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Industry experts believe blockchain is a technology that has the potential to affect the business of most IT professionals in the next five years.  Pick an industry you feel will be most affected by blockchain and how blockchain may be used in that industry.  As an IT manager, how would you embrace blockchain? For instance, how would training occur for your team, what strategies might you use, what security methods may you recommend be used?  Your paper should meet the following requirements:   a). Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.  b). Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.  c). Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook.  d). Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Write (2000 word) APA format paper with intext citation and reference page. Focus the paper on a selected text from the Book of Acts. The early days of the Church could not be characterized as easy for those who proclaimed Christ as Savior. For the most part, Roman authorities were tolerant of other religions as long as those belief systems included an homage to the Roman emperor; however, the Romans became increasingly hostile towards Christians as they refused to take a syncretic approach to worship. But despite persecution, the followers of Christ increased in number. What facilitated this growth? As believers, we know that the Church’s growth is of the Lord and that we can learn from His work in the lives of early Christians. For this assignment, you will consider the role of organizational structure and explore it. (a) How the early Christian Communities were structured to flourish in hostile environments. (b) How contemporary organizations can utilize these principles.

DQ: How will Blockchain increase knowledge relative to consumer preferences?   Type your initial post and peer replies in this Discussion Forum based on the assigned readings for the week.  The initial post should contain a minimum of 500 words. Follow APA format and use the required readings for this week.   Required readings:-  1). Blockchain, the Next Wave of Innovation in Digital Marketing.  2). Why Brands Need to Pay Attention to Ever-Changing Consumer Habits.   3). How Brands Should Be Working To Fix The Consumer Trust Crisis.

Review the Siemens AG case study.  Note the importance of understanding the interrelationships amongst all the senior leaders at every location.  Pay special attention to Figure 8.1 and Figure 8.2. Note how the corporate CIO should engage with each of the regional leaders.  Why is this important? (Information Technology and Organizational Learning)

During your last week working with Great Day Fitness Tracking, you will create a 9- to 12-page final plan in Microsoft® Word.  Your final plan should:  a). Explain the relationship between processes and information systems, including a flowchart and a discussion of security ethical concerns. (Week 1)  b). Describe the plan to select the appropriate hardware and software and the different approaches for managing data. (Week 2)  c). Explain the benefits of using transaction processing systems, customer relationship systems, and supply chain management. (Week 2)  d). Describe the potential benefits of using business intelligence. (Week 3)  e). Describe the information systems plan and potential methodologies. (Week 4)  f). Describe the used utility and cloud computing services and how these services might replace or augment the initial system design. (Week 6)  g). Describe a high-level, 3-year strategic plan for your information solution. (Week 6)  Note: You may include graphs, tables, and diagrams in addition to your summaries for each week’s content.

Based on your own experience, what has been the attitude of work colleagues in sharing their knowledge? Have you found them to be willing to share, or has hoarding been more typical? What are the most important factors which explain this behavior? Provide an example where you may have experienced this phenomenon. If you have not experienced this then make one up.

Pick a topic relevant to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning and write a 10-page paper.  The format of your paper will need to follow the following outline in APA format (include a title page, abstract page, content pages, and reference page):  INTRODUCTION:  A. State the topic you are attempting to cover. B. State the issues involved.    C. State why we should be concerned with resolving whatever issues are involved.  D. State how answering the issues will help us.  E. State the implications and consequences of dealing with or resolving the issues involved.   REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (5 sources minimal, at least 3 needs to be peer-reviewed)  Identify who has tried to answer the question before by doing the following:   A. Summarize how each of the sources presents and deals with the subject.  B. Explain how each source presents and deals with its findings or results.  C. Explain the relevancy of each source on your topic.  D. State what you learned from each of your sources.  E. State in what way(s) each source contributes to answering your issues.  DISCUSSION:  A. State your answer to your issue.  B. State how and elaborate on how to explain how to illustrate how each of the sources you previously reviewed helps you answer your issue.  C. State what questions about your topic you still have that your sources may not have answered.   CONCLUSIONS:  A. Indicate how each of the sources has contributed to your conclusions (and clearly, accurately, correctly document those sources within your text)  B. State the implications of your conclusions.  C. State what might be the possible consequences of your conclusions.  D. State the significance of these implications and consequences might have in the information technology/information security realm.  DOCUMENTATION:  A. On a separate page, include a section labeled References which provides the full publication information for all the sources you used in your paper.  B. You should have a MINIMUM of five (5) sources for your paper, at least 3 source needs to be peer-reviewed.  C. Use APA format for documenting your sources. 

Current Events Topic: What is Current Events Topic: What is Public Health? Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following questions: A. Now that you have learned about the various professions in public health what did or did not surprise you? What did you learn about the role of facilities or clinics such as the following? B. Retail health clinics C. Ambulatory centers. D. Long-term care facilities (consider different populations who need long-term care services) E. Walk-in clinics. F. Hospital.  G. How is public health involved with epidemics such as COVID-19?? Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following questions: A. Now that you have learned about the various professions in public health what did or did not surprise you? What did you learn about the role of facilities or clinics such as the following? B. Retail health clinics C. Ambulatory centers. D. Long-term care facilities (consider different populations who need long-term care services) E. Walk-in clinics. F. Hospital.  G. How is public health involved with epidemics such as COVID-19?

Read the Consumerization of Technology in chapter 16 at IFG Case Study on pages 239-242 in the textbook. Please read the textbook and develop the case study, also required peered review references and no plagiarism.  Course Name: Organ Leader & Decision Making (ITS-630-51) – Full Term.

Task1: Use the library and other internet resources to research answers for the following questions. Write a 2–3 pages research paper answering these questions. a. What encryption standard is currently recommended by NIST and why? Explain your answer with examples. b. How can we apply that security protocol in real-life situations? c. Provide at least two references to support your initial post. Please note: a. Apply APA format on your academic writings. b. provide 2-3 pages long (not including title and references) as a word document. c. Include a title page, table of the content page.  d.Use time new roman or Arial as font type. e. Use 12 a font size. f. Use double spaces. g. Add running head to the upper left corner of your document. h. Add page numbers to the upper right corner of your document. i. Add a reference page to the end of your document. Task2: Discuss the differences in policy requirements of the government and health care sectors. Additionally, perform a quick search on the following agencies to determine similarities and differences: a. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Security Agency (NSA) Web sites for information on policy requirements for the government sector. b. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and any other laws that regulate the health care sector.