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WK 7 DISCUSSION CJ202

• Incarceration Trends

Discuss the incarceration trends of minorities.

Are the rates of minority incarceration increasing or decreasing?

Do you believe these trends will improve over time? Why or why not?

Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Word Count Due date
Assignment 4 Written Practical Report 100 (55%) 4500 30/05/16
Assignment 4 relates to the specific course learning objectives 1, 2, 3 and 4.
1. demonstrate applied knowledge of people, markets, finances, technology and management in a global context of business intelligence practice (data warehouse design, data mining process, data visualisation and performance management) and resulting organisational change and how these apply to implementation of business intelligence in organisation systems and business processes
2. identify and solve complex organisational problems creatively and practically through the use of business intelligence and critically reflect on how evidence based decision making and sustainable business performance management can effectively address real world problems
3. comprehend and address complex ethical dilemmas that arise from evidence based decision making and business performance management
4. demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in a clear and concise manner in written report style for senior management with correct and appropriate acknowledgment of main ideas presented and discussed.
The key frameworks, concepts and activities covered in modules 2–12 and more specifically modules 6 to 12 are particularly relevant for this assignment. This assignment consists of three tasks 1, 2 and 3 and builds on the research and analysis you conducted in Assignment 2.
Task 1 is concerned with developing and evaluating a model of key factors for predicting whether customers are likely to forfeit on a loan resulting in a loan delinquency for ACME Bank.
Task 2 is concerned with the key governance issues of security, privacy and ethics in the day to day use of a data warehouse which increasingly will incorporate unstructured big data.
Task 3 is concerned with performance management, and provides you with the opportunity to design and build a visual and interactive crime events dashboard to meet the decision making requirements of the City of San Francisco Police Department’s Crime Analysis unit with drill down capability using the Tableau Desktop software.
Note you must use RapidMiner Studio for Task 1 and Tableau Desktop for Task 3 in this Assignment 4. Failure to do so may result in the tasks Tasks 1 or 3 not being marked and you will be awarded zero marks.
Note carefully University policy on Academic Misconduct such as plagiarism, collusion and cheating. If any of these occur they will be found and dealt with by the USQ Academic Integrity Procedures. If proven, Academic Misconduct may result in failure of an individual assessment, the entire course or exclusion from a University program or programs.
Task 1 (Worth 35 marks)
The goal of Task 1 is to predict the likelihood of a customer forfeiting on a loan for ACME Bank, in other words the likelihood of a loan delinquency Hence the question we are trying to answer is: Is a customer likely to forfeit on their loan and become a loan delinquency for the ACME Bank.
In Task 1 of this Assignment 4 you are required to follow the six step CRISP DM process and make use of the data mining tool RapidMiner to analyse and report on the credit scoring training data set loan-delinq-train.csv and credit scoring test data set loan-delinq-test.csv provided for Assignment 4. You should refer to the data dictionary for loan-delinq-train.csv (see Table 1 below). In Task 1 and 2 of Assignment 4 you are required to consider all of the business understanding, data understanding, data preparation, modelling, evaluation and deployment phases of the CRISP DM process.
Data dictionary for loan-delinq-train data set variables
Variable Name Description Type
SeriousDlqin2yrs Person experienced 90 days past due delinquency or worse Y/N
RevolvingUtilizationOfUnsecuredLines Total balance on credit cards and personal lines of credit except real estate and no installment debt like car loans divided by the sum of credit limits percentage
age Age of borrower in years integer
NumberOfTime30-59DaysPastDueNotWorse Number of times borrower has been 30-59 days past due but no worse in the last 2 years. integer
DebtRatio Monthly debt payments, alimony,living costs divided by monthy gross income percentage
MonthlyIncome Monthly income real
NumberOfOpenCreditLinesAndLoans Number of Open loans (installment like car loan or mortgage) and Lines of credit (e.g.
credit cards) integer
NumberOfTimes90DaysLate Number of times borrower has been 90 days or more past due. integer
NumberRealEstateLoansOrLines Number of mortgage and real estate loans including home equity lines of credit integer
NumberOfTime60-89DaysPastDueNotWorse Number of times borrower has been 60-89 days past due but no worse in the last 2 years. integer
NumberOfDependents Number of dependents in family excluding themselves (spouse, children etc.) integer
a) Research credit scoring variables in the loan-delinq-train data set to determine key factors influencing the likelihood that a customer will forfeit on a loan and become a loan delinquency. This will provide you with a business understanding of the dataset you will be analysing in Assignment 4 Task 1. Identify which variable/s can be omitted from your credit scoring and loan forfeit data mining model and why. Comment on your findings in relation to the key factors likely to indicate that a customer will forfeit on a loan and become a loan delinquency for ACME Bank (about 1000 words).
b) Conduct an exploratory analysis of the loan-delinq-train.csv data set. Are there any missing values, variables with unusual patterns? How are the characteristics of the training data set loandelinq-train.csv consistent with the test data set loan-delinq-test.csv? Are there any interesting relationships between the potential predictor variables and your target variable SeriousDlqin2yrs? Is a customer likely to forfeit on a loan and become a loan delinquency? (Hint: identify the variables that will allow you to reduce the data set into a smaller subgroup and more parsimonious model). Comment on what key variables in the data set loan-delinq-train.csv might influence differences in the likelihood of loan delinquency occurring for a customer of ACME Bank (About 250 words).
c) Run a decision tree analysis using RapidMiner. Consider what variables you will want to include in this analysis and report on the results. (Hint: Identify what is your target variable and what are your predictor variables?) Comment on the results of your final decision tree model (About 250 words).
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d) Run a logistic regression analysis using RapidMiner, Again consider what variables you will want to include in this analysis and report on the results (Note for the logistic regression analysis you will need to use the weka extension and w-logistic operator). (Hint: Identify what is your target variable and what are your predictor variables?) Comment on the results of your final logistic regression model (About 250 words).
e) Based on the results of the Decision Tree analysis and Logistic Regression analysis – What are the key variables and rules for predicting whether a customer of ACME Bank is likely to forfeit on their loan and become a loan delinquency will have true (1) or false (0) outcome? (Hint: with RapidMiner you will need to validate your models on the loan-delinq_train.csv data using a number of validation processes for the two models you have generated previously using decision trees and logistic regression analysis models). Comment on your two predictive models for predicting the likelihood of a customer forfeiting on a loan to a false/positive matrix, and ROC chart (Note: these outputs can be easily obtained from the relevant performance operator in RapidMiner. Comment on the results of your final model (About 250 words).
