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NETWORK UPGRADE

NETWORK UPGRADE

Institution

Student name

The primary considerations would be the size of the patient and employee data since the size of the patients will have increased, the storage will have to be considered. The activities will also increase so the servers speed will be a critical consideration so to avoid speed decrease (Ciccarelli, 2004). The network capacity will have increased in size and so the changes to accommodate this should be considered. Since Western Arizona Thoracic Hospital is distant, there will be primary consideration of wireless connectivity and this entails wireless devices and also considers necessary configurations

Security for the wireless connection will be a factor to be considered because wireless networks are vulnerable to external attacks and patient information should be secured.Wpa psk will be enough to start and this will safeguard this network and will be monitored by an administrator (Barrie, 2009).

The billing domain will be combined to one unit, for simplicity of monitoring billing information. WATCH internet site. The existing domain structure will have to change. For easier management of employee data, the WATCH website will be hosted by the apache SGH internet web server .This will enable employee information to be updated quickly and easily.

The patient records domain that exists in WATCH is sufficient to hold the patients records combined for both hospitals. This will require no change and so it will be integrated and will hold the records for both hospitals. The billing domain will remain intact but it will be hosted by the internet apache web server (Ciccarelli, 2004). This will enable the employees to access the billing information from both hospitals. This is because billing information applies for both hospitals and will be frequently accessed.60 client computers will suffice.

The WATCH Linux dns servers will be hosted by one of the Linux boxes at SGH hospital. This will simplify the network and minimize the amount of network devices that are used. The apache web server will host the employee information because there is a higher level of safety through authentication when hosting in intranet compared to internet.

The nursing domain will still remain intact because it is fundamentally important to host information regarding one hospital separate from the other (Barrie, 2009). This will help to keep track of this employee records in the hospitals and furthermore, these records will be more accessed in the hospitals concerned.

The admin domain will be hosted by the internet apache web server because it will assist the network administrators monitor and make changes to the websites, and also login to the intranet. The administrators can update the employee data; manage all servers from one centralized location (Ciccarelli, 2004). The internet will be hosted by the single apache internet web server, because it will minimize the troubleshooting process and also minimize the potential occurrence of networking problems.

The print server at WATCH will be hosted by the intranet apache web server because it is used only on the inside of the company. The book keeping domain will be hosted by the apache intranet web server since there is no need to host under the internet apache web server and also this confidential information that needs some level of security, so it will be hosted on the intranet where only authorized personnel are allowed, and also it can be accessed remotely and hence minimize the effort required to access it.

For authentication, the wireless network will be secured by WPA psk since some network devices are connected to internet devices like the apache web server for the internet.

References

Barrie, B. (2009). Networking Bible. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing Inc publishers.

Ciccarelli, P. (2004). Networking foundations. United Kingdom: Sybex Inc publishers.

Networks Tolerance Fault

Network’s Tolerance Fault

Introduction

In the world of today, networking or linking of different computing devices in order for them to share data has become the convenient way to people who want to share their files or send their e-mails from different parts of the country. Most networks are built hand in hand with both the computer hardware and computer software (Cook, 2003, p103). This paper tries to analyze the network’s fault tolerance, the cabling and how to configure the basic router commands and the basic router configuration in a networking environment.

Portfolio 2

Activity 1 – Addressing Scheme (The packet tracer)

Switch

Server

Comp. 1

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Comp. 5

naries

Comp. 3

Router

Hub

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Comp. 6

naries

Comp. 2

naries

Comp. 4

naries

No Subnet First host Last host Broadcast Subnet mask

1 192.168.10.32 192.168.10.33 192.168.10.62 192.168.10.63 255.255.2555.224

2 192.168.10.64 192.168.10.65 192.168.10.94 192.168.10.95 /27

3 192.168.10.96 192.168.10.97 192.168.10.126 192.168.10.127 255.255.2555.224

4 192.168.10.128 192.168.10.129 192.168.10.158 192.168.10.159 255.255.2555.224

5 192.168.10.160 192.168.10.161 192.168.10.190 192.168.10.191 255.255.2555.224

6 192.168.10.192 192.168.10.193 192.168.10.253 192.168.10.254 255.255.2555.224

Activity 2 – Cabling

The link between the two routers (Vetinary and Rincewind) is a serial cable – one side has to be the DCE, meaning that it will provide the clock rate. Connect the DCE side (should be labelled as such) to Rincewind. Routers are specialised computers and as such, a crossover cable must be used for a direct computer to router connection (such as the one between Host 2 and Rincewind).

Activity 3 – Basic router commands

Command Function

1 logout Exit from the EXEC

2 ping Send echo messages

3 resume Resume an active network connection

4 show Show running system information

5 ssh Open a secure shell client connection

6 telnet Open a telnet connection

7 terminal Set terminal line parameters

8 traceroute Trace route to destination

Activity 4 – Basic router configuration

In order to configure routers one needs to be in the router global configuration mode. For this case, the prompt is normally written as Router (config) #. This can be achieved by typing “enable” to get into privilege mode, and then typing “configure terminal” to enter the global configuration mode. However, when one needs to move back to the previous mode, he/she can be achieved by typing exit. The router names should always be configured first as they can be achieved by using the hostname command which is Router (config) # hostname name.. The interfaces should be the next to be configured. This can be accomplished by entering interface configuration mode and using the “IP address” command followed by the address and subnet mask that one wishes to configure.

