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  • This assessment is designed to assess your ability to: •Research workforce requirements…

    This assessment is designed to assess your ability to:
    • Research workforce requirements
    • Develop workforce objectives and strategies
    • Implement initiatives to support workforce planning objectives
    • Monitor and evaluate workforce trends
    Assessment T1 is a portfolio of evidence that utilises different assessment tools as specified in this document.
    To complete your assessment you are to consider the following scenario:
    Coffeeville is a small successful coffee shop based in the Melbourne CBD that offers a new experience in coffee, complimented with quality food and service. The Shop is open from 7:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday to Friday and comfortably seats 24 people for meals and 8 people can sit by the window to drink coffee and watch the world pass by. The staff at the coffee shop include the two owners (who manage the store and the administration) 2 kitchen staff and 6 part time wait staff who work part time (4 in the morning, including the lunch hour, and 2 who work in the afternoon.
    There is a fairly high turnover of staff as the specifically try to employ students on study visas that are enrolled in training courses in the nearby area.
    The business has been very successful and the owners are planning open a new coffee shop in the Sydney CBD in the next two years. The Sydney operation will be similar to Melbourne however, administrative support and buying will be conducted in Melbourne.
    Consider that in this scenario, you are required to create a workforce profile for the coffee shop (based on similar businesses that you may be aware of), ask your trainer for guidance.
    More information on Coffeeville is available at:
    http://coffeeville.simulations.australiantrainingproducts.com.au/
    WORKFORCE ANALYSIS REPORT
    Prepare a workforce analysis report that addresses:
    • Internal business workforce analysis to include:
    o Staff turnover
    o Skills and capability audit
    o Workforce profile (to include diversity quotas)
    o Workforce metrics (example FTE and labour arrangements)
    o Any other relevant information emerging from your analysis
    • Labour supply trends in the country and in the industry of choice
    Attachments:
    3084372_1_BSBHRM513-T1-V2-May-2019.docx
    3084372_2_BSBHRM513-T2-V2-May-2019.docx

  • Map the ERD, from the sample solution, into a set of relations in at least Third Normal Form…

    Objectives
    This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes numbers 1, 2 and 3 as stated in the unit profile.
    Part A. Database implementation using MS Access (30 Marks)
    Introduction
    The sample solution of assignment 1 will be released on the unit website approximately two (2) weeks after the assignment 1 due date. You must use that sample solution of assignment 1 only for the following tasks:
    Assessment task
    1 Normalization
    a) Map the ERD, from the sample solution, into a set of relations in at least Third Normal Form (3NF). You must ensure that your relations meet 3NF. There is no need to show your working.
    b) Select any two of your relations from the previous step, 1a), and perform the following for each of those two relations:
    • List all the functional dependencies exist in the relation.
    • Demonstrate that the relation meets Third Normal Form (3NF).
    For your help, an example for a Student relation’s 3NF justification has been provided below:
    STUDENT (StudentID, Name, Address, DateOfBirth)
    i. The primary key is StudentID which identifies a student. There will be one student name per Student ID because only one name is recorded for each student. Even though a student may have multiple addresses (e.g. a home address and a work address), the case study states that there is a need to record the home address only and hence there will be only one address for each student. There will be only one date of birth for each student. Thus, there are no repeating groups. Hence, this relation is in 1NF.
    ii. The primary key is StudentID. This is the only candidate key since Name is not guaranteed to be unique (two different students may have the same name). Address is also not guaranteed to be unique. This means that Student ID functionally determines every other attribute in the table. The candidate key, StudentId, is a simple and single valued attribute. Therefore no partial dependencies are possible. Hence, the relation is in 2NF.
    iii. Name cannot be used to functionally determine any other attribute in the table since two different students may have the same name; likewise for address and date of birth. Therefore there are no transitive dependencies in the table. Therefore it meets the requirements of first, second and third normal form.
    2 Relational database implementation
    Note: Use the relations that you created in the above step 1- Normalization to create a database. The recommended tool for this work is Microsoft Access, version 2010 or later. One reason for recommending Microsoft Access is that your unit lecturer/tutor will be able to provide adequate support to you in the use of this tool. The remainder of this document in Part A assumes that you are using MS-Access.
    In implementing the ER model provided, you must complete the following tasks:
    • Create all the relations in a Microsoft Access database. Consider each attribute in every table and make appropriate choices regarding data types & sizes, indexes, required/not required and validation rules. Your choices should be appropriate for each attribute and should support data integrity. (Note: see the Data Integrity section below for specific data integrity requirements)
    • Create relationships as appropriate. Enforce referential integrity for all appropriate relationships in the database. Apply cascade update and/or delete options wherever necessary.
    • Review the default index created by Access for each table. You should ensure that the indexes follow the guidelines given in the unit textbook.
    • Populate the database with sample data of your own. You must include sufficient sample data to test your queries and report. Please note that the expected result of query questions may depend on the actual sample data populated.
    Attachments:
    3084349_1_a1solution.docx
    3084349_2_dbA2Spec–1-.docx

