Assignment 1: Application Exercises
Background
The end-of-chapter exercises provide hands-on practice with Excel spreadsheets for the concepts learned in this module. The virtual textbook indicates you can download and get sample files for the assignment. That is NOT the case! You will have to watch the tutorial about creating the spreadsheet and build the spreadsheet for your application assignment.
Instructions:
Watch the tutorial on making spreadsheets. Then complete the exercise from Chapter 1, EXCEL APPLICATION: Staff Planning Spreadsheet. Then, calculate and answer the questions. Calculate the weekly staffing required, at 40 hours per week, for production levels of 200, 300, 400, and 500 units. How does the total requirement for each level of production change if Precision Products operates a 45-hour production schedule? Need Assignment Help?
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Assignment 2: Case Study - Trading at the Speed of Light
Background:
The end of chapter case studies synthesizes the concepts learned in this module.
Instructions
At the end of chapter 1 is the case study, Trading at the Speed of Light (chapter 1 pg. 25-26). After reading all required textbook chapters assigned for Module 1, review and elaborate, and answer its discussion questions.
- Write a 2-3-page APA formatted paper that reviews the selected case study and answers its discussion questions.
- In addition to the APA formatted title page, include an introduction of 2-3 paragraphs describing the case study's background.
- The review and answers should follow the standard 2-3-page essay format.
- The body of the paper should consist of the answering of all questions posed at the end of the selected case study.
- A Conclusion should be included as should citations and a properly formatted Reference(s) page.
- In addition to the textbook, at least one other scholarly paper should be used.
Assignment 3: Application Exercises
Background:
See Heritage Dogs, for example (page 195)
The end-of-chapter exercises provide hands-on practice with applications for the concepts learned in this module. Exercise 6-18 Website Application explains how to build a simple framework for the website Heritagedogs.com. You will build a simple website using an AI-assisted application. A couple of free ones are Godaddy and Wix. Here is a free GoDaddy website, for example, Heritage Dogs, that I put together using their AI-assisted software.
Instructions:
The application exercise shows an example of creating a simple website with HTML language. However, AI applications are making simple websites quite easy to put together by simply explaining what you want to offer. Choose any hobby or fun business idea you have thought about to create a simple one-page website. Explain how this simple website can be expanded to provide additional content for visitors to HeritageDogs dot org.
Length: This assignment must be a one-page webpage.
References: Include the online resources you use.
Assignment 4: Case Study - Meeting Demands of Global Growth, Netflix Migrates to Integrated ERP
Background:
The end of chapter case studies synthesizes the concepts learned in this module.
Instructions:
At the end of chapter 5 is the case study, Meeting Demands of Global Growth, Netflix Migrates to Integrated ERP (chapter 5 pg. 163). After reading all required textbook chapters assigned for Module 1, review and elaborate, and answer its discussion questions.
- Write a 2-3-page APA formatted paper that reviews the selected case study and answers its discussion questions.
- In addition to the APA formatted title page, include an introduction of 2-3 paragraphs describing the case study's background.
- The review and answers should follow the standard 2-3-page essay format.
- The body of the paper should consist of the answering of all questions posed at the end of the selected case study.
- A Conclusion should be included as should citations and a properly formatted Reference(s) page.
- In addition to the textbook, at least one other scholarly paper should be used.
- At least one in-text citation is required for all referenced sources (textbook and additional other scholarly paper).
- APA format must be strictly followed.
Assignment 5: Using Technology to Manage the Human Element on Wikipedia
Background:
In this e-project, you will explore Wikipedia's strategies for managing the largest online knowledge repository in the world, learning more about how technology is used to manage the human element.
First, visit Wikipedia's main page (Wikipedia for an overview of the site. Next, go to the article titled Smartphone.
Instructions:
With the information above answer Chapter 9 e-Project 2, questions 9-27 and 9-28 on page 297 of the text.
Length: This assignment must be 2-3 pages (excluding the title and reference page).
