Case Study A – Problem 2

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Problem 2. Lack of minority hiring, evidence of discrimination

There are no minority or foreign born employees at Discrimina, Inc, even though the local community consists of many newly arrived people of Mexican extraction. For years, the ads for new employees all contained the phrase, “must have solid ties to the community and top English communication skills.” For that reason, few Mexican people have ever applied for work at Discrimina. 

Assignment

Rewrite the ad, in a way that will attract, rather than repel, Mexican or other foreign born applications. Then prepare a memo to the executives at Discrimina, Inc. advising them of why they should use your version of the ad.

 

 

 

below is case study a

 

 

This is Case Study A

 

Course Materials

The following case study features problems and issues related to employment law. The case is fictional yet realistic to illustrate points in the lecture and text and to provide problems within legal cases to solve. This case and Case Study B will be used for a number of weeks.

Important Note: Your weekly class assignments will notify you when to work on this case.

  1. A small corporation, Discrimina, Inc. is a small parts machining shop owned by Hank Discrimina and his daughter, Eunice Discrimina. Discrimina, Inc. makes high quality agricultural parts for some of the agricultural implement manufacturers.
  2. Mr. Discrimina is thinking of retiring and has considered selling out for about $1.2 million.  His machine shop has only 15 employees and is appraised at only $600,000.00 including the steel building, grounds, machines, parts, and going business value.
  3. Defense Plants, Inc. has just offered to acquire the entire company for $1 million, and Hank Discrimina is allowing them to check out his company to see why they want to pay so much for a small machine shop.  The agreement at this point gives both parties full rights to back out and allows Defense Plants executives to check out the place.
  4. Defense Plants, Inc. has large government contracts and also does work for private individuals. They sell ammunition for military and sporting uses.
  5. Because of their large contracts with the government, Defense Plants, Inc. has a group of people whose sole job is to comply with government regulations. Defense Plants also has an excellent human resources department that has developed a policy for nearly everything likely to come up in the area of employment disputes. The company is non-union. In contrast, Discrimina, Inc. is the alter ego of one man and to a lesser extent, his daughter. The company does not comply with employment laws. Up until recently, Discrimina was regulated mostly by state law, but recent expansions have put them into federal jurisdiction in a number of areas.
  6. During the tour of his plant, Mr. Discrimina asks his visitors from Defense Plants what military purpose his small machine shop could possibly have.  Dave from Defense Plants politely declines to answer the question. 
  7.  A uniformed Navy officer appears the next day and asks Mr. Discrimina to sign a secrecy agreement. Mr. Discrimina recognizes the officer’s voice from calls made from a small implement manufacturer in another state. He puts two and two together and concludes that the whole reason the government and the other machine company are cooperating on this whole deal is to obtain access to the one specific machined part that has a military use. He also realizes that only one specific employee is qualified to machine the specific part. In fact, the employee, Jim Arbor, his best machinist, was the one who invented the part. Jim had come to work for Discrimina because he had needed to stay in the area for domestic reasons. One more important detail is that Jim is dating Eunice Discrimina.
  8. Mr. Discrimina is now considering selling the part directly to the government instead of selling his business. But there are employment law problems to solve before he can qualify as a government contractor.
  9. One problem has to do with terminating employees. The Discrimina, Inc. handbook says, “If you are a good employee and keep up with your work, I won’t fire you. But, if I want to close the plant, I can immediately fire everyone. I can also change this manual any time I want.” 
  10.  During the past six months, without updating the manual, Mr. Discrimina has fired three employees, all without logging any problems into Discrimina’s employment records. When asked, Mr. Discrimina says the three employees were harassing Rita Land, his bookkeeper, and he does not tolerate that at his company.
  11. The men consider Rita part of management because she works mostly in the office annex. Rita considers herself an ordinary employee, even though she is frequently in on confidential business planning with Hank Discrimina and his daughter, Eunice, the Vice President.
  12. If the company becomes a government contractor, Discrimina would have to have a health plan and would have to raise wages. There is no health plan now, due to increased costs resulting from the illnesses of the oldest employee, Frank Oldburr.