Portfolio 3

Activity 1 – Addressing Scheme

Switch

Server

Officers

Canaries

Scavengers

Router

Hub

Hub

Subnet First host Last host Broadcast Mask

Router link 192.168.42.24 192.168.42.25 192.168.42.49 192.168.42.50 255.255.255.224

Officers 192.168.42.30 192.168.42.31 192.168.42.61 192.168.42.62 255.255.255.224

Canaries 192.168.42.50 192.168.42.51 192.168.42.101 192.168.42.102 255.255.255.224

Scavengers 192.168.42.70 192.168.42.71 192.168.42.141 192.168.42.142 255.255.255.224

Activity 2 – Basic configuration

In order to configure routers one needs to be in the router global configuration mode. For this case, the prompt is normally written as Router (config) #. This can be achieved by typing “enable” to get into privilege mode, and then typing “configure terminal” to enter the global configuration mode. However, when one needs to move back to the previous mode, he/she can be achieved by typing exit. The router names should always be configured first as they can be achieved by using the hostname command which is Router (config) # hostname name.. The interfaces should be the next to be configured. This can be accomplished by entering interface configuration mode and using the “IP address” command followed by the address and subnet mask that one wishes to configure.

Basic router commands

Command Function

1 logout Exit from the EXEC

2 ping Send echo messages

3 resume Resume an active network connection

4 show Show running system information

5 ssh Open a secure shell client connection

6 telnet Open a telnet connection

7 terminal Set terminal line parameters

8 traceroute Trace route to destination

Portfolio 3

Router Operation Diagram

A diagram showing the relationship between the different modes of operations that was used in the course of the labs

Hub

Internet

Server

Router

Hub

Computer

Computer

Computer

How to improve the network’s fault tolerance

A network’s fault tolerance is the setup of networks or configurations that helps to prevent the computer or may be the network devices from either failing whenever it was least expected or fails when an unexpected error or problems occurred. The user can make the computer more fault tolerant by a way of thinking how the computer or the devices of the network may seems to fail as well as, taking the required steps so that the faults can be prevented whenever they occur. For this case, the steps to be followed when improving the network’s fault tolerance, and they include.

Power Failure

The user should by all the time have his or her computer or the networks running on the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). UPS provides the backup power source when there is a power outage (blackout), or a power surge. UPS provides additional time for the computer to shut down by providing the power to the computer from where it was stored. However, the user should also have the system messages that are sent to every network so as to let the administrators know when the power goes off or when computer shut down because of the failure of the power (Beasley, 2009, p 104).

Power surge

If there is no UPS which is connected on the computer or the UPS fails to provide the surge fortification, the surge protector may be connected to the network devices or the computer so as to help prevent those devices fro failing during the power surge.

Data loss

The user should all the time run backups on the computer. Running of the backups may be done daily or at least every month if only the relevant information is stored in them. The user should make sure that he/she creates a mirror of data on the alternate location.

Device/Computer failure

There should be other devices a part from the ones which are used daily. The computer devices which are available when there are failures can help in preventing the long down time.

Unauthorized access

When the computer devices are connected to the network, the user should make sure that the firewall are set up. A firewall is normally the software utility that can limit the accessing of the network on the computer by blocking or restricting the ports. Firewalls are extremely significant since it helps preventing un-authorized members from accessing to the company network or a network which is at home. There should be a frequently checking for the updates for the operating system of the computer. Use of passwords as well as, lock devices always protect the computers when they are not in use, and it also stores the computer and the network devices in the secure areas where they can be locked.

Overload

The user should make sure that there are some alternate computer or network devices which are setup, and can be used as an alternative access point, in addition to sharing the load, through the setup of the round robin

Virus

Make sure the viruses are updated daily. Viruses are extremely dangerous to the computers because they sometimes can make the whole computer crash down or slows the speed to which the computer performs.

Fault Tolerant is essential in providing high levels of availability furthermore reliability in a connected network. When it is used with a network interface hardware which is redundant, Fault Tolerant may allow the user in maintaining the continual sessions when the hardware fails or change. The network interface hardware, which is redundant, may be required to use the feature.

Reflection of what I have learned from the exercised carried out in the lab

From the exercises that I have carried out in the lab I have learned a lot of things. The many things that I have learned some of them include; how I can address the schemes by calculating the subnet masks when I am provided by the subnet Internet Protocol (IP) address, how I can cable using the routers as well as, the hubs, some of the basic router commands, and the basic router configuration using router names and interfaces. It sometimes becomes easier to calculate the first and the second host when one is given the IP address to what should be located. The bits of every mask are denoted by zero and ones since the data is transferred into binary forms of bits (Elahi & Elahi, 2006, p 206). For the case, of cabling, here is what I learned from the example given in portfolio two of the addressing scheme exercise; the link between the two routers (Vetinary and Rincewind) is a serial cable – one side has to be the DCE, meaning that it will provide the clock rate. Connect the DCE side (should be labelled as such) to Rincewind. Routers are specialised computers, and as such, a crossover cable must be used for a direct computer to router connection (such as the one between Host 2 and Rincewind).

I cannot forget learning about the basic router commands and the basic router configurations. The basic router commands where some commands like the telnet functions in opening the telnet connection, the” ssh” command, its function is to open the secure shell client connection, and the terminal command functions as it sets the terminal line parameters. There are many more commands that i learned during the group work. However, in regard to the basic router configuration, I also gained some knowledge. This was particularly much interesting in that I started liking or becoming so much interested with the networking part of the practical that was being done in the lab. This is what I learned; In order to configure routers one needs to be in the router global configuration mode. For this case, the prompt is normally written as Router (config) #.

