Family support is crucial for those affected by crime Monday, 16 August 2010 Young people, it seems, really should learn to listen to their elders. In fact, while students are one of the most likely groups in society to fall victim to crime, a recent National Union of Students (NUS) report found that parents could play a key role in ensuring their safety. The soon-to-be-published NUS Student Crime Research report, which was carried out between January and March of this year and in which more than 3,000 students from universities in England and Wales participated, found that crime affects one in five of all students, with 43 per cent feeling that students are at a higher risk of becoming victims of crime than others in the community. But while students felt they needed better levels of support from the police station, university security, academic departments and student unions, the report found that students affected by crime "clearly welcomed" the support of their parents and friends. In response to the survey, which found that students are susceptible to being victims of crime regardless of whether they are at university in a city or on a campus, the NUS wants information to be sent to the parents of students before their children start university, giving guidance on how they can help them stay safe.
"the report clearly highlights the crucial role parents play in supporting students who have been victims of crime," says Ben Whittaker, vice-president for welfare at the NUS. "To reduce crime across university campuses, we must make sure parents play a key role in helping to educate students about crime prevention. the NUS will be working alongside the Home Office to ensure parents play a more prominent role in the year ahead." According to the Home Office, people aged 16 to 24 are three times more likely to be the victims of burglary than people in any other age group. yet 41 per cent of students surveyed by the NUS did not report being a victim of crime to the police. Last year, the Home Office awarded the NUS
Individual: Consulting Project
a) You are an IT project manager. Your team has been hired as IT consultants for a small non-profit counseling center for at-risk youth. The Executive Director has shared with you that the center received a gift of $500,000 from a great-uncle of one of the center's former clients with the condition it be used to upgrade the technology used at the center. The center is open Monday through Saturday, noon-11 p.m. The center has three full-time employees: the Executive Director and two counselors. There are eight part-time counselors who are on-call and four part-time administrative assistants who cover all shifts. There are no computers. All patient, employee, and financial records are kept manually and filed in cabinets in the business office. The center has one fax machine, two typewriters, and a multi-line phone system with a phone in each room. The building has six rooms, a reception office area, and a waiting room. The rooms are used for the Executive Director's office, three counseling rooms, a business office, and a conference room.
b) Submit a 2,000-2,500 word detailed essay and a summary PowerPoint presentation that reflects your technology recommendations, your justification for the changes, and a budget. Your recommendations may include the following:
i) PC and peripherals such as desktop PCs, servers, printers, scanners, or laptops
ii) Software tools such as a word processing programs, financial programs, and scheduling tools
iii) Telecommunications: cell phones, pagers, wireless tools such as blackberries or PDAs
iv) Other tools you feel will aid in the efficiency and effectiveness of the counseling center
c) It is not necessary to provide brand names of hardware/software/peripherals in this preliminary plan; use rough estimates for the budget items, but stay within the $500K limit. You will be asked to present a summary to the board of directors within two weeks.
d) In addition, it has been your experience that IT projects that are rapidly deployed often meet with resistance and failure. Include in your preliminary report how the center should plan to address the change management issues. Be sure to include a rough timeline of major milestones to complete the project.
e) The Executive Director would like to see the office retrofitted with the new technology within six months.
f) To complete this assignment, refer to the O'Brien text, the Grand Canyon University College of Business and Library, Ken Blanchard Companies web sites, and other sources that may be appropriate. Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly journal; do not use it for this assignment.
g) Use APA format, including an introduction, conclusion, and title page; include in-text citations and a reference page as appropriate.
h) Submit the completed assignment to the instructor by the end of Week Eight.
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