Overall for Task 1 you need to report on the output of each analysis in sub task activities and briefly comment on the important aspects of each analysis and relevance to bank customer behaviours and propensity to forfeit on a loan and become a loan delinquency (Note: you will find the North text book an invaluable reference for completing the data mining process activities) (about 2000 words overall for Task note we have indicated for each sub task roughly how many words should be provided in a written explanation).
Note the important statistical outputs from your data mining model analyses in RapidMiner should be included as appendices in your Assignment 4 report to provide support your conclusions reached regarding each analysis for Task 1 and are not to be included in the word count
Task 2 (Worth 20 marks)
a) Reflecting on the logical data warehouse you designed in Assignment 2 Task 2 you should now consider how you will ensure the governance of this data warehouse which will includ unstructured big data. Your discussion should focus on the controls that you would put in place to ensure that there is an appropriate level of security and privacy for the information captured, stored and retrieved for decision making when using the proposed data warehouse (about 1000 words).
b) Discus some of the key ethical concerns for the day to day use of a data warehouse given that increasingly some decision making might become machine-to-machine automated decision making in response to events in a workflow. Identify ways in which governments and legislation are keeping pace with this phenomena of big data and data driven decision making and the lessening of human intervention in this process (about 500 words).
Task 3 (Worth 35 marks)
San Francisco Police Department Crime Events Dashboard
San Francisco Police Department are responsible for enforcing law and order in the City of San Francisco. The 13th most populous city in the United States with a population of over 850,000 in the main city boundary and a population density of over 7,000 people per sq. km. They would like to have a Crime Events dashboard built for the City of San Francisco with the aim of giving them a better understanding of the patterns that are occurring in relation to different crimes across the 10 Police Department districts in the city. In particular, they would like to see if there are any distinct patterns in relation to (1) types of crimes, (2) frequency of each type of crime across each of the 10 Police Department districts from the years 2003 through to 2015 (note that the year 2015 is not complete). This Crime Events dashboard will allow the San Francisco Police Department to manage and coordinate their efforts in catching the perpetrators of these crimes and be more proactive in preventing these crimes from occurring in the first place. The San Francisco Police Department hope that by being able to identify crime hotspots and trends for particular types of crimes across the 10 Police Department districts that they can be proactive and strategic in their efforts and actually reduce the occurrence of crime and make the city a safer place for its residents.
The San Francisco Police Department Crime Analytics Unit want the flexibility to visualize the frequency that each type of crime is occurring over time across each of the 10 Police Department districts in the City of San Francisco. They want to be able to get a quick overview of the crime data in relation to the category, location and frequency with which each crime is occurring over time and then be able to zoom and filter on particular aspects and then get further details as required. The data has been extracted from the City of San Francisco Police Department crime events data sources for the purposes of this Assignment 4.
For Task 3 you need to create
(a) A visual dashboard (Crimes Event Dashboard) to satisfy the requirements of the City of San Francisco Police Department ‘s Crime Analysis Unit to be proactive and strategic in their efforts and actually reduce the occurrence of crime and make the City a safer place for its residents for the following data set (sfpd-crimedata-2003-2015.csv). This dashboard consists of four specified crime analysis reports to be viewed at the City of San Francisco Police Department District levels visually and in terms of the numeric data concerning crime events:
1. Top 10 most frequently committed crimes by year and by Police Department district
2. Top 10 least frequently committed crimes by year and by Police Department district
3 The most improved Police Department District in terms of crime statistics (frequency of committed crimes) over the last thirteen years
4. A summary of the crime statistics for a given crime, Police Department district in the City of San Francisco for a given year
(b) Note for the challenge part of Assignment 4 Task 3 it is possible to create a geomap representation of this crime data that can be imported and incorporated into your City of San Francisco Police Department Crime Analysis Dashboard but this will require you to have a look at openstreetmap data (http://www.openstreetmap.org/)and capture a visual layered map of the City of San Francisco and determine a way to import this data into Tableau using a format and vendor that Tableau recognizes using another map visualization tool such as Mapbox https://www.mapbox.com).
You should briefly discuss the key findings for each of these reports in your Crimes Event Dashboard
(c) Provide and discuss your rationale (drawing on the relevant literature) that has informed the graphic design and functionality that is provided in your dashboard for the City of San Francisco Police Department Crime Analysis unit, in terms of how it meets their requirements for four specified crime analysis reports (About 1000 words). You will need to submit your Tableau workbook in .twbx format which contains your dashboard as a separate document to your main report for Assignment 4.
Report presentation, and quality of discussion and argument for each task appropriately supported by relevant number of references (10 marks)
The assignment 4 report must be structured as follows:
1. Cover page for assignment 4 report
2. Executive summary
3. Table of contents
4. Body of report – main sections and subsections for each Task and sub task such as
Task 1 sub task a) etc…
Task 2 task
Task 3 sub task etc
5. List of References
6. Appendices to accompany Task 1 data mining analyses
Online Assignment submission
All assignments must be submitted electronically via the course study Assignment 4 submission link. Please note that all submissions are automatically checked for plagiarism, collusion and cheating by Turnitin.
Note carefully our University policy on Academic Misconduct such as plagiarism, collusion and cheating. If any of these occur they will be found and dealt with by the USQ Academic Integrity Procedures.
Harvard referencing resources
Install a reference tool (example Endnote) which integrates with your word processor. These tools are a great help for referencing and citing sources in your assignments. For more information on how to get Endnote you may visit the following webpage: http://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing/endnote-bibliographic-software.
Study the referencing techniques for Harvard Referencing. The USQ Librarian has compiled the following resources on how to reference correctly using the Harvard referencing system – make use of these excellent resources if you are unsure as how to reference correctly using Harvard referencing system. Library Harvard Referencing Guide
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing/harvard-agps-referencing-guide

