It is argued that the 4V model offers a complete definition of big data. Discuss the four characteristics of big data
Big data is fundamentally changing the way businesses operate and compete.
Hence, those companies that invest and successfully obtain value from their data
will have a distinct advantage over their competitors.
(i) It is argued that the 4V model offers a complete definition of big data. Discuss
the four characteristics of big data. (ii) Using examples to illustrate your answer,
discuss some of the organisational benefits and challenges around big dat
What are four ways Polk and Mitchell demonstrate what it means to be an engaged citizen?
1. https://youtu.be/lq4o8P_seMc
2. https://youtu.be/1pH9WKEc84g
3. https://youtu.be/myUx8XEmY28
Watch the three YouTube clips of Judge Mitchell and Ray Polk.
Then post the following:
1. What are four ways Polk and Mitchell demonstrate what it means to be an engaged citizen?
2. Where do you see their values and desire to listen to others embedded in what they do?
3. Where do you see reciprocity in these examples?
4. What are three take aways or inspiring messages you now better understand, regarding what it means to serve others?
Discuss the importance of leadership by drawing on a case study/news – this needs to be a very specific discussion showing thoughts and depth rather than discussing on a surface level
King’s College London – MSc Leadership and Development
Course Link (Must Read): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/leadership-and-development-msc
Paragraph 1 & 2: This paragraph is intended to demonstrate critical thinking skills and awareness of the key issues related to leadership studies specifically in the realm of how it affects a nation’s development
• Discuss the importance of leadership by drawing on a case study/news – this needs to be a very specific discussion showing thoughts and depth rather than discussing on a surface level
• What have you learnt from this case study/news/personal experience about the connection between leadership and social development?
• What is your view? How does this example inspired you to specialise in Leadership and Development following your undergraduate degree in Business Management at Northumbria University?
Paragraph 3:
• Discuss about why you are the perfect candidate.
• Outline the specific skills you have demonstrated throughout your academic years that are relevant to this course. Please use STAR method to show real work involved and not just flagging a specific skill.
• Undergraduate Background: BA (Hons) Business Management
• You need to link your academic background to this master’s degree you are applying to by explaining how this academic experience make you the perfect candidate
Paragraph 4:
• Talk about an internship experience relevant to this course
• Give the name of the company, job, duration. What the job entails, and more importantly, your contribution and what you take away from this experience
• How did it frame the way you perceive leadership and society’s development?
Paragraph 5:
• Discuss why KCL is the right environment to pursue postgraduate study. Instead of mentioning KCL’s achievement, you need to mention how each of these links to you
Paragraph 6:
• Go to the link I provided, and discuss a research paper by one of the researchers at African Leadership studies. How this paper show innovativeness and insights.
Paragraph 4:
• Using an internship experience, demonstrate that this job experience has introduced me to public policy consulting work, and how that inspired me to specialise in the area of leadership study. The company name can be created according what you like but the internship should be said to have happened in China.
• In this job experience, you need to be quite detailed in explaining your contribution in the work and how that links to your motivation to pursue MSc leadership and development
Paragraph 5:
– Discuss about why you want to study at King’s College London and specifically why at African Leadership Centre at KCL.
– Please visit https://www.kcl.ac.uk/alc/research and choose one research paper and briefly discuss the strength of the paper and why that demonstrate the research capabilities of KCL.
– Also please research other points that are good about KCL
critically analyse and evaluate why domestic violence has a devastating impact on children and young people that last into adulthood.
Project topic / title Parenting through domestic abuse, the psycho-social consequences of domestic violence on child development.
Aims & Objectives
The aim of this research project is to critically analyse and evaluate why domestic violence has a devastating impact on children and young people that last into adulthood.
Children can experience both short and long term cognitive, behavioural and emotional effects as a result of witnessing domestic abuse. Children are individual and may respond to witnessing abuse in different ways. Children may also feel angry, guilty, insecure, alone, frightened, powerless or confused, they may have ambivalent feelings towards both the abuser and the non-abusing parent (Gilbert et al., 2009).
In aim of this project, the researcher is proposing to identify the devastating long-term effects of domestic abuse on the child’s mental and emotional development, how social workers can prevent family abuse, and how they can participate in the healing process of abused children.
Methodology / Project Design
By the use of secondary research, the researcher will build this project based on journal articles and specialized bibliography such as: Journal of Family Violence, The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing behaviour Problems, Google Scholar, ProQuest, National Library of Medicine.
Poverty has a bigger impact on physical abuse, domestic abuse leads in most cases to family disintegration, violence or suicide (Cooper, 2008).
