...Table of content Content Page Introduction History Background Purpose of study Research Questions Research Objectives Hypothesis Assumptions Limitations Definition of terms Summary Overview of study Introduction This introduction presents a context for this dissertation and helps clarify to the reader how fulfillment of the research aims and objectives will make a contribution to management of the campus. The discussion starts off with a background and purpose of the research project, and then it explains the research focus and gives a brief overview of the project‘s approach towards a literature research. History of Green computing In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched Energy Star, a voluntary labeling program which is designed to promote and recognize energy-efficiency in monitors, climate control equipment, and other technologies. This resulted in the widespread adoption of sleep mode among consumer electronics. The term "green computing" was probably coined shortly after the Energy Star program began; For a PC disposal, it is necessary to know everything there is to know in order to be involved in green computing. Basically, the whole green aspect came about quite a few years back when the news that the environment was not a renewable resource really...
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...nformation Technology for Management Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy International Student Version EFRAIM TURBAN, University of Hawaii at Manoa LINDA V O L O N I N O , Canisius College with contributions by: CAROL POLLARD, Appalachian State University . JANICE C. SIPIOR, Villanova University DOROTHY LEIDNER, Baylor University LINDA LAI, Macau Polytechnic University of China CHRISTY CHEUNG, Hong Kong Baptist University DEBORRAH CRISTOBAL, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines WILEY & Sons, Inc. CONTENTS 4 Networks and Collaboration as Business Solutions 112 I IT Supports Organizational Performance in Turbulent Business Environments 1 Toyota Scion's Innovative Advertising Strategies 2 1.1 Doing Business in the Digital Economy 4 1.2 Information Systems and Information Technology 11 1.3 Business Performance Management, Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and IT Support 13 1.4 Strategy for Competitive Advantage and IT Support 18 1.5 Social Computing and Networking and Virtual Worlds 25 1.6 Why Should You Learn About Information Technology? 29 1.7 Plan of the Book 30 1.8 Managerial Issues 31 Minicase: NHS Hospitals Adopt Wireless 35 G Information Technologies: Concepts, Types, and IT Support 38 Mary Kay's IT Systems 39 2.1 Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions 41 2.2 Classification and Types of Information Systems 42 2.3 How IT Supports People 52 2.4 How IT Supports Supply Chains and...
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...nformation Systems vs Information Technology Information technology and information systems are two closely related fields of study that people find very confusing to differentiate between. This is because of overlapping of topics in courses that are designed to teach these subjects. Despite all the similarities there are differences that need to be highlighted to enable students to choose one of the two as a career option depending upon suitability. It seems that in this modern age of computers and internet, information technology has become more popular as there are more job openings for information technology. One reason why people confuse between information systems and information technology is that they presume systems to be computer systems. However, ‘information systems’ is rather large field of study that refers to systems that are designed to create, modify, store and distribute information. It is really surprising but information systems as a field of study has been around much before computers arrived on the scene. Information technology can be considered as a subset of information systems. It deals with the technology part of any information system, and as such deals with hardware, servers, operating systems and software etc. A system is always a combination of people, machines, processes and technology. And IT is just a part of the system. Since a part can never be identical to whole, information systems is never going to be identical to information technology...
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...What does the term Information Technology' really mean? Information technology is that technology by which the 'nformation is processed, communicated, exhibited and Retrieved in a fast, error-free and proper-way. Information technology is a technology in which both telecommunication computer technologies work together to provide formation. Today's world is the world of information and telecommunication. Everyday new technology and inventions are being made in the area of information, processing and travelling. There is hardly any area which had not been affected by this. Due to all this, the word distance sounds ironical in present day context. The whole world has become a small place today. Any information can be exchanged by people in few seconds and that, too, in proper and effective way without any loss of data while it is being processed. On the one hand, all these different ways of tele-communication and information exchage have highlighted the necessity for multipurpose development and growth of information technology and on the other, the easy access and use of it has boosted the network of information exchange. All this has been possible through information technology like telephone, fax, telex, computers, internet, e-mail, photocopier, printer, scanner, cellular phones, pagers, videophone, digital camera, multimedia, etc. These technologies are becoming a part and parcel of our lives and are transforming lifestyles and habits of people all over the world...
