IT Support for Virtual Teams

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Global
organizations have branches that are located in multiple countries.
Some of these organizations develop software and take advantage of the
global talent pool of software developers while others have global
technical support teams, customer service, and so on. Virtual teams are
created when two or more people work together from different locations,
organizations, times zone, and / or time shifts. Global organizations
use virtual teams in order to provide global support, reduce travel
costs, reduce training costs, and take advantage of local cultural
knowledge that may impact the organization’s operations.

Write a seven to ten (7-10) page paper in which you:

  1. Examine seven (7) issues that the IT department is likely to face when it comes to supporting virtual teams.
  2. Create
    an architectural diagram that shows how the virtual teams would
    collaborate and access common repositories for documents, software,
    development, and testing facilities. Use Visio or an equivalent such as
    Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
  3. Describe
    seven (7) advantages and seven (7) disadvantages of using virtual teams
    for the organizations described in the scenario.
  4. Describe challenges imposed by:
    1. IT / IS national standards and propose how they could be handled or resolved.
    2. Protocols and propose how they could be handled or resolved.
    3. Procedures on virtual teams and propose how they could be handled or resolved.
  1. Compare and contrast virtual teams and traditional teams with respect to communications, technology use, and team diversity.
  2. Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed,
double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA

week 7 discussion

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Discussion 8: Read Case 12-30 on Page 576 and answer the three questions posed on Page 577.

Post an original response to the discussion and reply to the 2 posts . All posts are to be substantial and related to the discussion question.

Post at least two replies to classmate responses for this week’s discussion board by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET. Postings must be made on three separate days. Your grade for the discussion is out of 15 points and will be based on the rubric:

Neha Desai in response to this Topic
3/7/2017 11:15 PM EST | 204 words
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Its not advisable to close the Clayton facility since it has no resale value.If the Clayton facility was to be sold, the company will have to rent additional space close to the other two processing centers, adding additional costs.Increase in rent is estimated at $600,000 and decrease of administrative expense at $90,000. The net increase in costs is $ 510,000 towards yearly financial performance. Other than the loss of one contract, there is no major cost at this point of using the Clayton facility.
It’s not ethical to lay off employees at Clayton and then re-hire new ones at Billings or Great Falls just because of an inexperienced contractor who lead them to go over their budget or by losing a contract. Ms Rumeros should focus much of her attention on managing the bottleneck. As discussed in this book, managers should emphasize activities that most profitably utilize the constrained resource. In this case the constraint resource is losing the contract.
Depreciation would have no impact if Clayton was to charge for its services because depreciation is a sunk cost, hence not relevant in decision making purposes. However, to charge further for their services, Clayton facility will definitely loose customers and eventually lead to bankruptcy if losses are reported every year.

Benjamin Ogle in response to this Topic

3/7/2017 7:26 PM EST | 207 words

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1. The Clayton facility should not be shut down. Over time, the facility will pay for itself but once the facility is shut down, it will put extra work on the other two facitiliies. This will result in poor customer service for the remaining locations as the clients will have to expect to wait longer for turnaround times, resulting in clients looking eleswhere to take their business.

2. I believe it is ethical to close down a facility as long as every attempt has been made to keep their employees and offer them other positions within the company. If the facility is not located near the Clayton facility, then relocation expenses should be given to those displaced workers. There really wouldn’t be any reason for the closure of the facility as it still performed pretty well in terms of sales.

3. I don’t think it is necessary to focus on the prices charged by Clayton for its services. This could send customers running to other vendors and losing business altogether. I would look to reduce internal costs, but not headcount (as long as there is not too many chiefs and not enough Indians), and would also do some kind of backroom handshakes with local municipalities for tax breaks and such.

FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

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You are an external consultant with 10 years experience in your field. Fifty doctors are trying to get together to form a health care organization, and they come to you for suggestions on developing the ownership form for the organization. It is your job to advise them on what common ownership forms are available for the organization and provide an example of each.

FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

  • • Not-for-profit, business-oriented organizations
  • • For-profit healthcare entities
    • • Investor owned
    • • Professional corporations/professional associations
    • • Sole proprietorships
    • • Limited partnerships
    • • Limited liability partnerships/limited liability companies
  • • Governmental HCOs
  • • Non-governmental, nonprofit HCOs

Additionally, you must discuss the following:

  • The advantages and disadvantages of each ownership form.
  • The ownership form would you would recommend as being most appropriate for this particular organization as well as why it is the most appropriate.

Your paper must include an introduction, thesis, and conclusion. Your paper must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize three scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five years. Cite your souces within the text of your paper and provide complete references for each source used on the reference page.

Art 100

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Salvador Dalí: A Master of the Modern Era. MIKOS ARTS – A Documentary for educational purposes only (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Salvador Dalí: A Master of the Modern Era. MIKOS ARTS - A Documentary for educational purposes only

For this week’s discussion, we get to watch a fantastic video on Salvador Dali, famed Surrealist and eccentric! This video is a crowd pleaser and sure to keep you entertained! Before you view the link, make sure to preview the questions below- it may be helpful to take notes as you watch the video.

After you watch the video, tell us (in this numbered prompt):

  1. Define Surrealism.
  2. How do YOU take in art in entertainment? In what forms? Media? TV, computer games? Reading? Magazines?
  3. How does surrealism intersect with the art that you take in? In greater society (media)?
  4. Is surrealism all around us? How so?
  5. Provide 3 examples of surrealism in 2018. Not in traditional art forms. Advertising? Tv shows? Technology? Life? Do not limit your self to images from the textbook! Use image
  6. How do you think Dali influenced artists of the future?

Enjoy the Video!

Moore Manufacturing about the variances and evaluation of their performance.

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apa format writings for a graduate master

3 or more reference and proper citations in paper per APA MANUEL

THE RUBLIC IS SAME PER LAST ASSIGNMENT

MUST INCLUDE AN EXCEL OF THE CALCULATION PER QUESTION AND 750 WORDS DOCUMENT EXPLANATION OF THE CALCULATION IN DETAIL AND PART b

Part One:

One of your clients, Moore Manufacturing has asked you to assist them
in evaluating their performance against their budgets. The management
of Moore Manufacturing has provided the following standard cost sheet
for one of its products:

Direct Materials 6 lb @ $2 per pound $12
Direct Labor 3 hrs @ $25 per hr $75
Variable factor overhead 2 hrs @ $4 per hour $8
Fixed factory overhead 2 hr @ $15 per hour $30
Cost per unit $125

Moore Manufacturing applies factory overhead based on direct labor
hours and factory overhead is allocated based on a practical capacity of
500 units of product.

The actual operating results for the year are as follows:

Units manufactured 400
Direct materials purchased and used 1,800 pounds $19,800
Direct labor incurred 750 hours 20,250
Variable factory overhead incurred 5,000
Fixed factory overhead incurred 15,800

Determine the following for the period:

Flexible budget for variable overhead based on output for the period

Total variable overhead applied to production during the period

Total budgeted fixed factory overhead

Total fixed factory overhead applied to production during the period

Calculate the following variances using four-variance analysis:

Total variable overhead variance

Variable overhead spending variance

Variable overhead efficiency variance

Total under applied or over applied variable overhead

Fixed overhead spending variance

Production volume variance

Total fixed overhead variance

Total under applied or over applied fixed overhead

Calculate the following variances using three-variance analysis:

Factory overhead spending variance

Factory overhead efficiency variance

Production volume variance

Calculate the total overhead flexible budget variance and the production volume variance using a two-variance analysis.

Part Two:

In a 750 word document, explain to the management team at Moore
Manufacturing about the variances and evaluation of their performance.

2-3 page paper on 2 scholary articles related to different psychology theories

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ASSIGNMENT:

Students will research and choose TWO professional(scholarly) articles related to a specific theoretical model covered in this class as it is applicable to a system (families, couples, other systems, etc.). Topics may include: Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Mindfulness – based Theories, The Gottman Method, Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), Integrated Couples Therapy, Strategic Therapy, the Milan Model, Structural Therapy, Social Constructionism, Collaborative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, or Narrative Therapy.

