...storing programs of any type on the computers. • Damaging, disabling, or otherwise harming the operation of computers, or intentionally wasting resources puts your work at risk, and will cut short your time with the ICT equipment. • Only use the computers for educational purposes. Activities such as buying or selling goods are inappropriate. • Always check files brought in on removable media (such as floppy disks, CDs, flash drives etc.) with antivirus software and only use them if they are found to be clean of viruses. • Always check mobile equipment (e.g. laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs etc.) with antivirus software, and ensure they have been found to be clean of viruses, before connecting them to the network. • Protect the computers from spillages by eating or drinking well away from the ICT equipment. Security and Privacy • Protect your work by keeping your password to yourself; never use someone else’s logon name or password. • Always get permission before revealing your home address, telephone number, school name, or picture to people you meet on the Internet. • Other computer users should be respected and should not be harassed, harmed, offended or insulted. • To protect yourself and the systems, you should respect the security on the computers; attempting to bypass or alter the settings may put you or your work at risk. • Computer storage areas and floppy disks will be treated like school lockers. Staff may review your files and communications to ensure that you...
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...Human Assets versus Other Organizational Assets September 18, 2014 Schuler and MacMillan (1984) stated that gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage is critical to any organization’s growth and prosperity, this involves recognizing and capitalizing on their human assets (p.1). Human assets are one of the most critical parts of a business that helps the company to maintain a competitive advantage in the market (Mello, 2015). Unfortunately, some organizations do not recognize and capitalize on their human assets. So why does senior management fail to realize the value of human assets versus other organizational assets. Human assets are often ignored compared to other assets because of five factors: management values, attitude toward risk, nature of employee skills, availability of outsourcing and utilitarianism. Each of these major factors affects how “investment oriented” a company is compared to other organizational assets (Mello, 2015, p. 12). The first factor, management values and their actions involve the readiness of the company to integrate successful plans to invest in human assets; and the second factor, attitude toward risk involves the risks the company is willing to take to invest in their human assets (Mello, 2015). In order to lessen the risk associated with human asset investments, organizations need to develop successful strategies that appeal to their employees or risk losing their investments. Employees today, seek more of a challenging or non-traditional...
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...advantages and disadvantages of each system and, based on your knowledge of human resources and database systems, propose one (1) package that would fit the needs of your organization. Suggest three (3) specific reasons why you would recommend that system over the other. Human resources database software typically offers a myriad of features. Some manage hiring and training while others management benefits and performance management. Triton HR & Payroll are the 2 commercial HR database systems that I will be reviewing. After reviewing them both, I recommend Payroll as they have a seamless end-to-end HR solution that includes recruiting all the way to termination. The software addresses recruiting, on-boarding, time & attendance, payroll processing, benefits, coaching and performance management, and terminations. It is a very through system that allows for easy implementation and costs less than the Triton HR system. Although the Triton HR system does contain many of the same features, what it lacks is the fluid transfer of information and reduction of paperwork. Overall the Payroll system is more efficient, effective, and affordable than the Triton HR system. Suggest three (3) efficiencies that an organization would gain from using a SAAS for its HRIS needs and three (3) inefficiencies from maintaining an MS Access-based database application. Using software as a service (SAAS) for Human Resource database management has several advantages. One advantage which is most...
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...Role of the Finance Director The finance director is a key member of the board of directors fulfilling a crucial and complex role. The role of the finance director varies according to the size of the company involved. However, in general, he or she oversees all financial aspects of company strategy and is responsible for the flow of financial information to the chief executive, the board and, where necessary, external parties such as investors or financial institutions. What Are the Duties of a Finance Director? They are in charge of company finances, or work with the executive in charge of finance to make sure the company remains as profitable as possible. Financial directors typically have a degree and professional experience in accounting or finance. * Approve Company Budgets: Finance directors are responsible for approving all company related budget plans. Project managers who create project plans typically also include a proposed budget for the project. It is the duty of a financial director to review and approve of the budget based on available company budget and potentially profitability from the project. Financial directors also approve proposed annual or quarterly budgets for various departments in the company, such as marketing or development. Department or project managers should communicate regularly with financial directors to ensure their particular department or project remains on budget as work progresses. * Forecast Revenue: Financial directors...
