...Advantages of WhatsApp Some of the great advantages of using Whatsapp are: You can easily send free messages to any part of the world without any charges. This service is completely free. All tools provided by Whatsapp are very easy to use. It do not have any advertisements on display screen. This app automatically imports the contacts from your phone and tells you that how many of your friends are using Whatsapp. You can share your location, photos, status with your friends. You need not spend any money for chatting and sharing with your friends. It also allows you to send 100 messages a month to any of your friends not using Whatsapp for free. Disadvantages of WhatsApp Everything having a plus point also has some negative points too. So here are some of thedisadvantages of this brilliant app: You can chat to friends that only have smart phones supporting this application and to friends having their account on Whatsapp. You can just send 100 messages in a month to friends not having Whatsapp on their phone. You must have access to internet to send and receive messages for free and the messages are also not sent to the phone inbox. You need to pay $0.99 for renewal after every year. You cannot call using this app to your friends for free. Your profile picture is visible to every person having your contact number and using this app, whether known by you or not. Conclusion Whatsapp is a great application that provides you with the best benefits that an...
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...Social Networking in our daily life Social network is a structured set of organisations between a set of dyadicties. The network provides a bundle of methods to manage the pattern of social enities. Some of the methods used in social entities are related to communication. Facebook, Viber, Skype and WhatsApp are the top communities used around the world. Social network works with the help of social networking service. Social networking service is a platform to build social relation among people who share their interests and activities. There are many types of social services as Facebook, Viber, WhatsApp, Tango, WeChat, Skype and Instagram. They allow you to share your photos, feelings and other activities with your friends, by clicking a few keys on your mobile phone or PC. There are many advantages and disadvantages of social netorking. If we take a look at these communities we see many benefits crawling towards us. The most appealing benefit is that they make the way to communicate with our family and friends much more easier. We can share photos, videos and talk to them. If we even take a closer look, we see many harmful effects coming towards us. The most harm done is that our eye sight gets weak. We waste a lot of time in talking which we have to consume in our schedule to study. The final decision which comes after this whole discussion is that social networking is useful in some ways. It should be used when needed and not to spend extra time on these...
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...of Whatsapp Messenger Usage on Students Performance in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana Johnson Yeboah (Lecturer)*,George Dominic Ewur (Lecturer) School of Business, Marketing Department, Takoradi Polytechnic, P.O box 256, Takoradi, Ghana Email:gastybg@yahoo.com Abstract The perceived high level of usage of social networking applications amongst students of tertiary institutions in Ghana is inevitable. However, little is understood from empirical viewpoint about the intensity, of usage of whatsapp messenger and its impact on the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions. This study seeks to empirically identify the impact of social network (whatsapp messenger) on the performance of tertiary students in Ghana from the perspective of the students. To achieve this, 50 students from five tertiary institutions were interviewed and 500 questionnaires were administered to students from same institutions. The study revealed that, whatsapp instead of making communication easier and faster thereby enhancing effective flow of information and idea sharing among students, rather has impacted negatively on the performance of tertiary students in Ghana .The study among other things unveiled the following: whatsapp takes much of students study time , results in procrastination related problems, destroys students’ spellings and grammatical construction of sentences, leads to lack of concentration during lectures, results in difficulty in balancing online activities (whatsapp) and...
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...Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Networking in English Language Learning POSTED ON AUGUST 3, 2013 Social Networking in Language Learning Introduction The world of technology and communication has changed rapidly during this millenium era. We can not avoid that and as a matter of fact we will be lag behind if we do not follow it. Information Communication and Technology or ICT has become the major role to bring the world into a more modern and develop. ICT has also shaped the world to be more dynamic than ever before. The world of education get the effect on the rapid changes of ICT. Education now have to adapt with the ICT, if not then there will create gap within education and the society. The education world now is also getting more improve by using ICT. Social Networking or Social Media such as facebook, twitter, WhatsApp and other alike is also product of the development in ICT. According to Wikipedia.com Social Media in Language Learning (SMLL) links interactive social media channels to language learning. This enables students to develop communication and language skills. Social media consist of interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the internet. (Wikipedia.com). Not many people realize that social media that are used by so many people in the world can be used for language learning. Social media provides the learner with the possibility of participating in actual, real-time, relevant...
