Posted on

Assignment of global information

 

Your assignment must be submitted through the link in the CIS8000 StudyDesk along with your Turnitin Report
Background/Case Study
Congratulations! It is the year 2020 and you have just received The Young ICT Entrepreneur Award and your face is on the cover of Time magazine! This is for your innovation that exploited current and emerging digital technologies and created a new business/product/service/application/technology or business model that the world had not known about before and that delivered great benefits to users. You wonder why no-one had thought of the idea before; the media is amazed at its popularity.

Your task is to go back in time to 2015 and write the Proposal/Business Plan for starting your new company that won essential investor capital to commercialise your innovation. The Business Plan was presented to “Angel Investors”; very experienced venture capital business people who support only a small number of start-up companies based on a unique proposition. It was difficult to get an opportunity to present your Business Plan and even more difficult to convince them of the soundness of your idea. Typically the Angel Investors only invite back for further discussions one out of every 20 entrepreneurs who present to them.

Learning objectives
This assignment specifically addresses the following learning objectives of the course:
• demonstrate applied knowledge of people, technology and management skills in practice across global contexts of change and apply these to organisational systems and processes
• solve complex organisational problems theoretically and practically and critically reflect on the effectiveness of management processes to real-world problems
• communicate professionally and effectively in written and oral communication to various audiences.

Turnitin Similarity check
You must subject your written assignment to a plagiarism check by the Turnitin software prior to its submission in the EASE system. The Turnitin software can be indirectly accessed through the StudyDesk without the need to provide any login-id or password. Your similarity report must be no greater than 25%. Your assignment will not be marked if it is not accompanied by the Turnitin report.

Requirements for your Report:
1: Activity log/journal (approx. 500 words)​
Prepare a log which records your activities and progress related to completing this assignment. In date order, list the following:
>Date of research activity/discussion/meeting
>Topic researched or discussed
>Time duration
>Brief description of research activity/discussion
>Status – not started, in progress, completed, withdrawn
>Responsibility – if you are in a team show which team member has responsibility for each activity
Submit this log as an appendix to your report. ​​​​​​​​10%

2. Report Cover letter: your cover letter (letter of transmission) should explain to the Angel Investors the purpose of the overall document and why you have a compelling case for investment​​​​​​10%

3. Executive Summary: a summary of the key points of your report​​​​​ 5%

4. Details of your innovation ​​​​​​​​​​​20%
Write a summary of your proposed initiative addressing the following:
• What your innovation is about
• Current business/consumer/supply/quality problems your innovation will address/solve
• Competitors and competitive products/services and why your initiative is different
• The key areas where your innovation is likely to have impact
• Who your customers will be, how large the market is, why they will buy your innovation, how you will retain them
• How you can measure the success of your initiative (key performance indicators)

5. Your company ​​​​​​​​​​​​​20%
Describe your proposed new company to commercialise your initiative in terms of the following:
• the industry (e.g. manufacturing, B2C, B2B, services, banking, healthcare, logistics) your company operates within,
• your company’s key products/services,
• your corporate vision and mission,
• your business strategy,
• your corporate structure,
• your major business processes
• your company’s relationship with external entities e.g. other organisations, government etc.
• A risk management plan: the risks your company must consider, severity, probability and planned mitigation (use a table).

6. Technology requirements and infrastructure ​​​​​​​10%
Describe and analyse how information systems could assist your company to service your customers, integrate your suppliers and provide operational efficiency, including the required IT infrastructure.

7. finance and key findings ​​​​​​​​​​​10%
Estimate figures based upon your research and produce an expected Profit & Loss statement for the first 3 years. Clearly state to Angel Investors how much you are asking them to invest and why; explain the anticipated return they will receive.

8. Presentation of your report​​​​​​​​​​10%
Layout, professionalism, Table of Contents, use of graphics or other ways to enhance readability and impact.

