...Corporate Collaboration: The Growing Use of Wikis Establishing and maintaining a collaborative culture is a key to success for any business. Within larger organizations, there can be difficulty sharing information throughout different work groups and departments. Once this information is discussed, it is often stored away into a folder on a shared network drive. For larger companies with numerous amounts of data stored away, this information can be time consuming to find. However, a growing number of companies have found a tool to centralize information into a single website. A wiki is a website where users can add, delete or modify its content. This process is achieved by using the syntax of a simple mark-up language through a Web browser (Dagka, Papadaki, Lepouras, & Costas, 2012). The first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, was developed by Ward Cunningham. However, the most popular wiki software is Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites in the world. I have used Wikipedia mainly as a reader, but I have also input content on the website before. While studying journalism at Ohio University, I worked at Southeast Ohio Magazine. Along with the help of two fellow students, I helped create the Southeast Ohio Magazine Wikipedia page. I did not find creating the page difficult despite not having any knowledge of Web page development. Therefore, if wiki software was implemented into a business, extensive training would not be needed. ...
Words: 830 - Pages: 4
...value and every product or service subject to network effects fosters some kind of exchange * Staying power: The long-term viability of a product or service * Networks with greater numbers of users suggest a stronger staying power * Complementary benefits: Products or services that add additional value to the network * The three value-adding sources work together to reinforce one another in a way that makes the network effect even stronger * When users exchanging information attract more users, they can also attract firms offering complementary products * When developers of complementary products invest time writing software switching costs are created that enhance the staying power of a given network One-Sided or Two-Sided Markets? One-sided markets * A market that derives most of its value from a single class of users * Have same-side exchange benefits * Benefits derived by interaction among members of a single class of participant Two-sided markets * Network markets comprised of two distinct categories of participant, both of which that are needed to deliver value for the network to work * Have cross-side exchange benefits * When an increase in the number of users on one side of the...
Words: 2155 - Pages: 9
....mw-tou_notice { position: relative; background: #eee url(//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Gray-gradient1.png) repeat-x; border: solid 1px #C0C0C0; margin-bottom: 0.5em; } .mw-tou_notice:hover { cursor: pointer; } .mw-tou_notice-logo { position: relative; margin: 8px 0 10px 10px; width: 25px; height: 31px; background: url(//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg) no-repeat; float: left; } .mw-tou_notice-content { padding: 0px 50px 0 60px; text-align: center; position: relative; margin: auto; margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px; } .mw-tou_notice-text { font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7; } #mw-tou_notice-close { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; width: 27px; height: 32px; background: url(//bits.wikimedia.org/skins/common/images/closewindow19x19.png) no-repeat 50% 40%; z-index: 98; } Our updated Terms of Use[->0] will become effective on May 25, 2012. Find out more.[->1] Distance education From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about education over a distance. For learning that is spaced over time, see Distributed learning[->2]. Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom. It has been described as "a process to create and provide access to learning when the source...
Words: 3394 - Pages: 14
...Annual Report: KPJ HEALTHCARE BERHAD (2011) Vision, Mission and Core Values Vision * The preferred healthcare provider KPJ vision is to become the preferred healthcare provider. The aim for KPJ to set this vision is because they wanted their clients to choose KPJ as their lifelong companion on its healthcare journey. Besides that, they also wanted to help their client, take care of them in every way in their healthcare needs. Mission * Deliver quality healthcare services KPJ’s mission is to deliver quality healthcare services serves to provide coordinated medical services to all customers across a continuum of care. This is way KPJ always strengthen its commitment to provide customers highest standards services and treatment through teamwork and unity between the Medical Consultants and the clinical as well as non-clinical staff. Core Values * Ensuring safety * Delivering service with courtesy * Performing duties with integrity * Exercising professionalism at all times * Striving for continuous improvement Introduction KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) leading healthcare service provider in Malaysia and operating 20 private specialist hospitals in Malaysia and two hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia. Since the opening of the first hospital in Johor Bahru in 1981, KPJ has now served the community for three decades. Today, KPJ has its staff strength of 8,992 employees who support the medical services provided by 860 Medical Consultants specializing in...
