Exam 1: Pick any combination of the following topics – provided the sum-total of possible points does not exceed 300. Label each of your responses using the number of the topic it addresses (you do not need to include the actual topic). Combine your responses in one document, save it as a .docx, or .doc or .rtf or .pdf file (the filename MUST include your full name, student I.D.#, the semester, class number, course number, and ‘Exam 1’), e-mail it (as an attachment) to stavros.karageorgis@csun.edu AND **submit it through the Turnitin link on the Canvas site for the course**. Tailor the length of your responses to a. the point-value of the topic and b. the level of detail required by the topic; the resulting combined document may not exceed 10 double-spaced pages, using at least an 11 pt ‘regular’ font.

List and briefly discuss a. the basic characteristics and b. main elements of scientific theories, based on the Instructor’s Introduction and one of, or both, K.D. Allan (Chapter 1, Imagining Society) and Appelrouth & Edles (STCoE, Ch. 1), (50 points)

Briefly compare and contrast the ‘scientific’ and ‘interpretist’ perspectives on the nature of society (social ‘ontology’) and how it (society or social phenomena) can be studied and theorized, based on the Instructor’s Introduction and K.D. Allan (Chapter 1, Imagining Society). (50 points)

Briefly compare and contrast the ‘critical’ and ‘descriptive’ (or detached and non-evaluative) perspectives on social/sociological theory, based on the Instructor’s Introduction and K.D. Allan (Chapter 1, Imagining Society) (50 points)

List, define, and briefly discuss the five role-adaptations to the U.S.’s cultural and social structures according to R.K. Merton. (50 points)

Define and briefly discuss the concepts of “status”, “role”, “role-set” and “status-set”, according to R.K. Merton (50 points)

Present a summary of Malinowski’s contributions/legacy to modern sociological functionalism, according to Turner and Maryanski (50 points)

List and briefly discuss a. “the [two] basic and irreducible functions of the family” and b. “the conditions under which effective [primary] socialization can take place”, according to T. Parsons (75 points)

List, define and briefly discuss the pattern-variables, according to T. Parsons (and collaborators). (75 points)

List and briefly discuss a. the sources of structural change in social systems, b. what the structure of social systems consists in, and c. what structural change in and of social systems entails, according to T. Parsons (75 points)

Summarize and briefly critically evaluate R.K. Merton’s critique of abstract, analytical grand-theorizing (producing all-inclusive conceptual schemes) and his argument in support of concentrating on “developing theories of the middle range” as the appropriate theory-building strategy for Sociology. (75 points)

List and briefly discuss why, and mechanisms whereby, deviant individual role-adaptations to the U.S.’s cultural and social structure are generated according to R.K. Merton. (This is about RKM’s ‘anomie and strain’ theory of deviance, not the adaptations as such) (75 points)

List, define, and briefly discuss the four types of independently variable “components” (or “categories”) in terms of which T. Parsons claims the structure of social systems may be analyzed. (75 points)

List, define, and briefly discuss “the [four] essential functional imperatives of any system of action, and hence of any social system”, according to T. Parsons. (75 points)

Present T. Parsons’ argument in support of conceptualizing and analyzing social systems as cybernetic systems of control over personality systems (and through them of actual human behavior). (75 points)

List, define, and briefly discuss the social mechanisms, the presence and operation of which may reduce conflict and incompatibility in the role-expectations faced by incumbents of a particular social status or position, according to R.K. Merton. (75 points)

Present, discuss and critically evaluate the “analytical frame or map” Appelrouth and Edles put forth and used to “explore, compare and contrast the work of each [contemporary social/sociological] theorist” (STCoE: 13 and ff). (Instructor’s Introduction, items 17-31 may be useful) (100 points)

Identify and discuss (manifest and latent) functions (i.e. objective consequences contributing to the adjustment and adaptation) and dysfunctions (i.e. objective consequences undermining the adjustment and adaptation) FOR bureaucratically structured public and private organizations and their staff OF the patterns of negative attitudes towards (and actual behavioral reactions to) bureaucratically structured public and private organizations and their staff. (100 points)

Critically evaluate whether (if at all) and how identifying the latent (as defined by R.K. Merton) functions of a cultural item, institution or social practice (“a standardized practice or belief”) for specified systems (personality or social) aids a sociologist in causally explaining the genesis and/or persistence of that cultural item, institution or social practice. (100 points)