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...competitiveness: - Ability to make quick decisions - Efficient operation at minimum cost - Effectiveness of channels of communication - Identity of those involved in the decision making process IMPROVING COMPETITVENESS: Centralisation: - Limits number of people in the decision making process (only a few snr. executives) Advantages: - Quick decisions - Good day-to-day running and financial control - Standardised proceedures can be set - Good crisis management Disadvantages: - Lack of creative decisions - Bureaucracy - Diseconomies of scale Decentralisation: - Broadens the span of control and delegate to younger / more inexperienced management (arguably unavoidable as a business grows) Advantages: - Senior management focus more on making corporate decisions than menial decisions - Subordinates have increased motivation (thus decreased absenteeism, increased productivity & quality of goods/sales) - Day-to-day problems resolved arguably more quickly, because channels of communication are shorter - Increases flexibility (can manage changing market conditions) - Middle and junior managers are more prepared for future senior roles Disadvantages: - Slower strategic decision making - More difficult to control business finances / budgets - More difficult to monitor economies of scale - Leadership and direction is hard to maintain Delayering: Removing layers in a...
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...ASSIGNMENT TITLE…….ANALYSE USING EXAMPLES, THE SIX COMMON RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION Recruitment is a fundamental human resource function that overarches many different aspects of the organisation’s overall performance. There are many different ways to recruit new talent to a company, all of which have pros and cons. Therefore recruiters employ a number of different techniques to search and obtain the best possible candidates from the multitude of interested employees. In this paper, the writer seeks to analyse common recruitment techniques which include advertising, head hunting, labour agencies, referrals, existing employees and e-recruitment. The key terms to be defined are recruitment and recruitment techniques. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Recruitment According to Beach (1987) recruitment is the development and maintenance of adequate manpower sources. It involves the creation of a pool of available labour from which the organisation can draw when additional employees are needed. Tyson and Fell (1996:28) define recruitment as, “the process of finding and hiring the best qualified candidate (from within or outside of an organisation) for a job opening, in a timely and cost effective manner.” Therefore, from the two definitions above, it can be said that the recruitment process involves analyzing the requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job at lower cost, ensuring that there are equal opportunity for employment for all potential applicants. The main...
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...Communication nowadays can even be accessible from anywhere as long as the device can connect to the internet and there is internet coverage in that area. Communication Technology has been improving and developing since the first television was born, many ideas and suggestion of what the future will look like with the continuous development on communication technology. Avery interesting example of the advancement on communication technology is a device called Sixth Sense technology. The Advantages of CT .It presents a means for fast long-distance communication. It is good for business because they can set up shop online, Social networking and virtual living grant a more comfortable way of socialising to those with social drawbacks such as awkwardness or disability, Cost effectiveness-it feels free to send a email, it`s cheaper than phone calls, Education-Computers along with their programs and the internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations. Some of the Disadvantages include the reduced social interaction that occurs due to increased use of communication technology can result in lack of social learning, Internet addiction is a huge...
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...Industry Analysis / Porter’s 5 Forces:- Threat of New Entrants: The PSUs will however continue to retain their dominant position. This is on account of high capital investments required in setting up a nationwide network. As a result, the private sector players will have to rely on key business centers and pockets of high urbanization for their growth. High capital investments, well-established players who have a nationwide network, license fee, continuously evolving technology and lowest tariffs in the world. After a failure of not one but two rounds of spectrum auction, the regulator has proposed a slashing of the reserve rates for the upcoming auction. However the same has questioned by the DoT panel. The operators are in desperate need for spectrum. In addition to this the prices for the upcoming license renewal would also be decided on the basis of the auction price. Therefore the operators are keen that the reserve prices be slashed. However, whether this happens or not, remains to be seen. Access to optical fibre network Declining ARPU Government and legal barriers Retaliation by established producers Capital Requirements The cost of active equipment is estimated to be 40 percent of the telecom operator's total capex, while the balance is accounted for by passive infrastructure.Bharti has invested close to Rs. 230 billion to create the cellular infrastructure with 45,000 towers across the country. Typically, a ground based tower costs Rs. 25-30 lakh. A roof-based...
