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WHAT DO NONRELATIONAL DBMS MEAN FOR YOU?
Given these query results, do you have an ethical responsibility to do something? Consider both the categorical imperative (pages 16-17) and the utilitarian (pages 42-43) perspectives.
State the purpose of a database. Explain the circumstances in which a database is preferred to a spreadsheet. Describe the key difference between Figures 5-1 and 5-2.
Define the term database. Explain the hierarchy of data and name three elements of a database. Define metadata. Using the example of Student and Office_Visit tables, show how relationships among rows
Explain the acronym DBMS and name its functions. List five popular DBMS products. Explain the difference between a DBMS and a database. Summarize the functions of a DBMS. Define SQL. Describe the
Explain why database tables, by themselves, are not very useful to business users. Name the four elements of a database application and describe the purpose of each. Explain the difference between a
Define NoSQL data store and give three examples. Explain how NoSQL will likely be used in organizations and state why learning Microsoft Access is still important to you. Explain what is unusual
After learning the concepts presented in this chapter and with some rudimentary knowledge of Access, you'll be able to query and extract data to help you solve the problems your organization
The following two tables could be used to store the data in Figure 5-17 in a database:ChoirMember (LastName, FirstName, Email, Phone, Part)MusicalWork —(NameOfWork, Part, CopyNumber)Note: This
Suppose that a river rafting company starts a group on a social networking site for promoting rafting trips.Graham, a 15-year-old high school student who wants to appear more grown-up than he
Suppose you own and manage the rafting company in question
‘a. Is it unethical for you to encourage your employees to write positive reviews about your company?Use both the categorical imperative and utilitarian perspectives in your response.b. Does your
Instead of being the owner, suppose you were at one time employed by this rafting company and you were, undeservedly you think, terminated.T o get even, you use Facebook to spread rumors to your
Instead of being the owner, suppose you were at one time employed by this rafting company and you were, undeservedly you think, terminated.T o get even, you use Facebook to spread rumors to your
Again, suppose that you were at one time employed by the rafting company and were undeservedly terminated. Using the company owner's name and other identifying data, you create a false Facebook
Grade yourself on the guidelines given. Be frank and honest. List changes you need to make in your social behavior.
Think of two organizations for which you would like to work. Assume both organizations review job candidates’SM data as part of their initial screening process.a. Name and describe three positive
Who do you think is the most key person at Apple:the CEO, Sr. VP of Design, Sr. VP of Engineering, or Sr.VP of Marketing? What would happen if that person left?Would your opinion of that person
Define social media, communities of practice, social media information systems, social media provider, and social networks.Name and describe three SMIS organizational roles. Explain the elements of
Summarize how social media contributes to sales and marketing, customer support, inbound logistics, outbound logistics, manufacturing and operations, and human resources.Name SM risks for each
Define capital, human capital, and social capital. Explain four ways that social capital adds value. Name three factors that determine social capital and explain how “they are more multiplicative
Define monetize and describe why it’s difficult for social media companies to generate revenue. Give examples of how social media companies generate revenue from advertising and charging for
Name and describe two sources of SM risk. Describe the purpose of an SM policy, and summarize Intel’s guiding principles.Describe an SM mistake, other than one in this text, and explain the wise
Describe ways in which the use of social media is changing today.Summarize possible management challenges when controlling employees 10 years in the future. Describe the text’s suggested response.
You know how to use Facebook and Twitter. Explain how each of the questions addressed in this chapter will help you help your employers to use them as well. Summarize the challenges(and
Using the Facebook page of a company that you have "liked" (or would choose to), fill out the grid in Figure 8-4. Strive to replace the phrases in the description column of that grid with specific
Compare the tech companies’ P/E ratios in Figure 8-8 with the traditional companies’ P/E ratios. Note that some of the tech companies have very high P/E ratios (a low P/E is good, a high P/E is
Could overvalued tech stocks lead to a dot-com
0 crash like the original in 1999-2001? Discuss why this may or may not happen. Summarize your discussion in a couple paragraphs.
