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RLGN 360 Quiz 2

·         Question 1

2 out of 2 points

According to Davis, an excellent presentation must reach beyond the paper to involve the ___________, even in the preparation process.

·         Question 2

2 out of 2 points

The _________ stage is where the speech is just a gleam in your eye.

·         Question 3

2 out of 2 points

Video cameras are often located behind the audience. Thus, they do not make for an acceptable means of practicing eye contact.

·         Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Singing is a suitable means of vocally preparing for a presentation only if you are a trained singer who is aware of proper vocal techniques.

·         Question 5

0 out of 2 points

Creating a simple outline for your audience to follow is an example of involving your audience in

·         Question 6

2 out of 2 points

Effective communication is only possible when the communicator’s face is visible.

·         Question 7

2 out of 2 points

A good storyteller will often concentrate on the ___________ domain.

·         Question 8

2 out of 2 points

_____________ is the shortest distance between two people

·         Question 9

2 out of 2 points

Giving consideration to the audience moves a talk from a performance to an experience. This is because the audience becomes a part of the presentation.

·         Question 10

2 out of 2 points

When you really believe what you say, your whole body gets involved.

·         Question 11

2 out of 2 points

Belief generates passion, and passion persuades.

·         Question 12

2 out of 2 points

______________ let their arms hang like lead at their sides reducing their motion to only their hands.

·         Question 13

2 out of 2 points

_________ humor is most often associated with stand-up comedy.

·         Question 14

2 out of 2 points

_________________ voices are used for emphasis or character.

·         Question 15

2 out of 2 points

Good sound reproduction has limited impact on the versatility and voice inflection of the speaker.

·         Question 16

2 out of 2 points

To communicate with authority and confidence, stand with your feet slight apart and one foot slight ahead of the other.

·         Question 17

2 out of 2 points

The cost of saving time is _________________.

·         Question 18

2 out of 2 points

Jesus avoided using ordinary objects and events as a means of illustrating key points.

·         Question 19

2 out of 2 points

According to Davis, the best messages can be heard, felt, and lived.

·         Question 20

2 out of 2 points

________________ is a gentle way to acknowledge human frailty.

·         Question 21

2 out of 2 points

Good sound reproduction saves strain on the speaker’s voice.

·         Question 22

2 out of 2 points

The _____________ interlocks her fingers at about waist level and then delivers her speech.

·         Question 23

2 out of 2 points

Some of the best humor is the humor born of simple truth.

·         Question 24

2 out of 2 points

A spectrum of light is the primary indication that the lights are bright enough and at a low enough angle.

·         Question 25

2 out of 2 points

Your natural voice is also known as the _________.

Sunday, December 8, 2019 6:12:59 PM EST

Recall our discussion of perceptions and how they influence our behavior. In organizational communication, perceptions play a big part in our thinking and response mechanisms; thus, affecting how we behave. We encounter barriers and noise that only compound the decision-making process. This dynamic is in motion each time we face a situation at work or anywhere we may be. 

Respond to the following work scenarios according to this scale:

A – Always
B – Sometimes
C – Never

1. I believe and trust everything that my superior tells me.
2. With communication, I process and filter the details to my advantage.
3. Information is shared across my organization efficiently.
4. Open and honest communication is always encouraged.
5. Rumors and grapevine are effectively managed.

Reflect on each of your answers and describe your thought process. Provide any theoretical support for your communication behavior.  

The Portfolio Activity entry should be a minimum of 400 words and not more than 750 words. Use APA citations and references if you use ideas from the readings or other sources. 

A database management system is comprised of three components: a data definition language, data dictionary, and data manipulation language.

A logical design helps to analyze and understand the data from a business perspective, while physical design shows how the database is arranged on direct access storage devices.

Prepare a logical design for a process used by your organization. You may select something that you work with directly, or a hypothetical process. Cover the three aspects of the database management system in your logical design. Compare and contrast this with the physical design of the process and describe how the logical design and physical design affect one another.