9. References – in-text and at the end using Harvard style ​​ ​​​ 5%

Word limit: 4000 words (not including Turnitin Report, Executive Summary, references or appendices) but your report can be up to 4500 words without penalty.
Note the marks allocation for each activity, the length of your solution should be commensurate with the allocated marks.
General guidelines:
• The format should comply with the report structure detailed in the Communication Skills Handbook or (http://www.usq.edu.au/library/breeze/Fac_Business/Criticism_of_a_Corporation/POL100%20-%20Criticism%20of%20a%20Corporation.html). Please use subheadings, appropriate fonts etc.
You must demonstrate extensive research beyond the text: journals, books, industry journals; see USQ Library: <http://www.usq.edu.au/library/>.) Google Scholar is a good tool to find references that are more suitable for academic writing.
• Note that material used in Assignment 2 (smart shopping trolley business case) is not accepted for Assignment 4.
Option for team submission
You may choose to either work alone or with up to 2 other CIS8000 S2 2015 currently enrolled students.
• Nominate a team leader who will provide the Course Leader with the details of the team members by 5 October
• Teams must be registered prior to 5 October (no extensions or changes)
• email the Course Leader with your team nominations (soar@usq.edu.au); MUST be cc-ed to your other team members
• Only the Team Leader is to submit the report through the StudyDesk assignment 4 link in the name of the Team Leader.
• On the front page clearly state the full details of team members, the names they are enrolled under and student numbers
• other team members must submit the Team Member Form into the link on StudyDesk in place of their assignment
The same marks will be awarded to each team member.

Marking criteria for Assignment 4
ACTIVITY
HD
A
B
C
F
A Journal
Compelling and well-structured account. Activities clearly described. Initiative clearly demonstrated.

Reference list provided and correctly formatted.
Good structure and comprehensive account of activities.

Referencing compliant with Harvard referencing method with some minor lapses.
Adequate structure and account of activities.

Minor errors in referencing method.
Adequate structure but limited description of activities.

Limited references provided and/or poorly formatted reference list.
Poor structure and/or inadequate list of activities. Incoherent account.

Lack of reference list or poorly formatted references.
B Report
Professional presentation of material resulting in clarity of message and information.

Professional appearance of title page and accurate table of contents. If used, appendices are clearly labelled and referenced.

Excellent clarity of expression. Grammar and spelling accurate.

Referencing fully compliant with Harvard referencing method.

Wide range of appropriate sources appropriately analysed, applied and discussed.

Clear and concise letter of transmittal, executive summary, suitable tone and style for CEO
Carefully and logically organised.

Title page and table of contents clear and accurate.
Appendices used to provide appropriate supporting material.

Expression fluent. Grammar and spelling accurate.

Referencing compliant with Harvard referencing method with some minor lapses.

Variety of appropriate sources appropriately analysed, applied and discussed.

Format suitable for CEO with minor lapses in audience focus.
Shows organisation and coherence.

Adequate title page and table of contents.

Grammar and spelling mainly accurate

Most sources are referenced.
Minor errors in referencing method.

Clear evidence of research and application of textbook concepts.

At times language is unclear and/or poorly unsuitable for CEO.
Shows some attempt to organise in a logical manner.

Some flaws in title page and/or table of contents.

Grammar and/or spelling contains errors.

Gaps in referencing and errors in in-text references or reference list.

References are used in a purely descriptive way indicating limitations of understanding.

Language is poorly executed or uses too much jargon.

Disorganised/ incoherent. Poor formatting, or missing title page, table of contents.

Appendices not clearly identified or referenced.

Frequent mistakes in grammar and/or spelling.

Unsatisfactory referencing. Few or no references or inconsistent reference method.

No evidence of research or irrelevant sources cited.

Lacks letter of transmittal

Posted on

Assessment task 2: Planning a program evaluation

Discussion Paper format.

The order structure is attached (Main instruction for Assessment2).

Attachments for this order are:
*Main instruction for Assessment2
*Suggested writing structure for Assessment 2
*2014 Excellent Grade example for assignment 2
*Important readings/resources related to the topic
*Positive feedback for task1of this subject order # 81497125, but there is a very few notices, please see them.

