Week 4 – Discussion

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Your  initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until  Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect  both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.  Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon  above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

     Crime Prediction Strategies for the Future      

Select one of the following goals from Chapter 12, Table 12.1 on of The Prevention of Crime for your initial post.

Table: Recommendations for increasing the use and rigor of evaluation methods in crime prevention.

   

Goal

Recommendation

  

Reducing differences in lists of “What works”

• Use systematic review processes
• Require rigorous evaluation standards
• Require consensus on evaluation standards by multiple experts
• Regularly update lists and evaluation standards

 

Increasing the number of effective interventions

• Employ rigorous, quasi‐experimental designs when randomized control trials are not feasible
• Use “adaptive” research designs to evaluate multi‐component interventions and policies
• Use emerging methods such as Social Network Analysis to evaluate social context interventions

Examine the future of crime prediction using the recommendations listed beside your chosen goal and incorporate the following:

• Based on your earlier research and readings, evaluate current  prevention programs and how they might be changed in the future based on  these goals.
• Analyze the impact of diversity in future crime prediction  strategies, especially within law enforcement agencies that have little  credibility with their communities today.
• Assess whether your chosen goal positively or negatively impacts  social justice for all groups or just targeted segments of society.

Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Support your post  with examples from your required reading material and/or other credible  and scholarly sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document for guidance. Provide in-text citations in APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  

Guided Response: Review several of your peer’s  posts, responding to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.  For these responses, select at least one classmate who chose to address a  goal different from your own. In your responses to their posts, address  the following:

• Formulate additional suggestions for addressing diversity and  improving community relationships between law enforcement and the  communities they serve in the future.

Address ethical dilemmas that could impact communities and discuss  how to overcome obstacles. Be sure to support your assertions with  scholarly, credible sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  document for guidance. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’  posts in a substantive manner and provide recommendations to extend  their thinking. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier  in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in  this discussion forum. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until  5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7, and respond with robust dialogue to  anyone who replies to your initial post.

 Attached is the pdf to analyze. 

Step 1: Log into the Capsim Core simulation by clicking on the “Capsim.com” link on the “Course Resources” page. Click on the “MT460MCO Management Policy and Strategy-Prac” link.

Step 2: Create a new PowerPoint presentation file with 10 slides, including a title slide.

Step 3: Complete Round 3 in the “Practice” simulation. Take a screenshot of the Proforma for Round 3. Insert the screenshot onto slide 2 of the PowerPoint presentation.

Step 4: Click on the “Reports” link on the horizontal navigation bar at the top of the simulation page. Click on the “Report” link, and the “Capsim Core Round 3” report will open in a new screen. On the upper right hand side of the screen, click on the “PDF Version” link. It will generate a .PDF file in your browser. Save the .PDF file to your computer.

Step 5: In slides 3 -10 in your PowerPoint, analyze and verbally present the results of your strategic decision-making using information from the Round 3 Capsim Core Reports. Apply the strategy concepts and language you have learned thus far. Your target audience is the Board of Directors for your Capsim Core company. Use research to help substantiate your analysis. Use the following topics to guide your report analysis:

• Analyze and interpret the results of your Round 3 “Practice” strategy decisions by conducting a SOAR analysis using information derived from the “Capsim Core Round 3” report. Conduct the SOAR analysis from the perspective of one out of the four departments (Research and Development, Marketing, Production, and Finance) to identify strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results from the perspective of organizational assets, growth, enhanced customer satisfaction, etc… within “Capsim Core Round 3” report. Explain how the strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results impact the other departments in the company. Explain the sources of competitive advantage based on the information in the report based on the SOAR analysis.
• Analyze and interpret the results of your Round 3 “Practice” strategy decisions by conducting a SWOT analysis using information derived from the “Capsim Core Round 3” report. Conduct the SWOT analysis from the perspective of one out of the four departments (Research and Development, Marketing, Production, and Finance) to identify problems and/or opportunities for improvement, growth, market risks, customer engagement, etc. within “Capsim Core Round 3” report. Explain how the problems and/or opportunities impact the other departments in the company. Explain the sources of competitive advantage based on the information in the report based on the SWOT analysis.
• Produce illustrations to depict each the SOAR and SWOT analyses you conducted, and to aid in the presentation of facts. You may develop illustrations such as charts, diagrams, matrices, infographics, or graphs to aid in the presentation of your findings. 

Step 6: Your presentation will contain one screenshot slide and eight narrated strategic decision-making analysis slides. Submit your presentation and the “Capsim Core Round 3” report. PDF file to the Unit 3 Assignment Dropbox.