Use Parsons’ pattern-variable conceptual scheme (STCoE: 44 – 50) [you may ignore the self – collectivity pair] to describe and compare/contrast the “role-expectations” in the role-set (as defined by R.K. Merton) of the incumbents of the status/position of “college student” and “high-school student” (Consider at least TWO role-relationships in which incumbents of each status/position MUST enter; e.g. student-instructor/teacher and student-student). (100 points)

Summarize and briefly critically evaluate R.K. Merton’s middle-range theory of the “role-set”. (150 points)

Use T. Parsons’ analytical framework for describing and analyzing the “American Family” to compare and contrast today’s “effective kinship unit” (its role structure, relationship to broader kinship structures, other institutions and institutional spheres, cultural patterns, etc.) to the “effective kinship unit” T. Parsons described and analyzed in the 1940s and 1950s. What are the contributions of contemporary families to meeting the functional requirements of today’s adults and minor children, and of non-family institutions in which today’s adults and minor children participate (at their current or later stage of their life-cycle)? If those functional requirements are no longer primarily or exclusively met by, and in, families, how are they met and to what extent are they met? (150 points)

1. 1. Module Overview

The module looks at the environmental health stressors associated with the natural and built environments. You will look at how air, water, noise pollution and how conditions within the home can impact on human health. A risk based approach is used to determine the actual risk to human health and how intervention and compliance strategies can be used to mitigate these impacts.

2. Learning Outcomes

All modules in UK Higher Education have learning outcomes that you will study towards and then demonstrate you have met.  In order to do this, you will draw on many factors such as: your prior learning and experience; the module learning units and tasks; your wider reading, reflection (and possibly practice); and, also the expertise of your tutors and other students.

In most modules it will be clear exactly which of these learning outcomes is assessed in which of the assessments you have to submit and pass.

On successful completion of this learning, and this module, you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the impacts of the stressors arising from the natural and built environment on human he

1. Critically evaluate the intervention strategies available to control, mitigate or eliminate the impacts of stressors on the human and physical worlds arising from the natural and built environm

3. 3. Assessment types used in this module

Formative Assessment

Formative assessments and activities are opportunities for you to apply, practice and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have worked with. These will mainly be located in the End of Unit Activities.

We have written these to help you to (for example) practice some academic or professional skills, such as referencing, literature searching and analysing materials. You can choose how much time and effort you put into these activities.

These may take the form of individual tasks, such as: reading some text, or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it; responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum; considering a case study; or, participating in a live online classroom session.

The main aim of formative activities is for you to receive feedback on your contribution, performance, or progress that will help you prepare for and complete your final summative module assessment.

All modules you take will vary in several ways, and the type of feedback you get for each formative assessment or activities will vary too. If your tutors give you marks as part of the feedback, these will not be counted in your final module grade.

Summative Assessment

Summative assessments are the pieces of coursework that you must complete which contribute towards your final grade in this module. If you have a Support Plan you can discuss with your module tutor what reasonable adjustments you need.

Summative assessment in this particular module is via TWO pieces of submitted work.

You will be expected to submit your summative assessments via the Turnitin assessment points on the Assessment page in My Learning section of the module.

You should take the feedback that you receive from the completion of summative assessments in this module and use it to help you improve your performance in future assessments.

4. 4. Specific Assessment Component Guidelines

Assessment description:

Component 1: COURSEWORK

An academic essay of investigating the public health impact of a given stressor (1000 words).

Weighting: 40 %

Assesses Learning Outcome:  1

Component 2: COURSEWORK

Summary of Assessment Method:  A case study based report that critically evaluates the common intervention options used in the natural and residential environments (2500 words).

Weighting: 60%

Assesses Learning Outcome:  2

Detailed guidance

Coursework One

“An evidence based critical review of the human health effects of exposure to environmental noise.”

This assignment is critically evaluating the public health significance and impact that exposure to environmental noise can have on the health of the population.

You will need to identify the different health effects that have been linked to environmental noise and critically evaluate whether the scientific evidence is conclusive or not. You will also need to give consideration to any vulnerable groups that may in particular be affected. (You will therefore need to look at original peer reviewed journal articles to evaluate these effectively.)

The Brief in Summary:

• Outline what environmental noise is, what the main sources are and areas of highest risk.
• What are the main non auditory health effects associated with environmental noise exposure?
• Critical evaluation of the scientific and medical evidence that exposure to environmental noise is an environmental and housing stressor.
• Critically evaluate whether the scientific evidence is conclusive or not.
• Give consideration to any vulnerable groups that may in particular be affected.
• Look at original peer reviewed journal articles to evaluate these effectively

This is an academic essay and as such must be presented in an appropriate style.