Posted on

Social Media Influences the Rise of Eating Disorders

 
Research Proposal Methods
Critical Literature Review & Content Analysis: please analyse the annotated bibliography and relate the critical literature review to this.
I will undertake a critical literature review
Surveys: In the proposal it was stated that surveys will be conducted with a sample population of 70 people, to gather information. There will be division of the study population into four groups on basis of the hours each person spends on social networks, their gender and their age. The surveys will include questions on how a person feels about his/her self image, his/her weight and his/her identity and if he/she feels that social media networks affects their perception of himself/herself. Please use these survey findings and come to a consensus of whether social media influences the rise of eating disorders.

Poll taking: The research will also include a poll taking to establish if the individuals agree or disagree that social media contributes to the increase in eating disorders. Please establish poll findings and evaluate whether this leads to social media contributing to the increase in eating disorders.

Also include the following theories and explain how this relates to the topic ( was mentioned in my speech)

Agenda Setting
Cultivating Theory
Concept of Framing

It is also a requirement to also talk about ” the embodied media and the quantified self”

This means that nowadays, media studies has examined representations of bodies in cultural texts such as magazines or movies, and asked how they reproduce dominant myths of gender, beauty, race and so forth. New technologies such as smart phones and self-tracking health apps are radically challenging this approach. They ask us to look at technology as an extension, augmentation or prosthesis of the body.

So make you answer: How can we critically conceptualise the embodied nature of media technologies? ( relating to my question of course)

The biggest thing is answering all these questions but more so… how can we learn from this question? is media influencing the way we think about our bodies? is there a way for change?

But also remembering that the research paper relates to the idea of whether social media contributes to the rise of eating disorders and all theories concepts and research methods should relate to this.

Posted on

result chapter

I’m conducting a systematic review, I have all the final include articles in table and I have the themes as well, I just need help in writing the result section, I will upload all the include tables, the themes, the 36 include papers, and I need also a table “Codes Identified in Selected Papers”

Posted on

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Essay Project Two

Civil Defense and Cold War Film Analysis

Between 1946 and 1991, the world stood in fear of a new world war that would have been fought with nuclear weapons. In the best-case scenario, such a war would have cost millions, if not tens of millions of lives, and would have rendered large areas of land uninhabitable and ill-suited for agriculture for years or decades. In the worst-case scenario, it could have led to global ecological calamity, and would have meant the destruction of human civilization as we know it. The 1950s were a time of particular terror, as your book notes, because of the occasional conflicts between the United States and its allies versus the communist world. Unlike any of America’s previous wars since the War of 1812, such a war would have targeted American civilian centers.
The following films were for the most part, made during the 1950s, and were designed to provide information to the public. On the other hand, in some instances, the information was targeted to certain audiences. Thus your assignment will be to watch several of these films, take notes, and address the following questions in essay form. You will only need to identify each video once by its full title, as I would like for you to address each one in particular. Some of the questions are more broad than others – bear in mind that one of the goals of this exercise is to have you examine these pieces of period documentary evidence. I hope that you get a sense of the past as you watch them.
Please begin with an introductory section – possibly after you have watched all of the assigned material (this means that you can watch the videos one by one, take notes and even write about the films, and add the intro last). Then proceed film by film. Please put the film titles in italics (Duck and Cover), and add the year in parentheses. For instance: Operation Cue (1955). If you are comparing films to each other, just use the film names in italics after you have already referred to the movie with the year.
Consider the following questions as you write your papers. You do not have to address each question for each video, but they should help you form your essay.

– Who is the presumed audience ?
– Who is included or excluded?
– What is the point, or the setting of the video?
– What is the thesis, or overall message of the video?
– Do any of these seem more or less realistic than others?
– What is the general sense, or emotional nature, that the filmmakers intend for their audience?
– What stands out to you most in each of the videos?
Note that Warning Red was a television dramatization of a nuclear attack – how does it compare to the other videos?

