DBA 8400 Week 8 Assignment

 

Week 8 Assignment

Professional Development Framework

In this assignment, you will submit your Professional Development Framework by looking at the Knowledge & Scholarly Thinking domain. This domain is a set of intellectual competencies that put the scholar-practitioner on the pathway to move from a consumer of learning for academic purposes to a critical, scholarly, strategic thinker who puts knowledge and theory into professional practice. Consider that scholarly thinking involves conceptualization, judgment, synthetic reasoning, creativity, innovativeness, a visionary mindset, problem solving, critical thinking, and the ability to accept and respond to professional critique. As you begin your DBA journey, reflect on your existing strengths, as well as areas of potential growth, to build the competencies needed to be a successful DBA scholar-practitioner. Company leaders expect DBA degree holders to be able to make time-sensitive, critical decisions using creative and critical thinking. You will need to be aware of your personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, using your strengths to improve the areas of weakness, and possess the ability to learn new business concepts and accomplish significant goals to meet the demands of employers of DBA graduates.

 

After an initial personal and professional assessment of existing competencies, select from the subdomains below to build your Professional Development Framework. You may also create your own subdomains, if you wish. The subdomains reflect competencies you will need to identify, research, and solve business problems.

 

Some subdomains of the Knowledge & Scholarly Thinking domain are:

 

Critical thinking.

Ontological humility.

Assumption-related decision making.

Cognition and reflection.

Creativity and innovation.

Personal branding.

You may wish to review the references at the end of the DBA Professional Development Framework Guide [PDF] to deepen your understanding and allow for a more evolved framework as you reflect on:

 

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Scholarship & practice.

Intellectual competencies.

Specialized content knowledge & skills (business acumen).

Learning advanced disciplinary knowledge and skills.

Conducting research and scholarship.

Collaborating within and across disciplines.

Knowledge and intellectual abilities.

The knowledge, intellectual abilities, and techniques to do research.

Cognitive skills.

Includes the skills necessary for the identification, planning, and solution of problems effectively and meaningfully.

Theory.

Researching professionals should possess foundational knowledge of theories in their discipline, and deep knowledge of theories that inform their areas of specialization within their discipline.

For this assignment, answer the following questions using your Professional Development Journal [DOCX] template. (Submit the entire template. Use subheadings within the template to organize your work.)

 

Reflection Questions

Address the following:

 

How might you identify your potential for growth in this domain using what you have learned so far in this course and in your own professional life? Which of the pieces of this course caused you the most difficulty? Which seemed the easiest? Reflect on what skills this leads you to feel are your stronger skills and which need more practice. Describe.

Which 2–3 subdomains would you like to develop further? This can include subdomains not listed in the DBA Professional Development Framework Guide [PDF].

What are a few specific goals for these subdomains?

What is your plan for achieving these goals?

What strategies will you use to stay motivated to achieve your goals?

Who in your current network can help you achieve your goals?

Who in your current network might create barriers to achieving your goals?

How will you leverage the helpers and avoid or mitigate the barrier-creators?

How does your chosen specialization in this program align with your personal sense of accomplishments to date or in your future plans?

Think about employers’ expectations of DBA graduates. How does that set of expectations match with the ones you had when choosing the program? How does it differ? Does this gap between your expectations and employers’ expectations excite or worry you? Why or why not?

Complete the first part of the Professional Development Framework chart in the Professional Development Journal [DOCX] template.

Briefly describe your subdomains and goals in the Knowledge & Scholarly Thinking text box.

You will add to this chart in future courses and use it in your final project presentation.

Please remember that your Professional Development Framework is quite personal to you and there are no right or wrong answers. The only bad answer is no answer. Really delve into this one so that you can start thinking about your personal framework—this is the foundation of the rest of your program achievements. Laying solid concrete now will be a great way to move forward on your path to your Doctor of Business Administration.

 

When you have completed your reflection:

 

 

Additional Requirements

As you complete your assignment, be sure your paper meets the following guidelines:

 

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

Tone: This framework is an opportunity for you to share your story and goals. For this reason, you may write this assignment in the first-person perspective (I, me).

Scholarship: You are welcome to include scholarly or professionally reputable practitioner sources to support your main points and analysis, but none are required.

APA formatting: All resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.

Length: 1–2 typed, single-spaced page(s) within the Professional Development Journal [DOCX]. Alternatively, you can submit 3–4 double-spaced pages.

PHI 201 Week 9 Assignment 4

 

PHI 201 Week 9 Assignment 4

 

In this assignment, you will:

• Provide a clear, concise overview of the 10 Skills and their importance for personal and professional life.
• Provide an overview of your philosophy of change that includes a summary of your approaches to reacting, framing, and managing change and use specific examples to connect them to approaches to solving problems.
• Explain the relationship between the 10 Skills and your personal philosophy of change using concrete examples to support ideas.

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• Communicate personal experiences and beliefs that are clear, concise, and target a general audience.
• Develop a presentation or podcast that identifies a clear goal, is logically organized, adheres to time limits and includes written outline or script.
• Create an engaging presentation or podcast that is professional in overall quality and formatting.

What to submit/deliverables: Based on the option you choose to complete the assignment, you may submit either a presentation (recorded or live) or an audio podcast recording, including a written outline or script developed in the webtext.

