...In: Computers and Technology Computers Sergio Malone Chapter 1 Check Your Understanding Which of the following statements accurately describe differences between a LAN and a WAN? (Choose two) Companies can use a WAN to connect remote locations, and a LAN can make a local connection in a building D. Only WANs require a CSU/DSU to be used on the ends of the cable. Network professionals belong to organizations that plan and define standards used in networking. Which of the following are recognized industry organizations? (Choose two) A. IETF C. ISO D. EIA F. ITU Which of the following are true about a router? (Choose three) A. Routers enable different IP networks or IP subnets to communicate with each other. C. Path selection is one of the main functions of a router E. Routers have a central processing unit and memory. Which of the following are main components of a router? (Choose three) A. ROM B. Flash memory E. RAM Which of the following statements describe the function of RAM in a router? (Choose two) C. RAM stores the current configuration information. E. RAM stores routing tables for the router. Which of the following statements are true about DTE? (Choose two) C. DTE usually resides on the customer’s premises D. DTE is an acronym for data terminal equipment. Which of the following statements are true about DCE? (Choose two) B. DCE provides clocking to the DTE. C. DCE is an acronym for data circuit-terminating equipment...
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...Wearable Computers EEE 439 What is a Wearable Computer? As we continue to integrate computers into our everyday lives at an ever faster rate, the idea that a static desktop, or even a portable laptop can fulfill all of our computing needs is becoming increasingly more ridiculous. The integration of technology constantly creates situations in which we pause and think, “If only I had a computer,” The wearable computer does this. It goes where you go, it does what you do. Its there when you want to use it, unobtrusive when you don’t. So what is a wearable computer? Why don’t we just put our laptops on a sling? In 1998, Steve Mann gave a keynote address at the International Conference on Wearable Computing in which he explained the operational modes of wearable computers and six defining traits of a true wearable computer. According to Mr. Mann, the wearable computer creates three new modes of interaction between human and computer which have not existed before. These three new modes of operation are Constancy, Augmentation, and Mediation (Mann, 1998). Constancy means that the computer is always on and available for use by the user; traditional devices are turned off and closed when not in use. Augmentation is the idea that wearable computers will augment the user’s abilities instead of merely providing computing power on demand. Mann splits Mediation into two different areas; Solitude – the ability to cut oneself off from material, and Privacy – the ability to block or modify...
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...ARTICLE IN PRESS Int. J. Human-Computer Studies 63 (2005) 436–451 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhcs Developing creativity, motivation, and self-actualization with learning systems Winslow Burlesonà MIT Media Lab, 20 Ames St. Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Available online 10 May 2005 Abstract Developing learning experiences that facilitate self-actualization and creativity is among the most important goals of our society in preparation for the future. To facilitate deep understanding of a new concept, to facilitate learning, learners must have the opportunity to develop multiple and flexible perspectives. The process of becoming an expert involves failure, as well as the ability to understand failure and the motivation to move onward. Meta-cognitive awareness and personal strategies can play a role in developing an individual’s ability to persevere through failure, and combat other diluting influences. Awareness and reflective technologies can be instrumental in developing a meta-cognitive ability to make conscious and unconscious decisions about engagement that will ultimately enhance learning, expertise, creativity, and self-actualization. This paper will review diverse perspectives from psychology, engineering, education, and computer science to present opportunities to enhance creativity, motivation, and self-actualization in learning systems. r 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Keywords: Creativity; Learning systems; Psychology; Failure; Motivation Education...
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...Empowerment Objectives Methodology Alternative techniques Expected Results / Benefits Characteristics of firms and service providers Application Where the technique has been applied Types of firms / organizations concerned Duration and Implementation cost European Organizations Supporting the implementation of the method Implementation Procedures Steps / Phases A few obstacles and recommended solutions Bibliographic References Annex INNOREGIO project A. Apostolou Technical University of Crete EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT 2 1 DESCRIPTION When an organization truly wants to create a positive work environment that is based on high trust, exceptional customer service, collaborative teamwork, operational excellence, and creative problem solving, then the leadership team must begin to understand, invest in, and be responsive to the needs of the group that represents the organization’s most valuable assets, and is also one of its most important customers, the employees. The return on such nominal investments will come in the form of higher levels of employee motivation, creativity, productivity, and commitment that will move the organization forward with greater profitability. A fundamental Total Quality Management precept is that employees must be involved and empowered. Employee involvement means that every employee is regarded as a unique human being, not just a cog in a machine, and each employee is involved in helping the...