Words: 4069 - Pages: 17
...CASE STUDY Third-party motor insurance: Your premiums may see only modest hike By Preeti Kulkarni, ET Bureau | 20 Mar, 2015, 11.47AM IST MUMBAI: The insurance regulator has invited responses to a proposal to increase the third-party motor insurance premium by 14% to 108%. However, industry observers believe that the hike will not be so steep. "Like last year, the hike will be moderated. It may not go beyond 20%," said a senior executive[->0] of a private general insurance company. In February 2014, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had proposed an increase of 25-136% and 0.96-45% for private cars and twowheelers, respectively. However, the final hike was only around 20%. Third-party motor insurance is mandatory and protects the owner of the vehicle against any compensation sought by the victim of a road accident caused by the vehicle.There is no cap on the compensation that a victim can claim in case of an accident. But there is a cap on the third-party premium. Insurers want this cap removed so that they can charge according to the risk they undertake. "The regulator and insurers understand that they need to make a pitch for higher rates to get what they actually aim for. That is the reason why the proposed hike looks steep. It will be significantly watered down when the final rates are announced, " said a Mumbai-based insurance broker[->1]. Moreover, third-party component accounts for a small portion (10-20%) of your comprehensive...
Words: 2928 - Pages: 12
...suppliers and provide up-to-date information to all types of customers. Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Production are all teams that can benefit from this service. The Intranet enables the company to incorporate information from customers and vendors in an effort to find their own business process, resulting in finding the best solution for each. Employees can access company information from anywhere, not just at the office. The ease of use is very promising and unlike older systems everyone can be on the same system. Sales and Marketing departments can benefit from intranets, providing accurate and quick access of reports, marketing initiatives, product information, and competitor’s offers or sales. Very different from the internet, an intranet is an internal system within a company that all employees can access. The intranet will serve the purpose of provoking organization, communication and process simplification. The intranet will provide a company and its employees first hand access to advertising and marketing, company goals and mission statement, and standard operating procedures, Maintenance and Shop manuals could be posted on the intranet for quick and easy access. Human resource information could also be posted, such as the employee manual and benefits information. This could reduce the time that Human Resources would have to spend answering employee questions. The intranet can be...
Words: 815 - Pages: 4
...Intro Exxon Mobil is one of the most successful businesses in the history of the United States. Though it did not start as Exxon, but evolved through splitting and joining of oil companies, it has always been a strong competitor in the field of oil sales. Exxon is now one of the top companies in the world, and has its eye on growth. According to Fortune 500 Exxon is the second largest company in the world, and though it is not the number one largest, it is the most profitable. In 2011 Exxon’s profits topped $30 billion, a whopping 58% jump. Background In 1870 a man named John D. Rockefeller founded a company called Standard Oil Company and by 1878 it controlled 95% of the US refining capacity. By 1911 the Supreme Court of the United States[->0] ruled that Standard Oil must be dissolved and split into 34 different companies. Two of these companies were Jersey Standard[->1], which eventually became Exxon, and Socony[->2] which eventually became Mobil. [5] Both companies grew significantly over the next few decades. In 1931, Socony merged with Vacuum Oil Co.[->3], an industry pioneer dating back to 1866. In 1966, Socony-Vacuum changed its name to ‘Mobil Oil Corporation’. A decade later, the newly incorporated Mobil Corporation absorbed Mobil Oil as a wholly owned subsidiary[->4]. Jersey Standard, led by Walter C. Teagle[->5], became the largest oil producer in the world. Jersey Standard changed its name to Exxon Corporation in 1972 and established Exxon as a trademark throughout...