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...facilities and innovative designs, the organization has grown to include multiple locations, each specializing in diverse products. The organization has become an industry leader with customers in the fields of automotive, aircraft, appliance, and beverage makers and bottlers in addition to supplying products to the Department of Defense. Purpose System Request 004 has been requested by Hugh McCauley, Riordan Manufacturing’s Chief Operating Officer. The purpose of this request is to satisfy the organizational need to streamline the Human Resources Department’s functions. Riordan’s goal is to take advantage of more sophisticated information technology to compile multiple functions and plant location information into one Human Resources system. In order to successfully develop this system, one must define the business requirements for the development of the system, create a detailed project plan that provides a list of all the tasks, resources, schedule and ensure that the project can be completed by the scheduled deadline - in approximately six months, so the new system can be utilized in the second quarter of next year. Successful Information Gathering Generally, the elicitation process begins with the analyst having no knowledge of the topic. Business objectives, problems, strategies and product concepts assist in forming system requirements. During the planning process key stakeholders are determined and brainstorming sessions are held to collect data. The information...
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...D1 – Evaluate how managing resources and controlling budgets can improve the performance of Asda. It’s important for Asda to manage all its resources and control its budgets to be successful. Managing resources and budgets gives Asda more structure and stability leading to high performance and success. If resources and budgets are not controlled then many problems could occur for Asda leading to bad performance and failure. Managing the human resources department can help to build more reliable and hardworking workforce and when managing human resources appropriately can lead to highly motivated and skilled staff and can defiantly improve the business performance. E.g. at Asda it’s important to provide staff with incentives so that they feel their work is being valued and they will want to work harder to achieve targets. I believe that if the management of the human resources department is done well then that is the key element to bringing the business to success. If the staff are well trained and looked after, they will provide better customer service which in turn will attract more customers there so they will make more money but just doing that one simple step, staff will also need to stack shelves quickly so that there is always fresh food for customers to buy. Managing physical and technological resources well can have substantial cost saving benefits for Asda, ensuring that the building and the space inside is well maintained helps Asda work more efficiently...
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...(if any) from that of a competitor, and provides potential customers with a feature or add-on that gives it a greater sense of value. A value add can either increase the product's price or value. For example, offering one year of free support on a new computer would be a value-added feature. Additionally, individuals can bring value add to services that they perform, such as bringing advanced financial modeling skills to a position in which the hiring manager may not have foreseen the need for such skills. (source:www.investopedia.com) Based on my research, it can be concluded that the human resource management of Walmart has majorly contributed to the success of the company by adding value to their daily operations. Further on this conclusion will be explained in-depth with the facts and evidence. First and foremost, let us take a look at some of the essential skills of human resource management and how they relate to add value to the success of Walmart. Planning Planning is a basic...
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...Human Resource Management Alex Renteria Mgmt. 201 5/19/2011 Kent Troxell Human Resource Management Human resources is an expression used to describe the individuals who construct up the workforce of an organization, although it is also pertained in labor economics as well, for example, business segments or even whole nations. Human resources is also the name of the occupation within an organization charged with the overall responsibility for implementing strategies and policies concerning to the management of individuals (i.e. the human resources). This function title is often abbreviated to the initials "HR". Human resources are a relatively modern management term, coined as late as the 1960s. The origins of the function ascended in organizations that introduced 'welfare management' practices and also in those that adopted the principles of 'scientific management'. From these relationships emerged a fundamentally administrative management activity, coordinating an assortment of worker related processes and becoming known, in time, as the 'personnel function'. Human resources progressively became the more everyday name for this function, in the first instance in the United States as well as multinational or international corporations, reflecting the adoption of a more quantitative as well as strategic approach to workforce management, demanded by corporate management to gain a competitive advantage, utilizing limited skilled and highly skilled...
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...from? • Describe the information-gathering techniques and systems analysis tools you would propose for the project. • Identify the key factors that help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully. • Explain what project scope is and why it is important. Describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SCLC. • Cite and discuss 2 to 3 references, in addition to the required readings, that are relevant to the assignment. Include citations and references formatted consistent with APA guidelines. Submit Section 1 of the final paper. Week 2 Individual Assignement The Riordan Manufacturing Company has submitted a service request to analyze the human resources department. The goal of this analysis is to integrate the variety of tools already in use by the company into one system for the whole company to utilize. The system development life cycle will be used to complete the request and the goal of Riordan Manufacturing. The first portion of this paper will focus on the scope and feasibility of the project, as well as describe the information gathering techniques and design methods for the service request. The...
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... man named Alex greeted him, this would be Nix’s mentor and supervisor. In this quick introduction he went into explaining what had happened to the island and that it affects everyone every day all over the world. Alex also explained that the organization is considering establishing a greater presents here that could take different forms, based on what is good for the company and good for the people. Kava was a country with lots of serious potential risk associated with it such as: disease, terrorism, which meant possible risk of money laudering, threat of natural disasters, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes. Over fifty percent of the people in Kava were under fifteen years of age. The organization would have to face lack of available employees due to age requirements. Also, there was a broad ethnic mix of indigenous South Pacific tribes, Asian, African, French, and Spanish. Communication would be tough. The positive side of Kava is that the labor is inexpensive quality labor and the country was full of natural resources. The government of Kava has asked the company to consider there island as a place to establish their business to help rebuild their...
