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Chapter 11 – From the chapter, we learned that the pattern of behavior arises from fundamental psychology and in particular, the following: a) our capacity for habitual behavior, b) the difference between intelligence as the manifestation of the coping mode of cognition and understanding as the manifestation of the pervasive optimization mode, and c) the phenomenon of authoritarianism as the need for external authority through a lack of understanding of one’s living environment.  

On the same line of thought, Andringa (2015), stated that the combination of these phenomena leads to a formal definition – the Bureaucratic Dynamic – and this is where the prevalence of coercive formalization scales with what the author terms as “institutional ignorance” – a measure of how well workers understand the consequences of their own actions both within the organization as well as the wider society…

Q1: In conclusion, the author presents a view that most people may agree with – that “All human activities benefit from some form of formalization, and that formalization allows automating routine tasks, to agree on how to collaborate, determine when and how tasks should be executed, and when they are finished.” The author offers a key reason(s) why procedures should not be changed too often.  What are those reasons? Provide a brief explanation.

Identify and name the three (3) reasons why procedures should not be changed too often provide a short and clear narrative to support your responses

 1. Explain why it is useful to describe group work in terms of the time/place framework.

2. Describe the kinds of support that groupware can pro-vide to decision makers. 

The theme of this research paper is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business. For this

assignment, you must think about the future of business, considering current trends toward

automation of business processes. You must research current trends and summarize your

research as a report. The general structure of the report is as follows

An introductory section about current technological trends providing context for your

report;

2. A description of select applications of AI to business (minimum 3) in one particular business area Have particularly

business areas (of your interest) in mind (e.g., HR, Marketing and Sales, Finance,

Operations). You must also describe and analyze these technologies based on their

potential to be game changers;

3. The challenges for such applications to become widespread and beneficial to

companies;

4. A conclusion section (with your takeaway from the discussion).

To write the report you will need to cover at least the following:

1. Your report must adhere to APA formatting;

2. You must research at least 5 recent (i.e., less than 10 years) peer-reviewed articles.

Exceptionally, highly regarded industry sources (e.g., IBM, Oracle, SAP, McKinsey,

Accenture, Deloitte, Capgemini) will be accepted;

3. Other than APA formatting, the structure for the paper is not fixed, if there is a logical

flow of ideas. The length of the paper is not an issue and maximum should be 5-6 pages

Objective

You are to implement a simple database using a sorted file of fixed length records. The data that you are to use for testing is in file: Parks.csv Windows compatible (cr lf). This data contains the visitation records for the US National Parks from 1904 to 2016.. The goal of this assignment is to understand and practice using file management techniques to implement a database system. Your file-based database needs to handle overflow by writing records to an overflow file that contains unsorted records.

First, create a file of fixed length records from the data provided interleaved with blank records. Your file should create space for insertions by writing one blank record between each real record. Meta-information should be stored in a non-fixed length way in a separate configuration file, e.g., “Parks.config”. The config file must also store useful data like the names of the fields (for display), the number of records, and anything else you would want to add.

So, the initial file will have 764 records, half of which are blank. When a record is inserted, the file is searched (using binary search) to find the correct location. If there is a blank record where the new record needs to go, then the blank record is simply overwritten. However, if there is no empty record available in the correct location, the original file should be re-written with new blanks inserted, including after the new record. For example, if we do 3 inserts into blank records, we would now have 385 real records in our file of 764 total records. If the next insert fails, we would create a new file with 770 total records in it (the 385 real records, each with one blank record after it).

You must not read the whole data file into memory at a time

Program Description

Create a program which offers the user the following menu of operations:

1) Create new database
2) Open database
3) Close database
4) Display record
5) Update record
6) Create report
7) Add record
8) Delete record
9) Quit

Hello Class

Using proper APA formatting write a 400-word assignment describing:

• Crime Prevention through Environmental Design(CPTED)’ and the type of social behaviors it attempts to enhance. 
• Search the Internet for an article where Information Security failed.
• Propose and discuss possible changes in that organization’s Information Security that could have prevented the breach/failure for that scenario.

 You are the Chief Data Scientist at the Widget Auto Company  vehicle manufacturer. You were recently hired after the cCEO was reading an article about big data and data mining.  The CEO feels this could be of use to the company and wanted to know what type of data the vehicle creates, what equipment creates the data, and what third parties may be interested in this. Also, discuss if selling this would be profitable, and the ethics involved.  

Summary:

Pick one of the following terms for your research: Moral philosophy, justice, white-collar crime, differential association, or power. 

Instructions

Journal Article Summary & Discussion:

DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.

SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words-this should be in the 150-200-word range. Be sure to note the article’s author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.

DISCUSSION: Using 300-350 words, write a brief discussion, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected weekly reading assignment Key Term. A discussion is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.

REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission–in APA format. Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.

Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 14–discussion question #1, #3, #4 & exercise 2

APA in-text citations) to support the work this week. All work must be original (not copied from any source).

Discussion 1. Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activities, and others say they do not. Discuss arguments for both points of view.

Discussion 3. What are some of the major privacy concerns in employing intelligent systems on mobile data?

Discussion 4. Identify some cases of violations of user privacy from current literature and their impact on data science as a profession.

Exercise 2. Search the Internet to find examples of how intelligent systems can facilitate activities such as empowerment, mass customization, and teamwork.

How can Blockchain bridge the gap between consumers and marketers?

Please review the document and answer Discussion Points mentioned at end of doc.