...REFLECTION PAPER It is extremely difficult to estimate the amount of knowledge in existence today. While knowledge is flowing in incredible pace, extraction and application of the relevant information from the bulk of knowledge is vital for many aspect of our lives. As an IMBA student in Florida International University, I have never thought that there was such a strict distinction between the information and the knowledge in today’s technology driven world. However, after taken this course, it is quite clear to me that gathering the beneficial information is not an easy task as it seems before. There are crucial elements to obtain valuable information for the businesses. Every business is unique so the strategies for them too. To illustrate, the desired strategy of the business can be thought as an apple pie. To make an apple pie, first, we need to have flour which is the main ingredient. Thus, data is our main ingredient. However, Databases are like huge swimming pools. There are many data sources that we can collect data but having all the data cannot make a good apple pie which is desired at the end. Similarly, no matter how many ounces we have the flour, it is not possible to prepare an apple pie with having only flour. In this step, knowledge which is ‘know how to make a pie’, takes place. Every business is unique. Therefore, as future managers, we need to know which direction we should choose to pursue our business goals. There are many types of bakery in the world...
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...that focus on decision support systems and knowledge management practices. This analysis will examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for Accenture within today’s complex business atmosphere. Organizations today are striving to remain competitive in a market that is not only complex but constantly changing. Organizations that are both private and public are under pressures that force them to respond quickly to changing conditions and be innovative in the way they operate their business. Once this investigation is complete organizations that are large, small, public, private or even nonprofit will benefit from the findings and gain a better understanding of how to implement knowledge management initiatives into their standard company best practices. Background Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company has experience capabilities across all major industries and business functions worldwide. Its business is structured around five operating groups, which together comprise nineteen industry groups. Accenture provides services to its customers through a global delivery network of over 50 centers (Accenture plc, n.d.). At the top of the list for Accenture’s top competitors is global giant IBM. IBM is one of the largest leading business intelligence companies in the market today. Like most large consulting firms, Accenture has been able to stay competitive by constantly adapting to the changes around...
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...Healthcare is constantly changing and growing because of new research and science that is being discovered. Every organization is trying to out due the other and trying to be world known for something that nobody else has. Structure and organizations in a healthcare setting is crucial when trying to achieve excellence and recognition. I work for a large hospital in Pittsburgh; they are constantly changing and growing due to the needs of the community. In our organization we use the boundryless method or organization. We are always willing to hear and talk with other hospitals to make our community and organization better. Because the hospital I work for is so large and things are changing daily. We have what’s called INFO NET; this is a website where employees can read information that is happening not only locally but nationally and internationally. The employees also have the option of submitting information to this website, for others to see and respond. This website also recognizes people in the hospital for their good doings or their achievements in medicine or education. In a large corporation, getting information to all employees is essential. Lack of communication in a hospital those employees over 3,000 people can turn into a negative experience very quickly. If people aren’t notified of the things that they need to be this can cause mass amounts of confusion and be very frustrating. Techniques that have worked to communicate to others within the system have been...
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...Technology’s Impact on society Humanity has evolved from the essence that separates humans from beasts. The ability to use the mind for reason. Reason is the ability to analyze, create, deduce, and formulate. It is reason that enables human beings to strive to invent; it is through invention that mankind has developed society and created a better world. We could say that technology is the sum total of instrumentally useful culturally-transmissible information. Technology is a word used to collectively describe or portray the advancements, abilities, creations, undertakings, views, and knowledge of a singular group of persons: we as human-kind. When there is talk about the relationships between technology and humanity, it is evident that we have to deal with the interrelations between some very complex phenomena. Technology, science, society or systems of societies, and systems of rights of a universal nature. The discovery and development of a large number of powerful energy sources-coal, petroleum, electricity etc. have enabled humanity to conquer the barriers of nature. All this has facilitates the growth of fast modes of transport, which in turn has transformed the world into a global village. In the “old days”, we used phones for talking to each other. That was it. Not for texting. Not for browsing the web. And not for playing Angry Birds (a nightmare, I know). In the past, technology was a bonus, not a necessity. We did not rely on technology to get from...
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...firms to provide clients with an "accountant in their pocket" at all times. In the modern age, technology is constantly evolving and this has an effect on every profession, especially accounting. Processes and procedures are becoming less manual and more automated. Accounting begun being all written and having hard copies as the only backup. Systems are becoming more advanced and powerful which allows them to aggregate large amounts of data. As time went on, new software and hardware allow calculations to occur more quickly and allow backup to be more readily accessible. As well, with accounting constantly changing, the standards and regulation overseeing the profession were as well. As well, a lot of companies in the early 2000s when the technology bubble was building, companies such as Enron and WorldCom tried to take advantage of lax audit rules and committed extensive fraud. This constantly requires technology to change to allow for it to be in line with what is required, specifically in relation to audits and GAAP. In this digital age, technology adapts and improves and this has a direct impact on accounting and this ends up changing the landscape. One of the biggest changes for accounting was the invention of the Computer System, more specifically Accounting Information Systems. Accounting Information Systems (AIS) are used by organizations to generate information based on raw data. They extend beyond just accounting and allow businesses to also...