ITECH7410 Software Methodologies
Assignment 2 Wheat Truck Control System (WTC)
Due Date & Weighting: Refer Course Description
Group of 2- 3 (strictly)
As a Software Engineering consultant, your task is to develop a formal specification in Z for the following proposed system:
Wheat Truck Control System (WTC)
A new computerized system is to be developed for the storage and handling of accounts for wheat farmers and truck deliveries to Mahsroh Wheat Board silos. Detailed below are the major objects to be considered in the system: silos, ships, trucks and farmers.
This system could be quite complicated. However, to simplify the system for this assignment we will be content to include the following in our proposed system:
Silos
The Board currently has ten (10) wheat silos around the country but the system must be written to seamlessly handle at least twice that number. Each silo has a unique name and storage capacity (in tonnes) that must be stored in the proposed system. In addition the system must maintain the current amount of wheat stored in the silo. Obviously when the silo is full no further deliveries of wheat can be made to that silo before some is offloaded onto a ship for export overseas. Similarly a silo cannot off-load more wheat onto a ship than is currently stored. We will assume that when off-loading to a ship, no trucks can unload due to operational and safety considerations. Only one ship can be handled at a time at each silo.
We will assume that only one truck can unload into a particular silo at any one time. Therefore during busy times each silo also maintains a queue of trucks waiting to unload. Trucks should only be entered into the waiting queue when there is sufficient room for the wheat that the truck holds, i.e. you need to know that the current storage plus all the loads currently in the queue will not exceed the silos capacity. Ships
The system will keep a record of all ships that have been registered to transport wheat overseas for the Wheat Board. The ships name, nationality and capacity (in tonnes) will be stored. The ship’s captain can specify the amount of wheat to be off-loaded into the ship as long as it is less than the ships capacity and also the silos
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current amount in storage. The system will keep a record of the amount of wheat off-loaded to the ship and adjust the current storage appropriately.
Trucks
As each loaded truck arrives at the silo, it is weighed to ascertain the amount of wheat in the truck. The system maintains a list of registered trucks and their empty weight (in tonnes). Therefore, a single weighing is sufficient to determine the wheat load. If there is sufficient room in the silo then the wheat is off-loaded into the silo and a record is kept of the amount off-loaded against both the truck registration number and the farmer providing the wheat.
Date and Time
Normally we would maintain the date and time of each operation (truck delivery or ship off-loading) however to simplify this assignment we will ignore those aspects. Instead, we will keep a sequential count of each operation for each silo. Therefore, we will have a history of the order of truck unloading and ship off-loading operations that take place for each silo.
The system would be able to say for example, that silo HORSHAM_1, operation number 999 involved 25 tonne of wheat delivered by the truck registered TONKA owned by Jack Black from farmer Bob Smith. Then operation 1000 was an off-loading operation of 125,000 tonnes to the ship -Southern Aurora-.
There is also a need to keep track of the operation order between silos, therefore we will keep a global sequential count of the operations at silos as well. See the following table for an example:
Global No Silo Count Operation Vehicle Name Tonnes Farmer
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12336 HORSHAM_1 999 Load TONKA 25 Smith, Bob
12337 MELBOURNE 555 Load DUPLO 20 Jones, Mark
12338 HORSHAM_1 1000 Off-Load Southern Aurora 125,000
12339 MELBOURNE 556 Load LEGGO 50 Simons, Jill
12340 HORSHAM_1 1001 Load TONKA 25 Jones, Mark
…
Farmers
The system will maintain a record of each farmer supplying wheat to the silo. Details to be kept include the farmer’s name, address and phone number.
Z Schema Operations
You are to create a Z schema that adequately describes the WTC system. It should include at least one state space and the following operations:
• An initialization operation called Init.
• An operation Enter_new_silo that an operator uses to enter the details of a new silo into the system. Assume the new silo is currently empty.
• An operation Accept_delivery that an operator uses to signal the system to begin off-loading x tonne of wheat from a truck. Note that the system must do a check to see if that storage capacity is available in the silo, if not then an error message must be output and no truck unloading done. Additional information needed by this routine is the truck registration and the farmer’s name. If successful this operation stores all necessary details into the system for that delivery. If a truck is already unloading then this new truck will be placed in a queue waiting for its turn to unload.
• An operation Leave_queue. This operation is run by the system operator each time there is a queue for a silo and the driver of a specified truck decides that the anticipated waiting time is too long and leaves the queue. The operation outputs to the operator the list of trucks in the queue after the specified truck is removed or if none in the queue a reasonable error message.
• An operation Silo_account that outputs the total amount of wheat in tonnes delivered to a particular silo by ALL farmers in a specified time period (note that means between two global operations numbers in our simplified system). In other words between global operations 10000 and 10500 for example.
• An operation Ships_total_account that outputs the total amount of wheat that a particular ship has taken from ALL silos in the total history of the system.
• An operation Farmers_account that outputs the total amount of wheat delivered to ALL silos in between two specified global operation numbers (e.g. 10000 and 10500).
You should provide robust versions of each operation that are capable of handling any possible error conditions. For example, if the ship or truck is not correctly registered in the system an appropriate error message must be given.
3. Marking Criteria
The submissions will be considered for presentation, conciseness and correctness (both logically and notationally). Versions of the operations that are developed using the Z Schema Calculus will be more highly considered than monolithic versions that account for all conditions within a single schema. You should also add a narrative to explain any schemas or logic that you have used. Authorship should be made clear.
You might be asked to explain and answer questions about your work.
You are required to produce an abstract formal specification of the system.
4. Reading Materials
Weeks 4 and 5 study materials and Section 4 of study Guide 3
Up to Section 1.3 of Chapter 1 from http://www.rose-hulman.edu/class/cs/cs415/zrm.pdf Sections 21.5, 21.6 and 21.7 from Pressman 7th Ed.
Solutions for Problem 2 of Week 6 tutorial problems
Introduction to Z Notation – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfEe9luJmVE
5. General Comments
The submission must be presented in a professional, clear and concise manner. If you need further system information please use your initiative and make reasonable and logical assumptions. Questions of a general nature (for example to clarify some part of the assignment requirements) can also be sent to the discussion forums, note these should not in any way give solutions or parts thereof. Similarly you are encouraged to ask questions about the Z specification language, it is not simple and no students will have encountered it before.
6. Submission Requirements
The assignment must be submitted electronically through the Moodle assignment system in Microsoft Word document format, rtf format or as a pdf document. If you are unable to provide one of these formats please contact your lecturer/tutor by email prior to submission to ensure that they will be able to handle the alternative format.
To alleviate any problems with fonts and symbols for the Z specification all students must use the Zed truetype font that is available on Moodle. Note this zip file has both truetype and Adobe Type Manager files for both Windows and Macintosh machines. Please make sure you use the truetype font. The archive contains a Readme.txt file that explains how to install the font. Your report should adhere to the guidelines provided:
http://federation.edu.au/current-students/learning-and-study/online-help-with/study-skills-and-writing-guides

