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Be sure to develop and test your Python code in the AWS Cloud9 IDE provided for the class.

Overview: In this week, you have studied additional Python language syntax for adding Image, Table and

Form HTML tags through functions and using the Python Flask module. The Lab for this week

demonstrates your knowledge of this additional Python functionality. Be sure to use the examples in the

textbook reading along with the associate libraries, functions and processes when completing the

assignments for this week.

Be sure to develop and test your Python code in the AWS Cloud9 IDE provided for the class.

You should continue to use the PEP Python Style guide mentioned in the book and found here:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

Some examples of Python Coding Style best practices include:

 Limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters.

 Imports are always put at the top of the file, just after any module comments and before module

globals and constants.

 Use 4 spaces for indentation.

Submission requirements for this project include 2 files. (Zipping them into one file is acceptable and

encouraged):

 Python Enhanced Web Page Code

 PDF or Word file showing your test and documentation results

Python Applications for Lab7: (total 100 points):

This exercise (80 points) uses the AWS Cloud9 environment to enhance the Web page you created last

week with additional functionality to include images, tables and a Form using Python flask. The Web

page should include all basic components of the HTML structure including:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Page Title</title>

</head>

<body>

…your page content…

</body>

</html>

In addition to the basic HTML structure components listed above along with the components you added

last week, the following items should be added:

 At least 4 different images. The images should be local on the Cloud9 IDE environment. For

example, they should be saved on your AWS cloud environment and referenced similar to this

syntax: <img src=”image.gif”>

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 1 Table with at least 4 rows and 3 columns.

 1 form allowing a user to enter at submit data for 2 textfields, 1 textarea, and one select (drop

down) component. The form should have a submit and reset button. Use Post for your action

type. Data should be submitted to a Cloud9 IDE output file.

The content and topic of the new images, table and forms are up to you. It should be unique and

something you want to create and aligned with the previous submission.

Hints:

1. Start early. This will take you longer than you think.

2. Test all aspects of the form from input to output on the Cloud9 Server

3. Be sure to send me questions, if you need assistance.

2. Document your results of the application running from the AWS Cloud9 classroom environment.

Provide screen captures and descriptions of you running the Python application within AWS Cloud9

verifying you successfully started and have navigated to your Web application using your Browser. Show

screen captures of your Web application running on the Browser. 20 points)

Any submissions that do not represent work originating from the student will be submitted to the

Dean’s office and evaluated for possible academic integrity violations and sanctions.

Business Research Methodologies

Select a research topic of your choice based on a business issue and design a research proposal for this topic. The topic should be agreed with your Lecturer at least 4 weeks before submission date. This proposal should not exceed 2500 words. (+/- 10%)

TASK

Based on the selected topic, you are required to:

· Develop a research question and an appropriate set of research objectives

· Justify the choice of research topic including the background and context of the research

· Develop a critical literature review of the research topic

· Design a research methodology based on the topic selected. This would require you to develop a research design and justify your choice as appropriate. Your research design should include the following:

Research Philosophy (e.g., positivism, interpretivism, realism and/or pragmatism)

Research Approach (inductive or deductive)

Research strategy

· Discuss and justify the data collection methods – type of data, sampling method and target group

· Discuss the data analysis procedure to be adopted

· Discuss the possible ethical issues that need to be considered in this research

· Discuss the methods by which you would ensure that the research was both valid and reliable

· Discuss any possible limitations to this research

· Provide a research plan (timescale)

· Support with relevant references (Harvard format)

What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems?

Communication and Team Decision Making

Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence

A.    What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other examples of how team communication problems can lead to disaster?

B.      Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1. Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-making failure in each example, and, drawing on the information presented in the chapter, discuss  measures that might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s communication system.

Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and Solutions

A.    What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a result of groupthink?

B.    Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and in what situations would groups be better than individuals?

Explain your spiritual autobiography –reflecting on “what you know to be true”

What do you know to be true?

This paper asks you to explain your spiritual autobiography –reflecting on “what you know to be true” integrated with the theological sources of knowledge and the readings we have been assigned so far. Remember, atheists and agnostics also have made spiritual decisions and metaphysical claims that impact their lives, and they reach their beliefs through similar sources to those who are religious. Whatever your current belief structure, even if in flux, please name it in your thesis and use the sources of knowledge to explain

how you arrived there. When you cite sources, please do so in the basic in-text format (Source name, page). For example, this is how to write the first paper (Edwards, 2). You must cite at least 3 different course readings (lectures, notes, handouts are okay to cite but only in addition to the readings).  minimum 1250 max 1500 vocabularies

Choose two to focus on and provide examples from the article, class, and your own research to illustrate. 