This can be achieved by typing “enable” to get into privilege mode, and then typing “configure terminal” to enter the global configuration mode. However, when one needs to move back to the previous mode, he/she can be achieved by typing exit. The router names should always be configured first as they can be achieved by using the hostname command which is Router (config) # hostname name. Where name is the name of the device Vetinary or Rincewind depending on which router one is configuring. The interfaces should be the next to be configured. This can be accomplished by entering interface configuration mode and using the “IP address” command followed by the address and subnet mask that one wishes to configure.

Conclusion

The paper analyzed different network fault tolerance that normally occurs and how they can be improved. The paper also analyzed some of the basic router configurations and commands.

List of References

Barnett, D., Groth, D., & McBee, J. (2004), cabling the complete guide to network wiring (3rd Ed.). New York: Sybex.

Beasley, J. S. (2009), Networking (2nd ed.). London: Prentice Hall.Cook, J. (2003), Networking. London: IBM International Technical Support Organization.

Elahi, A., & Elahi, M. (2006). Data, network, and Internet communications technology. London: Thomson Delmar Learning.

Espejo, R. (2008), should social networking web sites be banned. New York: Greenhaven Press.

NEURAL COMMUNICATION

NEURAL COMMUNICATION

Introduction

A stroke is a medical condition which is characterized by rapid loss of brain function which is caused by interruption in the blood supply to the various parts of the brain. It can be due to a blockage and it’s known as thrombosis or lack of blood flow known as ischemia or a leakage of blood that is hemorrhage (Feigin, 2005). It results in the person’s inability to move certain parts of the body.

Case study

The brain is designed in such a way that the right hemisphere always controls the left side of the body while the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body. This explains why Joseph’s left part of the body got paralyzed even if not entirely. This also depends on the part of the right side of the brain that has restricted blood flow.

Joseph’s left face and hand has been paralyzed, but not the rest of his arm or his leg because of the restricted blood flow to a portion of his right precentral gyrus which is known to control moments of the muscles in the left face and hand and it is the right side that controls the left side.

What is preventing Joseph from moving his left hand is because of lack of communication between neurons that is between the central nervous system and motor neurons.

Motor neurons are neurons that transmit signals from the brain to the effector cells which include muscle cells. Motor neurons form synapses with effector cells. When an action potential reaches a synapse pore which are present in the cell membrane opens which in turn allows positively charged calcium ions into the pre synaptic terminal. This causes neural transmitters which are chemical in nature to be released in a gap between the two cells and this is known as the synaptic cleft. The neural transmitter is able to diffuse across the synaptic cleft and proceeds to interact with proteins called receptors which are usually embedded in the post synaptic membrane (Sherwood, 2001). The receptors serve as ion channels which allow charged atoms to pass through pores within their structure and this is propagated along the dendrite towards the soma.

The destruction of a neuron that communicates with the motor neuron prevents Joseph from moving his hand by disruption of the transmission process. The motor neuron is not able to receive signal from the central nervous system neuron and thus it is not able to propagate the signal to the effector muscle that is the hand (Garrett, 2011).

In an adult human being the brain takes longer time to redevelop damaged neurons because the neurons are fully developed and this is because why Joseph’s brain cannot simply replace the damaged neurons immediately (Altman, 1963). Compensation might allow Joseph to regain some of the lost movements. This occurs through the neurons that were not damaged and serve extra role of transmitting signals for the damaged neurons but this takes time and it is achievable through therapy. Experimental treatment that might improve Joseph’s movement of his left hand is by slowly exercising the hand through aided extension and constriction of the hand muscles. The exercises can be done from time to time and it impacts on his nervous system by using the existing motor neurons to transmit signals to the hand. His nervous system will slowly undergo rearrangement so that it can utilize the existing neurons to control the left hand.

Conclusion

It is possible for the nervous system to recover from damage through natural processes for example compensation and reorganization. These processes enable the recovery of impaired functions for example of limbs and hands or any other impaired part. There are also experimental treatments that facilitate the growth of new neurons in a mature nervous system. Through proper treatment and therapy patients who suffer stroke do not suffer permanent disability especially because of these processes. This has greatly aided patients who have suffered strokes to be able to regain function of the affected parts through therapy.References

Altman, J. (1963). Autoradiographic investigation of cell proliferation in the brains of rats and cats. Chicago: The Anatomical record.

Feigin VL. (2005). Stroke epidemiology in the developing world. USA: Lancet.

Garrett, B. (2011). Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Biological Psychology (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.

Sherwood, L. (2001). Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (4th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole.

New Ability for Next Year

New Ability for Next Year

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Professor

Institution

Course

Date

I select audacity or bravery as my quality or ability for that would act as my rallying call next near. From the evaluation of this year and some past years the insufficiencies actualization of my full potential has been limited by fear. I have always rethought when it came to doing things that involved my exposure to multitude. Numerous activities are achievable when undertaken in front of a supporting audience. I have come to realize that the fear forms the basis of underperformance and after overcoming it one is freely released to any achievement. Fear inhibited me from seeking help from well abled people, fear undermined my socialization, fear killed the ambitions in me, fear deactivated the morale I had and subjected me into being losing my personality. It killed the leadership qualities and lowered my instrumental skills and potential. I have placed critical resolution to counter the corresponding features created by the monster or the fear. Most of my plans remains shelve due to the fear of starting low while many people started low but have step wisely improved to commendable levels.

