Construct a Cost-Benefit Analysis matrix for an organization that is considering replacing its internal payroll system with a payroll outsourcing service.

  1. Construct a Cost-Benefit Analysis matrix for an organization that is considering replacing its internal payroll system with a payroll outsourcing service. Include direct and indirect revenue enhancements and direct and indirect cost reductions.
  2. Assess the risks associated with integrating a new payroll system and suggest what the project management team can do to minimize those risks.
  3. Compose the tasks that would be needed to complete a Gantt chart (project schedule) for outsourcing the company’s payroll system. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using a Gantt chart versus using the Performance evaluation and review technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM) when managing projects.
  4. Propose three (3) types of feedback loops the project management team can implement so that potential users of the new payroll system can provide advice, suggestions, and guidance to the team during project development and implementation. Suggest how the project management team can filter out irrelevant information and target critical information provided by potential users of the new system.
  5. Suggest three (3) types of behavioral problems that employees can manifest as a result of replacing the organization’s legacy payroll system with an outsourced solution. Compose three (3) guidelines that a project manager can use to mitigate employee resistance to change.
  6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Create a project management plan and prepare the organization for the implementation.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource information systems.
  • Write clearly and concisely about human resource information systems using proper writing mechanics.

Suggest at least four (4) critical success factors in HRIS development and implementation and explain why you feel each is important to overall project success.

  1. List and describe the four general project management process phases and provide a brief summation of how the HR and IT departments work together to establish the HRIS.
  2. Identify and discuss three (3) project management approaches/tools that can help manage the HRIS project. Which of the 3 tools would be the simplest to use? Does the simplest tool make it the best tool to use? Explain.
  3. Create a 3-column, 4-row table listing the project management tools, describing how they are used, and providing at least 2 qualities for each. Name at least 3 means by which tighter control over the HRIS project may be attained.
  4. Propose six (6) organizational and management requirements necessary in the successful completion of the HRIS. Select any two (2) of the six you feel are very important and explain your rationale.
  5. Suggest at least four (4) critical success factors in HRIS development and implementation and explain why you feel each is important to overall project success.
  6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

 

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Bob and Lisa are both married, working adults. They both plan for retirement and consider the $2,000 annual contribution a must.

Bob and Lisa are both married, working adults. They both plan for retirement and consider the $2,000 annual contribution a must.

First, consider Lisa’s savings. She began working at age 20 and began making an annual contribution of $2,000 at the first of the year beginning with her first year. She makes 13 contributions. She worked until she was 32 and then left full time work to have children and be a stay at home mom. She left her IRA invested and plans to begin drawing from her IRA when she is 65.

Bob started his IRA at age 32. The first 12 years of his working career, he used his discretionary income to buy a home, upgrade the family cars, take vacations, and pursue his golfing hobby. At age 32, he made his first $2,000 contribution to an IRA, and contributed $2,000 every year up until age 65, a total of 33 years / contributions. He plans to retire at age 65 and make withdrawals from his IRA.

Both IRA accounts grow at a 7% annual rate. Do not consider any tax effects.

Write a two to three (2-3) paragraph summary in which you:

Create a chart summarizing the details of the investment for both Bob and Lisa.

Explain the results in terms of time value of money.

Discuss how the SQ3R reading strategy is similar to and/or different from the way you read course material previously.

Discuss how the SQ3R reading strategy is similar to and/or different from the way you read course material previously. Explain how using SQ3R improved your comprehension of the course materials.

Be sure to use specific examples. You can also explore how you might apply this strategy in your everyday life.

How might SQ3R affect the way you read the newspaper or online articles, for example?

If using the strategy did not improve your comprehension of the course materials, explain why.

Post must be 200 to 300 words in length

Question 2

Provide your three to five ideas (in list format) for your Final Essay.

Difference between high school and college.

The effect the recession had on me

Why Bernie Sanders should be president

Write a paragraph explaining how you used the techniques in Chapter 4 to come up with those ideas.

Share what you think the key elements of a narrative are (i.e., what makes a good story work).

You are the lead engineer of a company responsible for monitoring emissions from vehicles that your company produces. It is discovered that a “cheat” device was installed on the vehicles your company produces that lets your company’s vehicles pass emission testing when they should fail

lYou are the lead engineer of a company responsible for monitoring emissions from vehicles that your company produces. It is discovered that a “cheat” device was installed on the vehicles your company produces that lets your company’s vehicles pass emission testing when they should fail. Upper level management is requiring you to inform your fellow engineers and your clients about the newly discovered news.

You get to decide whether you knew about the cheat device and were told by upper level management to say nothing, OR you that didn’t know about the “cheat” device (upper management did and didn’t say anything) and you are required to inform people of the situation.

You are required to create a memo to your fellow engineers and a letter to your clients to inform them of this situation. Grading with be based on how well format is followed and content of both documents.

 

Formatting:

–          Follow appropriate document format for the memo and letter.

–          Use black text only.

–          Text size needs to be 12 point size.

