You have been asked to provide advice to Coles’s CEO on developing the best information systems strategies that would help Coles to improve its business performance and competitive advantage. It is essential that you conduct research based on the following suggestions, justify your selection on the best information systems strategies suitable to Coles. Other relevant information about the case study include the following: • Discuss historical background about the company’s IS strategies since it first introduced, including milestones. • Identify and discuss major challenges facing the company in the last five years, including present situation. • Discuss about its current IS strategies and whether these strategies implemented are suitable in this current business environment. • Research on Coles’s competitor IS strategies and provide comparisons of IS strategies between Coles and Woolworths. • Discuss the Importance of IS/IT strategy management plan in helping Coles achieving competitive advantage. • Propose two IS strategies which provide solutions to current company needs/problems. It is important that you propose two strategies as a back-up plan should one strategy fail. • Select one or two best strategies that you believe would be successful to Coles. Explain how the proposed IS strategies and acquisition of information systems would contribute to success of the company. • Propose the best time to introduce these new strategies. Explain why the selection is appropriate.
If you are preparing an application form to enrol in Ph.D. course, you need to submit a preliminary research proposal along the guidelines provided below.
Using the titles bellow write two different preliminary research proposal in 3 pages each
-INNOVATION IN MEDICAL LABORATORY SAFETY MEASURES
-INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY OF FIRE PREVENTION IN HOSPUTALS
Introduction
· State your research problem first!
· next, explain the background to the research problem.
· further justify the proposed study.
· List the issues that emerge from the research problem.
- Literature Review
· Summarise the main findings reported on your chosen topic by others.
· Make sure you list these readings in References at the end of the proposal. - Proposed Theoretical Model
· (This section is particularly critical for Ph.D. applicants) Link findings from the Literature Review with your own ideas. That is, what do you see as your contribution to the topic under study? Are there any hypotheses to be tested? - Research Design
· Data: where will you collect the data you need for the project - · Methodology: Will you have to develop new variables to measure the proposed constructs or models? Which statistical techniques are most likely to be suitable for testing your data? You plan to set up a mainly qualitative study Are you thinking of using case studies, surveys or some other method.
- Expected Outcomes
- Timeline (2 years or3)
· Different stages of your proposed study e.g. data collection, testing, writing up etc., must be indicated on a timeline. In other words, you need to visualise the whole project from inception to completion. - Budget
· Be as specific as possible in identifying various costs of your study (no coast) . You also need to specify where you intend to find the funds for various activities.(self-funding )
instructions
The student must carry out a case study, where they can reflect and write about what they learned this week on the topic of Organization of Health and Safety Programs. Read the following case and answer the questions.
Case:
Luis Acosta, a safety engineer at Velez Manufacturing, was walking through the plant when he encountered a situation that caught his attention. Some employees emerged from a room where various chemicals were used in the manufacturing process. Acosta inspected the room but was able to determine that something was wrong or even different from any other day, but what was worrying is that the workers were refusing to resume their tasks. They refused to work and insisted that the conditions in the room were unsanitary. Acosta and the group supervisor analyzed the situation and wondered if they should order the staff to resume their work since production was delayed.
Questions:
What should Acosta and the supervisor do in this situation?If you were Acosta, what would you do with the employees?Design a safety program focused on this situation.
Content Description: The company you are working for in Australia would like to form a relationship with a business in another country. As you are student interns of the business and have studied Communication in Business with students of different nationalities, the managers have identified you as appropriate people to write a report to assist a team from your organisation who will be going to the other Country to strike a business deal. Below is the email you received from the manager of the International Business Practice Group at your company.
The lack of adequate training has long been a major criticism leveled against private security, as well as the public sector, even post 911. Why hasn’t the federal government done more to mandate security training and why are they so concerned with states rights.
Assessment a – Short answer
| Instructions You are required to answer all questions.Read each question carefully. Ensure you have provided all required information.On completion, submit your assessment via the LMS to your assessor.These questions assess the knowledge evidence required for this unit. Should you require ‘reasonable adjustment’ to complete this assessment, discuss the options with your assessor prior to attempting the task. Reasonable adjustment means modifications or changes that give you the same opportunities in training as a person without a disability.Your assessor will discuss the conditions of assessment, e.g., open or closed book, time limits for completion, etc., with you prior to attempting this task.To be deemed satisfactory in this task you are required to answer all questions correctly. Your assessor will determine how many attempts are allowed for each question.You will require access to the learner resource for this unit, the internet and a computer (if submitting via LMS) or a pen (if submitting hard copy). |
Q1: Compliance auditing involves reviewing and checking the organisation’s systems, processes and SOPs and how they adhere to regulatory guidelines. List three aims of compliance auditing.
Q2: What sort of information should be assessed when looking at an organisation’s resource efficiency systems and procedures?
Q3: Where can you go for help, information and assistance in collecting, monitoring and evaluating resource usage?
Q4: What is life-cycle mapping used for?
Q5: What does life-cycle mapping involve? List the steps.
Q6: Steps in the data collection and analysis process for resource usage involve collecting data, analysing data, identifying key business activities and estimating resource usage and waste generation. What step is missing? Explain this step.
Q7: What is the benefit of using a data collection plan?
Q8: Outline the role of federal, state and territory legislation in environmental sustainability.
Q9: What role does the local council play in environmental sustainability? Discuss.
Q10: What is the benefit of having codes of practice?
Q11: Explain how requirements of WHS legislation are relevant to environmental sustainability. Include examples in your response.
Q12: A waste audit is a common workplace procedure used to measure and document waste produced by a department and/or the whole organisation. Briefly outline the steps involved in a waste audit.
Q13: Discuss two methods that could be used to collect and monitor energy consumption in a workplace.
Q14: What are the six steps in analysing and documenting current purchasing strategies?
Q15: When you review current work practices, systems and SOPs to identify areas for improvement, what questions can you ask? List two.
Q16: List four common environmental and energy efficiency issues that you observe in your workplace/industry.
Q17: Using your response from the previous questions and without measuring data, what do you believe is the biggest environmental or energy efficiency issue in your workplace or training environment?
Q18: What is benchmarking and how can it help an organisation comply with environmental regulations?
Q19: List three examples of benchmarks for environmental and resource sustainability that are relevant to your organisation.
Q20: List the four aims of sustainable purchasing.
Q21: List the organisational procedures used in your workplace to analyse your current procurement strategies.
Q23: List five ways your organisation could improve its purchasing strategies.
Q24: Quality assurance is one of the principles of quality management. What does quality assurance mean and how can it help an organisation comply with environmental regulations?
Q25: Explain how an organisation can use carbon offsets to help achieve its efficiency targets, seek certification and maintain quality assurance.
Q26: What tools and techniques can you use to help monitor performance?
Q27: Is there a place for qualitative research in assessing the performance of sustainability initiatives? Explain.
Q28: Outline four tools or techniques an organisation could use to achieve a ‘green office’.
Q29: The concept of continuous improvement involves an organisation-wide commitment to making incremental improvements in processes, products and services. List five strategies or components of continuous improvement.