HRM503 | International Human Resource Management | Human Resource management

Task Details

Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) plays a significant role in organisational effectiveness (Gallup Consulting, 2010; Pfeffer & Veiga, 1999). It is therefore important to adopt SHRM, as opposed to traditional Human Resource Management (HRM), for effective HR decision-making within an organisation. Amongst the abundance of available SHRM models, Jackson and Schuler’s (1995) model includes a variety of macro-level environmental characteristics that influence the implementation of HRM practices, policies and philosophies, and subsequently, influences organisational performance.

The focus of this assignment is to analyse the external operaing environment of a Higher Education (HE) Sector and discuss potential impacts on the HRM functions of a HE provider such as a University. Use Jackson and Schuler (1995) HRM model to analyse the external environment of the HE Sector that you are familiar with. Identify and discuss the factors of the environment and their potential impact on the HRM functions of an HE provider of your choice.                                                                                    

To complete this assignment successfully students at a minimum:

• Identify a HE provider (e.g. a university) in Australia or in your home country/state/territory. Briefly describe the profile of the HE provider and discuss its mission and vision.
• Discuss the external environmental factors presented in Jackson and Schuler’s (1995) HRM model.
• Use Jackson and Schuler model to analyse the factors of the external operating environment of your chosen HE provider.
• Discuss the different functions of HR. The typical HR functions are:

• • planning, resourcing and retention,
  • recruitment and selection,
  • training and development,
  • remuneration and rewards and
  • employee relations.
• Discuss the impact of each external environmental factor on the HR functions of the chosen HE provider.

                                                                                                

Assignment Extensions

This is a formal assessment task therefore any extension requests must follow the CDU Business School’s formal extension process. For more information follow the link “Business School Assignment Extensions Information” in the CDU Business School – Resource area in the Learnline Home Page of this unit.  

Late Submission

Late assessment submissions incur a penalty of 5% per day past the due date. Your assignment must be formatted with heading.

ENEM 14014 | Capstone Thermo Fluid Engineering | Capstone

Project Title:

Assessments of Energy Performance and Retrofitting of an Institutional Building for Improved Thermal Management

Project Scope:

The development of strategies for efficient and effective energy management in buildings is essential not only for reducing the cost of energy but also to save the environment. Effective HVAC control strategies should be developed for improved thermal energy management. Energy savings of up to 30% or even more can be achieved through introducing proper energy conservation measures (ECM) in existing building without compromising the indoor comfort. The speed and reliability of today’s computers and the availability of suitable energy simulation software with optimization techniques have given us the opportunity to take advantage of thermal design of buildings and to make decision for energy conservation purposes.

According to Commercial Buildings Energy Code, about 65% of electrical energy is used for space conditioning in Australia. Rockhampton is a hot and humid area and Australian Bureau of Meteorology records show that in 2005 Rockhampton had the hottest temperature in this region in 37 years. This clearly indicates that the HVAC system of a building in this region has a huge potential for energy savings. Development of strategies for an efficient energy management is thus very important.                                                   

In this project, the student teams should aim to study energy management strategies for existing heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems of a reference building in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. The details of the building will be provided on the Moodle page. There are many factors to be considered when

considering a HVAC system for a building or industry. Some of these factors are:

• The comfortable conditions (temperature, humidity, air velocity, air quality, etc.)
• The installation method, operating procedure and maintenance
• The cooling and/or heating loads in each zone of the buildings or industry
• The method of controlling the system to ensure comfortable conditions maintained throughout
• The identification of energy conservation opportunities through better design, modifications, retrofitting, etc.

The amount of energy use in institutional/office buildings depends on the building envelope, operational efficiency of the HVAC system, fresh air requirement, lighting system and their efficiency, internal plug loads, building operation and maintenance. The first category is the base load, which can be defined as the non-weather dependent energy use. The other category is energy use in the air conditioning plants and systems. This requires the determination of how much energy is used for heating and cooling, through energy use associated with fans and pumps. The aim of this project is to exercise your theoretical thermo-fluid knowledge and skills in a practical application in the area of building HVAC systems.      

                                                                                              

You are required to study, analyze and assess the existing air-conditioning system of the building to report whether the thermal performance of the building can be improved. Alternative HVAC systems alone with other ECM measures can be proposed that can be incorporated into building energy management system (BMS) to reduce the building’s energy consumption. Relevant technical data and other information on the existing building will be available on Moodle. Note that any information that is not given is at the the HVAC Engineers’s discretion.

Energy consumption profile and thermal comfort profile should be simulated using available Building Energy Performance Simulation Software, DesignBuilder. The software is available to download at

and you can download a trial version free of charge. The trial version of the software is functional for four weeks only. You / your team will receive the student license from the teaching team later in the term. The software is also accessible in the computer labs for the Engineering students.