Search Facebook for Sedona, Arizona. Examine a variety of Sedona-area pages that you find. Using the knowledge of this chapter and your personal social media experience, evaluate these pages and list
Sedona has quite a number of potentially conflicting community groups. Explain three ways that the Chamber of Commerce can use social media to help manage conflict so as to maintain a healthy
According to Paul Greenberg,Amazon.com is the master of the 2-minute relationship, and Boeing is the master of the 10-year relationship."| Visit www-boeing.com and www.amazon.com. From Greenberg's
Google or Bing “Chloe” and search for sites that deal with Chloe fashion products.Identify companies that have purchased the Chloe AdWord. Follow three or four such links. Identify as many ads in
Watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZsJSJOWSZ4. In your own words, explain the nature of a data story.
Explain how a data story differs from a traditional PowerPoint presentation.
Visit www.datastorytelling.tv/Curated-outside_r5.html. Based on articles you find, summarize three data story applications that are compelling to you.
Discuss three specific ways that data stories can add value to business intelligence.
Reflect on term projects that you've been assigned in the past year. Which of those assignments could have been completed with a data story? Describe one such application. If none, say why.
Define business intelligence and BI system. Explain the elements in Figure 9-1. Give an example, other than in this text, of one way that an organization could use business intelligence for each of
Name and describe the three primary activities in the BI process.Summarize how Addison and Drew used these activities to produce BI results for AllRoad.
Describe the need and functions of data warehouses and data marts. Name and describe the role of data warehouse components.List and explain the problems that can exist in data used for data mining
Name and describe the three techniques. State the goals and characteristics of each. Summarize reporting analysis.Define structured data. Summarize data mining. Explain the difference between
Name four alternative types of servers used for publishing business intelligence. Explain the difference between static and dynamic reports; explain the term subscription. Describe why dynamic
Summarize the knowledge you learned in this chapter and explain how you might use it as a future business professional.Explain how your knowledge would benefit the PRIDE project and describe one use
Explain, in your own words, how Addison used Access to implement each of the five criteria that she and Drew developed. Use Figures 9-5 through 9-10 in your answer.
Suppose you are a member of the Audubon Society, and the board of the local chapter asks you to help it analyze its member data. The group wants to analyze the demographics of its membership against
Why would security personnel from government agencies (like the NSA) want to attend an annual security convention with hackers?
Would the NSA or other security firms want to hire hackers from Black Hat? Why or why not?
Why does spying done on U.S. citizens by the NSA bother people? Does it bother you or make you feel safer? Why?
Why would automated custom spear-phishing be so dangerous?
How might browser botnet armies be prevented?
Why do devices, operating systems, and applications begin to have more security issues as they become more popular?
It seems unlikely that everyone who finds a new security threat goes to Black Hat and presents it to the public. What are other options? How can knowledge of this possibility help you?
Using both the categorical imperative (pages 16-17) and utilitarianism (pages 42-43), assess the ethics of spying. Consider a government spying on its own citizens, foreign militaries, foreign
Describe what you think should be done with the NSA's PRISM program. Should it be continued without change, given more public oversight, substantially reduced in functionality, or discontinued
Without the illegal disclosure of top-secret documents by Edward Snowden, the PRISM program may never have been discovered. Were Snowden's actions ethical? Consider both the categorical imperative
What is your opinion of employee monitoring? What effect does employee monitoring have on employee morale? How could employee monitoring make the organization more secure?
Describe the differences between freedom and privacy. Does a loss of privacy always mean a loss of freedom? Describe how your conclusions about the differences in these words pertain to PRISM.
To learn the fundamentals of phishing, visit the following site: www.microsoft.com/protect /fraud/phishing/symptoms.aspx. To see recent examples of phishing attacks, visit
Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target. Give an example of each. List three types of threats and five types of security losses. Give different examples for the three rows of Figure 10-2.
Explain why it is difficult to know the true size of the computer security problem in general and of computer crime in particular.List the takeways in this question and explain the meaning of each.
