...Separation of duties is a principle that prevents any one person (or entity) from being able to independently complete all the functions of a critical, sensitive, financial, or confidential, process or task. This principle is designed to prevent fraud, theft, and errors, as the idea behind it is that if any one person had complete authorization or access to such a process or task, they could manipulate the system and steal information or money. Some people may claim that separation of duties is too bureaucratic because they feel that the concept is more like “red tape” or a principle of “inflexibility” which slows their work, as they need another person to compete tasks at work. Other people may feel it’s too bureaucratic because in their situation the principle of separation of duties makes it so they need a supervisor or manager to complete important tasks at their job such access a critical or confidential database, or issue a cashier’s check. What these people need to understand is the concept of security and that while they may be honest and not ever have the intention of stealing information or money, there are in fact a lot of people who presented the opportunity will do such a thing and that is has happened a lot. They need to understand that separation of duties makes it more difficult for such people to steal information or money, and that separation of duties is not used to control them or slow down their work, but it’s a principle which keeps the integrity of...
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...| | |Human Resource Management | | | | | | | |Submitted to | |Prof. A Srinivasa Rao | | | Contents INTRODUCTION 2 DOWNSIZING 3 RESTRUCTURING 4 PRIMARY ISSUES 5 How to Downsize Effectively 5 COMPANY BACKGROUND 8 PRIMARY ISSUES - II 9 GENERAL MOTORS: RESTRUCTURING 10 RECOMMENDATIONS 14 CONCLUSION 15 REFERENCES 16 INTRODUCTION Over the past eight years, our country has experienced a whirlwind of economic slowdown that has led to the restructuring of the way companies do business today. Gone are the days when corporate mergers, acquisition, downsizing, and restructuring were few and far in between. The economic slowdown coupled with ongoing economic uncertainty has led many companies to adjust their organizational operations to a new level of efficiency. Words such as downsizing, rightsizing...
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...Phase Separation Solutions (PS2): The China Question Group: Thant Sin Naing, Myat Thu Khine, Yu Thwe Phyo, Kaung Myat Win, Aye Mon Khaing, Ywet Nu Wai Hlaing Situation Analysis: Being a specialist in the clean up of two waste streams: the remediation of soil contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and recovering usable oil from industrial sludge using Thermal Phase Separation (TPS) technology in North America, PS2 attracted State Environmental Protection Agency of China in early 2008. Strengths * Internationally proven world class TPS technology * Management is familiar with international markets * Extract up to 90 % of oil from industrial sludge * No harmful air emissions * Mobile, onsite remedial technology * Modular design, easily deployed, avoid transportation cost * Reusable, resalable contaminants * Own fuel source generation to fire the system * Fewer greenhouse gas emissions | Weaknesses * Still in immaturity stage * Insufficient employees * No Guarantee that JV will work * Low capacity (20,000 tons) * Not in a good locations compared to its competitor * Limited paten lifetime (will expire in 2019) | Opportunities * High entry barrier * New regulations for soil treatment market in Canada * Deadlines for ending the use and long-term storage PCBs * result in strong demand for PS2’s TPS technology * Exclusive rights to use TPS in Canada & US in 2002 & in China in 2009 * Environmental pollution became...
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...The Dreaming Dreaming: * Underpins all beliefs and practices * Incorporates past, present and future * Inextricably linked to the land * Ceremonialism Dreamtime: Time of creation of all things Dreaming: Individuals or groups set of beliefs or spirituality Spirituality Consists of: * Kinship * Ceremonial life * Obligations to land and people (as a result of societal values) Kinship Highly sophisticated networks of relationships that govern interactions between members of language groups Define where a person fits into the community, binding people together in relationships of sharing and obligation Central to the way culture is passed on and society is organised Dynamic and provides a framework for living Defines roles and responsibilities for raising and educating children Provides systems of moral and financial support within the community Influences the social relationships and governs many aspects of everyday behaviour Ceremonial Life Dreaming ceremonies are conducted in the form of song and dance with the use of body parts and a spectacle of lights and costumes Preparation considered part of ceremony Men and women have different roles Different ceremonies in different cultural groups 4 Types: * Rite of passage * Information * Personal * Spiritual Initiation Ceremony Teaches about law and beliefs Allows young person to take their place as an elder Can last years Funeral Ceremonies Number...
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...rStaffing function measures: Quality of hire The quality of employee performance begins with the quality of the hire. companies that define consistent processes and metrics around quality of hire will benefit from a sharp competitive edge in the future. Cost of a Bad Hire The risks and potential losses from making a poor quality hire stem from poor productivity and a reduced quality of output. Poor quality hires may result in poor customer service, which leads to revenue loss and even loss of market share. A workforce with a lower overall quality of worker takes longer to bring products to market, resulting in lost competitive advantage. The cost of goods sold is also higher, as the company has to contend with lower productivity Having made the wrong hiring decision, a company may seek to cut its ongoing losses by replacing the worker. Replacement costs, including sourcing costs, administrative and processing costs, and lost productivity for the hiring manager, all become part of the cost of a bad hire. The cost of a bad hire for a software engineer can exceed mil- lions of dollars, while the wrong choice of a CEO may result in the loss of billions of dollars of shareholder value. Bad hires produce damaging results that can be calculated as the sum of these direct and indirect costs: Productivity loss Loss of customers Loss of brand equity Legal liability Separation costs Replacement costs How to measure QOH Measuring quality of hire amounts to measuring how...