In my new year’s resolutions I have a plan to meet my church pastor and a psychiatrist to help me transform from my current state. While may be my upbringing could be the main cause for the low self-esteem or perhaps the friends I move could be the chief source the state. Leadership qualities are sharpened and nurtured through escalated socialization which is highly undermined by fear. I harbor great hopes in future and for them to be achieved I have to work harder and smarter. With overcoming fear other merits shall follow by.

New Deal is a program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression to counteract various effects of it

New Deal is a program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression to counteract various effects of it. New Deal created many agencies and legislation to help the United States pull itself out of the Great Depression. Some of these agencies have tremendous effect even today.

When Roosevelt was elected as the president, he faced many problems such as banking failure and unemployment. Almost immediately, he called on Congress and began what is known as Hundred Days Congress. During this period of time, many legislation was passed to help banks recover, create jobs for the unemployed, and set up many agencies to help these causes. National Recovery Administration and Public Works Administration were created to help industries, labor, and the unemployed. Glass-Steagall Act created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Unemployment Relief Act created Civilian Conservation Corps which hired many uniformed young men to do public works such as fire fighting and reforestation. Agriculture Adjustment Act also helped to solve overproduction of crops. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created, which would build dams and power plants and in many other ways salvage a vast impoverished region. This agency was heavily criticized, although it did provide jobs for the unemployed and once completed, it would supply cheap source of electricity. The New Deal shifted more toward reform in 1935-1936. New Deal during this time is known as the second New Deal. Major second New Deal measures included Social Security Act, National Housing Act which created Federal Housing Administration, and Works Progress Administration. “…between 1935-1941 the WPA employed an annual average of 2,100,000 workers, including artists and writers, who built or improved schools, hospitals, airports, and other facilities by the tens of thousands” (Mortimer, p115). However even the great New Deal had to end sometime. Culmination of the New Deal was triggered by “court packing” of Roosevelt. The Supreme Court was very conservative at the time and was declaring many New Deal laws unconstitutional. Roosevelt tried to neutralize the court by proposing to the Congress to permit him to appoint up to six new justices, thus giving the court a liberal majority. Roosevelt was opposed furiously even by his Democrats-dominated Congress. He further lost more prestige when the United States plundered into sharp recession. By the time New Deal was over in 1939, it had permanently expanded the role of federal government, particularly in economical regulation, resource development and income maintenance.

Contrast to what people believe, New Deal did not end the Great Depression. However, through New Deal, Roosevelt sought to solve the immediate problems that threatened the United States. Author Kenneth S. Davis states, “…New Dealers pointed out that relief- not economy- had been the primary object of their multi-front war on the depression.” ( Davis, p147) Although long term goal of New Deal was to end the depression it really never did. Unemployment rates were down from before the election, but statistics show that it was steadily going up even after the New Deal recovery until the World War II.

Many economists believed that its greatest failure was its inability to bring about complete economic recovery. Many economists called for massive deficit spending to promote recovery. However Roosevelt remained unpersuaded. There were even more farm surpluses under Roosevelt than under Hoover. Also the national debt had skyrocketed from the already enormous figure of $19,000,000,000 in 1932 to $40,440,000,000 by 1939. This is an outrageous spending considering the nation was going through economic troubles. “Despite some $20,000,000,000 poured out in six years of deficit spending and lending, of leaf raking and pump priming, the gap was not closed between production and consumption” (Parrish, p195). After all that trouble to get consumption to match the production, New Deal really didn’t do much to close the gap. There were still overproduction of goods and not enough consumption to match the productions.

New Deal also became the template for the modern welfare system. For example, housing is a very important par of both programs. New Deal created FHA ( Federal Housing Administration ) to encourage improving or building new houses. Now, there is New York City housing projects where people without sufficient income can live in by paying very little rent. Also there is the Social Security program. Social Security was created by New Deal. Not much really changed since 1935 when this act was passed. Social Security was designed to guarantee the retired workers to receive regular payments from Washington and these payments were to financed by payroll tax on both employers and employees. Now Social Security includes: 1) old age, survivor’s, disability insurance, 2) Medicare 3) Supplemental security income 4) Unemployment compensation 5)Aid to families with children, and 6) Medicaid. Another similarity between them is the social service to help the unemployed to find jobs. New Deal really focused on this problem. National Recovery Administration set maximum hours of labor so that employment could be spread over more people. Now there are social services to help unemployed financially and to find jobs. Under New Deal, more specifically, Social Security Act, unemployment insurance was created. Initially an eligible worker had to wait for up to 2 weeks before receiving benefits. Unemployment insurance in present day guarantees benefits given for period of up to 20 weeks with little or no waiting period.

New Deal definitely played an important role in rescuing the United States from the grasps of the Great Depression. Great Depression really devastated the United States. However through this program it was really able to regroup itself and make efforts to end the depression. “… it provided federal government not only with increased control over money supply and federal policies but also with increased understanding of economic consequences of its spending, borrowing, and taxing” (Davis, p189). Through this program the United States learned how to manage itself when another such disaster happens. Also New Deal changed the relationship between people and the government. Government became more involved in people’s lives. In addition, the agencies setup by this program really have huge impact on people’s lives even today. One good example of such agency is the Security Exchange Commission which was created to watch over the stock market. Prior to the Great Depression, stock market was kind of like a casino where many speculators just gambled. However through the creation of this agency, stock market became more of a controlled trade market.