–          Text needs to be singled spaced.

–          Margins on the document should be 1’’ on all sides.

–          Paragraphs should have correct indentation.

–          Please spell check and proofread your work

Analyze how the presence of an observer could impact the study being conducted

Assignment 1: Using Grounded Theory

Using your identified phenomena from Module 1, create a qualitative research design using the grounded theory approach. Identify the following:

  1. Research question
  2. Sample
  3. Data collection method (interview, survey, observation, etc.)

Post your assignment,  by Tuesday, November 10

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

 

Assignment 2: Observer Presence

The lecture on Observation Skills stated, “your involvement and immersion in the study has affected those being studied, your findings, and yourself.”

Analyze how the presence of an observer could impact the study being conducted. Support your findings with relevant research and post your assignment,  by Thursday, November 12

 

Assignment 3: Discussion Questions

By Monday, November 16 go to the Discussion Area and discuss each of the following as they pertain to qualitative research in general, and then discuss each of the following as they pertain or can be applied to your project:

  1. Integrity
  2. Triangulation
  3. Transferability
  4. Trustworthiness

Assignment 4: Field Experience

This will involve a non-participant naturalistic observation of a public place. The purpose of this exercise is to provide the student with some firsthand experience with a qualitative data-gathering technique. The exercise focuses on how to make detailed field observations, as well as learning to distinguish between your observations and your inferences and interpretations. (Inferences and interpretations will occur in the Final Project). Naturalist observation is a primary method of data collection in qualitative research, especially ethnography. In some qualitative studies, this important source of data is the basis upon which analyses are possible.

Make notes regarding the atmosphere, the scents, smells, noises, spatial arrangements, activities, movements, interactions, etc. The first phase of taking field notes is to keenly observe and jot down your observations with as little interpretation as possible. Record what you see, hear, touch, and smell.

Usually field notes are initially handwritten. Since your original field notes will not be submitted, and only read by yourself, it is preferable that they are handwritten. Later, they will be written up, typed, and the typed field notes will be submitted. You will likely spend much more time writing up your field notes as you did observing. A great deal of detail can be recorded during the two hours of observation. Write up longer descriptions immediately after leaving the observation site. You should begin writing up your field notes as soon as possible so that detail is not lost or forgotten. Describe as much as you can about the setting. Your field notes should now describe the setting, individuals, interactions, events, and activities in a highly detailed and descriptive manner. Strive for “thick” and rich description. The level of detail should be such that someone who was not there with you would be able to clearly “see” the setting based on reading your description. Also, be reflective and reflexive. That is, include in your field notes your own experiences, thoughts, and feelings.

When writing up your field notes after leaving the setting, create a wide margin on the right side of the page. For now, leave this area blank. Later in the course, for your Final Project, this margin area will be used for notes, comments, coding, themes, interpretations, etc. On the left side of the page will be the write up of your field notes, and the larger-than-normal margin on the right side will allow room for you to later introduce your comments and interpretation of the observed events.

Your typed summary (not to exceed two pages) should include the following identifying information:

  • Your name.
  • Type of setting.
  • Date and time of your observations.
  • Why you chose the setting.
  • Description of the setting.
  • Your observations of the interactions that took place.

Submit your 2-page response as a Microsoft Word document by Tuesday November 17

 

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

In the end we have to design the circuit in some simulation program ( we use ISE from Xilinx, wich is free for the most part).

We need to implemente a circuit that follows the following:

. It has 4 inputs : ln1 and ln2 (both with 3 bits each) ; EN( enable signal – 1 bit) ; COD ( 1 bit)

. 2 outputs: RES, that will be the result in the output, e EVEN, that indicates if the result is even (the output is ‘1’ if it is indeed even).

 

If the circuit is not enabled( EN=’0’) , the RES will be all ‘1’s . If it is enabled (EN=’1’), COD will say what the RES will be. If COD is ‘0’ , RES will be the sum between ln1 and ln2, if both are even or both are odd . If one is odd and the other is even ,  RES will be the subtraction between  In1 and In2. If COD=’1’, RES will be the sum  (or the subtraction, depending on what was said before this paragraph) if the result is 10 (in decimal) if not 0 (also in decimal).

 

In the end we have to design the circuit in some simulation program ( we use ISE from Xilinx, wich is free for the most part).

Research Assignment – Asset Misappropriation

Research Assignment – Asset Misappropriation

Conduct some research in the Kaplan Library accessed through the home area of the course room and locate an article for each of the types of asset misappropriation fraud schemes:

Checklist:

  1. Analyze the asset misappropriation fraud scheme in terms of the three prongs of the fraud triangle, and then discuss methods and techniques that can be used to prevent the fraud from occurring.
    1. Cash Receipts Scheme
    2. Cash Disbursement Scheme
  2. Make sure to use two short citations from your two articles and include an accompanying reference for each in APA format and style on an additional last page

Submit your 2–3 page paper with an additional title and reference page to the Assignment Dropbox.