...Online Education vs. Traditional Education Online Education vs. Traditional Education There are different ways to access higher education, either through online education or traditional education. For centuries, online education could not compare to traditional education. Today, online education competes with traditional education in many ways. Though online education has become very popular, how does one know which is best for him or her? Identifying the pros and cons through flexibility, communication, interaction, skills development, and affordability will help the student decide the best option. Although online education seems to be taking over the traditional means of education, both are great options in different ways. The bottom line is that the world is becoming technologically smart. For one juggling home, school, and a job, it can be difficult commuting to class every day. Online education eliminates the need to attend class. Online courses allow the student to access coursework from an Internet site. Motivated, responsible, independent learners can work at their own pace, whenever is suitable for them. This allows the flexibility that a traditional classroom setting does not provide. However, one who struggles to be self-motivated may fall quickly behind. In a traditional classroom setting the student has to attend class on campus. Traditional education is for a learner who needs more lecturing to understand and also needs to be able to ask questions as he...
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...through governmental policies as well as individual behavior. The following essay will firstly outline three viable solutions, namely developments from taxes and road infrastructure, improvements in public transport services, and a decrease in the use of private automobiles, to solve the impact of traffic jams in most cities. It, furthermore, will discuss the pros and cons of each countermeasure. Finally, the evaluation of every method will be demonstrated. To begin with governmental policies, one possible method of reducing traffic congestion is to raise road pricing and to expand road infrastructure. Castle (1967) notes that charging fees on the main road at the rush hours can cut down a number of automobiles effectively because people do not want to spend extra money. Additionally, according to ideas of road pricing (Castle 1967) and park restrictions (Knoflacher 2006), it is believed that as long as governments impose road or parking fees, the usage of roads at the peak time can be reduced in metropolis, such as Singapore as well as London, and further authorities are able to spend the taxes from road pricing and parking fees on broadening highways, building roads and adding high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. By doing this, not only will individuals cut down the use of private conveyances, but governments can also increase the number of road-ways to alleviate the effect of traffic block. Although this solution is considered that it may be basic and easier plan which is achieved...
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...Whitney Mantel Assignment 4 BIS 361, Fall 2013 To Telecommute or Not to Telecommute: A Critical Review Telecommuting is a work arrangement in which employees to not commute to a central place of work. As you may know there are many advantages and disadvantages to this, as there are to many things in life. First, one of the most important advantages is how much money will be saved for both the employer and employee. For the employee, you would save on gas and other car expenses because they would not have to drive to and from there office everyday, and it would add hours to their days by eliminating the commute. Other expenses like clothing, restaurant lunches, parking fees, and tolls would drop. Telecommuting could also reduce stress and health problems because the employee would be able to have greater flexibility to balance work and their personal life. Since no one gets meaningful work done in short periods of time, there will be greater productivity at home because there will be more long stretches of uninterrupted time. The employer would benefit from telecommuting similarly by saving money, but on real estate. They could decrease the amount of office space because don’t need big offices if most employees are working from home. This would also limit equipment costs because when their employees work from home they often use there own computers, papers, faxes and phones. The employer who is trying to withhold talented employees that are trying to manage family and...
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...and very good at time management.” The history of online education extends back further than most of us may think, with the very first virtual classroom was created in the 1960s. University of Illinois scientists created a classroom system based in linked computer terminals. Students were able to access informational resources while listening to a professor whose lectures were brought in remotely, via some form of television or audio device. Online only courses began emerging in the late 1980s, with some moderate success. The concept of online education became more popular as some major corporations began using similar techniques to lower the budgets they were allowed for training with businesses using software training programs. Many schools offer full degrees online without having any face to face interaction. The growth of the internet and technology has open doors, allowing many of these universities to expand their degree program selection. Every year since online classes have become available, there has been an increase in the number of students utilizing this new technology. Online...
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...patients. Nurses work in various patient care areas including labor and delivery, surgery, and the intensive care unit. No two days are the same, which can keep the job exciting. There are many different opportunities in the field. Direct patient care isn’t the only area to work in as a nurse can work in. there are also discharge planning, case management, and education. Hospitals are also not the only industry that employ nurses. Insurance companies, law firms, and schools also hire...
