Training ManagementAn organization recently discovered that some members of its sales, accounting, and administration teams did not know how to use spreadsheets. Therefore, this organization hired the service of your company to train its team of sales personnel on Microsoft Excel. You are assigned the task of arranging this training.Create a report in a Microsoft Word document listing details of all the steps you will take to kick off this training. The list should consist of the following major tasks:Identifying the need for the trainingObtaining president's approvalProgram customizationOrganizing a kick-off meetingNote: Like most companies, this company does not have unlimited resources.Based on your understanding of IT project management, express your views on the following:What are the criteria used by companies to select the IT projects to be funded?Why some tasks are considered more important than others? Discuss.

Week 6 Discussion: Intellectual Property Theft Contains unread postsundefinedMust post first.undefinedThis week, your internship assignment takes you to the Corporate Security office, headed by the Chief Security Officer (CSO). This office has recently completed an investigation into how a competitor may have obtained copies of the confidential architectural drawings and design plans for a new type of resort that the company had planned for a recently acquired island property. At least one competitor is known to have received copies of the company's intellectual property through an economic development office withinits country's government. It is suspected that an Advanced Persistent Threat mechanism may have been used to exfiltrate information from Padgett-Beale's existing hotel property within that geo-political jurisdiction. Another competitor, also operating in that geographic area, contacted Padgett-Beale's Corporate Security Office and disclosed that it had been sent URLs for web pages containing links to the resort plans by an unknown party. The other firm wanted to make it clear to Padgett-Beale that they did not condone nor participate in such illegal and unethical taking or receiving of another company's intellectual property.undefinedAs part of the company's response to this theft, the CSO's office has been asked to prepare a background briefing for company's executives that addresses the problem of protecting intellectual property stored in digital form. The briefing must include recommendations for best practices that the company's executives should be adopting to prevent / respond to such thefts.undefinedBegin by reading the readings for this week. Then find additional information through your own research.undefinedWrite a 2 page summary of your research and analysis for review by the CSO's senior staff. Your summary should begin by explaining the problem of intellectual property theft. Next, address the reasonable and customary processes and procedures which should be used to discourage or make it difficult for employees, managers, and executives to inadvertently misuse and/or steal the company's intellectual property (at a minimum, you must address data classification and marking, separation of duties, and least privilege). You should also identify and explain five or more best practices which the company should implement as it responds to this growing problem.undefinedRemember to list and cite your sources at the end of your research summary using a professional and consistent citation format (ADP