Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation.
Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands.
Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project.
Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option.
Trends, Social Concepts, and Theories: Observation Description
WRITING REQUIREMENTS: The essay should be 4.6 pages. APA formatting should be used throughout (cover page, running header, major heading, subheadings, in-text citations, and reference page, 1″ margins, 12 point fonts, Times New Roman). Any time you paraphrase or directly quote a source, in-text citations should be used. A full APA-formatted reference should be included at the end of the assignment. Academically, no more that 20% of the essay should be quoted. At least 80% should be in your own words.
Within the 4-6-page essay, you will include the following subheadings:
- Observation Description
- Trends, Social Concepts, and Theories
- Research Problem/Question(s)
- Hypothesis
- Variables identified and operationalized
- Analysis
- Compared Inductive to Deductive Approach
- Reflection
Disclaimer Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
Part 1
1) Choose whether or not you will be conducting non-participant observation in a social setting, or content analysis of a social artifact
a. Social setting: this should be a public place such as a park, mall, restaurant, etc.
b. Social artifact: this may be ads in a particular magazine; one television show, a time-block of commercials, etc.
2) For your inductive approach, you will simply choose a time and location/artifact for where you are going to conduct your observations
3)
a. Social Setting: Go to the specified location and proceed with your observations.
i. You must be a keen social observer; a ‘peeping Tom’ in the sociological sense. Take handwritten (recommended) and/or mental notes of:
1. details about your chosen location (time of day, lighting, furniture, plants, sounds, temperature, smell, vibe/energy, etc)
2. the people around you, not only their behavior but general information about their sociodemographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES, etc);
3. your thoughts and feelings while making observations
- Social Artifact: At a specified time (i.e. when a particular show is), carefully observe your social artifact
i. Content analysis provides a sustained, systematic way to observe and measure the portrayal of that reality, as opposed to the quick, impressionistic way that we normally read consume media. Take handwritten notes of:
1. Details about the setting in the images you see (lighting, furniture, background, vibe/energy portrayed); if audio-visual (note sounds such as pitch of voice, music, etc)
2. Note details about the people portrayed, not only their behavior but general information about their sociodemographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, gender, SES, sexuality);
4) When you have returned from you observation, type up your notes. Review your notes for patterns in behavior, socio-demographic characteristics, etc.
5) Write-up your observations using ‘thick description’ of the location (i.e. building you were in (what is the architecture like), descriptions of people there (in terms of socio-demographic characteristics: age, race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status), sounds, smells, temperature, time of day and week, etc);
6) Analyze trends you identified in your observations/content analysis. What is a possible sociological/theoretical explanation for the trends you observed? This is best done by using peer-reviewed sources (journal articles no more than five years old) to provide credibility to your analyses. Include at least one.
Part 2
7) Based on your initial observations and written analyses, develop a specific research problem/question to be further investigated (i.e. the variation in behavior of males versus females when entering a store with a glass store front)
8) Identify the key variables you are going to be investigating, and develop an operational definition for each of them (this should include at least two variables, but not more than four). Your operational definitions will help to provide parameters for how record variations in your observations.
9) Write a hypothesis for what you expect to observe in your second round of observations.
10) Repeat observations/content analysis
a. Social Setting – this should be done at the same social setting at approximately the same time of day (if you can do this one week later on the same day, it would be great!)
b. Social Artifact – this should be done at the same time (if commercial block), or with the same show, or with a different issue of the same magazine , etc.
11) When you have returned from you observation, type up your notes. Review your notes for patterns in behavior, socio-demographic characteristics, etc. and how they corresponded with your expectations/hypothesis
12) Describe observations using ‘thick description’ of the location (i.e. building you were in (what is the architecture like), descriptions of people there (in terms of socio-demographic characteristics: age, race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status), sounds, smells, temperature, time of day and week, etc);
13) Analyze your observations in terms of how they supported/did not support your hypothesis.
14) What is a possible sociological/theoretical explanation for the trends you observed? This is best done by using peer reviewed sources (journal articles no more than five years old) to provide credibility to your analyses. Include at least one.
15) Discuss the differences between your inductive observations and your deductive observations. How did the way you were observing change? How did what you observed change?
16) Briefly describe your thoughts/feelings in the two steps. Did you prefer one approach to the other? Why/why not?
observinhg one social setting or social artifact to begin to detect patterns in human behavior – observance of norms and potentially behaviors that deviate from the norm
The purpose of this exercise if for you to observe one social setting or social artifact to begin to detect patterns in human behavior – observance of norms and potentially behaviors that deviate from the norm. This week’s exercise includes two parts. First, without any prep work, you will need to go to one public place (or conduct content analysis with your social artifact) and observe the people/artifact for 25 minutes. Social Setting: Note people’s behavior, their demeanor, their reactions/interactions to/with each other. Social artifact: from second to second (for TV), or page to page (for print), Note themes, sounds (i.. music), texture of page (i.e. ads in magazine), etc. Second, you will develop a research design with research problem, hypothesis and operational definitions for variables; then you will conduct another 25 minutes of observations.
Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers
Using the paper started in Week One, add an additional 3 to 4 pages (1,050 to 1,400 words) describing your strategies for managing the project as follows:
- Develop a project communication plan to describe how stakeholders and managers will be kept informed regarding project progress. This will include the form of communication (status reports, meetings, etc.), frequency, and specific project milestones that will aid in determining where the implementation stands.