It is essential that it is correctly referenced and it is expected that where possible original sources of information will be referred to i.e. you will read the original journal or research source.

The following areas need to be given attention in this essay:

• Presentation including grammatical style and spelling
• Use of original reference sources and appropriate referencing system
• Identification and discussion of relevant health effects
• Critical evaluation of evidence for health effects and where the evidence has come from.
• Conclusions and recommendations for future studies

This is an absolute word limit, in line with the University of Derby Online Learning word count policy, and must not be exceeded (In other words there is no +10% allowance). The word count does not include references and citations. It is a tight word count and has been designed to make you write in a concise and structured manner.

This essay length has been established to ensure that your review is presented in a precise and factual style.

As it is an academic essay it should be structured accordingly and so there should be no headings, tables or charts etc. included within the essay.

Coursework Two (A) -To only be completed by students enrolled on the MSc Environmental Health programme

Case Study

11 Surrey Street, Langdon

The Scenario

You are the newly appointed as the Director of Regulatory Services at Langdon District Council (LDC). You have recently had a meeting with a cabinet member of the Authority who has responsibility for housing services and development.

During this meeting, she spoke at length about the condition of privately owned shared housing in the Marrow Park area of the town. This is an area of mixed development; side streets of traditional 1900’s terraced two storey housing (of which approximately 70% is private rented to students at the local college). And the main thoroughfare, consisting of ground floor retail / commercial with flats above (converted three / four storey tenement blocks) let on a shared basis predominantly to migrants or benefits claimants. She wanted to know what could be done to help improve their general condition, in particularly she made particular reference to the Decent Homes and energy efficiency standards and their potential application to such dwellings.

Similarly the high concentration of student accommodation (the mainly shared terrace housing) is causing concern to local residents; upset about the Authorities apparent lack of action they have now contacted the local newspaper. In particular they are perturbed about the high number of student houses in the area and associated antisocial behaviour and the overgrown gardens.

The Councillor wishes for you to produce a report, outlining the powers the Authority has to deal with these issues.

Learning Outcome

Critically evaluate the compliance strategies to control, mitigate or eliminate the impacts of stressors on the human and physical worlds arising from the natural and built environment.

The Task

Produce a report (maximum length 2500 words) for the Council’s Cabinet that critically evaluates the intervention options available, having regard to your critical evaluation recommend an intervention approach that will ensure that each stressor is appropriately eliminated, controlled or mitigated against and which will lead to improvements for the residents.

Your evaluation of the intervention options available should not only consider the enforcement options available, but will go beyond these and will look strategically at how the issues may be resolved, and include details of the role of potential partner organisation in resolving these concerns.

This is an individual activity and your report should be a maximum of 2500 words and must be presented in an appropriate report style. Any other reports or documents referred to in your report need to be referenced properly.

Submission Details

This assignment must be submitted through the Turnitin system.

These are academic assignments and as such must be presented in a report format. It is essential that it is correctly referenced and it is expected that where possible original sources of information will be referred to. They must be submitted in at least 1.5 line spacing format, minimum font size 12, with the word count on the title page.

5. 5. Feedback, marking criteria and grading of your assessment

This section tells you how the marker will assess your work fairly. All markers aim for our feedback to be: timely, individual to you, helpful, empowering and manageable.

They will also offer you opportunities to discuss the marking criteria they intend to use, and the type of feedback they intend to give you. You should create a shared understanding of this with them and your peers during the course of the module. They may also give you opportunities to assess your own work and the work of your peers. Look out for these opportunities.

Assessment markers can give you feedback and allocate marks to you using a range of methods and tools that are appropriate to the specific module and assessment. The marker may make comments within your script (in bubbles) and may also give you written comments in the long box. They may give you a form of audio or video feedback.

When they give you feedback on your assessment, as a minimum, your marker will tell you:

    if and how you have met the relevant learning outcomes

    the areas within which you did well in this assessment (they will commend you)

    the areas you could have improved in this assessment (they will make suggestions)

    what activities you can work on to help you in your next studies (you can take these ideas forward with you, and may discuss them with your Personal Tutor. You can also build them into your Action Planning.

6. 6. Assessment Presentation

When marking this assessment, the markers will also be looking for the following.

        Legible presentation.

        Good use of spelling, grammar and language throughout.

        Appropriate focus, meeting learning outcomes/assessment criteria.

        Logical progression and structure of arguments.

        Evidence of a range of relevant supporting reading.

        Use of accurate, evidence based information to support the arguments made.

        Follow normal Academic Regulations in terms of Academic Offences, style and language.

        Use of the appropriate system of referencing and may include a bibliography that lists all resources referenced.