They both have issues that could be characterized as pre-incident, response phase, and post-incident issues.

Boin and t’Hart (2003) describe six public expectations that leaders are incapable of meeting in times of crisis.  Choose two to focus on and provide examples from the article, class, and your own research to illustrate.  (This was written before Hurricane Katrina…were their assertions proved correct?)

 Boin & t’Hart. (2003). Public Leadership in Times of Crisis: Mission Impossible? Public Administration Review, 63 (5), 544-553

If the elasticity of demand for your company’s product at the current price is 1.4, would you advise the company to raise the price, lower the price, or to keep the price the same? What if the elasticity were 0.6?

Answer all four (4) questions. Maximum of 500 words for each question. Use diagrams where appropriate to enhance and explain your response. Provide supporting evidence and references where appropriate to justify your arguments. Please note that in answering economics questions it is important to first identify which part of economic theory you should be drawing on in order to respond appropriately. Your response should always be firstly identifying what part of theory the question relates to and explaining that theory, how the theory helps to answer the question and then presenting the solution to the question poised.

Question 1. Suppose you are in charge of sales at a pharmaceutical company, and your firm has a new drug that causes bald men to grow hair. Assume that the company wants to earn as much revenue as possible from this drug. If the elasticity of demand for your company’s product at the current price is 1.4, would you advise the company to raise the price, lower the price, or to keep the price the same? What if the elasticity were 0.6? What if it were 1? Explain your answer.

Question 2. Automobile manufacturing is an industry subject to significant economies of scale. Suppose there are four domestic auto manufacturers, but the demand for domestic autos is no more than 2.5 times the quantity produced at the bottom of the long-run average cost curve. What do you expect will happen to the domestic auto industry in the long run?

Question 3. For a high-income economy like Australia, what aggregate production function elements are most important in bringing about growth in GDP per capita? What about a middleincome country such as India? A low-income country such as Afghanistan?

Question 4. Imagine that the government statisticians who calculate the inflation rate have been updating the basic basket of goods once every 10 years, but now they decide to update it every five years. How will this change affect the amount of substitution bias and quality/new goods bisa?

Develop a series of at least two Business Process Models to capture the existing and your proposed business processes for CC Music. The models should follow the BPMN notation

As    Case Study: CC Music

 

Chris and Clive are both former music and music technology teachers who have recently taken early retirement. However, they have a long history of playing in bands and being session musicians, therefore they intend to remain busy.  A Northern Soul band that they have worked with for many years, touring around the North West of England, will now become their focus. Chris and Clive have always managed all aspects of the band (studio work, playing at events, parties, TV and radio programmes). They publicise the band via a website, deal with all booking arrangements over the phone, and receive contracts and cheque payments through the post. The other six band members simply turn up and play. The band has always played at least twelve gigs a year, but this is likely to increase substantially now that they can commit more time to networking and promotions. As such, they will be required to take a much more professional approach. In addition, several other bands have asked if they will represent them for an agreed fee. As a professional route, this would mean considerable time working as music agents to promote other artists.

 

Chris and Clive are aware that starting the agency would require a business approach. They would be responsible for; social media marketing, keeping business accounts, providing an updated calendar of events, and keeping track of the communications between themselves, the clients who want to book bands, and the bands who are signed to CC Music.

 

They realise that technology will play an important part in the business. They have read about Customer Relationship Management software and Enterprise Resource Management software, but just don’t know what kind of information technology support they really need as a small to medium enterprise (SME). They require professional business information technology advice before they can make any final decisions about investing funds in business software. Also, they are very keen on the potential of Open Source Software to keep the cost to a minimum.

 

Growing CC Music into a full-time small business is also of interest to younger family members who want to be involved. Chris has a daughter and Clive has a niece, both of whom are keen to support the business and potentially manage the business in the future. They have all agreed to run the business in a democratic style and, as such, everyone will have an equal vote on any business decisions. Therefore, CC Music requires a report that can be read and understood by all of them. You are the OIM consultant who is responsible for researching this business and providing a consultancy report.

 
 

Your Task

You are a consultant who has been employed to advise CC Music on the effective implementation of strategic changes. You are required to produce the following:

 

 

 

Part A:Analysis – Business Process Models and strategy analysis

In this section you should develop

1.    A series of at least two Business Process Models to capture the existing and your proposed business processes for CC Music. The models should follow the BPMN notation (see for example, http://www.omg.org/bpmn/Documents/Introduction_to_BPMN.pdf). It is recommended that you use Microsoft Visio or similar software to create the models, although you may if you prefer use Word, PowerPoint or appropriate alternatives.