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...Modern History Assignment- BY: Kwaku Marfo 'To what extent did the Geneva conference solve the problems of indochina to 1954?' After decades of struggle under the practice of imperialism Indochinese nations would propse their problems to the the international community at the Geneva conference. The 1954 Geneva Conference, held in Geneva Switerland occured on the 8th of May, following the historical defeat of French forces in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu to the Vietminh (DRV). The Geneva Conference is essentially the proposal of international treaties binding of all nations which have accepted them. The primary objective of the Geneva Conference was to discuss and solve international issues concerning the Korean and Indochinese war. Nearly a decade after the Potsdam conference and still in the midst of the Cold War, the Geneva conference witnessed the meeting of the USSR, US and UK with intentions of reaching agreements for the future of Indochina. The conference involed delegates from the United Kingdom, United States, France, Soviet Union, People Republic of China, Democratic replublic of Vietnam (DRV) and the Nationalist Government of Vietnam. Issues proposed by Ho Chi Minh (DRV) concerning the future of vietnam included, the removal of foreign control, the unification of Vietnam, the development of a defence force for secuirty and the establishment of a communist nation. Resulting agreements of the Geneva Conference led to 'peaceful co-existence' with foreigners in Vietnam...
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...(b) The Constitution is able to successfully limit majority rule by enlisting a system of checks and balances and sepertaion of powers. The system of checks and balances is the government's way of having each branch, executive, legislative, and judicial, keep an eye on each other to make sure that they aren't becoming to strong,trying to infringe on the Constitution, or passing unjust laws. Seperation of powers is used to balance out the power of each of the branches of gonvernment by giving them different duties, so as to not give all the power to one branch (c) The twentieth-century was a time where many changes were made to the government making it much more democratic. A couple of the changes were enacting the Seventeenth Ammendment and...
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...against additional emotional distress. During this phase, the child starts to play again and show interest in the environment. Moreover, a child in this phase fails to show contentment even if the parents return. For instance, the child will turn his/her face at the parent and refuse to greet them. In addition, developmental delays can occur by this stage and it is hard to reverse (Pg. 1128). Additionally, the child may exhibit ambivalence after being with the parents for a while after their return. For example, the child might show contentment with the parent at point and resignation at the other. There are several ways in which parents/caregivers could put the children experiencing seperation anxiety at ease. First of all, it is important for the parents to remain calm during seperation that the children may become extra worried if they see their parents worried or anxious. Another factor is to gradually introduce the child to new faces and be with the child for a while until they get familiarized with the new environment or people as they are left with the new caregiver or at the daycare. Moreover, try to be with the child, if it is possible, especially when they are undergoing medical checkups or procedures. The child will feel the safest when he/she held by the parents. Additionally, practice separation for a short amount of time and distance before the actual day of separation and use any accomplishments as on opportunity to praise them and give them positive reinforcement...
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...iLab week 1 Assignment Lab Report: I. Seperation of a Salt Water Solution Lab II. Introduction In this lab scenario, we were asked to determine the percentage of salt present in a saltwater solution. We are able to reach a conclusion in the lab due to certain chemical properties of water and salt. One main property is that water has a significantly lower boiling point in comparison to the salt in the mixture. III. Procedure First we obtained a 250ml beaker as well as an electronic scale in grams (g) and a Bunsen burner. After weighing the empty glass, we applied the saltwater solution and weighed the beaker again. Then we evaporated the water by placing the beaker on the Bunsen burner. Then we were able to determine the amount of salt present by weighing the beaker contents. IV. Observations and Results Contents | Mass | . Beaker (control) | 75.000g | .Beaker + mixture | 85.175g | .Beaker + salt | 75.175g | . Salt | 0.175g | .water | 10.000g | Percentage of Salt in Mixture | %1.75 | V. Discussion This, in my opinion, is a good Lab to start with. The results seem logical and the lab does a good job of demonstrating the proper application of the scientific method as well as the properties of saltwater mixtures. It also showed good basic practices to use during experimentation like the use of a control group , and measuring and recording data throughout the process VI. Conclusion The experiment...
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...The two essays are comparing and contrasting the seperation of the two cities. They're both being seperated by the Berlin wall. So far it's symbolized that people on both sides aren't free until all of them are free. The wall seperates Germany as if it's a gate that won't open. But this gate will soon open for freedom. In the first essay, "Remarks in Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin", It explains how the wall seperates the walls using religious belief. He also uses examples like how he says that freedom is indivisible and that all men aren't free if one man isn't. He uses these examples to tell the German people how this wall only creates more suffering. It seperates people that want to be together. All of Germany is suffering because not everyone...