Please Do as per the specifications and marking criteria…..and Follow the Australian Harvard style.
COIT20249 Assessment Details
Assessment item 4—Portfolio
Due date: 11:55pm AEST, Friday, Week 12 ASSESSMENT
Weighting: 30% 4
Length: Not applicable
Objectives
This assignment is designed to develop a portfolio of resources that you can use during your degree. The compilation of your Portfolio is progressive throughout the term. Please refer to the course profile to see how this assessment item relates to the course learning outcomes.
These objectives will be measured by the ‘closeness of fit’ to meeting the requirements and the marking criteria below.
General Assessment Criteria
Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant.
All assessment items must focus on the topics given in the specifications for each item. Any assessment items outside the required topic may be awarded 0 (zero) marks.
All portfolio items require students to write about your views, reflections and/or experiences from a personal viewpoint. Therefore, all items should be written in first person where such requirements are made. However, various written communication conventions have been discussed in the course content and you should follow the writing styles appropriate for each assessment item. Do NOT simply write in ‘conversational’ style.
The length of each submission must be within the recommended range. If the submission exceeds the maximum word count the marker will stop marking.
If you use Track Changes when writing your submissions you must ensure that the submitted document is the final and correct version of the document. That is, if your submitted document contains Track Changes or Comments or any other editing marks it may be awarded 0 (zero) marks. It is your responsibility to submit the final and correct version of your report.
Academic Integrity
ALL assignments will be checked for plagiarism (material copied from other students and/or material copied from other sources) using TurnItIn. If you are found to have plagiarised material or if you have used someone else’s words without appropriate referencing, you will be penalised for plagiarism which could result in zero marks for the whole assessment item NOT just the individual submission. In some circumstances a more severe penalty may be imposed.
The University’s Academic Misconduct Procedures are available at: policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244.
Useful information about academic integrity (avoiding plagiarism) can be found at:
CQUniversity referencing guides
https://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/services-and-facilities/referencing/cquniversity-referencing-guides
Note: You need to ensure that your portfolio submissions are free of any spelling, grammatical and typographical errors before submission.
Submission
Submit each file individually into Moodle using the Portfolio links in the Assessment block for Assessment item 4 on the course website. Please note there should be five (5) files submitted; one file for each portfolio item. Be sure to check that the correct file is submitted for each portfolio item.
The due date for this assignment is the Friday of Week 12. It is STRONGLY recommended that students complete the work during the term using the timeframe suggested in the Requirements section below.
All uploaded documents must be fully submitted for marking. At the due date of the assessment Moodle will auto-submit files that have been uploaded and left as a draft. However, any files uploaded after the due date must be manually submitted. This means that if you have been granted an extension or are uploading a late assessment (after the due date) you must complete the Moodle submission process. Further details on completing the submission process are available via the ‘Moodle Help for Students’ link in the Support block of your Moodle website.
If your report is left as a draft in Moodle after the due date it will accrue a late penalty. Late submissions will attract penalties at 5% per day of the total available mark for the individual assessment item. See details in the Assessment of Coursework procedure at policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1242.