  • The purpose of this question is to enable you to consider and research a topic of current…

    Assignment
    BULAW5915 Corporate Law
    Semes

  • develop a closed-loop system related to the company’s products, DuoLever has invested around $50…

    This assignment has a 25% weighting in your overall mark for this unit and focuses on content from
    Weeks 6, 7 and 8. The assignment will be marked out of 25 and marks will be allocated as indicated in
    the rubric on page 4. Your total assignment submission will consist of a word document and a
    spreadsheet.
    The assignment is based on the case information below. While the company and financial data in the
    case are fictitious1
    , the context is not. Many companies face similar investment decisions as well as
    challenges and opportunities to run more environmentally and socially responsible businesses.
    DuoLever Limited operates in the personal care (e.g. skin and hair care products) industry. All its
    products are sold in plastic packaging and a significant proportion in multi-layer sachets (or pouches)
    2
    .
    Managers at DuoLever are acutely aware of the increase in world production of plastic and the
    environmental impact of plastic waste ending up in landfills, rivers and oceans. For example, it is
    estimated that 8 million metric tons entered the ocean in 2010 and this annual amount is predicted
    to more than double by 2025, accumulating as show in the following graph3
    :
    To help develop a closed-loop system related to the company’s products, DuoLever has invested
    around $50 million in soft plastic recycling research, development and pilot testing. The outcome is a
    new and efficient method for recycling sachet waste. In fact, their recycling method is more energy
    efficient than producing virgin sachet plastic, reducing energy usage by 83%. The output plastic is of
    1 UniLever and its research and development in the area of multi-layer sachet recycling provides the inspiration for this case
    but all facts related to the financial analysis are fictitious.
    2 While not necessary for attempting this case study, you will better understand the plastic packaging in this case context if
    you go to https://www.plasticpackagingfacts.org/blog/multi-layer-pouch-packaging-a-sustainable-story-animated/ and watch
    the video on multilayer plastic pouches. Although many improvements to this packaging have been made, as pointed out in
    the video, there remains much to do in reducing the impacts of waste pouches on the environment.
    3 Estimates from Jambeck, J.R., Andrady, A., Geyer, R., Narayan, R., Perryman, M., Siegler, T., Wilcox, C., Lavender Law,
    K. (2015) Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean, Science, 347, p. 768-771 and graph reproduced from p. 770. If you
    are interested, see see https://jambeck.engr.uga.edu/landplasticinput for further details and an infographic.
    Assessment 3: Business Case Studies 2 ACC00716 S1 2019
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    such high quality it can be used in food grade packaging applications. Currently, no other recycling
    method in the market can achieve this.
    The company now faces a decision: should it (1) add production of recycled sachet plastic to the
    company’s portfolio of businesses or (2) license use of the patented method? The CEO has asked you
    to undertake a financial analysis of the options and present your recommendations in a short memo.
    Option 1:
    The recycling production option requires an upfront investment in plant and equipment of $20 million,
    which will be depreciated to a zero book value on a straight-line basis over 5 years. The plant will
    provide sufficient capacity to meet the company’s forecast plastic packaging needs over the period of
    its life. After this, it is expected that the plant will have no salvage value and will be updated using new
    and better technology. Financing for the plant and equipment will be via a new 5 year debt issue,
    resulting in interest costs of $1.4 million payable at the end of each year.
    Producing recycled plastic has several financial benefits for the company. First, sales revenue of the
    company’s existing products, which will be packaged in the recycled plastic, is predicted to increase
    due to consumer demand for environmentally responsible products. Excluding this benefit, the
    company’s forecast sales revenue for the coming year is $200 million and this is expected to grow by
    4% each year after that. The benefit of recycled packaging is expected to increase these sales forecasts
    2% during the 5 year life of the project.
    The second benefit is that the cost of plastic packaging for the company’s existing products will