Case Study A Problems

Problem 1. Employment contracts and wrongful discharge

Mr. Discrimina, through Eunice, requests that his employee Jim Arbor sign what he calls a confidentiality agreement. He offers to “consider profit sharing and salary increases” if Jim signs, but does not put profit sharing and wage increases in writing. Jim asks to read the paper before he signs and finds that it also contains a non-competition agreement not allowing Jim to do any machining, mechanical engineering or any work on industrial parts for a period of five years after leaving the company, anywhere in the world. Jim feels that he is being taken advantage of, but does not know what to do. He has been threatened with discharge if he doesn’t sign.

Questions

  1. Analyze Jim Arbor’s situation. Does he have an employment contract now? What is it? Should he ask for the salary increase to be in writing? Why or why not?
  2. Is it fair for Eunice to take advantage of the fact that Jim does not know why his invention and services have suddenly become more valuable? Explain. Is it fair for her to be the one to approach him, given their personal relationship? Explain.

Problem 2. Lack of minority hiring, evidence of discrimination

There are no minority or foreign born employees at Discrimina, Inc, even though the local community consists of many newly arrived people of Mexican extraction. For years, the ads for new employees all contained the phrase, “must have solid ties to the community and top English communication skills.” For that reason, few Mexican people have ever applied for work at Discrimina. 

Assignment

Rewrite the ad, in a way that will attract, rather than repel, Mexican or other foreign born applications. Then prepare a memo to the executives at Discrimina, Inc. advising them of why they should use your version of the ad.

Problem 3. Hostile atmosphere for one gender

The atmosphere at Discrimina, due more to the influence of a few employees, not the owner himself, is markedly hostile to women. Rita Land and Shirley Baker are the only two women employees in the plant. Rita, who does billing and bookkeeping, needs to go onto the plant floor to tally up parts and make sure items have been shipped. She has warned Shirley Baker not to even go onto the shop floor. Unless the owner is present, Rita is at risk of being harassed with rude or suggestive comments. Rita maintains a tough exterior, but she has had to pay over $5,000.00 for counseling and medication to overcome the depression and fear that her doctor says is caused by the harassment.

Questions

  1. Review Rita’s problem in the light of Sexual Harassment laws and related cases.
  2. Next go over the legal case “Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.,” 510 U.S. 17 (1993).
  3. In a Word document, evaluate whether Discrimina, Inc. would likely be held liable in court for Rita Land’s counseling and medication expenses if she sues.

Problem 4.  English Only?

Be sure to refer to the Garcia v. Spun Steak Company case.

The job ad that Discrimina created to encourage legal immigrants to apply for jobs was successful. Three new machine operators are immigrants from Mexico, all who speak some English as a second language to their Spanish. They all have Vo-Tech training and are considered excellent employees. They are Luis, Carlo, and Benito.

Luis, one of the new employees, is married to Juana, an immigrant from Guatemala, who is very good with numbers. She was hired part-time to assist Eunice with inventory control and clerical tasks. After she started, Juana complained that the other two Mexican men were calling her names.  Eunice is normally the only supervisor around when the name calling takes place, and she does not speak Spanish. Juana has asked for an English only policy and Eunice thinks it might be illegal to do that.

Questions

  1. How should Eunice solve this problem? 
  2. How might the case of Garcia v. Spun Steak Company provide guidelines to resolve some of the issues?

Problem 5. Safety First

Discrimina, Inc. recently received a number of correction orders from OSHA. The local Fire Marshall has also warned them that the welding area does not comply with the fire codes. In particular, the stairwell is not up to OSHA or state fire codes. It is an open stairs in the office annex next to the shop. The owner contends that it is not a problem, since it is not even in the same building where welding occurs, but the inspectors all say it is not up to code. Both OSHA and the fire inspector want an entirely new enclosed stairway to be built. They also want a completely fireproof wall between the shop and the office annex. The CEO has heard negative things about OSHA and doubts he needs to follow their recommendations.

Question

Draft a memo to the CEO explaining that OSHA compliance saves lives. Use examples from the OSHA website. http://www.osha.gov. Check out OSHA Saves Lives within the site to illustrate your point.

Problem 6.  Health Care Plan

Frank Oldburr is the oldest employee at Discrimina, Inc. He is now 62 and has some health problems. The company-wide health plan has been discontinued, partly due to Frank’s health problems. The premium kept going up. Some of the employees who don’t like Frank have asked Discrimina to fire him and then reinstate the health plan.

