Provide an explanation of the current impact of the technology on auditing and its potential future impact.

Overview: Advances in technology have impacted many facets of the auditing process, from assessing risk and internal control to conducting substantive procedures. These changes both create challenges and offer opportunities for auditing professionals.

Prompt: For this short paper, you will use the internet to research the impact of a specific technology on auditing. You will provide a description of the technology, an explanation of its current and potential future impact on auditing, and a suggestion of how auditing and auditors can better adapt to the changes brought about by the technology. Use the resources provided in this module for help choosing and researching a topic.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Technology Description: Provide a brief description of the technology you chose.

 Impact on Auditing: Provide an explanation of the current impact of the technology on auditing and its potential future impact. Support your analysis with research.

 Suggestions for Adapting: Provide suggestions for how auditors can better adapt to the changes brought about by the technology. If the technology you chose creates challenges for the profession, make suggestions for how auditors can adapt to meet these challenges. If the technology offers opportunities for the profession, make suggestions on how auditors can better adapt to take advantage of these opportunities. Support your suggestions with research.

Compare and contrast the uses of break-even analysis and sensitivity analysis in evaluating project risk.

Part 1

Must be answered with Much detail with Credible References that do not count towards word count. (APA) format

1. In what ways can the IRR make you give a flawed decision and what relationship the NVP have with the IRR? 300 words
2. Compare and contrast the uses of break-even analysis and sensitivity analysis in evaluating project risk. 300 words
3. What is the relation between a corporate bond’s expected return and the yield to maturity? In your answer, define default risk and explain how these rates incorporate default risk 300 words
4. Why should investors who identify positive-NPV trades be skeptical about their findings if they don’t inside information or a competitive advantage? What return should the average investor expect to receive? 300 words

Part 2

Briefly discuss some of the techniques that firms use to evaluate investments in order to decide which projects to pursue. 250 words

discuss the strategic role of capacity planning, some best practices that you may utilize within your organization, and how capacity planning could play a vital part in the delivery of services within your organization.

Prompt: Supply chain management is a total systems approach to delivering manufactured products to the end customer. Using information technology to coordinate all elements of the supply chain from parts suppliers to retailers achieves a level of integration that is a competitive advantage not available in traditional logistics systems. (Bordoloi, p. 250). Supply chain modeling enables managers to evaluate which options will provide the greatest improvement in customer satisfaction at reasonable costs. (Bordoloi, p. 250). Part 1 of this assignment is to draw a supply or value chain of your organizational goods or services. Use Figure 9.1 “Supply Chain for Physical Goods” on p. 250 as a guide to complete this part of the assignment. Services can be considered as acting on people’s minds (e.g., education, entertainment, religion), bodies (e.g., transportation, lodging, health care), belongings (e.g., auto repair, dry cleaning, banking), and information (e.g., tax
preparation, insurance, legal defense). Thus, all services act on something provided by the customer (Bordoloi, p. 250). Part 2 of this assignment is to draw the bidirectional relationships between the service delivery organization, its supplier, and the customer. Use Figure 9.3 “Service Supply Bidirectional Relationships” on p. 250 as a guide to complete this part of the assignment. Make sure to provide details around these drawings that explain what is happening in each of the components and how the components are interrelated. Gartner states, “Balancing available resources against demand for those resources is essential to successful initiative completion” (Townsend, 2021). In the “8 Best
Practices of Capacity Planning” by PlanView Practices of Capacity Planning https://www.planview.com/resources/articles/best-practices-capacity-planning/, Scott  Townsend with Planview provides us with some strategies, best practices, and methodologies for capacity planning. Based on this and Chapter 13 (pp. 357-374) in your textbook, discuss the strategic role of capacity planning, some best practices that
you may utilize within your organization, and how capacity planning could play a vital part in the delivery of services within your organization.

NOTE: Please make sure that you include a minimum of 2 APA references to your initial discussion post and Biblical reference 

describe how you will choose the right forecasting techniques and which ones you plan to use.

Prompt: In the article “6 Types of Demand Forecasting” by the Fulfillment Lab https://www.thefulfillmentlab.com/blog/demand-forecasting and Chapter 14 of your textbook (pp. 403-418), the importance of demand forecasting is discussed. According to the article, “Demand forecasting is the process of understanding and predicting customer demand in order to make smart decisions about supply chain operations, profit margins, cash flow, capital expenditures, capacity planning, and more.” If forecasting is so important to predicting customer demand, describe how
you will choose the right forecasting techniques and which ones you plan to use. Here is an article by Harvard Business Review entitled “How to Choose the Right Forecasting Technique” to help you think more about forecasting techniques: https://hbr.org/1971/07/how-to-choose-the-right-forecasting-technique

NOTE: Please make sure that you include a minimum of 2 APA references to your initial discussion post and Biblical reference 

Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?

For this project, Select an organization that has leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an attempt to improve profitability or to give them a competitive advantage.  Research the organization to understand the challenges that they faced and how they intended to use Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.  The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header. 

• Company Overview:  The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.
• Challenges: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.
• Solution:  Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?  Did they meet their objectives for fall short?
• Conclusion:  Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.
 

