Discussion 1: “Allocation and Allotments” Please respond to the following:

From the first e-Activity, examine and evaluate the disparity of your state’s budget allocation for education and property tax to the various localities. Based on your assessment, challenge or defend the equity of the system across the various localities.

Discussion 2 “Variance Analysis” Please respond to the following:

Recommend at least two (2) strategies an administrator can apply to ensure that the budget is performing according to the established performance indicators. Justify your response. From the second e-Activity on “Variance Analysis”, propose at least two (2) actions an administrator can take to avoid assumptions in budget items to avoid overlooking favorable or adverse line items in the budget. Provide examples to justify your response.

As we consider the broad topic of integration of science (psychology, in our case) and theology, consider this conversation that a student had with his pastor:

Pastor: I know you are studying counseling at Liberty University. As you know, I received training in theology, and I well remember Jay Adams’ famous statement: “Psychology is just sinful human beings sinfully thinking about sinful human beings.” I am deeply concerned about the wisdom of pursuing this degree at Liberty. Personally, I think psychology is secular “mumbo jumbo.”

The Pastor continues: In my opinion, all psychological problems are simply problems of faith, and should be addressed through prayer, repentance, and seeking counsel from the Holy Spirit. After all, you, as a sinner, cannot be expected to help other sinful people–can you? Can psychology really be integrated with theology? What’s your opinion?”

How would you respond to your pastor? In your dialogue with your pastor (“Pastor, thanks for allowing me to answer your concerns. Personally, I agree/disagree. . . “) include the following: 1.Explain why you agree or disagree with Adams’ quote, based on your understanding of the course materials. Adequately justify your position considering both Adams’ presuppositions and implications for Christian counseling. How does your own worldview largely determine your answer? What does the quote say about sources of knowledge, per Entwistle’s discussion? Your answer will indicate which of the models of integration you support. 2.Review the reasons supporting the integration of psychology and theology. Based on your thoughtful analysis, what is the one best argument for attempting to integrate the two disciplines? Make sure to justify and support your answer. Where appropriate, use in-text citations to support your assertions. Feel free to actually create a dialogue with your pastor, or provide your answer in a narrative. For all your discussion board work for this module/week, make sure you draw upon the textbook and presentations to support your arguments. Use citations to “back up” your statements.

Assignment: The Key Concepts in Economics

Due Week 8 and worth 175 points

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Identify at least four (4) key points of a relevant economic article from either the Strayer Library or a newspaper. The article must deal with any course concepts covered in Weeks 1-8. Apply one (1) of the following economic concepts (supply, demand, market structures, elasticity, costs of production, GDP, Unemployment, inflation, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply) to the key points that you highlighted in Question 1. Explain how the concept that you identified in Question 2 could affect the U.S. economy. In your concluding paragraph, state whether you agree or disagree with the economic article identified in Question 1. Provide a rationale for the response. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment with one (1) being your article. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze the dynamics of supply and demand to anticipate market equilibrium. Analyze the elasticity of demand and supply and its importance, and the effect of taxes or other public policies. Describe the impact of various forms of competition on business operations with emphasis on perfect competition. Use technology and information resources to research issues in principles of economics.\ Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

University of Phoenix Material

 

Modern America Matrix Week 4

 

Week 4: 1970s

 

Watergate

 

From the following list, choose five events related to the Watergate scandal. Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column, and add a reference for your material in the Reference column.

 

• CREEP
• Dirty tricks
• Break-in
• Erwin Committee
• Archibald Cox
• The Washington Post
• Woodward and Bernstein
• Mark Felt
• John Dean
• Phone tapings
• Saturday Night Massacre
• Spiro Agnew
• Supreme Court and tapes
• Smoking Gun
• Resignation
• Ford pardons Nixon

 

Event	Identify	Significance	Reference

 

Post-Watergate Presidencies

 

From the following list, choose five events during the 1970s. Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column, and add a reference for your material in the Reference column.