Explain each of the elements in Figure 10-7. Define DS, and explain why the use of an IDS program is sobering, to say the least. Define brute force attack. Summarize the characteristics of a strong
Name and describe two security functions that senior management should address. Summarize the contents of a security policy. Explain what it means to manage risk. Summarize the steps that
List five technical safeguards. Define identification and authentication.Describe three types of authentication. Explain how SSL/TLS works. Define firewall, and explain its purpose.Define malware,
Define data administration and database administration, and explain their difference. List data safeguards.
Summarize human safeguards for each activity in Figure 10-
Summarize safeguards that pertain to nonemployee personnel.Describe three dimensions of safeguards for account administration. Explain how system procedures can serve as human safeguards. Describe
Summarize the actions that an organization should take when dealing with a security incident.
Summarize the knowledge you have learned from this chapter and explain how it helps you be both a better business professional and a better employee. State the one behavior you should choose above
Suppose you alert your boss to the security threats in Figure 10-3 and to the safeguards in Figure 10-8. Suppose he says, "Very interesting. Tell me more." In preparing for the meeting, you decide to
Go to www.ponemon.org/local/upload/file/2013_US _Cost_of_Cyber_Crime_Study_FINAL6%20.pdfanddownload the 2013 report (or a more recent report if one is available).a. Summarize the survey with regard
Suppose that you are asked by your boss for a summary of what your organization should do with regard to computer security. Using the knowledge of this chapter and your answer to questions 10-4
Why did the attackers spear-phish a contractor to Target?
Explain how a third-party contractor could weaken an organization’s overall security.
Describe how data was stolen from Target.
How might a data loss at one organization affect other organizations?
Explain why large organizations are attractive targets for attackers.
Why might chip-and-pin cards reduce this type of theft?
Why didn’t Target have a CISO before the data breach?
Read about MapReduce and Hadoop on pages 256-257 of Chapter 9 if you have not already done so. Is MapReduce suitable for password cracking? Explain your answer. Assume that it is. If it takes 4.5
Using the categorical imperative (pages 16-17) and utilitarian (pages 42-43) perspectives, assess the ethics of each situation above.
Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is spending 3 hours a day writing Twitter messages.How do you respond?
Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is sending dozens of personal emails every day.When you ask how he or she knows the emails are personal, you are told
As anemployee, if you know that your company occasionally reads employees’ email, does that change your behavior? If so, does that justify the company reading your email?Do the ethics of this
Write what you think is the best corporate policy for personal computer usage at work.Specifically address Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and other personal social networking sites.Justify your policy
List the five primary functions of the IS department. Define CIO and explain the CIO’s typical reporting relationships.Name the four groups found in a typical IS department, and explain the major
Explain the importance of strategic alignment as it pertains to IS planning. Explain why maintaining alignment can be difficult.Describe the CIO’s relationship to the rest of the executive staff.
Define outsourcing. Explain how Drucker’s statement “Your back room is someone else’s front room” pertains to outsourcing. Summarize the management advantages, cost advantages, and risks of
Explain in your own words the meaning of each of your user rights as listed in Figure 11-7 Explain in your own words the meaning of each of your user responsibilities in Figure 11-7
State how the knowledge of this chapter will help you as an employee of a large company. State how it will help you if you work for a small company. Explain how this knowledge will help you should
Given your answers to 11-4 to 11-9, is computer power management during off-hours a significant concern?In comparison to the other costs of running a university, does this issue really matter?
WHY DOES THE ALLROAD TEAM NEED TO UNDERSTAND BUSINESS PROCESSES?
HOW CAN BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING HELP ALLROAD?
WHAT IS INFORMATION?
WHAT IS PROCESS QUALITY?
Describe three jobs that do not involve teams or group work. Do you want any of those jobs? Explain your answer.
Consider the statement “Working in teams in school is like practicing the stomach flu. When the time comes, I'll know how to do it.” Do you believe this? What possible good can come to you from
Both Steve Jobs (Apple cofounder) and Bill Gates(Microsoft cofounder) were notorious for providing, at times, devastating critical comments of faulty team members’ work. Discuss the value of
Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and SharePoint all automatically create records of who did what to which documents on their sites. How can you use this data to demonstrate the amount of work you've
Describe a method that your professor could use to allocate individual grades to team projects based on the data described in question
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