...Processes MGT615 AIU Processes Processes MGT615 AIU September 27, 2015 Abstract After encouragement to write a brief article about "CEOs and presidents" for a management journal by a colleague, this paper will compare the leadership styles of three leaders: Ursula Burns, Rodney O’Neal, and Kenneth Chenault will be compared. It will include an introduction to the concept of influence processes, a summary of the various types of influence processes and the factors that can affect them, and an analysis of the processes used by the three leaders. Influence Processes Influence processes are the processes a leader will use to influence their employees. There are four types of influence processes which are high-control innovator, status quo guardian, participative innovator, and process manager. There are six factors that could affect these influence processes, which are environment, structure, leadership, technology, strategy, and culture (Nahavandi, 2006). Ursula Burns, Rodney O’Neal, and Kenneth Chenault are three leaders with different leadership skills. The influence processes leaders use to impact their organization are direct decisions, allocation of resources, reward systems, selection of other leaders, promotions, and role modeling. The direct decisions that a leader will deal with include various aspects of the organization’s shape, vision, mission, and culture. The allocation of resources is one of the most powerful effects of top managers; a leader has...
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...Cognitive Processes Paper Cristala Walker August 8, 2012 INTRODUCTION This paper will examine the cognitive processes of attention, language, and problem solving. This paper will explain the purpose of each cognitive processes. This paper will also summarize and evaluate the studies of these cognitive processes and also the research methodology that they focus on. Cognitive processes are very important for human behavior. It is about the knowledge and the way people use his or her knowledge. Cognitive processes affect individuals in everyday life, often occurring within fractions of a second. EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF EACH COGNITIVE PROCESS Language is used to communicate feelings, thoughts, and ideas effectively. The use of language begins at a very young age, some would agree before birth. Language is spoken in a mixture of techniques from oral, to sign language to body language. In language there is a collection of terms, which is related to a particular topic, and the collection of terms is identified as a lexicon. Language and lexicon mutually combined because of the recollection of vocabulary or verbal communication, which transmits to cognitive psychology because the occurrence of lexical judgments in processing vocabulary in the cognitive mind. The main aspects of verbal communication are communicative, uninformed, controlled, generative, and self-motivated. The communicative part of language is the speech between two individuals. The uniformed part is the...
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...and formed the foundation of the ESAB welding company. Figure 1. I Principle of Manual Metal Arc ( M M ) welding. Another early method of welding which was also developed at that time was gas welding. The use of acetylene and oxygen made it possible to produce a comparatively high flame temperature, 3100°C, which is higher than that of other hydrocarbon based gas. The intensity of all these heat sources enables heat to be generated in, or applied to, the workpiece quicker than it is conducted away into the surrounding metal. Consequently it is possible to generate a molten pool, which solidifies to form the unifying bond between the parts being joined. Figure 1.2 Submerged arc welding. © 2003, Woodhead Publishing Ltd WELDING PROCESSES HANDBOOK Later, in the 1930s, new methods were developed. Up until then, all metal-arc welding had been carried out manually. Attempts were made to automate the process using a continuous wire. The most successful process was submerged arc welding (SAW) where the arc is "submerged" in a blanket of granular fusible flux. During the Second World War the aircraft industry required a new method for the welding of magnesium and aluminium. In 1940 experiments began in the USA with the...
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...Running head: IDENTIFYING THE SCIENCE PROCESSES Identifying the Science Processes Sharon Hale GCU: EED-334 1/20/2013 Sharon Hale EED-364 1/20/2013 Module 1 Science Processes CHART Basic Processes | Definition | Example | Observing | Making notes on qualities and characteristics of an object using the senses. Creating observations in numbers is quantitative observations and provide more indebt information | Noting information objectively instead of personal opinion such as “the rotting apple has a distinct odor” instead of “the apple smells bad”. Students can observe fruit using the sight smell taster and touch. | Classifying | Grouping together the objects based on their common qualities and characteristics. | Traits of an object in relation to their appearance; an apple is red, yellow or green, sweet or sour but still a fruit. Create a chart that classifies the fruit by color and taste. | Communicating | Articulating an objects qualities and characteristics in a descriptive way. | Explaining information and data indicated on notes, charts or data display tables. | Measuring | Comparing the objects attributes to an ordinary reference such as standard and nonstandard | Measure the weight, temperature, and length of the objects used in an experiment using rulers, scales and thermometers. | Predicting | Foretelling events based on collected information. | Predicting that a piece of fruit will ripen faster when exposed to room temperature than a refrigerated...
