...MBA – Management and Strategy E-Business QRT2 Task 1 February 13, 2014 1. Viability of Product or Service: Horsepower Towing is a sole proprietorship business established by Tyler Loveridge in the early 2000’s in Lehi, Utah. Horsepower offers a variety of services including towing, law enforcement, truck maintenance, and trucking. Horsepower started out as a single truck towing service and has steadily grown into various services to the company it is today. Horsepower began expanding its towing capabilities shortly following inception to include contracting out towing for law enforcement. This included, but was not limited to DUIs, accidents, and suspended licenses. In 2010, Horsepower continued its growth and set up a division for long-haul trucking. Because of its now diverse product and service offering, Horsepower can greatly benefit from developing a website and gaining a much stronger online presence. Currently, Horsepower Towing does not have an official website. Most of the contact information can be found online by a general Google search, but no website with offerings, testimonials, or other valuable information exists. Horsepower will see a significant increase in interest throughout the area because not only are they in an industry where technology does not have a strong presence, but also the general population is using technology more and more to find business. Also by going online, Horsepower can become a more recognized brand and have much more...
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...VLT2 - Security Policies and Standards - Best Practices Course of Study This course supports the assessments for VLT2. The course covers 3 competencies and represents 3 competency units. Introduction Overview The skills and knowledge measured by performance assessment VLT2 are derived from a survey of information security professionals from around the world and are also based on the many different information security and assurance frameworks (ISO 27001/2, COBIT, ITL, etc.). The results of this survey were used in weighing the subject areas and ensuring that the weighting is representative of the relative importance of the content. The Security Policy and Standards subdomain focuses on creating organizational security activities and policies; assessing information security risk; and implementing and auditing information security management programs, information assurance certification programs, and security ethics. Watch the following video for an introduction to this course: Competencies This course provides guidance to help you demonstrate the following 3 competencies: Competency 427.3.2: Controls and Countermeasures The graduate evaluates security threats and identifies and applies security controls based on analyses and industry standards and best practices. Competency 427.3.3: Security Audits The graduate evaluates the practice of defining and implementing a security audit and conducts an information security audit using industry best practices. Competency 427...
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...Approach Practically speaking, what does it mean when we say that WGU’s programs are competency-based? Unlike traditional universities, WGU does not award degrees based on credit hours or on a certain set of required courses. Instead, you will earn your degree by demonstrating your skills, knowledge, and understanding of important concepts through a series of carefully designed courses. Progress through your degree program is governed not by classes but by satisfactory completion of the required courses that demonstrate your mastery of the competencies. Of course, you will need to engage in learning experiences as you brush up on competencies or develop knowledge and skills in areas in which you may be weak. For this learning and development, WGU has a rich array of learning resources in which you may engage under the direction of your student mentor. You will work closely with your mentor to schedule your program for completing the courses. You will also work closely with additional faculty members as you proceed through courses of study that are designed to lead you through the content you must master in order to pass the assessment(s) for each course. The benefit of this competency-based system is that it makes it possible for people who are knowledgeable about a particular subject to make accelerated progress toward completing a WGU degree, even if they lack college experience. You may have gained skills and knowledge of a subject while on the job,...
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...WGU JKT2 (Management and Strategy Capstone WrittenProject) Complete Course Task 1 – 3 – Latest Work Click The Link Below , Instant Download http://www.hwprofile.com/?p=12 For Any Information E- Mail Us At WhisperHills@Gmail.Com $70.00 – Purchase TASK 1 Task: 1. Submit the peer evaluation report for the evaluations you received from your team members. 1. Evaluate your personal and team performance in the simulation based on the peer evaluation report by doing the following: 2. Discuss howone of your strengths can be utilized in the workplace. 3. Discuss how you can improve uponone of your weaknesses in the workplace. 4. Discuss your role on the team. 5. Discuss the strengths of your team as a whole. 6. Discuss the weaknesses of your team as a whole. 7. Explain how you interacted with your team. 8. Explain how you overcame challenges you faced as a team. 9. Discuss what teamwork advice you would give to others who were beginning to work on the simulation. 10. Discuss the relevance of teamwork in the simulation to the context of your professional Task 2 1. Describe the impact the company strategy had on your functional area in the simulation. 2. Reflect on the decisions that were made in the simulation by doing the following: Note: Your reflection may include graphs and other data. 1. Discuss decisions that you would change. 1. Discuss decisions that had a positive impact. 3. Present...
