Assignment 3: Intellectual Property Laws and Security Measures

Due Week 7 and worth 100 points

Intellectual property law is a major issue facing organizations, and many organizations have been fined significant amounts for violations of intellectual property law. As an information security manager in an IT consulting company, your executive management team is concerned about the potential intellectual property violations in the organization. To address these concerns, they have asked you to develop an intellectual property policy to implement within the organization.

Develop a policy document in which you:

1. Provide an overview of intellectual property law.
2. Describe who the policy applies to.
3. Create policy, standards, and guidelines concerning:
   1. Patents
   2. Trademarks
   3. Copyrights
   4. Ownership of company material
4. Develop intellectual property violation reporting procedures.
5. Develop intellectual property infringement ramifications.

1. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your written paper must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

(Note: You’ll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.)

• Your paper should include a cover page.

• • Your paper should be of sufficient length to fully develop your own ideas that address the items called for in the instructions, and not be filled with “filler” information. Write clearly and concisely.
  • The paper should be double-spaced, 12-point font.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze intellectual property laws.
• Use technology and information resources to research legal issues in information security.
• Write clearly and concisely about information security legal issues and topics using properwriting mechanics and technical style conventions.

The course textbook identifies four individual decision-making styles: individualist, altruist, pragmatist, and idealist. In this activity, your instructor will assign you to a group of your peers, and each group will be assigned its own discussion forum. Each member of the group will take on the characteristics of one of the four decision-making styles and explain how that style would affect the way he or she would communicate, negotiate, and apply this to interpersonal situations.

Once the individualist, the altruist, the pragmatist, and the idealist have all submitted their posts, compare the decision-making styles of the others with your own.

Where are your styles complementary, and in what ways do your styles differ? How would you approach working together to make an ethical decision? What strengths and weaknesses of each style should be considered during the decision-making process?

I choose the idealist. I should be 1 page

Below I have post please provide a response to it. I have attached a sample example of what the response should look like.

Age-related hearing loss (or maybe presbycusis) may be the easy loss of reading in both ears. It is a common issue connected to aging. One in three adults over age sixty five has hearing loss. Due to the easy change of hearing, some individuals are unaware of the change in the beginning. Usually, the ability is affected by it to pick up high pitched sounds like a a telephone ringing or maybe beeping of a microwave oven (Bowl, & Dawson, 2019). The capacity to pick up low pitched noises is generally not affected.

Generally there might be numerous reasons for age related hearing loss. It frequently happens due to changes inside the inner ear (most common), Within the middle ear, Along the nerve routes on the human brain. Additional things which affect age related hearing loss incorporates Continuous contact with loud noise (like music or maybe career connected noise), Loss of hair cells (sensory receptors in the inner ear), Inherited elements, Aging, Various health issues (Bowl, & Dawson, 2019), like diabetes or heart disease, and Negative effects of certain medicines , like certain antibiotics and aspirin.

The following are the most popular symptoms of age related hearing loss, Speech of others seems mumbled or maybe slurred, High pitched sounds, like “s” or maybe “th” are difficult to distinguish, Conversations are hard to comprehend, especially when there’s background noise, Male’s voices are a lot easier to pick up than female’s, Some sounds appear to be annoying and loud overly (Yamasoba, Lin, Someya, Kashio, Sakamoto, & Kondo, 2019), Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) might happen in a single or maybe both ears, as well as the signs of age related hearing loss could are like medical problems or other conditions. Constantly check with the health care provider of yours for a diagnosis.

The health care provider of yours is going to use an otoscope, which happens to be a lighted scope, to check out in the external ear canal and also to check out the ear drum. She or he is going to look for harm on the ear drum, obstruction of the ear canal out of international objects or even impacted ear wax, infection or inflammation. You will be described a hearing professional, audiologist, to get an audiogram (Yamasoba, Lin, Someya, Kashio, Sakamoto, & Kondo, 2019). An audiogram is an exam where sounds are played through headset, to one ear at the same time. You’re requested to answer when you’re competent to hear every sound. In case someone cannot pick up some sounds which implies there is some amount of hearing loss.