PHI 201 Week 8 Discussion

 

PHI 201 Week 8

 

As we move toward your final assignment and the end of the course, it’s time to start thinking about how you can promote your employability by using what you’ve learned from the 10 Skills. For this discussion, complete the following:

• Find a job posting that you are interested in. Consider searching popular sites like O*NET or Indeed. The position should have been posted within the last 90 days.
• Post a link to the listing at the top of your discussion post and briefly describe the job (15–20 words maximum).
• Choose 2–3 of the 10 Skills listed below and explain how you can use them to promote yourself for the position. Make specific connections between the post and the 10 Skills.
  • NOTE: Concentrate on areas where the 10 Skills connect to the posting and omit education requirements, certifications, or required years of professional experience.

10 Skills:

• • Self and Social Awareness
  • Technology
  • Productivity
  • Initiative
  • Results Driven
  • Communication
  • Relationship Building
  • Problem Solving
  • Innovation
  • Agility 

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DB 8400 Week 7 DQ

 

 

1. The initial problem from last week (you pick which one) and how it was written or described.
2. If the problem was written with a solution included, or if the problem included the “solution as a problem,” describe how that may bias a project designed to help find good solutions to the problem.

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1. If the problem was not written with a solution included, how might the ideas raised by Wible help you come up with some solutions? 
2. Describe the design thinking model proposed by Wible, and whether you agree with it or understand fully its purpose.
3. Describe how you may want to reframe the problem based on the design thinking model provided in Wible’s article. If you do not feel you need to make any changes, defend that decision.

 

 

CIS 558 Week 7 Assignment

 

magine you are the information security officer at a medium-sized hospital chain. The CEO and the other senior leadership of the company want to ensure that all of their hospitals are and remain HIPAA compliant. They are concerned about the impact of the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules on the organization. You begin looking at the information provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA Enforcement, and are asked to provide an analysis of two of the cases found here with emphasis on what was done to resolve the compliance issues.

Instructions

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Section 1: Written Paper

Noncompliance with HIPAA regulations can result in significant fines and negative publicity. To help ensure that your organization remains in compliance with HIPAA regulations, you have been asked to write a 3–5 page paper in which you:

1. Create an overview of the HIPAA security and privacy rules.
2. Analyze the major types of incidents and breaches that occur based on the cases reported.
3. Analyze the technical controls and the nontechnical controls that are needed to mitigate the identified risks and vulnerabilities.
4. Analyze and describe the network architecture that is needed within an organization, including a medium-sized hospital, in order to comply with HIPAA regulations.
5. Analyze how a hospital is similar to and different from other organizations in regard to HIPAA compliance.
6. List the IT audit steps that must be included in the organization's overall IT audit plan to ensure compliance with HIPAA rules and regulations.
7. Use at least three quality resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Section 2: Network Architecture

1. Create a network architecture diagram (using Visio or an open-source equivalent to Visio for creating diagrams), based on the description of the network architecture that you defined above for the organization to comply with HIPAA regulations.
2. Include in the diagram the switches, routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and any other devices needed for a compliant network architecture.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Create a network architecture diagram that is compliant with HIPAA regulations.

 

Week 7 Discussion CIS 558

 

Analyze the identity and access management approach that organizations require to control access to their systems. Explain how the identity and access management approach would be influenced by the type of organization and its size.

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• Determine the identity and access management practices you would recommend for a small or medium-sized business concerned about IT budget.
• Determine the identity and access management practices you would recommend for a large organization that is extremely concerned about protecting corporate information assets.
• Provide a rationale for your responses.

 

 

Week 6 Assignment - Software Engineering- CMMI- and ITIL

 

Realizing that an organization's CMMI level affects an organization's success on requests for proposals (RFPs), your CIO wants to get the software development processes to CMMI level 3. Your organization has started developing software applications and database systems for their customers. The CIO wants to ensure that the software development and database development processes are being properly managed and audited, and he wants to ensure that the organization begins taking the necessary steps to progress to CMMI level 3. In preparation for your response, review the CMMI information.

Instructions

IT managers will commonly manage software development and systems integration activities. Write a 3–5 page paper in which you:

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1. Describe the software engineering process, the challenges in managing software development activities, and the potential interface issues from the software development perspective.
2. Analyze the CMMI levels and define a road map that the organization will need to follow to get their software development processes to CMMI level 3. Note: This is important because the CMMI level that an organization achieves impacts their software development reputation.
3. Explain the auditing tasks that must be performed in order to achieve level 3.
4. Determine the continuous assurance auditing activities that the organization will need to implement to help achieve CMMI level 3.
5. Analyze the ITIL service management guidelines and principles.
6. Examine how ITIL service management practices relate to CMMI levels and continuous service auditing.
7. Use at least three quality resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

 

 

Week 6 Discussion CIS 558

 

• Describe two challenges unique to IT audit projects. Suggest an approach to mitigate each challenge you selected.

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• Based on the challenges identified, describe the controls that the project manager would need to implement to overcome potential project control issues.
• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

 

Week 5 Discussion CIS 558

 

• CAATTs can be helpful when dealing with immense amounts of data; however, developing a CAATT system can be time-consuming. Argue for or against the use of CAATT systems.
• Identify the key elements of building an effective CAATT system. Elaborate on two challenges faced when designing an effective CAATT system and suggest possible solutions to these problems.

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• Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.