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...03-04 | 04 (c) | Organizational Structure | 04-05 | 05 | Legal Barriers | 05-07 | 06 (a) | Major source of job candidates in Bangladesh | 08-08 | 06 (b) | Decruitment option | 08-09 | 07 (a) | Types of selection devices used by the organization | 09-09 | 07 (b) | Strengths and weakness of the devices | 09-09 | 07 | Employee placement | 10-11 | 08 (a) | Employee orientation program | 11-11 | 08 (b) | Types of training and methods | 11-12 | 09 (a) | Performance appraisal methods | 12-12 | 09 (b) | Pros and cons of appraisal tools | 13-14 | 09 (c) | Types of compensation | 14-15 | 10 | Conclusion | 15-15 | 1. Acknowledgement We would love to thank the following individuals who provided information and insightful suggestions for this project: 1. Md. Salahuddin Bhuiyan Finance Operation Manager, Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation. 2. Noor-E-Hasnin Lecturer, School of Business North South University We owe a debt to our faculty Noor-E-Hasnin who gave us the opportunity to do this project and to acquire knowledge about an organization. Her special consultation helps us to make this project. The group members were too active to give effort and made a long research. Without their help this project wouldn’t have been possible. Some of our talent friends rendered good advice and solution when we faced a problem. The acknowledgement goes to Sohan and Siam of our...
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...In recent months there has been much discussion over the pros and cons of drone commercialization in regards to its effect on economy, uses, and potential risks to the public. In 2012, Congress passed the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 in favor of the commercialization of drones which proposed general rules for small unmanned aircraft systems conducting non-recreational operations. Although speculations about these new rules in regards to United States’ businesses and economy are promising, issues such as privacy and safety have been neglected. The history of drones derived from the Wright Brother’s breakthrough experimentation with manned aircraft flight. Nearly a century later, “swift technological...
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...SUPPLY AND DEMAND WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ALL ABOUT? This chapter introduces market behavior and the intricacies of the market mechanism. It is helpful to continue to answer the basic questions of WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM and to briefly outline how the market system answers them. The chapter focuses on the allocative and distributive functions of the price system. The section on disequilibrium pricing -- price ceilings and floors -- provides an opportunity to illustrate the upside and downside of interference with market pricing mechanisms. The opening illustration of a kidney sale on eBay demonstrates the power and potential problems of markets. This introduction sets the general direction of this chapter, which is to look at how the market system answers the following questions: 1. What determines the price of a good or a service? 2. How does the price of a product affect its production and consumption? 3. Why do prices and production levels often change? NEW TO THIS EDITION • New headline on campus drinking • New headline on demand shifts for natural gas • One new question for discussion • One new problem LECTURE LAUNCHERS Where should you start? Supply and Demand analysis is the foundation of much of the analysis the student will perform during the semester. Therefore, it is important that students get a good start with this material. 1. Begin your discussion by identifying...
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...despite most micro-payment systems failing to gain critical mass let alone expand their customer base. Finally, we conclude that convenience factors, a specific set of societal factors and its management strategy to expand from a captive market towards a generic micro-payment system had been instrumental to the growth of this e-payment system. A Copyright © 2001 Electronic Markets Volume 11 (2): 97–106. www.electronicmarkets.org Downloaded By: [Schmelich, Volker] At: 12:59 16 March 2010 E-COMMERCE IN AUSTRAL-ASIA u t h o r s Simpson Poon (Spoon@hku.hk) is the Director of the Centre for E-Commerce and Internet Studies at Murdoch University in Australia and a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Business, The University of Hong Kong. He has more than 10 years of experience researching and consulting in E-Business. He has published widely in both academic and professional journals. Patrick Y.K. Chau (Pchau@business.hku.hk) is Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include issues related to IS/IT adoption and implementation, information...
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...VATSAL POPAT - 25 MCOM PART 1 VATSAL POPAT - 25 MCOM PART 1 WORK LIFE BALANCE WORK LIFE BALANCE Abstract THE NEED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE IN WORK AS WELL AS LIFE FOR A HAPPY AND A SUCCESFUL LIVING Abstract THE NEED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE IN WORK AS WELL AS LIFE FOR A HAPPY AND A SUCCESFUL LIVING CONTENTS 1.0 – INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 - WORK LIFE BALANCE 4 2.1 - WHAT’S IN IT FOR EMPLOYERS? 6 2.2 - BOTTOM-LINE BENEFITS 7 3.0 - HOW SHOULD THE ORGANIZATION WORK TOWARDS IT ? 8 3.1 - FLEXIBLE TIMINGS. 8 3.2 - FLEX THE PLACE 12 3.3 - FLEX THE JOB 14 3.4 - FLEX THE BENEFITS 17 3.5 - OTHER IDEAS BASED ON PUBLIC SURVEYS 24 4.0 - EMPOYER AGENDAS TO IMPROVE WORK LIFE BALANCE 27 4.1 - STEP 1 CHECK IT OUT 27 4.2 - STEP 2 FIGURE IT OUT: PLAN THE RIGHT MIX 28 4.3 - STEP 3 TRY IT OUT: IMPLEMENTATION 30 4.4 - STEP 4 SPELL IT OUT: COMMUNICATION 31 4.5 - STEP 5 WORK IT OUT: LEAD BY EXAMPLE 32 5.0 - 10 TIPS TO THE HR MANAGER 33 6.0 - ARGUMENT AGAINST THE HYPE FOR WORK LIFE BALANCE 35 CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - HRM is the process of managing people in a company as well as managing the existing inter-personal relationships. These two processes are key in the success and growth of a business. When viewing HRM from the point of ensuring that structures and processes are...