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...Human Resources Task 1: Memorandum to Chief Executive Officer WGU Toy Company Western Governors University In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Human Resources JDT2 Memorandum to Chief Executive Officer WGU Toy Company TO: WGU Toy Company, Chief Executive Officer FROM: Elementary Division Manager DATE: June 18, 2013 SUBJECT: Constructive Discharge Claim As a result of a work schedule policy change at WGU Toy Company, a constructive discharge was filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 related to religious discrimination by a former employee. This is due to a policy change that required toy company employees to work rotating shifts to accommodate the demands of production. In this former employee’s claim, rotation would fall on a religious holy day. The rotating schedule change is required for all production employees but would not affect office staff members who will maintain 0800 to 1700 Monday through Friday work schedules. This memorandum will provide information to assist WGU Toy Company with recommendations in handling this claim. The nature of discrimination charges were best explained through review of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which identifies definitions specific to this claim against WGU Toy Company. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act states, “it is illegal to discriminate against someone based on race, color, religion, national origin, or sex” (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
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...Leadership and Distance Education in Higher Education: A US perspective Sonja A. Irlbeck University of Minnesota Abstract The premise of this article is that while in the US understanding is growing about the technologies and strategies needed for effective distance education in an online environment, leadership efforts remain weak. The article describes leadership for distance education, historical perspectives of leading distance education, and how the Internet has directly changed distance education efforts in US higher education institutions. The article concludes with an appraisal of how the approach of higher education leaders must change in order for distance education efforts to be successful. Keywords: change; distance education; higher education; Internet; leaders; leadership; technology; policy Leadership and Distance Education in Higher Education: A US perspective The worlds of work and education are changing, and leaders in today’s educational institutions need to determine how to effectively lead in the acquisition, development, and dissemination of information to tomorrow’s workers. Leadership is necessary to bring cohesion to the distance education arena within higher education. Drucker (1998) maintained that in the latter part of the last century, technology resulted in a transformation of the social structure. We saw the “rise and fall of the blue-collar worker” (p. 539), the rise of the industrial worker who gave way to the rise of the knowledge worker...
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...Michelle R. Ennis Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Heidi M. Casta, Division Director, Research and Evaluation, and Jonathan Simonetta, Team Leader, Pilots and Demonstrations, for their thoughtful review of early versions of this paper and helpful feedback. 3 Competency Models: A Review of the Literature and The Role of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) For over 30 years, business and industry has utilized competency models to select employees. The trend to use competency-based approaches in education and training, assessment, and development of workers has experienced a more recent emergence. With the mobility of the workforce and retirement of the baby boomers, competency models are being used for succession planning as well. It is within the last few years that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has turned its focus on skills acquisition and assessment to the competency model process for determining the needs of business and employers and the requirements of skilled workers. Recently, ETA has been engaged with business, industry, and education/training leaders to develop competency models for targeted industries and broker information on resources that are used based on or used in conjunction with competency models to efficiently prepare the workforce. This paper examines the role of competency models in human resources practices and discusses where the ETA Competency Model Clearinghouse has assisted in sharing competency related...
