Guidelines:

1500 words 

Citations and reference list in Harvard style

Present in accordance with DkIT guidelines (Times New Roman, size 12 font, 1.5 spacing, justified margins)

Discuss the range of communication skills which are developed in year 1 of the BSc in Computing at Dundalk. Consider the four language arts in particular (reading, writing, listening and speaking) but also refer to subject-specific communication styles and methods. 

Use the results from the previous steps to create a five- to seven-page business continuity plan. Explain the thought process of creating the specific plan steps and how each is related to business strategy considerations.

Use this Business Continuity Plan Template to submit your final assignment.

Check Your Evaluation Criteria

Before you submit your assignment, review the competencies below, which your instructor will use to evaluate your work. A good practice would be to use each competency as a self-check to confirm you have incorporated all of them. To view the complete grading rubric, click My Tools, select Assignments from the drop-down menu, and then click the project title.

• 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience.
• 2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.
• 9.1: Continuity Planning and Implementation: Develop, implement, and maintain a business continuity plan, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

1) Search your institution’s intranet or Web site for its security policies. Do you find an enterprise security policy? What issue-specific security policies can you locate? Are all of these policies issued or coordinated by the same individual or office, or are they scattered throughout the institution?

2) Using the framework presented in this chapter, draft a sample issue-specific security policy for an organization. At the beginning of your document, describe the organization for which you are creating the policy and then complete the policy using the framework.

3) Assume a smaller organization has a plan to implement a security program with three full-time staff and two or three groups of part-time roles from other parts of the business. What titles and roles do you recommend for the three full-time staff? What groups would commonly supply the part-time staff?

4) Draft a work breakdown structure for the task of implementing and using a PC-based virus detection program (one that is not centrally managed). Don’t forget to include tasks to remove or quarantine any malware it finds 

For the Week 3 Microsoft Access Module 2 Lab Assignment, you create queries using a starter database. Use skills/techniques/concepts learned in the Microsoft Access Module 2. HINT: The finished Lab Assignment should include: 2 tables, 12 queries, 2 forms, and 2 reports.

Problem: The manager of the Milledgeville, Georgia, science museum gift shop has come up with a variety of questions he wants to answer using the database. You are to find the answers to these questions.

Perform the following tasks:

1. Open the following starter database (Week 3 Microsoft Access Module 2 Lab Assignment), save the database as LastnameFirstnameAccessLab2.accdb.
2. Create a query for the Item table that includes all fields and all records in the Item table. Save the query as Step 1 Query.
3. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number, Description, Wholesale Cost, and Vendor Code fields for all records where the vendor code is BW. Save the query as Step 2 Query.
4. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number and Description fields for all items where the description starts with G. Save the query as Step 3 Query.
5. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number and Description for all items with a Wholesale Cost greater than $15.00. Save the query as Step 4 Query.
6. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number, Description, and Wholesale Cost fields for all items with a Wholesale Cost between $5.00 and $10.00. Save the query as Step 5 Query.
7. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number, Description, On Hand, and Wholesale Cost fields for all items where the number on hand is less than 5 and the wholesale cost is less than $15.00. Save the query as Step 6 Query.
8. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number, Description, Wholesale Cost, and Vendor Code for all items that have a Wholesale Cost greater than $20.00 or a Vendor Code of FD. Save the query as Step 7 Query.
9. Create a query that joins the Vendor and the Item tables. Include the Vendor Code and Vendor Name from the Vendor table and the Item Number, Description, Wholesale Cost, and Retail Price fields from the Item table. Sort the query in ascending order by Description within Vendor Code. Save the query as Vendor-Item Query.
10. Create a form for the Vendor-Item Query. Save the form as Vendor-Item Form.
11. Create a report that uses the Vendor-Item Query but does not use all the fields in the query.  Include Vendor Name, Description, Wholesale, and Retail.  Save the report as Vendor-Item Report.
12. Create a query for the Item table that includes the Item Number, Description, Wholesale Cost, and Retail Price. Calculate the difference between Retail Price and Wholesale Cost (Retail Price – Wholesale Cost). Assign the alias Mark Up to the calculated field. Save the query as Step 11 Query.
13. Create a query for the Item table that displays the average Wholesale Cost and the average Retail Price of all items. Save the query as Step 12 Query.
14. Create a query for the Item table that displays the Item Number, Description, On Hand, and Retail Price for the 5 items with the lowest retail price. Save the query as Step 13 Query.
15. Update the author (use your name) and title (use ‘Week 3 Microsoft Access Module 2 Lab Assignment’) in the document properties.

Upload your assignment as a Microsoft Access database using the following naming protocol: LastnameFirstnameAccessLab2.accdb