select a company/organization of any type (for profit, non-profit) and complete the following using screenshots, images or diagram of sample products, processes, etc. to illustrate and address the items below (you may also consult YouTube.com as a source) This is not a research paper; however provide your source(s): What are ethics and why are they important to the company selected? What is the relationship between information management, governance, and compliance? Why are epolicies important to your company?
For this assignment, select a company/organization of any type (for profit, non-profit) and complete the following using screenshots, images or diagram of sample products, processes, etc. to illustrate and address the items below (you may also consult YouTube.com as a source) This is not a research paper; however provide your source(s):
What are ethics and why are they important to the company selected?
What is the relationship between information management, governance, and compliance?
Why are epolicies important to your company?
What is the correlation between privacy and confidentiality?
What is the relationship between adware and spyware?
What are the positive and negative effects associated with monitoring employees at your company?
What is the relationship between hackers and viruses?
Why is security a business issue, not just a technology issue at your company?
What are the growing issues related to employee communication methods and what can your company do to protect itself?
How can your company participating in ebusiness keep its information secure?
What technologies can your company use to safeguard information?
Why is ediscovery important to your company?
What are the reasons why your company would experiences downtime?
What are the costs associated with downtime?
What suggestions/recommendations would you like to provide to the Saudi organizations to overcome the challenges and improve knowledge management systems.
It is a writing assignment about Roshn company in Saudi Arabia, This is the website link for Roshn: https://www.roshn.sa/en
write a detailed report with the following headings. (600-700 Words)
Report Title: Knowledge management systems in organizations.
Part A. Introduction:
The introduction part must highlight the following.
Brief description of the selected organization.
Complete description of the knowledge management system of the selected organization.
Major tools and techniques used by the organization to capture and disseminate knowledge.
How Knowledge management helps the selected organization in achieving its goals efficiently and effectively.
Write down the major challenges faced by the organizations in Saudi Arabia to implement knowledge management systems.
Part B. Recommendation and Conclusion:
What suggestions/recommendations would you like to provide to the Saudi organizations to overcome the challenges and improve knowledge management systems.
Write down conclusion in one paragraph
– References must be APA style
– Avoid plagiarism
– All answers must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
How do you think issues of inequality are managed in your community or job? Based on the research presented to you in this module, what might be one of our greater obstacles in overcoming inequality in the coming years?
How do you think issues of inequality are managed in your community or job?
Based on the research presented to you in this module, what might be one of our greater obstacles in overcoming inequality in the coming years?
Your Evolve post should be approximately in length and should substantively integrate the assigned content of the module and draw on what you have learned by going through the course materials.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-inequality-debate
https://youtu.be/xyprxOa1H1s
Examine the importance of ethics in public administration
activity
12.1 Learning Outcomes:
Examine the importance of ethics in public administration
12.2 Action Required:
Read the following statement:
Ethics provides accountability between the public and the administration
12.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
Does ethics provide accountability between the public and the administration?
12.4 Instructions
Answer the above question in the test your knowledge section.
Post your answer on the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week12:Interactive learning Discussion
Our juvenile justice system has been augmented numerous times, specifically the past few years. Many of the changes evolved around the fact that most juvenile offenders should be held accountable and responsible for their actions, whereas previous laws focused on rehabilitation. There are many states which have legislation holding juvenile offenders accountable for their criminal behavior by providing punishment equivalent with their age, the crime committed, and any previous criminal history of the juvenile offender. In what manner do you believe juveniles should be held accountable for their criminal behavior? Explain your answer. What barriers, if any, challenge this form of legislation? Identify and explain those potential barriers.
HoldingJuvenilesAccountable.pdf
Holding Juveniles Accountable
Due 9/17/23
75-150 words
Discussion Prompt #1 – Holding Juveniles Accountable
Our juvenile justice system has been augmented numerous times, specifically the past few
years. Many of the changes evolved around the fact that most juvenile offenders should be held
accountable and responsible for their actions, whereas previous laws focused on
rehabilitation. There are many states which have legislation holding juvenile offenders
accountable for their criminal behavior by providing punishment equivalent with their age, the
crime committed, and any previous criminal history of the juvenile offender. In what manner do
you believe juveniles should be held accountable for their criminal behavior? Explain your
answer. What barriers, if any, challenge this form of legislation? Identify and explain those
potential barriers.
