Important Notes:
All references must be cited using APA format. This includes b
Important Notes:
All references must be cited using APA format. This includes both in-text citations and the reference list at the end of the document.
Originality, Similarity and Plagiarism Check: Your work must be original. All papers will be submitted through SafeAssign software to check for similarity and plagiarism. Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.
For this discussion, you’ll first navigate to CNETLinks to an external site. to
For this discussion, you’ll first navigate to CNETLinks to an external site. to learn a little more about the tech world.
CNET is a great website for technology news and review. Their About UsLinks to an external site. page states, “CNET tells you what’s new in tech, culture and science, why it matters, how it works and what you need. Our global team works 24/7 to explore and explain the changing world around us. You can depend on CNET for news, commentary, analysis, features, FAQs, advice, hands-on reviews, buying guides, amazing photography and fun and informative videos.”
Microsoft PowerPoint is an application software used to create presentations. The presentations, slide shows, are made up of slides with text and pictures. We will be using PowerPoint to create a slide slow for this and other assignments in the course.
The presentation must follow the 10-20-30 rules and include meaningful animation and appropriate sound. You are required to follow Guy Kawasaki’s 10 20 30 rules. So, you should have no more than 10 slides, you should not talk for more than 20 minutes and you should not use a font size that is less than 30 points. Limit text as much as possible. The 20-minute rule is for real life presentations. These presentations may be much shorter and need not be narrated. Final project presentations for the class in December will be limited to 20 minutes and should fill that time. The research paper presentation should be a PowerPoint presentation about your research paper, no more than 10 slides. Include your evaluation matrix on one slide
Look Guy up and research his background. Check out his web page. He explains the rule nicely in this short video:
Prompt
Read at least one article or view a video about hardware (not software) as discussed in Chapter 3 of our eBook. The article must be from the CNET webpage.
Create PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the article in your own words.
Post this summary to the Hardware Assignment discussion board. Cite your source properly on the last slide.
Read at least one other student’s summary on hardware and provide a peer review.A peer review is an evaluation of another student’s academic work. This could include but is not limited to taking a stand on the topic and providing evidence for/against it; providing additional information on the other student’s topic; posing questions about the topic and possible answers; demonstrating your understanding or application of the topic with examples.
You may need to cite a source in your reply. Remember that if the information does not come out of your own head, you need to cite it.
Guidelines
Your post should follow these guidelines:
Your post should be delivered via PowerPoint.
Your submission should follow the 10 – 20 – 30 rules.
It should contain proper grammar, be free of spelling errors, and reflect critical thinking.
Submit your assignment here by the due date on the course detailed schedule.
Technical Support
Need help using Canvas Discussions? If so, please review the following page: Canvas Resources for Students – Discussions.
Are you new to MS PowerPoint or need to review on some of its features? Click this link and cover tutorials 1-16 to learn MS PowerPoint BasicsLinks to an external site. using the GCFGlobal website. I recommend you skip tutorials 2, 11, and 12 for now because we are not using OneDrive, printing or presenting yet.
Need help with creating a professional presentation. These websites have additional information:National Library of Medicine’s Ten simple rules for effective presentation slidesLinks to an external site.
GCFGlobal’s Simple rules for better PowerPoint presentationsLinks to an external site.
Use Purdue Owl’s Basic Reference ListLinks to an external site. to reference how to cite your article correctly.
New technology, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), is ever-present
New technology, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), is ever-present in the business realm and requires organizations to change frequently and in significant ways. Research an organization that recently implemented new technology. Also, refer to the Topic 8 Resources and additional research sources regarding current AI trends. You are assigned as leaders in a task force at an organization of your group’s choosing (i.e., either one where one of you are currently employed or one your group is interested in researching that meets with instructor approval) where your team is tasked to identify the potential uses for AI to improve productivity. Using the “CLC – AI in the Workplace” template, in 1000-1250 words, address the following: Briefly describe your selected organization, including its industry and the market it serves. What are the benefits of implementing AI in this organization? Provide two examples of how it can be deployed to improve efficiencies and what new innovation opportunities could be pursued by redirecting resources from tasks that AI can now perform. What challenges may be encountered by the organization in implementing AI in the ways that you recommended? Explain what counteractions can be employed to address these challenges. Identify at least one internal and one external stakeholder who may be impacted by this potential change. What unintended consequences may occur that will impact one or more of these stakeholders? What ethical considerations may arise from the implementation of AI in the organization? Refer to Topic 8 Resources. From a Christian worldview perspective, how can the use of AI promote human dignity, stewardship, and/or human flourishing? General Requirements In your research in addition to your textbook, include two or three additional scholarly sources from the Wall Street Journal, GCU Library, and/or the Topic 8 Resources. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Overview
Imagine that you are about to graduate from your current degree progra
Overview
Imagine that you are about to graduate from your current degree program. You are eager to enter the workforce and are actively applying for open positions. Since you want to make the best impression on the hiring manager, you are personalizing your cover letter for each job application.