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...ID number: 0989700 ID number: 0989681 ID number: 0955679 TERM PAPER - AUTONOMY vs TEAMWORK IN SALESPERSON`s FUTURE PERFORMANCE - Hand-in date: 21.11.2015 Campus: BI Oslo Examination code and name: GRA 6441 Sales & Sales Force Management Programme: Master of Science in Strategic Marketing Management CONTENT Problem definition................................................................................................3 Literature review..................................................................................................4 Teamwork.............................................................................................................4 Autonomy.............................................................................................................8 Conclusions – our opinion..................................................................................12 References...........................................................................................................18 PROBLEM IN “Measuring and Managing a Salesperson`s Future Value of the Firm” by V.Kumar, Sarang Sunder, and Robert P. Leone (2014 Journal of Marketing Research) Businesses are moving from a product-centric to a customer-centric view and from a backward looking to a forward-looking strategic perspective, so sales organizations must adapt to the ever-changing marketplace to maximize performance. Given the dynamic and extremely...
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...INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH MARKETING CASE REPORT COURSE: MARKETING MANAGEMENT MKT: 302 SECTION: 3 DATE: SPRING-2007 PRESENTED FOR MOHMMED ARAFAT PRESENTED BY 1. Sharmin Alam-0210024 2. Maisha Sakura-0210066 3. Amanatullah-0320443 4. Faujia Ferdousy Rahaman-0410074 INTRODUCTION There are two basic types of institutions in Bangladesh. The public sector and the non government sector or the private sector. The nongovernmental universities started their operation during the late 1990 in Bangladesh. Having the act passed of private university establishment in 1992 many Universities has started to boom. During 1990 the number of private universities was twenty however the number reached to fifty with in 2005. In addition the numbers of students are also accelerating day by day. There is a mushroom growth in university establishment in the private sector. However the number is not huge in terms of quality education and standard. Apart from a few non qualifying standard universities, nongovernmental universities are not any point less than the public universities. On the contrary the leading private universities are providing with quality North American standard with a highly educated and skilled faculty members and facilities (Campuses). Among all of the nongovernmental universities, the study focuses of some of the leading and major private universities which are playing a vital role to produce...
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...canary in the mine 4 B. Understanding generational attitudes 4 C. Four generations 5 D. Exploring the next generation of retirees: The Baby Boomers 6 E. Gen-X: It’s about lifestyle 8 F. Call them Gen-Y or Millennials, they deserve our attention 10 G. The new volunteers: What to expect 12 ` H. My time is not your time 14 I. Generational differences shaping leadership 15 J. American volunteer rate steady 17 3. Conclusions 19 A. Past expectations 20 B. Present construct 20 C. Spontaneous volunteer: Something new 21 D. High touch 21 E. Exploring contemporary trends in volunteering 23 1. Volunteer burnout 23 2. The human touch 24 3. Professionalizing the volunteer corps 25 4. New forms of volunteerism 25 5. Diversity 26 6. Technology 26 F. Communications challenge 27 4. Summary 29 6. Appendix 31 1 Membership numbers How many members the Auxiliary needs to meet their mission obligations and how many members it needs to meet its financial requirements would be two different answers. Getting a specific answer from the leadership is difficult because of the way the two spiral around each other like a double helix strand of DNA. They are – for now – inseparable. 1. INTRODUCTION The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is loosing members, dropping from an estimated 38,000 in 2004 to about 30,500 in 2006. With the final Personal Security Investigation deadline looming, an additional 5,000 may not seek to continue membership or be disenrolled at the end of...
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...Letter of Transmittal 10thJanuary, 2013 Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed Course Instructor, HRM-370, School of Business, North South University Subject:Case report on ‘Wal-Mart Stores Inc: Dominating Global Retailing’. Dear Sir, We are truly privileged to have you as our instructor in HRM-370: “Managerial Skills and Development” and we are pleased to inform you that, we have been able to meet the schedule to complete the case analysis on “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: Dominating Global Retailing”. We have tried to employ our best knowledge to analyze the case as meticulously as possible and it sure had offered us the opportunity to enhance our knowledge in regards to HRM-370. Furthermore, if you have any queries about the case report, please feel free to ask any of the group members for further cooperation. Sincerely Yours, RonikaKarmaker | (ID#111 0750 030) | | TanjiaHaqueNirjhar | (ID#111 0137 030) | | Sunny Isnain Hassan | (ID#103 0692 530) | | Ankur Chandra Kuri | (ID#102 0831 030) | | SaifuddinZiku (ID#103 0157 030) ________________ Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background …………………………………………………………………………………..4-13 Needs Assessment …………………………………………………………………………..14 Main Issue ……………………………………………………………………………………….16 Internal/External Needs Assessment…...………………………………........18-29 Existing Arrangements.………………………………………………………………..24-36 T&D Plan …………………………………………………………………………………….37-42 Proposed...
