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(Portion 1) This week’s required readings explain the role that analytics plays in the modern business environment. Consider the following questions and respond in a minimum of 175 words: How is data analytics different from statistics? Analytics tools fall into 3 categories:descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. What are the main differences among these categories? Explain how businesses use analytics to convert raw operational data into actionable information. Provide at least 1 example. Consider the organization you work for (or another organization you’re familiar with). Does this organization use data analytics?If so, how is it used? If not, how could the organization use data analytics to improve its performance? Word count = 250 (portion 2) Reply to two students - !50 words EACH = 300. Due tonighT! .

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(Page 132) G. Prewriting: Using the Toulmin Model to Get Ideas for a Position Paper You have used the Toulmin model in Exercises B through F to read and analyze other people’s argument. Now use it to identify the main parts of an argument you will write. You may use the model to help you plan any argument paper. Use the Toulmin model as a prewriting exercise to help you develop ideas for a position paper. 1. Write the claim. All of the rest of your paper will support this claim. 2. Write the support. Write two or three subclaims you will develop in the paper. To help you do this, write the word “because” after the claim, and list reasons that support it. Also jot down ideas for specific support for these subclaims, such as examples, facts, opinions, or visual images that come from your reading of the essays or from your own experience. Student Paper #1 Sofia Diallou Professor Miller English 101 12 Feb. 2016 Toulmin Analysis of the “Road Trip” Cartoon Identifies claim and support. The reader has to infer the claim of this cartoon since it is not directly stated. The claim is that screens have replaced face-to-face conversation as the primary way people now interact with each other. The support is provided by the driver of the car, who notes how much lonelier car trips have become, and the other passengers, all of whom are focused on their smartphones and tablets. Analyzes warrant. The implied warrant is that screen-based technology makes us more isolated and disconnected from each other. Identifies backing. The backing is also implied and reinforced by the picture. It suggests that road trips are valuable opportunities for connection and conversation that many families are giving up. It also reinforces the common belief that interacting with screens is more appealing than interacting directly with people face-to-face. Infers rebuttal. No direct rebuttal or qualifier appears in this cartoon. I think, however, that this cartoon could be considered as a rebuttal to those who think that screen-based communication is always superior to face-to-face communication. As a rebuttal, this cartoon highlights the negative consequences of embracing screen-based communication. 3. Write the warrants. Decide whether to spell out the warrants in your paper or to leave them implicit so that the reading audience will have to infer them. 4. Decide on the backing. Assume that your classmates are your audience. They may be reading drafts of your paper. In your judgment, will some of them require backing for any of your warrants because they will not agree with them otherwise? If so, how can you back these warrants? Write out your ideas. 5. Plan rebuttal. Think about the positions others may hold on this issue. You identified some of these positions in your exploratory paper. Write out your strategies for weakening these arguments. 6. Decide whether to qualify the claim to make it more convincing to more people. Write one or more qualifiers that might work. Read what.

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(SLIDES) Rohingya People : Living Conditions---(Housing) and Access to Services (Healthcare) 1. Historical Content 2. Living Conditions (Housing) 3. Access to Services (Healthcare) 4. Capabilities Approach taken to help them 5. Conclusion 6. Questions (3) on their living conditions (housing) and Access to services (Healthcare) Running Head: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 1 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 2 Artificial Intelligence, the Monster we are feeding-outline Students Name Professors Name Course title Date The monster called Artificial Intelligence Thesis: Major laboratories have been built all over the world to prototype and generate intelligent machines through deep learning. In this paper, I will argue that Artificial Intelligence is a monster that the humans are feeding and it will one day turn and overthrow man, leaving the world in the hands of machines. I. Introduction A. Thesis B. Definition the terms intelligence, deep learning, programing, machine learning C. History of artificial intelligence. D. Major scientists who developed AI. E. Trends in AI II. Machine learning A. Supervised learning B. Non supervised learning C. Comparison between supervised and non-supervised learning III. Major advantages of AI A. Real time assistance B. In the business field C. Industrialization D. Efficiency E. Accuracy IV. Limitations of AI A. Cost implication B. Threats prevention C. Loss of metal capability D. Social factors E. Ethical factors F. Men becoming slaves G. Emotions not guaranteed H. Rigidity in thinking and execution of instructions V. Criticism The divine instruction was for man to steward and subdue the world, such innovations makes the human being achieve the divine instruction. This criticism is worth because it discusses part of the work in AI as divine instruction. There is power and happiness if a creator creates something more powerful than itself. It is the happiness of a teacher to see their students do well and even pursue a course far much better. With such social theories supporting the work of artificial intelligence, it is making sense that the same AI should not be demonized but rather be seen as a human achievement. VI. Conclusion All the sections and subsections are discussed in a brief, precise and clear way ranging from the definitions, the implications and how negative artificial intelligence should be depicted in this section. References Boddington, P. (2017). Towards a code of ethics for artificial intelligence. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Lu, H., Li, Y., Chen, M., Kim, H., & Serikawa, S. (2018). Brain intelligence: go beyond artificial intelligence. Mobile Networks and Applications, 23(2), 368-375. Osoba, O. A., & Welser IV, W. (2017). An intelligence in our image: The risks of bias and errors in artificial intelligence. Rand Corporation. Rosé, C. P. (2017). Artificial intelligence: A social spin on language analysis. Nature, 545(7653), 166. Russell, .

