BSA/310 Week 1

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Individual: Research
Option #1: 529 Words! A+ Work!

Option #2: 270 Words! A+ Work!
Search for a current article about business strategy, and write a 1- to 2- page paper discussing its relevance to the team project: Bubble Films.
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Individual: Organization System Inventory
Word Count: 1,276 Words! A+ Work!
Resource: Organization System Inventory document.
Watch Lesson 4, "Managing the Business," of the Lynda.com video "Management Fundamentals" with Britt Andreatta.
Select an organization or business with which you are familiar. It may be a company where you have worked, or an organization you have learned about in the media.
Complete the table in the 1-page Organization System Inventory document for each system your selected organization uses. Include common business systems that support business units, such as Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Marketing, and Information Security. Add rows to the table as necessary.
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Supporting Activity: IT-Enabled Business Strategy
Assume you have been hired by a small, well-funded startup company to help create their IT-enabled business strategy. Your first task is to advise them about the components of an IT-enabled business strategy.
Discuss the following:
• What are the components of an IT-enabled business strategy?
• What are the advantages of aligning business and IT strategies?

Supporting Activity: 6 Fundamental Parts of an Information System

List and describe the six fundamental parts of an information system. Then, give an example from either work or home where you have used an information system to perform a business transaction.

Supporting Activity: Information and Support Systems

Discuss a number of information systems and support systems. Select one of these systems (not already selected by another student), describe the system and give an example of what the system can be used for in business.

BSA/310 Week 2

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Learning Team: Bubble Films Task List
Create a 1- to 2-page project task list that identifies all of the tasks your Learning Team must complete for the project, assignments of appropriate team members to project tasks, and due dates when tasks must be completed for team review and integration into your project.
Include primary and backup members for each task.
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Individual: Control Types
Option #1: 1,331 Words! A+ Work!

Option #2:    956 Words! A+ Work!

Option #3:    763 Words! A+ Work!

Option #4:    800 Words! A+ Work!
Assume that the IT department of a business has hired you, and your first task is to ensure the department is following essential information security practices.
Write a 2- to 3-page paper highlighting the most important information security practices.
Answer the following questions:
    • What are three key elements for an organization to consider in strengthening its

       overall information security posture? Describe how each plays a role in the

       operations of the entire organization.
    • How do the principles of information security apply to the material examined in

       the course?
    • How can the systems used throughout the organization enable businesses and

        protect the data they contain?
    • What types of Federal or State regulations or compliance requirements must be

       considered as part of the control and security processes? Describe the impact of

        "Safe Harbor" data security regulations that could have an impact on the IT

       department if the business were to move into Europe or Asia's markets.
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Supporting Activity: Business Systems and External Influences

Many required business systems software changes revolve around changes in technology and growth of the business. Describe what other external influences can affect business systems and give an example of a change that must be made because of one of those influences.

Supporting Activity: Case Study of HSBC

Consider the case study of HSBC in your text. Briefly summarize what happened. Then detail the following:

• What were the problems with the controls and what factors contributed to those problems?
• Could this problem have been prevented?
• What would you do, going forward, to address and prevent this problem from happening again?

BSA/310 Week 3

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Learning Team: Bubble Films Status Report
Word Count: 1,456 words! A+ Work!
Submit a 1- to 2-page team status report to your instructor explaining
what your team accomplished during the week, research sources being
considered, challenges your team faced, and potential approaches to
the final Learning Team project.
Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab. Supporting Activity What information is contained in a general journal? Why does a business need both a general journal and a general ledger? Supporting Activity Briefly explain why the objectives of financial statement analysis vary among different types of financial decision makers.  

Individual: Accounting Systems Recommendations
Option #1:    788 Words! A+ Work!

Option #2:    852 Words! A+ Work!

Option #3: 1,007 Words! A+ Work!

Option #4:    700 Words! A+ Work!
Research available accounting software for small, medium, and large businesses.
Create a 3- to 4-page recommendation and include the following:
      • Matrix listing viable accounting software options for a small, medium, and large

          business
      • Names of the viable software for each business category
      • A summary of the most common accounting software features needed for

         each business category
      • Considerations that should be addressed such as hardware requirements,

          integration requirements, security requirements, support, etc.
      • A reference page citing your research sources
Note. You may review the previously viewed Lynda.com videos on accounting fundamentals for this assignment.
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Supporting Activity: General Journal

What information is contained in a general journal? Why does a business need both a general journal and a general ledger?