Learning Outcome:

This project will assist you to partially achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. Analyse, explain and evaluate performance characteristics and determine the load on air conditioning and refrigeration plants

2. Analyse, explain and evaluate mass, energy and heat transfer processes in industrial plant and components, and industrial processes

3. Apply discipline theories and methods to the problems of designing, implementing, operating and maintaining mechanical systems in industrial contexts

4. Communicate professionally and provide evidence of personal reflection on, and critical assessment of, team contributions and professional development, and development of technical competence in thermo-fluid engineering

5. Reflect upon, formulate and solve problems and record and communicate professionally the approach used to resolve problems and the reasons for adopting such approaches to problems

Project Submission:

Your project outcomes should be presented in two formats.

1. A team project report and a soft copy of the simulation results (DesignBuilder .dsb file). Your submission should have at least the following items:

• Literature review on latest HVAC systems and their application to different types of buildings and industries

• Working principle of existing and proposed HVAC systems in the reference study building .

• Thermal comfort conditions, according to local climatic condition

• Model development, system definition and classification of whole building into different thermal zones for HVAC control purposes

• Simulation of energy consumption and indoor thermal environmental profile of the reference building with the existing HVAC system

• Evaluation of alternative HVAC systems alone with other ECMs in the simulation environment to order to reduce Energy Use Intensity (EUI), i.e. total annual kWh/m2

• CFD analysis of temperature distribution in the reference building

Your submitted documentation must include a bibliography of the resources you have reviewed and considered to prepare the report. It is anticipated that each team will prepare a comprehensive report with an executive summary, introduction, literature review, schematic / diagram where necessary, methodology, model development, detailed results with comparison and analysis, concluding remarks. The report should also explain the contribution of each team member made in the project in percentage as per the assessment criteria in the unit profile.

1. An audio-visual (AV) team presentation (10 mins max) and ppt slides - highlighting the findings from the project a week prior to the final submission. Teams are required to submit a recorded presentation with contribution from all team members.

ASSIGNMENT 1 WEEK 7 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DETAILS:

In the weeks up to week 7, we’ve learned about various components of the IT Infrastructure.
From week 7, we will look at security and management.

Your task for Assignment 1 is to produce a report that describes the range of features in any of the component types of the topics listed below.  For example, in the first case, we have selected:

RESEARCH REPORT | MARKETING

TASK:

The Australian market is limited by its industries, size, and location. The majority of
Australian businesses are small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) who are
increasingly looking at overseas markets to expand their marketing activities and
grow their business. The Asia Pacific is a region on which a growing number of
Australian businesses are focussing their international marketing activities. Overall, the region’s economies are growing, however, growth and opportunities are different for each country within the region. Although international marketing can provide a range of opportunities for business growth, it is also challenging as each country consists of a distinctive market environment and specific consumers. 

 For this assignment, you will take on the role of an International Marketing The consultant who assists an Australian company with their international market expansion. In assignment 2, you will, therefore, need to understand your client’s products and consumer profile, as well as the industry sector. Based on this knowledge and an analysis of two possible markets in the Asia Pacific (see possible country list), you have to discuss their market attractiveness and challenges and make a justified recommendation for market entry into one of the markets. You have to choose one of the below companies, which will serve as a case study for your assignments 2 and 3.

Particulars:

Provide a brief company and product overview

Industry sector profile (domestic and global)

Develop consumer profiles (company and industry)

• Research and critically analyze two possible markets in the Asia Pacific (See possible countries list below)
• Develop a justified recommendation regarding which of the two markets to enter (which they will be the focus of assignment 3)
• You have to advise no later than by the end of week 4 which company and which two countries you chose for your assignment 2.

Choose two of these markets for assignment 2:

Remember: Assignment 2 is linked to assignment 3 and you will have to focus on
the same business case in assignment 3! Your market recommendation in
assignment 2 will be the market for assignment 3!

Presentation: Assignments are to be typed, with one and a half line spacing, and a
12-point font size. Please also allow for page margins of at least 2cm each. Overall,
adopt a professional approach.

Assessment Client, industry sector and consumers (max 30 marks; 10 each):
criteria:

•Clearly demonstrate an understanding of your client’s business and product range, the domestic and global industry that it is operating in, as well as the specific and wider consumer markets. (quality of business overview, industry, and consumer profiles)

Market analysis and critical discussion (max 50 marks; 25 for each market):

· Analyse and critically discuss the two chosen international markets utilizing an appropriate framework for analysis. (depth of analysis, criticality, and use of an appropriate framework)

                                                                                          

Justified recommendation (max 10 marks):

· Develop a justified recommendation on which market the company should focus their international expansion on. (quality of justification)

The written report and referencing (max 10 marks):

· Paper is written in a report style and structured to support argumentation and readability; contains correct spelling and grammar; within the word limit. Application of the CDU Harvard referencing style guide for in-text citation and reference list.