 

• Post-Watergate Public Opinion
• The Arab Oil Embargo
• Stagflation
• High Interest Rates
• The Crisis of Confidence
• Energy crisis
• The Iranian Hostage Crisis
• The Sagebrush Rebellion
• OPEC
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Ted Kennedy

 

Event	Identify	Significance	Reference

 

Due, Sunday 5/29/2016 PST Final Strategic Plan. – 300-350 words, use charts, tables, etc.,APA Format, Use correct citations and references Use the strategic recommendation paper attachment and provide a detailed Implementation Plan and detailed Organizational Change in leadership strategies. DO NOT REPEAT the SAME INFORMATION that has been provided as an attachment, but EXPAND and ELABORATE on what has been discussed. For example, Can this be done? Does Tesla have the money to implement this plan? How much money would it cost? How much money does Tesla have? Intellectual Capital? Legal Parameters? How much time does Tesla have to implement? How much time does Tesla have for the amount of cars they promised to deliver (by 2018)? Can it be done? Etc… Incorporate ALL instructor feedback from attachment (wk5 Team B) for only Implementation Plan and Organizational Change in Leadership strategies as well as everything explained above. (Note: Provide Global References) • Implementation Plan • Organizational Change Leadership/Management Strategies

Please review ALL attachments DO NOT REPEAT information, but expand on it in details, word count not restricted to 300, but can be more if needed.

Due, Sunday 5/29/2016 PST Final Strategic Plan. – 300-350 words, use charts, tables, etc.,APA Format, Use correct citations and references Use the strategic recommendation paper attachment and provide a detailed Implementation Plan and detailed Organizational Change in leadership strategies. DO NOT REPEAT the SAME INFORMATION that has been provided as an attachment, but EXPAND and ELABORATE on what has been discussed. For example, Can this be done? Does Tesla have the money to implement this plan? How much money would it cost? How much money does Tesla have? Intellectual Capital? Legal Parameters? How much time does Tesla have to implement? How much time does Tesla have for the amount of cars they promised to deliver (by 2018)? Can it be done? Etc… Incorporate ALL instructor feedback from attachment (wk5 Team B) for only Implementation Plan and Organizational Change in Leadership strategies as well as everything explained above. (Note: Provide Global References) • Implementation Plan • Organizational Change Leadership/Management Strategies

Please review ALL attachments DO NOT REPEAT information, but expand on it in details, word count not restricted to 300, but can be more if needed.

Due, Sunday 5/29/2016 PST Final Strategic Plan. – 300-350 words, use charts, tables, etc.,APA Format, Use correct citations and references Use the strategic recommendation paper attachment and provide a detailed Implementation Plan and detailed Organizational Change in leadership strategies. DO NOT REPEAT the SAME INFORMATION that has been provided as an attachment, but EXPAND and ELABORATE on what has been discussed. For example, Can this be done? Does Tesla have the money to implement this plan? How much money would it cost? How much money does Tesla have? Intellectual Capital? Legal Parameters? How much time does Tesla have to implement? How much time does Tesla have for the amount of cars they promised to deliver (by 2018)? Can it be done? Etc… Incorporate ALL instructor feedback from attachment (wk5 Team B) for only Implementation Plan and Organizational Change in Leadership strategies as well as everything explained above. (Note: Provide Global References) • Implementation Plan • Organizational Change Leadership/Management Strategies

Please review ALL attachments DO NOT REPEAT information, but expand on it in details, word count not restricted to 300, but can be more if needed.

Assignment 2 version 2.2 (25 April 2016)
Using the same case study in Assignment 1 and building upon the work you have already completed you need to undertake the following tasks:
TASK 2.01 Continue your journal (a project log or diary) for this next Assignment, date, summary of activities undertaken, actions completed and actions planned. Use a table with columns for activity number, date, activity, description and status. The journal will serve as the diary of your project. The journal should be attached as an Appendix to your report (15 Marks)
Task 2.02 Develop a “TO BE” and “AS IS” process using BPMN or UML then compare the As-Is and To-be diagrams to assess the impact of change and prepare a briefing note for the Organisational change and Training Team regarding the anticipated business impact of the system. You should make recommendations on how these business impacts can be managed (25 Marks)

TASK 2.03 From a business perspective categorise the backlog (from Assignment 1) using the MOSCOW requirement prioritization method (or other similar method – in which case you must name the method and give a reference) and identify the stories that makes your minimum viable product (10 Marks)
TASK 2.04 Develop screen designs for two MUST stories created in the Task above and identify any business rules; justify your design; you can use any method or tool for screen design (15 Marks)
TASK 2.05 Write all acceptance criteria for these two stories to be done (10 Marks)
TASK 2.06 Write a Job Description for a Business Analyst to be recruited to join your project (15 Marks)
TASK 2.07 In one page, list in dot point form the key differences between Agile and SDLC (waterfall) methods of Business Analysis (10 Marks)
Marking guide
10 (20) 9 (18) 8 (16) 7 (14) 5 (10) 3 (6) 0
Outstanding: High Distinction: Distinction: Credit: Pass: Fail: Not Submitted:
An outstanding attempt – well formatted and professionally presented piece of work. An excellent piece of work that meets all the specified criteria with very minor omissions or mistakes More than competently meets the criteria specified with only minor mistakes or omissions. Competently meets the criteria as specified with few minor mistakes or omissions. Satisfactorily meets the criteria. Did not sufficiently meet the criteria to pass. No attempt made or different from what is acceptable