Requirements
Week 3 – Portfolio: Critical Thinking (5 marks)
Task
This portfolio item requires you to write about Critical Thinking. The document should have two parts.
Part A – Critical Thinking
Write approximately 200 words describing why you need to be a critical thinker. You should refer to study, work and personal life. You should include your definition of the term critical thinking.
Part B – ICT professionals
Explain why it is important for ICT professionals to be critical thinkers. You need to provide at least three (3) relevant unique points in your discussion. This should be approximately 250 words.
Marking Criteria
Critical Thinking:
• Your definition of the term Critical Thinking. Please note that this is to be your definition; do NOT just quote from other sources. If you do use other sources to support your definition then you should acknowledge the reference using Harvard citation and referencing guidelines or APA referencing style (1 mark).
• Statement about why you need to be a critical thinker – study, work and personal life (1 mark).
Note: Some students may not have previous or current work experience. In that case, focus on your expectations in a future work scenario. Use ICT work experience if you have, otherwise, any work experience is accepted.
ICT professionals:
• At least three (3) relevant unique points about the importance of ICT professionals being critical thinkers (3 marks).
Note: If you have current or previous ICT work experience, you may use examples from that for this section as well. However, the focus here and the examples have to be different from the previous section where you are discussing about ‘you’. This is a generic discussion. You may use third person perspective and examples here.
Note if the submission contains grammatical and/or typographical errors or is NOT well structured and easy to understand or it is too long or too short (less than 400 or greater than 500 words) there will be a penalty of –1 mark.

Week 5 – Portfolio: SWOT Analysis (5 marks)
Task
Conduct a Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis of your presentation skills. An example can be found on page 16 of the prescribed textbook. The SWOT analysis should be presented in a square with four (4) quadrants or in a list as it is presented in the textbook. Each quadrant/section should have at least two (2) unique points. In addition to the SWOT analysis, you should outline some strategies to address one of the weaknesses that you identified in your presentation skills. That is, if you identified ‘fear of public speaking’ as a weakness then describe at least two strategies that you could use to overcome that weakness.
Marking Criteria
SWOT analysis:
Each section/quadrant of the SWOT analysis must have at least two (2) unique points that are an accurate appraisal of your presentation skills (4 marks).
Strategies:
Identify a weakness that is listed in the SWOT analysis section. Must describe at least two strategies that are reasonable ways to overcome the weaknesses you identified (1 mark).
It is difficult to prescribe a recommended word count for this portfolio item as it will vary depending on how it is presented. It is expected that it would be about one (1) A4 page.
Note:
1. If the submission contains grammatical and/or typographical errors or is NOT well structured and easy to understand there will be a penalty of –1 mark.
2. If you present the SWOT analysis as a quadrant it MUST NOT be an image. The marker has to be able to add comments or edit your submission to provide feedback – penalty of -1 mark.

Week 7 – Portfolio: Reflective Writing (5 marks)
Task
Some people love Social Networking through technology (for example, Facebook and Twitter) whilst others loathe it. Write reflectively about your experiences with the use of a Social networking technology (Facebook, Twitter or another technology). You will need to provide a brief description of the experience and then write three paragraphs of reflective writing where you analyse the experience, what you have learnt from the experience and how you would handle it differently in the future. If you can, choose a significant event such as your account being hacked or negative comments about you or a friend being posted. Your submission should cover the three key points on reflective writing (see below). This should be approximately 400 words.
If you do not use Social networking technologies you could write a reflection on why you do NOT use Social networking technologies or choose another life experience that really challenged you and write about that.
Note this experience must be about a situation where you played a major role. It should not be about someone else’s experience or where you did not play a significant role.
The key points to consider when writing reflectively are:
1. You need to demonstrate what you have learned from a particular experience not just describe what happened.
2. There is no right or wrong answer—reflective writing is about what you learned from the experience.
3. Ask yourself the following questions and give your responses in your writing: Why did X happen? What did I do in X situation? What were the positive and negative outcomes in the situation? How might I do things differently next time? What have I learnt and how does this knowledge contribute to my development?
(McCulloch & Reid, 2015, p. 131)
Note 1: You should re-read pages 130-132 of the textbook to ensure you know what is meant by reflective writing.
Note 2: This reflective writing is about evaluating yourself; it is NOT about evaluating social media.
Marking Criteria
The reflective writing on Social Networking through technology should:
1. Include a brief description of the experience (1 mark).
2. Reflect on why the experience happened and how you contributed to the experience (include both positive and negative contributions as applicable) (1 mark).
3. Demonstrate what you have learned from the experience (1 mark).
4. Describe how you would handle the experience differently in the future (1 mark)
5. Explained the positives and negatives of the situation (1 mark).
You should format your submission as 5 paragraphs (each one addressing one of the marking criteria). You must use relevant headings to make it clear to the marker that you have covered the five criteria above. Use the three key points listed above to check that you have written reflectively about your experience.
Note if the submission contains grammatical and/or typographical errors or is NOT well structured and easy to understand or it is too long or too short (less than 350 or greater than 450 words) there will be a penalty of –1 mark.

Week 11 – Portfolio: Personal Ethical Framework (5 marks)
Task
In week 9 you learnt about how to develop a personal ethical framework and last week you learnt about work and cultural issues. Understanding who you are and how you relate to others in both your personal and work life can make you aware of the values that are important to you as well as the values that you may need to work on to improve your professional standing. This portfolio item is designed to make you think about how to build a reputation as a good ICT professional. It requires you to write about your perceptions of a good ICT professional, your work ethic and values, how you communicate with work colleagues and how to work with others from diverse backgrounds. As you are training to be an ICT professional you should refer to the ACS Code of Ethics and/or ACS Code of Professional Conduct when writing this personal ethical framework. It should be approximately 500 words.
Use the following headings:
• ICT professional
• Work ethic and values (you may want to use sub-headings. See marking criterion 2 below)
• Communication with colleagues
• Diversity in the workplace
Marking Criteria
Your Personal Ethical Framework should include:
1. Your perception of a good ICT professional. Note this should refer to the ACS Code of Ethics and/or ACS Code of Professional Conduct (1 mark).
2. Statements about:
a. your work ethic (1 mark).
b. values that are important to you (1 mark).
3. How you relate to and communicate with work colleagues (1 mark).
4. Your views on working with diversity in the workplace and how to be sensitive to the people who have been brought up in cultures different to your own (1 mark).
Note if the submission contains grammatical and/or typographical errors or is NOT well structured and easy to understand or it is too long or too short (less than 450 or greater than 550 words) there will be a penalty of –1 mark.