I have little doubt that a great communal groan has gone up – “FIVE films? He wants us to watch 5 FILMS?” Actually, I invite you to watch a sixth, and you do not have to put it in your paper, or even bother watching it, although it is kind of neat (it beats Taylor Swift in my book). Make sure that you have audio for it: Time-Lapse Map of Every Atomic Explosion Since 1945 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY It is a neat video and when multiple countries start testing, it is kind of musical! One question though: the map shows the date, nationalities, and numbers of tests, but what information does it not give the viewer?

As usual, consult your textbook for more information on the Cold War and the Atomic age.

Posted on

Crisis Comm

 

Please write what the answer to each of the 10 lessons is in light of VW’s recent crisis. I attached a paper I wrote on this.
This is not a paper assignment. Use my notes and write an analysis answer to each for how each lesson applies to VW.
Below are the lecture notes. Look for each lesson, It is marked lesson, 10 for each chapter 3. Like Lesson 1: Determine your goals for crisis communication. Then apply to VW crisis.

Write out the lesson question, then write a response applying that lesson to VW. You may refer to my paper. This is not an actual essay, just applying the 10 lessons to VW.

Chapter 3
Lessons of Effective Crisis Communication
LESSON #1
Lesson 1: Determine your goals for crisis communication.

CDC: “Be first, be right, be credible.”
Target: Restore consumer confidence.
Lufthansa?
Sea World?
LESSON #2
Lesson 2: Before a crisis, develop true equal partnerships with organizations and groups that are important to the organization.

What does this do for an organization?
LESSON #3
Lesson 3: Acknowledge your stakeholders, including the media, as partners when managing a crisis.

Why?
LESSON #4
Lesson 4: Organizations need to develop strong, positive primary and secondary stakeholder relationships.

Primary – those groups defined by an organization as critical to its success
Secondary – groups that do not play an active role, but are still important to its overall success.
LESSON #4
Organizations need to develop strong, positive primary and secondary stakeholder relationships.

Questions:
How often do you communicate with stakeholders?
How often do stakeholders communicate with you?
Do you listen to the concerns of these groups?
Stakeholder Relationships
LESSON #5
Lesson 5: Effective crisis communication involves listening to your stakeholders.

How would you convince management to do this on a regular basis?
LESSON #6
Lesson 6: Communicate early about the crisis, acknowledge uncertainty, and assure the public that you will maintain contact with them about current and future risk. (But don’t oversell what you don’t know for sure.)
LESSON #7
Lesson 7: Avoid certain or absolute answers to the public and media until sufficient information is available.
LESSON #8
Lesson 8: Do not over-assure stakeholders about the impact the crisis will have on them.

Can you think of examples of this?
LESSON #9
Lesson 9: The public needs useful and practical statements of self-efficacy during a crisis.

Why is that your responsibility?

LESSON #10
Lesson 10: Effective crisis communicators acknowledge that positive factors can arise from organizational crises.
Heroes are born
Change is accelerated
Latent problems are faced
People are changed
New strategies evolve
Early warning systems develop
New competitive advantages appear.

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CRISIS MGMT.
Pre-crisis communications strategies should include:

Strong positive leadership values and goals

Open and honest communication with stakeholders

Commitment to stakeholders

Developing reservoir of goodwill before crisis

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CRISIS MGMT.
Counterproductive crisis communications strategies:

Poor communication relationships with stakeholders

Maintaining distance from aggravated stakeholders

Failure to listen to stakeholder needs

Failure to plan for a crisis
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CRISIS MGMT.
Strategies proven to reduce affects of crisis-induced uncertainty and ambiguity:

Use organizational core values and crisis communication goals developed pre-crisis to guide responses

Provide consistent, honest updates

Communicate openly, honestly and ethically
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CRISIS MGMT.
Strategies proven to minimize crisis communication effectiveness following a crisis:

Say “no comment”
Not knowing whom to call or having established values to base responses on
Over reassure stakeholders about effects of the crisis
Communicate with certainty about the crisis when you shouldn’t
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CRISIS MGMT.
Post-crisis communication strategies proven to be ineffective:

Spinning responsibility for the crisis

Deflecting blame

Lying

Deliberately obfuscating the truth

Playing “hide the peanut”