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...System Evaluation Paper Name CIS/207 July 7, 2014 Instructor System Evaluation Paper Apollo Company has had multiple systems to help the company perform everyday tasks. Only about two years ago the Apollo Company decided to look at how many systems were being used and why the company was using many systems at one time. Customer service had a system; sales had a system, customer support had a system, and finance had a system. These systems did not include systems for human resources and more. In all, the company realized that there were too many systems and wanted to see if there was a way to have fewer systems. After meeting with several vendors, the Apollo Company made the decision to look into a way to have customer service, sales, customer support, and finance on one system. The process to find the right system took a little over six months but the Apollo Company finally decided to make a change. The old system would be replaced by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) that would run through Salesforce. The company hired Salesforce to come in and see the old system. Salesforce immediately explained that there was a way to have all the systems into one and that by using Salesforce this would be possible with a new monitoring system. CRM is data driven, constantly changing and will even connect customer feedback or comments through social media with the new system (Rainder, Prince, & Cegielski, 2014). The system used is how the client is built into...
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...IT Security Controls and Countermeasures Best practice in information security and compliance would be to be in association with a security facility to discuss the challenges that the company faces in regards to data protection, compliance and the Internet. They would also recommend ideas as to how to organize secure environments without using expensive or outdated methods. Examples of this would include: * The cloud security risk for the company. This is a technology that is sought after by many companies. It is popular because of the flexibility, pay-for-use and less hardware that needs to be used. * Security regulation compliance for companies. Being compliant with The Data Protection Act and PCI-DSS payment card regulations is difficult because it’s time consuming and expensive. * The changing of a company’s threat landscape. This is important to constantly survey for any changes to the threat landscape. Malware is one big issue; which is becoming more and more sophisticated. * Security education and training for companies is very important to the security that is necessary to reduce any human error. * ISSA5173 security standard is the brainchild of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-UK). This is used to combat any needs a company may face and to create new security standards for the company by looking at policies, procedures and the education of employees. One critical step that needs to be addressed is to have a more detailed education...
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...Information Systems in Business Information Systems support various businesses in many different ways from doing simple mathematics to database inquiries and retrieval. They provide can provide fast and accurate communications between different department of a business no matter the distance between them. Huge amounts of data can be stored in relative small multiple locations throughout the world and then accessed from just about anywhere an internet connection is located. The different elements of a company can compare the data stored in the system to what each other’s projects they are working on to ensure complete reliability from anywhere in the world. Using different type of systems they can produce projects that normally cannot be done in a safe manner there by reducing the physical and financial burden on the company. They can gather all of the daily information that is produced by the company and separate it into a form showing the averages and the declines that are being made so they can adjust their production to meet a specific goal. They also are able to streamline businesses and lowering production cost by implementing a more reliable system of data collecting. While working for a University in Germany they used many different types of systems to do separate projects and handle different functions like we had an email server just to handle all of the staff and students email requests. We had a database server to handle all of the data for the...
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... Criminal Justice Trends The criminal justice system is set within our society as a means to protect those individuals that are innocent from those who intend to harm him or her. The purpose of a law is meant to protect a person from a person who could intentionally or potentially harm them. The two, work together to try and meet with the same results, to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. We as a society are full of people whom choose to continuously evolve. We are changing and as we change our perceptions change and as our perceptions change our society changes. This is responsible for the trends that take place in our society and inevitably within our criminal justice system. In this paper we will endeavor to assess previous, current, and imminent trends in the boundary amongst mechanisms of the criminal justice system and criminal justice associations with adjacent society. In our assessment we will also attempt to evaluate and identify recent and future trends and contemporary issues that affect our criminal justice system and try to determine the value of the criminal justice system in a changing society (University of Phoenix Student website, 2010). Many have viewed the criminal justice system as simply presenting a harsh existence. Some have viewed it as being too lax. There are many individuals that could agree that at one point or another, the criminal justice system has been judged to be too much on side or the other. Criminal...
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...BSN Essential IV tells us about information management and application of patient care technology. Technology is changing the world at warp speed and nowhere is it more evident than in healthcare setting. Current advancements in technology change nursing practice constantly. It is very important for the nurse to be knowledgeable of information and patient care technology to deliver high quality patient care. There are many emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing. The most important ones are electronic health records, medication administration system, and computerized physician order entry and clinical support. The electronic health record technology already exists but it continues to evolve as a result of ongoing...