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...within the company’s mission and vision. A mission statement describes the firm’s objectives of the activities it plans to take. However, the vision statement includes the steps that should be taken to achieve the company’s goals and strategies. RIM’s mission statement states, “To develop socially and professionally responsible and proactive managers and leaders with holistic perspectives and competencies” (Ricketts, 2011). To denote furthermore, the mission emphasizes on hiring highly skilled employees that are able to deliver products of value to the customers and achieve competitive advantage. RIM’s vision statement includes the acts to achieve the mission by being well aware of the challenges in the surrounding environment, improving the skills of employees and increasing the strength of the firm’s management. Sources of Competitive Advantage A competitive advantage is defined as the advantage that a company has against...
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...CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NAME: CHIGUMBU PRAISE REG NUMBER: C15125079X LEVEL: 1:1 PROGRAMME: BSCAC ASSIGNMENT 1: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT-(CUEB 104) DUE DATE: April 21 2015 QUESTION: Zimbabwe is immune from the focus of globalization. Discuss A Introduction Globalization although not a new phenomenon, has increased rapidly in recent years. It has been driven by technological advances, and the reduced cost of making transactions (exchange) across borders and distances, as well as increased mobility of capital. These forces mean that globalization not only consist of economic activity but also extends to political, cultural, environmental and security issues and relates to the increasing interconnectivity of countries and communities. Since Zimbabwe is not surviving in isolation it is therefore to a greater extent not immune from the focus of globalization. Zimbabwe is affected by globalization in the following areas which include economic, sociocultural, information and communication technology, tourism, sports and education .However partially Zimbabwe is immune from the focus of globalization due to indigenization, empowerment and the Zim Asset law. Definition of terms Globalization Al-Rodhan et al (2006) defines globalization as the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and...
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...the social media has been affecting formal Standard English use in the Jamaica classroom and one methodology that a teacher of English might employ to combat these negative effects. The social media craze is one that affects most if not all persons today. Whether we are old, young, from different races or cultures, we have been exposed to these channels of interaction in some way. Not only that but we have a wide range of these Medias to select from. While some operate one or two accounts, there are those with multiple social media accounts for example Facebook, Twitter, Tagged, Viber, Whatsapp and so on. These types of media serve many different purposes including the replacement of traditional news forms, keeping in contact with friends and family members and to promote businesses and social events. The reality of it all, however, is that everything has both advantages and disadvantages. In this case we examine the negative effects of social media on the use of Standard English in the Jamaican Classroom. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to emphasize the extent to which the use of social media has contributed to the inappropriate use of the Standard Jamaican English and the poor expression in written language among our Jamaican students. Jamaica has been described as a bilingual society with the Jamaican Creole (JC) and Standard Jamaican English (SJE) being the major and minor languages. However the problem being faced is that while our students have good mastery of the...
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...LAPTOPS V/S HAND-HELD DEVICES IN B-SCHOOLS- STUDIES ON USAGE, PREFERENCE AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS Neeraj Kumar; Rekha Makhija; Prashant Iyer and Mohamed Sheriff Ameer neeraj.gjan14@spjain.org S P Jain School of Global Management | Dubai ∙ Singapore ∙ Sydney ABSTRACT: Today’s market has so many gadgets that consumers are almost spoilt for choice. Also a bulk of the consumers who are students have difficulty in choosing between laptops or handheld devices like smart phones and tablets for their day to day activities. In this paper attempt has been made to highlight how education and technology have evolved hand in hand over the years. We also have conducted an exhaustive research on the usage patterns of laptops and handheld devices among students to find their preferences and behavior patterns. We have restricted our research to Business school students because they are widely exposed to various gadgets as part of their academic learning and daily activities. This study helps us to gauge, compare and to an extent even predict the future of different gadgets in the higher education sector. The survey showed that though the current usage of laptops is highest for academic and leisure activities, their preference are more towards tablets. There are various business schools that have already adapted tablets as a substitute for laptops and books. With the rapidly increasing advancement in technology, the usage of tablets for education is expected to become more widespread...