Week 12 – Portfolio: Successful Completion (10 marks)
Task
This portfolio item requires you to justify that you have successfully achieved the course learning outcomes and to provide feedback about your experiences with the course. The document should have two parts.
Part A – Justification
Create a document called ‘Successful Completion’ and write a reflective analysis that demonstrates you have satisfied all eight (8) course learning outcomes that are listed in the course profile for COIT20249 Professional Skills in ICT (they are listed below). In no more than two (2) A4 pages justify how the work you have completed this term has satisfied all eight (8) course learning outcomes. Please note it is important that you JUSTIFY that you have satisfied the course objectives do NOT just summarise the course content and/or assessment items OR define the course learning outcomes.
From the Course Profile:
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Describe the basic principles and importance of effective interpersonal communication, active listening and reading for meaning.
2. Demonstrate teamwork skills.
3. Communicate ideas effectively both verbally and in written form using appropriate language.
4. Create and deliver effective oral presentations.
5. Argue the importance of ethics, codes of behaviour, and societal, privacy and legal issues within the ICT industry.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of common work practices and values operating in the Australian workplace.
7. Assess how ICT can be used to improve organisational processes.
8. Evaluate the application of emerging technologies to communication and collaboration.
Part B – Feedback
Write two things you liked about this course and provide the reason or reasons you liked them. Also describe two suggested improvements to the course and justify why they would improve the course.
Upload the Successful Completion document into Moodle.
Marking Criteria
Justification:
Justify that you have successfully achieved all eight (8) course learning outcomes (1 mark per successful justification of each course learning outcomes). Please note that a summary of the course content and/or assessment items or defining the course learning outcomes will receive ONE mark only.
Feedback:
1. Two things you liked about this course plus reasons (1 mark).
2. Two suggested improvements to the course plus justification (1 mark).
Note if the submission contains grammatical and/or typographical errors or is NOT well structured and easy to understand there will be a penalty of –1 mark.
If the submission is larger than two A4 pages you mark will be reduced by –1 mark. Please note that if you have a Title page for your assessment submission that is NOT counted as part of the length

ECO503-ECONOMIC STATISTICS
ASSIGNMENT 2 2016
Title: Critical evaluation of microeconomic impact of any policy or Structural change or cyclical event.
Objective: To critically evaluate the microeconomic implications of a suggested Contemporary issue that affects consumers and businesses in Australia. The evaluation is to be presented as a business report, which needs to include a critical evaluation of why and how consumers and businesses are affected or going to be affected by this particular issue.
Follow the following steps:
1. Choose a suitable topic from the list provided below. Any topic that is not on the list will not be accepted.
2. Critically evaluate the issue in terms of its microeconomic implication in reference to consumers and businesses. Clearly highlight the current and future response strategies of affected parties. Analysis must be logical and evidence based. Use journal articles, government and business reports and media reports to support economic theories and your personal opinions and ideas. A good report will be backed by sufficient evidence.
3. The structure of the report should be based around the following headings:
Executive summary: This part includes a general overview of the whole report. Therefore, briefly write the background, purpose, scope, and limitations of the report including the method that is used, important findings, conclusion and recommendations. However, the section should be very brief.
Introduction/Background: This section should orientate the reader to the whole document. Therefore, provide a clear description of the issue that you have selected, highlight the sectors of the economy
such as firms, businesses and consumers that are affected by the issue. Identify appropriate economic variables for your analysis such as impact in production, profit, investment, price, consumption, risk factors etc. Also highlight the purpose and rationale of the report.
Evaluation: This part is the main part of the report. You have to critically analyse and evaluate all the relevant components very clearly by providing sufficient evidence. Provide a description of how the sectors of the economy have responded and may respond in future, whether or not their response has achieved the outcomes intended and whether there were any unintended consequences arising from their response. Although, this section is the body of the report, the information should be presented as economically as possible so that you can encompass a range of relevant components within the given word limit.
Conclusion and recommendation: Write a balanced conclusion on the basis of your analysis.
References – Include all references used for the evaluation and report, and cite them correctly using the CDU Harvard Referencing System.
Appendices – Attach any supporting tables, graphs, media releases etc. as appendices at the end. All appendices attached must be referred to somewhere in the report.
4. The report has a limit of 2000 words, which excludes list of references and appendices.