SO FOR EXAMPLE: you can find an article about “using CBT with a married couple”, “using mindfulness based theories on trauma family”, “using solution-focused therapy on couple/family” etc etc. I NEED TWO scholarly articles.

Chosen articles/readings may address any aspect of thetheory including, but not limited to, research and efficacy, history, interventions, recent developments, specific applications, etc.(E.G. Using narrative therapy with adolescents, using cognitive behavioral therapy with couples, the roles of mindfulness in CBT work with couples or families, etc.)

Student will write a 2-3 page reflection paper based on their chosen topic and the instructions above. A copy of the articles/reading is not required, but it should be formally referenced pursuant to APA style. Paper should include a discussion of student’s thoughts, reflections, and insights about how the article/reading relates to the theory student’s current or future work with clients


Complete 2 page paper on Ethics in Corrections

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Ethical Conflicts in Corrections

In the small town of Tidewater, an Assistant District Attorney was found guilty of child molestation and sexual exploitation of children.

The ADA was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 10 years on probation.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing the different ethical conflicts the ADA might experience from serving his time in prison and on probation. Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the Grantham University Online Library. Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet.

Suicide Bomber Justification

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Suicide bombing is one of the most popular terrorist tactics used today. While most of the world sees this tactic as barbaric and cannot understand why anyone would agree to using this tactic, there is a school of thought that justifies its use.

Riaz Hassan is an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, Flinders University. In January 2010, he wrote a piece titled Life as a Weapon: Making Sense of Suicide Bombings.

  1. In a well-written paper:
    • a. Write an essay outlining the justifications for suicide bombing as discussed by Mr. Hassan. In addition find an example of an actual suicide terrorism incident, describe the circumstances and compare and contrast those circumstances with M. Hassan’s piece.
    • b. Make sure your discussion reflects themes in Chapters 5 through 6 of our textbook.
  2. Your papers must:
      • i. The first page of your paper will be a cover sheet correctly formatted according to APA guidelines.
      • ii. The second page will include an Abstract.
      • iii. This paper will use 1-inch margins, Times New Roman 12-point font, and double spacing.
      • iv. A minimum of three citations must be included and the citations for each article MUST be correctly formatted according to APA guidelines. Do NOT use an automated citation manager to perform this function. Do it manually for this assignment and check your formatting against available APA resources.
    • a. Excluding the cover page, the Abstract and references page, this paper must be at least 3 pages of written text.
    • b. Only COMPLETE paragraphs consisting of an introductory sentence, a full explanation of key points supported with properly cited sources, and a concluding sentence may be used.
    • c. Only use published articles from academic texts, such as those found at scholar.google.com or accessed through your Grantham University EBSCO host account (not Wikipedia).
    • d. The entire paper must be your original work. It may not include quotes and at no time should text be copied and pasted.

This paper DOES require an introductory paragraph, explicit thesis statement, concluding paragraph, and references page.

Intellectual Standards, health and medicine homework help

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For our assignment this week, examine the Universal Intellectual Standards as described in our readings. Select one of these standards, and describe how using that standard has helped you in your:

  • Work life
  • School life
  • Personal life

Your essay should consist of five paragraphs, and should follow the format below:

In your first paragraph, write a detailed description of the standard you have selected and why you selected it.

Then, in a paragraph each, describe how that standard has helped you in your work life, in your school life, and in your personal life. Each paragraph should contain at least one example.

Finally, in your concluding paragraph, discuss the ways you can continue to improve upon this standard moving forward.

Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500-750 words in length. If you use sources in your writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.

Play Defense Response

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Play Defense Assignment

Read the following scenario.

