CASE STUDY ANALYSIS REPORT | MANAGEMENT

Assessment 2 Authentic tasks - Case study analysis report

Type of Collaboration Individual assessment

Marking Criteria Correct identification, use and interpretation of statistical techniques.

Appropriate interpretation of computer output.

Overall, you are required to demonstrate the following knowledge and skills

in this assessment:

 Demonstrate the use of visualising data in presentation of real world data

 Demonstrate the use of statistical concepts/techniques in business data

 Demonstrate how to conduct various hypothesis tests and regression analysis using computer software such as Excel/KaddStat

 Demonstrate the use of computer software to get necessary statistical output

 Demonstrate the skills of preparation of a managerial report

Style and Format Business Report.

ITC568 | ASSESSMENT ITEM 1 PRIVACY AND SECURITY REFLECTION | IT

Task

This assignment is designed to get you to reflect on your personal approach and feelings on information security and privacy.

Read: 

Lau, Y. (2015). Cybercrime in cloud: Risks and responses in Hong Kong, Singapore. In Ko, R., & Choo, K.(Eds.). (2015). The Cloud Security Ecosystem: Technical, Legal, Business and Management Issues. Waltham, MA: Syngress.

ASSESSMENT 2 AUTHENTIC TASKS CASE STUDY ANALYSIS AND REPORT | CASE STUDY

In order to find who is buying different types of luxury cars Automobile Association conducted a survey of luxury car buyers. In this case study, data is collected for three types of luxury cars; BMW, Lexus and Mercedes. The ages, household incomes and years of education for each type of luxury car were collected in the survey. The data set is organised as follows:

Column 1: Type of car, 1 for BMW, 2 for Lexus and 3 for Mercedes.

Column 2: Age of the customer

Column 3: Household Income in Dollars

Column 4: Years of Education

Data set is loaded on eLearning site under assignment data.

MNG03217 | ASSESSMENT 1 QUIZZ | MANAGEMENT

Requirements

Please note that bullet points are not acceptable in the 150 word paragraph; responses need to be written in full sentences. This assignment must be submitted through the Turnitin link for this assignment.

The following assessment aims to differentiate between the different types of leadership required for developing engaged employees based on awareness and respect of group diversity. It begins the development of Cultural Competence Learning Outcome and Graduate Attribute by facilitating students’ preliminary knowledge and awareness about the different types of leadership required to engage a diverse employee workforce.

MNG03217 | ASSESSMENT 2 ESSAY | MANAGEMENT

The following assessment aims to examine how well you understand the relationship between authentic leadership, effective Leader-Member Exchange and management support and the psychological capital of employees of different employee groups. It continues the development of Cultural Competence Learning Outcome and Graduate Attribute by facilitating students’ increased knowledge and awareness about how authentic leadership, effective Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and management support interact on employees outcomes.  

MNG03217 |ASSESSMENT ITEM 3 POSITIVE LEADER PRESENTATION | MANAGEMENT

The following assessment develops Communication and Social Skills Learning Outcome and Graduate Attribute by facilitating students’ knowledge and awareness about how to run an evidence-based intervention targeted at a specific type of employee so as to develop their communication skills in a professional setting.

Requirements

You are required to develop a powerpoint presentation. The powerpoint presentation must be supported by references on the final page. It should show how one small part of the Positive leader theory can be turned into a skill development exercise useful in the workplace.  

MNG03217 | ASSESSMENT ITEM 4 THE POSITIVE LEADER (MNG91211) | MANAGEMENT

Task

Read the following quotes:

1. Jordi (2010, p2)

Reflection is defined as the “activity in which people recapture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate it” … cognitive reflection is the key process through which individuals extract knowledge from their concrete experience … [it] requires that we critique the cultural, class, and gender assumptions and prejudices.”

And/ Or

MNG81001 | ASSESSMENT 3 CASE STUDY | MANAGMENT

Assessment task

The objective of Assessment 3 is to understand the concept of ‘analysis’ and learn how to analyse information efficiently and effectively using a case study. According to Rosenwaser and Stephen (2009, p. 4), analysis is:

More than just a set of skills, analysis is a frame of mind, an attitude toward experience. It is a form of detective work that typically pursues something puzzling, something you are seeking to understand rather than something you are already sure you have the answers to.

Analysis finds questions where there seemed not to be any, and it makes connections that might not have been evident at first.

MNG81001 | ASSESSMENT 4 REPORT | MANAGMENT

Assessment Task

Effective communication throughout a workplace is an essential ingredient to align people’s efforts towards achieving organisational goals. Yet it seems that ‘communication problems’ are continually mentioned as one of the main difficulties for most organisations.

Your boss, the CEO of ABC Company, has asked you to prepare a report investigating the question: 'why managers should make effective communication a priority'? In so doing she expects you to examine four issues:

1. The personal and interpersonal aspects of communication - communicating to persuade and influence others (key points for practicing the art of persuasion) - including personal networks and the grapevine.

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.

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.

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

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

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)

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.