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...1. Assessment should be relevant. Assessment needs to provide information about students’ knowledge, skills and understandings of the learning outcomes specified in the NSW syllabus documents. That is, it needs to be directly linked to the syllabus standards. Syllabus standards are defined at: https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/ curriculum/schools/curric_plan/ policystandards161006.pdf 2. Assessment should be appropriate. Assessment needs to provide nformation about the particular kind of learning in which we are interested. This means that we need to use a variety of assessment methods because not all methods are capable of providing information about all kinds of learning. For example, some kinds of learning are best assessed by observing students; some by having students complete projects or make products and others by having students complete paper and pen tasks. Reportingto parentsAssessmentLearning For of© State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2008 3 Assessment principlesare not influenced by the choice of a specific assessment task). Assessment also needs to be objective so that if a second person assesses a student’s work, they will come to the same conclusion as the first person.Assessment will be fair to all students if it is based on reliable, accurate and defensible measures.5. Assessment should provide useful information.The focus of assessment is to establish where students are in their learning. This information...
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...mainstream Microsoft powerpoint. Be more experimental and try new ways to present. There are different approaches to presenting. Some presentation begins with video or animation while some begins with a more different approach such as a trivia question Below are some other tools that I suggests readers to experiment on: Prezi Animoto Slideshar Endnote (must add some description under each) Research For every prepared presentation, please be doing your research thourough ly.there is no excuse on not doing your research as you are given time to prepare.Thus quality shouldnot be compromised. And please it breaks my heart when I see student or even adults using uncredited resources like some individual blogs as their main chuck of nformation. If your presentation is about something light n informal then you may use someones blog content with his permission of course for your presentation. But for all the more serious presentation like for meeting, projects or seminars please use sources such as academic journals and google. Please use google scholar more frequently as it directs user to more credited sources of informstion. Tools Always remember to test all your...
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...W hat's the Buzz on S mart Grids? CASE STUDY h e existing elec trici ty infras truct ure i n t h e Un ited Sta tes is outda te d and in effici ent . En ergy com pa n ies p rovide power to con su m ers , but th e grid pro vides no i nfor m ation abo ut ho w th e con su me rs are usin g th at energy, m akin g it difficult to develop m ore efficie nt approache s to distribution . Also, t h e curre nt elec tric ity grid offers few ways to h andl e pow er p rovided by alte r na tive e nergy sources, wh i ch a re critical com po ne nts of mo st e fforts to go "gre en ." E nter th e s mar t grid. A s mart grid deliv e rs elec tric ity fro m supplie rs to cons u me rs u sing digital te chnol ogy to save ene rgy, r edu ce costs, a n d increase reliability and trans paren cy. T he s m art grid enables in formation to flow ba ck a nd f orth b etwe en e lectric pow er p roviders a n d individual hous eholds to allow b oth cons u me rs an d e ne rgy com pa n ies to m a ke m or e i nt elligent d ecision s regarding ene rgy cons um ption an d p rodu cti on . I nfo rmation from s ma rt grids would show utilities w he n to raise prices w h en d emand is high a nd low er th em w he n d em and less ens . Sm art grids would also h elp c ons u m ers program h igh-use e lec trica l applia nces lik e h ea tin g a nd a ir condition ing syst em s to r edu ce cons um ption du r in g t im es o f p eak u sage. If i mpl em ented nati onwide, p ropon ent s beli eve, sm a rt grids would lead to a 5 to...
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...There are various way to determined what are the requirements needed for an accounting information system. In an organization when you have an accounting information that need to be collect as well as store data from the activities and transaction, processes useful information that is helpful when its time to make decision. Also it will provide controls as well as safeguard for the company's assets. Another way that will help determine the requirement, is the number of cycles starting buying as well as paying for all the good and services that the organization will use in the system needed. As for the implementation of the system development life cycle within the organization. Doing the development in house will involve the engaging of a professional or having the software development team in the organization at all time to help develop the accounting software. The developer needs to take in consideration what kind of business the company has as well as it has to tailor the new system toward the users need. Also doing the application development in house the company will gain major business as well as commercial benefits that will allow the company to gain significant competitive advantage. The implementation phase will involve the placing of the system that way the users will begin to perform actual business operation using the system being implemented. The implementation contains two activities, the training as well as the conversion. These activities all include the multiple...