Requirements:

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages.  There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page.  Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due. The body of the paper should be 3 pages in length. 

Identify if the manager was acting as a manger or a leader. 

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

There are many roles that a manager must play in a business. Many times it is situational. The manager must plan, organize, control, provide resources to do the job, and lead. When a manager leads, they must at times delegate, motivate, and communicate.

In addition to the Intellipath lessons from Week 1, please take a look at the following video then answer the questions below: 

Leader versus Manager

• Describe a time where you were influenced by a manager (either good or bad.) 
• Identify if the manager was acting as a manger or a leader. 
• Explain the outcome and whether it was effective.

What kind of actions and procedures differentiates an ethical hacker from a malicious hacker?

Question 1

Below list shows the five phases of hacking in random order. Place them in the correct order into the table below:

1. Covering Tracks

2. Gaining Access

3. Maintaining Access

4. Reconnaissance

5. Scanning and Enumeration

Below list shows actions/methods/tools that are used within five hacking phases. Select three of them for each hacking phase, and fill out the table below accordingly.

1. Backdoors

2. Buffer overflow

3. Dumpster diving

4. Hide files

5. Login a wireless access point with the default password

6. Network mapper

7. Network Sniffing

8. Ping sweep

9. Port scan

10. Remove log files

11. Rootkits

12. SQL injection

13. Trojans

14. Use VPN

15. Watch the outside of the building

Describe each of the phases in one or two sentences.

Question 2

What kind of actions and procedures differentiates an ethical hacker from a malicious hacker?

Describe how Whole Foods built its competitive advantage.

Whole Foods Five Competitive Forces

Assessment Description

In this assignment, students will research competitive advantage. By learning this concept, students will understand the necessity of a consumer’s problem and a company’s product or service as a solution to that problem.

In 500 words or more, address the following:

Describe how Whole Foods built its competitive advantage.

What IT assets and capabilities does Whole Foods utilize?

Assess Whole Foods’ competitive environment by describing the following five competitive forces:

1. The potential threat of new entrants/competitors

2. The bargaining power of buyers

3. The bargaining power of suppliers

4. The threat of substitute products/services

5. Industry competitors

Note: Use Figure 2.3 in the textbook as a guide.

This assignment requires the use of at least two additional scholarly research sources published within the last 5 years. Include at least one in-text citation from each cited source.

What are the advantages to good communication?

By the due date assigned respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area.

Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Support your answers with examples and research and cite your research using the APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible.

Internal Business Communication

For this week’s discussion assignment, find an internal communication document (this could be e-mail, newsletter, or other internal means of communicating with staff) that you have seen either in your current organization or another organization that you are familiar with.

Based on your analysis of the chosen business document, complete the following tasks:

Post the document as an attachment.

Provide a one paragraph summary at the beginning of your initial post detailing who the intended audience is for this document as well as what the intended message is.

Then, choose one of the following bullet points.

Rewrite the document in your own words using the different concepts that you learned about written communication in Week 1 and Week 2 of the course. Post your rewritten document to the discussion as well. Provide a one paragraph summary note that details at least two principles or concepts (with research citation support) that you used for re-writing the document

Assess any problems that you see in the business document, using research to support your conclusions. Compose a succinct paragraphing detailing the importance of effective written communication both as an individual and as a team member. For example:

What are the advantages to good communication?

Why are there so many communication problems within an organization when it is such an important aspect of a successful organization?

Analyze the likelihood that John would be found guilty of sexually harassing Martha. If found in Martha’s favor, what should the HR manager do to remedy the situation within the workplace?

Case Analysis

Analyze the following situation:

Martha has worked for John for two years. About 6 months ago, John asked Martha out to dinner. They had a good time together and agreed that they had some real interests in common outside of work. The pair dated for two months. Martha initially liked John, but he was beginning to get annoying.  John called her all the time, was very pushy about her seeing him, and wanted to control all aspects of her life, both at work and at home. Martha decided to call it off. When she told John that she did not want to see him personally anymore, he went crazy on her. He told her she would be sorry and that he would see to it that she regretted it.

John began to make life miserable for Martha at work. She suddenly started to get poor performance evaluations after two years of exemplary reviews. Even the managers above John were beginning to make comments about her poor attitude.  Martha decided it was time to act. She was worried she would be fired, all because John wanted her to continue to date him. She loved her job and knew she did quality work. She made an appointment with the HR manager.

Using the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991, and the two basic types of sexual harassment as described in our lecture ( quid pro quo and hostile work environment), assess the type of sexual harassment Martha is experiencing.

Evaluate the obligations of the HR manager once Martha reports her concerns. If the HR manager investigates and finds Martha is telling the truth, what steps should be taken to comply with the EEOC? How does HRM offer an affirmative defense and prevail in a lawsuit.

Analyze the likelihood that John would be found guilty of sexually harassing Martha. If found in Martha’s favor, what should the HR manager do to remedy the situation within the workplace?

Submission Details:

· Submit your report in a 4 to 5 page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.