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...Influence Processes You have been encouraged by a colleague to write a brief article about "CEOs and presidents" for a management journal. You have decided to compare the leadership styles of three leaders. Using the Library, the Internet, and your course materials, write a 4-5 page document via Word that elaborates on the following: In your article, provide the following: * An introduction to the concept of influence processes * A summary of the various types of influence processes and the factors that can affect them * An analysis of the processes used by the three leaders. Identify the processes that the leaders and top management team (TMT) are using to impact the organization. Use the table below to organize your answers (you can copy the table from this browser window and paste it into your Word document). Please enter into each cell in the table how that leader is using that particular influence method (if applicable). Influence Method | Leader 1 | Leader 2 | Leader 3 | Direct decisions | | | | Allocation of resources | | | | Reward system | | | | Selection and promotion of other leaders | | | | Role modeling | | | | Use the Library or other Web resources to support your argument. Be sure to cite your sources using APA Style 6th edition guidelines. Your report MUST include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. Discussion Board essays and Individual Projects without references and citations may...
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...September 30th, 2014 PS200: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Processes Cognitive psychology has evolved over the years. Researchers are constantly trying to find new ways to understand and define the human brain. Our memory is quite important in how we function on a day-to-day basis. Our memories help us to remember important functions such as combing our hair, brushing our teeth or getting dressed in the morning. Memories also help us to learn more information. Cognitive psychology refers to the study of human mental processes and their role of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Cognitive psychology studies how people perceive, learn, remember, and think. Cognition is the area within psychology that examines how we acquire, store, transform, and use knowledge to help further our knowledge (Matlin, 2013). If cognition functions every time a person gains, stores, transforms, and uses information then, cognition requires mental processes. Cognitive processes are vital to human behavior. There are three cognitive processes, perception, attention, and memory. The first cognitive process is perception. Perception uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret stimuli registered by the senses (Matlin, 2013). Perception is our experience of the world and the environment around us. It’s the set of front-end processing that allows an individual to organize and interpret incoming information. We gain information about properties of our environment and use it in our everyday...
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...Cognitive Processes (Author’s name) (Institutional Affiliation) Introduction Not all forms of learning can be captured by classical and operant condition. Learning takes place more efficiently through observation, imitation, taking and following instructing. Cognitive learning goes beyond imitation. It involves acquiring information through mental processes. In cognitive learning, one acquires information through listening, watching, touching and experiencing the stimuli before the message is committed to memory. This makes learning effective. Thesis statement. Most people are unaware of the importance of cognitive processes in their lives. Cognitive processes are important because they influence human behavior. When one is aware of his or her preferred approach, he or she is able to discern how his preference influences his personality. The aim of this paper is to look at three types of cognitive processes, their purposes and the methodology used in them. When a child is born the process of learning starts to take place. It has to learn how to crawl, stand, and walk and later on run. At puberty children learn various topics depending on the individual interests. However, before a man can apply what he has learnt he has to undergo a cognitive process. Carl Jung a Swiss psychiatrist came up with eight cognitive processes Introverted Intuiting, Introverted sensing, Extroverted Sensing, Extroverted Intuiting, Extroverted Thinking, Introverted Thinking, Extroverted Feeling...