SOCIAL MEDIA AND EFFECTIVE CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Consistently monitor what is being said about your organization

Anticipate potential crises

Communicate to stakeholders during a crisis
SOCIAL MEDIA AND EFFECTIVE CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Acknowledge the issue and apologize

Publicly explain that issue will be fixed immediately

State that everyone will be notified

Privately message people (if possible) to reassure them

Public address all who cannot be reached privately

Posted on

Signature Learning Experience

The ADSM Signature Learning Experience is designed to be a conceptual and experiential thread that runs through the entire MBA program, giving students the opportunity to apply the key components of entrepreneurial thought and action from idea inception to venture creation and potential funding.
The ADSM Signature Learning Experience is designed to be a conceptual and experiential thread that runs through the entire MBA program, giving students the opportunity to apply the key components of entrepreneurial thought and action from idea inception to venture creation and potential funding.

Posted on

Annotated Bibliography

Assignment

Remember: All I am asking is for you to tell me how authors make use of theoretical ideas that come from some of the thinkers we are analyzing.(Karl Marx)
with the five sources here is what you have to do:
a. You will have a heading that indicates the source:
i. For a journal article give the name of the author, title of article, name of the journal, volume number, edition number, and date of publication, along with page numbers
ii. For a book give the name of the author, title of the book, name of the publisher, date of the publication, and page numbers.
iii. If the book is an edited collection with many authors, you will give the name of the author, the editor(s) of the book, the title of the book, the name of the publisher, year of publication, and page numbers.
b. Then you will write a one to two-paragraph summary in which you will tell us
i. What the author is talking about (say, reality tv)
ii. What aspect of the thinkers writing (Marx’s concept of class, say) is being applied to the thing under study (say, reality tv)
iii. The way that author is applying that concept (say, a specific reality television program “Project Runway” or “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”)
Note: not that Marx inspires them, but how they are inspired by Marx.

 

Posted on

Intl conflict and negotiation

 
– the topic of the paper is the Ukraine Russia crisis
-you are writing from the perspective of Ukraine need to put yourself in their shoes to see the conflict
– you must have 12 sources including at least 2 books, 3 reports from advocacy organizations or think tanks, 2 academic journal articles
– you may not use tertiary sources
– all facts have to be cited and have parenthetical reference- most of the things in this paper cannot be at the top of the head so mostly everything needs to be cited !!!! very very important the citations
-please don’t go off topic at any point as this needs to be a very concise paper
– please use short sentences and go straight to the point
-please set up the paper after the following outline:
introduction – who are you, your role viewed by the major players within the conflict + state thesis statement -> section1 from your perspective how did the conflict start ? include who started the conflict and why -> section 2. Has the nature of the conflict changed since it began? -> section 3 what is the current status of the conflict -> section 4 what are the primary ways people have been violent and who have been the targets of the violence? -> section 5 from your perspective what are the primary costs of the conflict? -> section 6 what will it take to end the violence ? -> section 5 who are you willing to negociate with, why and under what circumstances? -> conclusion restate thesis statement
– you need to write about the conflict especially
– please cite absolutely every point of information

Posted on

Is “Life in’the Iron Mills” better understood as Romantic or Realist? Sure, it has elements of both,but that’s an avoidance, not an answer.” And, sure, you read it in a class on Realism, but don’t go. by that

 