Questions

  1. What is Discrimina Inc.’s legal responsibility to provide health insurance to employees?
  2. What legal options does Frank Oldburr have to get himself covered with a health plan?
  3. Is there any way to come to a win-win situation here? Explain.

Problem 7.  Dollars for Waiting?

Jeffrey Swift has been a messenger used by a couple of the local businesses where the Discrimina, Inc. machine shop is located. Sometimes he has done some extra errands inside the Discrimina building for a couple of hours. For the last several weeks, he has helped package items for shipment on Thursdays. Things have gone well, but Jeffrey is concerned because sometimes he has waited over two hours in the waiting room while waiting for the packaging to begin. He wouldn’t mind but Discrimina pays only for packaging time, not for waiting time. He can never be certain when the parts will be ready for packaging because final quality checking time varies wildly.

Jeffrey has his own delivery business, but Discrimina has only paid him cash. Each time, Jeffrey has given the company a receipt for the cash. While he waits, he sometimes goes out for donuts for the crew. At other times, he plays games on his PDA or makes cell calls to friends.

Question

If Jeffrey Swift sues for the waiting time hours, what is the likely result and why? Write your answer in a Word document in 1-2 pages.

Problem 8. Help Wanted!

Evaluate the Want Ads below in terms of employment law.

Help Wanted at Discrimina, Inc.

In recent weeks, Discrimina, Inc. has advertised for the following openings. Evaluate the notices from the standpoint of employment law:

  1. New “parts man” to keep track of inventory. Must be able to go up and down numerous steps without assistance, do a dead lift of 75 pounds and read and write the English language as a native speaker. The applicant has to be polite to the ladies in the office.
  2. Female needed to do typing and light bookkeeping. Must have H.S. diploma, solid ties to the community, and be able to handle rough talk and mild teasing. Applicant should have between 2 and 5 years of experience. Applicant needs to solve any day care problems before taking job.
  3. Machinist needed. High pay for the right able bodied man (or gal!). Experience and Vo-Tech training needed. Health and retirement benefits are available after initiation period. Must be willing to work Mondays through Saturdays. Must not have disruptive attitudes or lifestyle. No religious nuts, addicts, crazies, or drunks.
  4. Junior executive position, personnel. Work with machinists and office staff. Prefer an Asian, Black, Latino, or White woman with experience in personnel matters including anti-discrimination compliance. No old white dudes, please, we are full up!
  5. Gal Friday. Go-fer and greeter in sales office, willing to run errands and do light office work. Will consider young man for this job, if willing to forgo advancement.

Problem 9. Americans with Disability Act

Discrimina, Inc. has no policy regarding disabled employees. The only disabled employee has the title of “inventory parts man” and is in a wheel chair. His name is Bob Yates. Bob has to go back and forth from the shop floor to the office annex. He is unable to access his computer on the second floor of the office annex without having to interrupt another employee to push him up the steps. Bob has become upset about this and several times has asked management for an elevator or for his office to be moved. He says he feels he has been treated as a second class employee.

Question

The EEOC has decided not to require the company to provide an elevator for Bob or to mover his office, because it would create too much of a hardship for the employer.  Bob belongs to a religion that prohibits him from “going to court,” except in extreme situations, so realistically, Discrimina doesn’t have to do anything. Nevertheless, Eunice is thinking about helping Bob. What advice can give her to help make this determination? What are the pros and cons for this decision?  

Problem 10. Is alcohol abuse a disability?

The employee handbook allows discharge of an employee for any Driving Under the Influence conviction, or for alcoholism, whether job related or not. This is because the owner’s sister was killed by a drunken driver.

Question

Is Discrimina, Inc. in compliance with laws in regard to alcohol use? Explain and cite support for your answer.

Problem 11. Union organization of a small shop

About 6 months ago, Arnold, one of the machinists at Discrimina, Inc., and Rita in the office, posted union signs in the shop and tried to organize the employees into the new Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Machinists Union.  Mr. Discrimina hollered and tore down the posters and said that he would burn down the place before he would allow a union to organize his shop.

Question

What rights do Arnold and Rita have to unionize? What are acceptable responses from the employer?