CIS8000 – Assessments Specification for Assignments 2 and 4
The specification provided in this document would address the assignment specifications for the two written reports. The first component of the assessment is for the first major report (Assignment 2) and second component is for the second major report (Assignment 4).
Scope:
XYZ Inc. is a growing enterprise that offers digital services globally. Their services include recruitment, tourism, bookings, health professional access and others. They have their own server and IT management, and due to advancement in technology, they are seriously considering moving to a cloud storage strategy so that they can realize a true distributed environment.
Your task is to provide them with a detailed report. For providing this detailed report, you can make assumptions as to the business model of XYZ inc. The assumptions will include:
• Size of the company;
• Turnover;
• Types of specific services offered within the scope given;
• Number of customers services in each of the above specific services;
• Current information management strategy used by your XYZ Inc.; and
• An organizational chart
Requirements for Assessment 2
For this component, you will provide a PowerPoint presentation as to the type of strategies the organization should consider in procuring a Cloud Storage option. Your discussion should include, but is not limited to, what options are available, how these options will match the organizational needs, short and long term impact on the organization, cost benefit analysis (for this you will consider a worst, medium and best case options), and whether the organization needs to hire new staff and/or retrain existing staff.
The presentation will be restricted to a maximum of 15 slides, and there is no need for any references for this component. However, we recommend you
maintain a reference list of sources used in your research as it will help in the next submission.
You can use your imagination as to the coverage of content you are going to present. In addition to the main slides, you must provide a presenter annotation as well so that the markers can understand your view point and why such a presentation is developed.
The presentation can contain animation and other presentation ‘bells and whistles’. However, please note that the size for the file is restricted to 10 MB.
Requirements for Assignment 4
In this component, based on your presentation for assignment 2, you need to write an implementation strategy. This is a formal report submitted to the CEO of the company, and you may assume your role is the CTO in the organization. The report can be of any structure but clearly needs to address the following components.
1. a clear evidence that you have considered at least three different strategies of implementation, weighing them very carefully to suit the conditions on hand, and then recommending the optimal option;
2. provide clear argument to the management as to the future benefits (such as enhanced decision making and knowledge dissemination) that your strategy would bring to the organization, and how they are expected to be achieved,;
3. highlight any risks or potential risks, and state how these risks can be mitigated;
4. provide a clear implementation strategy as to the cost aspects stated in your initial presentation in Assignment 2; and
5. provide a brief workforce capability and capacity assessment to meet the implementation requirements.
The report should be restricted to five A4 pages. In addition, you must provide a table to indicate how you collected the materials for the two assessments from the textbook. This should cover the following in the form of a table:
1. which chapter and section the content was chosen;
2. what is the main point discussed in the chapter;
3. how this is articulated in the given context;
4. why this articulation is necessary; and
5. specific page references.
You should focus on appropriate chapters for the above two assignments.
In addition, to meet the MBA graduate attribute, you need to provide a 100 word summary as to how you realised ‘team work’ aspects in completing the assignment. This could be forum discussion involvement, discussing the assignment with your colleagues or classmates, or combination of both. Submission requirements:
1. The file format for submission is ‘pdf’.
2. Only one file is accepted, therefore package all components into one ‘pdf’.
3. The file should be submitted via the assignment link provided.
4. There is NO NEED to undertake any plagiarism check, as the assignment submission system will automatically submit the file for plagiarism
5. Reference format is Harvard Style (see USQ guidelines on this)
6. Document formatting such as page number, footer, header will be an essential component of submission.
7. Please refer to USQ policies on late submission, penalties etc.
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Note: Marks will awarded for quality, content relevance, presentation, articulation knowledge and professional presentation. A marking guide indicating how marking will be conducted will be uploaded on the course study desk.

Professional IT Culture
Faculty of Science and Technology
Group Oral Presentation Term 1, 2016
Topic
Career planning with special attention to skills frameworks and certification.
Assessment weight
15% (30 marks)
Learning Outcomes
This assessment task relates to the following learning outcomes and values stated in the course description:
• K5. Investigate skills frameworks and develop an awareness of industry certifications relevant to IT professionals.
• S1. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive and practical approaches required to manage IT professionals in collaborative, global work environments.
• S2. Utilise professional presentation and communication approaches in a range of IT workplace settings.
• V1. Appreciate the changing business and technological paradigm in which IT professionals operate.
• V2. Appreciate the global nature of the IT industry.
Group composition
This task requires students to work in groups. The group size should be 3 except where the class size requires one or two groups to be of size 2 or 4. Group composition is to be confirmed by the tutor who has the final say.
Task
Each group member should choose ONE of the questions following and research it. The group should allocate different questions for each member. Each group should research on at least one question on skills frameworks and one question on certification. One of the tasks of each group is to integrate the research done by all of its members and to present the result in an oral presentation of 15-minute duration (excluding question time) with each group member contributing roughly equal amount of time. The tutor may vary this duration for an oversized or undersized group. The content of the presentation should be based on research evidence rather than personal opinion. It should assume that the audience is familiar with all course materials and therefore the presentations should skip such materials. Although the focus is on the IT workplace, generic business resources should also prove useful.
Research questions
1) What advice is available for a new graduate to produce an effective application regarding an IT position to be filled?
2) What advice is available for a new graduate who has been granted an interview regarding an IT position to be filled?
3) What does the term ‘industry ready’ mean and what are the generally accepted criteria for assessing whether or not an IT person is ‘industry ready?
4) From a sample of existing skills frameworks develop a set of criteria that will enable the quality of any such framework to be assessed. (Conclude with an assessment of the SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) framework using these criteria).
5) What contribution can the SFIA framework make to the implementation of a career plan by an IT professional?
6) Explore the range of IT certifications available to the IT professional, particularly in an area of interest to you.
7) Why is a university degree unlikely to be a sufficient certification over the lifetime of an IT professional?
8) Research the advice available in the area of professional networking. (Give some attention to networks that are global in scope.)
Report
The activity of the group should be described in a group report that is to be submitted with the presentation file.
The contents of the report should include (not necessarily in the order given here):
• A list of responsibilities of each group member
• A record of each group meeting showing who was present and major decisions taken
• Research summaries of about 500 words, one from each member, containing the response to the question chosen and including appropriate citations (these summaries are expected to be useful in designing the slides to be presented)
• A group conclusion drawing together the research summaries
• Sequence of content in the presentation
• Details of slide template(s)
• Details of collaborative writing/ slide design between group members and/or feedback given to individuals
• A list of special features of the presentation e.g. the inclusion of significant visual items in the slides that provide more detailed information and lead to additional stimulation for the audience, a special focus in the delivery that shows flair
• A single, integrated reference list of all resources used by the group; each member should provide references that include at least one book, one journal and one website article; referencing should use the APA standard as in the university’s General guide to referencing.
Submission
One member of the group should submit the report and presentation file (zipped) in the Assessment section of Moodle.
Refer to the Course Description for information regarding late assignments, extensions, special consideration, and plagiarism. Note that all academic regulations can be accessed via the university’s website especially statutes 5.3 and 6.1, url:
http://federation.edu.au/staff/governance/legal/feduni-legislation/feduni-statutes-and-regulations