The inevitable deterioration in hearing capacity which happens with age – presbycusis – is a multifactorial procedure which can differ in seriousness from mild to considerable. Left untreated, presbycusis of a greater or moderate level impacts interaction and will bring about isolation, possibly, and, depression, dementia (Fischer, Weber, & Riechelmann, 2017). These mental consequences are primarily reversible with rehabilitative therapy. Extensive rehabilitation is commonly available but underused simply because, in part, of interpersonal perceptions which undervalue hearing, additionally to the price as well as stigma of hearing aids. Remediation of presbycusis is a crucial contributor to quality of life in geriatric medicine and will incorporate education about interaction effectiveness, hearing aids, assistive listening devices, along with cochlear implants for serious hearing loss (Fischer, Weber, & Riechelmann, 2017). Primary care doctors must screen as well as refer the elderly patients of theirs for remediation and assessment. Wherever hearing aids don’t offer advantage, cochlear implantation is the therapy of choice with superb results while within octogenarians.

Glaucoma is a team of eye situations which harm the optic nerve, the wellness of that is essential for good vision. This particular harm is usually brought on by an abnormally high pressure in the eye of yours. Glaucoma is among the major factors behind blindness for individuals with the age of sixty. It is able to happen at every age but is much more typical in older adults (McMonnies, 2017). Numerous kinds of glaucoma don’t have any warning signs. The result is very easy you might not see an alteration of vision until the state is at an advanced stage. As vision damage because of glaucoma cannot be recovered, it is crucial to have regular eye examinations which include measurements of the eye pressure of yours so a diagnosis may be created in the early stages of its and treated properly (McMonnies, 2017). In the event that glaucoma is recognized early on, vision damage may be slowed or maybe prevented. If perhaps you’ve the problem, you will typically need therapy for the remainder of the life of yours.

A cataract is often a clouding of the typically clear lens of the eye of yours. For individuals that have cataracts, seeing via cloudy lenses is somewhat similar to going through a fogged-up or frosty window (Prokofyeva, Wegener, & Zrenner, 2019). Clouded vision triggered by cataracts are able to help make it much more tough to examine, get an automobile (especially at night) or even see-the phrase on a friend’s experience. The majority of cataracts develop gradually and do not disturb the eyesight of yours in the beginning. But with time, cataracts will ultimately hinder the vision of yours (Prokofyeva, Wegener, & Zrenner, 2019). In the beginning, stronger burning along with eyeglasses are able to enable you to cope with cataracts. But when impaired vision disrupts the usual activities of yours, you may need cataract surgery. Thankfully, cataract surgery is commonly a safe, strong process.

Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication which impacts eyes. It is brought on by damage on the blood vessels of the light sensitive tissue at the rear of the eye (retina). In the beginning, diabetic retinopathy might result in no symptoms or even just moderate vision issues. Ultimately, it is able to result in blindness (Wang, & Lo, 2018). The condition is able to develop in anybody who has type one or maybe type two diabetes. The longer you’ve diabetic issues as well as the less controlled the blood sugar of yours is, the greater likely you’re developing the eye complication.

Reference

Bowl, M. R., & Dawson, S. J. (2019). Age-related hearing loss. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 9(8), a033217.

Yamasoba, T., Lin, F. R., Someya, S., Kashio, A., Sakamoto, T., & Kondo, K. (2019). Current concepts in age-related hearing loss: epidemiology and mechanistic pathways. Hearing research, 303, 30-38.

Fischer, N., Weber, B., & Riechelmann, H. (2017). Presbycusis-age related hearing loss. Laryngo-rhino-otologie, 95(7), 497-510.

McMonnies, C. W. (2017). Glaucoma history and risk factors. Journal of optometry, 10(2), 71-78.

Prokofyeva, E., Wegener, A., & Zrenner, E. (2019). Cataract prevalence and prevention in Europe: a literature review. Acta ophthalmologica, 91(5), 395-405.

Wang, W., & Lo, A. C. (2018). Diabetic retinopathy: pathophysiology and treatments. International journal of molecular sciences, 19(6), 1816.

Now that you have completed the initiation phase of the project you are ready for the planning project. In this phase your team will determine what work must be done, who will do it, and making a schedule for the project.

Investigate Work Breakdown Structures and work packages.

1. Complete the Lynda.com tutorial, Project Management Fundamentals Section 3 on WBS.
2. Download and study the Work breakdown Structure template (you will find this in the Important Documents site)

Learn about building a project schedule.

1. Complete the Lynda.com tutorial, Project Management Fundamentals Section 4, Building a Project Schedule.
2. Study MS Project to learn about building a schedule in MS Project. You might want to view Working With the Global Template.

Learn about building a budget for a project.

