...Transactions in GIS, 2008, 12(3): 365– 375 XXX © 2008 UK 1467-9671 1361-1682 Transactions in GIS TGIS The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, 20083Blackwell Publishing Ltd Research Article Research D Ghosh Article A Loose Coupling Technique for Integrating GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making A Loose Coupling Technique for Integrating GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Debasis Ghosh National Informatics Centre Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Calcutta, India Keywords Abstract Spatial decision making is characterized by problems associated with multiple and conflicting alternatives relating to geographical features and their attributes. As such, the search for the best possible alternative from a large set of such alternatives can be a daunting task. The aim of integrating GIS with Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is to develop a well-defined process that can scan through such extensive fields of choice to arrive at the best possible solution. Goal Programming is one tool (developed in conjunction with MCDM) that can handle a problem with multiple, conflicting and incommensurable alternatives, and this article explains how the loose coupling technique can integrate MCDM with GIS to assist decision making among competing alternatives. As an example, this methodology has been applied for community development purposes in the Hooghly District of West Bengal, India. 1 Background The inclusion of...
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...Integrating Technology Craig E. Fain EDU648: Teaching & Learning with Technology August, 4, 2013 Integrating Technology An analysis of proper integration of technology with pedagogy, reveals some challenges for the teacher: demonstrating to the student’s technological literacy, identifying proper technologies that work best for each assignment, and employ the proper knowledge of how the technologies are used for the assignments. Recognizing that these challenges must be met for proper support of the learner and their learning style and intelligences. Assignment Prompt One (Digital Whiteboard and PowerPoint) – INSTRUCTIONS: Reading the chapter on European Society in the Early Modern era, highlight and note the powerful movements that transformed European society during time. Referencing the highlights and notes, create a PowerPoint presentation (with slide notes) and briefly describe the origin of each, and how it affected society as a whole. Incorporate animations, and graphics with your presentation. You will present your PowerPoint presentation using the digital whiteboard to the class. Researching the use of PowerPoint in relation to teaching and learning I found the tool seems to be a popular choice for business, education, and training industry. It offers an excellent and powerful tool to facilitate and improve the delivery of lessons and other content to a large audience. As we have learned in this course, technology is not an end in and of itself...
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...Integrating the Enterprise Vertical "command and control" sabotages organizations that need bottom-up innovation to be competitive. Yet organizational integration is increasingly essential. New research shows how technology is helping cutting-edge companies meet the challenge by integrating horizontally. Sumantra Ghoshal and Lynda Cratton nc ofthe most fundamentiil Lind enduring tensions in all liiit very small companies is between siibunit aulononiy and empowermenl on ihc one hand and overall organizaliontil integnition and cohesion on Lhe other.' The tensions grow with increasing organizational complexity and assume tbe most intensity in large, diversified global companies.^ In our research with such organizations, we have seen ihal it is possible to balance those tensions successtijlly by implementing four kinds of horizontal integration for .ichieving cohesion witboul hierarchy. Over the lasL decade, many large companies around the world focused on creating relatively autonomous subunits and empowered managers by breaking up ihoir organizational behemoths into small, entrepreneurial units. Some, though nol all, achieved significant benefits from such restructnring.-' Freed from bureaucratic ccnlral controls, the empowered units improved both the speed and the quality of responsiveness to market demands — and fostered increased innovation. Companies were able to reduce tbeir corporate-level overbead and make internal-governance processes more disciplined and transparent...
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...Integrating RFID (Radio frequency Identification system) and bar-coding Business systems management in Aero Steel Mike Vargas Applied Business Research Project IS535 Managerial Applications of Information Technology- Session SEP08-Sec O Professor Alice Richmond Contents Abstract 3 Technology Improvement Paradigm 4 Company Data 6 Current Business Issues 7 Topic Research 8 Benefits and Recommendations 11 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 16 Abstract In today’s evolving global markets, construction companies need to develop business solutions to advance bottom-line results, improve operational processes, and recognize problems and solutions quickly, and systematically and effectively implement supply chain management methods. In particular the Structural Steel and Miscellaneous Metals Industry must improve its ability to match the ever increasing demands of the customer-driven market place. As Architectural and Engineering firms set the standards of technology use in their industries so must the steel fabricator to “confirm to owners, the design community, building officials, and the construction industry that a certified structural steel...
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...Sharon Lawrence EDU-225 June 23, 2013 Jeri Jorgenson-Zwibel Integrating Instructional Technology Education is an absolute in society to learn and to be successful in the work world. Instructional technology will give resources and processes that affect the learning capabilities of a student. Although the education of many different types of technology is apparent, the main teaching process is a combination of four main components, 1) management of the education 2) development of the education 3) resources for the education 4) and the learner to earn the education. These components are also known as educational technology, Instructional technology is a sub of educational technology. In desperate need of integrating instructional technology “points to the facts that teachers and students lack the necessary skills to access, process and use the information and the ideas” (Hannafin, 2001). “This is such a complex, integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems, involve in all aspects of learning” (Reiser & Ely, 1997). The need of integrating instructional technology and information is visible which can be a successful relationship that they nurture each other (Abdekraheem , 1997). Some characteristics of highly interactive and open learning systems are relevant and well designed for challenging activities of the learning environment...