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...countries that satisfy customers needs. To go global : selling products on a worldwide basis. A) Why do firms go global ? Brand image : a set of mental representations that customers have about the brand. Survival and growth - limited growth in domestic markets eg (équivalent de exemple : exempli gracia en latin) : Nestlé - High growth potential in emerging markets emerging markets : have a fast growth eg China's growth rate around 8 %, BRICS Gaining increased competitiveness - Achieving economies of scale - Preempting or countering competitive attacks To preempt (anticiper, prévenir) a (foreign) market : to be the first to enter this market eg : Kodak films preempted the European market Taking advantage of global resources - Raw materials and other supply resources - Labour skills and costs eg : Michelin American I.T (information technology) firms relocate in India...
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...Conor Kerr [Email address] Conor Kerr [Email address] Abstract [Draw your reader in with an engaging abstract. It is typically a short summary of the document. When you’re ready to add your content, just click here and start typing.] Abstract [Draw your reader in with an engaging abstract. It is typically a short summary of the document. When you’re ready to add your content, just click here and start typing.] Unit 6: Business decision Making Unit 6: Business decision Making Contents LO1 2 Introduction 2 Scenario 2 Primary and Secondary Data 2 Primary Data 2 Secondary Data 3 Collection Method 3 Questionnaire 3 Conclusion 4 LO2 4 Task 1 4 2.1&2.2 5 2.3 6 2.4 6 LO3 8 Task 1 8 3.1&4.1 9 3.2 11 3.3 11 3.4 17 LO4 24 Task 2 24 4.2 24 Task 3 27 4.3 27 Sources of Data 29 LO1 Introduction The following assignment will look at different methods and sources in the collection of data. The research will include both primary and secondary forms of data and a plan will be formed to successfully help address a chosen business problem. An appropriate methodology will be used in the collection of data including the outline of sampling framework. A questionnaire will be designed and used as the main method of gathering primary data. Scenario 3 mobile is a large mobile phone provider within Ireland. The mobile phone industry is fiercely competitive and 3 Ireland faces big competition from the likes...
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...Name : Soo Chia Chuan Title Of Report : Environmental Analysis Date : 14-02-2014 Student ID : CT0210916 Content Page * Introduction * Company Background * Country Background * SWOT Analysis * Three Pointers Of SWOT Analysis * PEST Analysis * Three Pointers Of Pest Analysis * Definition Of Porter’s 5 Forces * Porter’s 5 Forces Model Of Telecommunication In Malaysia – Table 3 * Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis Of Telecommunication In Malaysia – Table 3 * Elaboration Of Industry * Recommendations * Conclusion * Reference List Introduction This is an Environmental Analysis report of a company. This report consists of the Company background, Country background, SWOT Analysis, PEST Analysis, Porter’s 5 Forces, Recommendations, Conclusion and Reference List. Company background is to know how the company runs their business and more in depth of a company. Country background is about why that specific country was chosen for this report. SWOT Analysis consists of Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunity and Threat. PEST Analysis consists of Political, Economic, Social – Culture and Technological. Porter’s 5 Forces consists of Threat of new entrants, Threat of substitutes, Suppliers, Customers and Intensity of rivalry. Company Background Starhub Limited is a telecommunication company which provides a full range of services over mobile, internet, cabletv in Singapore. Starhub has been in telecommunication industry from 7th May 1998...
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