...SCIENCE. 4. PROPOSED DEGREE: M. Sc. (INFORMATIC SCIENCE) 5. TITLE: Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design: a case of District Health Information System, Mozambique. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT i INTRODUCTION 1 RELEVANT FINDINGS (LITERATURE REVIEW) 2 OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 2 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND WHY THIS PROBLEM AREA 5 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 6 TARGET GROUP 7 PERSONAL MOTIVATION 7 METHODOLOGY 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY: 13 ABSTRACT Many organisations are relying on software systems. Thus these organisations spend a lot of money on software systems and, to get a return on that investment, the software must be usable for a number of years. For many organisations, introducing new software implementation from scratch is a risk. This is because their requirements are not well defined or they don’t have enough expertise to understand and identifies software that can fit their problems. So, many organisations adopt software. That means they take analogy software (software developed for another organisation with the some similarities) and adopt it to fit their needs. In my research, I want to address the problems of adopting systems developed in the functional-oriented methodology and propose object-oriented systems analysis and design methodology. Mainly I would like to assess the flexibility of the structure of software and the development and implementation...
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...MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE. 4. PROPOSED DEGREE: M. Sc. (INFORMATIC SCIENCE) 5. TITLE: Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design: a case of District Health Information System, Mozambique. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT i INTRODUCTION 1 RELEVANT FINDINGS (LITERATURE REVIEW) 2 OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 2 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND WHY THIS PROBLEM AREA 5 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 6 TARGET GROUP 7 PERSONAL MOTIVATION 7 METHODOLOGY 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY: 13 ABSTRACT Many organisations are relying on software systems. Thus these organisations spend a lot of money on software systems and, to get a return on that investment, the software must be usable for a number of years. For many organisations, introducing new software implementation from scratch is a risk. This is because their requirements are not well defined or they don’t have enough expertise to understand and identifies software that can fit their problems. So, many organisations adopt software. That means they take analogy software (software developed for another organisation with the some similarities) and adopt it to fit their needs. In my research, I want to address the problems of adopting systems developed in the functional-oriented methodology and propose object-oriented systems analysis and design methodology. Mainly I would like to assess the flexibility of the structure of software and the development and implementation platforms to be adapted...
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...Running head: Nike Case Study Nike Case Study Fulton Spriggs Columbia Southern University Organizational Research and Theory Marie Gould Harper MBA-6001-14J Nike Case Study Nike are undergoing change, after initial difficulties adapting to a changing environment, a strategy of acquisition, combined with decentralisation was implemented, facilitating specialised focus on different product lines. However, there is still the potential to increase the overall level of efficiency within the companies design processes. One approach may be the development of an entrepreneurship, a model that supports innovation and development associated with entrepreneurial processes in large organisations (Cowles, 2013). Within this approach, not only would there be the division of the various researchers, there will also be placed in divisions with the aim of emulating small organisations where entrepreneurial stretch would be required. The aim of this is to increase original thought and innovation stimulated by their environment (Cowles, 2013). The organisation could also adopt a Blue Ocean Strategy. This the company would need to examine the current marketplace, and identify markets which are currently not served (Kim & Mauborgne, 2015), this may be geographical sectors, but can also be consumer sectors. By identifying new markets, the organisation could gain a first mover advantage, which is a significant source of differentiation...
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...particularly plagiarism (Ercegovac, & Richardson, 2004). This is taking and using the ideas, words or works of others as your own without acknowledging the author. Today, this is the most common academic offense. In this regard, academic dishonesty, plagiarism, has emerged as a major concern for institutions, teachers as well as students. Therefore, this paper delineates an action plan to curb this problem. The action plan outlines the specific methods and/or resources to be used to prevent plagiarism in the future for all academic work. The first and most significant method of preventing plagiarism is through designing clear and consistent institutional policy about academic honesty (Wotring, 2007). Faculties and institutions should design and prominently display policies on academic honesty. These policies should firmly state the faculties/institutions stand on academic integrity (Levy, & Rakovski, 2006). Actually, the policies should clearly explain the consequences of plagiarizing. In addition, these policies should be displayed in several locations where they are easily visible and accessible. This includes websites, student centers, student materials, and student affairs offices. More specifically, a clear and detailed discussion of academic honesty should be incorporated into the introductory handbooks for each course. As a matter of fact, this is to help students understand fully how to paraphrase, summarize and make correct in-text and bibliographic...
