The Reflective Paper should demonstrate understanding
of the reading assignments as well as the implications of new knowledge.
The eight-page paper should integrate readings and class discussions
into work and life experience. It may include explanation and examples
from previous experience as well as implications for future application.

The purpose of the Reflective Paper is for you to
culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your
understanding and application of knowledge in the field of human
resource management.

Focus of the Reflective Paper

The primary function of human resource management is
to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees in the
attainment of organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the
areas of HRM that have been discussed in class:

• EEO and Affirmative Action,
• Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection,
• Human resources development,
• Compensation and benefits,
• Safety and Health, and
• Employee and labor relations.

Submit a Reflective Paper in which you explain how
these aspects work together to perform that primary function. Are any
aspects more important than the others? Why or why not? How do you
believe the HRM role can be optimized for shaping organizational and
employee behavior?

The Reflective Paper must: (a) identify the main
issues in the chosen area, (b) demonstrate new learning that has
occurred, (c) include class activities or incidents that facilitated
learning and understanding, (d) identify specific current and/or future
applications and relevance to your workplace, and (e) reflect the
potential impact to your future career plans or even in your personal
life at home. The emphasis of the Reflective Paper should be on parts
‘d’ and ‘e,’ and on the application of new learning. Explore, in depth,
the benefits of the new learning and understanding that has taken place.

Writing the Reflective Paper

The Reflective Paper:

• Must be eight double-spaced pages in length,
  excluding the cover page and reference page, and formatted according to
  APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.
• Must include a cover page that includes:
  • Name of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course number and name
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
• Must use at least one scholarly source, in addition to the text.
• Must use APA style as outlined in your approved style guide to document all sources.
• Must include, on the final page, a Reference List
  that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved
  style guide.

Please
read the Red Jett Sweets Business Plan, Appendix B, pages 248-270 in the Katz
& Green textbook and view the financial tables in chapters 13 and 14.  Please answer the following questions using
the essay format and support your answers with referenced concepts covered in
the text and other course materials. Total points: 100 equally weighted.
Recommended length: 4-6 pages, single-spaced including references. 

1.  Identify
and discuss at least three cost benefits and three value benefits in the Red
Jett’s business feasibility plan. 

2.  Figure
7.3 on page 198 depicts “the industry life cycle.”  Using this figure, indicate where on this
continuum you would place specialty food trucks and discuss at least three
reasons for your placement. Support your answer with research on the specialty
food truck industry, i.e. NAICS research, trade association journals, etc.

3.  Discuss
the strengths and weaknesses of Red Jett’s proposed primary and secondary
target markets.  Please recommend at
least one additional target market, provide reasons for your recommendation,
and discuss at least one potential competitor in this additional target
market.  . 

4.  Discuss
the strengths and weaknesses of Red Jett Sweets plans to differentiate its
product and services from those of its competitors.

5.  Discuss
how Ms. Mayer and Ms. Gamez’s industry experiences, business skills, and
personal characteristics complement one another in terms of their ability to
startup and successfully operate Red Jett Sweets. Using the “Competency
Self-Assessment in Skill Module 2.2 on pages 34-35, what skills or competencies
are lacking in each partner and how may these be compensated for?

6.  Red
Jett plans to organize its business legally as a “subchapter S
corporation.”  Recommend at least one
other form of legal business formation and discuss at least two reasons or
advantages underlying your recommendation.

7.  Table
13.8 on page 439 presents a projected income statement for the first quarter of
operations for Red Jett Sweets.  Discuss
at least three strategies that Red Jett could implement to increase sales by at
least 25%.

8.  Red
Jett Sweets is no longer in business. 
Based upon the information in the business plan and financial
information presented in chapters 13 and 14, list and discuss at least three
critical risk factors that may have been overlooked in their business plan and
that may have contributed to its demise.

Could you help me with this Essay Question (3 paragraphs – intro, body, conclusion) ALL FOUR QUESTIONS)

All original work needed; no plagiarism. Will check through Turnitin. APA formatted 4 separate documents; references a MUST at least 2 for each question. Need in 12 hours; NO EXTENSIONS!!!! DETAILED ANSWERS!!!

1- we’ve looked at multiple “modern” architectures. Select two different examples of modern architecture and discuss their similarities and differences. Be sure to use specific buildings/sites in your discussion.

Pleas use this example :
Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
Adolf Loos, Longitudinal section through the Steiner House, Vienna

2. The search for identity has been a recurring theme in HDEII. Using specific examples, select one architectural movement and examine how it sought to find/reflect the modern Zeitgeist.
 