(clarity of report structure, flow, and readability, quality of writing, word limit, correct format of references and reference list)

Please note: You need to research appropriate data and resources from a range of credible sources. This can include (but not exclusively) country and government information, industry data and reports, reports from respectable consultancy companies, professional media outlets, as well as academic journals and books. The quality and relevance of the used sources are likely to have a huge influence on the quality of your report. If in doubt, ask your lecturer.

Penalties: Late Submissions

· Late assignments will lose 5% of the available marks each day (or part thereof).

Plagiarism

· You are to identify the sources of any ideas and words in your assignment that are not yours. Unattributed materials may not be included in the consideration of your assignment and serious cases of academic misconduct will be handled in accordance with the Student Complaints Management Process.

MAN508 | ORGANISATIONAL STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP | MANAGEMENT

UNIT DESCRIPTION

This postgraduate unit introduces the major themes, principles, and practices of strategic management. The unit critically reviews a number of strategic management models and emphasizes the importance of effective leadership. It also explores the role of leadership in developing sound and effective organizational strategy.

MPA 701 | ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – THE ESSAY | ACCOUNTING

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK:

Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakin within 15 working days.

Description / Requirements

Over the past two decades, corporate social and environmental disclosures have increasingly been made in separate stand-alone reports in addition to a variety of other media such as websites. These stand-alone social and environmental reports have become more complex (and long) as a greater range of issues has been disclosed to meet the supposed information needs of a range of stakeholders. 

COSC1182/83 | USABILITY ENGINEERING | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 1: PARTICIPANT AND RECRUITMENT SUMMARY

1. Age range and source of participants

Indicate the age range of people you plan to approach. How do you intend to approach people to be involved in the test? (ie. how do you know them?) (up to 50 words)

Write your answer here… [delete this line before submitting]

1. Explain how you will recruit your participants and invite them to participate

COSC2531 | PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS | PROGRAMMING

INTRODUCTION

This is a group assignment and worth 20% of your final grade. The grading is based on both demonstration and final code submission. Each group may consist of 2-3 students. You must demonstrate your assignment in your timetabled practical class prior to your final submission.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this assignment is to develop your programming and problem solving skills in a step-by-step manner. The different stages of this assignment are designed to gradually introduce different concepts, such as loops, arrays, and methods.

COSC1182/83 | USABILITY ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT 2 PART 1 | MANAGEMET

OVERVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT 1

Assignment 2 consists of two components: Part 1, Part 2 for a total of 30 % of your overall work.

Part 1 – Test plan for larger user study [ 5%]

Part 2 – Final report for larger user study [25%]

This document contains only Part 1 of Assignment 2.

ABSTRACTS | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Write four (4) abstracts:

each abstract should be 300 words . the four (4) nominated readings in the Reading Material and Exercises book (RME). The nominated readings for the current study session are listed below. 1. Under each of the four (4) abstracts, write a 150 word example of how each reading relates to your work experience, or how they could relate to an imaginary work situation. Students who do not have any relevant work experience may base the “experience” components on their personal life experience

2. A feature of the assignment is the requirement of strict compliance with the word limits, each component has a word count tolerance of plus 10%. see Length below. Autumn 2018

COMPUTER SECURITY | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TASK

Cross-site Scripting (XSS), Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Structured Query Language (SQL) Injections are common attacks, exploiting web application vulnerabilities. Your task is to select one attack type from either XSS, CSRF or SQL injection as the basis for your report and explain and graphically depict all components of the attack by addressing the following two requirements:

MIS770 | FOUNDATION SKILLS IN DATA ANALYSIS | LAW

PARTICULARS

• Due:Week 5 – 9:00 am, Thursday 12^th April 2018
• Words:2,000 (See Item 1, Guidelines)
• Submission: Online to the MIS770 assignment one drop box in the Cloud Unit Site. Email submissions will not be accepted
• Note:This assignment is to be completed individually

ASSURANCE OF LEARNING

This assignment assesses following Graduate Learning Outcomes and related Unit Learning Outcomes:

Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO)	Unit Learning Outcome (ULO)
GLO1: Discipline knowledge and capabilities:	ULO1: Apply the fundamentals of quantitative
appropriate to the level of study related to a	reasoning to solve real-world problems
discipline or profession

INFS 5095 | Technology Review for Managing Big Data from IoT | IT

About this Assignment

This assignment is giving you practice in matching business needs to data-technology solutions and being able to communicate that. You could imagine you are a big data consultant who has been asked to give a presentation to a group of organisations who are considering whether to invest in big data. Assume that the audience know little about IoT (Internet of Things) or big data.

However, the assignment is not just a sales pitch – you have to demonstrate that you know what you are talking about, back up your arguments with evidence, communicate new concepts and demonstrate to the audience that you have an understanding of how IoT is used in businesses enough to recommend a specific technology.