    decrease. The recycled plastic will be cheaper than buying virgin plastic due to lower energy costs and
    avoiding a supplier margin. The reduced energy costs will shave 15% off total variable packaging costs,
    currently (without recycling) estimated at $22 million for the coming year and expected to grow by
    3% per year after that. Avoiding a supplier margin will reduce total variable packaging costs by 10%.
    However, the benefits of avoiding the current supplier margin will be offset by the need to pay a new
    partner, Clean World Ltd, who will set up a plastic waste collection system to supply sufficient raw
    material for the recycling plant. Apart from these changes, it is expected that variable costs and net
    working capital will be equivalent to existing forecasts. However, an additional $2 million annually in
    selling, administrative and general expenses directly related to the project (excluding depreciation)
    will be incurred.
    Option 2:
    Option 2 involves licensing use of the patented recycling method to another company, Clean World
    Ltd, which has shown interest in taking on the entire project, not just supply of raw material. Initial
    negotiations between DuoLever and Clean World have reached some agreement on what the terms
    of the arrangement would involve. Clean World would produce recycled plastic using DuoLever’s
    method for the next 5 years and all output during that time would be supplied exclusively to DuoLever
    for the same cost as DuoLever’s existing virgin plastic supply forecasts. This means that Clean World
    would capture the energy savings associated with the new recycling method, along with a supplier
    margin. The benefits for DuoLever would be no initial outlay for plant and equipment and locked in
    packaging materials supply costs for the next 5 years. DuoLever would also retain the ability to market
    the environmentally responsible characteristics of its recycled packaging and so retain the expected
    Assessment 3: Business Case Studies 2 ACC00716 S1 2019
    3
    additional sales revenue benefits of Option 1. Annual selling, administrative and general expenses
    would be just $1 million annually under Option 2, as no additional production administration would
    be required.
    Other information:
    DuoLever has an 8% weighted average cost of capital and is subject to a 25% tax rate on its income.
    Required:
    Prepare (1) a spreadsheet financial analysis of the proposed options and (2) a memo to DuoLever’s
    CEO that briefly explains and justifies your chosen methods, inputs and any assumptions made,
    summarises your findings, and presents your recommendations on the proposed options. Ensure you
    not only address base case cash flows but also analyse potential uncertainty. Recommendations
    should address the decision to be made, along with any further follow up or other matters the
    company should consider prior to making a final decision.
    Instructions:
    Submit your spreadsheet separately in the provided spreadsheet link in the BCS2 section of the unit
    site. By submitting the spreadsheet, you are confirming that it is entirely your own work. Save the
    spreadsheet with your details in the file name using the following format (failure to do so could result
    in your spreadsheet not being considered in marking):
    Student ID_Full_name_ACC00716A3
    For example: 13579246_Jennifer_Harrison_ACC00716A3
    The memo will be submitted as a word document via a Turnitin assignment link in the BCS2 section of
    the unit site and include your name, student ID, unit code (ACC00716), assessment number (A3) and
    word count at the beginning of the document. The remainder of the document should be set up as a
    formal memo and include an appendix with a screen shot(s) of your base case figures from the
    spreadsheet. Within the memo body, you may provide tables and figures that are discussed in the text
    and assist decision makers understand your methods, findings and their implications for decision
    making. The word document submission must not exceed 1,000 words (excluding the screen shot
    appendix and reference list).
    This is an individual assessment exercise. The unit teaching team is very experienced at marking such
    assessments and recognising the differences between individual and “group” work, as well as data,
    facts, statements and ideas of others that have not been appropriately acknowledged. To avoid any
    potential for academic misconduct investigation, ensure that every aspect of your work is your own
    and that you acknowledge all sources you have directly drawn upon in your submitted work.
    Quotations should be shown as such. We are not fussy about referencing style, just that you reference
    when needed.
    Attachments:
    3084316_1_Business-Case-Studies-2–Assessment-3–details.pdf