SCIT
School of Computing and Information Technology
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
_______________________________________________________________________________
ISIT417/ISIT917 Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management Group Assignment
Autumn Session 2016
DUE DATE: Electronically via Moodle, before 11.55 PM AEST on Monday, May 30, 2016. It is a requirement of this subject that the Subject Coordinator may ask for the assignment to be submitted via www.turnitin.com for verification. A hard copy of the assignment with SCIT Coversheet (signed by all group members) must be submitted to Dr. Akemi Chatfield’s office (3.213) by 5.00 PM AEST on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
WEIGHT OF ASSIGNMENT: 20% of total assessment
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT: GROUP
REPORT LENGTH: 2000-3000 words, excluding Title Page, Executive Summary, Tables, References and any other attachments
INSTRUCTIONS: Reports need to be neatly typed and should present a professional appearance (use double-spacing and at least 12 font). Include an Executive Summary (250 words) with your report.
The case analysis report needs to be organized in the order of: Title page, Executive Summary, Table of Contents, Case Analysis Report, References, any attachments. For your references, you need to use the UOW Harvard Referencing Guideline consistently.
The hardcopy of the case analysis report needs to be submitted with the SCIT Coversheet which needs to be signed by ALL group members. Without the signed Coversheet, the submitted report will be returned without marks. If any student fails to sign the Coversheet, it is assumed that he/she has made no adequate contribution to the report production, resulting in a zero mark.
In addition, each group member needs to complete a confidential peer evaluation form INDEPENDENTLY and submit it via Moodle Group Feedback Dropbox on or before the case analysis report submission (May 30, 11:55pm). The form will be available on Moodle.
This assignment is based on the Demo database in the Jedox package and all the required reading materials that we have covered in this subject.
Assignment Question
On the request of the CEO of Demo Inc., the good folks from Jedox have created a cube for Demo Inc. (the Demo database in Jedox). The objective of this case analysis is to demonstrate to the CEO the value of developing relevant business analytics capabilities. The CEO of Demo Inc. has asked you and your team to analyze the Demo database and
(a) report three insights that you have discovered through your analysis and recommend to the CEO on what business value could be created based on each of those insights. Support your analysis by providing in an Appendix six printouts of your Jedox analysis and descriptions of the Jedox functionalities that you employed in your analysis. It is important for you and your team to remember that the case analysis report will be read by the CEO whose knowledge and understanding of business intelligence and business analytics would be approximately equivalent to you or your team members before your enrolment in this subject. This means that you need to explain certain terms and concepts clearly for an intelligent and astute business executive without an in-depth technical knowledge.
(b) three structural and process changes that you recommend that Demo Inc. need to consider undertaking in order to capture value from its investments in business analytics capabilities. Your recommendation needs to identify known or thinkable barriers to implementing the necessary structural and process changes. Here a literature review of the required reading materials and beyond is highly desirable.
(c) Justify your recommendations in (b). Your justifications should clearly draw upon the textbook and the required readings studied in this subject. Here you and your team members are highly encouraged to read further any relevant journal articles or previously published BI and/or business analytics case studies available on industry websites. In-text citations and the proper referencing needs to be provided for full marks.
Marking Criteria
1 Descriptions of the key insights /10
2 Description of the Jedox functionalities employed /10
3 Recommendations to the CEO /10
4 Quality of citations from textbook and
journal articles readings in justifying your recommendations /15
5 Professional look & Proper use of UOW Harvard Referencing Guide /5
Total: /50

The aim of this project is to design the gearbox from given variants (variants 8), then, use Bonfiglioli software to gain more variables (attached variables.zip) (two stage co-axial gearbox). My gearbox design should be based on Tropical Condition.
Things what should be included/calculated are listed in CRA.
Lastly, I like to know which price will it be if -you calculate all variables and do solidworks- and -I calculate all the variables and you only do solidworks-.
I was in an accident and my right hand won’t be able to use for weeks, so please if possible