COM4056 | Individual Problems and Case study on Secure Server Network | Systems Administration

Question 1: Which cryptography for a company in expansion? (20 points)

A successful financial company based in the North East is about to open a second office in the south of the country. The CEO decides to introduce “security” to the digital communications amongst staff but is unsure whether to use symmetric or public-key cryptography.

You are hired by the CEO to write a short report (1000 words max) advising the company.

ITECH1103 | Big Data and Analytics Group Assignment | Information Technology

Task 1- Background information

Write a description of the selected dataset and its importance given the Solar Cities project, i.e. the Solar Cities project is attempting to understand power usage in dwellings, in order to then recommend how to improve the overall efficiency of power consumption in dwellings. Information must be appropriately referenced. [1 Page]

ACTY 5320 | Law of Business Obligations | Law

Question 1 (Learning Outcome One)            10 Marks

New Zealand Constitutional Framework – short essay

Instructions: Describe in your own words what is “common law” and give an example (using a case) of how the common law system works

Question 2 (Learning Outcome One)   10 Marks

Legislation - Interpretation and Application

Instructions: Locate the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 on the New Zealand

ITC 542 | Security fundamentals | Information Technology

Task

This assessment aims to develop and gauge student understanding of the key topics covered so far by answering the following questions. Answering these questions will help you build some understanding for the next assessment item as well as for the entire subject. It is expected that answers to the assignment questions be succinct (i.e. precise and concise) with all sources of information fully referenced as per APA referencing style. You have to reference the text book and any additional material you have used in your answers.

PPMP 20011 | Commercial Project Negotiation for Project Managers | Ppmp

Topics

• Qld Health Payroll

• Practical Assessment 1: Projects Negotiation and Conflict Report

2. The Projects;

2. The Participants;

4. The Negotiation Interaction Process;

5. The Negotiation Methods;

6. The Outcome

CSM80002 | Environmental Sustainability in Construction | Science

Assignment requirements

Write your assignment in a report format using academic language. Use your research (correctly in-text referenced) to provide evidence and support for your beliefs and arguments. Your report must have the following sections:

✓ Title

✓ Summary (or abstract)

 ✓ Introduction

 ✓ Different sections for the 6 different reporting requirements. You may use subheadings if required.

 ✓ Discussion and Conclusion

✓ Reference List

Python Program | Python

The Misbehavior of Markets

1. Write a python program(s) to download end-of-day data last 25 years the major global stock market indices from Yahoo! Finance–

• Dow Jones Index (USA)
• S&P 500 (USA)
• NASDAQ (USA)
• DAX (Germany)
• FTSE (UK)
• HANGSENG (Hong Kong)
• KOSPI (Korea)
• CNX NIFTY (India)

Advanced Java Programming | Java

Overview

This course has three assignments and no examination.  

• The first assignment is your “Project Proposal” for the project that you are planning to work on in this course. 
• The second assignment is a progress report “Assignment 1“.
• The third assignment is the submission of your completed “Final Project Report“.

INF11114 | Digital Business Environments | Management

This is a formal piece of work, worth 30% of your mark for the module.

Coursework 1 comprises preparatory work for an analysis that you will fully undertake for Coursework 2.  Coursework 1 sets the focus for that work, examining your selection of an appropriate organisation to study, your assessment of potential sources of data, the nature of the analytical approaches that you intend to undertake.

You are required to produce a short (2000 word upper limit) report, addressing three inter-connected areas:

SWM5100 | Social Work: Fields of Practice | Management

Task description

Background

As a social worker, it is important to be able to view complex problems from a number of view points, including the perspective of the client. Working through the questions below will help you to apply some of the ideas from lectures and tutorials to a real-world challenge.

There are no right or wrong answers. Your responses should be grounded in what you have learned in lectures, tutorials and through your readings and own research. Thus, the answers are not necessarily given in the clip; instead the clip provides a stimulus from which you can demonstrate what you have learned over the last four weeks.

Portfolio | Research

Assignment-1 Portfolio by Critical Reviews

You will develop a portfolio of resources by writing five critical reviews.  A critical review requires you to summarise and evaluate an article, and find additional articles to support your evaluation.  Each critical review should include an introduction, a summary, a critique, a conclusion and references.  Each critical review should be 400-500 words.  The articles to evaluate will be provided on the unit website.

Project Outline and Topic Presentation | Management

Assignment Task 1 

You should choose your own project topic and then briefly write a problem statement followed by aim, objectives, sources of secondary data and a brief methodology of the project. In addition, as a part of topic presentation, all on-campus students are required to discuss their project topic and ideas during the tutorial sessions in front of other students. You are also expected to provide constructive feedback on one of your classmates’ project.  Please see details in the course profile.