Discussion: Analyzing Needs

In previous modules, we discussed knowing who an audience is in terms of the people who physically make up an audience and some of the best ways to reach them. Another important factor when considering your audience is determining what they need from your communication. How do we determine needs? Research the web and the SNHU library databases to discover ways in which we can determine the information that a targeted audience needs from our communications. Be sure to list your sources of information so that your peers can benefit from your research.

Discussion

In this week’s reading, the concept of 3-F Method is introduced.  Discuss the purpose of this concept and how it is calculated.  Also perform your own research/analysis using these factors and provide your assessment on whether the United States need to introduce top talents in the field of big data and cloud computing by using bibliometrics.

Cs 008 Lab abour resume

There has two website: Learn Cs 008 (https://learncs8.com/index.php)and the other one called AWS. Follow instructions with LearnCs008 Lab 3 resume and do it on AWs. 

Portfolio Assignment

Create a Disaster Recovery Plan for either the organization they work for or one they wish to work for in the future.  The plan will follow the template/example provided.

 Should request prior authorization of company to be addressed to ensure that all students are working on unique companies.

**Even though this is a technical document, for academic purposes, all sources should be cited and referenced.Portfolio assignment will be due the end of Week 15.

***Yout may modify some of the sections per the company they have selected but all students will need to complete a DR Plan for the Portfolio Requirement.

 ****SafeAssign should be turned on and reviewed since it will flag a lot of the common elements but we want to make sure the students are writing the content from scratch.

Tableau Visualisations

Create a dashboard that can help analyze the sales patterns across stores and their departments.

Dashboard should contain:

Two Controls:

1. A (Month, Year) filter.
2. A user control to select either one of the five markdowns or total markdown.
These controls should work across the entire dashboard. [10]

Visualization 1

A dual-axis visualization showing sales & markdowns by week. It should be divided into three parts, showing results by three store types – hypermarkets, discount stores, and neighborhood stores. Sales during holiday weeks should be colored differently from sales during non-holiday weeks. [20]

Visualization 2

A dual-axis visualization showing sales & markdowns by store. It should be divided into three parts, showing results by three store types – hypermarkets, discount stores, and neighborhood stores. [15]

Visualization 3

A visualization showing top 5 departments by sales within each store, within the three store types. User should be able to see ‘Store Type’, ‘Store’, ‘Department’, ‘Store Sales’, and ‘Department Sales’ within the tooltip for each department. [30]

Two Action Filters:

1. Source: Visualization 1, Target: Visualization 2, Visualization 3.
2. Source: Visualization 2, Target: Visualization 3 [5]

Finally, create a story providing any three interesting insights drawn from visualizations in the dashboard, while focusing your analysis around the four holiday weeks. [20]

2

There are three tabs in the Retail.xlsx excel file – Stores, Sales, and MarkDowns. Relevant

information about the columns in these tabs is given below:

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Stores

o Store-thestorenumber
o Type – the type of store (A – hypermarket, B – discount store, C – neighbourhood store) o Size – the size of store (in square feet)

Sales

o Store-thestorenumber

o Dept – the department number
o Date-theweek
o Weekly_Sales – net weekly sales for the given department in the given store o IsHoliday-whethertheweekisaholidayweek

MarkDowns

o Store-thestorenumber

o Date-theweek

o MarkDown1-5 – five different promotional markdown types. Data in these columns correspond to absolute markdown values. Markdown rates (discount percentages) are not given. Additionally, these markdown values are not available for all stores all the time. Any missing value is marked with a 0

o IsHoliday-whethertheweekisaholidayweek

Discussion question, 350 words and 2 references.

Team Leadership/Management Style

Part 1: According to the Sarin and O’Connor (2009) article, certain style and goal structures of team leaders have a strong influence on internal team dynamics.  Based on your research within the article and textbook, as well as your own experience, what team leader management style would be most effective in leading a team in which you were a member?

Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader.  Drawing from the article and the textbook, have you ever worked for a charismatic leader?  What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer?  Was he or she effective in leading you as part of the team?