1. Complete the Lynda.com tutorial, Project Management Fundamentals Section 3, Building a Budget
2. Read ebook Chapter 14

Put together an initial schedule and budget for your project. While you will submit it here, also bring it to the lesson as you team will negotiate what the final will be.

Please just do the task and the project should be building a hotel.

Stage 1: Strategic Use of Technology

Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study on Chesapeake IT Consultants (CIC). CIC is a fictional company created for IFSM 300’s Case Study.

Overview

As a business analyst in the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO’s) department of Chesapeake IT Consulting (CIC), you have been assigned to conduct an analysis, develop a set of system requirements and recommend an IT solution (applicant tracking or hiring system) to improve the hiring process for CIC. This work will be completed in four stages, and each of these four stages will focus on one section of an overall Business Analysis and System Recommendation(BA&SR) report to be delivered to the CIO.

Section I: Strategic Use of Technology(Stage 1) – The first step is to look at the organization and explain how an IT system could be used to support CIC’s strategies and objectives and support its decision-making processes.

Section II: Process Analysis(Stage 2) – Next you will evaluate current processes and workflow and explain how CIC can use IT to improve its processes and workflow.

Section III: Requirements(Stage 3) –Then you will identify key stakeholder expectations for the new technology solution to support CIC’s hiring process and develop a set of requirements.

Section IV: System Recommendation(Stage 4) – Finally, you will review the provided Vendor brochure for a proposed applicant tracking system and explain how it meets the requirements and what needs to be done to implement the system within CIC.

The sections of the BA&SR will be developed and submitted as four staged assignments. In stages 2, 3 and 4, you will also incorporate any feedback received when the previous stage was graded to improve the effectiveness of your overall report and then add the new section to your report. At the end of the course, you will submit a complete BA&SR document that includes all the sections and changes that resulted from previous feedback. Part of the grading criteria for Stage 4 submission includes addressing previous feedback to improve the final report.

Assignment – BA&SR: Introduction and Section I – Strategic Use of Technology

Write an appropriate Introduction to the entire BA&SR Report (guidelines are provided below). Section I of the BA&SR document contains an organizational analysis and identifies ways in which an information system to improve the hiring process can help CIC, the organization in the case study, meet its strategic goals and meet the information needs of various levels of management.

Using the case study, assignment instructions, Course Content readings, and external resources, develop your Introduction and Section I: Background and Organizational Analysis. To start, review the Business Perspectives Module (week 1 content), particularly the sections that describe the example of Booz Allen Hamilton, a services company with a business model similar to that of CIC in the case study. The case study tells you that the executives and employees at CIC have identified a need for an effective and efficient applicant tracking or hiring system. As you review the case study, use the assignment instructions to take notes to assist in your analysis; in particular, look for objectives to support the strategies in the table below, and decisions that the various individuals make in the hiring process as expressed in the “interviews.”

Use the outline format, headings and tables provided and follow all formatting instructions below. For Stage 1, create a title page and reference page that will be used for all 4 stages.

Apply specific information from the case study to address eacharea.

Introduction

Begin your report with a clear, concise, well organized introduction to explain why you are writing and what is to come. This should briefly set the context for CIC – business purpose, environment, and current challenges related to hiring. Then specifically provide what is to come in the full report (not just Stage 1). Keep your audience in mind – this is an internal report for the CIO of CIC. Provide an introduction in one paragraphthat engages the reader’s interest in continuing to read this report.

I.Strategic Use of Technology

A.Organizational Strategy– Briefly describe the organizational strategy using the Business Strategy statement andinformation from the Case Study and explain how a new hiring system would support that strategy. (Use two to three strong sentences that explain how the system would support the strategy and justify your position with specifics from the Case Study.)

B.Competitive Advantage– First, provide an overview of the competitive environment that CIC is currently operating in based on information from the case study. Then explain how and why CIC can use the new hiring system to increase its competitive advantage. Your explanation should demonstrate your understanding of what competitive advantage is as well as how improving the hiring process will help achieve CIC’s competitive advantage. Include how CIC can use the type of data/information that will be in the hiring system for strategic advantage. (Paragraph of 4-5 sentences)

C. Strategic Objectives– Review the four Strategic Goals in the Strategic Plan section of the CIC Case Study. The CIO has asked you to come up with an example of an objective to meet each goal and explain howa new hiring system would help achieve that objective. As you can see from the example provided in the table below, an objective is a statement that is clear (not vague) and is something that can be measured or evaluated to determine whether it has been met or not. First, insert an introductory opening sentence for this table. Then, for each of the rows listed below, complete the table with the requested information. (Provide an introductory sentence and copy the table. Create an Objective for each of the 3 remaining Goals and explain using 2-3 sentences for each.)