  • Describe the main focus of your plan in your own words, e.g. ‘This plan is designed to develop my…

    Context
    “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” This saying has been attributed to several people in
    history including American President Benjamin Franklyn, British Prime Minister Sir Winston
    Churchill, among others. Regardless of its author, the saying explains the importance of
    taking what you have learned about yourself in the business/entrepreneurial context, and
    building a plan to be successful in these situations in the future. A plan is about taking action
    in achievable and measurable steps. But, having prepared a plan, how do you know if it is
    sound? Who in your trusted professional networks would review it and give you honest and
    critical feedback?
    This assessment requires you to prepare a professional development plan taking into
    account the self-analysis you conducted in your professional capability assessment
    (assessment 3). In developing your development plan, you are required to identify
    professional networks and/or trusted mentors who will provide you with valuable critical
    feedback.
    Instructions:
    To develop your development plan, you must meet the following requirements:
    1. Title of your professional development plan.
    Describe the main focus of your plan in your own words, e.g. ‘This plan is designed to
    develop my goals, methods and Key Performance Indicators for my professional
    development as an entrepreneur’.
    ENT101 Assessment 4 Brief Page 2 of 4
    2. Identify the ‘5 achievable and measurable steps’ in your professional development
    plan, as covered in modules 5.2 and 6.2.
    3. Present your 5 steps in a table or a diagram. You may use the professional
    development plan example template provided in the assessment resources in
    Blackboard, or develop your own to cover the same 5 steps.
    4. Identify 1 SMARTT Goal for each step, and outline the personal challenges each goal
    will address.
    5. Specify the methods you will use to achieve your identified goals. Provide a
    minimum of 1 method per goal.
    6. Propose your Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that will show how you intend to
    evaluate your progress in achieving your goals. Provide a minimum of 1 KPI per goal.
    7. Identify at least 2 professional networks/specific mentors who could review your
    plan and provide feedback.
    8. Design 5 indicative questions you would pose to your reviewers and add these to
    your plan. Include feedback received from any reviewers.
    9. Establish indicative timelines for each step and goal in your professional
    development plan.
    Submission Instructions:
    Submit your Professional Development Plan via the assessment link in the main navigation
    menu in ENT101 Introduction to Entrepreneurship.
    The learning facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal.
    Feedback can be viewed in My Grades.
    The below learning rubric guides the marker when awarding marks for your Professional
    Development Plan. You should use this rubric to review your assessment task prior to
    submission, ensuring there is nothing you have missed.
    Attachments:
    3084313_1_502.zip

  • UMC wants to evaluate the sales statistics for the past year and the current year to predict…