Words: 5395 - Pages: 22
...rather than rules (deontology). Virtue ethics is a collection of normative ethical philosophies that emphasizes on being than doing. Virtue ethics focuses on the character of the moral agent instead of the rules and consequences. The differences between virtue ethics, and deontology lies in the way moral dilemmas are approached and solved. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_ethics) Deontologist says that telling lies are wrong even if gives good results. A Virtue ethicist concentrates less on the lie told and more on the decision to lie. Virtue ethics has been considered to be self centered and not to guide our actions properly. Virtue ethics encourages people to develop good character traits and break bad habits. A virtue ethicist, however, would focus less on lying in any particular instance and instead consider what a decision to tell a lie or not tell a lie said about one's character and moral behavior. As such, lying would be made in a case-by-case basis that would be based on factors such as personal benefit, group benefit, and intentions (as to whether they are benevolent or malevolent). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_ethics) Deontological or duty ethics emphasizes on following rules. Deontological is an approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules. (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/indep/carainbow/Theories.htm)The rules to be followed are a point of contention and criticism in deontological ethics...
Words: 560 - Pages: 3
...COROORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DEFINITION: Corporate social responsibility (CSR), also known as corporate conscience, corporate citizenship[->0], responsible business, sustainable responsible business (SRB), or corporate social performance,is a form of corporate[->1] self-regulation[->2] integrated into a business model[->3]. Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would monitor and ensure its support to law, ethical standards, and international norms[->4]. Consequently, business would embrace responsibility for the impact of its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders[->5] and all other members of the public sphere[->6]. Furthermore, CSR-focused businesses would proactively[->7] promote the public interest[->8] by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere, regardless of legality. Essentially, CSR is the deliberate inclusion of public interest[->9] into corporate decision-making[->10], and the honoring of a triple bottom line[->11]: people, planet, profit. CSR is usually practiced by many company’s eg: · Azim premji Foundation: working to provide elementary schooling to thousands of under privileged children. · Microsoft corporation (India): focused program ‘project...
Words: 2190 - Pages: 9
...Lichen /A lichen is a composite organism that emerges from algae[->0] or cyanobacteria[->1] (or both) living among filaments of a fungus[->2] in a mutually beneficial (symbiotic[->3]) relationship.[1][2][3] The whole combined life form has properties that are very different to properties of its component organisms. Lichens come in many colors, sizes, and forms. The properties are sometimes plant-like, but lichens are not plants. Lichens may grow like a tiny, leafless, branching shrub (fruticose[->4]), like it has leaves (foliose[->5]), like a crust of paint on a surface (crustose[->6]),[4] or have other growth forms.[5] A macrolichen is a lichen that is either bush-like or leafy. A microlichen is everything else.[1] Here, "macro" and "micro" do not refer to size, but to the growth form.[1] Common names for lichens[->7] may contain the word "moss" (e.g., "Reindeer moss[->8]", "Iceland moss[->9]"), and lichens may superficially look like and grow with mosses, but lichens are not related to mosses or any plant.[3]:3 Lichens don't have roots that absorb water and nutrients like in plants.[6]:2 Instead they produce their own food from sunlight, air, water, and minerals in their environment.[7] They are not parasites[->10] on the plants they may grow on, but only use them as a substrate to grow on or in. Lichens occur from sea level[->11] to high alpine[->12] elevations, in a very wide range of environmental conditions, and can grow on almost any surface.[7] Lichens are abundant...
Words: 11624 - Pages: 47
...ways of thinking”, seems more ambiguous because how can there be new ways of thinking? However, for this essay, the definition of thinking from a different perspective or thinking in a way that is different from all previous ways of thinking is used. This, however, allows different people to have different new ways of thinking. A new way of thinking to one person would no longer be the same to another person. Most often, people would firmly say that new ways of thinking are innovative and new advances are advantageous; for example, in Economics, advances in technology would lead to a greater productive and allocative efficiency, which would result in greater levels of economic growth for a certain country, which, of course, it’s a great benefit for the society. However, there is also a need for discovery new data and facts to broaden our knowledge, and we can’t overlook this. It’s human nature. Humans seek to understand the world in which they live in: its physical and non-physical aspects. This need in man is natural, and can be described as an impulse that has driven our kind through the generations and lead evolution into the areas of breakthrough. Using examples such as in economics, art and science, I will attempt to...