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...genre-analysis m odel. An eleven-move schema was identified, out of which nine were found t o be "normally required" and two "optional". Each schema was found to e mbody "constituent elements" and to be characterized by distinct linguistic f eatures. The study provides insights into the nature of discourse organization in this genre of written discourse. © 1997 The American University. Published b y Elsevier Science Ltd I ntroduction A s with most experimental research reports, the medical research paper is a highly technical form with a standard format for the presentation of i nformation. This format is the division of the paper into "Introduction, M ethods, Results and Discussion" - - the traditional IMRD sections of the r esearch paper. M ost research article writers are familiar with the IMRD format, but not all are conscious of the fact that there exists an internal ordering of the i nformation presented in the various sections of the research article. This l ack of awareness may account partly for the difficulty which most writers, e specially new entrants into the academic discourse community face with p roducing clear, coherent and logically organized research reports. A n umber of studies have shown...
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...center cannot hire additional staff; however the budget will allow $20,000. for improvements through automation, training, and restructuring in meet the goals established by senior management. Identifying the Problem Previously calls came into the call center and were randomly answered by the first available representative. Prior to taking the calls there was no method of screening or confirming that the call was in the appropriate department. Approximately 13% of the staff’s time was spent answering and directing calls intended for other departments. In addition, by answer calls, this required all staff members to be fully trained in every aspect of all contracted insurance carriers. Course of Action After meeting with the nformation Technology (IT) department and discussing possible solutions for an automated system, management assigned IT to research ARU systems and the costs associated with the systems. Six different companies, all experienced with ARU systems, were researched and compared in relation to costs, services, and customer service satisfaction. The following company was recommended by the IT department. • Call-Center-Tech.com “Database Systems Corp. (DSC) has been in business since 1978 and is a leading technology provider for call centers including automated phone systems as well as hosted phone services. Our phone systems contain...
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...Ethical /acking to ensure the sa,ety o, your computer system. /ere is a list o, 0ene,its that you can derive ,rom hiring *hite hat hackers4$. 3hite hat hackers increase the security levels o, computer systems. 1hey help increase your protection against 0lack hat hackers *ho are out to get your personal in,ormation.>. + *hite hat hacker prevents 0lack hat hackers ,rom entering your computer system. 3hite hat hackers employ high level computer science to evaluate and increase the security o, your computer system.?. 3hite hat hackers per,orm Ethical /acking to improve the de,ense mechanism o, your computer system.. 3hite hat hackers evaluate and assess the capa0ility o, your system to ,ind out potential loopholes and cracks that 0lack hat hackers can enter. 1hey make sure that your system is protected ,rom the sneaky techni2ues o, 0lack hat hackers.1hese are some o, the 0ene,its that *hite hat hackers can o,,er. %, *hite hat hackers per,orm Ethical /acking! 0lack hat hackers are their antithesis. Black hat hackers are illegal hackers that *ant to steal your personal in,ormation. Black hat hackers are 0ad ,or your system. 1hey *reck your system and prevent it ,rom per,orming *ell. Black hat hackers leave your system in sham0les. %t is 0est to hire a *hite hat hacker to create a line o, de,ense against 0lack hat hackers. The Ethical Hacker infl"ences processes and techni'"es in various ,ields namely • 'arketing A "ticking to ethical pricing and re,raining ,rom • manipulation...
