Research paper + Discussion

Task 1: Research PAPER

 Industry experts believe blockchain is a technology that has the potential to affect the business of most IT professionals in the next five years. Pick an industry you feel will be most affected by blockchain and how blockchain may be used in that industry. As an IT manager, how would you embrace blockchain? For instance, how would training occur for your team, what strategies might you use, what security methods may you recommend be used?Your paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
  • Follow APA7 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. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
  • 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.
  • At least 5 references.

Task 2: Discussion

300 Words and at least 3 references.

 The vast majority of the population associates Blockchain with cryptocurrency Bitcoin; however, there are many other uses of blockchain; such as Litecoin, Ether, and other currencies. In this discussion, please describe at least two cryptocurrencies with applicable examples. Discuss some similarities and differences. Lastly, discuss if you have any experience using any cryptocurrencies. 

2 Discussions and 1 Case Study

Discussion 7.1

What is your opinion supported with references on the statement: “Companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple are so successful that they do not need to change anything in its strategic framework?”

Discussion 7.2

What message does it send when the organizational culture encourages employees to view mistakes/problems as opportunities for improvement rather than reason to blame or punish those involved?

Case Study 7.1

Address the two questions associated with the chapter 11 Self-Assessment “Personality, Leadership, and Change on page 418 in a two to four page paper (excluding title, abstract, and reference pages). 

Assignment must be in 7th edition APA compliance.

Enterprise Data Management and Administration

Que 1:  Which enterprise application should a business install first: ERP, SCM, or CRM? Explain your answer. – 1 Page

Que 2: The Internet may not make corporations obsolete, but the corporations will have to change their business models. Do you agree? Why or why not? – 1 Page

Que 3: 

Describe various ways that knowledge management systems could help firms with sales and marketing or with manufacturing and production – 1 Page

Que 4:  As a manager or user of information systems, what would you need to know to participate in the design and use of a DSS or an ESS? Why? – 1 Page

PowerPoint_2F_Attractions

PowerPoint_2F_Attractions

     

Open the file Student_PowerPoint_2F_Attractions.pptx   downloaded with this project. 

 

On Slide 1, select the title and   display the WordArt gallery. In the third row, apply the first WordArt style.   Change the Text Outline by applying, under Theme Colors, in the fourth   column, the fourth color.

 

On Slide 2, in the content   placeholder, insert a List type SmartArt graphic—Vertical Bullet List. In the first Text placeholder, type Location and then in the bullet point,   type Brookside. In the second text   placeholder, type Availability and then in the second bullet, type June 2022 

 

Click the Availability placeholder, and then add a shape after the   placeholder. In the new placeholder, type Specifications and then add a bullet. Type Course   located around park perimeter

 

Change the SmartArt color to   Colorful Range – Accent Colors 4 to 5, and then apply the 3-D Polished style.

 

Select the three shapes, and   then change the shapes to the Arrow: Right shape. On the Format tab, in the   Shapes group, click the Smaller button one time to decrease the size of the   arrows.
  Mac Tip This shape is called Right Arrow.

 

On Slide 3, convert the bulleted   list to a SmartArt graphic by applying the Vertical Box List graphic. (Mac   users, convert to Vertical Bullet List and then change to Vertical Box List.)

 

Change the SmartArt color to   Colorful Range – Accent Colors 4 to 5, and then apply the Polished 3-D style.

 

On Slide 5, insert a WordArt—in   the first row, the last style. Replace the WordArt text with To Accept the   Challenge?   Change the font size to 48.

 

Drag the WordArt down so that   its top edge is positioned on the lower half of the vertical ruler at 1.   Align center.

 

Insert a Header & Footer on   the Notes and Handouts. Include the Date and time updated automatically, the   Page number, and a Footer with the text 2F_Attractions

 

Display the document properties.   As the Tags type zip line, rock wall (Mac users enter keywords instead of tags).

 

Save and close the file, and   then submit for grading.

Describe Your Internet of Things Environment

Inventory all Internet of Things devices in your home and map their connections to social media companies. Define, at minimum, the following:

  • Do they use another company’s authentication (Google, LinkedIn, Facebook)?
  • Do they collect data, and if so, what is it?
  • Do they connect to social media?
  • What would the impact on your life be if the data collected, or that could be collected, was released to the public? For example, would you mind if the world listened to everything an Amazon Echo could hear in your bedroom?
  • Is your Amazon Firestick always listening? How about your phone’s speaker listening for Hey, Siri or OK, Google?

We are not looking for specific personal experiences. This is a thought exercise meant to allow us to think about what consequences could be for others, or a hypothetical person. If you would like to describe a hypothetical person’s home and equipment, that is completely acceptable and is encouraged.

Parameters:

  • 12-point font
  • Double-spaced 
  • 2 pages 

Criteria

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDiscuss a minimum of three items that are connected to the Internet.

Fully described how the devices connect to social media and the Internet. (1 point per device.)

Describe fully what the consequences would be if the data these devices detected, or could detect, were made public or how it could be used against them.

Week 3 Discussion

 

This week our topic shifts to the classification concepts in chapter four.  Therefore, answer the following questions:

  1. What are the various types of classifiers?
  2. What is a rule-based classifier?
  3. What is the difference between nearest neighbor and naïve bayes classifiers?
  4. What is logistic regression?

Text Books-

 ch. 4 in textbook: Classification: Alternative Technique

Read: Hemmatian, H. (2019). A survey on classification techniques for opinion mining and sentiment analysis. Artificial Intelligence Review52(3), 1495–1545.

Networking and Communication

Assume you are a technical consultant who works with clients to find the best solutions for their networking and communications needs.

Your firm has exclusively served enterprise businesses but it is now branching out to government agencies.

Answer the following question(s):

  1. What are two challenges that you anticipate facing when working with government agencies, or that are simply unique to government agencies? (4 pt)
  2. How would you overcome those challenges? (4 pt)

Fully address the questions in this discussion; provide valid rationale for your choices, where applicable; and respond to at least two other students’ views (2 pt).

Submission Requirements
  • Citation Style: APA
Self-Assessment Checklist
  • I fully addressed the question(s) in the discussion instructions.
  • I included justification or rationale for my choices, where applicable.
  • I responded to at least two other students’ views.
  • I followed the submission guidelines.