Strategic Goal (from case study)	Objective (clear, measurable and time-bound)	Explanation (2-3 sentences)
Increase CIC Business Development by winning new contracts in the areas of IT Consulting
Build a cadre of consultants internationally to provide remote research and analysis support to CIC’s onsite teams in the U. S. EXAMPLE PROVIDED – (Retain text but remove this label and gray shading in your report)	Increase international recruiting efforts and employ 5 research analysts in the next 12 months.	The new hiring system would allow applicants from around the world to apply online, increasing the number of international applicants. It would enable the recruiters to carefully monitor the applications for these positions, identify the necessary research and analysis skills needed, and screen resumes for these key skills. Recruiters could quickly view the number of applicants and identify when additional recruiting efforts are needed to meet the objective.
Continue to increase CIC’s ability to quickly provide high quality consultants to awarded contracts to best serve the clients’ needs
Increase CIC’s competitive advantage in the IT consulting marketplace by increasing its reputation for having IT consultants who are highly skilled in leading edge technologies and innovative solutions for its clients

D.Decision Making – In the Information Systems (IS) course module (included in the Week 2 Learning Resources), you were introduced to the information requirements of various levels of the organization. First, insert an introductory opening sentence for this section. Then, for each of the management roles listed below, complete the table with the appropriate level(as defined in the course module), an example of a specific decision supported by the Hiring System to be made at that level, and what type of information from the hiring system would be needed to support that decision. Think about what information the hiring system could provide about applicants, etc., and then identify an example of a decision that might be made by each level of management. A decision is a choice or conclusion that the management might make about business operations or future planning. This is not about the decisions about implementing a new technology solution or about general responsibilities of each role. (Provide an introductory sentence then copy the table and insert information within.)

Role Level as defined in IS Course Module Example of Possible Decision Supported by Hiring System Example of Information the Hiring System Could Provide to Support Your Example Decision Senior/Executive Managers (Decisions made by the CEO and the CFO at CIC supported by the hiring system.) Middle Managers (Decisions made by the Director of HR and the Manager of Recruiting supported by the hiring system.) Operational Managers (Decisions made by the line managers in the organization who are hiring for their projects supported by the hiring system.)

Formatting Your Assignment

Consider your audience– you are writing in the role of a CIC business analyst and your audience is CIC and your boss, the CIO. Don’t discuss CIC as if the reader has no knowledge of the organization. Use third person consistently throughout the report. In third person, the writer avoids the pronouns I, we, my, and ours. The third person is used to make the writing more objective by taking the individual, the “self,” out of the writing. This method is very helpful for effective business writing, a form in which facts, not opinion, drive the tone of the text. Writing in the third person allows the writer to come across as unbiased and thus more informed.

Create a title pagethat includes: The company name, title of report, your name, Course and Section number and date.

In Stage 1, you are preparing the first part of a 4-stage report. Use the structure, headings, and outline formatprovided here for your report.

Write a short concise paper: Use the recommendations provided in each area for lengthof response. It’s important to value quality over quantity. Assignment should not exceed 4 pages excluding title and reference pages.

Content areas should be double spaced; table entries should be single-spaced.

To copy a table: Move your cursor to the table, then click on the small box that appears at the upper left corner of the table to highlight the table; right click and COPY the table; put the cursor in your paper where you want the table and right click and PASTE the table.

Ensure that each of the tablesis preceded by an introductory sentencethat explains what is contained in the table, so the reader understands whythe table has been included.

Use at least two resourceswith APA formattedcitation and reference. Use at least one external reference and one from the course content. Course content should be from the class reading content, not the assignment instructions or case study itself.

Begin a Reference Pagefor resources required for this assignment. Additional research in next stages will be added to this as you build the report. The final document should contain all references from all stages appropriately formatted and alphabetized.

Running headers are not required for this report.

Compare your work to the Grading Rubricbelow to be sure you have met content and quality criteria.

Submit your paper as a Word document, or a document that can be read in Word. Keep tables in Word format – do not paste in graphics.