        A declaration statement which says you have checked your Turnitin originality report and certain that the work is your own (and has never been submitted for marking before by you, or anyone else)

        A statement that says you have maintained the confidentiality of clients/customers and persons associated with them, including colleagues and organisations

Notice: Parts of this assignment brief are adopted from the Cisco Networking Essentials course that is copyright material. © 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Background:

You have obtained a contract position at a small marketing and advertising firm called the Colour Ability Corporation (CAC). Your contract responsibilities are to help them plan their emerging networking and communications requirements and update their IT resources. CAC currently hires 80 employees and operates from Level 10 and 11 on the X Tower in Brisbane CBD. CAC has recently purchased a four-story building in a Brisbane suburb where they can allocate a separate floor to each of their four departments, i.e., (1) marketing, (2) advertising, (3) design and photography, and (4) HR and accounting. They plan to move to their new office in three months. Also, CAC’s list of customers has greatly expanded to other cities, mainly Sydney where their customers in Sydney are demanding more interactive advertising media, including video presentations. The management recognizes the business potential in this new market in Sydney and have leased a small office in Sydney (aka CAC’s fifth department) to host 8 local employees.

They have hired you to review their existing IT resources and produce a proposal that allows the company to take advantage of their firm’s expansion. The management has stated that if the proposal meets their requirements, they may hire you full-time to implement and manage these new resources.

You now have an idea of the scope of the project that you have undertaken, but do not have all of the information required to proceed. Using the details provided in the following sections you are required to prepare a professional business report of 2500 words addressing the eight activities identified below.

Part 1: Gather System Requirements.

CAC has provided a written summary containing floor plans for their Brisbane and Sydney offices, and notes from a verbal interview with the management team. Gather as much information as possible from these two sources to help you plan a technical solution for CAC’s networking and communications requirements.

Step 1: Review available information.

CAC Information: Because CAC is a small size business, it has no IT department. Everyone has taken care of their own resources in the Brisbane office. If they could not fix the problem, they would call in an outside service technician. Currently, the machines are connected together through fourteen (14) 10/100Mb switches (with 10 ports each). Employees work with older PC tower computers with 2 Gb of memory, a 250 Gb hard drive, and 7 USB ports. The processors are AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core processor and a CD/DVD read/write drives. Additionally, graphics production editors (team of 10 employees in Brisbane) utilize PCs with 8 GB of memory and 500 Gb hard drive to run special editing software that uses very high-resolution graphics.

The systems are all still running the Windows 7 operating system, and there is a low-capacity, monochrome laser printer attached to each machine. These machines are not capable of running the software required for video development.

The Sydney office will be operational soon, and additional employees will be hired to handle the new video production work. The company will have the following employees at the Sydney office:

Sydney Department Manager – Duties include scheduling work, hiring and managing part-time workers, weekly payroll, and project tracking. The administrative manager uses spreadsheet and database software and must be able to use email.

Film Production Editor – Requires special editing software that uses very high-resolution graphics and requires at least 16 GB of memory to run effectively. The software also interfaces with a video capture interface board that uses PCIex16 slot in the computer. This specialized software only works in a Windows 10 environment. It is important that the computer purchased for this position supports high-resolution video and has enough memory to enable the editor to work quickly. The production editor produces the final copies of the films and works within very tight deadlines. The editor must also be able to use email.

Film Crew – The other six employees are mobile workers, consisting of two production assistants, two camera people, a production manager, and a film director. They are in the Sydney office an average of two days per week. The rest of the time is spent either at customer sites or on film locations.

Because all of the mobile workers are required to have access to email and production schedules, both at the office and while on location, it is important for them to be able to connect to the main office from anywhere. They have no special software requirements, but they do need a large hard drive to store the film files while they are working on them. The mobile workers must work at various locations and may not always be able to plug into a data port. It is important that they are able to connect to the internal network wirelessly.

Because of the sensitive nature of some of the documents and records required by the managers of all five departments, private color laser printers must be installed in the managers’ offices in both Brisbane and Sydney. Combination copiers/printers and high-resolution scanners must also be purchased and shared among all employees.

For the purposes of training and compatibility, all of the computers should use the same operating system and applications, if possible.

Brisbane Office Floor Plan (four identical floors)

Figure 1: Brisbane Office Floor Plan

Sydney Office Floor Plan

Figure 2: Sydney Office Floor Plan

Step 2: Interview with the Management.

Below are the notes collected during an interview session with the management team.

