CSUS235 Chapter 8 Resolving Conflict in a Small Group Situation Case Study create a post in which you describe a small group situation where you and your group dealt with conflict. You may want to review chapter 8-2 for a refresher on what conflict is. In your original post describe the situation framed in terms presented in the text and explain what you did to resolve it. Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to
the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce
your ideas.
Library Research Assignment
Investigate the library and Internet for information about network administration architectures.
From your research, select a network administration architectural model and complete the
following:
Discuss how you can automate an existing company as well as revamp its information
technology (IT) infrastructure.
Identify positive and negative aspects of the selected model in relation to the operational health
of an organization.
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to
the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce
your ideas.
Story
The Education Community Services Group (ECSG) has been leading the market in educational
services enrollments for the past five years. Soon, other leading educational services providers
started to overtake the enrollments because of improvements made through online marketing. A
study was conducted using surveys and analyses with statistics. With the demand for educational
services and network administration architecture (NSA) revamping, the company found some
breathing room. Now you can go to a number of satellite campuses and online portals to enroll in
the educational offerings that ECSG provides. Results have been great, and the corporation has
been able to lead the task of rejuvenating student enrollment.
Moral of the Story
As a company, management has to adapt to changes and competition. One vital step to
improving profitability and competitiveness is to evaluate the current network administration to
determine performance gaps and ensure senior management is receiving the critical information
it requires to make strategic decisions. ECSG, realizing that it is losing market share to other
providers of educational services, has determined that it needs a more robust network
administration architecture to close the gap with its competitors. If you have that agility and
resiliency, you can survive as a company in the world of constant competition. As the old saying
goes, “If you cannot beat them, then join them.” That is what the corporation did. The chief
executive officer (CEO) made sure that he shares the online market as well.
The example companies, organizations, products, people, and events depicted herein are
fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is
intended or should be inferred.
Assignment Details
The story that you just read shows how difficult it can be to get started with formal enterprise
system architecture, particularly if very little attention was given to enterprise system
architecture (ESA) and documentation of content in an organization. For this discussion, research
the library and Internet for information about the evaluation of enterprise systems architecture in
organizations, and then respond to the difficulties faced in the story and how some of these
difficulties were overcome.
Discuss how you can automate existing company network administration processes as well as
revamp the information technology (IT) infrastructure.
Identify positive and negative aspects of the selected processes in relation to the operational
health of the organization.
Select 1 of the most likely problem areas of an organization’s network administration
infrastructure and discuss how the difficulties could be overcome.
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to
the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for
future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce
your ideas.
Story
Education Community Services Group (ECSG) is a company well-known for providing
educational services. It has been in the business for over a decade. Lately, it has been having
problems keeping up with the demand for more educational offerings.
A consultant has been assigned by the chief executive officer (CEO) and chief information
officer (CIO) to handle the dilemma. In need of more facts, the consultant contacted the chief
knowledge officer (CKO) and chief financial officer (CFO). It was decided to revamp both the
current network systems used to process orders and to automate the old, ineffective network
administration infrastructure. The consultant hired a team that was very instrumental in
achieving the goal of the company to revitalize its network administration architecture (NAA)
and long-term objectives. She did so by applying the latest state-of-the-art technology that
included network administration software and using new network switches and routers. She
really hit the target, implemented the upgrade, and took the company back into being a true A+
company.
Moral of the Story
Spending money on outsourcing and hiring the right staff to handle your information technology
(IT) and business problems may not be a bad idea; although, most CEOs and CIOs seem to avoid
doing so. Using the latest technology is a good indication that the company is willing to invest in
the advancement of the company, and it shows a willingness to achieve its goals.
The example companies, organizations, products, people, and events depicted herein are
fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is
intended or should be inferred.
Assignment Details
The story that you just read shows how difficult it can be to keep up with automating business
demands. For this discussion, focus on network administration planning by using architectural
best practices, and then respond to the questions. Consider the difficulties faced in the story and
how some of these difficulties were overcome.
Investigate the library and Internet for information about network administration architectures.
From your research, select an enterprise network administration architectural model, and
complete the following:
Discuss how you can automate an existing company’s method of payment in its IT infrastructure.
Identify positive and negative aspects of the selected model in relation to the operational health
of an organization
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