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I was able to locate an article by Cook, Kang, Braga, et al. (2015) that was interested in the issue of reducing the recidivism rate of adult males that were released from prison that were placed in two groups. The control group was released with no services in place, while the other group had started to receive wrap around services before they were released with those services continuing after their release. The second group was also given some job related training and any employer that hired them would receive a subsidy to encourage them to keep the individual employed.

Crime in any community affects everyone in that community. Researching how to reduce the recidivism rate in a community would allow an already overburdened criminal justice system to improve the quality of living for the entire community. It does so by reducing the cost involved in the justice system. It can also change the situation of those that have chosen to make a positive contribution to their community instead of continuing to exhibit criminal behaviors. They can become an asset to their community instead of a drain on it. This particular study took into consideration the idea of how getting in place appropriate services for individuals that have a history of criminal behaviors and increased job opportunities will affect the persons likely of reoffending.

Using the Y=f(X) + E and how it applies to this study is fairly straight forward. Y is the dependent variable (Dietz & Kalof, 2009), which would be the recidivism rate of adult males that are released from prison. X is the independent variable (Dietz & Kalof, 2009), which would be the programs wrap around services that the individuals are receiving along with the employment training and subsidies’ that are being offered to employers who hire the individuals after their release from prison. The recidivism rate is compared to each of the two groups to identify if there is any difference between the groups rate of reoffending.

There were a couple of issues that may be something to consider as being negative or wrong. There males that were involved in the study had many differences. There was an assortment of different types of criminal offenses that the individuals had committed and these were not separated in the study. There were individual with gang affiliations in their history along with others that had no gang affiliations. Also, this study only included males. No females were in the study and gender may have an impact on how this type of program would affect them when compared to only males.

The idea of errors in the study would be reflected in the same issues. The types of crimes that people commit could have an impact on how the person reacts to the program. Where the individuals are living after they are released from prison would also have an effect on them. If the services that they are receiving do not allow them to have a stable location to reside or they are living where they were before they were incarcerated and having contact with individuals they did before their incarceration it would definitely affect them. Personal situations and relationships or affiliations from their past would also be something to consider. There are many factors that could affect each individual in the study and there is no way to eliminate all of them.

References:

Cook, P. J., Kang, S., Braga, A. A., Ludwig, J., & O’Brien, M. E. (2015). An Experimental Evaluation of a Comprehensive Employment­ Oriented Prisoner Re-entry Program. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 31(3), 355­382. doi: 10.1007/s10940­014­9242­5

Dietz, T. & Kalof, L. (2009). Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical Reasoning (1^st ed.). Chapter 1, “An Introduction to Qualitative Analsys” (pp. 1-31). John Wiley & Sons – Books, Copyright Clearance Center. Retrieved February 28, 2017 from: https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/U…

Even within an organization structured around a single overriding goal, competing personal interests and opinions often complicate discussions. In times such as these, a strong negotiator is necessary to help sort out the various goals, wants, and needs and to help reach a group consensus. Consider the following scenario:

Apex Co. is working on the release of a new product. This product launch is critical to the success of the company. Teams from the manufacturing division, sales division, and marketing division are meeting to discuss the roll out. When the meeting convenes, it quickly breaks down into heated debate.

The manufacturing division is accusing sales of promising more than can be delivered to the customers who have preordered. A major component to the new product must be sourced from a new supplier due to the rising cost raw materials. Because of the time needed to ramp up the supply chain, manufacturing will be behind for months.

The sales division is quick to blame manufacturing for not providing accurate projections. Members on the sales team point to numerous e-mails that were exchanged concerning the quality and timing of the orders being placed.

Meanwhile, the marketing division is concerned that the planned roll-out event for the launch will have to be rescheduled if sales and manufacturing are not able to get on the same page and stick to the timetables that had been agreed upon.

• What kind of planning did you employ and how was it different than single-party negotiations?
• Think of a situation in which you were a participant in a work group that came to an impasse in negotiations.

Answer the following questions guide your initial posting.

1) Which factors that differ from the planning steps typically involved in a single-party negotiation must be considered when planning for this negotiation?

2) What tactics can groups employ to move beyond impasse to resolution? How are these different than single-party negotiations?

3) What techniques would you use during the meeting to facilitate the group’s ability to come to a solution for moving forward?

4) How would these techniques differ if all the meetings were held in a virtual environment?

References:

Lewicki, R. J., Saunders, D. M., & Barry, B. (2011). Essentials of negotiation (5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter 10, “Multiple Parties and Teams”

Chapter 12, “Best Practices in Negotiation

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You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system needs to allow employees to locate and schedule professional development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees’ calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking to allow employees to determine who is attending conferences and events. This will promote fostering relationships and ensure coverage of conferences that are considered of high importance.

Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications to management personnel whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete professional-development requirements is approaching and is not yet satisfied.

There are several types of architectural views. For the given scenario, develop 2 architectural views.

• There must be enough detail for the design to be handed off to an implementation team.

Technology Evaluation Study Plan – Detailed Assignment Description

This assignment is the third and final part Analysis of Alternatives exercise.

Choose one of the student-written Technology Selection papers from the list posted by your instructor in the Week 7 conference.

Read your chosen Technology Selection paper to learn more about the selected technology. Next, consider what type of formal evaluation study could be used to learn more about this technology and how it is likely to interact with people, processes, and technologies. Then, design a formal evaluation study which could be used to obtain more information about one or more of the following:

• characteristics (features and capabilities) of the technology
• interactions among technologies, people, environments, and processes (use cases or scenarios)
• risks or vulnerabilities associated with adoption of this technology
• costs and benefits associated with adoption of this technology

CHOOSE YOUR EVALUATION METHOD

Your evaluation study design must use one of the following:

• Case Study
• Delphi Study (panel of subject matter experts)
• Quasi-Experiment (e.g. penetration testing or pilot testing in a controlled environment)
• Pilot Implementation (in a demonstration environment)

See the Technology Evaluation Methods module in the Week 2 conference for detailed descriptions of each of these types of evaluation methods.

DESIGN YOUR STUDY

Identify the specific questions that your formal evaluation study will address. These questions must be security-focused (review the Pillars of Information Security and Pillars of Information Assurance for ideas). Your design should include a description of the specific security issues which will be tested or security capabilities which will be evaluated. Use standard terminology when writing about security issues (see the rubric).

DEVELOP YOUR EVALUATION STUDY PLAN

Use your study design to prepare a high-level plan for your evaluation study. Your plan must include the following:

• Introduction
  • description of the emerging technology and justification for including it in an evaluation study
• Research Question(s)
  • These must be security focused. Use the Five Pillars of Information Assurance and / or the Five Pillars of Information Security.
  • Use “how” or “what” questions (writing good “why” questions is beyond the scope of this course).
  • Examples
    • What vulnerabilities exist that could be attacked to compromise confidentiality?
    • How could an attacker compromise availability?
  • For each research question, provide a brief description of a scenario or use case which could be used to answer the question. Your description should be one paragraph (no longer).
• Methods
  • high level design of the study (focus upon the evaluation model and your research questions)
  • description of how the technology will be incorporated or used in the study (including specific security issues which will be tested or security capabilities which will be evaluated)
  • notional system or network architecture diagram showing the pilot test environment (only if you are doing a pilot study)
• Limitations or Special Considerations
  • any special considerations or security concerns which must be addressed (e.g. “clean room,” test data sanitization, or isolation environment to prevent the pilot study from causing harm to operational systems)
• Timeline of Events (Notional)
  • A notional timeline (expressed in days or months after start date) for your study

NOTIONAL TIMELINE OF EVENTS

The notional timeline of events (stated in days or months after start) that provides an estimate of how long you expect your evaluation study to take. For a Delphi Method study, your study could take as little as a day or two. For a Delphi Method Study, include the number of “rounds” and how long each round will be (the time allotted for experts to consider information and reply back with their opinion on the questions or issues). For a case study, quasi-experimental, or pilot implementation design, your study may span several months; in this case, divide your timeline into phases (setup, testing, reporting).

COST ESTIMATE IS NOT REQUIRED

Normally, an evaluation study plan will include a cost estimate. For this course, we will NOT be including cost elements in our evaluation study plans as the information required to develop these items is not readily available to students. If you wish to address this area of a study plan, limit your discussion to a brief listing of the cost elements (people, technologies, facilities) and state that a cost estimate will be provided separately.

DOCUMENT YOUR PLAN

Your Technology Evaluation Study Plan should be at least three pages in length but no more than ten pages (excluding the title page and references page). This should be a high level design that can be read quickly. Your study plan must contain the five major sections defined above and comply with the formatting guidance provided by your instructor.

GRADING

Grading Rubric: Consult the grading rubric for specific content and formatting requirements for this assignment.

APA Formatting: Consult the sample papers and paper template provided under Content > Course Documents > APA Resources.

All papers in this course must comply with APA Style for references and citations. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs. These items are graded under Professionalism and constitute 20% of the assignment grade

Question 2. Recommendations for Cyber Security Technologies

Thinking back over all of the research that you have read during this course, identify one emerging or leading technology that you believe has the most potential as a cybersecurity or cyber defense solution.

Write a one page (300 word) recommendation for this technology. Include in your recommendation three or more cybersecurity or cyber defense related benefits that you believe will be realized by companies who adopt this technology.

Your audience for this recommendation is the CEO of a large company that is interested in finding and funding further research into promising cybersecurity related technologies.