• CAC employees need access to email, which they currently get from their ISP. The email system that the ISP provide uses a web client that CAC employees can access over the

Internet. CAC employees are also able to access this email from their home computers.

• CAC want to be able to set up email accounts for employees to use while they are working with them.
• It is necessary for managers and employees to share files between themselves. These files are usually spreadsheets and documents, but sometimes, they must send large film files back and forth between the mobile workers and the office. Files must be available for download during the day, and also at night, when employees are away from the office. These film files are usually between 5 GB and 20 GB in size.
• The management wants some project files to be kept securely in a central location and can be accessed and shared only by the department managers.
• Color printers that are also capable of making copies are required for each workspace – one on each floor of the new Brisbane office and one in the Sydney office. Because the printers are expensive, it is necessary for everyone to be able to print to it when they are in the office. Some of the storyboard documents are over 100 pages, with lots of graphics.
• Wireless internet access should be made available in all five departments.
• In response to the CAC’s enquiries regarding their IPv4 needs, their ISP has provided them with the following diagram (Figure 3) and has advised that CAC can continue using their current block of public IPv4 addresses, that is 194.32.9.0/28, as well as blocks of private IPv4 addresses, i.e., 192.168.0.0/24, for their private networks. Each department is assigned to an individual subnet, where all the departments and the Sydney office should be able to communicate with each other, and any necessary internal server(s), and access the Internet.

Figure 3: Proposed Topology Step 3: Select the appropriate services and equipment.

After you have gathered all the appropriate information, it is time to do some research. You must now use your knowledge and research skills to propose an appropriate technical solution for their limited budget and time requirements. Proposing a solution that is beyond the financial capabilities of the company is of no benefit. However, it can be helpful to propose a solution within the current budget, and offer suggestions that would improve network performance or productivity if additional funding becomes available. If you can justify these extra expenditures, the company may consider them for later implementation or may even find the extra funding needed.

When developing a plan, it is often easier to start at the end user and then work back toward the network and any shared resources, and then finally, any external connections to the Internet or other networks. Many different forms have been developed to help with planning and equipment selection. It is a good idea to use one of these forms or to design your own to keep everything organized.

Activity 1

Use the following form to develop a proposed computer system for each of the specific uses, i.e., general use, graphics production and film production. Search the Internet or local sources for availability and pricing information. Use the same form to propose a server that can support their email and FTP requirements.

Computer System Planning Form

After the end-user systems have been selected, it is time to look at the workflow and decide on any shared components and network technology to support this workflow. This can include such things as shared printers, scanners, and storage as well as any routers, switches, access points and integrated service routers. When planning a network infrastructure, always plan into the future. For larger companies, because it is usually a substantial investment, the infrastructure should have a lifetime of about 10 years. For smaller companies and home users, the investment is significantly less and change occurs more frequently.

Activity 2

Using the Internet and locally available resources, select a high-speed, color copier/printer for the CAC offices. Provide supporting details to justify your selection.

Activity 3

Demonstrate a network layout for CAC requirements – you can use Figure 3 as the starting point. Because the company has limited funds available for this project, it is important that where possible only equipment designed for the small business and home markets be used. Provide supporting details to justify your selection of each equipment type, e.g., access points, switches and routers.

Activity 4

It is necessary to plan the Internet connectivity, and which services are provided by the ISP and which services must be provided in-house. Larger companies usually provide services in-house, while small businesses and individuals normally rely on an ISP to provide these services. Most ISPs offer a variety of services and service levels. Selecting an ISP is complicated, and not all technologies and services are available in all regions of the world.

Using the Internet, research alternative local ISPs to provide connectivity for CAC. If selected, CAC will rely upon this ISP for DNS and web mail. The ISP must also provide 99.999% uptime for access to the internal FTP/email server. Because you are the only IT person at CAC, it is also important that the ISP provides a high-level of technical support. Create a comparison worksheet for at least two local ISPs, including costing.

Activity 5

Which internal services must be offered by CAC, and which devices provide these services? Provide supporting details to justify your answer.

Activity 6

Complete the following network planning form and justify your answers as it relates to the proposed CAC network.

Part 2: Plan the installation.

After the equipment has been selected and the required services planned, the physical and logical installation is planned out. Physical installation includes the location of equipment and devices, along with how and when these devices are to be installed. In the business environment, it is important to minimize disruption of the normal work processes. Therefore, most installations, changes, and upgrades are done during hours when there is minimal business activity. Physical installation should also consider such things as adequate power outlets and ventilation, as well as the location of any necessary data drops.

