Implementation of New Systems 

Include at least three (3) scholarly sources using APA citations to support your claims.
Include a introduction, and conclusion.
You are a project manager assigned to implementing a new computer system in an organization.

Answer all questions below accordingly.

Why is it important to understand usability, configurability, and interoperability? Should these concepts out way the underlining cost of the new system? Which system do you recommend and why?

During phase one, you are selecting a team. What characteristics are important to consider when selecting a team?

During phase two the following principle was discussed, lead with culture, determining where the resistance is, and then, engage all levels of employees. What does this principle mean to you and how can you implement this principle?

How will you handle physician and other key professionals resistance to change and using the new system? 

Discuss possible pitfalls during the implementation phase and how you can avoid them?

Describe your personal experience with automation and new information systems.

 Instructions:Complete the following thesis statements by adding a third supporting point that will match the two already provided. 

1. Because I never took college  preparatory courses in high school, I entered college deficient in  mathematics, study skills, and _________________.
    
2. A good salesperson needs to like people, to be aggressive, and ________.
    
3. Rather than blame myself for failing the course, I blamed the instructor, my adviser, and even ________.
    
4. Anyone who buys an old house planning to fix it up should be prepared to put in a lot of time, hard work, and ________.
    
5. Our old car eats gas, makes funny noises, and _________.
    
6. My mother, my boss, and my _________ are three people who are very important in my life right now.
    
7. Getting married too young was a mistake because we hadnt finished our education, we werent ready for children, and _________.
    
8. Some restaurant patrons seems to leave their honesty, their cleanliness, and their _________ at home.
    
9. During my first semester at college, I had to learn how to manage my time, how to manage my diet, and _________.
    
10. Three experiences I wish I  could forget are the time I fell off a ladder, the time I tried to fix  my parents lawn mower, and _________.

 FOLLOW UP – Submit your strategies with timelines from moving As-Is to To-Be (T/X shaped – X shaped) 

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Regarding T/X shaped skills assignment this is what you need to do

1)As- Is Skills : You need to document your current skills – either I, T or X shaped skills (PPT, WORD, SPREADSHEET, SCREENSHOT) – make sure you write down all your skills. You may also want to rate them on a scale

2)To-be skills : You need to document what skills you want to develop for the future.It can be T or X shaped skills. Ideally I want you all to be X shaped people. If you say you want an improvement on your as-is skills rating would be good.

Note: I have given what a T shaped skills looks like for a Business Analysis and what an X-shaped skill would look like for a Project manager. These are guidelines on how you want to document for yourself.  Note: skills as logistics management

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7noGMUdeY

1. You will then write a summary of the video.

2. Your opinion on the video.

3. How the video relates to what you have been learning in the course of private security.

This should be no less than 300 words. With references and cited.

Annotated bibliography:

Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.

Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.

Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long150 words or more.

Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final.

Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

Discussion #6: Did America really practice isolation and neutrality during WWI?

In 1914 Woodrow Wilson proclaimed U.S. neutrality, and asked the American people to remain “impartial in thought as well as deed.” At the end of the war, some members of the government pushed to expand American influence but to also remain free of any commitments, a policy its critics referred to as isolationism.

In order to prepare for this discussion forum: 

• Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapter 23 that support your discussion.  You might also find some of the content covered in Chapter 21 relevant to this discussion.
• Read
• Read leading to the declaration of WWI
• Read the transcript of Wilson’s 

After you have completed your readings post a response to only ONE of the following questions.

1. In your opinion, was U.S. policy in Asia and Latin America between from late nineteenth century to 1914 truly isolationist? Discuss and support your response.
2. In your opinion, did America remain neutral in “thought and deed” from 1914 to 1917? Discuss and support your response.

• As a marketing manager, how does a focus on sustainability inform your tasks and activities?
• Pick a company or brand you are familiar with and share an example of how the company has incorporated sustainable practices. Why is it important to take a sustainable approach?
• What partnerships and collaborations might a company enter into in order to maintain effective sustainability practices?
• How might sustainability contribute to customer satisfaction?

 Explain how prevalent delinquency is among adolescents. Be sure to include current, scholarly data to support your position. Next, be sure to identify and describe in detail what theory best explains juvenile delinquency from your perspective. Support each with current, scholarly research literature. 

* 12 point font, using Times Roman. Margins will also need to be set at one inch on all sides if using an older version of WORD.
* 3 full pages of text (thereby excluding the title page, abstract page (optional), and reference page) with APA 7th edition citations and references. 

*3 references from Google Scholar

 Debate the pros and cons of globalization based on the Why do people oppose globalization?  Use the attached article.  You can formulate your posts based on other readings on globalization from your text and/or other print or online sources. 

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 200 words with at least 2 academic sources. 
•  Please post your initial response by 9:00 PM ET Thursday 

Respond to each of the questions below. 

1. How would you go about gathering data to conduct a design assessment an organization you work for or have worked for?
2. We have discussed at length the idea that the organizations strategy needs to be reflected in or translated to its structure. What happens when the structure is inconsistent with the strategy? Can you imagine an example of how that might happen? What symptoms might you see as an employee or leader in that organization of an inconsistent link between strategy and structure?
3. Many of the structure decisions presented in this chapter follow trends, where the pendulum might swing from one extreme to the other, such as from narrow to wide span of control or from centralization to decentralization. Why do you think this is the case? Have you seen this pendulum swing happen in your own experiences?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be 100-200 words per question, formatted and cited in current APA style.
•  use literature where possible. 
•  Please post your initial response by 9:00 PM ET Thursday