 

 

Evaluating Funding Requests: Juvenile Boot Camp Programs

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Centervale councilman Pete Parsimonious has received funding requests for two competing juvenile corrections boot camp programs and requires your assistance on how to evaluate program success through appropriate research. There is a general perception that one of the two programs is only marginally successful while the other succeeds through much lower recidivism rates. Of course, the director for each program cites the outstanding success of his or her program in the funding application but fails to provide any research data to support these claims.

The intent of this assignment is to help you refer to empirical-based observations that can be quantitative (e.g., expressed as numbers) or qualitative (e.g., expressed as objects, words, or pictures)—specifically, the assignment will help you understand why one boot camp excels over the other in statistical terms particularly relating to lower recidivism rates.

Tasks:

  1. Conduct research related to juvenile justice boot camp programs using the Argosy University Online Library resources, the National Institute of Justice Data Collections, or the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Databases.
  2. Look for potential pitfalls in boot camp programs. Select two articles from your research that have taken different approaches to evaluate boot camp programs.
  3. Based on the programs you read about, prepare a memo. In the memo:
    1. Describe the research approaches and types of data that were utilized in each of the two studies.
    2. Identify any ethical issues Parsimonious should be concerned about as a city councilman making a recommendation to invest public funds in a program of this type. Provide the reason for your choice.
    3. Discuss whether either of these approaches should be recommended to Parsimonious and support your position based on the effectiveness and impact of the program. You might also comment on the setbacks or failure issues if reported in the studies you have chosen.
    4. Be sure to cite the resources you used in the APA style.
Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described the research approaches and types of data used in each of the studies.
16
Analyzed and justified the ethical issues that Parsimonious should be concerned about.
20
Analyzed and justified the approach that should be recommended to Parsimonious and stated any setback or failure issues reported in the research studies.
28
Cited resources in the APA format.
16
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in the accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
100

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Provide an example of how each of the following technologies can create a competitive advantage for a logistics network : RFID, cloud computing, and the Internet-of-Things. Which do you think will be the greatest advantage for your current employer or your favorite retailer? Support your answer with cost, service and risk issues

Reply to the students response in 150 words and provide 1 reference

The following technologies can create several competitive of advantage for a logistics network. Below I will highlight the benefits of each.

RFID- Radio Frequency Identification is defined as a form of wireless communication that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object, animal or person. RFIS is widely popular in warehouse setting for hand held picking devices. I have implemented RFID devices into warehouse operations and the results were excellent. Wireless hand-held picking devices helped optimize picking, improve real time ERP inventory and provides more flexibility in the operation.

Cloud Computing – Cloud computing is defined as a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The name cloud computing was inspired by the cloud symbol that’s often used to represent the Internet in flowcharts and diagrams. Software-as-a-Service is popular with software such as Google Apps and Dropbox. The competitive advantage with SaaS comes from the product offering a company can deliver. Most client companies do not want the overhead to support a server that has cloud computing and would prefer to utilize a 3rd party service.

Internet of things – is defined as the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. As I mentioned last week, autonomous cars can be defined as Internet of Things. The competitive advantage comes from the safety and fuel efficiencies. The internet connectivity of the GPS and sensors make driverless cars a product internet of things. 

Source:

https://internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com/definition/RFID-radio-frequency-identification

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reply to students response to question in 150 words min . Be sure to answer in detail and refer to specific concepts and provide 1 reference

question

Describe a device that qualifies for label as an “Internet of Things” device. Present your top reason why this device can benefit society AND your top reason why it could be harmful.

students response

 

Smart watch is one of the most popular examples of what we can call as an “Internet of Things” device. Christensson defined it as a digital watch that provides many other features besides timekeeping. Examples include monitoring your heart rate, tracking your activity, and providing reminders throughout the day. Like a smartphone, a smartwatch has a touchscreen display, which allows you to perform actions by tapping or swiping on the screen. Today, modern smartwatches include several apps, similar to apps for smartphones and tablets. These apps provide additional functionality, such as displaying weather information, listing stock prices, and displaying maps and directions. Most smartwatches can also be used to make phone calls and send and receive text messages. This can be supported by Laudon’s statement in the book which explained that the impact of smart, Internet-connected products is just now being understood. Smart products offer new functionality, greater reliability, and more intense use of products while providing detailed information that can be used to improve both the products and the customer experience. They expand opportunities for product and service differentiation.