    Assignment Specifications
    The primary aim of this assessment is to understand
    the effect and impact that business processes,
    complimentary technologies and information systems
    have on an organisation. This means that you need to
    discuss how the organisation within the case study will
    use your proposed solutions to gain an additional
    advantage over its competitors. There is an
    expectation that your submission will be analytical,
    and will draw on theory to frame responses to tasks.
    Overview: (read the case study) The general manager of UMC would like to have a clearer understanding before these
    changes are implemented so he has asked you to submit a business report (with academic references) with the
    following information:
    – Complete the spreadsheet with the appropriate formulas (refer Task A)
    – Within the spreadsheet, create three (3) graphs (refer Task A)
    – Complete one (1) process models depicting the proposed ‘To-Be’ processes (refer Task B)
    – Develop a prototype mobile application with 4-8 mock-up designs (refer Task C)
    – Answering a series of general questions regarding the business and its journey towards a more technological
    business environment. (refer Task D)
    Task A: EXCEL for Business Intelligence
    UMC wants to evaluate the sales statistics for the past year and the current year to predict future sales. The general
    manager knows enough about Excel to realise it could be a useful tool so he has asked you to create a Microsoft Excel
    prototype which lists the milk product types with the client ordering details and the revenues collected. The partly
    completed spreadsheet from a random average week (week 32) is available as a separate attachment. Sales data is
    collected on a 52 week cycle.
    Spreadsheet Requirements: Complete the spreadsheet by using the correct formulas to fill in the missing data.
    1. In the “Ordering Raw Data” table complete the “Equiv Litre per Crate/Carton” column In the “Ordering Raw
    Data” table complete the “Supplier Price per unit” and “Retail Sale price per unit” columns.
    2. In the “Milk Products” table complete the “Supplier Price per unit” column.
    3. In the “Customer Order (week32) review” table complete the “Total Orders 2017 (W32)”.
    4. Complete the milk production table
    The formulas required to reveal the missing data include Vlookup, Countif and Sum. Absolute addressing is also
    required.
    Essential Resources
    Please make sure that you download the following files
    from the unit website.
    Required files:
    • UMC_case_study.pdf (case study)
    • UMC_W32_data_2018.xlsx
    • Process model.pptx
    Swinburne University
    INF10003 – Assignment 3 Outline Group
    © Swinburne University 2018
    Spreadsheet Graphs: You are also required to create two (2) graphs.
    1. Column chart: Show total orders by customers for all 3 years (2015-2018).
    2. Column or Pie chart: By using the milk production data, create a chart showing illustrating these figures.
    3. Create a Column or Pie chart: Your choice. This chart can reflect an element from any of the data tables that
    you feel will add value to the user.
    All graphs must be dynamic to show visible changes instantly when the data is altered.
    Task B: BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS
    Produce one (1) process model (not hand drawn) using Swim Lane format from the details provided in the case study:
    1. The first Swim Lane diagram ‘As-Is’ is provided. Use this model and the provided template to assist you in
    developing a second Swim Lane diagram that represents the proposed ‘To-Be’ application processes at UMC.
    (Partly completed template will be provided)
    Attachments:
    3084311_1_IBIS-Assignment-3-UG-2019–2-.pdf
    3084311_2_Assignment-2-Assistance.pdf
    3084311_3_Assignment-2-marking-rubric.pdf
    3084311_4_New-folder–2-.zip

  • choose an organisation that they are familiar with and analyse it using relevant change…

    The purpose of this assessment is to allow students take on a management perspective to analyse organisational change and propose recommendations with the aim of improving the situation.This project seeks to create a case study of an organization that requires a change intervention.
    Students will be required to choose an organisation that they are familiar with and analyse it using relevant change management theories or frameworks to identify areas where change is required. Relevant change intervention strategies are to be proposed.
    The organisational change project covers the following:
    1. An introduction to the organisation.
    2. Internal and external analysis of the organisation to identify areas requiring change (at the end of this section, include a summary of the areas where change is required)
    3. Literature review – overview of change management theories or frameworks
    4. Evaluation of possible change strategies required to improve the situation.
    5. Recommendations of the most suitable strategies.
    6. Required resources for implementing the identified suitable strategies.
    7. Conclusion
    Word Limit: 3000 Words
    Referencing: APA