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...Timeline Providing an initial timeline will provide direction for the project throughout the life of conception to implementation. Critical questions and concepts are identified in this section. Planning (Completed) The planning phase outlines the system proposal in very broad terms. In essence we have outlined upcoming steps in ultimately reaching a final system design. Status: Complete Included in the Planning phase: · Conduct initial feasibility report · Establish business and marketing requirements · Identify and diagram As-Is State · Propose a Should-Be State and diagram · Establish an initial timeline · Identify critical questions and considerations for the analysis section Analysis (October - November) The purpose the analysis section is to understand where and why there are gaps in the system. These gaps could be organizational, technical, or both. To better understand the current state the analysis section should be divided into two parts: organization exploration and technical analysis. Estimated Timeframe: October-November Organization analysis: in this section of the analysis we want to examine why or why not employees might chose to adopt a program. To approach this question Boston Scientific should model their analysis off of traditional Market Research methods. The most relevant research types are: · Exploratory Research – the purpose of exploratory research is to determine if there is an opportunity...
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...governments to citizens, using information and communications technology to deliver and consume services. e-government has been implemented for a considerable time in developed countries. However, e-government services still face many challenges in their implementation and general adoption in many countries including Saudi Arabia. It has been noted that the introduction of e-government is a major challenge facing the government of Saudi Arabia, due to possible concerns raised by its citizens. In addition, the literature review and the discussion identify the influential factors that affect the citizens’ intention to adopt e-government services in Saudi Arabia. Consequently, these factors have been defined and categorized followed by an exploratory study to examine the importance of these factors. Therefore, this research has identified factors that determine if the citizen will adopt e-government services and thereby aiding governments in accessing what is required to increase adoption. Index Terms—Adoption, citizens’ intention, e-government, G2C, influential factors. development, the United Nations [3] has a conceptual framework for e-government programmes. In the United Nations context, e-government is achieved when a state uses ICT to improve the availability of information to its citizens. In order to...
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...OPS 660 Operations, Logistics, And Production Dr. Frederick Chen Grace, T., Hoffman, V., Jafuneh, E., Nieto, C. 2/238/15 USX Case Study Should Kappmeyer sign the proposal and why? Our recommendation after reviewing the case study and gaining a basic understanding of disruptive technologies and how they impact the steel industry is that Kappmeyer should not sign the proposal. The reason we feel USS should not sign the proposal is because by doing so they would be associating themselves with a business model and technology that is fading. On the surface it appears that signing the proposal is a good idea, however, it does not have long term sustainability, because they are only considering their current customers and not taking into account the needs of prospective new customers. The market trend indicates a shift to minimills, and this is likely to continue. As minimill technology continues to advance, their quality will suffer and competition with integrated manufacturing will ensue. Unfortunately for USS there is no magical remedy, because USS is heavily invested in the market, they will have to endure a challenging and costly change or their business will eventually fade away as the industry changes around them. Compact-strip production (CSP) technology currently does not fit in Kappmeyer’s upgrade of the Mon Valley plant due to geographic locations, quality, probability and other factors. However, CSP technology has shown much improvement and with more R&D, CSP...
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...Elizabeth Tait | WORD COUNT: ABSTRACT: This report was undertaken for the commitment of future research in dissertation. E-commerce is gaining a lot more attention in current global market. E-commerce models such as B2B, B2C, B2E and B2G has been successful due to many implementation and adoption of standardized process tools like EDI, shipping, tracking, payment and delivery among the suppliers around the globe through a strong supply network. The most vital element of B2B model is the E-procurement. E-procurement is the process for acquiring resources, goods, materials and components electronically through its performance metric tools and design in the supply chain network. How purchasing has always been the criteria in a business operation so is the E-procurement in current trend becoming managerial more important strategy to be focused and effectively worked...