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...Assessment Task 1 – Written Reflection I believe that therapeutic communication is a form of psychotherapy in which the person doing face to face interviewing consciously uses strategies that encourage the patient to express feelings andideas and that convey acceptance and respect they are achieved through advancing the physical and emotional well-being of a patient in a non-judgmental way, while showing empathy and concern. The aim of therapeutic communication is to increase self-worth or decrease emotions such as anxiety and anger by putting together information to determine the illness. Ufema, J. (2008). More than just hand-holding. Nursing, 38(12). doi:10.1097/01.nurse.0000342039.82567.3a All health care professional study techniques of therapeutic communication, these techniques help the patient and health-care professional develop rapport and trust with one another during each other’s company for example when going to an appointment. For therapeutic communication to be successful, a mutual understanding between both the patient and the health care worker needs to be met. It is very important for the health care workers to use proper communication to prevent a misunderstanding between the health care worker and patient. This open communication shows a genuine and continual concern for what the patient is expressing. Throughout this essay I will be using the Driscoll model of reflection in nursing to express my understanding of the vignettes and making reference to...
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...INFORMATION SYSTEMS III (MODULE B) Databases Call for Term Research Papers Due Date: Thursday 6 September 2012 Cloud Computing Content Page 1. Brief of research project 2. Map of a Cloud Computing 3. Introduction 4. Body 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography NFORMATION SYSTEMS III (MODULE B) Databases Call for Term Research Papers Due Date: Thursday 6 September 2012 Write a research paper between 1000 – 1500 words on any of the given topics. NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED A Hard copy is required. Topics to be considered are the following two areas only: * Temporal Database Systems * Cloud Computing Your paper should consist of an Abstract, an Introduction, a Body, and a Conclusion. It should be written in accordance with the rules in the Information Systems - Communications Module. NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED! For more details please contact your lecturer. 1 Introduction The Cloud can be described as a computing centre, for anyone with a network connection. Access to applications and data anywhere you go anytime from any device is the potential outcome of a Cloud. The consumer-level Cloud is a good starting point for business and sites like Twitter and Facebook act as digital repositories for data and we can access this data from any internet devices, from our iPhones to our desktop computers. Cloud computing is a platform for the next upcoming generation of the Internet. In my essay clouds will be defined and explained as in business benefits...
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...nformation and communications technology (ICT) is the cause of today's many social ills. What is your opinion? Support your answers with examples. You should write at least 350 words. *gulp bismillah... Innovation and development in our country have caused many changes especially in various technologies. We are now merging the era where (ICT) Information and communications technology has come crucial to our daily live, however this arrogation for (ICT) to be one major component in almost each and every single activity of our routines. Subsequently, when the goods of (ICT) outshine the cons we tend to be blinded by the replenishment it brings to our country. As for example, we can see how (ICT) improves our administration system, educational system and not forgetting our economy. Virtually the benefits outstandingly overshadowing the negative resolutions in which (ICT) possess, none has the integrity to acknowledge this due to the (ICT) contribution towards our world. According to Cambridge Dictionary (ICT) is where massive exchange of information or data occurs anywhere and anytime. Indeed, it does brings a lot of benefits to our daily life, notwithstanding what if the "information" or "data" we are referring to can be contagiously negative to the vulnerable stakeholders? Interrogating who could they be? Whether we realise it or not the most affected by the (ICT) which left venomous impact as it is poisoning their mind and slowly corrupting it. Perplexed...
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...10/9/13 Business Portal of India : Managing Business : Distribution : Channels of Distribution HO ME » Managing a Busine ss » Distribution » Channels of Distribution Promotion Client Relationship Management Managing your Intellectual Proficiency Insurance Marketing and Sales Managing your Finance Regulatory Requirements Distribution Managing Human Resources Taxes Distribution: Channels of Distribution A channel of distribution or trade channel is defined as the path or route along which goods move from producers or manufacturers to ultimate consumers or industrial users. In other words, it is a distribution network through which producer puts his products in the market and passes it to the actual users. This channel consists of :- producers, consumers or users and the various middlemen like wholesalers,selling agents and retailers(dealers) who intervene between the producers and consumers. Therefore,the channel serves to bridge the gap between the point of production and the point of consumption thereby creating time, place and possession utilities. A channel of distribution consists of three types of flows:Downward flow of goods from producers to consumers Upward flow of cash payments for goods from consumers to producers Flow of marketing information in both downward and upward direction i.e. Flow of information on new products, new uses of existing products,etc from producers to consumers. And flow of information in the form of feedback on the wants,suggestions...
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