Paxson and Waldfogel (2005), find that increases in the fraction of children in extreme poverty result in increases in maltreatment. For example, if the fraction of children below 75 percent of the poverty line rises from 10 percent to 15 percent in a state, the number of total victims of maltreatment is estimated to rise by 22 percent.
The most relevant articles will be critically analysed by the researcher and will provide the project the most accurate and up-to-date information about the psycho-social consequences of domestic violence on child development.
According to LWA report (2020), abuse in England has increased by 16 % with the pandemic. Based on this report, the topic of this research project will focus on: what causes the abuser to abuse, what is the impact of child abuse on mental and behavioural development and what are the solutions to prevent domestic abuse in time.
In other words, before the researcher can move forward on the project, an approval from the organisation’s authorized person and College committee is required.
The researcher aims to use qualitative and quantitative methods in this project, furthermore, the researcher will also follow the NCG Ethics Training and NCG Research Ethics Policy and Procedures at all time.
The proposed research is of great significance because children who are maltreated are in need of advocates to help distance from abusive situation. Social workers have the ability to aid children who are threatened by violence through education and prevention.
Are the people in the room a good proxy for their customers? Are the young managers a better proxy than the older managers?
Sample Mini Case
A large electronics manufacturer wishes to issue a new “wearable.” The company wants to design it such that it will make money with the purchase of the unit, of course, but that it will also make money as its customers use it. In addition, the company would like to capture data about the customers’ profiles, in terms of their activities, spending patterns, etc. Wearables vary in many ways, and initially, the brand management team proposed to issue a design that looked like a small smartphone, to be worn on the user’s wrist. Given the still relative novelty of such units, they thought they’d charge on the high end, about $100, maybe even instituting a small annual fee. To get
supplementary data, they thought they’d issue periodic surveys, about once a quarter, via the unit or via e-mail. The youngest marketer, newest to the team asked, “Well, that’s good for us, but how is it attractive to our customers? Why would they want this unit—when there are plenty of others out there?” One old manager shot out a withering look. Well, that’ll teach the young person to speak up in the meeting. But the senior-most manager spoke up and said, “Well, you’re right, we’re only looking at it from our point of view. What would this wearable look like that our customers would want—and that can be profitable to us?” What would help these marketers? What steps could they take to design a wearable that would be both optimally appealing to its customers (and perhaps attract new customers), as well as optimally profitable? A wearable could vary on many parameters, such as whether it would be worn on the wrist like a watch, or as an earbud like music headphones or smartphone speakers, or as an add-on unit to glasses. Early prototypes suggested that while earbuds or eyeglass designs were good at capturing GPS, they weren’t as versatile in sup- porting multiple apps, and they weren’t as precise as exercise (step) counters (for example, the head didn’t
move as distinctly as the user’s wrist while walking). That is what led the brand managers to ask the designers to create a wrist-wearable. Even so, there were many possibilities: Should the unit look like a small smartphone or like a nice classic wrist- watch in design? Should the apps be accessed by touch only or should the apps also be voice-activated? Should there be an annual licensing fee? Should they allow co-branding with affiliations (e.g., a professional sports team or one’s college alma mater)? Which features should be recommended as the unit is designed? This electronics firm has little experience in marketing research as well, so the older managers were uncertain as to how to proceed. One mentioned a focus group, another suggested an ethnography, and a third mentioned surveys. The information that is sought, as well as the method by which the information would be obtained, are both to be determined. Naturally, the company wants to roll out the new wearable as soon as possible, so while the research project could be well-funded, they would face time pressure
and would have to be judicious in their choice of research avenues.
Case Discussion Questions
1. Are the old managers right? A lot of other wearables focus on counting steps or enabling apps. Is that what this group should design, so as to be seen as a legitimate competitor and not confuse customers, or should they design something different to be seen as innovative?
2. Are the people in the room a good proxy for their customers? Are the young managers a better proxy than the older managers?
3. What additional information would be helpful to strengthen a recommendation?
4. How would that information best be obtained?
Sample Solution guidelines for case
Problem identification
The key to this case is to be able to define the problem from the perspective of marketing managers who need to acquire consumer preferences for wearables. In all cases, remember to use the lens of a marketing manager to view the problem. However, this by itself is not sufficient – you need to gain insights by viewing the situation from the perspectives of as many
market actors as possible to gain a comprehensive view. To this end, the company needs customer data. It should try to obtain information on consumers’ perceptions of the attractiveness of the possible attributes and benefits (e.g., watch look versus smartphone look, voice activated versus touch activated, etc.). Therefore, the problem is the lack of sufficient
consumer data to make an informed choice about product attributes.
Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis
Your personal opinion does not matter when you write up a case – you need to discover what the customers will find attractive (i.e., conduct some marketing research). This is where you need to consider a comprehensive approach that utilizes the Industry and SWOT Analysis framework to identify specific information/research needed. You may recommend a product with a specific set of features (e.g. should look like an attractive watch). I expect all
recommendations to be supported by an analysis of secondary research (see a couple of screenshots from data obtained from Statista below). I have noted below a number of different information sources including WPU library databases (e.g., Statista, IBISWorld, etc.) that can be used to obtain information about consumers, markets, companies, industries, etc. This lends
strength to your analysis. For instance, Statista has detailed reports on the potential for wearables (see screenshots at the end of this note)
Discussion and Recommendations In this case, one would expect recommendations for methods used to solicit consumer preferences for wearables. Please try to list the pros and cons of method/s you recommend.
For instance, surveys and focus groups may be used to collect data about consumer preferences.
This is usually fine when consumers understand the product and are clear about preferences – however, when there are tradeoffs to be made (e.g., bulky and full of features versus slim and essential functions only), a more useful marketing research approach is to use conjoint experiments.
Information sources:
1. WPU Library databases, Statista, IBISWorld, Hoover’s. See
https://libservices.wpunj.edu/library/ERClist/erclist-2.cfm#M Use your WPU login for access.
2. Pew Research Reports. See https://www.pewresearch.org/
Review the company’s website to learn about the products and services which it sells via e-Commerce.
Project 2 – e-Commerce Risk Analysis
Description
E-Commerce companies have become increasingly important in this era of global pandemics and resulting restrictions on businesses and individuals. Consumers are ordering products online in larger numbers than ever before due to business closures or restricted operating hours. Companies positioned in the e-Commerce industry are experiencing growth beyond previous predictions. But, at the same time, some E-commerce companies are seeing their business decline drastically due to travel restrictions and the reluctance of businesses and individuals to travel for any but the most critical of reasons. Added into the risk picture are risks from the actions of cybercriminals, hackers, and nation-state actors are taking advantage of these unsettled times resulting in increased risks for companies whose business models depend upon the Internet for financial transactions, orders, and communications both internal and external.
For this project, you will begin by researching a publicly traded company that engages in e-Commerce. Please make sure that you are using CURRENT information (2019 or later). You will then review the company’s risk statements as published each year in the company’s Annual Report to Investors (also published in the company’s annual filing of SEC Form 10-K). After analyzing the company’s e-Commerce operations and its risk statements about those activities, you will construct and document your own cybersecurity risk analysis which focuses upon the company’s e-Commerce activities (including all supporting business processes).
A list of approved companies appears at the end of this file (see Table 1). If you wish to use a company not on the approved list you must first obtain the approval of your instructor.
Note: before beginning this assignment, you should review NIST SP 800-30 R1: Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments. Pay special attention to Appendix D: “Threat Sources: Taxonomy of Threats Sources Capable of Initiating Threat Events” and Appendix H: “Impact: Effects of Threat Events on Organizations, Individuals, and the Nation.”
Research Your Chosen Company
1. Review the company’s website to learn about the products and services which it sells via e-Commerce.
2. Retrieve and review the Hoovers profile for the company. These profiles are written by professional analysts; pay close attention to the types of questions the analysts ask and answer in the company profile. Use this URL to access the database http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://www.mergentonline.com/Hoovers
3. Use the search bar at the top of the “Search & Build a List” tab to find your chosen company.
4. The company profile web pages in the Hoovers database are interactive and have expanding menus / options (see figure below). You may find it helpful to use the “OneStop Report” button to generate a PDF version of the information. Select “Core” under categories (Available Fields: Company Summary, Contacts, Corporate Family, Corporate Overview, SWOT, and News). Click on the field names in the middle column to select them for your report.
5. After you have looked at the company website and the Hoovers report, Identify 3 or more additional sources of information about the company and how it operates in cyberspace. These can be news articles, data breach reports, etc. Focus on finding information that addresses how the company is responding in the current economic environment (2019 or later).
6. Using the information obtained from your sources, identify the types of information and business operations which drive this company’s need for cybersecurity products and services. (What needs to be protected?)
Analyze the Company’s Risk Statements
1. Using the links from Table 1 (at the end of this file), download a copy of your selected company’s most recent Annual Report to Investors from its Form 10-K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (Note: the company is the author of its Form 10-K. Do not list the SEC as the author.)
2. Read and analyze the Risk Factors section in the company’s report to investors (Item 1.A). This section is a professionally written risk analysis that has been written for a specific audience. Pay close attention to what the company includes as risk factors and how the writers chose to present this information.