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...The effect of child-caregiver interacton on the social-, emotional and cognitive development of children “Lack of caregiver-child interaction has been cited as a risk factor that contributes to loss of developmental potential. On the other hand, positive caregiver-child interactions are said to facilitate social-emotional development (Walker et al., 2011). This is especially true in infancy.” “Lack of caregiver-child interaction has been cited as a risk factor that contributes to loss of developmental potential. On the other hand, positive caregiver-child interactions are said to facilitate social-emotional development (Walker et al., 2011). This is especially true in infancy.” In this essay I wish to discuss the above emphasised statements in the context of normal social behaviour. This essay places specific emphases on three main areas; the role of attachment in child developement, how a lack of caregiver-child interactions affect the infant and the protective factors that could facilitate the child’s social-emotional development. After World War II, it was found that many children who lost their parents presented similar psychological difficulties (Cassidy & Shaver, 1999). Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby wrote a pamphlet on the situation, entitled “Meternal Deprivation”. Out of this work spawned the attachment theory. For the first time people became aware that the close careciver-child attachment, usually mother-child, was very important in the...
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...The emerging world of diverse, connected smart devices and sensors known as the Internet of Things has the power to transform society, but also introduces or aggravates very real privacy and security risks. While traditional discussions of privacy and security are often linked, we see a marked seperation in the IoT context.Security experts focus on devices while the privacy community has been primarily concerned with aggregated data held on the cloud. We attempt to integrate these two discussions by presenting an architectural perspective of how the different components of end-‐points, devices and links might fit together. Comparing this generalized architecture framework to what is currently offered by the market leads to an interesting observation: much of what is currently called an Internet of Things resembles a very simple architecture, the client-‐server relationship. This one-‐to-‐many structure with centralized control makes security easier, but concentrates data for greater potential harms. While there are good reasons for early IoT applications to follow this basic model, how can we understand risk and control of future instantiations of IoT? We use the architectural framework that emphasizes links in the network to explore control points, where engineers might build in security ...
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...* ------------------------------------------------- 6. The 3 main types of prenatal development are the zygote, embryo, and fetus. The zygote is the fertilized egg in the womb; it lasts for 2 weeks and begins when the sperm first fertilizes the egg. Soon afterwards, the zygote becomes an embryo. During the embryo stage, the actual human organism is mad and this lasts from the 2nd week to the 2nd month. During the fetus stage, the organism is in its developmental stage. This begins after 9 weeks of pregnancy. A teratogen is an agent that can cause harm to the womb ex. If a pregnant woman is drinking a lot of alcohol, she can harm the fetus because alcohol is a teratogen and she could potentially cause fetal alcohol syndrome. 7. The brain capacity of newborn babies is a lot smaller than that of an older person. That’s why we don’t remember most of our infancy. Once we are born we start to make a neural network that allows us to complete basic functions, like talk, remember, etc. The habituation for the infant cognition is a very simple way of learning. When the babies are exposed to something multiple times, they lose fascination in it. 8. Piaget developed 4 stages of cognitive development that show how humans develop mentally. Stage 1 is the sensorimotor stage. This is the stage that occurs from 0 to 2 years and this is when we start to interact with our senses. The 2nd stage, Preoperational, 2-7 years old, is when language begins but isn’t completely understood and is...
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...and women of all different ages some as young as nine years old. Despite evidence of concerns about juvenile crime, several of historians have debated that the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was a pivotal era of change in the treatment that juvenile criminals received. Accordingly, a traditional approach to the history of crime has debated that during the nineteenth century there was what some would call and “invention” of juvenile crime, and that the foundations were created for the juvenile justice system not only for the nineteenth century but also for our modern system. Several key features that were enshrined in this system were the axiomatic tension between systems of punishment and reformation, as well as the seperation of juveniles and adults on all stages of the criminal justice system which was effectively the removal of the child from what were believed as debilitating domestic environments. Traditional histories show that it was no coincidence that these developments occurred during the same time as changes to the poor law system, change in the work place, and changes in the policing of society. The factory acts, the metropolitan police act, and the new poor law in the first half of the century were some examples of this. Prison Labor helps position prisoners to be leaders in emerging industries such as organic farming, clean...
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...with the country's best interest at heart and mind and he only gave his honest opinion regarding many subjects such as, the importance of national union and the constitution. He also spoke of the evils and dangers of the political parties and debt, and stressed the importance of religion and morality of our government. No man left a more dignified farewell. Many people fought and died to make this country a nation. George washington was right in the middle of that, and he pressed the importance of unity in a nation and warns against anybody dividing it. This country is one country, not the east or the west, the north or the south. Eeverybody needs each other and if it is all divided it cannot accomplish what it could as whole nation. Seperation and dividion would only bring arguments...
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