...Mobile Technology: Paving the Way to Organizational Success Marissa Ricalde BA 333: Management Information Systems Professor Kevin Ho December 09, 2011 Executive Summary The advancement of technology has helped organizations reach success. Because Information Technology (IT) plays an important role in business, it is important to understand how it improves business functions. Mobile devices are common in the market and since it reaches millions of consumers, it makes it easier for businesses to stay connected with their employees. In this paper I explore the correlation between organizational success and the use of mobile devices, what smartphones have to offer and how it creates employee mobility, and a comparison of the top two selling smartphones currently in the market, the Blackberry and the Iphone. Mobile Technology: Paving a Way to Organizational Success The invention and revolution of mobile devices Since the beginning of civilization, men have discovered ways to be more efficient. With the discovery of science sprang the creation of electricity. Since then we have been looking for more innovative ways to invent things that make our lives more comfortable. For example, the first car was invented in the 1700s and has come a long way since then. What was once to be considered heavy steel on wheels running on motor oil has revolutionized to a fuel efficient vehicle mostly running off electricity. With the advancements in technology, it is hard to...
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...MEMORIAL SCHOOL CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Today’s world is being described as the “modern world.” Modern through the use of technology at home, in the office, in school and everywhere where technology plays a role in the people’s lives. We cannot deny that it changes almost everything around us; not just in our way of earning for a living but on how we live from day to day with technology as the biggest part of our lives. There are different kinds of transportation that help us get into our destination the fastest time, our appliances at home that minimizes our time in doing the household chores and in keeping us comfortable and safe, all the means of communications that make our messages be sent in the fastest pace, and most importantly in education where learning is being delivered in a most responsive, interactive and digital way. Here comes digital learning. According to Alliance for Excellent Education, “Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience. Digital learning encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practices, including, among others, online and formative assessment; an increase in the focus and quality of teaching resources and time; online content and courses; applications of technology in the classroom and school building; adaptive software for students with special needs; learning platforms; participation in professional communities of practice;...
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...The Dependence of People on Smartphones. The excessive use of smartphones has not only changed the way we see technology but also the way we live our lives. In the year 2000, the first touch screen phone was introduced and people who loved technology were amazed by this cellphone technology that did not required a physical keypad to work or access the cellphone main menu, although not that many special features were added to this cellphone besides the digital touch screen tech lovers fell in love with this device almost instantly because of the futuristic idea of replacing buttons with a digital touchscreen. Even though this cellphone was a pioneer in a new era revolutionizing the idea of a physical keypad to enter numbers did not become so popular after people got bored from just the digital screen and that did not do anything else but to dial numbers to make a phone call. In the year 2007 a new cellphone was introduced, a cellphone that not only looked very elegant and extremely different than any other cellphone at the moment or made before, but was able to perform tasks those of a desktop computer, for example; internet web browsing, agenda managing, picture taking and video making at very good quality, email access, music playing, electronic book access, just to mention a few. It seemed maybe almost impossible that so much could be done with such a small device. This was the world’s first smartphone; a new trend that would make our lives much easier had begun, making...
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...to use past innovations to chart future shifts in the relationship between science, technology and culture. Abstract The study of history can easily have a somewhat anecdotal purpose behind examining it, but with the advent of Winston’s ‘Modeling for change’ we are able to discern a concentration of social forces working directly on the process of innovations rather than being a force on innovation. It is for this reason that we have the ability to chart future shifts in science, technology and culture through an evolutionary social based process that exist in a perpetual dialogue always tinkering, refining and suppressing devices throughout the ages. There has been a popular contention, a somewhat anecdotal purpose behind studying the past that has something to do with making sure that 'we learn from it' and are not destined to 'repeat it' as such. (Santayana 1906) But when it comes to new technologies it is easy 'at first glance, that there seems to be no patterns in the changes…In some cases the new technologies swept through quickly; in others the transition took decades. In some, the new technologies were complex and expensive to develop. In others… technologies were simple extensions of what the leading companies already did better than anyone else.' (Christensen 1997) What Winston has for the most part provided us, is a more 'crucial overview of how communication technologies develop' (Winston 1998 p11) within the social sphere, to that which 'Modeling for change'...
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...MKT4010 Marketing Strategy For Management Middlesex University Business School Portfolio Handbook 2012 January Start Cohort Module Leader: • Dr. Kinnari Pancholi: k.pancholi@mdx.ac.uk Room W109 |Student Name: | | | OR |Student Number: | | | |Seminar Class Details: | |Name of Seminar Tutor: | |Day: | |Time: | |Room: | Table of Contents: Assessment Brief and Questions 3 Censorship:...