Group Oral Presentation – Marking Guide – Term 1, 2016
Name ID Question researched Indiv
(18) Group
(12) Total
(30) Total (15.0)
1
2
3
4
A single mark only should be given for each of the 7 criteria, as shown by the maximum marks. Elements specified within each criterion should not be given a separate mark. Only outstanding work gets full marks. Work that is just satisfactory gets half marks only.
Assessment Criteria (Individual mark)
Max 1 2 3 4
Content of
presentation file
Good summary of research related to topic
Information is accurate, relevant
Provides information at an appropriate level to
maximise audience understanding 6
Presentation
skills
Simple language used, good presence
6
Content given orally exceeds that on the slides
Main points emphasised
Engaged whole audience with enthusiasm
Good voice (clarity, variety), good eye-contact
Individual writing
Research relevant to the topic
6
Research applied appropriately
Well-written research summary
Total
18
Assessment Criteria (Group mark)
Max Group
Preparation of
presentation
Good sequence of content
4
Good slide design
Consistent style and structure of slides
Collaboration
Evidence of mutual support
3
Workload shared equitably
Managing Presentation
Keeping to time
2
Managing questions and audience interest
Group Report
All required elements included
3
Well written conclusion
Referencing accurate (APA standard)
Total
12

Modified Mining Qualifications Board
EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF
COMPETENCY AS AN UNDERMANAGER
QUESTION 1
Markwell Colliery is currently producing 15 000 tonnes of coal per day on a six day roster system. A longwall unit operates three shifts per day – there being two maintenance shifts per week. Development units operate on a 9 unit shifts per day basis (3 Continuous Miners).
The coal seam is very gassy having insitu gas contents between 12 – 19 cubic metres/tonne. Methane gas concentrations are normally 0.5% in main return airways and 1.0% – 1.2% in longwall return airways.
A gas drainage system is in operation at the colliery. During longwall coal cutting operations adverse airborne dust conditions have been experienced.
On the accompanying plan show:
(1) locations of coal production units;
(2) the system of ventilation using the code of signs specified by the Regulation of the Mines Rescue Act;
(3) the air quantities entering each of the ventilating districts measured 100 metres outbye the last completed line of cut-throughs;
(4) the air quantities at each surface entry into the mine;
(5) the calculations for air quantity exhausting from the fan(s), the expected air pressure, air power and motor kilowatts of the fan(s);
(6) the conveyor roadways, transport roadways, return airways;
(7) the calculations of the rate and direction of full dip;
(8) the position of all gas monitoring stations you would require to satisfy your gas management plan.
Model your ventilation plan using Ventsim Visual to determine the duty of the main fan and the quantity of air flowing in all parts of the mine, i.e. roadways, longwall, leakage paths etc. The Ventsim Visual file should be submitted with your completed ventilation plan.

Unit:
LAW202 – Corporations Law
Weighting:
Instructions:
The assignment is worth 40% of the total unit weight.
1. Your answer must be both uploaded to “Turnitin” in word file and handed over a printed copy with signed coversheet.
2. You need to support your answers with appropriate Harvard / APA style references where necessary.
3. Only include information in your appendixes that has been directly referred to in the body of your document.
4. Include a title/cover page containing the subject title and code and the name, student id numbers.
5. Please save the document as LAW202AT1_first name_Surename _Student Number
Eg:LAW202AT1_John_Smith_20150000
1
You are required to write a research essay addressing all of following points:
• W ho are directors of company? W hat are their duties of directors under Australia Corporation Law?
• Give a short history of the evolution of director’s duties and responsibilities. Please enumerate their duties and responsibilities today. Are their duties the same in proprietary companies and public companies?
• Explain the consequences should directors contravene the law and the remedies available.
• W hat do you see in the future direction of director’s duties in Australia?
• Please cite relevant case law and the statutes in your answer and provide proper references.
Length 2,000 words
You are required to submit your assignment through Turnitin for checking plagiarism. You will receive a password from Turinitin.com

Unit:
LAW101 – Business Law
Weighting:
Instructions:
The assignment is worth 40% of the total unit weight.
1. Your answer must be both uploaded to “Turnitin” in word file and handed over a printed copy with signed coversheet.
2. You need to support your answers with appropriate Harvard / APA style references where necessary.
3. Only include information in your appendixes that has been directly referred to in the body of your document.
4. Include a title/cover page containing the subject title and code and the name, student id numbers.
5. Please save the document as LAW101AT1_first name_Surename _Student Number
Eg:LAW101AT1_John_Smith_20150000
1
You are required to write a research essay addressing all of following points:
• W hat are consumer’s protections? W hy are consumers protected? Give a short account of the historical development of consumer law in Australia.
• Currently how do consumer’s protection laws operate in Australia? Please explain current consumer law protection at both state and federal level.
• If a consumers is dissatisfied with a good or a service provided explain how he or she can get relief through the court system and outside the court system.
• Must be original work.
Please cite relevant case law and statues in your answers and provide proper references.
Length 2,000 words
You are required to submit your assignment through Turnitin for checking plagiarism. You will receive a password from Turinitin.com