Address all of the required components in at least 4 pages. Use visual elements when appropriate. Follow APA formatting, including any citations, especially images.

https://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/bp/bp_laudon_mis_13/video_cases/MIS13_CH06_Case3_MarutiSuzuki.pdf

https://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/bp/bp_laudon_mis_13/video_cases/MIS13_CH07_Case1_Telepresence.pdf

https://www.cisco.com/en/US/services/ps2961/ps7072/telepresence_ge_casestudy.pdf

Research a company or organization and their Cyber Security Plan to address 3-5 specific issues from the following list. 

1. Technologies- What might be the effects of not using encryption on network or Internet traffic? 
2. Create a plan for the implementation of secure (encrypted) e-mail in an organization.
3. Evaluate biometric controls: You want to install a biometric access control outside of a restricted room in your facility. You are considering a retina pattern system and a voice recognition system.
4. Develop a plan to deploy public key infrastructure (PKI) and encryption solutions to protect data and information.
5. Identify countermeasures to minimize company information exposure on social networking sites. What are the steps or countermeasures you would recommend minimizing the level of information exposure? Passwords and Social Networking: Compare and contrast password strength versus a password manager.
6. Evaluate port scanning countermeasures- You are evaluating port scanning countermeasures to help prevent an attacker from acquiring information about your network. The options you are considering are the deny-all approach, firewall testing, and security awareness.
7. Analyze a set of security risks and determine the appropriate physical, technical, and administrative controls to protect against those risks.
8. develop a plan for a business that needs to upgrade its video surveillance system. Research the various types of cameras, viewing, and recording equipment available, and develop a detailed plan for camera placement, image retention, and monitoring.
9. Develop a disaster recovery plan.
10. Develop cyber security awareness program  

Describe the company, their Cyber Security Plan, and the issues in your group paper while including recommendations to improve issues.The paper must be at least 12 pages plus the cover and reference pages and be in APA format. Each group must have 5 academic sources.  Academic sources do not include wikis, message boards, support forums, etc. Do not copy and paste large blocks of text from your sources!  As with any research project, make sure to take a position, defend with works cited, and conclude.

• Write two paragraphs explaining each of the parties’ point of view – Lauren’s as well as the CEO’s. Explain your final decision on whether or not to go through with the sale as well as WHY this is your decision.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a group decision making process versus an individual decision making process by applying these concepts to the case study. 
• Discuss Lauren’s bias in her decision making process and how it may have affected her choice to make the decision alone.
• Identify the CEO’s bias that may have entered the decision making process. 
• Discuss the business related facts within the scenario to develop an argument in favor of a group decision versus an individual decision. 
• You must use course material to support your responses and APA in-text citations with a reference list.

Lauren Becall is the top salesperson for Mudge Paper Company.  She also leads the sales team that supports Mudge’s largest client, Bart’s Office Supplies. Bart’s is an international office supply chain that is growing rapidly.  During the month of May, Lauren and her team members, Andy Griffith and Ronnie Howard, underwent intense negotiations with Bart’s purchasing agent, Jack Black and Bart’s CEO, Cary Grant, to restructure the current sales contracts. 

The new contract spelled out Bart’s yearly paper requirements (contracted sales amounts) as well as payment and credit terms. The negotiations had been particularly hard for several reasons:

• Bart’s sales had increased internationally causing shipping and custom duties to increase the cost to Mudge, resulting in an increase in sales price to Bart’s;
• The volume of sales directed to Bart’s required Mudge to offer a volume sales discount to remain competitive with other paper companies;
• Bart’s wanted a longer time to pay on the purchases.  Bart’s wanted 60 days to pay on orders invoiced rather than the current 30 days;
• Bart’s also wanted Mudge to extend its current credit line from $850,000 to $1,250,000;
• Mudge’s CEO (Jimmy Cricket) was reluctant to tie so much of the company’s cash flow to the success of Bart’s.  The concern was raised because in the last six months, Bart’s was paying down the credit line every 60 days rather than in the 30 days that had been agreed to in the current contract.  Bart’s did not appear to have credit issues but Mudge was not in a position to give interest free loans for 60 days.

This week, in time for the Memorial Day holiday vacation, the final agreement was reached between Mudge and Bart’s.  Bart’s would contract to purchase $1,750,000 of paper products from Mudge.  Invoice payment terms were 45 days, with a 3% interest on invoices paid later than 45 days.  The credit limit was extended to $1,000,000.   Lauren Becall was not completely happy with the contract, as she felt Mudge was not protected from cash flow damage should Bart’s not pay on time, not to mention the larger line of credit.  Still, the parties agreed, including her boss who was skeptical for the same reason as Lauren. The parties were due to sign the contract on Tuesday after the Memorial Day holiday.