  • Consider how your understanding of Roper, Logan and Tierney’s domains of Biological,…

    GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT
    NRSG 138 ASSESSMENT TASK 3: Written Reflection
    Task 3 is a reflective piece of writing about your learning experience through this semester and how it has contributed to your professional philosophy and your intention to practice Person Centred Care.
    Consider how your understanding of Roper, Logan and Tierney’s domains of Biological, Psychological, Socio-cultural, Politico-economic and Environmental factors will assist you in your future practice when you will be practicing person-centred care. How does the experience of learning about these domains influence your personal philosophy of nursing and person-centred care?
    Structuring your assignment
    Firstly, it is important that your submission is structured using Gibbs reflective cycle.(MISSING PART)
    Please review the exemplars that have been written by the lecturers and provided for you on the WIKI page on the NRSG 138 LEO site. Reflective writing is a way of being proactive in your everyday learning and practice.
    A reflective piece is all about YOU. It is expected that it be written in the first person. So, this way of writing is unlike other forms of academic writing and “I” and “me” and “I found” etc. are all not only acceptable but expected.
    The structure of the assignment should include: (all included thanks for this)
    An introduction including a coherent description of what you learned about the RLT domains (biological, psychological, socio- cultural, politico- economic and environmental factors)
    Recognition of how you felt and your reactions to this new information -consider your own development in the unit
    An evaluation of the learning experience
    A critical analysis of what made sense to you – link this with academic literature
    A description of your personal philosophy of nursing as an outcome of your reflective learning – link this with current nursing literature
    Link your stated personal philosophy with person-centred care, and how you will implement this in future practice
    Writing your assignment
    The writing will demonstrate a reflection on your learning experience. You can use your writing from the unit content as a basis for this reflection. Refer to these pieces of writing and review, refine, reference and extend them to develop a cohesive reflection that represents your understanding of the Roper Logan and Tierney model of care and how this has informed your (beginning) personal philosophy of nursing
    Please remember that the submission for the reflective piece needs to be a cohesive piece of writing.
    Attachments:
    3084283_1_General-Information-for-AssessTask-3–2019-002–1-.docx
    3084283_2_How-to-use-the-Gibbs-Reflective-Cycle.docx
    3084283_3_437223-ms-1-437223-748356-1-tm-tm-mf-rlt-model-rev..docx

  • Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their…

    Description/Focus:
    Principles of Primary Health Care
    Value:
    50%
    Due date:
    Sunday, 26th May 2019, 2359 (ACST)
    Length:
    1500 words
    Task:
    Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (WHO, 1986). Choose
    one
    of the conditions listed below and discuss the role of the nurse/midwife in the five major strategies for health promotion identified in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (WHO, Health and Welfare Canada & CPHA, 1986). See page 21 of Clendon and Munns (2019).
    Choose one of the following conditions …
    Diabetes Mellitus

  • What professional development workshops or resources does your district provide that address…

    Part 2: Teacher Interview
    Conduct an interview with the classroom teacher. Ask the questions below, as well as any other questions you have. Write the teacher’s responses for each question.
    1. What do you believe are the most important character traits for a teacher to have?
    2. What are the rewards and challenges of working in education?
    3. What current educational issues or trends have the most effect in the classroom? Provide an example.
    4. What professional development workshops or resources does your district provide that address current educational issues or trends?
    5. Optional: Add a question of your choice.
    Part 3: Reflection Summary
    Write a 350-word reflection summary of your classroom observation and teacher interview. Address the following question:
    • Do the answers in the interview, the demographics, and the teaching and learning style you observed connect? Provide rationale and examples for your response.
    Attachments:
    3084278_1_edu301-r9-field-experience-and-interview-worksheet–1-.docx