Activity 7

Equally as important as planning the physical layout of the network and equipment is planning the logical layout. This includes such things as subnetting, addressing, naming, data flow, and security measures. Servers and network devices are assigned static IP addresses to allow them to be easily identified on the network and to also provide a mechanism for controlling access to these devices. Most other devices can be assigned addresses using DHCP. Note that both a server and its backup server must be accessed via the same public IP address.

Devise subnetting and addressing schemes for CAC. The schemes must provide all network devices and servers with a static address and allow all other hosts to be configured via DHCP. Identify the ranges of useable IP addresses (and default gateways) for DHCP, and assign all network devices an appropriate IP address (and default gateways). Use the following tables to report all the required setups, and then reflect this information on the network layout developed in Activity 3.

Table 1: Subnetting Template (to be used for all CAC internal and external subnets)

Table 2: Addressing Template (to be used for all devices/interfaces with static IP addresses)

*Can be NIC, Serial, FastEthernet, etc. ^ Use N/A for routers.

Note: Show all your workings for subnetting in an appendix.

Activity 8

CAC is concerned that their files and resources may be vulnerable through the wired or wireless networks. Explain how the use of public and private IP addresses together may address this concern, and provide a security plan that allows only CAC employees to connect to the network and gain access to company information and resources.

Part 3: Prepare and present the proposal.

All of the gathered information and the proposed technical solution must be assembled into a format that makes sense to the company who has asked you to provide a solution. The formal report usually contains many different sections, including:

• Title page
• Executive Summary
• Tables of Contents, Figures and Tables
• Introduction
• Project proposal, comprising needs statement; goals and objectives; methodology and timetable; technical solutions and evaluation; budget summary; future plans
• Recommendations and Conclusions
• Bibliography and List of Refences
• Appended information

The report is often presented to various groups for approval. When presenting the report, present it in a confident, professional, and enthusiastic manner. The report must be technically accurate and free from spelling and grammatical errors.  Assignment Requirements and deliverables

You are to prepare a formal proposal report for CAC that includes all the components listed above by detailing the equipment, management and security requirements for the above case study and justifying suitable technologies to enhance the business’s communications and networking within and outside the organisation. Be sure to include all cost information and network diagrams.

The report must be written in Microsoft Word. Multiple files will not be accepted.

Report Structure: The report must be formatted using the following guidelines:

• Paragraph text: Use 11-point Calibri single line spacing
• Headings: Use Arial in an appropriate type size
• Margins: 2.0cm on all margins
• Header: Report title
• Footer: Page numbering – up to and including the Table of Contents use roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv), restart numbering using conventional numerals (1, 2, 3, 4) from the first page after the Table of Contents.
• Title Page must not contain headers or footers
• The report is to be structured as a formal business report.
• Refer to the following references for details on report structures: Summers, J., Smith, B. (2014), Communications Skills Handbook, 4^th, Wiley, Australia

Referencing: The report is to include appropriate references and these references should follow the Harvard method of referencing. Note that ALL references should be from journal articles, conference papers, technical papers, recognized experts in the field or vendors’ and service providers’ websites.

Marking: The assignment will be marked according to the marking guideline at Appendix A.

Appendix A – Marking Guideline

Interprocess communication (IPC) is a facility provided by an operating system that allows multiple
processes to communicate with one another in order to exchange information and synchronise actions.
For this assignment, you will implement IPC communication between processes to explore the classic
producer-consumer problem. The tasks you complete will provide you with hands-on experience using
shared memory, as one example of IPC, as well as mutual exclusion and synchronisation techniques.
You will also gain further exposure to the Linux shell environment and system monitoring tools.
The assignment will be released in two parts. This is part one.
Requirements
• Demonstrate an understanding of operating system concepts, including processes, IPC, concurrency,
and performance monitoring.
• Develop functional C programs for the Unix/Linux environment.
• Make appropriate program design choices in relation to efficiency, correctness, and code style.
• Analyse performance monitoring data and discuss in relation to IPC concepts.
Topic outcomes achieved
• Provide you with an opportunity to apply your new knowledge of operating system concepts.
• Discuss possible alternative implementation strategies for core operating system features.
• Write programs that directly utilise core operating system features.
• Learn to use an operating system’s command line interface.
• Use system performance monitoring tools and explain observations.
• Use a virtualisation tool to run one operating system as a guest in another operating system.
Environment
Your code must compile and execute on Ubuntu 14.04.5 as installed on lab machines and provided as a
VirtualBox virtual machine (VM) on FLO. You are encouraged to use the VM with VirtualBox on your own
laptop/PC so you are not limited by lab availability.
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All source code should be compiled using makefiles/gcc as used in lab checkpoints. If you require
assistance with configuring these tools, speak with your tutor or lab demonstrator.
Referencing
Please ensure you are familiar with the University’s policy on Academic Integrity. Any material you utilise
in your program code or report that is not your own original work must be acknowledged in a
bibliography included as part of your report. Additionally, references to code should also appear in a
comment at the top of the relevant source file.
Referencing format should be Harvard or IEEE.
Grading and submission
• The entire assignment is worth 40% of your topic grade.
• A total of 140 marks are available for Part 1.
• You must submit your work to the hand-in assignment box on FLO before the due date. A late penalty
of 5% of the total mark will be applied for every day late or part thereof up to a maximum of 10 days.
• Extension requests must be submitted through FLO at least 48 hours prior to the due date.
• Submissions must comprise a zip file containing your source code for each task and a report in PDF
format.
Pair work
• You may optionally choose to work in pairs.
• Pair submissions must include a cover sheet listing the names and FANs of both members.
• Both members of a pair must upload the same submission to FLO.
• Both members of a pair will receive the same mark.
Resources
A list of resources will be made available on FLO and updated as appropriate. For reference material on
Linux system calls and their associated C libraries, consult the following eBook (available online to all
students via the Flinders University library):
The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk (2010)
A series of test messages has been provided with this handout. These may prove useful during testing