References: Include at least one quality reference besides the given references in the assignment.
Assignment 6: Case Study - Telepresence Robots Support Remote Collaboration
Background:
The end of chapter case studies synthesizes the concepts learned in this module.
Instructions:
At the end of chapter 5 is the case study, Telepresence Robots Support Remote Collaboration pg. 260. After reading all required textbook chapters assigned for Module 3, review and elaborate, and answer its discussion questions.
- Write a 2-3-page APA formatted paper that reviews the selected case study and answers its discussion questions.
- In addition to the APA formatted title page, include an introduction of 2-3 paragraphs describing the case study's background.
- The review and answers should follow the standard 2-3-page essay format.
- The body of the paper should consist of the answering of all questions posed at the end of the selected case study.
- A Conclusion should be included as should citations and a properly formatted Reference(s) page.
- In addition to the textbook, at least one other scholarly paper should be used.
- At least one in-text citation is required for all referenced sources (textbook and additional other scholarly paper).
- APA format must be strictly followed.
Assignment 7: Simple Machine Learning Application Exercise
Background:
Image classification refers to the process by which an image is recognized and matched to a specific word. For instance, when you see an image of a dog, you immediately classify it as an object that can be described with the word "dog." Although computers can easily read text, they have more difficulty classifying images, usually because the same word can describe creatures that appear quite different, such as a Great Dane and a Chihuahua. With machine learning, computers can be trained on a variety of dog images and gain competence in correctly classifying new ones. You will create a model to distinguish between different objects in this activity. Watch the tutorial on the teachable machines (link in the instructions) explaining what to do.
Instructions:
1. Create image samples for two different objects.
a. Take at least four pictures each of examples of two different objects (e.g., cats, dogs, books, bowls, cups, pencils, hands, plants, etc.). These will be used for training.
b. Take two more pictures of examples of the objects that are not the same as any of your training images. These will be used to test your model.
2. Go to Teachable Machine. Choose Image Project and then Standard Image Model.
3. For Class 1, upload pictures of your first object without including your testing image, and click next to Class 1 to rename the class to the object's name. Repeat the process for Class 2, with your second set of pictures, and rename the class with the name of the object. Click on Train Model and wait for the process to complete.
4. Test your model.
a. Click on Export Model. The programming code at the bottom of the screen is your model. The software saves only this code and not your actual images.
b. Choose Upload Model. Copy the URL link for your model and enter it in your address bar so you can test it.
c. Drag each of your testing images to the box, one at a time, and note the model's classification as well as its confidence level.
Answer the following questions:
1. How well did your model perform when testing your images?
2. How confident was the model for each image?
3. Choose two similar objects to classify, such as paperback and hardback books or domestic cats and bobcats, take photos for training and testing, and train a new model. How well did the model perform? How could you improve the accuracy of the model under those circumstances?
Length: This assignment must be 1-2 pages (excluding the title and reference page).
References: Include the assignment-supplied resources.
Assignment 8: Case Study - Extreme Programming at the US Strategic Command
Background:
The end of chapter case studies synthesizes the concepts learned in this module. At the end of chapter 11 is the Case Study, Extreme Programming at the US Strategic Command" (pg. 362)
Instructions
After reading all required textbook chapters assigned for Module 4, review and elaborate, and answer its discussion questions.
- Write a 2-3-page APA formatted paper that reviews the selected case study and answers its discussion questions.
- In addition to the APA formatted title page, include an introduction of 2-3 paragraphs describing the case study's background.
- The review and answers should follow the standard 2-3-page essay format.
- The body of the paper should consist of the answering of all questions posed at the end of the selected case study.
- A Conclusion should be included as should citations and a properly formatted Reference(s) page.
- In addition to the textbook, at least one other scholarly paper should be used.
- At least one in-text citation is required for all referenced sources (textbook and additional other scholarly paper).
- APA format must be strictly followed.