3. While architects are often praised for a consistent architectural vision and language, we’ve seen many examples where multiple aesthetic and formal approaches are used over a single career. Please select one architect and discuss how their work changed over time by using specific examples and offering up a balanced analysis of what changed and what stayed the same.

Pleas use Louis Sullivan as an example.
 
4. Consider the role of museum exhibitions and international expositions in promoting architectural ideas. Select two example, present their key themes and objectives.
 
Use this two below :
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Exhibition
Louis Kahn, Kimbell Art Museum

Pleas use attached PDF as source part 1.pdf

You and some friends have started your own company. After the first few months, the profits are rolling in. It is time to start thinking about putting your money to work for you. You decide that investing $5,000 into some Certificates of Deposit (CDs) would be a beneficial move.

With a CD, you lend your money to a third party, and after a set time, your money is paid back with interest. Before you start investing the company’s money this way, you need to pitch it to your friends.

For this project, you can develop a written report, a slideshow, a video, or any other platform as long as it fully addresses the criteria listed below.

1. Research the highest interest rate (APY—annual percent yield) for 2-year and 5-year CDs. Document the company’s name, interest rate, and minimum investment. The minimum investment must be less than or equal to $5,000.
2. Create the functions that represent the 2-year and 5-year CDs with your $5,000 investment. Use these functions to determine the amount you will be paid when the CD matures (the length of time for the specific CD). Show your work.
3. An investor comes to your office. He says that if you give him the $5,000, he will add on an additional $50 each year to what he owes you. Create the function for this investor’s plan. 
4. Create a table showing the value of the two CDs and the investor’s plan for 5 years.

5. Explain to your friends how to prove that the investor’s plan is a linear function and the CDs are exponential functions. Use complete sentences.

6. Find the average rate of change for the investor’s plan and the 5-year CD between years 2 and 3, and between years 3 and 5. Explain what this shows in complete sentences.

7. One of your friends suggests another 5-year option that gives interest based on the function k(x) = 5000(1.02)x. Explain what the 1.02 represents in terms of the CD and if it is a better plan than the 5-year CD you found. Use complete sentences.

8. Make a final recommendation on what plan you and your friends should follow. Consider that you cannot collect your money from a CD until it has fully matured. Your recommendation should be at least three sentences long.

“Public Health Preparedness” Please respond to the following:

• From the first e-Activity, analyze the measures your state and local community have in place to prepare hospitals for two (2) different types of threats to public health. Question whether the design of these measures allows for the sufficient protection of the population in the face of an imminent threat. Justify your response.
• From the second e-Activity, examine two to three (2-3) changes to the preparedness policies of your chosen state and federal government agencies. Determine the significant social, political, or environmental factors that have influenced these changes. Provide support for your rationale.
• ————————————————————————————————————————–

• “Policy Analysis” Please respond to the following:

  • Compare and contrast the rational and political models of policy analysis. Debate the advantages of the model that you believe is most influential in policymaking. Support your rationale with two (2) specific examples of your chosen model’s influence.
  • Suppose you are a health policy analyst for a government contracting agency that a local hospital has hired to complete a policy analysis. From the third e-Activity and your textbook, formulate the problem statement for one (1) of your chosen health policies. Then, outline two (2) additional key steps in the development of a policy analysis for your client

*** These are discussion questions not a research paper. Please use the below link as your resource. 

Week 10 eActivity

Complete
a 12–15
page paper that follows this project through the system development life cycle
(SDLC). Title
and reference pages do not count in the total page count. This
assignment will require you to do the following:

Make sure you have a running
head on title page. Title of the paper is Website Migration Project. I will fill in the remaining information on the title page.

Make
sure the remaining pages have just the title as the header (no running head).

Please
use APA and original work. No plagiarism.

Use
the yellow highlighted information below to start the paper. That should be ½
page right from the start.

I
have completed all required charts and attached them for you to insert so you
will not have to worry about completing them. Just insert them into the paper.
That should account for 4 pages for you.

Main
topics are in bold text below with points to address. Please use the main
points in the paper to identify the changing to a new topic, in bold text just
as they are in the outline below.

Use
at least 5 quality references. No wiki etc. Educational sources only. Make sure
you use citations within the paper per APA guidelines. Use APA reference page.
The reference tab in MS Word will help make this easy for you.

Tony’s Chips has recently been sold to a new independent
company. The new company has hired you to manage a project that will move the
old Website from an externally hosted solution to an internal one. The
company’s leadership is very concerned about redundancy for their site, insisting
that a back-up site be available as a failover in case the main site goes down.
In addition, they want the site redesigned to allow customers to order products
online.