1. Introduction
This, INS468 – IT Strategy and Governance, project involves writing a detailed report, preparing
a presentation (3-5 slides), and creating a Blog that shows the key findings of the report. Your
report should cover a relevant topic to our subject. Such a topic, that is made possible with the
prefoliation and mass use of information systems and technologies today, provides a strategic
advantage to organizations today, including enabling them to create and use new and emerging
business models, sustain their competitive advantages, increase their work flexibility settings, or
optimize their business processes more efficiently and effectively.
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2. Topics
The following are only some suggested topics. You are welcome to bring another relevant topic of
your interest. But, make sure to discuss it with your Instructor before writing about it:
1 Digital Systems for enabling telecommuting and telework
2 Increase productivity with online collaborative tools
3 Social IT for building a social business strategy
4 Enabling co-opetition
5 IST for business an ecosystem
6 Building strategic alliances using IST
7 Creating the elastic and zero-time organizations
3. Objectives of the Group Project
A. Choose a specific topic from the list above or select your own after discussing it with
your Instructor, and then read all attainable and relevant material about it from
academic articles, Websites, books, and industry reports.
B. Once you have enough material, you are expected to clearly and fully discuss the topic
in a written report, 5-7 pages, in terms of:
a) The technology or information system embedded or used,
b) Success stories from around the world utilizing such topic,
c) Current state of implementation/ adoption for the topic in UAE/GCC market,
d) How your topic would help companies realizing their strategic business objectives, and
e) Key conclusions/ contributions of your report for readers for other companies who consider
about acquiring/purchasing/implementing similar topic.
C. Prepare a presentation about your discussion/findings and deliver the presentation’s
slides at the end of your written report.
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D. Each group is also required to design its own Blog, using any of the free online
Blogging services (e.g., Wix, theblogstarter, webself, WordPress, etc.). Post the main
findings of your report on your Blog and provide the link of the Blog in your report.
4. Report Structure and Format
A. Title page: Must contain topic title, group members names and IDs, and course name.
B. Abstract: About 150 words (Summary of the key findings of the report)
C. Table of Contents
D. Main body of the report
E. Conclusion
F. References in Harvard style format. Examples:
Books: Wit, J. S., Poneman, D. B. & Gallucci, R. L. 2004. Going critical: the first North
Korean nuclear crisis. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press
Website: Dawson, J., Deubert, K., Grey-Smith, S. & Smith, L. 2002. ‘S’ Trek 6:
Referencing, not plagiarism. [Online]. Available:
http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/guides/studytrekk/strek6.html. [4 September 2004].
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5. Important Notes:
1. Work in a group consisting of two or three members only.
2. Pay attention to the following Rubric for this assignment since your answers will be
evaluated based on it:
No. Criteria Weight
1 Clarity and Depth 30%
2 Formatting and Organization 15%
3 Delivery of Presentation 15%
4 Creating a Blog 15%
5 Resources and References 15%
6 Grammar 10%
3. The due date of submission for this assignment is Thursday, October 11th, 2018.
4. You must cover all the requirements (i.e., comprehensive report + presentation + Blog).
The discussion in your report must be written with clear and solid arguments and
supported with academic/industrial/professional references.
5. Plagiarism is a serious offense. Therefore, write the report and the Blog in your own
style. Use references when appropriate and check your report before submitting it.