Basically, it has benefited the society by adding another step of convenience because you just do not need to take out your smartphone every time. Also going handsfree is the best part associated with usage of smartwatches.

However, I must consider as well that it poses harmful risk to us. I can clearly see issues with data being transferred, it is a concern of how data is stored on the smartwatches and how safe our private information is. HP actually conducted a test on the ten most popular smartwatches, which they exposed some vulnerabilities with the data being stored on the smartwatches (Khandelwal, 2015). Out of the ten, not a single smartwatch was found to be 100 percent safe, HP exposed three out of ten phones allowed unlimited login attempts, also completely didn’t offer two-factor authentication or the ability to lock the account after 3 to 5 failed password attempts. In conclusion, the data stored on our smartwatches might be at risk.

Reference:

Christensson, P. (2017, August 5). Smartwatch Definition. Retrieved 2019, Jun 12, from https://techterms.com

Laudon, K. Laudon, J. “Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Fifteenth Edition” Chapter 3. (2018) p. 65

Kerner, S. M. (2015). Smartwatches Are Not All That Smart When It Comes to Security. Eweek, 1.

Prepare a Job description

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Bachelor Courses:

· Object Oriented Programming language (JAVA)

· C programming & Data Structures

· Computer Organization

· Network Analysis

Master’s Courses:

· Analysis, modelling and design

· Systems development and implement

· Applied Programming

· Database Development and Admin

Provide Job duties or responsibilities for Mainframe Developer with 4 years of experience relating to above mentioned courses 

Below, please provide a detailed list of job duties associated with the requested position, the percentage of time to be spent on each, what technological environments will be used, and what Bachelor’s or Master’s-level coursework is relevant/necessary in order to be able to complete these duties. The more descriptive and specific you can be, the more helpful this document will be in demonstrating the Bachelor’s degree requirement

1. EXAMPLE TEXT] Responsible for using highly specialized knowledge of application integration, business process integration and B2B partner integration, using web Methods to assist Clients. (20% of his time)

· Involving in studying the requirements and preparing the design documents using GEAR and TBI methodology for the integrations identified.

· Participating in architecture planning discussions to support the process requirements and to plug into the existing global messaging backbone.

· Designing required UDM’s/Canonicals based on the OAGIS standards to support the process models. 

· Involving in implementing 58 N-N regular and reconciliation integrations to support processes that includes GL Validation, Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt, Invoice, Request for Payment, Payments, Suppliers, Exchange Rates, Commodity codes etc. 

· Participate in Framework development effort for error handling and monitoring mechanism.

· Participate in Configuration and Change management activities for the integration that myself and the team developed.

· Supporting the integrations partially post go-live and transferred knowledge to the offshore production support team.

· Environment: WebMethods Integration Server 6.1, Broker, SAP adapter, JDBC adapter, wmFlatFile.

· Bachelors Level Coursework: Big Data Analytics, Data Structures, Problem Solving and Computer programming, Discrete Structures and Graph Theory, OOPS through JAVA, Computer Graphics through C++, Web Technologies, DataBase Management Systems, Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems.

2. {Basic description   of job duty}{(xx% of time)}

· {Sub-bullet – specific tasks involved}

· {Sub-bullet – specific tasks involved}

· {Sub-bullet – specific tasks involved}

· Environment: {List of relevant  environments}

· Bachelors Level Coursework: {List of classes relevant to this job duty}

3. {Basic description   of job duty}{(xx% of time)}

· {Sub-bullet – specific tasks involved}

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· Environment: {List of relevant environments}

Bachelors Level Coursework: {List of classes relevant to this job duty}

Discussion

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1Q)

 

Using Social Media and Networking 

After reviewing the assigned reading materials, complete the following activities:

1.  Develop a product service idea.

A. Describe the product/service including the benefits of using the product/service

B. Discuss the potential customers for this product/service

2.  Based on the nature of the product/service, recommend at least 3 possible social media to use in marketing the product/service. Describe your recommendations and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

2Q)  I  need 300 words response of below post.