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(See detail instruction in the attachment) This is a music paper to talk about the latest artists, music genres, or club scenes that excite your interests. Cite AT LEAST ONE source from the course reading (I attached them down below) and TWO additional outside academic sources. In total, you should cite at lease SIX sources. You must include a reference cited list (bibliography) at the end of your essay. (please cite them carefully and easy to find, our TA read our paper very carefully and he will check every citation one by one) A significant portion of your research will be the course readings, lectures, and listening assignments. Use MLA citation please. 1200 words, (not including the title or the references cited list), double spaced Answer the questions listed in the paper instruction that I attached. I also include a class note document that I took throughout the course which includes all the music genre that I learn. .

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(Insert Student Name) / (Insert Student Number) - PPMP20011 Portfolio template for Week 9 PPMP20011 Portfolio Template – Week 9 Description of topics including reading samples Learning outcomes of the unit Learnings from your experience, this and prior unit reading, assignments Supporting documentation including your prior learning Week 9 Topic: Applying Project Management Standards and Frameworks. Collaborative Project Procurement Arrangements (2015) by Derek H. T. Walker and Beverly M. Lloyd Walker; 6. Evaluate project management tools that help avoid or provide conflict resolution via negotiated solutions. The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have an appreciation of the Role of the Project Manager in Commercial Negotiation. Try to ask yourself the questions that were in the slides in this week’s lecture: 1. In what way would Project Management Standards and Frameworks impact on Commercial Negotiation? Walker & Walker (2015) discuss the general thrust of this investigations in Chapter 7 (p 137) what are your thoughts regarding: 2. Do the conclusions in Chapter 7 p 137 seem reasonable to you? Walker & Walker (2015) then in Chapter 7 talk about a “PraXitioner” what are your thoughts regarding: 3. Do you agree with the authors that a PraXitioner is the way forward? Continuing the theme of the PraXitioner Walker and Walker look at Implications for PM Education and Skills; what are your thoughts regarding: 4. Do you think that there will be a future shortage of good PraXitioner’s in Commercial Negotiation situations? In the last part of Chapter 7 is a Summary of the Walker and Walker book; what are your thoughts regarding: 5. Do you agree with the authors? 6. Do you think that RBP is a good framework for Commercial Project Negotiation? In conclusion to this week: 7. Do the ideas in Chapter 7 help in structuring your thoughts around Commercial Project Negotiation? PPMP20011 Unit Profile PPMP20011 Moodle Web site Have you any insights you can add from other units you have studies or readings you’ve made? References Kerzner H. 2013. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Control, 11th Edition. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons. Peña-Mora F., and Tamaki T. 2001. "Effect of Delivery Systems on Collaborative Negotiations for Large -Scale Infrastructure Projects”. Journal of Management in Engineering. April 2001 pp.105-121 PMI. 2013a. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition. USA: Project Management Institute. Wikipedia Channel Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel 1 of 2 BUS 300 - The American Economy Student’s Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________________ USA: Measures of Economic Well-Being 2016 2017 2018 Increase or Decrease? Worker Productivity: Inflation: Unemployment (rate): Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Unemployment rate: U..