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...assistance and aid. The country Kava, not only has potential and opportunity, but also has great resources. Kava provides goods and services that have a huge impact on people and businesses all over the world. Chris Morales, who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer at the Department of Human Services, is aware of the importance and significance of these resources and considers it his duty as well as the duty of the employees at the Department of Human Services to contribute to the growth and stability of Kavas economy. The Department of Human Services plans to preserve and protect Kavas valuable resources by establishing a greater presence in Kava and giving back to the country and all of its population who have helped Kava. The Department of Human Services plans to aid in cleaning up and restoring Kava on its way to recovery. It is the job of the director of strategic planning at the Department of Human Services to help this country recover so it can have continuous growth and success. The goal of the Department of Human Services is to protect the health of the needy as well as to provided essential human services, especially for the people who are the least able to help themselves. We at the Department of Human Services would like to help Kava recover from the disasters it has faced and to help Kava overcome any challenges that it presently has. The Department of Human Services will accomplish this by addressing all of the issues in the business scenario, the forces...
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...Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Global Communications Team D |Task A: Problem/Opportunity Statement | |Instructions for Task A: In the Response row, write out the problem/opportunity statements for the scenario for each of the team | |members. | |Response to Task A: | |Name | |Problem Statement | | | | | |In order to meet the requirements of consumer demand and ensure business continuity, Global Communications need to offer better | |telecommunications services for consumers. By implementing their plan to outsource, they will cut labor cost and focus more | |attention on innovation. Before any of this can be accomplished, they have...
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...containers, automotive parts, aircraft related parts, and appliance related parts (Riordan Manufacturing, n.d.). The company's revenue exceeded $1 billion and is a Fortune 1000 enterprise (Riordan Manufacturing, n.d.). Due to current declines in sales and "uneven profits", Riordan embraced changes that included adopting a customer-relationship management system and a Six Sigma quality approach (Riordan Manufacturing, n.d.). While these changes were developed to combat the developing issues with the business end of the company vision and needs, it unfortunately brought about decreases in production and employee satisfaction. In order to combat the issues related to the necessary changes in company practices, Riordan Manufacturing must build human resource planning that address the needs of the employees and brings them on board with the goals and needs of the company. In order to better understand the issues and opportunities facing...
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...determine the number of human resources needed for the company to be ready in venturing into poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time * To analyze risks involved in poultry production in Nigeria in four weeks time * To determine historical data of sales growth within the past five years to project return of investment in the next five years Areas of Consideration: INTERNAL 1. Marketing Hygeia International is already well established in Nigeria. However, marketing channels are poorly developed. Tv and radio still have to be improved so the marketing department of the company should implement marketing activities to easily reach the target market. 2. Finance The financial projection prepared by R. Akobo, the company’s agricultural manager , and checked by M. Suleman, the company’s financial manager was given to the president. The treasurer of the company also noted that estimated return is well over 30 percent hurdle-rate used for domestic investment. 3. Production Though Hygeia is not producing chickens or eggs commercially, the company has experts familiar with the technology and it also has a subsidiary focusing on development of new genetic strains in chicken (faster growth, larger prod. of white meat, more eggs, disease resistance, or other desired characteristics). The company also has an expertise with the entire technology of operations in drugs for disease control and feed supplements for chicks. 4. Human Resource The major bottleneck...
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...Internal Risk Assessment Tina Sams MGT488 Sept.11, 2011 S. Jeannette Guignard Internal Risk Assessment Introduction Home Depot was founded in 1978 by two individuals and they are Bernice Marcus and Arthur Blank. The two wanted to change the way people thought and took care of their home and their gardens. They created the do it yourself concept and that way of thinking has caught on and has spawn across the globe. Home Depot headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Today Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailers. It has over 2200 stores throughout the United States and that also includes Puerto Rico, U.S, Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico and even China. Home Depot employs 317,000 individuals in all off the stores. Home Depot sells anything from carpenter needs, carpet, appliances and most everything that a person would need to complete their do it themselves projects. Strengths and Weakness The Home Depot stores has a variety of areas where their strengths and weaknesses are greatly measured and used to help make their business and their stores strive and be successful. The first area that is going to be mentioned is the stores. To begin the strengths of Home Depot it has to start will all of the employees. It also builds it strengths around their merchandise that they carry. They want to make sure that they have everything that a do it yourself person to do their construction that they need to do. Projects are what people want to do to make the necessary...
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