 

Describe the product/service including the benefits of using the product/service

I’d like to talk about a Private Investigation service that I feel is equally important unlike any other service in order to ensure we have the right set of eyes on any criminals of wrongdoers.

As a private operator, make your check in the business by keeping a sharp “eye” on other people’s activities. Clients fuse legal advisors gathering confirmation for a case or to accumulate portion, or individuals searching for information about a colossal other (Bowden, 2016).

It demonstrates an advantage to any person who is hoping to keep an eye on any suspicious movement among their loved ones or even outsiders to guarantee they are protected and sound (Bowden, 2016). Presently a days there has been an expanded number of stalkers online where individuals haphazardly take after and afterward carry out different wrongdoings inferable from which having a private investigator will demonstrate accommodating.

Discuss the potential customers for this product/service

This Private Investigation offers a wide range of services to all its clients. Services are as discussed below:

Surveillance Investigation. Extraordinary compared to other motivations to enlist a private specialist is for his or her experience and aptitude in current reconnaissance. Surveillance suggests an adjacent impression of a man or assembling to screen their activities to gather evidence and meet the objectives of the case (Bowden, 2016). Perception is troublesome and takes significant lots of realistic application remembering the ultimate objective to be feasible (Momoko, 2018). It is never endorsed that some person other than approved private inspectors perform perception as most states have laws balancing it (stalking and Harassment). Our private agent staff is approved to participate in perception and have the strategies and experience principal (Syrdal, 2018).

These services are targeted to all the individuals no matter which field they belong to as this is a common area where everyone needs assistance and support.

Based on the nature of the product/service, recommend at least 3 possible social media to use in marketing the product/service. Describe your recommendations and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Twitter and Facebook are the two major and ideal social media platforms in order to promote and spread the service worldwide.

Talking about Twitter, they have around 550 Million registered user and twitter is one of the fastest growing networks with a growth rate of 44% from 2012-2013. It also tracks a record count for 215 million active users per month with the largest penetration in the United States (Bowden, 2016).

On the other hand, Facebook has over 1.15 Billion users out of which around 23% of them login each day. As per the poll, about 47% Americans have recommended Facebook as their number 1 influencer of purchases providing the users a large opportunity of communicating with customers in a non-obtrusive way (Syrdal, 2018).

The social media advantage is that it gives the user a completely different customer demographic besides promoting the business in a far cheaper way than any other traditional advertising mechanism. Also getting acquainted to the social media platform helps widen the business horizons to a large audience (COKER, 2017).

3Q)     I  need 300 words response of below post.

 

Product idea and using Social Media and Networking

1.      Develop a product service idea

Development and new product services are essential parts of all businesses.  For company growth and status of improvement to focus on new liability, new service development is the key to get success in the market. According to the lifecycle of products and services, you can make a decision about your new product launching.

According to my point of view, now day’s people are getting the problem in limited shopping. When we go to grocery store, Walmart, Target we get confused to make a decision about things which might or might not be essential. To overcome this problem I think about online app service. In this service, people can put their budget in-app and they can mention they’re a necessary section for example food, clothes, home accessories etc. this app will suggest some lists about their products and combining this suggestion people can buy their essential products within the certain range of limit.

A.     Describe the product/ service including the benefits of using the product/ service

According to my app, I call it “InstaFresh” you can do your shopping for your family and relatives in your budget. For example, Joyee, the one guy who wants to buy food grocery for his family. There are 4 members of his family. He has $50 budget for this week. So now by using the InstaFresh app, he is able to make his relatively medium shopping with satisfaction. Joyee needs to put their limit (50$) in the app and what type of shopping he wants to do. According to this information, the app will suggest him 3 types of listings. These listing are in the range of his limit.  So in the end, he can make choices to choose list or to combine his list. In this way, he can easily make choices and decisions.

B.     Discuss the potential customers for this product/service

This app is related to clothes, food, home accessory so customers will be all people who want to buy these products, means I can make this service as a standalone system or else I can give authority to use this system to other companies like Walmart, Target, Foodmaxx etc.