Choose an engaging historical question related to the subject American history no later than the year 1800.

Be sure that your question is something interesting and relevant that could lead to an arguable thesis. Remember you are writing an argumentative essay, not an informational report. The more specific your focus, the more interesting your paper is likely to be.

Conduct historical research regarding the question. Familiarize yourself with what “the literature” of Secondary sources have to say about it. Is there a consensus or differing viewpoints on the subject? What are they? Find Primary sources from the time and place you are investigating related to your question. These Primary and Secondary sources will serve as evidence for you later on.
As you gather sources, you should begin to formulate your own answer to the question you began with, using the evidence to back up your argument. Your answer should be a bold statement of your argument, contained in one sentence. This is your thesis, which you will defend in the body of the paper. You should follow your thesis statement with a “road map” of key points that support this, giving a preview of what your body paragraphs will cover.
Body paragraphs should be related to supporting your thesis, and should include evidence in support of your thesis. You should be as direct and specific as possible in your body paragraphs and avoid vagueness or generalities. If you use quotes, you should always follow with analysis in your own words to demonstrate your own critical thinking in linking the evidence to your thesis. Body paragraphs should also be related to one another via good transition sentences. Avoid tangents not immediately related to your thesis. If you found secondary sources that oppose the argument your thesis is making, you should devote one body paragraph to addressing these opposing viewpoints.
Your paper should finish with a strong conclusion supporting your thesis and key points. Your essay must meet the following guidelines: 5-Page or 1300 word (whichever is longer) minimum.
double-spaced Times New Roman font size 12. It must make a convincing argument (not merely report facts) that demonstrates critical historical thinking. It must reference at least 2 primary source historical documents as evidence
It must reference at least 2 secondary source historical journal article or book in support of or in contradiction to, your argument.
Grading Rubric Requirements
– Evidence Frequently cited excellent sources in Turabian format which supported the argument well
-Argument Excellent- A bold thesis, knowledgeable of historical context, making use of inference and insight to make a detailed argument

To critically examine and analyze a poem. To use your critical thinking skills to interpret meaning into poetry. Structure: You are going to take a poem of your choosing from this week’s list of readings and discuss at least two of the qualities in the poem (imagery, figurative language, allusion, tone, rhythm and meter, or pattern). This should resemble an academically structured essay, not just a stream of consciousness. It may help you to choose two similar qualities mentioned above or to pick a poem where the qualities are prevalent. It is strongly encouraged to use something similar to a 5-paragraph structure. There are no right or wrong answers…you are using your critical thinking and reading skills to come up with your own ideas about how specific themes are present in the story of your choosing. You must have sufficient proof of why your ideas are right. Use the poem and cite phrases that back up your ideas. Your essay should also contain a properly formatted MLA Works Cited page. You are required to have one source, the Perrine textbook. Remember that if you have a source listed in the Works Cited page, it must be present as an in-text citation in the body of the essay and vice versa. Audience: You are writing for someone who has read the poem and wants to know more about your perspective. Logistics: • Double-spaced, titled, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, MLA formatting. • A minimum of 4 full pages of writing not including Works Cited page. • Only one source is required the Perrine textbook. • Academic language should be used throughout this essay, but you may have instances where first or second person statements may be applicable. o Omit slang, jargon, casual, conversational, or curse words. o Omit questions from academic writing. • Essay must demonstrate academic awareness of sentence structure, clarity, and effective editing techniques. For more guidance, you are encouraged to go visit a local or online Writing Center.

Assume that an unfair labor practice charge was filed against your company by several employees and three prospective employees. See the form linked below indicating the charge, which outlines the scenario below: FORM NLRB-501: Case 4689-3 On July 29, 2016, Delphi Golf, Inc. and the union entered a collective bargaining agreement. The majority of the company’s employees covered by the agreement had not designated the union as their collective-bargaining representative. The agreement contains a union-security clause requiring employees who are members in good standing of the union to maintain their membership in good standing and all other employees to become members of the union on or before the 31st day following the effective date of the agreement or the date of their hire. The union instructed Delphi Golf, Inc. not to employ three servers for restaurant positions in the company because the servers were not members of the union. The company is an employer within the meaning of Section 2(2) of the act engaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the act. Explain in a two-page essay the process and steps your company will have to take to defend this action. Explain the defenses to the action and if the union employees have valid claims. What actions by the employer should have been done differently, if at all? What actions by the union should have been done differently? Who, if anyone, is liable?