Discussion Prompt #2 – Police Officer Moral Dilemmas
Arguably, officers have a great deal of discretion over the decisions that they make every single
day. Most ethical dilemmas that police officers face derive from their powers of
discretion. Describe moral dilemmas that police officers face. Identify some that are frequent and
some that are unavoidable? Explain your answers.
Notable TV series that focus on workplace life include The Dropout, Severance, Yellowstone, Industry, Parks and Recreation, We Crashed, Younger, and Superstore. The Office was one of the best workplace TV series so you can use that one even though it is doing just reruns. You can probably think of a few more recent ones. In terms of movies, Office Space, The Social Network, and Jobs are some examples of popular movies that revolved around corporate life. For your initial post in the module, try to find a good example of a recent TV series or movie that you watched that you thought was a good example of any of the concepts from this module. Give a short synopsis of the story involved and how it reflected concepts from the background readings. If you can find a YouTube clip from this show or movie, share the link with your classmates. Also, discuss how realistic the TV show or movie wasdid it seem similar to what you might find in real life?
Notable TV series that focus on workplace life include The Dropout, Severance, Yellowstone, Industry, Parks and Recreation, We Crashed, Younger, and Superstore. The Office was one of the best workplace TV series so you can use that one even though it is doing just reruns. You can probably think of a few more recent ones. In terms of movies, Office Space, The Social Network, and Jobs are some examples of popular movies that revolved around corporate life.
For your initial post in the module, try to find a good example of a recent TV series or movie that you watched that you thought was a good example of any of the concepts from this module. Give a short synopsis of the story involved and how it reflected concepts from the background readings. If you can find a YouTube clip from this show or movie, share the link with your classmates. Also, discuss how realistic the TV show or movie wasdid it seem similar to what you might find in real life?
Assignment Expectations
Each original discussion thread should contain at least one citation and reference from the required or optional readings list. The citation and source must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Please note that URLs are not references.
Convince your city council or city council member to have your city join the Clean Power Alliance. The CPA offers cost competitive electric services that rely on clean energy sources throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties. If you live in an incorporated part of Los Angeles or Ventura, Moorpark, and South Pasadena your energy already comes from CPA. In making your case, you should be sure to do the following: 1) define the history of the problem, 2) explain why your audience should be concerned about this problem,
Convince your city council or city council member to have your city join the Clean Power
Alliance. The CPA offers cost competitive electric services that rely on clean energy
sources throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties. If you live in an incorporated part
of Los Angeles or Ventura, Moorpark, and South Pasadena your energy already comes
from CPA. In making your case, you should be sure to do the following: 1) define the
history of the problem, 2) explain why your audience should be concerned about this
problem, 3) explain why your proposal will address the problem, 4) contend with
possible objections to the solution and consider other solutions, and 5) explain why your
solution is the best solution. If appropriate, you may also want to consider why this issue
matters specifically to you. How has climate change or climate change related activity
affected you or those you care about?
Discuss the effective communication (Exc?ll?nt P?rsuasiv? Skills, Narrativ? Construction, Emphasis on St?fanko’s R?sponsibility, Utilization of Complicity Conc?pt, P?rsuasiv? Argum?nts and Influ?nc?) in the Erica Stefanko case. Assess the advocates (prosecutors and defense attorney) in the Stefanko case: Taking into consideration all of the trial links, opening statements, closing statements, and the research that you have conducted on effective persuasion, which advocate was the most persuasive?
Discuss the effective communication (Exc?ll?nt P?rsuasiv? Skills, Narrativ? Construction, Emphasis on St?fanko’s R?sponsibility, Utilization of Complicity Conc?pt, P?rsuasiv? Argum?nts and Influ?nc?) in the Erica Stefanko case. Assess the advocates (prosecutors and defense attorney) in the Stefanko case: Taking into consideration all of the trial links, opening statements, closing statements, and the research that you have conducted on effective persuasion, which advocate was the most persuasive? Refer to specific facts/statements or oration made by them during the trial in developing this position.