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...of Engineering and Technology Innovation, vol. 3, no. 3, 2013, pp. 134-143 A Case Study Improvement of a Testing Process by Combining Lean Management, Industrial Engineering and Automation Methods Simon Withers1, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes2,*, Vikas Kumar3, Luis Rocha-Lona4 1 2 3 4 Turbo Power Services, Bardon, UK. Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, The University of Derby, Derby, UK. Dublin City University Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin, ROI. Business School, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Received 04 April 2013; received in revised form 25 April 2013; accepted 26 May 2013 Abstract Increasingly competitive market environments have forced not only large manufacturing, but also smalland-medium size enterprises (SME) to look for means to improve their operations in order to increase competitive strength. This paper presents an adaptation and adoption by a UK SME engineering service organisation, of lean management, industrial engineering, and automation metods developed within larger organisations. This SME sought to improve the overall performance of one of its core testing processes. An exploratory analysis, based on the lean management concept of “value added” and work measurement technique “time study”, was developed and carried out in order to understand the current performance of a testing process for gas turbine fuel flow dividers. A design for the automation of some operations of the testing process was followed as an...
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...International Marketing Word Count: 2500 [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institute] Introduction The advancement in technologies has also enhanced the procedures and methods of marketing. The organizations are now adopting the global integrated marketing communication to reach the greater number of targeted customers. The organizations do not need to design marketing plan for each country rather they could look to adopt a standardized approach or can opt for an adapting strategy in order to meet the cultural, countries, communication and economic differentiations. The purpose of this essay is to understand the significance of global integrated marketing communication and to recognize the factors that should be considered in order to adopt standardization or adaptation approach for communication in international market. Standardization According to Kustin (2004), presenting the similar marketing strategies internationally is said to be the standardization approach. As stated by Vrontis & Thrassou (2007), the needs and wants of the consumer does not fluctuates among many of the countries. Moreover, the globalization has playing a great part in escalating the similarities and reducing the differentiations. However, adopting the standardization approach lower down the costs of the organization. Moreover according to (Lundeteg, 2012), standardzied strategy could also be termed as the one size fits for all strategy. The giant organizations and multinational organizations...
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...Mid Module Assignment What is the relevance of the customisation-standardisation debate in international marketing strategy and how might this influence the market entry strategy adopted by a firm seeking to enter overseas markets? Use relevant and recent examples to illustrate your report. Your response should be in the form of a written report of between 1500 - 2000 words. Name: Jamie Allen Module: International Marketing Strategy Tutor: Paul Matthews Submission Date: 29th April 2013 Confidentiality: I have read, understand and adhere to the KOL Confidentiality Policy. Click here to access the KOL Confidentiality Policy. Academic Integrity Statement: I have read and understood the Academic Integrity guidelines for Kaplan Open Learning and the University Of Essex, and declare that this assignment conforms to all of the rules and regulations contained therein. Please note: the guidelines can be found in the Student Handbook (see section 6.4). Assignment Checklist Please make sure you have completed the below points before submitting your assignment: • Spelling and grammar check • Referencing completed • Word count fulfilled • Proof read completed • All parts of the question answered Introduction The purpose of this report is to discuss the relevance of customisation and standardisation within international marketing, and how that will have a bearing upon a market entry strategy by a firm who wishes...
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...Baya Ou Yang • Studying at the University of Melbourne – Arts (majoring in Media & Communications) Business Management Past-student perspective • Tutored Business Management 2013 • ATAR 99.35 – Study Score of 46 for Business Management (2011) Baya Ou Yang 2012 VCE Graduate Study Scores: Exam Marks Study Score Exam Mark / 65 Study Score Exam Mark / 65 50 65 39 48 49 64 38 46 48 63 37 44 47 62 36 42 46 61 35 40 45 59 34 38 44 58 33 36 43 56 32 34 42 54 31 32 41 52 30 30 40 50 29 Revising Smart 28 Revising Smart • Make A Definition Sheet Every key term needs a definition Everyday terms you know the definition for, still DEFINE Eg. Organisation, Productivity • • Don’t use the words in the term www.engageeducation.org.au Summary & Definition Sheets Practice Exams Questions from text book Memorising Revising Smart Make A Summary Sheet THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO BEFORE THE EXAM 1 THE STUDY DESIGN Revising Smart AREA OF STUDIES (5): UNIT 3: • • • AOS1: LSOs in context AOS2: Internal environment of LSOs AOS3: Operations Management Use these dot points as sub-headings for your summary sheets UNIT 4: • • AOS4: Human Resource Management AOS5: Change Management YOUR SUMMARY SHEET Revising Smart Questions from text book ...
