Click on the following link(s) for the Phase 1 Reading Assignment:

• Winning the War of Ideas

For this assignment, you must only choose one of the following tasks. Do NOT complete both tasks!

Task 1

Human resource managers must constantly evaluate whether their hiring practices are consistent with current trends and expectations of the positions to be filled. Many agencies work from generalist practices, but the first-response community is unique in its approach to evaluating potential candidates for hire.

Assignment Guidelines

• For this assignment, students will create a series of questions in a short questionnaire (5–10 items) to ask at least 3 first-response agencies about their hiring processes.
• Agencies may be local fire departments, law enforcement, nongovernmental agencies, or federal departments, but they may not all be of the same discipline (e.g., all fire or all police).
• Students must organize their questions around prerequisites for application, hiring policies, and testing mechanisms as discussed in Phase 1.
• Representatives from the selected agencies may be interviewed in person, via e-mail, or on the phone.
• Organize your questions, agency responses, and agency contact information into a final assignment Word document.
  • What are the similarities among the agencies interviewed? Explain.
• Students may build on this questionnaire throughout the course and have an opportunity to incorporate it into their final project.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Task 2

You are the chief of a small police force. The city manager’s office has granted you the authority to create a reserve force. You must create the application and evaluation objectives for these positions.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 500–750 words:
  • Identify and summarize 3–5 components that address the requirements you would have in hiring reserve police officers.
  • Include a comprehensive explanation of why these objectives are important.
    • For example, “a physical agility test is required.” The assignment should include the type of and components of the physical agility test as well as a detailed explanation of what the test is evaluating (e.g., not just physical ability).
• Students must write this as a memo to the town’s policy maker, the city manager Douglas Jones.
• Students should feel encouraged to research departmental policies in person or online.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Jan and Kim Levering have decided to expand their IT consulting business. They have leased space in a nearby building. The following are the details:

• They will have an entire floor that has the following:
  • a receptionist area
  • 2 offices (one for Jan and one for Kim)
  • a conference room
  • an office that will accommodate 15 cubes for their consultants
  • a computer room to house their server(s)
• They currently have 8 Windows XP systems set up in a workgroup

They would like you to develop a 2-phased plan. The first phase involves moving from the current office to the new office. In a 4-page report, you need to do the following:

• Diagram the network and identify the topology and components:
  • Their existing equipment is as follows:
    • 8 XP systems
      • 1 each in Jan and Kim’s offices
      • 6 systems cubes (1 per cube)
    • 1 Windows Server 2008 (standard edition) system in the computer room
    • 1 printer in the computer room
  • Include the following:
    • IP addressing scheme (use static addressing)
    • subnetting/supernetting
    • subnet mask for phase 1
• Provide an installation guide on how to set up the Windows Server 2008 system and the network, including the following:
  • illustrations of the server installation process
  • a minimum of 8 Windows Server 2008 screenshots, with detailed explanations
  • descriptions of the settings for the following:
    • server roles
    • naming conventions
    • disk format (NTFS or FAT)
    • joining
    • security
    • centralized versus decentralized administration
  • a discussion of TCP/IP configuration
  • a comparison of settings between workgroup and domain
  • an explanation of typical installation problems/difficulties related to the following:
    • hardware
    • software
    • the network

The second phase, to be completed later, will be to expand their network to accommodate additional equipment.

Must be a 4 page word Docment in APA format,  With at least 3 references, This must be orginal and non plagarized

You are the director of global security for a large international hotel chain, which entails you having to deal with almost every type of crime, ranging from murder to theft, to public trust crimes like embezzlement and fraud. However, you have been tasked to discuss public trust laws that deal with the embezzlement of public funds, fraud of public funds, jury tampering, election fraud, and so forth. You have decided to research the topic and write a short 2-page paper to become knowledgeable on the topic.

The 2-page paper that you will write in preparation of your comments should fall within the following parameters:

• Write a 2-page description of a particular type of public trust crime. Be sure to add an introduction and summary to the assignment.
• You may choose any of the following example topics to complete your assignment or any of your choice. Examples of offenses against public trust include the following:
  • Bribery
  • Jury tampering
  • Election offenses
  • Embezzlement of public funds
  • Fraud involving public funds or trust
• Discuss and address any laws pertaining to the topic chosen.
• Research the library and other resources to complete the assignment. Be sure to cite all references in APA format

Many times organizations will make decisions based upon what other organizations are doing at the time or based upon the latest business trend. Think about the dot-com bubble as businesses soared and perhaps were also part of the major bust. Many organizations felt that they needed to join the crowd and have an online presence, only to realize within a couple of years that the decisions were made in haste, which resulted in many companies filing for bankruptcy. This era also had some companies that did not follow the trend only to realize within a couple of years that they were losing out on a new market, such as the online trading industry. This is why doing some research in the beginning can really help organizations make decisions based upon what is truly good for the organization.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research ways of making informed decisions.

Respond to the following:

• Why do you think managers, or business decision makers, get caught up in following the crowd versus making decisions that are truly going to add value to the business? For example, some businesses may make decisions that drive only short-term gains at the cost of future growth. Can such a blind leap be a good thing for the business? Is it worth the risk?
• How can managers ensure that they are not following a trend but instead doing what is truly best for the organization?
• Have you seen your organization make trend mistakes? What were the mistakes? How could these mistakes have been avoided or improved upon?
• How do you think business can learn from the mistakes of others or business decision mistakes such as the dot-com era?

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.