New Deal was also important because it was responsible for the rise of organized labor. When the depression struck, only 5 percent of the work force was unionized, compared to 12 percent in 1920. However things began to change, when the American Federation of Labor’s Committee for Industrial Organization broke away. As the Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO began unionizing the mass production industries after 1938. Strikes were successful because of the combination of the reluctance of authorities to act against the labor and unique method of strikes CIO used. They would close the factories down from inside so that the employers cannot hire other non-union workers. By 1941 some 10,500,000 workers were unionized, three times as much from a decade before. Fair Labor Standards Act (Wages and Hours Bill) was passed in 1938, to protect the labor. This act required industries that are involved in interstate commerce to set the maximum hours of labor and minimum wage. It also prohibited all labor by children under the age 16; under 18 if it was dangerous. New Deal really tried to clean the issue of labor. However new rise of unions did have negative impact on Roosevelt. Middle class Americans really despised the strikes and Roosevelt was attacked for it.

In conclusion, New Deal was and still is an essential part of the nations. Agencies and acts still existing have tremendous effects on us. Even though it was criticized for an enormous expenditures, every dime spent on it was worth it. It also paved the way for new programs such as Truman’s Fair Deal. New Deal was a great program because it acted in a way as a first aid to the dying United States. It helped the United States just enough so that it would slowly recover. New Deal’s greatest achievement was to restore faith in American democracy at a time when many people believed that the only choice left was between communism and fascism.

New Hope Of Mangum

New Hope Of Mangum

www.newhopeofmagnum.com is a website belonging to the New Hope of Mangum, a chemical dependency reform centre. The New Hope of Magnum is a website that highlights the services offered at the center, which has the mandate of dealing with cases of drug and substance dependency. It has links to other information but on the home page the information availed is that of the mission statement and the vision. Links of the website include that of philosophy & services that the facility offers to the individuals admitted there. Treatment, admission, satellite clinics, resources, and contacts are some of the information available at the website (New Hope of Mangum, 2012). While navigating through the website, there are pictures of the facility that allow interested parties to have experience or evaluate the facilities of the center. This paper concentrates on the website majoring on the merits, limitations and the relevance of the website.

The website boosts major strengths. One of the advantages of the website is that it is quite resourceful. Once an individual accesses the website, there are able to access contact information, a brief history of the centre, its location, and other information. The link on treatment gives interested parties on various modes of treatments available at the facility. It is in accordance to this that this website is superior to some of the competitors. Not only does an individual acquire information on treatment from the webpage but also admission details by following the admissions link. On the issue of information, the site offers the much-needed resource to an individual that is seeking to have services at the centre or has relatives that require the services. Accordingly, the strength of the website is that it is resourceful and provides vital information.

Although the webpage has its strengths, it also has some limitations. The webpage eloquent demerit is lack of events or a calendar. It is essential that visitors to the website have a event/calendar that informs the interested parties of the ongoing of New Hope of Magnum. Lack of such crucial information is a setback to the organization. On the other hand, the company lacks faces. That is, there is no message from the authorities of the facility nor are there faces of stakeholders of the organization. It is important that the website have individuals that are currently receiving treatment at the facilities and the psychiatrists that are treating them. It is hence necessary to upgrade the website to include individuals benefiting from the facility.

New Hope of Mangum is a drug and substance dependency facility located in Mangum, Oklahoma in the United States of America. The mission statement of the organization according to its website is that of offering chemical dependency treatment services at affordable prices in an environment that is habitable and luxurious (New Hope of Mangum, 2012). It has a website that has the mandate of not only providing information to the world but also marketing the organization. On one hand, the website is resource in that it offers the much-needed information to the world thereby informing the globe and marketing the company on that platform too. On the other hand, the organization does not have an events calendar on their website meaning that stakeholders are not able to follow the proceedings of the company. It also lacks personalities that will adorn the facility a face. Accordingly, while the company boosts strengths it also has its limitations.

Interpretation

New Hope of Mangum has its headquarters in Mangum, Oklahoma in the United States of America but has satellite clinics in other states.

Calendar or events tab has the application of indicating to interested parties what is going on at the center.

Webpage is a page in a given website.

Competitive advantage is a superior characteristic that a given company will have over other companies.

References

New Hope of Mangum (2012). New Hope of Mangum website. Retrieved from http://www.newhopeofmangum.com/

New Imperialism, Taiping Rebellion and Opium Wars

New Imperialism, Taiping Rebellion and Opium Wars

Student’s Name

Institution

New Imperialism, Taiping Rebellion and Opium Wars

World history is among the significant study in human lives that helps people to keep track of the past in regards to the social, economic and political development of various nations. During the colonialization period, many transformations occurred which significantly affected the world then and the impacts are experienced up to date. The New Imperialism, Taiping rebellion, and opium wars are among the historical chronologies that are read globally, and significant in learning system as well as a remembrance of the ancient nations struggle for overseas acquisition and independence. In the first part, the two questions regard opium and the Taiping Rebellion as well as the New Imperialism. While on the second portion the query regarding the analysis of the Taiping Rebellion. The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion are discussed in consideration of the problems in the Chinese government, economy, and society that led to their emergence. Furthermore, the Taiping Rebellion is analyzed with regards to the changes that occurred in both the leaders and the movement, the groups that joined and opposed the move as well as its consequences to the government and the people of China.

The problems the led to the start of Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.