2.      Based on the nature of the product/service, recommend at least 3 possible social media to use in marketing the product/service. Describe your recommendations and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

This service is totally based on shopping strategies so we can make it easy by using search technology.  I can locate this application on a computer network using different libraries like spiders.  Hybrid search engine and web directory these are helpful search engines for this app. These search engines can easily share their information and people are ready to use it easily. We can also do marketing using the social media and networking platforms. Nowadays, there are multiple social media and networking platforms which is aid us marketing in multiple ways. For instance, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat etc. which are amongst the most successful social networking websites and apps.

Facebook: Facebook can be considered the epitome of social networking websites because there are approximately 2.2 billion users who are actively using Facebook and this number is growing daily. So, there are so many users from different regions and places which will lay the foundation for my InstaFresh business which can ship groceries in very less time. 

Facebook has three tools (pages, ads, and groups) that can be used by anyone. Each of these options has its own purpose, and they can be combined for greater reach.

Advantages: Pages are free and easy to set up. Ads have powerful targeting parameters. Groups are free and have high levels of engagement.

Disadvantages: Groups can be very time consuming. It can be hard to get a foothold and build a fan base with a page.

Instagram:

With more than 700 million active monthly users, the platform isn’t just for personal use anymore. Instagram is a full-fledged, global platform that allows brands to humanize their content, recruit new talent, showcase products, and inspire their audience.  Instagram unveiled its new business tools feature. The tool allows users to identify themselves as a business, making it easy for their audience to contact them. Business profiles also provide more in-depth insights and make it easier for you to promote content. Note: Your business must have a Facebook business page to switch to an Instagram business profile.

LinkedIn: 

With LinkedIn, you can reach your ideal customers on the world’s largest professional network. We can market to who it matters. We can establish our brand with a free Company Page and attract followers and expand the business. We can also get innovative ideas from the followers and other companies.

LinkedIn’s Sponsored Content helps surface relevant content for quality prospects in our target B2B market, effectively merging our inbound strategy with cost-effective lead generation. LinkedIn Sponsored InMail delivered a 40% conversion rate. Frankly, it blew every other campaign out of the water. Attract followers and build brand awareness by posting content on a free Company Page.

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Network Architecture Paper:Compare the TCP/IP protocol suite and the OSI model and list their differences and similarities.

The paper must use APA 6th ed., 7th printing formatting and contain a title page, 2 pages of content, and a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.

Please access the Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab as an APA resource.  Your assignment will be graded based on the rubric, which can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link.

Assignment Resource(s):

Watch Video

TCP/IP and the OSI Model Explained!
Duration: (36:35)
User: n/a – Added: 11/17/13
This is the big picture explanation of the TCP/IP protocol and how it maps to the OSI model. The big picture covers the OSI model layers and their functions, TCP/IP layers, functions, PDUs and addressing. Then it shows how the many different network devices are mapped to the TCP/IP protocol.

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1q)    Search “scholar.google.com” for a company, school, or person that has been the target of a network
or system intrusion? What information was targeted? Was the attack successful? If so, what changes
were made to ensure that this vulnerability was controlled? If not, what mechanisms were in-place to protect against the intrusion.

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2Q) I need Reply of below Post by 200 words.

 

 In 2015, Primera Blue Cross was a target of a network or system intrusion. Yes, the attack was successful, and the company did not even notice the breach for 9 months. The attackers gained unauthorized access to the company computers and stole approximately 11 million customers information even though it was encrypted such as their names, social security numbers, date of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, bank account details, mailing addresses, and clinical information (Granville, 2015). After this attack, to ensure that the vulnerability was controlled the company provided giving various services for free to the customers who were affected by this attack such as identity theft protecting and credit controlling (Jones, 2016).

   According to Bhatti et al, 2015 the chief compliance officer focused on the overall security chain of the company by tracking access and logging the information of the employees who accessed the records of the customer’s personal health but still this attack occurred. Later after the attack, to remove the infected software from their system Primera Blue Cross hired the FireEye cybersecurity firm.  Potential damage will occur when the network credentials are stolen in order to prevent this it is important that the Primera Blue Cross deploys active and context-aware access management mechanism. By doing this the company would have the rights to remove the access to the servers or applications to which the attacker gets connected (Toulouse et al, 2015).

 

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Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment and Solutions

Scenario: Cross, Bazron, Dennis and Isaacs (1989) defined cultural competence as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that come together as a system, that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations”. Cultural Competency is vital to sustainability of a health care organization and the ability to provide high quality health care to the community in which serves. Cultural competency consists of a blend of ethics, values, morals, a health care organizations mission statement and the recognition of all employees, patients and visitors are and shall be treated equally.