How would you explain this to your employees in a health care organization? Focus on concepts of change management, interprofessional collaboration, and decision making
There is a saying: “If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It.” How would you explain this to your employees in a health care organization? Focus on concepts of change management, interprofessional collaboration, and decision making.
Please share your thoughts on the initial Discussion topic. Your responses to the Discussion should be at least (including citations and references).
How important to the company is training for the project management staff? What is the frequency of this training? Does the company have a coaching and mentoring program to train and nurture junior project managers?
READ THIS INSTRUCTION PACKAGE CAREFULLY
This project is issued to give you the benefit of linking the theory covered in class with the actual Project Management practices and procedures being followed in the field which insight you are expected to gain from the company you selected to be interviewed for this project. The company of your selection should be engaged in a sizeable project with a Total project cost that MUST EXCEED $1M and should be located in one of the five Boroughs of New York City. My permission must be sought for a project located outside of this region.
You are required to make an appointment to visit ONE COMPANY AT ITS HEADQUARTERS, OR IT’S SITE (engineering design or construction) to interview the owner and/or his/her Director of Project Management, and/or one of the project managers to be nominated by the director. In your interview with these officials, you are to do the following: Determine the structure of the organization; The methods, practices and procedures being followed by their organization; and how do they manage their projects in order to deliver it in an orderly, efficient, economical and quality manner; within budget and schedule.
NO TWO STUDENTS ARE TO VISIT THE SAME PROJECT. If the owner and/or director wish me to speak to them, to confirm that you are indeed engaged in gathering data for your project, please have them call me, so I can confirm your identity and the intent of this student exercise. YOU ARE TO VISIT THE COMPANY WITH YOUR ID AND THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
PLEASE NOTE: Your project must be currently active. That is, it must be in the Execution Phase. Your Project must not be in the Initiation, Planning, nor Closeout Phases.
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Your Detailed Report Submission Requirements are as set out below and you must follow these instructions to the letter. Each question MUST first be written as a heading, with its question number, and then below that heading you will write in your response to the question, adding any discussion you wish to make with respect to the response received, and the theory you learnt. Full responses must be provided with explanations. Vague One-word responses or one-liners will not be accepted for a grade. Also, do not give me identical audio tape first person transcripts of your interviews. IF THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT ADHERED TO, YOUR REPORT WILL BE PENALIZED.
PLEASE NOTE: Your report MUST be written in the THIRD PERSON ONLY. Therefore, I should not be seeing I, WE, OUR, US, MY etc. included in the text of the responses to the questions in your report.
Vague one-liner responses to the questions will not be accepted. Each Page must be numbered, except the cover page.
Page 1. Cover Page. (Not numbered)
Page 2 Contents Page (Page numbering commences).
Page 3 and onward. Using appropriate headings, report on the following as
appropriate to the project of your selection on the sequential page numbers listed to the left. You may, however, place more than one subject heading on a page if your response to any one question does not fill that page. (SEE REPORTING INSTRUCTION ABOVE).
4. Name of the company and location of the Companys business.
5. Type of business. Is it project-oriented or manufacturing?
a. If the company is project-oriented, how was project management introduced to the company?
b. Was it adopted first by Senior Management then filtered down through rank and file in the company?
c. How was it received by staff?
d. Was there resistance and how was it dealt with, or was there full
acceptance?
6. Did projectizing the company in any way enhance the career path of the employees?
7. What is the Location and description of the Project? [State where located]. Are any
drawings, sketches or photographs available to assist in your description of the
location?
8. What is the Total Project Cost for the PROJECT? REQUIRED. Must be >$1M.
9. Is the project being managed solely by internal project management staff, or is there
a Professional Project Management company providing Project Management services to the Client? If a professional Project Management company is on board, does the company’s PM report directly to the owner or does he/she report to his/her superior in the company, who in turn interfaces with, and reports to the owner?
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10. Does the company have a single methodology for managing all of its product/projects/ lines? If different methodologies are used for the respective product/project lines, how are they managed controlled if there is no consistency to achieve the companys objectives? In addition, what are the companys perceived benefits in utilizing more than one methodology for executing its projects, if used?