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...is knowledgeable, adaptable, and receptive to new changes ensures the efficiency of the work system. According to Mello (2011), “An organization is only as strong or as weak as its employees, and the skills, backgrounds, and motivation these employees bring to their jobs will therefore be a key factor in the organization’s overall performance” (p.108). Planning could be in the form of performing a need analysis regarding human capital as it can help assess what is needed in terms of skills and capabilities in order for an organization to gain a competitive advantage. Planning can also include evaluating the external and internal market to evaluate what compensation and benefits are needed in order to attract the right employees. Evaluating what competitors offer and building a strategy to attract the right personnel can also result in attaining a high quality work force. Furthermore, it is essential for an organization that once they have the required skills from the current human capital pool that these be updated along with the goals and strategies of the organization. Having outdated skills would make a company lag in the outside market and to possibly be set in a disadvantage position. Cost-effective utilization of labor Managing labor effectively can reduce costs for any organization. This is true if there are evaluation methods in place and the organization is constantly monitoring the human capital pool. Creating cost-effective strategies would reduce not only...
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...Introduction We live in an everyday changing world where technology is constantly generating data and valuable information for organizations and communities, which is often overlooked or undervalued. Business Intelligence is a concept, accompanied by a set of tools and techniques that powers the use of data towards business strategies and goals already established. It enhances the use of technology for competitive advantage through better use of information as a tool for decision making. Regardless of company size, the ability to collect, analyze and act on operational data is key to competitive and successful operations. Oracle Software solutions for Business Intelligence (BI) are designed to provide information to those responsible for decision making with just one mouse click, allowing business managers to identify and respond appropriately to changing market conditions and the customer demand at any time, anywhere. (Oracle,2009) Relevant Issues Companies generate tons of information everyday, ranging from transactions to market evaluations. Every piece of data could be relevant when it comes the time for decision making. In some companies, a simple spreadsheet is enough to get the job done while in others it is the database the most useful tool. But as companies grow, the amount of data decision makers need to understand grows: new products and services, new markets and opportunities, investments in operations, sales, marketing and other systems to support growth. (McCabe, 2010)...
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...04/20/2014 Critical Issues A lot of things are different today then they use to be. Technology is constantly improving and changing. Police are constantly having to get new equipment and update the systems they already have. Each time they improve the technology police have to take new training classes to learn how to properly use the equipment. They also have different weapons. Some of their weapons could be considered lethal and some are considered less than lethal but again it all is part of new developments and they have to be trained to use them. With all of the new technology advancements and new weapons police are constantly faced with dangers and new challenges. Today’s world is all about new technology and the next big thing. Police officers constantly have to learn new technology so that they can more efficiently do their job. Thanks to the changes in technology police officers have a better chance of finding criminals and proving their cases. For example in the 1980’s police officers did not really have DNA testing. Because they did not have this, more people were able to get away with more crimes. Now that we have DNA testing technology it is easier to prove that a criminal was at the scene of the crime. Another example is the Amber Alert system. In Oklahoma a little girl named Amber was kidnapped from her mother and her mother pushed and pushed until she was able to get a system that broadcasted the Amber Alert on every television and radio and electronic billboard across...
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...come up with multiple ways of storing the data in the event one device or method fails. Also, all things eventually wear out in time. Therefore, servers, hard drives, databases and any other technological data storing equipment or methods, must be constantly upgraded or maintained to prevent data rot and equipment failures. Networks, communications, collaborations, databases, data sources, and applications are all related in that they are all used interchangeably. They each have their own purposes or applications. The means of accessing and using the desired information is what differentiates one from the other. For example, databases are used to centralize information that may consist of various degrees of information of reduced specifications and details. Databases also make it possible for employees and employers to access many sources of information from one place, rather than having to use different devices, channels, or methods of accessing information from different places. A database also allows access from various devises, such as computers, phones, and tablets. This allows for multiple accessibility and has the potential to increase the accuracy of data that is put into the system for measurement. In other words, data systems are intrinsic instruments of measurement that serve many purposes, such as budgetary expenditures, tracking specific increases of certain inventory over the past few months, or assessing what products customers are buying more of so that they can...
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...Wal-Mart- A Case Study of MIS Strategy Walden University Wal-Mart – A Case Study of MIS Strategy Management information system is all about people using technology to work with information as they support the organization in its quest for a competitive advantage (Haag & Cummings, 2008, p. 29). Researchers and authors have discussed management information systems and technology over the decades. The concepts of competitive advantage, technology, outsourcing etc. have been theorized, yet discussion on the subject matter continues. While MIS strategy formulation has seen advancement, organizations are evolving and constantly changing their operating models. An example of such organization is Wal-Mart, the global retail giant. This research seeks to pin-point Wal-Mart’s key management information system strategy, while providing a deeper understanding of the organization’s management information systems strategy and its impacts. Further it aims to investigate knowledge management, e-commerce strategy, and the impact of database management which are aspects that can be incorporated into the MIS strategy formulation. To achieve this objective the literature survey was conducted to explore available published papers in the sphere of IS/IT strategy formulation. Considering that the applicability of information systems and technology is mission critical, the research design focused on the qualitative approach. The primary method of data collection was through semi-structured...
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