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...Angela Williams EDU-225 May 25, 2014 Instructor: Cicogna Integrating Instructional Technology Integrating instructional technology into the classroom can better pupil’s knowledge in both education and connection. My Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan will include facts on how educators can use technology as an education implement. By special technology fluency I aim to use technology to increase informative chances, employ it to the courses and to build association and teamwork between my pupils. Integrating technology into the classroom will get pupils ready for general companionship and lifelong education proficiency. Standards will be set when starting the path of this expedition. As an educator my desire and individual posture toward technology will decide my pupil’s results in reaching their aim. My pupils will be stable working in a diversity of informative and instructional technology exercise and engaging together cooperative. Integration of technology into the classroom will support pupils in improvement of skills in art, science, reading, writing, math, etc. They will be able to see presentations, as well as today, those of their own in oral and non-oral ways. They will examine the use of a different digital media devices and technology materiel in develop these skills. Technology is more than hardware. Technology is also used for the designs and the environments that employ knowledge. Technology can also be used...
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...Integrating Instructional Technology In one way or another, technology has become a part of our lives. No matter how we try, we can not get around it. With the integration of instructional technology being one of the fastest growing learning and innovative tool, it is the one tool that will help students gains the skills they need to be successful in this extremely complex technological world as we know it. Instructional technology offers many activities that can be used in the classroom. The internet is a healthy source for providing information. Through the use of the multimedia, it offers a wide variety of ways that is able to present both educational and entertaining information through computers and as part of collaboration, online tools can be used. The website is another way that instructional technology can be used. It provides a way of communication for students, parents, and teachers and can include vital information such as class syllabus, study questions, weekly assignments, weekly reading, links to other websites, as well as any other vital information (Melville, 2000). The internet can also be used to take the class on an adventurous field trip through the use of a virtual tour by accessing an exhibition online. Classes have the opportunity to observe and take part in an educational activity in real time by taking part in a web event such as using the chat room or streaming a video. This class activity also gives the students the chance to ask online...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity Strayer University Author Note BUS520 Dr. Laura Poluka July 28, 2013 Integrating Culture and Diversity 1998, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a revolutionary search engine that offered quick and easy browsing for cyber surfers with reliable links based on a webpage’s popularity (“Who we are,” n.d.). Google continued to grow and now provides resources for individuals and businesses in order to “succeed on and off the web” (“Our products and services,” n.d.). Google is an Internet superpower that uses an open web to create new products for technologically savvy and novice Internet users, so the diverse group has the ability to find what they want on the Internet, design their own Google site or blog, share documents and spreadsheets around the world, earn revenue from ads, and much more. Google’s culture extends to all people across the world because they aim for diversity with multicultural employees who represent their users. In addition, as a community, their employees hail from many countries with capable abilities. The many cultures within Google are partly their reason for their success. This diversity allows Google to interact with their users. Their “weekly all-hands (“TGIF”) meetings…[allow] Googlers [to] ask questions directly to Larry, Sergey and other execs about any number of company issues” (“Our culture,” n.d...
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...each other. The critical factor is matching the teaching strategy with an appropriate assessment strategy. If a teacher does an exceptional job in assessment of her students but the teacher does not take the assessment into planning her next lessons then the assessments are a waste. Some of the assessment approaches I plan to use in my math class are rubrics, drill and practice software. I intend to use Rubrics to tell me which particular area my student is falling behind. The drill and practice software which I will be using during mock tests will give me an instant feedback, thus saving my time that would otherwise be spent in manual grading. This way I can give more attention to my students. have chosen the top ten list for integrating technology in mathematics as the subject and the technology is Google sketchup and Geometer's sketchpad for teaching geometry. Both the tools bring geometry to life making it easier to explain shapes and angles. "Google sketchup tool has the ability to create,transform,represent and analyze 3-dimensional objects."( Julian F Fleron,2009 from http://www.westfield.ma.edu/math/prime/concrete.ideas/GSUPaperNCTM.pdf) Not only does this make teaching of concepts...