11. Site plan and layout. In terms of space utilization on site, obtain a plan of the site during construction to show the contractor’s laydown area, contractor’s site office, RE’s Site office, materials storage, equipment storage, prefabrication areas etc in relation to the footprint of the project structure, access, means and methods. What were the owner/Project Managers reasons for giving the contractor this particular area for lay-down and not another? Does the PM feel this layout was efficient? Could it have been better organized or laid out?
12. What was the Scheduled project Start Date? REQUIRED.
13. What is the Scheduled Project End Date? REQUIRED.
14. How does the company go about planning for the project, considering the scope of
work, desired objectives project duration budget, available resources and other project constraints? How does the company develop the plan for new projects? Are brainstorming sessions held with experienced senior staff to develop the activity list, precedence chart, logic diagram, bar charts (time, cost and resources), to aid in the further development of the plan?
15. In the planning room, how does the Project Manager determine project planning cost and generally, what would he/she do if planning costs exceed the available budget? Is the cost-loaded schedule used in the cost monitoring and control process?
16. Similarly, for the optimization of the use of company resources, is a resource loaded schedule used to determine resource utilization? Having been made aware of project demands from the planning process, what steps are taken to bolster available resources to meet project requirements?
17. Is the plan first done manually, first, before loading onto industry standard software, or is it input directly into the software?
18. Is the company still in the maturity stages or can it boast of its excellence, because of its longevity, prosperity, and the years of existence of its project management system?
19. Is the project on schedule? If not on schedule, what caused the delay? Is there a recovery plan? What are the usual initiatives that the project management team would employ in the recovery plan to bring the project back on its schedule?
20. What is the relationship between line departments and the project manager?
21. What are the identifiable benefits and disbenefits of project management to the
company?
22. Do company executives have to get involved in the resolution of conflicts between
line management and project management, or are these disputes resolved at the PM
and functional manager level?
23. How important is communication within the organization? What procedures do
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easy flow of information up and down the rank structure, and across the
organization?
24. Do they use an informal management system or a formal management system?
25. What type of organizational structure does the company have? Is it a matrix system
with the Project Management Department/Division horizontally managing all projects for the company? How does the PM interface with the vertical line/functional Departments/Divisions? Is it done through direct contact with the functional staff themselves or through a department coordinator/Lead?
26. What was being done during your visit to the company/site? What means and methods were being used to include equipment or plant, material etc. Were specialist staff there providing supervision, and were visible safety measures in place? Did the activity taking place require project management intervention?
27. How important to the company is training for the project management staff? What is the frequency of this training? Does the company have a coaching and mentoring program to train and nurture junior project managers?
28. How are project teams staffed? Is there a consistent policy for putting only the best person to manage the project? How are Ms trained for the challenge? What line items are in their selection criteria to ensure that only the best manager gets to manage the best fitting project? Is the selection done by interviews or by an examination of the individuals credentials and performance reports?
29. How is the project office staffed? Does the project team stay together or do the matrixed personnel work from their respective Departments/Divisions? How does the PM manage the staff under these circumstances? Does the PM have any authority over matrixed staff where he/she could influence their promotions, merits or bonuses if their performance is poor on the project?
30. Does the PM have the ability to comment horizontally; on the performance of matrixed staff that could affect their vertical line managements pay increases, promotions etc.?
31. What is the project manager’s responsibility for delivery of a quality product to the owner, and how does he assure this delivery?
You may reference and use any drawings and/or charts, photographs etc. made available to you during the visit to the site, in the Annexes. These Annexes will be named Annex A or Annex B, or Annex C…. etc. You are not to include drawings in your packaged report that are not being referenced in your document. I have no interest in unreferenced material. In referencing your material, you will state the Annex and the Appendix where the reference could be found to support your text. IF NOT MENTIONED IN YOUR TEXT, DO NOT ATTACH.
YOU WILL ADHERE TO THE ABOVE FORMAT AND REQUIRED SEQUENCE OF THE REPORT AS OUTLINED ABOVE, OR FACE PENALIZATION FOR ANY DEFICIENCIES. NOTE, THAT IF EXTRA PAGES ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY SECTION OF THE REPORT, PLEASE INSERT SUCH PAGES AND RE-NUMBER THE PAGES AS APPROPRIATE.