3. Analyze the risk factors to determine which ones are related to e-Commerce / Internet operations or are otherwise affected by the use of information in digital form and Information Technology systems and infrastructures. Make a list that shows what information, digital assets, and/or business operations (processes) need to be protected from cyberattacks and/or cybercrime (including insiders and external threats) and the type of risk or threat that could affect those assets and processes.
Write
1. An introduction section which identifies the company being discussed and provides a brief introduction to the company including when it was founded and significant events in its history.
2. A business profile for the company. This information should include: headquarters location, key personnel, primary types of business activities and locations, major products or services sold by the company, major competitors, stock information (including ticker symbol or NASDAQ code), recent financial performance, and additional relevant information from the business profiles. (Use information from Hoovers and other authoritative sources)
3. An overview of the company’s e-Commerce operations which summarizes information obtained from its annual report, the Hoovers profile for the company, and other sources which you found in your research.
4. A separate section in which you describe this company’s needs or requirements for cybersecurity. What information and/or business operations need to be protected? While your focus should be upon the company’s e-Commerce activities, you should also address the back-office or supporting information and business processes required to deliver those e-commerce activities.
5. A separate section which provides a detailed summary of the identified risks and potential impacts upon the company’s operations as a whole. What are the likely sources of threats or attacks for each type of information or business operation? (E.g. protect customer information from disclosure or theft during online purchase transactions.). What are the possible impacts should these risks occur? You may present your summary in table format.
Submit for Grading
Submit your work in MS Word format (.docx or .doc file) using the Project #2 Assignment in your assignment folder. (Attach the file.)
Additional Information
1. Your 5-8 page e-Commerce Risk Analysis should be professional in appearance with consistent use of fonts, font sizes, margins, etc. You should use headings to organize your paper. The CSIA program recommends that you follow standard APA formatting since this will give you a document that meets the “professional appearance” requirements. APA formatting guidelines and examples are found under Course Resources. An APA template file (MS Word format) has also been provided for your use CSIA_Paper_Template(TOC+TOF,2021).docx.
2. Your paper should use standard terms and definitions for cybersecurity.
3. You must include a cover page with the assignment title, your name, and the due date. Your reference list must be on a separate page at the end of your file. These pages do not count towards the assignment’s minimum page count. (An example and template file are available in the LEO classroom.
4. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs.
5. You are expected to credit your sources using in-text citations and reference list entries. Both your citations and your reference list entries must follow a consistent citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).
What types of risks or vulnerabilities could be transferred from a supplier and/or imposed upon a purchaser of cybersecurity related products and/or services?
What types of risks or vulnerabilities could be transferred from a supplier and/or imposed upon a purchaser of cybersecurity related products and/or services?
Examine the problems found in the cross-cultural management of joint ventures and mergers.
Unit learning outcomes
1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
• Identify culture specific preferences in international business context and develop appropriate rapport management strategies.
2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
• Demonstrate to cultural differences in impression management and ethical considerations in international management.
What am I required to do in this assignment?
This is an example of intercultural incident; is an example of different behavioral and communication problems. You are asked to apply your understanding of relevant theories, frameworks and ideas and propose solutions to demonstrate the extent of your intercultural awareness in different business interactions. All theories and frameworks should be referenced correctly using the Harvard system.
Apply your understanding of relevant theories, frameworks and ideas and propose solutions to demonstrate the extent of your intercultural awareness in different business interactions.
Case study:
Stefan Phillips, a manager for a large U. S. airline, was transferred to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to set up a new office. Although Stefan had had several other extended overseas assignments in Paris and Brussels, he was not well prepared for working in the Arab world. At the end of his first week, Stefan came home in a state of near total frustration. As he sat at the dinner table that night, he told his wife how exasperating it had been to work with the local employees, who, he claimed, seemed to take no responsibility for anything. Whenever something went wrong they would simply say “Inshallah” (“If God wills it”). Coming from a culture that sees no problem as insolvable, Stefan could not understand how the local employees could be so passive about job-related problems. “If I hear one more inshallah,” he told his wife, “I’ll go crazy.”
• Where did Stefan go wrong?
• How could you help Stefan better understand this cross-cultural problem?
• Use intercultural theories to explain it and support your discussion.
• What would be your advice to Stefan?
What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
In order to pass Assessment 2 you will need to:
• Research and produce current data on international organisations to support your arguments.
• Examine the problems found in the cross-cultural management of joint ventures and mergers.
• Compare and contrast the distinctive features of different management behaviour across two different cultures and draw on cultural frameworks in your analysis.
How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?