In your Kindergarten classroom, you have students working in a variety of centers while you, the teacher, work with a small group of 4-5 students on writing instruction. Some of the centers include: A science center with students examining ant farms and creating tunnels in the sand table; an art center where some students are painting scenes and others are building 3-D models of ants; a mathematics center with small plastic ants of multiple colors that the students are sorting, counting, patterning and playing with; a dramatic play area in the kitchen that has included ants and small plastic shovels, a block center with small 2 inch sized plastic ants and cars added to the area as well as a variety of pictures of ant tunnels, and a reading center with science books on ants and insects, fiction books with ants as main characters and other print out pictures of ants.

Your school administrator walks into the classroom and disapprovingly looks around. He asks you to meet him in his office after school. You have a sense that he will want to talk to you about the students not being engaged in “learning activities”. You walk into the office and your administrator says, “I am really concerned by what I saw in your classroom. What were the students doing playing during instructional time? You know we have to meet AYP (adequate yearly progress) this year. How can you justify the students spending all of this time playing?”

Write a defense

Prepare a 2-3 page defense of your teaching strategies based on the course information. In your response, be sure to address why you have set up the learning environment in this fashion, why the students are engaged in these activities (use specific examples), what the students are learning by participating in these activities and how you know the students are actually learning. You may feel free to make elaborations to the scenario that may better describe effective classroom strategies. Be creative, professional, and complete in your response. Remember many administrators (and parents) do not understand the importance of play.

Play Defense Rubric

Exemplary

Highly

Proficient

Proficient

Approaches

Proficient

Does Not Meet Expectations

5 points

4 points

3 points

2 points

0-1 points

Overview of Teaching Strategies

  • Exceptional overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment.
  • Outstanding introduction of the body of the paper and sets a professional tone for the rest of the piece
  • General overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment.
  • Introduces the body of the paper and sets a professional tone for the rest of the piece
  • Limited or missing overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment.
  • Vague introduction of the body of the paper fails to set a professional tone for the rest of the piece
  • Clear and well developed overview of the learning environment
  • Insightful examples of how the learning environment promotes growth and development
  • Strong evidence of the learning environment being consistent with best practice
  • Demonstrates exceptional understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play
  • Overview of the learning environment is provided
  • Examples are included of how the learning environment promotes growth and development
  • Rationalization of the learning environment being consistent with best practice
  • Demonstrates understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play
  • Overview of the learning environment is provided is minimal or lacking
  • Insufficient examples are included of how the learning environment promotes growth and development
  • Missing a rationalization of the learning environment being consistent with best practice
  • Fails to demonstrate understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play
  • Specific examples of student engagement are provided and deeply connected to best practice.
  • Student engagement is skillfully linked to purposeful play and aligned to standards-based learning.
  • Examples of student engagement are provided and connected to best practice.
  • Student engagement is linked to purposeful play and aligned to standards-based learning.
  • Examples of student engagement are not provided or connected to best practice.
  • Student engagement is not linked to purposeful play nor aligned to standards-based learning.
  • Few to no minor errors in standard written English that do not interfere with understanding
  • Writing is easy read and understand
  • Paper is properly formatted
  • Most sources are referenced appropriately
  • References page follows APA style most of the time with minor errors
  • Few to no minor errors in standard written English that do not interfere with understanding
  • Frequent and/or severe errors in standard written English that interfere with understanding
  • Paper is formatted incorrectly
  • Most sources are NOT referenced appropriately
  • References page does not follow APA style or is missing

(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)

(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

5 points

4 points

3 points

2 points

0-1 points

Learning Environment

(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)

(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

5 points

4 points

3 points

2 points

0-1 points

Student Engagement

(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)

(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

5 points

4 points

3 points

2 points

0 -1 points

Conclusion

Conclusion provides an exceptional summary and defense of play with purpose.

(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)

Conclusion provides a summary and defense of play with purpose.

(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

Conclusion fails to provide a summary and defense of play with purpose.

5 points

4 points

3 points

2 points

0-1 points

Writing/APA Style
  • Writing is free from errors and is easy to read and understand
  • Writing is of an exceptional level, beyond masters level expectations
  • Exemplary use of APA formatting with in-text citations
  • Error-free reference page

(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)

(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

website from lesson: http://www.nifplay.org/science/pattern-play/

You tube video from lesson