2.    Strategic analysis for CC Music. You should use at least one recognised analysis technique such as SWOT, PESTLE etc

 

Part B: Open Source Software Comparison Table

In this section, you should conduct research into a suitable software solution for CC Music. You should decide on the set of characteristics which you will use to evaluate the software, and your research should consider 4-5 alternatives in detail. This section should be presented as a table.

 

Part C: Report

In this section, you should write a report which provides an overview of the current situation for CC Music together with a roadmap outlining how the proposed changes to the business can be achieved to the benefit of the business. This should draw on your analysis in Part A, include your recommendation for software in Part B, and provide recommendations for ensuring that the strategy is effectively implemented, including consideration of the challenges ahead.

 

This section, should follow a standard report structure:

Title Page – Contents – Introduction – Main Section – Conclusions and Recommendations – References.

 

Part D:            Reflection on your contribution to the online discussion

In this section you should submit a 250 word reflective summary, accompanied by your own self-assessment of your contribution to the online elements throughout the module, using the table labelled Reflection Self-Assessment Pro forma in Appendix A (copy and paste it into your assignment document) to show your performance. The reflective report should include your detailed reflection, supported with evidence (pasted URLs) from the online discussion, detailed below:

 

You should use appropriate theories, frameworks, models, that we have covered in the module, to inform and justify your recommendations.

 

Make full use of the RKC Class Forum Threads to Help With Your Assignment

The unit’s discussion threads should be used by you to explore the assignment further.  It is recommended that you use these to:

§  Share papers and articles that you have found on relevant topics (remember to include links / reference / pdfs if you do this!)

§  Discuss the changes to the ways of working for CC Music – i.e. discuss what processes will change, and explore how these might work in practice. You might also consider the changing information needs of the business

§  Discuss and share examples of Open Source software that could be of use for CC Music.

Please don’t be shy in using these discussion threads – the purpose is to give you experience of using collaborative technologies.  Do not, however, discuss your intended approach to writing your submission or parts of that submission.

Poverty in Developing Countries

Your term paper should be no more than 5 pages; typed and double-spaced.  The cover/title page and references do not count as part of the 5 pages.  The cover/title page should include your paper’s title, name, course title, semester, university and department name, and date.  All references should be double-spaced and follow the APA format.  This is going to be a survey paper.  You should select the title of your term paper related to one of the following (keep in mind though that poverty is multifaceted):  education and ability, health and nutrition, family size and structure, gender, culture and race, discrimination, institutions, financial inclusion, geography, trade and investment, brain drain, and foreign aid.  As an object of analysis, you may choose a country, US state, or particular region of the world to explore the specific nature and extent of poverty.  Include how you believe the causation is true.  You should be able to use statistical facts, data, or previous works to support your case.  Summarize what you learn and spotlight your messages.  Finally, you are encouraged to advise appropriate policy measures and procedures that could help alleviate such poverty and hardship highlighted in your paper.

What are some prime reasons why people like to travel?

  1. What are some prime reasons why people like to travel? How can travel and tourism organizations bank on the fact that people like to travel? Give several examples.
  2. What would motivate you as a traveler on a vacation? Please explain by truly seeing a way of empathizing with a market segment that would visit perhaps specific areas, and how they can also be a possible list of motivators that can attract a large market.
  3. Let’s go ahead and assume the director of marketing role for a minute to discuss and analyze the following. If you were director of marketing for a tour company, what research would you wish accomplished regarding prospective tour customers? Why?
  4. In this discussion thread, begin by explaining the importance for travel professionals to understand different cultures, and how this knowledge can contribute to better sales of destinations.
  5. What attracts you as a tourist when it comes to a new culture? We should look at many variable s when answering this and also many other examples that we have perhaps gone through, as well as the fact that there has been situations where food or specific activities may also best represent this?
  6. Class, One of the ways, in my experience, is to connect with the culinary side of things, in terms of identifying the background of a culture. Have you traveled outside the US and have experienced this firsthand?

 

“Overweight and Obesity Statistics”

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.

Overweight and Obesity

Click here to read the article entitled “Overweight and Obesity Statistics” published by the USDHHS. Analyze the article and answer the following:

  • In a paragraph, summarize the article overall.
  • What two things did you learn from this article?
  • After reading this article, what would you tell someone who eats a poor diet and has some of the risk factors for overweight and obesity? Do you think cultural differences can contribute to what foods are habitually eaten?

Americans are eating “junk” food such as fast food, cookies, and chips in place of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats. How, in your opinion, are fast food or junk food items linked to diseases? Can these foods compromise your nutritional status? Is there a way to measure if junk foods may be negatively affecting your health?