We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
This assessment provides a grounding in the intercultural frameworks relevant to international business environment. Mainly it will involve frameworks related to communication, homogeneity versus diversity, tradition and change, dimensions of culture and so on. The frameworks are discussed in scheduled classes.
To what extent has Human Genetic modification impacted our ability to sustain life on Planet Earth.
Proposed project title To what extent has Human Genetic modification impacted our ability to sustain life on Planet Earth.
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of project (in the form of a question, commission or design brief)
To what extent has Human Genetic modification impacted our ability to sustain life on Planet Earth.
Project objectives (eg, what is the question you want to answer? What do you want to learn how to do? What do you want to find out?):
The question I want to answer specifically, is how genetic modification has progressed over the years, from the early stages of discovery to the prospective aims of tomorrows next feat.
I aim to evaluate not only the Biology and Chemistry behind genetic modification but include the different stances that other subjects: such as Psychology and English Literature; that have played a significant role in the leading of key discoveries that have made genome editing what it is today. I will delve into topics that break the boundaries of regular editing, along with how these stances fuelled key discoveries within the timeline of human genetic engineering.
Additionally, I intend to research the multitude of genetic procedures available today, such as Therapeutic cloning, designer babies and the use of stem cells in modern medicine, whilst debating the ethicality and moral stance of modification not only for today’s medical procedures but for the future as well.
I will be investigating the sustainability of our planet and how it relies on a conscious effort not only from science but as individuals ourselves. Of how we can take a more active role of keeping our planet in control of the climate crisis and how our actions, solely can be amplified to a global scale to make the world a better place for generations to come. Along with the help of advancements in Artificial intelligence and genetic human modification to help restore the planet to its former glory.
I want to improve my ability to analyse and evaluate a wide range of facts, methodologies, and personal interpretations while staying objective. I will learn how to choose essential bits of information from a variety of sources in order to develop a comprehensive conclusion that is both useful and supported by reason and proof.
If it is a group project, what will your responsibilities be?
N/A
How does Netflix HR philosophy help shape their employee attraction, retention and firing policy and practices? Discuss first about this policy in the United States and then globally?
Introduction Short 250 words: setting scene, background of Netflix (context)
• The purpose of the report (What is the case study trying to achieve)
• Signposting what is expected in the report (What theoretical lenses or HRM practices are you discussing?
• Each paragraph must have in-text-citation in Harvard format.
Analysis 2000 words- Very detailed critical analysis of the Netflix demonstrating your understanding of theory into practice.
In this section ensure to critically discuss, evaluate and address question one to three.
1. How does Netflix HR philosophy help shape their employee attraction, retention and firing policy and practices? Discuss first about this policy in the United States and then globally?
2. How does Netflix maintain its talent hire and reward practices globally, given that employment laws differ globally?
3. Critically analyze how Netflix maintain a high-performance workplace based on a sustainable and ethical HRM system.
To be critical, you must:
• Identify the issues/problems/situation/challenges and opportunities
• Links to HRM theories/practices/policies and ethics that help you explain, evaluate, and analyze the case
• Explanation of underlying causes or implications of the issues identified
In this section theory must be used to address/discuss/evaluate the three questions critically, concisely, coherently, and logically. The use of theory must be embedded in each section, not having a separate header for theories.
Example of relevant theories to be used include Human Capital theory, Dynamic Capabilities theory the AMO (Ability, motivation, and Opportunity) model, High Performance Work System (HPWS), Resource Based View, Organizational Behavior theory, Contingency theory, Motivational theory.
Do not use Maslow’s theory
You must use at least three theories to analyze the case study (Netflix).
Proper sections/paragraph, use headers.
You can use diagrams, pictures, tables to explain you point all labelled and referenced.
The analysis must be fully supported by in-text-citation in Harvard format.
Use textbook, journal article and CIPD/other practitioner literature such SHRM etc.
Conclusion 250 word- Main lessons learned.
Your conclusion must be convincing, which fully summarizes your discussions. All the main point discussed must be summaries around the purpose of the report from your analysis of theory into practices.
No new information should be presented in the conclusion section.
Recommendation 200 words- Make recommendations for improvement based on your conclusion in details.
4 Provide a least two recommendations for Netflix on developing effective HRM policies and practices to manage their global talent?
• Possible solutions (if required, check your instructions
These solutions should address the gap identified in Netflix HRM system.
Recommendation must be fully feasible and justify understanding HRM processes and who is implementing the recommendation and any further implication it will have on the organization.
Do not just provide a list of recommendations.
Refence list Include all the sources you have cited in the report
Harvard style of referencing
https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/a-guide-to-referencing
Write in your words to avoid plagiarism as your report will go through SafeAssign.
Do not use UK Essay/ Wikipedia
