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Question 1

Case Study 5.2: California’s High-Speed Rail Project

A goal of the Obama administration has been to promote high-speed rail across the most populous and geographically-dispersed states in the United States. The idea is to adopt more energy-saving initiatives while also helping to improve state’s infrastructure.  It is with this in mind that the Federal Government made billions available to various states in the 2008–2010 budget cycles.  After the Fall, 2010 elections, several states that had elected Republican governors refused the grants, suspicious that this seed money would not be sufficient to pay for what they viewed as unnecessary construction based on over-optimistic expectations of the need for and use of high-speed rail.  One of the states that accepted the money and has moved forward strongly into high-speed rail has been California, which has already begun work on a 65-mile section in the middle of the state, earning the derisive nickname, the “train to nowhere.”  This case details the state’s projections regarding the need for high-speed rail, against the views of infrastructure experts and critics who charge that for a state that is already in a severe budget crisis, this is just the sort of project that makes no sense economically or demographically.

Questions

1. Assess the benefits and drawbacks of the high-speed rail project. In your opinion, do benefits outweigh drawbacks, or vice versa? Why? Justify your answer.

2. What are the implications of starting a project based on tenuous projections that may or may not come true 10 years from now?

3. Could you justify the California high-speed rail project from the perspective of a massive public works initiative? In other words, what other factors enter into the decision of whether to pursue a high-speed rail project? Why are they important?

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Question 2

1. Describe some interaction your company has with another entity (firms producing complementary or substitute products, upstream suppliers, or downstream customers), or between internal divisions within your firm that can be described as a sequential or simultaneous game. Diagram the strategies, players, and compute payoffs as best you can. Compute the Nash equilibria. What can you do to change the rules of the game to your advantage? Compute the profit consequences of your advice.

2. Why might Mattel set a much lower margin on its Barbie dolls than on the accessories for the dolls?

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Question 3

1. Discuss John Holland's personality-job fit theory.

2. Describe the five value dimensions of national culture as identified by the Hofstede's framework for assessing cultures.

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Question 4

In chapter 4, the author discusses different options for testing blockchain applications. For our course, we have chosen to use Ganache, a local test blockchain. Explore some of the advantages and disadvantages of using local and public blockchains to test apps and contrast the two options.  

• Contract the advantages and disadvantages of using local and public blockchains to test applications.


• Explain how each advantage and disadvantage impacts blockchain application development, and why each is important to successful blockchain implementation.

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Question 5

You’re using Ganache in your labs, but you’ll learn in future chapters about public test blockchains and production (live) blockchains. Once you deploy a smart contract, that smart contract code is stored on the blockchain forever (remember immutability?) Understanding that you cannot simply overwrite previously deployed smart contracts, contrast approaches to deploying traditional applications and blockchain apps. Does blockchain make deployments easier or harder?

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Question 6

According to recent surveys, China, India, and the Philippines are the three most popular countries for IT outsourcing. Write a short paper (2-4 paragraphs) explaining what the appeal would be for US companies to outsource IT functions to these countries. You may discuss cost, labor pool, language, or possibly government support as your reasons. There are many other reasons you may choose to highlight in your paper.

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Question 7

Imagine your CEO found out you are taking this awesome course at New England College (NEC) and decided to have a conversation with you. You are a bright upcoming executive with lots of potential. This is your preparation for your conversation. They want to know how you see your company and/or division positioned for success, and what risk should they mitigate. Lucky for you, NEC assigned this article to read this week! https://pestleanalysis.com/what-is-pestle-analysis/

Your awesome mentor provides you with a checklist to create the report for submission prior to your conversation and to present to the CEO when face to face (or ZOOM)

GO FOR IT!

Need 3 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Question 8

Prepare an individual research paper on a topic regarding Organizational Communication, Conflict, and/or Negotiation that can assist you in your own professional development. Possible topics for research papers can include any aspect of organizational communication 

Topic

consider topics from your text as well as the topics covered in the weekly lessons and discussions: communication styles, culture, organizational interdependencies, motivation and feedback, groups and teams, power and politics, leadership, negotiation, conflict management, perception, emotional intelligence, groupthink, communication climates, etc. 

The paper should have a title page, abstract, an introductory section, a literature review of current journal articles or studies that have been accomplished in the topic area, and a conclusion section.

Need 6 pages APA format paper. No Plagiarism.

Question 9

Develop a Computer/Internet Security Policy

You have been hired as the CSO (Chief Security Officer) for an organization. Your job is to develop a computer and internet security policy for the organization that covers the following areas:

· Computer and email acceptable use policy

· Internet acceptable use policy

· Password protection policy

Make sure you are sufficiently specific in addressing each area. There are plenty of security policy and guideline templates available online for you to use as a reference or for guidance. Your plan should reflect the business model and corporate culture of a specific organization that you select. 

Need 3 pages APA format of 2 different answer papers for above question. Total 6 pages. No plagiarism.

Question 10

Practical Connection with the course

1. Course: Telecomm Network Security, Role: .Net Developer

2. Course: InfoTech Import in Strat Plan, Role: Pentaho ETL/OBIEE Developer, NYS Office of Information Technology Services, NY.

3. Course: InfoTech Import in Strat Plan, Role: Software Test Engineer for New York State (Department of Labor).

Need 1.5 pages APA format of 3 different answer papers for above question. Total 4.5 pages. No plagiarism.