. C8-6
components. The block aggregation layer is located beneath the
file/record
layer; this includes host, network, and device sublayers. The
storage device
layer is beneath the block/aggregation level and the block layer
is lowest
level in the framework – it is here that issues like space
management/compression, striping, and redundancy are
specified.
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The usefulness of SSM for understanding storage architectures
was
19. embraced by Carlson’s network designers [SEAR12]. It helped
them clarify
the relationship between application resources and storage
resources and
opportunities to further streamline storage administration to
enable more
efficient use of storage capacity. This led to the storage network
design
illustrated in Figure C8.2.
In the new storage network architecture features a single SAN-
attached
storage array with a capacity in excess of 10 terabytes that is
shared by
Carlson custom and Oracle applications. This resource offers
more
economical maintenance and easier administration than the
20. storage arrays
that were replaced. Shared directories and data for other
internal
applications migrated to NAS filer systems which could provide
cross-
platform support as well as remote NAS service for Carlson
users.
Remote storage access is beneficial to organizations like
Carlson that
want to unite geographically dispersed sites within a global IT
strategy. Such
a scheme helps safeguard business continuity by enabling
backups for
remote sites to be carried out within the central data center.
Carlson uses
software that enables block change backups to be performed.
This means
21. that on the data that has changed since the last backup is sent
from the
remote site to the central data center’s backup facility; this
reduces the
amount of data that must be sent across the WAN.
The SSM offers Carlson a coherent framework for analyzing
current and
future data requirements at both its remote sites and the data
center. It also
helps the company’s IT managers visualize the connection
between its
storage network architecture and overall IT goals.
Discussion Points
1. Discuss how Carlson’s storage solutions address the IT goals
the
22. company is trying to achieve.
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2. Discuss the pros and cons of consolidating data in central
data center
facilities versus the distributed data storage arrangement it
replaced.
3. Do some Internet research to identify other organizations that
have
benefitted from Storage Network Industry Association’s Shared
Storage Model. What patterns of benefits can be observed?
Sources
[CLAR02] Clark, E. “Carlson Companies Trades up to an IP
SAN.” Network
Magazine, December, 2002.
[HIGG02] Higgins, K. “T.G.I. Friday’s Owner Serves up an IP
23. SAN.”
Network Computing, September 15, 2002.
[KRAN04] Kranz, G. “Strategic Storage: Eyeing IP Storage.”
Searchstorage.com, November 9, 2004.
[SEAR12] SearchStorageChannel. “SNIA Shared Storage
Model: Practical
Implications.” TechTarget.com. Retrieved online at:
http://storagesearchchannel.techtarget.com/feature/SNIA-
Shared-Storage-
Model-Practical-applications.
http://storagesearchchannel.techtarget.com/feature/SNIA-
Shared-Storage-Model-Practical-applications
http://storagesearchchannel.techtarget.com/feature/SNIA-
Shared-Storage-Model-Practical-applicationsCASE STUDY
8Storage Requirements