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...E-Business - Task 1 Lisa Wagner WGU E-Business (0610) QRT2 January 8, 2014 E-Business - Task 1 Werner Quarter Horses is a business started by Gary Werner in 1977. Mr. Werner explains that he grew up showing quarter horses as a child in Nebraska, and he was able to use his knowledge and skill later in life to turn it into a profession. Though his current specialty is halter, he started out as a pleasure horse trainer raising and training world-class western pleasure horses. After suffering a pelvic fracture in a fall in 1985 resulting in pain when riding, his moved his focus to the halter-training arena. (G. M. Werner, personal communication, January 11, 2014) The business of Werner Quarter Horses has several components. The first and most visible component of the business is the fitting and training halter horses for world-class American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) shows around the country. This involves all of the care for the horse, including feeding, bedding, grooming, exercising, and training of the horse, as well as showing the horse for customers at shows. Collecting a monthly boarding/training fee and showing fees produce the income for this component. (G. M. Werner, personal communication, January 11, 2014) The second component is the area of breeding, both the actual breeding of mares to produce foals for sale and also the sale of semen in the form of stallion fees. Mr. Werner has a herd of broodmares that he breeds each year. This produces...
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...63826 Student WGU Email: Jaysoren@wgu.edu Mentor: Terry Love Course JGT Task 1 JGT Task 1 Jay Sorensen Western Governors University WGU JGT Task 1 Jay Sorensen SUBDOMAIN 326.3 - EVALUATING ECONOMICS OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS SUBDOMAIN 327.3 - DEVELOPING & MAINTAINING QUALITY SUBDOMAIN 329.4 - MANAGING OPERATIONS Competencies: 326.3.1: Decision Analysis - The graduate analyzes risks and values and uses a variety of decision analysis tools and decision theory to evaluate alternatives during decision-making processes. 327.3.2: Metrics and Tools - The graduate analyzes how work is accomplished and applies quality...
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...C156 Advanced Information Management– Task 1 A2. Analysis of Technology Two organizations migrating to a common health information system would need a system that meets current regulatory requirements, meets the needs of the combined organization and their practice environment. The implementation of a common health information system would require an interdisciplinary group of forward thinking innovators, and an interoperable electronic medical record system that includes standard nursing terminology. The technology needed in this scenario that would make this combination successful consist of network security measures to ensure security of protected health information under the federal requirements of HIPPA and HITECH. The use of emerging technology such as cellphones, tablets and remote technology should also be included in the discussions of creating a telehealth system that would accommodate both of the combining organizations. Telehealth not only includes communication between patients and healthcare providers, but also communication between healthcare providers in both of the combining organizations. Video conferencing can save healthcare providers time and money by allowing them to collaborate with one another without being physically near one another. A3. Identification of Team The interdisciplinary team on the project committee will consist of four team members. Team member A would be the project team lead in which I would nominate myself...
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...efficient in completing tasks. I abide by the instructions given and attentive to details. I also am a team player that will make sure all task are resolved and completed. I am dependable with tasks. I maintain a high attendance rate, in both my professional and scholar, environments. When a task must be completed, there is no time to miss any available opportunity to work towards completion. This in turn makes dependability a valuable strength. While attending my last semester to obtain my Associates, I maintained 19 credit hours. In these courses I developed a business plan, a sales presentation, and a marketing portfolio. During this semester I also suffered a miscarriage, however I made sure I came to class in order to complete my tasks at hand. Efficiency plays an important role in assuming a leadership role. I maintain a level of efficiency that will help lead the team towards completion. In the process of maintaining efficiency, I also help the team to eliminate any possibility for error that may need to be corrected upon completion. Maintaining efficiency can also be a time saver. If time is saved daily through efficiency, then the team can be more productive and set higher goals. Upon starting my position with the Beau Rivage, I noticed many forms that needed revision and updating. I was efficient in updating them to ensure they would not need to be updated for many months to come. I abide by and follow all instructions given for the task at hand. I can help to...