The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion were experienced in the China lands both involving the Western colonizers and the emperors of China. They were significantly caused by the government, of China, society and the economy. The Opium Wars are the two armed conflicts that were experienced in China between the Qing dynasty and the Western nations during the 19th century. From 1644 to 1912 China was under the rule of the Western countries such as the Britain and French that were involved in the Opium Wars (Brook, & Wakabayashi, 2016). In the first Opium War, China fought with Britain while in the second war they fought with both Britain and the French. In both the Opium Wars the China loose and the foreign powers gained commercial, civil liberties, territorial and legal refreshment stands in the country. The first Opium war emerged due to the China attempt to suppress opium trade in the country. The opium was being imported by the British merchants from India to China, and the cause of government intervention to the trade was because of the widespread addiction of the civilians to the drug the deprived the nation’s economic development.

The major problem the frustrated the British allies was the act of Chinese government confiscating and destroying large quantities of opium. The destroyed drugs belonging to the British merchants included more than twenty thousand opium chests, and around one thousand four hundred tons of the drug was stored in a warehouse in Canton. Also, the government forced Britain to surrender their people who killed a Chines so that they can be sentenced as per the China law. The British power was against that, and they reacted with hostility leading to fierce and tension in the country. The interference with Britain’s opium trade in the country and the act of attempting to sentence the Britain civilians that killed Chinese in the country were the major problems that caused the beginning of first Opium War. The society of China can be blamed for the emergence of Opium War to the acceptance and absorption of Britain will of abusing opium for their economic beneficiaries. Also, economic deprivation, on the other hand, led to the beginning of the war as the resistance of Opium trade was the best sound solution to the problem.

The second opium war was caused by the act of the British trying to extend the opium trading rights in China while the Qing government was entangled in their attempt to quell the Taiping Rebellion and it which was against the Chinese will. The major problem that facilitated its start was the act of Chinese officials getting into the Britain registered ship by the name Arrow as it was curtailed in Canton, captured the Chinese members of the group who were later freed and intentionally lowered the Britain flag (Brook, & Wakabayashi, 2016). Later, Britain avenges by bombarding Canton leading to considerable degradation of the Chinese economy. Furthermore, the joining of French into the second Opium war was facilitated by the act of Chinese killing a French missionary during early 1856. Later China was forced into negotiations by signing the treaties of Tianjin that granted the westerns various rights such as the freedom of movement for Christian missionaries and granted the foreigners right into interior China.

The Taiping Rebellion is a religion and radical political upheaval the occurred during the 19th century significantly impacting China. The Rebellion started in the southern part of Guangxi after the local Chinese officials launching a movement of religious oppression against a millenarian sect commonly known as the God Worshipping Society led by Hong Xiuquan. Hong supposed himself to be a brother to Jesus Christ thus attracting the attention of many peasant civilians whom he mobilized with the hope of being helped. The Chinese government can to a significant extent be blamed for the toleration of specific movements that got to the extent of capturing several states and causing deaths of many people. The unstable economy was also a problem that led to the survival of Hong’s movement that had any intention of conquering the government by the use of the poor public.

The beneficiaries of the New Imperialism and the methods applied.

The New Imperialism was significantly felt by the Africa and Asia nations as the European nations struggled to expand their boundaries and search new markets for their products. The European nations were the potential beneficiaries of the new imperialism as they intended to gain economic benefits from the new markets found as well as maintaining their name as superpowers. The leading causes of new imperialism in Africa were to find a market for their products and raw materials due to industrial development in Europe. Also, the European nations believed that they were superior to others thus had the urge to own as much vast land as possible and dominate many countries globally (Auerbach, 2014).

In Asia imperialism was as a cause of French desire to take over the Pacific Rim where agriculture, plantation, and trading were excellent considering the productive lands on Southern Asia. The European nations faced lots of resistance and challenges on the newly acquired colonies, but they ended up the beneficiaries. Their will of getting market, raw materials, productive lands and many colonies was accomplished even though it was under severe struggle. They used armaments to conquer the resisting empires, and they later ended up exploiting the resources found in these nations for their benefits. However, the Asians and Africans, on the other hand, benefited from industrial development and advancement in technology as well as agriculture.

The Analysis of the Taiping Rebellion.

Over the cause of the rebellion, the Taiping movement and leaders incurred significant changes. At first, the rebellion was established under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan who greatly influenced the Christianity teachings and had some visions as well as believing that he was a brother to Jesus Christ who was sent to reform China. The attempt of Yang to gain more power of the Tainwang he was assassinated together with a thousand other followers. Wei Changhui the Taiping general who had killed Yang was later murdered by Hong and the action made Shi Dakai the current Taiping general fear abandoning their fertile land and left with many of his followers. The Taiping rebellion fought for property and their attempt to regain Shanghai was prevented by the western military. Although the resistance group had ailed and refused all the requests of Qing government to release the Nanjing city, its power ended after the death of Hong after committing suicide. The rebellion weakened the Qing dynasty to the extent of having no capability of efficiently holding over the country. The Taiping Rebellion resulted in the deaths of millions of people and also a significant loss of property (Chappell, 2016). The Taiping was a significant movement that enhanced the origin of Chinese nationality, as well as Chinese communist which, are fundamental up-to-date. It facilitated peace and cohesion in the nation and also significantly enhanced social-economic and political development.

As discussed above, the world history is vital to people and development of the nations as it plays a significant role of enhancing them trace their roots and be aware of the things that can create difference as well as civil wars among the counties. The Taiping Rebellion as the necessary foundation of the Chinese Nationality postulated the need for humanity and act of following ethical, cultural beliefs. The New Imperialism, the Opium Wars as well as the Taiping Rebellion, are all educative and significant to the present and future generations.