For this assignment, you will submit a one-page cover letter personalized for an actual job in your future discipline.
To get started on your cover letter, search online job boards for an open position related to your degree program. Identify one job advertisement that interests you and that you could apply for in the future. Since you want to personalize your cover letter, you will need to learn more about (1) the organization and (2) the projects/initiatives related to the position. Therefore, you need to get information on the following:
The organization: Review the organization’s website for general information (often within an “About us” tab). General information may include vision statement, mission statement, values, goals/objectives, history, strategic plan, etc. You may also wish to review information on the organization’s leadership, if available.
Relevant projects or initiatives: Explore the organization’s website and try to gain a better understanding of the services provided, products developed, or other operational items. As you learn more about these projects and/or initiatives, make connections to your desired position.
Structure
Introduction: Provides introduction summary by addressing who applicant is and the position’s title (50 words)
Core Reasons: Explains core reasons for applying for the position, including specific references to the organization and responsibilities of the position (100 words)
Your Value: Provides specific examples of why applicant’s experience would be valued in this position (100 words)
Conclusion: Addresses clearly that an interview is desired along with availability (50 words)
Assignment Details Evaluate at least 3 of the following key variables that are n
Assignment Details Evaluate at least 3 of the following key variables that are needed to design a large-scale organizational transformation (Hughes et al., 2011): Thinking strategically Financial and technical savvy Planning and organizing Managing execution Inspiring aligned purpose Driving change Building the talent base Fostering teamwork Creating open communication Building relationships Customer focus Credibility Personal drive Adaptability Having a learning approach
pART 1
Required:
Calculate the grand totals of Customer Count, Sum of InvoiceAm
pART 1
Required:
Calculate the grand totals of Customer Count, Sum of InvoiceAmount, and Count of Due Date.
Subtotal the accounts receivable by date in a pivot table.
Add in conditional formatting to the count of the Customer field.
Create a line chart representing customer orders by day.
Data: Lab 2.1 Data.xlsx
Specify the Question: How do data types affect the way I can analyze data in Excel? How many payments were due on which dates?
Obtain the Data: This lab uses the Excel file titled Lab 2.1 Data.xlsx. The data file contains 200 individual transactions representing the amount of money each customer (column A) owes (column B) and when the invoice is due (column C). All of these receivables are past their due date as of today’s date, 12/31/2025.
Analyze the Data: Refer to lab 2.1 in your text for additional instructions and steps.
Upload one Word or PDF document containing all of your screenshots for this Lab using the button below.
Note: Please submit your file attachment response in one of the approved file formats; Word file (.doc or .docx), Excel file (.xls or .xlsx), or PDF. To submit photo or image files please paste them into Word or PDF. Consult with your instructor as needed on their preferred file attachment format.
Take a screenshot of the first several rows in the pivot table with the conditional formatting, paste it into a Word document named “Lab 2.1 Excel Submission”, and label the screenshot Submission 1.
Take a screenshot of the Line Chart, paste it into the Word document named “Lab 2.1 Excel Submission”, and label the screenshot Submission 2.
PART 2
Answer the following questions based on the details computed. (ATTACHED)
PART 3
Describe how Excel interprets dates numerically. Why is it meaningful to attach a serial number to dates?
Given the data that is provided in this dataset (Customer, Invoice Amount, and Due Date), list two questions that would be interesting to answer regarding the accounts receivable data in this dataset.
Gnosis is an international freight software company, based in Charleston, South
Gnosis is an international freight software company, based in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Their specialty is shipping “visibility,” which enables firms to determine where their shipping containers are at any given time. Even large firms have trouble locating their shipments, so the Gnosis software can be quite helpful to shippers of all sizes. They were responsive to user needs, with most of their product features having their origin in customer requests. Gnosis had one important goal: to build an ecosystem that enabled supply chain partners to work together.1 But, they knew that the process of integrating supply chains is quite challenging.
The shipping containers were quite large, at 20 or 40 feet long, so it might seem unexpected that they could become lost. However, there are about 17 million shipping containers being transported worldwide, and one container ship can contain over 24,000.2 These containers might travel between two or three destinations in the US, and then back to China for reloading. The complex routes taken to move the merchandise to stores make it difficult to predict when they would arrive and when the container would again be empty and ready to make another trip. The lack of that information makes it difficult for the parties to plan for cooperating with their own supply chain partners. Spreadsheets and emails were too hard to organize and manage.
The vision for an ecosystem was ambitious and would change the nature of their previous products. More importantly, it would change how they developed software. Writing code took weeks and months, and once they completed the code, the customer’s specifications changed due to an inability to differentiate features they wanted from those they needed. Those errors caused long delays in developing apps.
Software to enable tracking can be purchased, but often some important features are left out. Gnosis wanted to be responsive to user needs and a purchased solution was not available to address those needs. A new approach, using “enterprise flexible software,” enabled “low-code” development of app features by experts in the shipping domain, rather than relying on programmers’ expertise when they might misunderstand what is important for shippers.