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...Vera Goss EDU 225 Integrating Instructional Technology February 23, 2014 Integrating Instructional Technology Everyday teachers are faced with the task of integrating technology into their instruction. They want to make each and every lesson engaging as well as educational for their students. In the 21st century where technology rules, it is important to incorporate it as much as possible into whatever lesson they a teacher is teaching. In this paper, I will tell you how to integrate instruction technology into your classroom, give the pros and cons in using technology to facilitate learning and the difference between wired and wireless classrooms. The right technology has the ability to grab and hold the attention of children at any age. There are several ways to integrate instructional technology into the classroom. One way to integrate technology in the lesson is by using the SMARTBOARD. The SMARTBOARD gives a teacher access to the internet with a wide range of text, graphics, audios, videos and animation (p.242). It is also a tool that students can interact with. The SMARTBOARD has taken the 21st classroom to a whole new level. In the past and probably still present in some places today, the chalk board or dry erase boards are still being used. The smell from the markers is not good for all students and the chalkboards are very messy. The SMARTBOARDS are clean and there are no strong smells. The only down side to a SMARTBOARD is that the teacher will...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Trinna Filbert Dr. Elizabeth Delone BUS 520 May 8, 2014 W. L. Gore and Associates is a company founded in 1958 by Bill and Vieve Gore. It is an inventive technology enterprise who works to discover innovative products. Numerous products from GORE-TEX fabric, cable wiring, electronics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, tubing, and sealants. The organization is referred to as a team-based and flat lattice organization. There is no chain of command; employees are referred to as associates. Associates and Professional staff are free to speak to one another in their multi-disciplined team. It provided electrical products until the discovery of polymer fabric that is now used as a basis for all the products in the medical and industrial markets. There are four practices the Gore utilizes to hire such associates. The associates networks various self organized groups such as Native American, Asia, Latino-Hispanic, LGBT, physically challenged, veterans, African-American, female associates and white male. Next is their recruiting strategy. The company targets certain universities, career fields and organizations. They choose the brightest and the best. The internet in addition to diverse publications and firms are also tools for finding quality. Third is diverse awareness. All associates are given the opportunity for growth and advancement in the company. They are encouraged...
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...It will allow students to be more in tune with what is going on around them. Students will be able to know the processes behind the data that they usually memorize. This will encourage students to think critically outside of school. They will also be able to participate in the democracy while knowing the civics behind it. Integrating critical thinking into the teaching of grade schools will be a cheap, and effective fix. Knowing about civics and having critical thinking skills will help students when they enter the workforce, and they will take the things they have learned and put them to use. If students are taught to think critically throughout their educational career, it will come naturally to them later in life, and they will be able to think beyond the concrete answers to figure things out. In order to evolve and create new things there needs to be people who can think outside of the box and not just rely on the obvious...
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...Introduction Case 4: Integrating Strategy and Human Resource Management is about how a business or organization can deal with situations as deregulation and ceilings on interest such as “People’s Bank”, a financial services company headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut where major changes took place to develop a market place orientation to its products and services. The internal and external structures of the financial service implemented strategic changes to their banking services and stock trading position. Added criteria included their employees who have participated in decision making participation for the purchase new technology. This summary considers some of the decisions that were contained to choose the right type of technology that worked for their environment and business in general (Greer, 2001, p. 156-157). Based on these descriptions of the experiences of People’s Bank, Ingersoll-Rand, Maid Bess, what is the unifying theme of the role played by human resource management? Human Resource Management (HRM) develops the company or organization’s integrated strategic planning processes by implementing the changes and technologies needed for a company’s growth and continued success and competition. HRM implements planning in the business unit and value chain unit. How this is done is setting goals for the organization and having alternative strategies for the business units in the marketing department for example, where the marketing department will further...
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...Part 1 Integrated marketing communications is an approach that businesses use to achieve the objectives of a marketing campaign using different promotional strategies. This includes recognizing the value of comprehensive plan to evaluate the roles of communications disciplines of public relations, advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, and direct marketing, all of which ensure maximum communication impact. Typically, it can be described in simple terms as the application of brand messaging across traditional and nontraditional marketing strategies. The messaging strategies are unified and are customer centered. The basic reasons for messaging or communication are to inform, persuade, assist other efforts, remind, and add value (Madhavaram, Badrinarayanan & McDonald, 2005). Johnson & Johnson (2005) stipulates that there are various elements used for integrated marketing communications. These include advertisement, sales, promotion, public relations, personal selling, and direct marketing. Advertising is one of the most powerful tools of marketing communication. It refers to a paid presentation and promotion of goods, services, and ideas by an identified sponsor. Advertisement is regarded as the life blood of modern business because of the ability to reach a huge number of consumers. Adverts inform consumers of the quality of a product; thus, attracting a huge number of consumers. When done in the right way, it has the ability to convince consumers of the effectiveness...
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..."Sometimes it is the things you don't see that really matter." Starting with this kind of vision, the notion of risk management has been taken as one of business keys success. Any possible source of uncertainty is now treated as a risk that might need managing. However, risk management isn't that new, there were always Uncertainty, Priorities and even Practicalities. More than that, it's evolving. In fact, there are ones that defines risk management as "a process, effected by an entity’s board of directors, management and other personnel, applied in strategy setting across the enterprise, designed to identify potential events that may affect the entity, and manage risk to be within its risk appetite, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of entity objectives", others find it as "the process of understanding and managing the risks that the organization is inevitably subject to in attempting to achieve its corporate objectives. Both definitions have a major point in common, that the achievement of corporate objectives is ensured by risk management. Risk management has focused more on operational issues than strategic ones; therefore strategic risks have been managed reactively rather than proactively. Managers should be aware of the inter-linked risks relatively to inter-linked operations activities by developing an UP thinking which facilitates the comprehension of an inter-relationship. In the other hand, we shouldn't neglect the importance...
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