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Big Data for Supply Chain and Operations Management

COIT 20253 Business Intelligence using Big Data  Assessment item 1—Assignment 1 Specifications  All students are to submit electronically – max file size is 2Mb.  Weighting: 35%  Length: Refer to individual section requirements 1  Objectives  This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 as stated on the course profile.  Assessment 1 is an individual assessment. In assessment 1, you are assigned tasks which assess your course knowledge gained between weeks 1 and 5 about different facets of Big Data solutions. All students will have to write a report showing the answers to the tasks 1-3 below.  Please note that ALL submitted A2-reports are passed through a computerized copy detection system and it is extremely easy for teaching staff to identify copied or otherwise plagiarised work.  • Copying (plagiarism) can incur penalties ranging from deduction of marks to failing the course or even exclusion from the Unive...

Management decision (what is the decision management have to make that research will assist with? – in question form).

Description  This task allows you to get feedback on the critical first stage of your research proposal development to ensure Task 2, the full proposal, is soundly based. Select a business research problem or opportunity for investigation. This may come from your employment situation, a friend or relative's business, or your own business. The business problem or opportunity must require a substantial amount of research that includes the collection of both primary and secondary data to assist management in making a decision. Your proposal should be for an applied business problem (so for a specific company or organisation) and not for general basic research into a general topic.  Here is the template for you to use for your Task 1 Background and Problem Definition. Use this to prepare a draft of the Background and Problem Definition stage of the Research Proposal to be completed on the template provided above. This assessment is designed to give feedback that should then be inc...

Drive2Impress is a small business that sells cars in Canberra.

Assessment item 2  Modelling  Value: 12%  Submission method options  Alternative submission method  TASK  Overview of business case:  Drive2Impress is a small business that sells cars in Canberra. Drive2Impress can obtain cars from several different suppliers. Drive2Impress keeps its cars in several showrooms across the city. At this stage customers cannot view the available cars online so to order they must visit one of the showrooms. Customers call Drive2Impress to arrange a visit before they go to a showroom. Drive2Impress has been using an Excel spreadsheet to track their business activities; however, this has caused many redundancies and inefficiency.  With view to their expanding business and under the new management, they decided to investigate the option of implementing a database system. Accordingly, they hired you to design a relational database to better track and record their operational data.  NOTE: The overview of business case ...

Markets segments and decision making

Markets segments and decision making  2500 words  Task  The next stage of the marketing audit is for you to consider the market for your organisation and evaluate the opportunities and threats that exist for your chosen organisation. NB: if you have a number of markets it is a good idea to focus on just one.  Incorporating theoretical concepts into your discussion from chapters 2, 4, 5 and 6 (are these in relation to the new or the old version of the book) of the text, and with the use of other theoretical sources and secondary research, please discuss the following:  1. Briefly describe the industry market for your organisation and evaluate current trends in:  a. Growth  b. Profitability  c. Macro environment ( PESTLE factor)  2. Outline and examine the major market segments for your organisation and identify your primary and secondary target markets.  3. Discuss the level of involvement your primary segment is likely to have towards yo...

culture other than your own, to conduct research on.

Communication  ASSESSMENT NUMBER: 2  ASSIGNMENT TYPE: ESSAY  WEIGHTING: 45%  WORD COUNT: 1500 WORDS  ASSESSMENT DETAILS AND INSTRUCTIONS  Select a culture other than your own, to conduct research on.  Reflect on information discussed in ‘Communicating Across Cultures’ topic, the work of Hofstede and the general communication theory discussed in class.  Write an essay making the argument that people from different cultures have different ways of communicating, using examples from your selected culture to illustrate your argument. Your essay will include discussion of:  1. A minimum of two (2) communication barriers you think you would encounter when communicating with guests from your selected culture; and  2. At least two (2) dos AND two (2) don’ts when professionally communicating with guests from your selected culture, especially regarding:  a. listening and responding AND  b. online communication.  FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS:...

What constitutes the Health System in your country or chosen country – the components of the health system and the key players?

40 marks (or 40% of overall result for this course)  Word limit: 2,500 words.  The Task: Drawing on the course materials in Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and other relevant sources, you are required to critique the Health System in your own country.  There are two parts to Assignment 1. Part 1 asks you to provide an overview of your Health System. Part 2 asks you to critique one particular component of your Health System and provide evidenced based recommendations to address that component so as to improve service provision.  Part One – The Health System  (1000 to 1500 words, indicative word guide)  What constitutes the Health System in your country or chosen country – the components of the health system and the key players?  How are health services delivered within the country to respond to the Burden of Disease in the country? How are urban and rural populations provided with services? Are the services provided equitable?  What is the role and func...