References

Auerbach, S. (2014). “We cannot bury him, only strangers can”(Achebe 1958). It seems appropriate to begin an essay on the New Imperialism with the words of one of its most prominent chroniclers and critics, Chinua Achebe. Achebe’s passage, uttered by an Igbo villager following the death, by suicide, of the protagonist in Things Fall Apart (1958), evokes the violence of imperial conquest and the loss of power and culture (to say nothing of life) experienced by those in colonized territories. There was much that was new about …. The Fin-de-Siècle World, 335.

Brook, T., & Wakabayashi, B. T. (2016). The Opium Wars. Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War, 58.

Chappell, J. (2016). The Limits of the Shanghai Bridgehead: Understanding British Intervention in the Taiping Rebellion 1860–62. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 44(4), 533-550.

New Instruction for Car Production

New Instruction for Car Production

This business simulation is for student to practice business. We use CESIM, An on-line simulation designed for strategy and international business studies. It develops students’ understanding of the complexity of global business operations in a dynamic, competitive environment.

For my assignment, my product for this case study is Mobile phone. We are set as a team consists of 3 members and will have to compete with other 3 teams in our classroom. There are 6 rounds and each round I will have different role. First and Fourth round I will act as head of marketing department which has to be responsibility for Production and R&D

But after 4th round is finished there will be a results and I have to write this Critical Appraisal Report 1

Read all contents!!!!

Table of Contents

TOC o “1-3” h z u 1. Instructions of my report PAGEREF _Toc263352737 h 1

2.Report requirement structures PAGEREF _Toc263352738 h 2

Example report note that content is different from my group PAGEREF _Toc263352739 h 5

Review theories and concept to your decision area2 PAGEREF _Toc263352740 h 8

1. Instructions of my report

Study market outlook / Result of round / Example report

Access to the CESIM.com / cesim handbooks

ID. Paknikop@culcuni.coventry.ac.ukPW. 123456

Go to decision topic and study each topic from left to right Start from suggested steps – decision checklists

Study the result from the round available in attached file(result) there’ll be all group results in the the CESIM.com ID. Paknikop@culcuni.coventry.ac.uk PW. 123456

For the result of each round click RESULTS on the top of the page and choose the latest round It will show result of each group, my group named: CRIT

Use the sources from the required reference lists files only (see attached file) There is an online libraly of my university

http://locate.coventry.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&fromLogin=true&vid=LON_VU1&fromLogin=truePlease log-in to read the textbook for research

ID. Paknikop

PW. P123456!

(a minimum list of 10 sources including 5 academic textbook and 5 academic journal in subject area under review presented in CU Harvard style)

Note: If there is additional sources you need to write, please make sure it is academic textbook and journal and it is available online for everyone to access.

2.Report requirement structures

Please cover all required elements

1.Background

1.1 Justification of your department role – minimum 100 words

my role is which response for Production and R&D director which is responsible for Investment of plants / capacity allocation/ investment in R&D please see CESIM handbook

explain what is this role / how this role is important in this business

Position analysis (environmental analysis) 150 words

covering three dimension which is Micro analysis Micro analysis and Internal firm analysis in position analysis- (study from market outlook below: and answer

Macro- whats market environment is like? ( from market outlook)

Micro- analysis of micro position such as details what competitor is like and needed / life cycle of stage /SWOT

Market outlooks  

Demand

The war in Oilistan is over and oil exports have returned to normal levels. There are however other news impacting the demand of handsets: It has already become a standard that passengers can freely use mobile phones on airplanes. Now there has been a suspicious case regarding an airplane crash in southern China. The plane had crashed immediately after taking off, but luckily the amount of casualties was rather limited. Some of the survivors said that they had seen a mobile handset exploding while a passenger was using it intensely for video-conferencing. This event was widely published all over the world and it has tamed the markets for new handsets. In the USA the demand for handsets is expected to decrease by about 3% and in Asia by about 7%. European demand is expected to remain unchanged.

Costs

Transportation costs diminish by approximately 6% as the price of oil takes corrective downward action. Production costs are expected to remain constant. Outsourcing capacity continues to rise: expected capacity is 13% in USA and 19% in China. As a result, outsourcing costs have fallen 4-6%.

Finance

Once again the corporate tax-rate in Asia is raised. It is now up to 22%. Concerns about the competitiveness of the Chinese economy results in the Central Bank of China selling a large amount of Rmb into the FX market. Consequently Rmb falls nearly 10% against USD. The Euro rebounds. Interest rates are up half a percentage point in China, and up a quarter in the USA. European interest rates are down a quarter.

2. Critical review of academic literature (theories, concept and frameworks) appropriate and relevant to your department/decision area/operation focus. (minimum 1000 words)

Make sure you cover all these

how these stategies relate to this business

how it will effect on the business simulation decision

how these strategy/theories will apply to the business

( must include figures n tables graphs – see example page 5 for guideline you can use same flame work as example just analysis in you own words)

Minimum 3 theories

Required theories are!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ansoff’s matrix theory:

Product life cycle

References

(a minimum list of 10 sources including 5 academic textbook and 5 academic journal in subject area under review presented in Harvard style)

Use the sources from the required reference lists files only (see attached file) There is an online libraly of my university

http://locate.coventry.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&fromLogin=true&vid=LON_VU1&fromLogin=truePlease log-in to read the textbook for research

ID. Paknikop

PW. P123456!