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...Production and Operations Management –MGT613 INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT VU Lesson 01 POMA Previously called Production Management Then Production and Operations Management Often called Operations Management Should not be confused with Operations Research or Production Management which are the domain of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. THE COURSE CONTENT Tentative Course Content Units of Learning wise Unit I ( Introduction and Productivity, Strategy and Competitiveness) Unit II ( Forecasting) Unit III ( Design of Production Systems) Unit III ( Quality) Unit V ( Operating and Controlling the System) Tentative Course Content Lecture wise Unit I ( 5 Lectures) Unit II (3 Lectures) Unit III ( 12 Lectures) Unit III ( 10 Lectures) Unit V ( 15 Lectures) History of Management Frederick Taylor and Gilbreths (Lillian and Frank Gilbreth) are pioneers of transforming management to scientific domain. Borrows a lot of information from Engineering and Management to give an overall bigger picture of operating and managing any organization. Difference between Operations Management and Research OR relies on mathematical modeling and OM relies on practical scenarios/industrial cases. OR domain and tool of Engineers while OM is considered to be one of the critical tools of Managers. OR considered more powerful to improve the whole system where as OM can be applied to a part of the system. OR relies on mathematical modeling while OM relies on practical scenarios/industrial...
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...A Solution Manual for: A First Course In Probability: Seventh Edition by Sheldon M. Ross. John L. Weatherwax∗ September 4, 2007 Introduction Acknowledgements Special thanks to Vincent Frost and Andrew Jones for helping find and correct various typos in these solutions. Miscellaneous Problems The Crazy Passenger Problem The following is known as the “crazy passenger problem” and is stated as follows. A line of 100 airline passengers is waiting to board the plane. They each hold a ticket to one of the 100 seats on that flight. (For convenience, let’s say that the k-th passenger in line has a ticket for the seat number k.) Unfortunately, the first person in line is crazy, and will ignore the seat number on their ticket, picking a random seat to occupy. All the other passengers are quite normal, and will go to their proper seat unless it is already occupied. If it is occupied, they will then find a free seat to sit in, at random. What is the probability that the last (100th) person to board the plane will sit in their proper seat (#100)? If one tries to solve this problem with conditional probability it becomes very difficult. We begin by considering the following cases if the first passenger sits in seat number 1, then all ∗ wax@alum.mit.edu 1 the remaining passengers will be in their correct seats and certainly the #100’th will also. If he sits in the last seat #100, then certainly the last passenger cannot sit there (in fact he will end up in seat #1). If he sits in any of the 98...
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...Women Inventors, What significant inventions( important parts of our lives) are women responsible for? Battery container Nancy Perkins 1986 Beehive Thiphena Hornbrook 1861 Canister vacuum Nancy Perkins 1987 Car heater Margaret Wilcox 1893 Circular saw Tabitha Babbit 1812 Computer program Augusta Ada Byron 1842 Cooking stove Elizabeth Hawk 1867 Dam and reservoir construction Harriet Strong 1887 Direct and return mailing envelope Beulah Henry 1962 Dishwasher Josephine Cochran 1872 Drinking fountain device Laurene O'Donnell 1985 Electric hot water heater Ida Forbes 1917 Elevated railway Mary Walton 1881 Engine muffler El Dorado Jones 1917 Feedback control for data processing Erna Hoover 1971 Fire escape Anna Connelly 1887 Globes Ellen Fitz 1875 Grain storage bin Lizzie Dickelman 1920 Improved locomotive wheels Mary Jane Montgomery 1864 Improvement in dredging machines Emily Tassey 1876 Improvement in stone pavements Emily Gross 1877 Kevlar, a steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vests Stephanie Kwolek 1966 Life raft Maria Beaseley 1882 Liquid Paper correction fluid Bette Nesmith Graham 1956 Locomotive chimney Mary Walton 1879 Medical syringe Letitia Geer 1899 Mop-wringer pail Eliza Wood 1889 Oil burner Amanda Jones 1880 Permanent wave for the hair Marjorie Joyner 1928 Portable screen summer house Nettie Rood 1882 Refrigerator Florence Parpart 1914 Rolling pin Catherine Deiner 1891 Rotary...