- Describe the various kinds of documentation that will be required to support the future system operation, including both user and technical documentation.
- Describe the Change Control Process that will be employed on the project to properly manage any disruptions to the progress of the project.
- Evaluate out-sourcing of implementation tasks, using consulting services versus performing them in-house, describing the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with each option.
7A1-9 – Action Research: Analysis Of Study Design
Assignment Instructions:
You will apply your new knowledge of research design to refine the research question in a way the reflects community values and concerns. Unit activities include integration of a logic model that reflects action research design.
Objectives
To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:
- Apply community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology.
- Develop a CBPR logic model using appropriate measures.
- Analyze the objectives and research design in a CBPR study.
- Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
The work:
-Read the first three chapters in Community-Based Participatory Research.
-Additionally, the 2011 article by Gonzalez et al., “Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California,” [S166.pdf] will be the research journal article that provides the context for your analysis. The Gonzalez et al. article is an example of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that examines and evaluates other community-based participatory research studies.
*Pay careful attention to the CBPR study that Gonzalez et al. are undertaking versus those of the other CBPR studies in the article.
In your assignment, address the following:
*Analyze the objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.
*What were the primary objectives of the researchers?
*Analyze the working relationships with community partners.
*What did Gonzalez et al. find when examining the working relationships with community partners?
*Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the CBPR approach in the Gonzalez et al. study.
*What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the challenges and benefits of a CBPR approach?
*Analyze the findings of the Gonzalez et al. study with regard to data.
*What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the data collection processes of the CBPR approach?
Other Requirements:
*Justify your rationale throughout your assignment with information from the Gonzalez et al. article as well as from your textbook readings.
*Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
*Communicate through writing that applies current APA style and formatting and conforms to all assignment instructions.
Business Intelligence
Write a C++ program to create a payroll report
CIS-265
Payroll Project
Write a C++ program to create a payroll report based on the following assumptions and requirements:
A company called Data Housing Corp. employs several employees, all employees are paid on hourly base, any employee who works over than 40 hours is entitled to be paid overtime (1.5 for every hour exceeding 40).
Calculate:
1. The Gross income: Gross income = (Rate * hours worked) + over time.
2. The Overtime: Overtime = number of hours exceeding 40 * Rate* 1.5
3. State Tax: State Tax = gross * 6%
4. Federal Tax: fed Tax = Gross * 12%
5. Union fees: Union fees = Gross * 2%
6. Net: Net = Gross – (state tax + fed tax + Union fees).
7. Total Gross for all employees.
8. Average Gross for all employees.
Directions:
MUST USE:
a) ARRAYS
b) Typedef (for string data types)
DO NOT USE functions
· Your input consists of Employee First Name, Middle Initial, Last name, Hours worked, Rate per Hour.
· State tax, Fed tax and Union fees are constants.
· Your FORMATTED Output includes all input information and all calculated information such as (gross, net. etc.)
· Apply (whatever is applicable) : Loops, constants, data validation, if, else, switch, arrays, precision …. .
· Input validation (hours greater than 0 and less than 60, rate greater than 0 and less than50)
· Document your program (add comments)
· Submit:
· The source code program and the output
· The output in the following format:
.
Data Housing Corp. Weekly Payroll
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First Name MI Last name Rate per hour Hours worked ……………………..
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Joe Y Smith $10.99 40
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Communication Essay Project
Communication Essay Project
This paper invites you to explore a communication topic in some detail.
Pick a general topic from the following list. Through research the focus of the general topic should be narrowed to cover specific communication concerns in detail. General Topic List:
•Communication Models
•Listening
•Verbal Communication
•Non-verbal Communication
•Interpersonal Communication
•Group Communication
•Gender Communication
•Effect of Culture on Communication
•Effect of Perception on Communication
•Communication Styles
•Communication and Ethics
Essay requirements:
1.The body of the paper will be a minimum of 5 pages and formatted using APA style guidelines.
2.The assignment requires a minimum of four (4) high quality sources ◦All must be found through the ECPI Library’s holdings (both physical holdings such as books, magazines, and newspapers, as well as the resources found through the on-line library’s resources) ◦Your text book may be used as an additional (5) resource 3.This assignment will be submitted as a Turn-It-In assignment with a target similarity score of less than 25%. (Please note that this is merely a target intended to provide a guideline; the nature of the similarity is more important than the percentage.)
4.This assignment will have a two-part submission process:
“Assignment Part 1” is where you submit your draft for review prior to your final submission.
“Assignment Part 2” is where you submit the final draft of your paper after revisions are completed.
U.S. Compliance Laws and Information Security Policy Requirements
U.S. Compliance Laws and Information Security Policy Requirements
Discussion
1. Discuss the differences in policy requirements of the government and health care sectors. You may perform a quick Internet search on the following:
Discussion
1. Discuss the differences in policy requirements of the government and health care sectors. You may perform a quick Internet search on the following:
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Security Agency (NSA) Web sites for information on policy requirements for the government sector
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and any other laws that regulate the health care sector
Essay For Scholarship
Please attach an essay of approximately 500 words written entirely on your own, describing your interests, your accomplishments, and your future plans or goals. This essay is required for consideration on ALL scholarships. (IF YOUR ESSAY DOES NOT MEET THE APPROXIMATE 500 WORD REQUIREMENT, THE APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE.) Please make sure your essay is saved as a Word document.