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...Overview of Phonology Processes Phonological processes occur in every language. Phonological processes are processes that occur on sounds when a speaker pronounces these sounds in specific languages. These symbols are identifiable by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) chart. These processes occur without the speaker even knowing that they occur, especially in English but linguists have identified these processes in relation to speech in specific languages. Therefore, one becomes aware when they have been linguistically educated about the various processes that occur when producing even one sound. Phonological processes may occur when a sound symbol takes on the feature of a neigbouring sound, the feature of the neighbouring sound has spread, this is known as assimilation or it takes on its own feature, this is known as non-assimilation. Many phonological processes exist like: nasalization, dentalization, velarization, affricatization, plosive release and many others that are related to the English Language but only fronting and aspiration will be discussed. Fronting is unavoidable, it is universal and hence, it occurs in every language. Fronting occurs on velar plosives, /k/ and /g/, when they occur before front vowels, /i/, /e/, /ɛ/ and /a/, in English. Consider the word key /ki:/, in order to make /i:/ the body of the tongue is brought up and forward on the hard palate and /k/ has a default position further back on the velum. The movement from /k/...
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...1. Computer Processes * Processes can be defined as programs that are being executed within a computer system. The computer program refers to a number of instructions that are issued by the users of the computers, while the processes are the execution of the instructions. One program can have several processes related to it. * Computer processes are named after the operating system that is running them. In this case therefore the names of the processes will differ depending on the operating system that is running them. * Multi-Processing * Foreground Processes - Background Processes * Processes versus Threads 2. Memory Management * Is the act of managing computer memory. The essential requirement of memory management is to provide ways to dynamically allocate portions of memory to programs at their request, and freeing it for reuse when no longer needed. This is critical to the computer system. * The memory manager implements virtual memory provides a core set of services such as memory mapped files, copy-on-write memory, large memory support, and underlying support for the cache manager. 3. File Systems * Is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device(s) which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the specific characteristics of the device. A tight...
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...Influence Processes MGT615 AIU September 9, 2013 Abstract After encouragement to write a brief article about "CEOs and presidents" for a management journal by a colleague, this paper will compare the leadership styles of three leaders: Andrea Jung, Indra Nooyi, and Brenda Barnes. It will include an introduction to the concept of influence processes, a summary of the various types of influence processes and the factors that can affect them, and an analysis of the processes used by the three leaders. It will also identify the processes that the leaders and top management team (TMT) are using to impact the organization. Influence Processes Influence processes are the processes a leader will use to influence their employees. There are four types of influence processes which are high-control innovator, status quo guardian, participative innovator, and process manager. There are six factors that could affect these influence processes, which are environment, structure, leadership, technology, strategy, and culture (Nahavandi, 2006). Andrea Jung, Indra Nooyi, and Brenda Barnes are three leaders with different leadership skills. A high challenge seeking leader with a desire for high control is a high-control innovator or HCI. This leader will maintain tight control of the organization while seeking a challenge. A high challenge seeking leader with a desire for low control is a participative innovator or PI. This leader will delegate control of the organization while...
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...Cognitive Processes According to Robinson-Riegler and Robinson-Riegler (2008), learning is a natural task carried out by humans to facilitate better and more fulfilling life development. In general, human beings learn through, observation or even through other classical methods. Humans learn how to adapt to specific disciplines as well as how to ignore some unnecessary responsive stimulus though classical methods. However, in applying the available learning methods, human beings must pass through a comprehensive cognitive process. There are several types of stimulus or cognitive processes common in human growth and development. Different people employ the available cognitive processes at different times in their life time. The identification of the common cognitive processes as well as their purpose in human development is exceptionally decisive in facilitating the understanding of human cognitive development. Common Cognitive Processes By referring to Robinson-Riegler and Robinson-Riegler (2008), the first main cognitive process is perception. Perception entails the front-end process which helps in the organization and interpretation of the received information. Perception is usually based on auditory information as well as visual information. Perception is acquired through observation and listening to the emerging information, as well as organization of the received information in human mind. The second main cognitive stage is identification process. Although this process...