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...amount of work, such as compliance of labor laws, conducting the so-called social audits, compliance of code of conduct etc. now being conducted are aimed at employee motivation. Improvement of workplace, enhancement of working conditions is not the goals themselves. The goal of these activities is increasing productivity by way of lending job satisfaction at workplace & improving the life style & living condition of the working people. Once the employees are hired, trained and remunerated they need to be motivated for better performance. A basic principle is that the performance of an individual depends on his or her ability backed by motivation. Stated algebraically the principle is Performance = (ability X motivation). Ability refers to the skill and competence of the person to complete a given task. However as we see ability alone is not enough. Motivation in simple terms may be understood as the set of forces that cause people to behave in certain ways [1]. The Institute of Manpower Studies has claimed that the word ‘motivations’ is among the six most used words in company documents. It goes on to say that just because it is used, it doesn’t mean to say that it is understood. 1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh is not the outgrowth of traditional economic activities but emerged from economic...
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...Administration of I. Gregoriou School of Business”. S P R I N G 2 0 0 9 | |IOANNIS GREGORIOU BUSINESS SCHOOL | | |AUTHORSHIP DECLARATION | | |BUS410 – SENIOR PROJECT | Nicosia, 28/04/09 1. Where we have consulted the published work of others this is always clearly attributed. 2. Where I have quoted from the work of others the source is always given. With the exception of such quotations this dissertation is entirely our own work. 3. We have acknowledged all main sources of help. 4. If our research follows on from previous work or is part of a larger collaborative research project we have made clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself. 5. We have read and understand the penalties associated with plagiarism. Name Signature Name Signature Name Signature ABSTRACT ________________________________________________________ A teacher performs many functions in the classroom for the comprehensive development of the students. Teacher keep the students safe, help instill in the students a deep sense of patriotism and national loyalty toward their country, decide what is important for students to learn, present a rich and organized body...
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...Marketing? 25 Green marketing strategies 28 Implications for organisations 30 Green Consumerism 34 Consumer behaviour research 35 The green consumer 38 The green buying process 41 Influences on purchase and consumption decisions 47 Global Warming and the Impacts of Climate Change 49 Human caused global warming 49 The impacts of climate change 50 The opposition to human caused global warming 52 Background Information 53 British Airways 54 Past and present 54 Carbon Offsetting 55 Datamonitor’s SWOT analysis 58 The British Green Consumers 59 Perception and Attitudes in Relation to the Environment 59 Information on the environment 62 Solutions to environmental problems 65 SWOT Analysis 67 Strengths 68 Weaknesses 71 Opportunities 73 Threats 75 Conclusion 76 List of Literature 78 List of Websites 80 Summary 81 Appendix 82 Introduction “During humankind’s recorded history, extensive and sophisticated consumption systems have evolved to meet the needs of the earth’s human population […] But with world population now estimated at approximately 6.0 billion and expected to surge to between...
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...Marketing? 25 Green marketing strategies 28 Implications for organisations 30 Green Consumerism 34 Consumer behaviour research 35 The green consumer 38 The green buying process 41 Influences on purchase and consumption decisions 47 Global Warming and the Impacts of Climate Change 49 Human caused global warming 49 The impacts of climate change 50 The opposition to human caused global warming 52 Background Information 53 British Airways 54 Past and present 54 Carbon Offsetting 55 Datamonitor’s SWOT analysis 58 The British Green Consumers 59 Perception and Attitudes in Relation to the Environment 59 Information on the environment 62 Solutions to environmental problems 65 SWOT Analysis 67 Strengths 68 Weaknesses 71 Opportunities 73 Threats 75 Conclusion 76 List of Literature 78 List of Websites 80 Summary 81 Appendix 82 Introduction “During humankind’s recorded history, extensive and sophisticated consumption systems have evolved to meet the needs of the earth’s human population […] But with world population now estimated at approximately 6.0 billion and expected to surge to between...
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