...and now more frequently for teaching and learning practices and opportunities within classrooms (Kamau, 2012). One of the ICT tools utilized for learning is electronic mail (e-mail). E-mails are electronic messages distributed from one person to another via the use of a computer and network system. ICT tools, such as e-mails, offer both affordances and constraints, as well as require knowledge of how learning occurs in order to be incorporated into teaching and learning practices; however, there are solutions to the constraints associated with such tools. Affordances, as indicated by Norman (As cited in Hammond, 2010, p. 208), are the “perceived and actual properties” and functions of a mechanism, that define its possible uses in certain situations. However, affordances typically coexist with constraints (EDTK2030: Unit 1), which are certain boundaries that limit the way in which an object or mechanism can be manipulated. Despite the affordances, ICT tools used for education purposes require appropriate knowledge of how learning takes place in order to be able to “facilitate learning” (EDTK2030: Unit 2, p. 35). Learning theories in education, provide a framework for understanding how people learn, as well as helps teachers and instructors to utilize and incorporate different learning and teaching methods in order to support such learning. The...
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...Professor Owen R. Phillips University of Wyoming Ross Hall 124 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS 4020 Course Description and Prerequisites Economics is broadly defined as a way of thinking about problems of allocation. This course entails the use of intermediate microeconomic theory in the analysis of problems facing decision-makers, not only in business, but also in government and other nonprofit organizations. Intermediate microeconomic theory can be described as the theory of choice. It has application to all decision problems. Specific theoretic tools are developed and applied to real world settings in order to illustrate optimal decision guidelines. The prerequisites for this course are a beginning economics class in microeconomics and a basic understanding of algebra and geometry. Required Textbook Required: Pindyck, Robert S. and Rubinfeld, Daniel L., Microeconomics, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-02-395900-2. Determining Your Grade During the course there are two “midterm” examinations. At the end of the course there is a comprehensive final examination; in the final exam there is some emphasis on the material following the second examination. All of the exams consist of multiple choice questions. Questions will be of a problem-solving nature much like those assigned in the homework. The homework questions are excellent preparation for the examinations. Answers to many of these questions are worked in the...
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...JUS 301 Criminology Final Writing Assignment Rosilyn Smith 06/03/13 Writing assignment Final In this writing assignment learners are to take a position on what you believe is the root cause of crime today in society. We know there can be numerous causes; however you as the learner must decide, based on theories we covered in class, which theory in your opinion best describes the root causes of crime in society. So, ensure your paper addresses the following: What you believe is the root cause of crime in America and why? Select a theory the correlates to the cause of crime Argue why the theory you selected is the most applicable theory Discuss why critics would not accept your theory and what theory they might suggest is the root cause of crime in America. I believe the root cause of crime in society today is hard determinism and soft determinism. Hard determinism is the belief that crime results from forces beyond the control of the individual. Soft determinism is the belief that human behavior is the result of choices and decisions made within a context of situational constraints and opportunities. Soft determinism is because most criminals are a product of their environment. The criminal groups are the ones up around a lot of crime and illegal acts. The criminal...
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...meeting increasingly stringent clients’ needs. However, it seems that the theories and principles of Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) are the best approaches of all sorts of management theories. This assignment makes a brief Investigates and discusses of LPDS and analyses how to apply the principles, theories, processes and tools to current project management practices. This assignment concentrates on topic three and compares the difference between current and LPDS approaches in methods, processes and tools. Lean Project Management A research of Lean Production Delivery Systems on methods, processes and tools Background Before people name it Lean Production Delivery Systems1 (LPDS), many American experts call it TPS which is short for Toyota Production System (Womack et al., 1990). This production system been called as just-in-time production at the beginning state. It was created and developed by the founder of Toyota, in order to gain higher quality and lower cost, in the 1950 s. This production system became famous and been paid more attention by experts when Toyota made much profit during 1970s economic crisis while other automobile manufacturers were suffering a loss. The phrase ‘lean production’ was first appeared in a report which is Machine That Changed the World written by Womack and Jones in 1990. As Womack's report that the theory can be apply to many business areas. The theory and principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) are known more widely...