Your submission should include your last name first in the filename: Lastname_firstname_Stage_1

GRADING RUBRIC:

Criteria	90-100% Far Above Standards	80-89% Above Standards	70-79% Meets Standards	60-69% Below Standards	< 60% Well Below Standards	Possible Points
Introduction Describes the organization and provides an introduction to the overall Report	9-10 Points The introduction is very effective; is clear, logical, derived from the Case Study; and demonstrates a sophisticated level of writing.	8.5 Points The introduction is clear, logical, and derived from the Case Study.	7.5 Points The introduction is adequate and is derived from the Case Study.	6.5 Points The introduction is not clear, logical and/or derived from the Case Study.	0-5 Points Content missing or extremely incomplete, did not reflect the assignment instructions, showed little or no originality, demonstrated little effort and/or is not original work for this class section.	10
Strategy How the system will support the organization’s strategy as derived from the case study	18-20 Points The explanation is clear, logical and fully supported using a sophisticated level of writing.	16-17 Points The explanation is clear, logical and supported.	14-15 Points The explanation is provided and supported.	12-13 Points The explanation is not clear, logical and/or supported.	0-11 Points Content missing or extremely incomplete, did not reflect the assignment instructions, showed little or no originality, demonstrated little effort and/or is not original work for this class section.	20
Competitive Advantage Explanation of how the system and its data can be used for competitive advantage	13-15 Points Clear, complete, logical, derived from the Case Study, and demonstrates sophisticated analysis and writing.	12.75 Points Complete and accurate; derived from the case study, demonstrates analysis and effective writing.	10-11 Points Explanation is provided and related to the Case Study, may lack specifics and/or clear logic.	9 Points Explanation is not clear, logical and/or supported.	0-8 Points Content missing or extremely incomplete, did not reflect the assignment instructions, showed little or no originality, demonstrated little effort and/or is not original work for this class section.	15
Strategic Objectives Three objectives derived from Strategic Goals in Case Study with explanation of how new hiring system would help achieve.	13-15 Points Objectives are clear, measurable and time-bound and are strongly and fully explained using a sophisticated level of writing.	12.75 Points Objectives are clear, measurable and time-bound, and are clearly explained.	10-11 Points Objectives are somewhat clear, measurable and time-bound, and are explained.	9 Points Objectives are not clear, measurable and/or time-bound, and/or are not explained.	0-8 Points Content missing or extremely incomplete, did not reflect the assignment instructions, showed little or no originality, demonstrated little effort and/or is not original work for this class section.	15
Decision-Making Types of decisions supported by the system for each of the three levels of the organization	13-15 Points Identified correctly and fully, clearly and logically explained; are derived from the Case Study; and demonstrate sophisticated analysis and writing.	12.75 Points Identified correctly and clearly and logically explained; are derived from the Case Study; and demonstrate analysis and effective writing.	10-11 Points Identified correctly and explained and are derived from the Case Study.	9 Points Not all provided; and/or are not correct and/or not derived from the Case Study.	0-8 Points Content missing or extremely incomplete, did not reflect the assignment instructions, showed little or no originality, demonstrated little effort and/or is not original work for this class section.	15
Research Two or moresources–one source from within the IFSM 300 course content and one external (other than the course materials)	9-10 Points Required resources are incorporated and used effectively. Sources used are relevant and timely and contribute strongly to the analysis. References are appropriately incorporated and cited using APA style.	8.5 Points At least two sources are incorporated and are relevant and somewhat support the analysis. References are appropriately incorporated and cited using APA style.	7.5 Points Only one resource is used and properly incorporated and/or reference(s) lack correct APA style.	6.5 Points A source may be used, but is not properly incorporated or used, and/or is not effective or appropriate; and/or does not follow APA style for references and citations.	0-5 Points No course content or external research incorporated; or reference listed is not cited within the text.	10
Format Uses outline format provided; includes Title Page and Reference Page	13-15 Points Well organized and easy to read. Very few or no errors in sentence structure, grammar, and spelling; double-spaced, written in third person and presented in a professional format.	12.75 Points Effective organization; has few errors in sentence structure, grammar, and spelling; double-spaced, written in third person and presented in a professional format.	10-11 Points Some organization; may have some errors in sentence structure, grammar and spelling. Report is double spaced and written in third person.	9 Points Not well organized, and/or contains several grammar and/or spelling errors; and/or is not double-spaced and written in third person.	0-8 Points Extremely poorly written, has many grammar and/or spelling errors, or does not convey the information.	15
					TOTAL Points Possible	100