Words: 1523 - Pages: 7
...never knew what it was until I was older. When I hear the word, I think of hearing people waiting to receive their “check” at the beginning of the month. I always saw it as something negative because I grew up knowing that you were supposed to work, not rely on a handout. Now that I’m a bit older, I understand that sometimes you need to have a bit of assistance during hard times. The term welfare not only refers to cash benefits, but also programs such as food stamps and medicaid. Food stamps, which are also referred to as supplemental nutrition assistance program or SNAP benefits, were established in 1939. This is a program that provides financial assistance to low income families to purchase food for their household. Medicare is another form of welfare. It is a program that helps low income families receive healthcare. Qualified participants in the medicaid program include low-income adults, their children, and people with some disabilities. Unfortunately, poverty alone does not qualify one medicaid. The main type of welfare is referred to as cash benefits, or TANF. TANF is a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Prior to 1996, the program was called Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC. The Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was established during the Great Depression. It was designed to help relieve the financial burden...
Words: 792 - Pages: 4
...Advance America expand its system as the company outgrows it? [1] http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html [2] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Chapter 3, Case 2:Mayo Clinic Turns to Game Processor to Save Lives Critical Thinking Questions 1. In what other industry and scenario might time play an important role when it comes to processing? Explain how reducing minutes to seconds has an impact in that scenario. 2. What other processing technologies presented in this chapter might assist the Mayo Clinic in speeding up its computations? [1] http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html [2] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Chapter 4, Case 1:Systems Management Software Helps Fight Crime Critical Thinking Questions 1. What other types of industries would benefit from products like Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager? Why? 2. What general lesson regarding information system administration can you take from this case? [1] http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html [2] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Chapter 4, Case 2:Energy Giant Valero Turns to SOA Software Critical Thinking Questions 1. Why is it important to maintain a reasonably sized catalog of services rather than a large amount of services? 2. Is it wise for Valero to empower their managers to create their own services? How might this system benefit the company? Are there any dangers? [1] http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html [2]...
Words: 272 - Pages: 2
...accomplish the tasks required of them. A functional accounting system is critical to the success and health of any given economy. The purpose of this text is to suggest a solution to the lack of a medium through which accounting knowledge is disseminated. Knowledge of accounting is important in the innovation and improvement of accounting principles. These improvements are important in strengthening the economy of a country to compete in the emerging global market. In general, people would see benefit in their daily lives by understanding how and when to utilize various accounting principles. There are many instances in which these benefits can be seen. Individuals use accounting knowledge to more efficiently manage their financial resources. Also tied to this is the ability to keep accurate financial records in order for individuals to make more informed decisions regarding their money. These decisions include budgeting, fund allocation as well as general money management. These benefits stretch beyond the actual user of accounting principles. If people are better managing their money, they are less likely to fall into debt. If businesses do the same, they will be more averse to failure and bankruptcy. The use of accounting principles in daily decisions ultimately leads to a raised level of financial stability. Raised stability levels provide the environment necessary for economic progress and innovation. Government funds would be used much less in assisting firms that are failing...
Words: 1857 - Pages: 8
...The project manager is the person responsible for ensuring that the Project Team completes the project. The Project Manager develops the Project Plan with the team and manages the team’s performance of project tasks. It is also the responsibility of the Project Manager to secure acceptance and approval of deliverables from the Project Sponsor and Stakeholders. The Project Manager is responsible for communication, including status reporting, risk management, escalation of issues that cannot be resolved in the team, and, in general, making sure the project is delivered in budget, on schedule, and within scope A software engineer is in charge of assembling extensive amounts of code into working applications, as well as updating and fixing problems in existing software. A software engineer is also referred to as a programmer[->0], because the main duties of a software engineer involve programming computers. Software engineering[->1] may be compared with computer science[->2]. While a software engineer works on actually developing working software solutions, a computer scientist[->3] focuses on the theoretical construct of software and hardware[->4] development. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-software-engineer.htm A financial Manager is a person or persons or business that manages the monitary affairs of an individual or connected/related individuals or indeed an entity or business to maximise monitary success or turn around a poor financial situation The chief financial...
Words: 494 - Pages: 2