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...| 1 Comparative Country Studies (CCS) BSc IB - EBB686A05 International Business Lecturers: Henk Ritsema, coordinator Abdul Erumban Huib Stek 2/4/2014 | 2 Overview › › › › Introduction Course format Course plan Literature / Individual assignment › About Comparing Countries 1 2/4/2014 | 3 Introduction › The goals of this course are: 1. To develop and apply analytical skills to understand socio-economic differences between countries; 2. To assess how these differences impact the climate for doing business across countries. Theory and Application 2/4/2014 | 4 Course format › Tutorials (with student teams): • Theory tutorials (TT) • Application tutorials (AT) › Combining theory with application country Factbook • • • • Tools/Methods Application of tools Comparative analysis Recommendation › Industry perspective 2 2/4/2014 | 5 Assignments and Grading/Feedback › Team assignments (70%) & Individual assignment (30%) › Team assignments: • Paper on / synopsis of materials of Theory tutorials (30%) • Factbook grade (40%) › All assignments: minimum of 5 › Overall: minimum of 5.5 › Participation / performance as presenters, reviewers or chair (+/- 1 grade point on team assignments) › Are you allowed to take this course? Propaedeutics or positive BSA › Passing 2nd year courses but failing 1st year courses leads to removal from the program 2/4/2014 | 6 First Application tutorial (starting tomorrow) › Each team prepares a...
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...certain operations are assigned to specific roles. Members of staff (or other system users) are assigned particular roles, and through those role assignments acquire the computer permissions to perform particular computer-system functions. Since users are not assigned permissions directly, but only acquire them through their role (or roles), management of individual user rights becomes a matter of simply assigning appropriate roles to the user's account; this simplifies common operations, such as adding a user, or changing a user's department. Three primary rules are defined for RBAC: 1.Role assignment: A subject can exercise a permission only if the subject has selected or been assigned a role. 2.Role authorization: A subject's active role must be authorized for the subject. With rule 1 above, this rule ensures that users can take on only roles for which they are authorized. 3.Permission authorization: A subject can exercise a permission only if the permission is authorized for the subject's active role. With rules 1 and 2, this rule ensures that users can exercise only permissions for which they are authorized. Additional constraints may be applied as well, and roles can be combined in a hierarchy where higher-level roles subsume permissions owned by sub-roles. With the concepts of role hierarchy and constraints, one can control RBAC to create or simulate lattice-based access control (LBAC). Thus RBAC can be considered to be a superset of LBAC. When defining...
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...COMM 89 Theory Paper Purpose: Evaluate the utility of an academic theory by examining its applications to everyday life. Enhance your ability to understand academic theory as explained by an outside source and to apply theoretical concepts with organization and clarity. Demonstrate original thought in analysis of utility. Preparation: 1. Choose an episode from your life. Choose one of the two following types of brief (1-3 minutes) real life communicative episodes (any communication interaction between 2 or more individuals). Do NOT attempt to use a movie scene. a) First-hand experience: an incident in which you met and/or communicated with someone. b) Observed episode: an incident in which you witnessed 2 or more others communicating. 2. Select a theory from those on the schedule prior to the midterm. Choose one that will help you understand your communicative episode and that might also be beneficial for understanding your future communication interaction. 3. Find at least one main academic source (NOT your textbook or lecture notes) that explains the theory. This main source must be published and will most likely to be either a chapter in an edited book or a journal article that provides a thorough explanation of the theory. A journal article with an experimental study is unlikely to provide a thorough explanation of the theory, but is a very useful additional source for discussing the utility of the theory. (Use these in your utility section.) Your textbook and...