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Module 2: Methods of Ethical Analysis Application of Ethical Theories In module 1, we acquired a foundation in classical ethical theories. In this module, we will learn how to apply this knowledge to ethical challenges in today's business world and, more specifically, to the area of information technology. As we learned in module 1, the main traditional ethical theories tend to be either rule-based (deontological) or consequentialist (teleological). Both types of theories provide a framework for deciding whether actions are right, depending upon the consequences that result from the action (consequentialist) or whether the action follows the relevant rules for ethical behavior (deontological). Traditional ethical theories were intended to apply universally to ethical dilemmas and obviously didn't factor in issues such as marketplace competition, stockholders, and today's ever-changing world of information technology. Today's IT manager needs to be able to address ethical issues and to find resolutions in concrete business terms rather than engage in a philosophical ethical debate. However, we can use those theories to guide our ethical decision-making process. In addition to the ethical theories already presented, business ethics attempts to take traditional ethics and apply them practically to a business context. The normative theories of business ethics (NTBE), introduced to the information systems community in large part by Smith and Hasnas, provide three basic approaches to ethical problems: stockholder, stakeholder, and social contract theories (Smith, 2002). In this section, we will introduce those theories as well as make connections to classical theory. Normative Theories of Business Ethics As its name indicates, the stockholder theory of NTBE focuses on making ethical decisions that benefit stockholders. According to this theory, because stockholders have invested in the company for their own profit, actions taken by the company should be focused on benefiting the bottom line. A manager or employee has a responsibility to use corporate resources in ways that do not take away from the stockholders' benefits. Stockholder theory instructs managers to act within legal constraints. It does not instruct or encourage managers to ignore ethical constraints. Stakeholder theory expands a manager's responsibility beyond the stockholders to include anyone with an interest in the firm. This could include employees, customers, stockholders, and potentially even competitors. Given that there is a potential conflict among the interests of the various stakeholders, the manager's challenge is to balance those interests and to provide the best possible solution that does not substantially infringe on any individual stakeholder group. According to social contract theory, businesses have ethical obligations to benefit society by fulfilling customer and employee interests within the generally accepted rules or codes. If there were a hypothetical contract ...

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Module 2 Rawhide Brewery Mini-case Template: Key Proposal Summaries Proposal 1 1. Rawhide brews Tabby beer at a few per case (improves Rawhides Net income on Income Statement) 2. Fee is adjusted monthly due to price of hops 3. Fee dependent on volume: as volume increase, fee decreases, but Rawhide profit increases 4. Fee (per case of beer) is adjusted annually due to inflation 5. Guaranteed minimum case of beer processing volume 6. Created a 5-year contract where Tabby would pay 20 cents less per case than presently Proposal 2 1. Rawhide transfers brewery operations and 10-year debt (improves balance sheet) to Newco 2. Rawhide brewery equipment = $5mil & debt = $3.5 mil 3. Tabby pays $950K for 95% of Newco stock; Rawhide pays $50K for 5% Newco stock 4. Rawhide gets $1.5 mil note receivable with an annually adjusting interest rate depending on Newco profitability: higher profits = higher interest rate, up to 20%. 5. All beer processed at Newco is 15% cheaper than under Proposal 1, reducing COGS for Tabby. 6. Rawhide guarantees the $3.5 mil loan. 7. Rawhide would have more control than Tabby due to shareholder agreement. 8. Rawhide and Tabby pays the same fee per case, increasing COGS for both. Proposal 3 1. Rawhide transfers brewery and debt to Newco 2. Rawhide gets 60% of Newco for $1.5 mil ($5 [asset] - $3.5 [debt]) 3. Tabby buys 40% of Newco for $1.0 mil 4. Tabby and Rawhide both guarantee loan. Proposal Effect on Rawhide's Debt/Equity Ratio (Reference debt to equity ratio = 1.33) 1. Proposal 1: D/E likely goes down (equity increases relative to liabilities) a. Cash and marketable securities likely increase (Balance Sheet, B/S) b. Retained earnings go up, assuming volume increases (B/S), flows to net income to retained earnings increasing equity c. Net income goes up due to likely higher net revenue due to processing volume, profits, and inflation (Income Statement, I/S), flows to net income to retained earnings increasing equity 2. Proposal 2: D/E is likely reduced as liabilities are reduced and equity (retained earnings) increases, probably more than Proposal 1. a. Net Income increases, as depreciation, amortization, and interest expenses are reduced and COGS is reduced 15% (I/S) flows to net income to retained earnings b. Transferring brewery reduces non-current assets (an asset) (B/S) no impact on d/e c. Transferring loan reduces long-term debts (a liability) (B/S), reduces debt d. Rawhide holds 5% of Newco; assuming dividends, cash and equity increase (B/S) flows to net income to retained earnings increasing equity e. Annual interest payment ($1.5 mil note receivable) improves cash position (B/S), flows to net income to retained earnings increasing equity 3. Proposal 3: D/E Ratio likely decreases a. Net income increases, given a 15% decrease in brewery costs (COGS), depreciation, amortization, and interest expenses are materially reduced. (I/S), flows to net income to retained earnings incre ...

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