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discussion board

 Discuss different types of cost estimates and methods for preparing them.

 Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.

1. What are some of the cautions to be aware of when using teams? What tests should be applied to see if a team fits the situation?

2. The team effectiveness model identifies three categories of key components making up effective teams. What are these three categories? Give examples of each category.

at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to organizational behavior. This does not mean blogs or websites. This source should be a published article in a scholarly journal. This source should provide substance and not just be mentioned briefly to fulfill this criteria. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not use quotes. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.

Text-

Title: Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition 

ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780135468890 

Authors: Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge 

Publisher: Pearson 

Edition: 15TH

Contingency planning is a risk mitigation process for developing back-up plans in anticipation of events (scenarios) that might disrupt ‘business as usual’. Business continuity planning is an expanded version of contingency planning that typically encompasses a more comprehensive and extended response plan for getting back to ‘business as usual’. In a well-formatted, highly-detailed research paper, address the need to contingency planning, ensuring to address the following items:

(1) Benefits of scenario events/planning.
(2) Questions to consider when implementing scenario planning.
(3) The common types of scenario planning.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page. (Remember, APA is double spaced)
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

What are the pros and cons of using an EHR system in a medical practice?  Would the benefits vary depending on the size of the practice?  How might an EHR system benefit patients and the practice?Reference

When we look at cloud usage the categories can include some of but is not limited to following:

·           SaaS: Software as a Service

·           PaaS: Platform as a Service

·           IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service

·           MaaS: Monitoring as a Service

Research cloud computing.  Complete a 2-3-page paper with an abstract and conclusion(plus cover sheet and reference page) that:

·           Describe at least 3 types of cloud computing service categories

·           What are the architecture considerations?

·           Give details of the function of the service with an example

·           What are the advantages and disadvantages of the service?

·           What are the security risk and protection considerations?

·           Do you see any impact on availability and performance?

Specific questions or items to address:

·           Describe at least 3 types of cloud computing service categories

·           What are the architecture considerations?

·           Give details of the function of the service with an example

·           What are the advantages and disadvantages of the service?

·           What are the security risk and protection considerations?

·           Do you see any impact on availability and performance?

PROJECT STEPS

1. Takara Hiyashi is on the board of the Green Lake Sports Camp, a recreational summer camp in Syracuse, New York. She is using an Excel workbook to analyze the camp’s financials and asks for your help in correcting errors and solving problems with the data.
Go to the Teams worksheet. Takara asks you to correct the errors in the worksheet. Correct the first error as follows:

a. Use the Trace Precedents arrows to find the source of the #VALUE! error in cell C8.

b. Use the Trace Dependents arrows to determine whether the formula in cell C8 causes other errors in the worksheet.

c. Correct the formula in cell C8, which should add the baseball registration fee per person (cell C4) and the equipment fee (cell C7), and then multiply the result by the minimum number of campers (cell C6).

d. Remove the trace arrows.

2. Correct the Name error in cell C22 as follows:

a. Use any error-checking method to determine the source of the error in cell C22, which should calculate the average revenue per week.

b. Correct the error by editing the formula in cell C22.

3. Correct the divide by zero errors as follows:

a. Evaluate the formula in cell C18 to determine which cell is causing the divide by zero error.

b. Correct the formula in cell C18, which should divide the revenue per session (cell C16) by the minimum number of campers (cell C6).

c. Fill the range D18:G18 with the formula in cell C18. 

4. Takara suspects that the remaining divide by zero errors and the two negative values in the range E16:E18 are related to the zero value in cell E6. She wants to make sure that anyone entering the minimum number of campers enters a number greater than zero.
Add data validation to the range C6:G6 as follows:

a. Set a data validation rule for the range C6:G6 that allows only whole number values greater than 0.

b. Add an Input Message using Number of Campers as the Input Message Title and the following text as the Input message:
Enter the minimum number of campers for this session. 

c. Add an Error Alert using the Stop style, Campers Error as the Error Alert Title, and the following text as the Error message:
The minimum number of campers must be greater than 0. 

5. Identify the invalid data in the worksheet and correct the entry as follows:

a. Circle the invalid data in the worksheet.

b. Type 10 as the minimum number of campers for the lacrosse sessions (cell E6).

c. Verify that this change corrected the remaining divide by zero errors and resulted in positive values in the range E16:E18.

6. Go to the Private Lessons worksheet. This worksheet analyzes financial data for private and semi-private lessons, which the camp runs throughout the day. Takara has already created a scenario named Current Campers that calculates profit based on the current number of campers enrolled for each session. She also wants to calculate profit based on the maximum number of campers.
Add a new scenario to compare the profit with maximum enrollments as follows:

a. Use Max Campers as the scenario name.

b. Use the enrolled campers per day data (range C9:G9) as the changing cells.

c. Enter cell values for the Max Campers scenario as shown in bold in Table 1, which are the same values as in the range C8:G8.

Table 1: Cell Values for the Max Campers Scenario

Cell

Value

Baseball_Campers (cell C9)

10

Basketball_Campers (cell D9)

12

Lacrosse_Campers (cell E9)

10

Soccer_Campers (cell F9)

12

Volleyball_Campers (cell G9)

15

7. Takara also wants to calculate profit based on the minimum number of campers.
Add another new scenario to compare the profit with low session enrollment as follows: 

a. Add a scenario to the worksheet using Min Campers as the scenario name.

b. Use the enrolled campers per day data (range C9:G9) as the changing cells.

c. Enter cell values for the Min Campers scenario as shown in bold in Table 2.

