Business Planning Report

 

During your first week as a Senior Information Systems Security director, you met with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO). During the meeting, they revealed their deep concerns with the organizations business continuity plans (BCP). Since you were previously responsible for BCPs for a large enterprise they are requesting that you review the companys BCP staffing plans and training plans.   

They would like you to provide a report with your findings and recommendations for corrective action.   

Additionally, include why it is important to include legal representatives on the business continuity planning team and provide an example of laws or regulation the company should include to remain compliant.   

While there is not a specific page requirement for this assignment, students are required to fully develop ideas and answer questions to the point that no further questions are left in the mind of the reader. If the instructor can clearly find the answers to their questions, the ideas within the report are fully developed. If there are unanswered or under-answered questions, further development of the report is required. 
Keep the following in mind: 

  • More words do not necessarily indicate more meaning. 
  • When an employee is tasked with a project in the workplace that requires a report, the report should fully answer all the questions needing to be answered. In this school environment, students are learning how to prepare such documents.  
  • Consider your audience. Although instructors are very knowledgeable on the subject matter, they need to verify that the student has absorbed the material through a written report. Students should therefore write to an audience of a co-worker or classmate who does not know the answers to the questions posed. 
  • For students who are more comfortable with more specific guidelines, ideas can generally be developed in one to three paragraphs. The goal of writing in this class is to demonstrate what you have learned. 

Assignment grading will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using APA format and the following rubric.

RE: Week 2 Discussion

In this assignment, you will prepare a two to three (2 to 3) page report that addresses the requirements specified in the case for Parts 1 and 2. Include your calculations as part of your analysis and fully explain the results. Also, include a minimum of two (2) current references to scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

Your report must address all of the following:

Address the overall understanding of the retail and wholesale industries and identified areas that impact financial reporting.
Analyze Cloud 9s financial position and its business risks. Include ratios supporting the business analysis.
Identify areas requiring special emphasis during the audit and potential problem areas.
Address materiality in your response.
Use at least two (2) current, quality academic or authoritative sources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality scholarly and/or authoritative sources. Use the Strayer University Library to conduct your research.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or SWS format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the assignment title, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover and reference pages are not included in the required page assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Analyze a companys financial position and business risks relative to an audit.

The CEO’s Challenge

 Youve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the rise of shadow IT projects a major indicator that the companys internal information system has failed to meet its needs. Because the current information system is inadequate, inefficient, and outdated, the CEO is inviting everyone in the organization to propose a new operational, decision support, or enterprise information system to replace it. The executives have allocated $5 million to fund the most promising idea. This is your chance to make a difference in the company (not to mention your own career). Write your proposal as a memo that the entire C-suite will review. Include at least these points, in your own words, to be persuasive: 1. Identify the main functions of your proposed information system and why they are important to the business. 2. Describe what types of data your information system will hold and how data quality will be ensured. 3. Explain how the old information system handles the functions you mentioned, the problems that occur, and why your information system will handle things better. 4. Offer evidence of feasibility: Show that similar information systems have been built successfully and that they save more money than they cost. The executives are busy, so keep your memo to 1-4 pages and avoid any extraneous content 

The future of online influencers and the impact on the service industries

Paper type: Research note

Critically engage with a contemporary debate related to consumer behaviour. Focus your writing by specifically identifying where you believe you are developing real depth in your critical discussion and subsequently where you are extending a systematic and coherent body of knowledge. Develop a creative and critical discussion on the following topic: The future of online influencers and the impact on the service industries.

You will need to form an opinion and think closely as to whether you agree or disagree with the topic statement (The future of online influencers and the impact on the service industries). You will need to provide evidence and analyse the information available to you from which to reinforce your perspective.

This research note must be show CRITICAL THINKING and CRITICAL ANALYSIS. It needs to EXTEND A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE about the specific topic (The future of online influencers and the impact on the service industries). Links between literature and the research topic need to be present.

Wordcount: 3000 words
Referencing style: Harvard
Number of references: the minimum of 20
Sources: Academic Journal Articles, Books, reliable sources only
Structure: introduction (500-700 words), main body (2000 words), conclusion (300-500 words).