A new community health center has opened in your county offering basic health care services and preventative care and education to migrant workers, illegal residents and recent immigrants. To ensure the health center promotes and establish a culturally competent environment, as the health center’s chief privacy and compliance officer (CPO) (CCO), you have been tasked to develop a cultural competency training tool kit.

Deliverables: The final product to submit is robust cultural competency training tool kit for departmental and organizational wide use. Your final submission must include the following listed below.  A 1-2 page proposal for language assistance as an effort to offer additional pay for bilingual employees willing to serve as a designated language interpreter

    • Process identifying language interpreters
    • Determine supplemental pay
    • Schedule of interpreters (be sure schedule does not interfere with regular work schedule)
    • Process to locate identified interpreters when needed
  • Design an actual forty-five (45) minute to one (1) hour virtual training session for departmental and organizational use on the topic of Cultural Competency (the intent is for a future mandatory automated training; therefore audio is required)
    • Presentation can include clip art, links to additional sources
    • Must include recorded audio of each presentation’s slide
    • Topics must include at minimum cultural competency discussion: employees, patient care, importance, alignment with mission, vision of and values of the organization, define and discuss cultural competency, compare and contrast cultural competency and diversity, ethics, health disparities, impact on decision making, measures to establish and maintain a cultural competent organization and environment
  • Using Microsoft Excel, Word or a survey software, design a tool for attendees to assess the cultural competency training
    • Identify a list of cultural competency related domains and accompanying knowledge, skills and abilities for attendees to measure the effectiveness of the virtual training session
    • Integrate data analytics to assess, evaluate and/or recommend local state and federal cultural competence (and/or related) regulatory compliance measures.  

References & Resources:

Cross TL, Bazron BJ, Dennis KW, Isaacs, M.R. Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care: Vol I. Washington, DC: National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Child Development Center; 1989.

Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Framework for Practical Approaches: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiBhp2H4pPLAhXBmx4KHTvKCdcQFggoMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.commonwealthfund.org%2Fusr_doc%2Fbetancourt_culturalcompetence_576.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEtpXTbWj-AcrxWSKLsi9-bUYNBjw&sig2=eY9aOlw6Z3V17ABOGj6Sww

Diversity & Cultural Competency in Health Care Settings: http://www.matherlifewaysinstituteonaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/diversity-and-cultural-competency-in-health-care-settings.pdf  

Tools for Assessing Cultural Competence Training: https://www.aamc.org/download/54346/data/tacct.xls

Movie “Language Barrier”:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaVKy-2HWIo&WT.z_nav=healthcare-professionals%2Fresources-for-health-care-professionals%2Fhealth-equity%3BBody%3BBreaking%20Down%20the%20Language%20Barrier%20%E2%80%93%20Translating%20Limited%20English%20Proficiency%20into%20practice

 

 

 

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Assignment 1: Models for Competitive Dynamics

Competition has, since the 90s, led to wider gaps between industry leaders and laggards. There are more “winner-take-all” environments and greater churns among industry sector rivals. We have witnessed sharp increases in quality and quantity of IT (Information Technology) investments. We’ve seen striking competitive dynamics, particularly in sectors that spend the most on IT. Some of the competitive dynamics models include the Destroy Your Business (DYB) strategy, the Grow Your Business (GYB) strategy, the Information Systems (IS) and strategic advantage, and the social business strategy.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Compare and contrast the DYB and GYB strategies in terms of the ability to sustain a business in the marketplace over the long term, to be competitive against rivals, and profitability.
  2. Examine the “cannibalization” strategy and determine if it is or is not a better strategy compared to the DYB strategy for growth, competitiveness, and market leadership. Provide two (2) business examples.   
  3. Determine whether or not changes in business strategy should entail reassessment of IS. Provide three (3) reasons to support your position.
  4. Examine how firms can use social IT in alignment with organizational strategy and IS strategy. Consider collaborative capabilities, what, how, and who should use social IT for a social business strategy.
  5. Use at three (3) 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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the integration of enterprise systems with inter-organizational partners.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
  • Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,