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...EGT1 Economics and Global Business Applications Introduction: The study of government regulation and the competitive environment for business is relevant to all those who study business. All business candidates need to understand how the competitive environment will impact their employers and businesses. Task: Write an essay (suggested length of 2–3 pages) that describes the relationship between regulation and market structures and how regulation affects the market. A. Define industrial (i.e., economic) regulation. Industrial Regulation happens when government commissions regulate the rates or prices of natural monopolies. 1. Explain why industrial regulation exists. In a market structure of perfect competition industrial regulation is not required because there is a lot of competition and this encourages competing industries to make good use of resources, also the price of their goods are determined by the price the market will bear and consumers benefit. Whereas in a monopolistic competition there exists a market structure that could allow competitive monopolies, duopolies, oligopolies, and monopolies to charge higher than competitive prices or the use inefficient use of resources and limited supplies, creating an environment that is not conducive to the benefit of the consumer. . (McConnell, Brue & Flynn, 2012) 2. Explain how industrial regulation affects the market. Industrial regulation affects the market by keeping prices for natural monopolies...
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...MGT2 - IT Project Management Course of Study This course supports the assessments for MGT2. The course covers 8 competencies and represents 3 competency units. Introduction Overview Project management is a systematic approach to solving a problem, taking advantage of an opportunity, improving a process, or otherwise creating something. A project goes through several phases, with a distinct beginning and end. A successful project includes effectively carrying out tasks related to initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing. Unsuccessful projects often skip some of these steps, perhaps not fully planning everything that needs to be done or forgetting to monitor the team to ensure they are sticking to the plan. An effective project manager foresees problems, makes appropriate trade-offs that ensure successful project completion, and, above all, facilitates communication among all project stakeholders, who are likely each looking for something different from the project. This course provides an overview of the Project Management Institute’s project management methodology. As you learn about the various process groups and knowledge areas, you will apply your knowledge in case studies for planning a project that has not started yet and monitoring/controlling a project that is already underway. You will solve problems, gather information, and make decisions using your expert judgment. The techniques you practice in this course will be beneficial...
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...The impact involving the most influential Power in Society Brew Watts WGU GKE1 Themes in U.S. and World History GKE1: task 2 July 01, 2013 The impact involving the most influential Power in Society Nelson and a Human Movement One of the two most significant influences of Nelson Mandela on society involves him as one of 20th Century’s most dedicated human rights activists who fought for the movement of Anti-apartheid / Reformation and social change within world history. At the age of 9, after the death of his father, he began learning the role and qualities of a consensus leader under the guardianship of Jongintaba Dalindyebo of the powerful Thembu Regent. He later attended the Methodist primary and secondary institutions modeled after British schools at which he was introduced to western cultural values; he later received a B.A in correspondence at the University of South America and also a B.S in law from the University of Witwatersrand. In 1944 the African National Congress (ANC) was establish. He became their key negotiator, beginning his life’s journey of promoting the eradication of Apartheid in a nonviolent manner and establishing equal opportunities’/ privileges’ of all individuals in South Africa. He stood for the abolishment of the 1948 Afrikaner-dominated National Parties policy which allowed South Africa’s racial segregation that classified individuals according to their racial groups which banned them from living together, dictated where one could...
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...LWC1 - Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics Course of Study Your competence will be assessed as you complete the LWC1 objective assessment for this course of study. This course of study may take up to 10 weeks to complete. Introduction Overview There are the two major subdomains of study within the Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics Course of Study: business law and business ethics. The exam covers 11 business law and ethics concepts, including the following: contractual relationship government regulation of business dispute resolution labor and employment law hiring and employment practices warranties, negligence, and liabilities Sarbanes-Oxley Act ethical issues in business ethical leadership ethics programs use of company resources You likely have had some experience with the legal system, either through your own encounters or merely through listening to the nightly news, and you have probably read or heard about various ethical and legal issues causing financial upheaval in today's business world. This background will serve you well in this study. Now you can expand on that experience, and perhaps refine and enhance your own views on these issues. Once you complete this course of study, you will have demonstrated a level of competence that you can immediately use in your work setting and career. Outcomes and Evaluation There are 10 competencies covered by this course of study; they are listed in the "Competencies for Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics (LWC1)...
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