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...Notice of 2013 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and Proxy Statement b McDonald’s Corporation 2013 Contents 3 7 8 8 8 14 14 14 42 Proxy Summary Notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Election of Directors Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors Director qualifications and biographical information Executive compensation Compensation Committee Report Compensation discussion and analysis Proposal No. 2. Advisory vote to approve executive compensation Other management proposal Proposal No. 3. Advisory vote to approve the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2013 59 Stock ownership 59 Stock ownership guidelines 59 Security ownership of certain beneficial owners 60 Security ownership of management 61 Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act Transactions with related persons, promoters and certain control persons Policies and procedures for related person transactions 61 61 62 Related person transactions 62 Communications 62 Communications with the Board of Directors and non-management Directors 62 Consideration of Director nominations for the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 63 Shareholder proposals for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement 63 Other shareholder proposals for presentation at the 2014 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Solicitation of proxies and voting 64 Notice and access 64 Record date 64 Voting prior to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Voting at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 64 Quorum 64 Voting tabulation 65...
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...Chapter 1 : Introduction To Marketing Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments. It is an integrated process through which companies build strong customer relationships and create value for their customers and for themselves. Marketing is the key factor behind the success of a company. Generally a company produces many things which may include different kinds of consumer products, electronic goods or may be many services. Every company spends huge sums of money to these marketing strategies. They employ these specialized people in the field of marketing in lieu of huge remuneration. The chief responsibility of these marketing is to make these products popular and to prepare new marketing ventures so that people develop some sorts of understanding about the company and its products or services. When it comes to marketing, most if not all marketing professionals have a different approach on how to reach consumers. Despite the differences in how consumers are reached, the goal is often the same; encourage consumers to purchase a specific product or service. The obvious way to increase your consumer base is to increase the amount of consumers you reach. Evolution of Marketing Earlier approaches The marketing orientation evolved...
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...Leadership Development Program 2001/2002 Student Portal Project May 22, 2002 Cecille Cabacungan, Goldman School of Public Policy Lesley Clark, Center for Organizational Effectiveness Rachelle Feldman, Financial Aid Office Paula Flamm, University Health Services Gail Ford, The Library Kati Markowitz, Neuroscience Institute Stacey Shulman, Department of Chemical Engineering Dan Sullivan, Haas School of Business Imagine a single Website personalized to meet all your cyberneeds – one that would keep you up-to-date on campus events and academic information and would be accessible from any computer. -- The Daily Californian, April 15, 2002 Table of Contents Executive Summary Main Report I. Charge and Methodology II. Findings III. Portal Development, Current Practices IV. Costs and Phased Implementation V. Conclusions and Recommendations; Criteria for Measuring Portal Success VI. Three Portal Interface Options for Look and Feel; Criteria for Evaluating Options VII. Portal Names Appendices Introduction, Charge, and Methodology Appendix I – Definitions Appendix II – Respondents Appendix III – Student Survey Instrument Appendix IV – Staff, Faculty, Administrator One-on-One Interview Questions Appendix V – Staff Focus Group Questions Appendix VI – Staff, Faculty, and Administrator Survey Instrument Appendix VII – Portal Developer Questionnaire UCB Student Response Appendix VIII – Undergraduate Affairs Focus Groups, Raw Data, 2001 Appendix...
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...Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................................................ 7 Welcome to the Wedding Planner's Handbook!....................................................................................7 How to Use This Guide........................................................................................................................ 7 What is a Wedding Planner?................................................................................................................. 8 Chapter 1: A Day in the Life of a Wedding Planner............................................................... 9 What a Typical Weekday Looks Like.................................................................................................... 9 What a Typical Saturday Looks Like.................................................................................................. 10 Take a Break!.......................................................................................................................................11 Should You Be a Wedding Planner?....................................................................................................12 Organization Skills.............................................................................................................................. 12 People Skills......................................................................................
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