The purpose of this paper is to:

• Discuss what it will take to build a
  Web architecture, move an existing Website with minimal downtime, and provide a
  disaster recovery solution to ensure the site is always available.

• Evaluate alternatives to the company
  self-hosting the site.

• Build
  a Gantt chart using Microsoft Project or equivalent software, showing all tasks
  associated with implementing the Website. Gantt chart is attached,
  just insert it. A screen shot is fine.

• Explain and justify the system
  architecture you have selected.

• Create a use case that documents the event of a
  customer ordering a bag of chips from the new Website.

• The use
  case should include a graphical representation using Visio or equivalent
  software and a text description of the events. Visio is attached, just insert it. A screen shot is
  fine.

• Discuss the support operations that the
  internally hosted Website will require after implementation.

• Explain how we will evaluate the
  performance of the new site and the success of our project.

  Web Architecture:

  Windows 8:  End users all have windows 8 PC’s with IE 10
  and IE 11. All have office 2013and have a stable internet connection. (think
  about things such as, adobe reader and other software used in a typical office
  environment, in your windows 8 environment)

  IIS 8.0: Internet Information
  Services – Is the operating system for the web server. Includes the net 4.5
  framework (Google IIS 8 and all of the bullets) Installed on windows server
  2012.

  SQL Server 2014: Database
  server from Microsoft. Installed on windows server 2012.

  (talk about the relational database) (not much
  needed for this bullet) Research windows Azure.

  Moving the existing website:

  Migration best practices. Discuss
  four items usually used.

  Disaster recovery:

  Website disaster recovery
  plan.

  Alternatives to self-hosting:

  Amazon

  Cloud

  Azure

  Talk about the advantages and
  disadvantages.

  Google SAAS vs. paas –
  understanding the cloud site – (Talk about it and Insert the pyramid picture
  from that site)

  Insert the provided Gantt
  Chart.

  System Architecture Justification:

  TCO

  outsourcing

  in-house development

  scalability

  Use case for buying a bag of
  chips from a web site.

  Insert the provided Visio.

  Support operations:

  Admin

  Designers

  Developers

  Talk about their roles.

  Research salaries for each.

  Explain capital needed for future
  upgrades

  Evaluate performance of the new site:

  TCO

  Web reports

  business justification

  use a conclusion if needed to
  add more content.

use_case_cis_210_final_paper.docx
gantt_chart_cis_210_final_paper.docx

The objective of this project is to
demonstrate some of the principles of a digital communication system. I
want you to implement at least two digital compression techniques from Chapter
6 using audio files as input. (Book- Modern Digital & Analog Communication
systems B.P. Lathi Zhi Ding -4th edition. 3rd edition has same concept. this
book can be easily found online for free)(Ch-6 topics in book, PCM, Digital
Multiplexing, DPCM, ADPCM, Delta Modulation etc)You should play with various
parameters to experimentally determine which compression scheme gives you the
maximum compression at acceptable quality level.  Before you start please
make sure you add comments as much as possible and explain .

Project
Steps:

1.
Read the sample PCM audio file into MATLAB.

Task 1:

1.
Sample audio files in PCM can be found at:

http://download.wavetlan.com/SVV/Media/HTTP/http-wav.htm

(in this
website use test 2 or test 3 files. when you click those test- 2 or 3 link it
will open new window and play animal sound files for 10 second each. Test
2 is Mono file-  48000 Hz & Test 3 is
Stereo file- 11025HZ)

2.
When you download them they will be stored as a .wav file.

3.
Plot the histogram of the audio. Comment on the shape of the histogram. Is CLT
in play here?

4.
Instruction for reading wave into matlab is available online on matlab website

Task 2 Apply PCM with 16 quantization levels. In
other words, change the number of levels from whatever it is in the sample
audio file to 4 bits/pixel.

1.
Plot the histogram of the quantized signal

2.
Calculate the SNR at the output of the quantizer.

3.
Listen to the original audio and newly quantized audio. Can you tell any
difference?

Consider
trying other quantization levels to see if you can derive any general
conclusions.

4.
Explain your results in the report.

Task 3: Apply DPCM (including both
transmitter and receiver side) to the original file from Task 1, with a 4bit quantizer for
the difference signal and a 1st order linear predictor. Explain how you
selected the coefficients a and b of the predictor. Include the derivation of a
and b in the report. Assuming the transmission between transmitter and receiver
is ideal (i.e. no channel noise is added).