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...RESEARCH Credits: 4 SYLLABUS Development Definition, Characteristics and phase of Scientific Method, Types of models. General methods for solving operations research models. Allocation: Introduction to linear programming formulation, graphical solution, Simplex ethod, artificial variable technique, Duality principle. Sensitivity analysis. Transportation Problem Formulation optimal solution. Unbalanced transportation problems, Degeneracy. Assignment problem, Formulation optimal solution, Variation i.e., Non-square (m x n) matrix restrictions. Sequencing Introduction, Terminology, notations and assumptions, problems with n-jobs and two machines, optimal sequence algorithm, problems with n-jobs and three machines, problems with n-jobs and m-machines, graphic solutions. Travelling salesman problem. Replacement Introduction, Replacement of items that deteriorate with time – value of money unchanging and changing, Replacement of items that fail completely. Queuing Models M.M.1 & M.M.S. system cost considerations. Theory of games introduction, Two-person zero-sum games, The Maximum –Minimax principle, Games without saddle points – Mixed Strategies, 2 x n and m x 2 Games – Graphical solutions, Dominance property, Use of L.P. to games, Algebraic solutions to rectangular games. Inventory Introduction, inventory costs, Independent demand systems: Deterministic models – Fixed order size systems – Economic order quantity (EOQ) – Single items, back ordering, Quantity...
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...1. Scheduling involves the timing of operations to achieve the efficient movement of units through a system. The overall objective of scheduling is faster movement of goods and services through a facility, better customer service and dependable delivery. 2. The four criteria for determining the effectiveness of a scheduling decision are Minimize completion time Maximize utilization Minimize work in process Minimize customer waiting time 3. Loading means the assignment of jobs to work or procession centers. Operations managers assign jobs to work centers so that costs, idle time, or completion times are kept to a minimum. Loading work centers takes two forms. One is oriented to capacity; the second is related to assignment specific jobs to work centers. The two techniques used to loading jobs are: Gannt charts and the assignment method of linear programming. The four priority sequencing rules are: FCFS: first come, first served. The first job to arrive at a work center is processed first. SPT: shortest processing time. The shortet jobs are handled first and completed EDD: earliest due date. The job with the earliest due date is selected first. LPT. Longest processing time. The longer, bigger job are often very important and are selected first. 5) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the shortest processing time rule? First and foremost, priority rules provide a groundwork for how jobs should be worked. The rules are most commonly used for process...
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...Achieving Project Goals Simulation Businesses use projects to focus on the way strategies can be put into action to meet the objectives of a business. Through project management, businesses can establish stated objectives and perform the tasks on the project with the knowledge in completing the strategies that aligned with goals of leadership. Project management is designed to make better use of existing resources by getting work to flow horizontally as well as vertically within the company (Kerzner, 2006, pg. ). As part of project management I had the chance to understand how to apply the proper decision-making techniques by completing this simulation. The simulation provided a variety of different situations that I had to make as the Project Manager for this project. By completing this simulation it allow for me to understand the different methods that are involved in proper decision to perform a task in a project. How did completing this simulation change your perspective of project management? After completing this simulation, it has changed my perspective of project management. Initially I was under the impression a project manager primary job was to manage the process that was established through the job scope and a statement of work. Completing the simulation has proven that even if everyone understands the objectives it takes effective planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling methods to complete a project successfully (University...
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...submitted mid way through the autumn and spring terms. The portfolio will provide an analysis of the microeconomic and macroeconomic environments that impact on an organisation or sector of the group’s choice. The first part of this portfolio will consist of a group report to be submitted by the end of week 3 of the spring term which identifies the key micro economic constraints that impact on the organisation or sector under consideration. In terms of weighting the first element contributes 50% of the marks for the module. This first element will address some of the key microeconomic aspects affecting the business or sector selected. It will consist of a report that identifies the key features and constraints that impact on the competitive environment under consideration. Specifically, this will address: 1. The extent of competition in the sector/market – e.g. the number of competing firms, the size of these firms and any particular issues that arise from this, such as market dominance, price leadership, scale economies, issues that may arise from regulatory and associated legal constraints, such as patents etc. 2. The theoretical implications arising from the competitive environment and the implications that these have for the way in which the proposed organisation structures and implements its competitive response. This will involve its approach to both price and non price decisions....