Instructions and Possible Topics for the First Paper
Length: Five pages
Form: Double-spaced, one-inch margins” on all sides, 12-point Times New Roman font.
Title: Required and descriptive – not “First Paper” or the title of the book or story.
Resources: Consult the “Advice and Writing Help” folder on this class’s Black Board site.
Your paper will offer an argument about some significant aspect of, or issue in, at least one of the texts that we have read so far. I expect it to be an act of literary interpretation, which means that I expect you to read and interpret the text we read as a work of fiction, not history, advice literature, or anything else – except as relevant to understanding the text.
Whatever topic you settle on, you must devise & thesis. What’s the difference? “The sea in The Awakening” is a topic. “In The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses the sea to represent…” is the opening of a thesis statement. A topic usually produces a paper that lists several instances of the topic’s appearance to show that it in the text and even “important.” Important for what is not a concern of the topic-driven paper. The significance of the subject is central to the thesis-driven paper that you will write! A good thesis is arguable and a good paper makes a good argument that relies on your interpretation of the text, and it draws on insights by other critics if you consult them. A thesis too obvious too need defending introduces a paper that does not need to be written. Choose one that does need to be written.
NOTE, TOO: The topic-as-title is not a good title. “The Sea, Kate Chopin’s Ambiguous Symbol of ,” is much better than “The Sea in the Awakening.”
Instructions and Possible Topics for the First Paper
Length: Five pages
Form: Double-spaced, one-inch margins” on all sides, 12-point Times New Roman font.
Title: Required and descriptive – not “First Paper” or the title of the book or story.
Resources: Consult the “Advice and Writing Help” folder on this class’s Black Board site.
Your paper will offer an argument about some significant aspect of, or issue in, at least one of the texts that we have read so far. I expect it to be an act of literary interpretation, which means that I expect you to read and interpret the text we read as a work of fiction, not history, advice literature, or anything else – except as relevant to understanding the text.
The “Works and Worlds of Fiction” page (in the “Advice and Writing Help” folder) offers questions that may help you to focus and gather, your evidence. Nevertheless, you must not ignore the rhetorical dimension of the text. Remember, the world of the text is created by the novel not merely described by it. The historical apparatus in The Marrow of Tradition is not supplied to test Chesnutt’s skill as a journalist, but we can use it to see what he made out of the history as he formed his novel’s world in order to think about the African American experience of Jim Crow America.
Whatever topic you settle on, you must devise & thesis. What’s the difference? “The sea in The Awakening” is a topic. “In The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses the sea to represent…” is the opening of a thesis statement. A topic usually produces a paper that lists several instances of the topic’s appearance to show that it in the text and even “important.” Important for what is not a concern of the topic-driven paper. The significance of the subject is central to the thesis-driven paper that you will write! A good thesis is arguable and a good paper makes a good argument that relies on your interpretation of the text, and it draws on insights by other critics if you consult them. A thesis too obvious too need defending introduces a paper that does not need to be written. Choose one that does need to be written.
NOTE, TOO: The topic-as-title is not a good title. “The Sea, Kate Chopin’s Ambiguous Symbol of ,” is much better than “The Sea in the Awakening.”
Instructions and Possible Topics for the First Paper
Length: Five pages
Form: Double-spaced, one-inch margins” on all sides, 12-point Times New Roman font.
Title: Required and descriptive – not “First Paper” or the title of the book or story.
Resources: Consult the “Advice and Writing Help” folder on this class’s Black Board site.
Your paper will offer an argument about some significant aspect of, or issue in, at least one of the texts that we have read so far. I expect it to be an act of literary interpretation, which means that I expect you to read and interpret the text we read as a work of fiction, not history, advice literature, or anything else – except as relevant to understanding the text.
The “Works and Worlds of Fiction” page (in the “Advice and Writing Help” folder) offers questions that may help you to focus and gather, your evidence. Nevertheless, you must not ignore the rhetorical dimension of the text. Remember, the world of the text is created by the novel not merely described by it. The historical apparatus in The Marrow of Tradition is not supplied to test Chesnutt’s skill as a journalist, but we can use it to see what he made out of the history as he formed his novel’s world in order to think about the African American experience of Jim Crow America.
Whatever topic you settle on, you must devise & thesis. What’s the difference? “The sea in The Awakening” is a topic. is the opening of a thesis statement. A topic usually produces a paper that lists several instances of the topic’s appearance to show that it in the text and even “important.” Important for what is not a concern of the topic-driven paper. The significance of the subject is central to the thesis-driven paper that you will write! A good thesis is arguable and a good paper makes a good argument that relies on your interpretation of the text, and it draws on insights by other critics if you consult them. A thesis too obvious too need defending introduces a paper that does not need to be written. Choose one that does need to be written.