1.
What is the transmitted signal? Plot the histogram of the transmitted signal
with correct label.

2.
Calculate the SNR of the DPCM system.

3.
Calculate the SNR improvement/degradation over PCM.

4.
Replace the 1st order predictor with a 3rd order predictor (refer to class
notes). Repeat step 3.1 3.4 above.

5.
Compare and then explain the results of the two predictors in the report.

Task 4. Based on the structure of the DPCM
system (using the 1st order predictor) in part 3, add a bit-encoder on the
transmitter side and bit-decoder on the receiver side. Now the transmitted
signal s(n), n = [ 0 ,1, 2, 3, …] becomes a bit pattern sequence of 1’s and
0’s. Use on off line code and raised cosine for pulses.

4.1.
Plot the first 20 pulses of s(n)

4.2
As a bonus, repeat with bipolar code. (You may have to write your own Matlab
code and integrate with Matlab)

5.
(You can do this part at the end). Now, using BFSK (Binary Frequency Shift
Keying) to modulate the pulses. Add the BFSK modulator at the transmitter side and
demodulator at the receiver side. The modulated signal is summed with additive white
Gaussian channel noise during the transmission. For BFSK modulation, let 1MHz be the
frequency of ‘0’ in s(n) and the frequency of ‘1’ is selected according to the minimum spacing
criteria ( df
= 1 / (2 * pi * Tb ). The data rate is 1Kbps. Test for the case of channel SNR = -20dB,
-10dB, -0dB, 5dB, 10dB, 20dB and 30dB.

Task 5:

5.1
Plot the first 20 pulses of the BFSK signal with noise for each SNR case.

5.2 Determine the bit
errors for each case. Plot the number of bit errors vs channel SNR. Explain
your result.

5.3
Reconstruct the audio on the receiver side for each SNR case. Show and explain
your result.

Task 6:

Repeat all of these steps for a video
sequence of your choice. No more than 10 secs of video

should
be used. You can try inter-frame compression as well.

Requirements for the
report:

● Show a block diagram for each system.

● Develop a high level algorithm (sketch
the flow chart) for this project; identify major

functions/operations.

● Make sure the code runs.

● Analyze and explain your results of
all the tasks.

● Submit a VERY PROFESSIONAL (typed)
project report with at least the following sections (No

need to strictly
follow the IEEE format):

● Abstract of this study

● Introduction

● Theory sections

● Brief description of the concepts of
quantization, DPCM, digital modulation /

demodulation and
etc.

● Description of your method and system
design

● Validation and result analysis

● Summary and Conclusion

The financial crisis of 2008 caused macroeconomists to rethink monetary and fiscal policies. Economists, financial experts, and government policy makers are victims of what former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan called a “once in a century credit tsunami”—in other words, nobody saw it coming.

Based on the analysis of the data, share your thoughts on what caused the financial crisis and whether the United States is going in the right or wrong direction with its current policies.

Focus specifically on the following:

• Monetary policy
  • What monetary policies do you think caused the crisis?
  • What were the effects of the policies implemented in reaction to the crisis?
  • Do you think the solutions worked in the short term? In the long term?
• Fiscal policies
  • What fiscal policies do you think caused the crisis?
  • What were the effects of the fiscal policies implemented in reaction to the crisis?
  • Do you think the solutions worked in the short term? In the long term?

Make sure you include the following concepts in your analysis:

• Interest rates
• The financial services industries (CDOs, CMOs, the stock market, credit flows, money markets, etc.)
• Tax rebates
• Stimulus
• TARP
• Government debt and deficit
• Inflation
• Unemployment
• GDP

In your opinion, did government intervention help or harm the economy before and after the panic of 2008? Would you have done anything differently?

Make sure you use research to back up your argument.

Imagery and cognitive mapping originally focused on visual and spatial relations. Reading the literature prior to the discovery of the mirror neuron system by Giacomo Rizzolatti and his colleagues, one can see that many researchers observed phenomena in humans that implied the existence of mirror neurons. Keeping in mind characteristics of mirror neurons, this assignment will ask you to consider the application of imagery and cognitive mapping as tools to enhance transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory.

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

• Include two scholarly resources other than those in the assigned readings with appropriate references and in-text citations.
• Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines An abstract is not required.

Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words that addresses the application of imagery and cognitive mapping as tools to enhance transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory. Include the following 

1. A description of imagery and cognitive mapping and their common applications
2. A statement of how imagery and cognitive mapping might be applied to the improvement of long-term memory
3. A statement regarding the role of mirror neurons with regard to imagery, cognitive mapping, and information transfer

Will verify answers upon completion.