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...Department of Management Information Systems Assignment on: Application of Management Science in Business [Type the document subtitle] Course Title: Management Science Course Code: EMIS 517 Submitted to: Professor Dr. Abdul Hannan Mia Honorable Course Teacher, Dept. of MIS Submitted by: Name | ID | Batch | Md. Al-Mamun Riyadh | 61427-20-079 | 20th | Abdullah-Al-Kashem | 61427-20-006 | 20th | Submission date: 31st August, 2014 Management Science Management Science is concerned with developing and applying models and concepts that help to clarify management issues and solve managerial problems. The models used can often be represented mathematically, but sometimes computer-based, visual or verbal representations are used. The range of problems and issues to which management science has contributed insights and solutions is vast. It includes scheduling airlines, both planes and crew, deciding the appropriate place to site new facilities such as a warehouse or factory, managing the flow of water from reservoirs, identifying possible future development paths for parts of the telecommunications industry, establishing the information needs and appropriate systems to supply them within the health service, and identifying and understanding the strategies adopted by companies for their information systems. Scientific Planning Successful management relies on careful coordination, often using scientific methods in project planning...
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...For this project you will assume the role of a portfolio manager. As part of your new assignment, you have seven stocks under management. Your task is to determine how your seven stocks are performing in your portfolio. Your first set of analysis will focus on the assumption that there are no short sale constraints on your holdings and one smaller set of analysis that will focus on the effect of a short sale constraint on your performance. Portfolio Theory Analysis 1. Perform a portfolio analysis for your seven firms that comprise your portfolio using the spreadsheet I presented in class as a template. Please keep to my template because I find it easier to read after you hand it in when the format is just as I have specified (using a spreadsheet that is worse or different than what I did in class is not a good idea). Some notes/hints/reminders on the spreadsheet and on this valuation assignment: * First off, be sure to reproduce my results in my spreadsheet before you begin the analysis on your portfolio. I have separate tabs for the separate analysis that I have performed so you should be able to reproduce my results before your forge ahead with your analysis. Make sure that you order your data from the most recent date to the last date using as much data as I have on my spreadsheet. Failure to do so will result in a very poor grade. * You will need to be able to manipulate SOLVER for this analysis, but given your experience in your summer corporate class...
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...Bottlenecks in a Process Scott Cleveland University of Phoenix OPS 571 March 19, 2012 Dr. Jim Hoelscher Abstract This assignment will examine and uncover bottlenecks that exist in a Process. The central purpose is to expand on the data collected in the Week one assignment and build on it to be able to correctly identify the Bottlenecks in that process. The process examined was that of Cooking so this assignment will consider the bottlenecks present in the process of Cooking. Efforts aimed at breaking down existing bottlenecks can lead to process improvement and enhanced efficiency. Also examined is Goldratt’s rule for Production scheduling and also how using a Just in Time, or JIT, process flow can be benefit the process. Bottlenecks in a Process Cooking A bottleneck is defined as any resource whose capacity is less than the demand placed upon it. A bottleneck is a constraint within the system that limits throughput. It is the limiting factor in any process or chain of processes. (Chase, 2006) The process selected was that of Cooking so the task will focus on the bottlenecks uncovered during the process of cooking. The goal is to be able to minimize the total time dedicated to cooking, reducing it to two hours from two hours and thirty minutes. The thirty minutes gained from cooking time can be utilized in some other way in a busy household. Factors affecting...
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...ASSIGNMENT Task for Unit: Planning and Leading a Complex Team Activity Centre Number | Centre Name | Learner Registration No | Learner Name | TASKThe purpose of this unit is to enable candidates to plan and lead a complex team activity which demonstrates their leadership skills note:An ILM Assessment Task provides an opportunity to relate your learning directly to your current organisation. It is recommended that you discuss the assignment with your line manager to explore and agree how the task could be used to support the needs of your employer (as well as evidencing your learning as part of completing your ILM qualification).If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacityThe nominal word count for this assignment is 2000 words: The suggested range is between 1500 and 2500 words, however individuals have different writing styles, and there is no penalty if the word-count range is exceeded. | Please use the headings shown below when writing up your assignment | Assessment Criteria | Be able to plan a complex team activity Provide the purpose, aims and measurable objectives for a complex team activity and to identify the tasks and resources required, taking any operational constraints into consideration.You are then required to produce a correct and appropriate implementation plan for the activity, assessing...
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