Capstone Project – IBM Transforming, 20122016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson

The following outline constitutes one reasonable approach
for presenting analysis and recommendations in an orderly and
persuasive fashion. Regardless of the outline used, your report must
still arrange arguments, evidence, and conclusions logically.
Additionally, your conclusions must be supported by a thorough analysis
employing the concepts and principles introduced in the readings and
lectures.
A. Problem Summary
This section briefly outlines the basic situation or problem you
perceive. State key facts and assumptions that support your perception
and understanding. If your understanding of the problem is at variance
with the perceptions or statements of actors in the case, provide a
brief discussion of the difference and justification for your views.
Dont define the problem as the lack of your pre-conceived solution.
For example, if the problem is the lack of centralized purchasing,
then you are locked into a solution of centralized purchasing.
Instead, define the problem as high acquisition cost and then examine
centralized purchasing vs. decentralized purchasing as the two
alternative solutions to the problem.
B. Analysis
This section presents your interpretation of the facts as these lead
to and define the problem. Use the concepts and models discussed in
class and in readings to describe the problem or opportunity. Identify
the underlying firm-specific and/or structural reasons that are causing
the problem. Review the facts as evidence and support for the
conclusions you draw. Be sure that the conclusions you draw are explicit
and clear. Use a diagram or table, if possible, to summarize complex
information that supports your conclusions.
A number of students identify a strategic choice (e.g., a bad
decision) that explains the problem and then suggest a solution in terms
of reversing the strategic choice. However, in doing so they ignore the
underlying reason why the bad decision was made, and how to make sure
the same mistakes wouldnt be made in the future. In other words, think
about how to avoid the problem.
C. Strategic Alternatives
Describe at least three alternative courses of action that might
derive reasonably from your analysis. Discuss their pros and cons. In
other words, think through the costs and benefits of each of the
alternative [solution] that you derive from your analysis. Use case
evidence to support or detract from the different alternatives. However,
you will not be penalized if you bring in supporting evidence from
external sources.
Every alternative [solution] has costs as well as benefits. If you list only the benefits, it makes your analysis seem like an ex post
rationalization of a foregone decision, rather than a careful weighing
of the benefits and costs. If you spent some time thinking through the
trade-offs, show it. If not, then you should.
D. Strategic Recommendation
Present a concise strategic recommendation or a set of strategic
recommendations for action. Briefly discuss why these specific
recommendations will solve the problems you have analyzed. Discuss any
important procedures for implementation and contingency planning.

Nutrition consultation report

1. You will generate a list of comprehensive questions you will use on your client that allows you to:
Gather information on his or her eating habits through a daily log. USE THE TOOL FROM M1
Attempt to determine the client’s nutritional goal (WHY IS THE CURRENT WOE CREATING AN ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED THEM TO SEEK NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING)
Document his or her level of activity.
Identify any potential health concerns or goals the client may have.
2. Interview your real or hypothetical client using the above information. Record the clients responses (real or inferred for a hypothetical client)
Research the special need integrating the Text, Eat Right
website, AND the lecture & video content in the Discussions.
Summarize the information on the Special Need in 250 words.
Create a list of questions to plan menus for that client. List at least 10 questions for use in an interview.
Develop a menu for this client.

– Why do you think the corporate counsel has put such stipulations in your way and do you think they are justified?

The following case comes from Managing Business Ethics, by Linda Trevino and Katherine Nelson.
You are a management consultant, who has been asked by Green Company to help design an ethics communication and training program for all Green Company employees. Your meetings to date have been with the head of human resources, and your contract with the company has been negotiated with him. Once the papers have been signed, you begin your research and are quickly stymied by Green’s corporate counsel. He says that you will not be allowed to ask employees about ethical dilemmas that have occurred at Green. He specifically asks that you get your information from other sources, such as press accounts of problems in the industry, or from other organizations with which you have worked. In addition, the head of human resources has told you that you will be unable to meet the three most senior executives, because they are busy negotiating a large acquisition. You will have access to other high-level managers, who can tell you what they think the senior leaders want. You are instructed to write a code of conduct for the company, supported by a mission statement on ethical conduct, and prepare presentations on corporate expectations and values that will be used by the senior leadership when they meet with their employees sometime next month.
Some questions you might want to consider:
– What are the fundamental issues concerning this case?
– Why do you think the corporate counsel has put such stipulations in your way and do you think they are justified?
– Can you think of a way to complete this assignment – regardless of the stipulations?
– What would you do if you were the contractor in this scenario?
Your response should be provided in 3 pages in APA format.

The Central Issue of Metropolitics

The Central Issue of Metropolitics
Regional reform efforts are often met with strong resistance by smaller communities that fear losing their voice. Others argue that consolidation is actually an inefficient design. Write a 4-5 page essay addressing the gap between state and local government. Is regionalization the answer? What other solutions might be implemented to deal with the missing link of government?

Include in-text citations and references in the APA style. Use the textbook and two outside sources to support your topic must have access to text and include as reference: Smith, Kevin B., and Greenblatt, Alan.2018. Governing States and Localities. (Sixth edition). Los Angeles: Sage.

Choose a health care-related topic that would be best studied using a SURVEY. Do not administer this survey to anyone, please.

Choose a health care-related topic that would be best studied using a SURVEY. Do not administer this survey to anyone, please.
We are not using an IRB – so no surveying, please.
Write a 3 question questionnaire.
State whether your survey is qualitative or quantitative.
State: What type of study participants would you look for?
Identify where/how you could find these participants.
Discuss any barriers you think you might find in carrying out your survey if you were to do it.

Machine Translation and Ethics

Taking a broader look at ethical issues beyond bias (although you could discuss bias too, of course), investigate issues such as sustainability of the translation industry in the face of machine translation, fair use of machine translation, the environmental impact of machine translation, or transparency and trust when using machine translation. These are just ideas to what you could write about in ethics of machine translation, but you can write about all or just a few from that list or write about anything about ethics (wether its problems or anything) in machine translation.

Here are some references to get you started, but I also expect you to do your own research to find additional relevant material:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11311284.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344158376_Fair_MT_Towards_ethical_sustainable_machine_translation

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0907676X.2018.1520907

What you need to know about translation ethics and machine translation

Using the outline you developed, write a draft of the document’s background sections (introduction, statement of the problem, significance of the study, and research questions). All in-text citations should be in APA format. The purpose of the assignment is for you to compose your thoughts early enough to make meaningful revisions based on feedback.

Using the outline you developed, write a draft of the document’s background sections (introduction, statement of the problem, significance of the study, and research questions). All in-text citations should be in APA format. The purpose of the assignment is for you to compose your thoughts early enough to make meaningful revisions based on feedback.

I have attached my background outline to use for the background draft along with the template for the background draft. Below I will also include websites to look for research.

Locating
Research Information
Education Statistics at a Glance, U.S. Department of
Education
http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/
Eric Processing and Reference Facility
http://ericfac.piccard.csc.com/
Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Test Reviews online
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
Searching Eric
http://www.eric.ed.gov
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.html
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.go