Supporting Activity: Financial Statement Analysis

Briefly explain why the objectives of financial statement analysis vary among different types of financial decision makers.

BSA/310 Week 4

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Learning Team: Bubble Films Status Report
Instructions:
Submit a 1- to 2-page team status report to your instructor explaining what your team accomplished during the week, research sources being considered, challenges your team faced, and potential approaches to the final Learning Team project.
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Individual: Internal and External Marketing with Social Media

Includes 3 PowerPoint Presentations!

Watch the following Lynda.com videos:
• "Internet Marketing Basics" with Ian Lurie.
• "YouTube Projects for Business and Marketing" with Jason Osder.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of your company has asked you to investigate technologies that can be used for internal and external communication and collaboration solutions for business. Tip - PhoenixConnect is a communication and collaboration tool.

The CEO wants to implement a system to help with communication and collaboration solutions for business within the organization and potentially outside the organization. The CEO has asked you to present potential solutions to the leadership at the next meeting.
Create a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes included that describes your research. Include the following information along with a detailed description and justification of your recommendation:
      • List at least 4 different technology solutions
      • Include Pros and Cons for each solution
      • List any potential hardware and integration needs
      • List any new resources that would be required to implement and manage the

         solution
      • List any potential mobile access options
      • Include references and research sources
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Supporting Activity

There are four basic steps involved in the process to conduct marketing research. Describe each of these steps and give an example of how market research can be used to help a business.

Supporting Activity

Describe some of the latest advances in mobile computing devices. What trends do you see in the development of this equipment? Speculate on how future devices might look or function.

BSA/310 Week 5

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Learning Team: Bubble Films

Includes 5 PowerPoint Presentations!

Your Learning Team has been hired as consultants for Bubble Films, a Hollywood, California-based company that produces documentary films. To remain competitive in their industry, Bubble Films wants to develop customer-centric services that meet needs in a way that is intuitive and accessible. The company has 150 employees located in three states. Approximately 20% of the employees work virtually from home. Bubble Films has two hundred personal computers, five servers, and one mainframe computer. Your team is charged with making recommendations for the following software categories:

• Collaborative software: groupware
• Financial software: accounting and cost analysis
• Marketing and sales software: customer relationship management
• Business intelligence software 

The team deliverable is a 18- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. For each category, provide the following information:

• Type of software
• List of vendors and products reviewed, from at least three categories
• Product selected
• Reason the product was selected
• Brief description of the software, including cost: discuss the possibility of integrating with other recommended software.
• Advantages and disadvantages of using the software
• Information about the vendor: how long the vendor has been in business; the size of the vendor in terms of number of employees, revenues, etc.; the vendor's reputation
• Potential integration concerns: describe potential integration issues and the potential mitigation options the integration team should consider
• Security concerns: describe any potential security risks the software possibly creates or exacerbates

The first slide must be the title page, the second slide must contain an executive summary, and the final slide must list APA formatted references. All slides must contain detailed speaker notes.

Individual:Analytics Proposal
Option #1 Word Count: 1,421 words!

Option #2 Word Count: 1,380 words!

Watch the Lynda.com video, "Wayne Winston on Analytics."
Write a 4- to 5-page proposal to your current or previous company's executives discussing how analytics can be used in your company to improve sales through your retail outlets, customer service department, or other service department (tech support, marketing, etc.). If you do not work in a retail company, then select one where you shop. Your finished proposal should include a cover page and references page.
Include a description of how you would do the following:
      • Select, implement, and use information systems to achieve company goals
      • Integrate the systems with existing systems, including how you would manage

          system security
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Note: Supporting Activity Questions may be different, depending on which Instructor you have.

Supporting Activity

What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its management, organization, and technology components?

Supporting Activity

What are the most important tools and technologies for safeguarding information resources? Pick one of the below and answer in detail.

• Name and describe three authentication methods.
• Describe the roles of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus software in promoting security.
• Explain how encryption protects information.
• Describe the role of encryption and digital certificates in a public key infrastructure.
• Distinguish between fault-tolerant and high-availability computing, and between disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning.
• Describe measures for improving software quality and reliability