Gnosis started by designing and creating the first level of transformation with their basic “Track and Trace.” Using a unique tracking number (Master Bill of Lading, or MBL), a real-time report could reveal where all a customer’s containers were, as well as arrival/departure times and dates in transit. Estimates of departure and arrival times were also provided. The software allowed a wide variety of charts and graphs, as well as maps, displayed on a desktop or mobile device. The next iteration introduced an ability to look into the container, allowing all parties to see detail down to the purchase order. Other levels permitted all interactions to be traced for a purchase order, and finally, analytics and machine learning were used to optimize how drivers were assigned to routes under due date constraints. As conditions changed, the assignments were updated dynamically.
Discussion Questions
Each step in a low-code environment is much quicker than in a traditional programming environment. How is the problem of the fast pace compounded by the confusion of users who are not sure what they want or need in an app?
Do you think the features described in the case would be more important during the challenging height of the COVID-19 pandemic or for more “normal” times? For instance, could the system be more helpful for a car manufacturer with a large lot full of 99% assembled SUVs waiting for a computer chip, or for a car manufacturer with equilibrium between supply and demand?
It is likely that competitors will be attracted to the container visibility market. What might Gnosis do to raise switching costs for its customers?
With these levels possible with little coding, Gnosis faces the issue of branching out to other industries. What industry or industries might make use of some of their newfound skills and experience?
Attached is file of Case Study Instruction, Chapter 5 reading which is relevant to the case study. Please use at least 5 references as it mentioned on the instruction file.
Please use peer review article available for university.
Over the past two years we’ve seen several high-profile union drives led by “you
Over the past two years we’ve seen several high-profile union drives led by “young workers,”
most notably those at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe’s, REI, Barnes & Noble, Apple retail stores,
Chipotle, and several others. But why have young workers been at the forefront so much in
these union campaigns? What does it have to do with frustrated economic expectations
(joining the labor market after the Great Recession, mostly experiencing precarious
employment conditions, not being able to afford to buy a house, pay off student loans or even
get a living wage), different politicization than previous generations of young workers (Bernie’s
presidential campaigns, BLM, LGBTQIA+ activism, environmental and abortion rights, and so on)
had on the activism of young workers and how has this affected activism on labor issues? And
what about the industries and jobs that young workers tend to be concentrated in or having
worked through the pandemic on the front lines, often with inadequate protections and
insufficient rewards? Is this generation of young workers fundamentally different from previous
generations in terms of its attitudes to work, the economy and labor activism, and, if so, why?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-contend-with-a-tidal-wave-of-new-undergrad-unions
(This article can be accessed by the University community via the J. Paul Leonard Library
website. Click on the headline “Colleges Contend with a Tidal Wave of New Undergrad
Unions.”) https://library.sfsu.edu/chronicle-higher-education
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2024-01-25%2Fare-campus-jobs-real-work-csu-students-vote-to-form-biggest-undergrad-union%3FaccessToken%3DeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNjE5ODE4NCwiZXhwIjoxNzA2ODAyOTg0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTN1RMUlhUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGMzAxQzVDQ0ExOUQ0MUM5OTk5NURCQzUxOTkzMDM1QiJ9.7ICUkyW-C-ZR5MtSNF9-VloAu_1G3bGiLjJ6dxOTd7o&data=05%7C02%7Cjlogan%40sfsu.edu%7C99c45c0717904ae7183108dc1dbe51b1%7Cd8fbe335822c41a987747f16709aac9f%7C0%7C0%7C638417950488030261%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6l102mm7%2Bn0Lv0VKk2AAtHFWT6WjtnlL371Y3%2B4rjMA%3D&reserved=0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/09/02/young-workers-unions-starbucks-amazon/
Directions
Read Contextual Intelligence (available via Harvard Business Review a
Directions
Read Contextual Intelligence (available via Harvard Business Review at the FIU Library. You will need to login into the FIU LibraryLinks to an external site. to gain access.) or download from below.
Contextual Intelligence Article (FIU Library).pdf
Next, answer the weekly case questions – keep each answer to each question within100 words.
In your own words, describe Contextual Intelligence and why it is important in International Business.
What are some examples of conditions that may affect the outcome of success from what may work in the US but may fail in another country?
Why is it that businesses have difficulties in transferring their business models across borders so easily with the same results?
Revise and edit a paragraph about what I have learned from my contributions in t
Revise and edit a paragraph about what I have learned from my contributions in the club based off of the comment I have provided in the doc. The first paragraph is just for your context and that is where I state my contributions to the club (you don’t need to touch that one). The next paragraph is what I would like you to edit/revise. You can keep the information that is already there but before it (still same paragraph) add information based off of the comment. When it seems necessary you can also make up an example that seems to prove your point. Also don’t start the paragraph with “I have learned…” rather make it a seamless transition between the last paragraph and this.