On Friday evening, Lauren was packing her belongings readying to leave the office for the Memorial Day holiday, when her cell phone pinged.  The caller was Jack Black, the Purchasing Agent for Bart’s. It appeared that a recent deal on Bart’s end with UMGC tripled its need for copy paper from Mudge.  This deal would raise the total contract sales to $2.5 million.  Jack Black made it clear that he wanted to change the credit limit from $1 million to $1.5 million and to extend the payment terms from 45 days to 50 days.  Bart’s would not pay interest on late invoices until after 60 days.  Black also made it clear to Lauren that if the new terms were not agreed on by the end of that Friday evening, he would be prepared to look at an offer supplied to him by Bart’s biggest competitor, King Paper.  Black further stated that, while Bart’s is pleased with Mudge’s work, money is always the most important factor in purchasing.  Bart’s president wanted an immediate answer so he could go on vacation with a clear mind.  Lauren was aware that most of Jack’s talk was a negotiating technique, but did not doubt that there is competition waiting in the background.  Images of last month’s teamwork ran through Lauren’s mind as she listened to Black talk.

Lauren winced at the memory of her teammate Griffith’s constant posturing in front of Black and the Bart’s CEO.  She had hoped to be able to pick her own team when she was promoted to leader but that was not to be.  Andy Griffith is a problem on this team.  All month long, he had challenged her ideas in front of Bart’s CEO.  Lauren knows that she was promoted over Griffith because her sales record was 20% higher than his was and she could close a deal better than he could.  Griffith resents her promotion and reminds Lauren, as often as possible, that he brought in the Bart’s account and that he and Bart’s CEO have a great relationship.  They play golf together and often go to dinner together with their wives.  Lauren thinks Griffith is a good salesperson, but believes he should not be on this team. The tension is at times very thick especially during the negotiations this month. Griffith seemed to want to give away the store.

Unfortunately, Ronnie Howard seemed to be sitting on the fence when it came to the negotiations.  Lauren had expected that Ronnie would support her negotiation position with the client rather than Griffith’s because it protected Mudge.  Since Ronnie was the niece of Mudge’s owner and CEO, Lauren believed she should be supportive of protecting the company’s money.  Still, Ronnie was the one who came up with the idea of paying interest on the late invoices.  It just seemed to Lauren that one day Ronnie was agreeing with Griffith and on another day with her.  Lauren supposed that it was Ronnie’s new position at the company that made her want to please everyone, including Griffith.  Lauren believed that pleasing people is a nice gesture but does not add to the efficiency of the team’s decision-making.  Lauren believed that Ronnie would be looking for the general thoughts of the group, so she could appear to agree with the group.

Overall, the month’s negotiation process had been long and difficult.  The thought of going over it all again to make the changes seemed mind-numbing to Lauren.  Yet, making the decision on her own would mean obligating the company to an even greater cash flow commitment.  Her boss would not be happy with this obligation because he specifically warned her when they started that there was nothing to prevent Bart’s from continuing to pay its bills every 60 days despite the new contract agreement.  Lauren rationalized and thought to herself, “Bart’s knows we are not likely to cut them off easily.  They are too big a customer to us.  However, the extra sales volume should offset the lost interest due for ten days on late invoices.”

Lauren told Black that he could tell the CEO that she would agree to the terms.  When Lauren hung up the phone, she said aloud to nobody in particular, “I supposed I should have consulted the group, but it was worth the risk of not having to make another team decision.”

Assignment: You are Jimmy Cricket, CEO of Mudge Paper Company and Lauren’s boss. You have come into the office early on the day after the Memorial Day Holiday to find Lauren’s report on your desk explaining the events of the Friday before and her subsequent decision. You are not happy because this is the exact reason why you wanted group decisions and, as a result, you would like to bring Lauren up on the carpet ASAP. However, you decide to take a moment and collect your thoughts.

You decide to ask Lauren to explain her reasoning behind making the decision solo as opposed to having the group decide. You also decide to explain why you wanted the group to make decisions of this kind.