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...Business Processes Every organization—be it a governmental body, a non-profit organization, or an enterprise—has to manage a number of processes. Typical examples of processes that can be found in most organizations include: Order-to-cash: This is a type of process performed by a vendor, which starts when a customer submits an order to purchase a product or a service and ends when the product or service in question has been delivered to the customer and the customer has made the corresponding payment. An order-to-cash process encompasses activities related to purchase order verification, shipment (in the case of physical products), delivery, invoicing, payment receipt and acknowledgment. Quote-to-order: This type of process typically precedes an order-to-cash process. It starts from the point when a supplier receives a "Request for Quote" (RFQ) from a customer and ends when the customer in question places a purchase order based on the received quote. The order-to-cash process takes the relay from that point on. The combination of a quote-to-order and the corresponding order-to-cash process is called a quote-to-cash process. Procure-to-pay: This type of process starts when someone in an organization determines that a given product or service needs to be purchased. It ends when the product or service has been delivered and paid for. A procure-to-pay process includes activities such as obtaining quotes, approving the purchase, selecting a supplier, issuing a purchase order...
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...AC 1.1 By Life Processes common to living organisms Laura Judges TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 page Introduction to life processes 2 Chapter 2 page Movement 2-3 Chapter 3 page Repoduction 3 Chapter 4 page Sensitivity 3-4 Chapter 5 page Growth 4 Chapter 6 page Respiration 5 Chapter 7 page Excretion 5-6 Chapter 8 page Nutrition 6-7 Chapter 9 page Conclusion 7-8 Chapter 10 page Bibilography 9 Introduction to life processes The most basic of living things consist of just one single cell for example bacteria, while more complex organisms such as humans are multi-cellular. An organism is defined as an individual animal, plant or single-celled life form. Therefore the cell is considered the smallest unit of life competent of a self-sufficient existence. There are seven things that all living organisms from bacteria to plants to animals all have in common and whether something is living or not is usually compared to the seven life processes. These processes are movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, respiration, excretion and nutrition. The acronym ‘MRS GREN’ will be used when discussing the processes of life movement All living things move to some kind of degree and this is the most apparent within the animal kingdom. Animals are able to physically move themselves from one place to another; humans will usually use their muscles in order to be able to move where as other animals may have to hop, crawl, swim or fly. Movement is very important for gathering sustenance...
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...Information Systems and their Business Processes Information Systems and their Business Processes In day to day functions within numerous organizations, corporations, industries, and the common workplace, companies strive every day to meet increasing demands. Most companies use methods or tools to redefine their daily processes to lower their budget, to increase the quality of their products, or to simply come up with an easier means to carry out assignments and tasks. As production and demands increases managers are faced with decisions of making the best choice to run their organizations in order to gain or maintain a competitive edge. Some of these decisions are simple and many are quite complex. To aid managers in decision making processes, many businesses employ the use computer-aided decision support systems. To help businesses with data and processing information many organizations turn to different information systems, from excel, FileMaker, to quick books. With the rapid change in technology businesses have to be competitive in this environment, businesses cannot be static, but need to grow and change to meet the needs of the market place. To do this, businesses need to make good decisions and have to look for the best information systems that fit their needs. In this essay, I will talk about the business processes in my company. How managers deal with decision making. How information systems plays a role in the day to day work load, the way information systems...
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...CRM - Customer Relationship Management System www.xincrm.com Customer relationship management (CRM) is a widely-implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support. The overall goals are to find, attract, and win new clients, nurture and retain those the company already has, entice former clients back into the fold, and reduce the costs of marketing and client service. Customer relationship management describes a company-wide business strategy including customer-interface departments as well as other departments. phases The three phases in which CRM support the relationship between a business and its customers are to: Acquire: CRM can help a business acquire new customers through contact management, selling, and fulfillment. Enhance: web-enabled CRM combined with customer service tools offers customers service from a team of sales and service specialists, which offers customers the convenience of one-stop shopping. Retain: CRM software and databases enable a business to identify and reward its loyal customers and further develop its targeted marketing and relationship marketing initiatives. Benefits of CRM The use of a CRM system will confer several advantages to a company: Quality and efficiency Decreased costs Decision support Enterprise...
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