(a minimum list of 10 sources including 5 academic textbook and 5 academic journal in subject area under review presented in CU Harvard style)

Note: If there is additional sources you need to write, please make sure it is academic textbook and journal and it is available online for everyone to access.

Example report note that content is different from my groupResource-Based Theory

This is the theory that related to achieve competitive advantage (Barney and Clark, 2007). There are five factors to strategy analysis as following:

Resources – identify and classify the organisation’s resources. Appraise strengths and weaknesses of the organisation.

Capabilities – identify the organisation’s capabilities: what can it do more effectively or efficiently than its competitors?

Competitive advantage – appraise the potential of resources and capabilities in terms of their potential to lead
to sustainable competitive advantage and immediate return.

Strategy – Select strategy which best exploits organisation resources and capabilities relative to external opportunities.

Resources – Identify resource gaps which need to be filled. Invest in replenishing, augmenting and upgrading the resource base of the organisation.

This theory can identify the resources that the organisation focused on competitive advantage which make an organisation more successful than other in a competitive environment.

Ansoff’s matrix theory

Figure 9: Ansoff’s Matrix

Source: Aburto, t. (2010)

Ansoff’s matrix theory can define about the market growth strategy in term of product and market (Ansoff, 1965). There are four criteria to identify in this theory such as market penetration, product development, market development and diversification (Figure 9). In this round, I expected to use the market penetration criteria to analyse the business focuses on selling existing products in the existing markets. There are many solutions to maintain and increase more market share of current products. First, I can use the competitive pricing strategy to set and dumb the selling price to beat and gain more sales revenue. Advertising and sales promotion can help the organisation to attract the customer for purchasing more on our products due to the interested in features and image of organisation. Moreover, restructure a mature market by driving out competitor can be the difference strategy that will drive the organisation look difference from the other. I can use the promotional campaign and supported by pricing strategy to gain more attractiveness. I can use this theory to analyse R&D department to develop more features and make attractive to the customer.

Product Life Cycle

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Figure 9: Product Life Kotler and Keller (2012)

According to Zolfani et al. (2012), they pointed out the concept of Sakai et al. (2003) and Chen et al. (2006) that Product Life Cycle (PLC) could describe the possible product policies in different stages of PLC as well as helps the enterprise to compare its product with the former similar product to estimate the performance of the products that would be introduced to the market. Kotler and Keller (2012) divided the PLC into four main stages included introduction, growth, maturity and decline. The PLC was appropriated approach to help me define the stage of product in the overall market. As illustrated in figure 9, there was no sale for introduction and decline stages. Tech 3 and 4 were decided to place into growth stage and tech 1 and 2 were placed into maturity stage by based on the analysis of last round.

BCG matrix

The Boston Consulting Group or BCG matrix was useful tool to determine the attractiveness and balance of business portfolio under market share and market growth criteria (Johnson et al. 2012). It was relevance to estimate the growth demand of each product in order to expand capacity properly. As described in figure 10, tech 4 was in stars stage, which had a highest market share (94.75%) in a growing market from last round. The company needs heavy investment to sustain or raise the market share of product in this stage. Tech 2 and tech 3 had high market growth but did not have high market share yet. Tech 1 had a high market share in a mature market that less investment needed.

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Figure 10: The Portfolio Analysis (BCG matrix) during round 6 adapted from Johnson et al. (2011)

Review theories and concept to your decision area2As Roth et al have indicated that significant of competitive advantage of the manufacturing function as the cost, delivery, flexibility, and the quality and the significant relation of the function and the company’s business strategy which the function will support business successfully (Roth et al, 1989). This contributes to the developmental strategy of company according to the situation analysis.

Initially, the simple way to generate the strategic direction of the company from the four aspects is Ansoff Matrix strategy (Johnson et al, 2011). The company developed strategy as market penetration to the exiting market with existing product as the product with low growth according to the situation analysis and product development as adding feature to the growth product. The based situation analysis of the company conduct the cooperate strategy of the company according to the product category and geographic (See figure5).

Figure 5: Anoff Matix

In additional, the market share and market growth of the company are determined the business portfolio of BCG matrix (Johnson et al, 2011). As the main four aspects in BCG matrix, as the star defined as the tech 4 of company in both Europe and USA due to the continually high growth of this product as well as high market share. Importantly, the tech 1, especially in Asia, is cash cow as the first position in the market of the company and it is the highest profitably product of the company (See figure6).

Figure 6: BCG Matix

As well as, the Product lifecycle demonstrate the stage of the product in the market from the introduction, which product is high and rapidly grow to the market to the decline stage (Kotler et al, 2009). Due to the situation analysis, there are an obvious product stages which emphasized to the developmental strategy of the product such as the promotion to ensure the increased of demand of customers towards the company.

Figure 7: Product lifecycle

Although the above framework are supporting the business strategy in perspective of demand and production in this round, the law of demand and supply are examined. Basically, there is an increased of price due to demand higher that supply, meanwhile, there is a decreased of price, if supply over than demand as its call surplus (Peterson, 1986). There is also the essential of equilibrium point, which encourage the company to balancing the demand and supply (See figure8). As Fisher mentioned that the company has first step of demand consideration before contrive the supply of the company (Fisher, 1997).

Figure 8: Demand and supply graph

Despite of the underlying of demand, the “just in time” model are applied to emphasized effectiveness of manufacturing of the company as leads to zero wasted, and zero inventory which impact the cost (Proctor, 2012). Meanwhile, the economic of scale, which there is a dominant of relation of the average cost and produced units, contribute the to cheaper unit cost (Spencer, 1974)

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