Table 2: Cell Values for the Min Campers Scenario

Cell

Value

Baseball_Campers (cell C9)

8

Basketball_Campers (cell D9)

8

Lacrosse_Campers (cell E9)

7

Soccer_Campers (cell F9)

8

Volleyball_Campers (cell G9)

7

8. Show the Min Campers scenario values in the Private Lessons worksheet.

9. Go to the Revised Fees worksheet. Takara is considering whether to change the coaching fees for the private lessons. She has created three scenarios on the Revised Fees worksheet showing the profit with a $5 or $10 increase or a $5 decrease to the coaching fees.
Compare the average profit per session based on the scenarios as follows:

a. Create a Scenario Summary report using the average profit per session (range C11:G11) as the result cells to show how the average profit changes depending on the coaching fee changes. 

b. Use Revised Fees Scenario Report as the name of the worksheet containing the report.

10. Takara also wants to focus on one or two types of private lessons at a time when comparing the average profit per session. Return to the Revised Fees worksheet and create another type of report as follows:

a. Create a Scenario PivotTable report using the average profit per session (range C11:G11) as the result cells to compare the average profit depending on the fee changes in a PivotTable.

b. Use Revised Fees PivotTable as the name of the worksheet containing the PivotTable.

c. Format cells B4:F6 in the Revised Fees PivotTable worksheet using the Accounting number format with 0 decimal places and $ as the symbol.

11. Go to the Games worksheet. Takara wants to determine the number of games the camp can hold on Fridays and Saturdays to make the highest weekly profit without interfering with practices, which are also scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays and use the same resources.
Use Solver to find this information as follows:

a. Use the total weekly profit (cell H17, named Total_Weekly_Profit) as the objective cell in the Solver model, with the goal of determining the maximum value for that cell.

b. Use the number of Friday and Saturday games for the five sports (range C5:G6) as the changing variable cells.

c. Determine and enter the constraints based on the information provided in Table 3.

d. Use Simplex LP as the solving method to find a global optimal solution.

e. Save the Solver model in cell B27.

f. Solve the model, keeping the Solver solution.

Table 3: Solver Constraints

Constraint

Cell or Range

Each game is scheduled at least once on   Friday and once on Saturday

C5:G6

Each Friday and Saturday game value is   an integer

C5:G6

Each sport is scheduled for a game 1   time per week or more

C7:G7

Each sport is scheduled for a game 3   times per week or less

C7:G7

The total number of Friday games is 10   or less

Total_Friday_Games (H5)

The total number of Saturday games is   15 or less

Total_Saturday_Games (H6)

The total number of games per week is   13

Total_Weekly_Games (H7)

The total number of Friday practices is   2 or less 

Friday_Practices (E21)

The total number of Saturday practices   is 2 or less

Saturday_Practices (E22)

The total number of practices per week   is 5 or less

Total_Practices (E23)

12. Takara wants to document the answer Solver found, including the constraints and a list of the values Solver changed to solve the problem. Produce an Answer report for the Solver model as follows:

a. Solve the model again, this time choosing to produce an Answer report.

b. Use Games Answer Report as the name of the worksheet containing the Answer report.

Your workbook should look like the Final Figures on the following pages. Save your changes, close the workbook, and then 

Number Sorting

In this lab activity you are requested to an array of fifty numbers in ascending order. 

The task required:

· Obtain an Arduino Uno Board and connect it to the PC.

· From the computing programmes select Arduino program.

· The numbers are in the range of 0 to 255. 

· The result needs to be displayed on eight L.E.Ds on Ardunio board, and on the serial monitor.

· Write a hierarchal and structured programme in “C” and test its functionality using.

Write the same program using recursive functions.

You need to demonstrate the work in the lab within the time specified.

You will be assessed in the lab.

I must be sure this is done very professionally without filler words but instead working technical knowledge. Also, the quote for all upgrades and accessories will be in the configurator as per the examples shown in the request. Please review all instructions thoroughly to ensure you know everything needed.

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

For this assignment, you are asked by your manager to research the replacement of 50 aging desktop machines with new laptops. Review the business needs of your manager carefully so that you fully appreciate the requirements you must address in selecting the new laptops.

For example, what is significant about the need for “multiple external monitors”? Ask yourself what it takes to connect a laptop to external monitors. What ports are included on your recommended laptop? What kind of cables are required? Can those ports/cables be used with the external monitors? Does the laptop have sufficient graphics capabilities to drive external displays, and if so, how many and at what resolution? Follow this same process for all business needs.

By documenting your choices and the overall recommendation in an effective background report, you are showing how you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a professional setting. Your ability to express your findings using the right mix of technical detail in a business context is a critical workplace skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

1.1.3: Present ideas in a clear, logical order appropriate to the task.

1.2.3: Explain specialized terms or concepts to facilitate audience comprehension.

1.4.3: Write concise and logical sentences in standard academic English that clarify relationships among concepts and ideas.

2.1.2: Describe the context surrounding the issue or problem.

2.3.3: Explain inferences and deductions that follow logically from the evidence provided.

10.1.3: Define the specifications of required technologies.

13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.

13.2.1: Evaluate vendor recommendations in the context of organization requirements.

This project is a three- to four-page business-oriented proposal that should contain the following:

• at least one high-quality graphic
• one or more tables to present information
• at least one online configurator
• your purchase recommendations, specifications, and justification for your choice
• one to two IEEE references

If you didn’t download it last week, download the Desktop Migration Proposal Resources now and follow the instructions in the document.

Delete the instructional text from the template before you submit it.