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...Research in Transportation Business & Management 10 (2014) 40–44 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Research in Transportation Business & Management Transferring low-cost marketing practices from air to rail services: The Ouigo case Paul Chiambaretto a,b, Anne-Sophie Fernandez c a b c MRM-Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School, 2300 Avenue des Moulins, 34080 Montpellier, France Ecole Polytechnique, PREG-CRG, Bat. Ensta, 828 Boulevard des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau, France MRM-ERFI, University of Montpellier 1, Espace Richter, Rue Vendémiaire, Bât. B, CS 19519, 34960 Montpellier Cedex, France a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 24 October 2013 Received in revised form 11 May 2014 Accepted 12 May 2014 Available online 29 May 2014 Keywords: Low-cost High-speed train Replication strategy Intra and intermodal competition a b s t r a c t More and more airlines have adopted a low-cost business model and many scholars have studied the characteristics of such marketing strategy. While other transport modes have decided to copy and adopt this strategy, we investigate how they replicate this business model. To do so, we in-depth study the operational and marketing characteristics of Ouigo, the new low-cost offer launched by the French rail operator SNCF in 2013. Based on interviews and secondary data (press articles, reports, etc.), we analyze how the rail operator has adapted the low-cost model used by airlines to the...
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...Comparative Study on Agile software development methodologies A B M Moniruzzaman abm.mzkhan@gmail.com Dr Syed Akhter Hossain aktarhossain@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd Abstract Today‘s business environment is very much dynamic, and organisations are constantly changing their software requirements to adjust with new environment. They also demand for fast delivery of software products as well as for accepting changing requirements. In this aspect, traditional plan-driven developments fail to meet up these requirements. Though traditional software development methodologies, such as life cycle-based structured and object oriented approaches, continue to dominate the systems development few decades and much research has done in traditional methodologies, Agile software development brings its own set of novel challenges that must be addressed to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of the valuable software. It‘s a set of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development process, where requirements and development evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams that allows rapid delivery of high quality software to meet customer needs and also accommodate changes in the requirements. In this paper, we significantly indentify and describe the major factors, that Agile development approach improves software development process to meet the rapid changing business environments. We also provide a brief comparison of...
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...Fore School of Management Roll No.92066 Quality Process – Wipro WMG XVIII B Neelandra Nath Goswami Introduction Reinvention and Wipro go hand-in-hand as far as technology and process advancement is concerned. Wipro is a global IT services company that provides Consulting, Business Process Outsourcing, Business Technology Services, Enterprise Application Services, Infrastructure Management, Testing, Product Engineering, Engineering Design and Product Support. Its services are spread across a range of strategic domains. It is the first CMMi Level 5 certified software services company and the first outside USA to receive the IEEE Software Process Award. However, when Wipro was formed as a vegetable oil refining company in 1947 the dramatic change in the company’s industry dynamics could only have been predicted considering the fact that it was always reinventing itself. Now, after three decades in the IT industry, backed with unmatched technical expertise and insights, it has maintained the highest levels of compliance and quality that go with the changing times and technologies. Our knowledge investments are backed by years of R&D and have led to the creation of labs and ‘Centers of Excellence’ that have produced innovative solutions. Wipro’s Quality Policy & Quality Management System As the world’s first SEI CMM Level 5 company, Wipro endeavors to deliver reliability and perfection to customers by maintaining high standards in service offerings and products...
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