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...NT-1110 Computer Structure and Logic Unit 4 Research Paper 1 The ENIAC Computer 4/26/13 World War II was knocking on the United States front door when the decision to develop a computer to handle complex mathematical calculations was made. The United States was in a dire need for a machine that could make accurate, precise, and fast calculations. The United States government and military turned to John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert to build the first Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator; or for short the ENIAC. The United States was ill prepared and forced into the war which meant that it had few resources to accomplish the task of defeating the enemy. The ENIAC was purposefully designed to calculate all variables such as wind speed, trajectory, and distance so that each shot fired from the military was done with devastating precision and accuracy. The ENIAC enabled the military to do these calculations in a matter of hours and minutes versus days. John Mauchly and John Eckert designed artillery tables using the ENIAC to make these vital calculations that were much faster than manually calculating. Unfortunately the design of the Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator was not completed until after the war. Although the ENIAC was designed for World War II, it had other uses for that time period. One of the greatest contributions that ENIAC had was with the development of the Hydrogen bomb. The ENIAC was able to calculate the complex mathematical formulas...
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...Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Global Development………………………………………………………………..4 Technology in the 21st Century……………………………………………..4 Intelligence in the 21st Century……………………………………………..5 Artificial Intelligence and Modern Society……………………………………….....6 Advancements in Technology………………………………………………..7 Advancements in Human Education and Growth…………………………..8 Technology and its Role in Developing Human Minds…………………………..…9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...10 References…………………………………………………………………………....11 Introduction During the onset of what has been dubbed the Digital Age, a debate has arisen over the ethical and developmental implications of technology and the dependence of the human world on Artificial Intelligence. This paper serves as an added voice to the debate of Artificial Intelligence versus the Human Mind. The fundamental question being addressed is that of whether the rapid technological advancements that have and are still being made are stifling the growth of human innovation. The realization that technology is increasingly becoming a huge facet in the day to day lives of billions of people around the globe makes it ever more necessary to evaluate how dependent the world will be on it in the near future. For example, technology is used to determine weather patterns, determining the direction the global economy is taking and so forth. So it is pertinent for an evaluation...
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...Ngoc – Tam Thuy Ngo International innovation Dr. Deli Yang The Two Most Impactful inventions in the world: iPad and World Wide Web Ngoc – Tam Thuy Ngo International innovation Dr. Deli Yang The Two Most Impactful inventions in the world: iPad and World Wide Web 1. Introduction Nowadays, technology has become an irreplaceable part of human society. It is undeniable that tablets, smartphones and the internet has play an important role in recreating our world and making it become a better and more imaginative place. Yet technology cannot become what it has become without millions of brilliant inventors throughout the world. Two of the most impactful inventions that will be examined further in this final project are the Internet and the World Wide Web. The reasons behind this selection are because of the iPad and the World Wide Web has influenced so many people around the world. In another word, they changed the way human interacts with technology and with each other. The structure of the paper will start off with the background of the inventions, then follow with the patentability assessment, their impacts, reasons behind the impact, internationalizing patents and conclude with a concise and comparative (ending?) on the two impactful inventions. 2. Background 3.1. Ipad Ipad is an IOS – based line of tablet computers designed, manufactured and commercialized by Apple Inc. The first iPad was invented and developed by Steve Jobs in Cupertino, California...
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...Inhaltsverzeichnis Executive Summary and methodology 3 TASK 1 3 1. PESTLE ANALYSIS 3 1.1.2 LEGA INFLUENCES 4 1.1.3 ECOLOGICAL INFLUENCES 5 1.1.4 POLITICAL INFLUENCES 6 1.1.5 ECONOMICAL AND FINANCIAL INFLUENCES 7 1.1.6 SOCIAL-CULTURAL INFLUENCES 8 1.1.7 TECHNOLOGICAL INFLUENCES 9 TASK 2 10 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES 10 1.1.8 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 11 1.1.9 DEGREE OF RIVALRY 12 1.1.10 THREAT OF SUBSITUTES 12 1.1.11 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 13 1.1.12 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 14 SWOT Analysis 14 RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES 16 Conclusion 16 APPENDIX 17 References 18 Executive Summary and methodology The goal of this report is to give a brief overview of the primary external influences on McDonalds in the fast food industry of Germany by using the PESTEL framework (refer to Appendix 1 for Corporate Profile). In the second part of the report, the reader is instructed about the changing competitive environment based on the theoretical framework of Porter’s five forces modell and the SWOT analysis of McDonald’s Germany. The analysis demonstrates the influences on the company’s policies and the effectiveness of the organization’s response. This is followed by recommendations on how to improve the current situation and give an overview of McDondals alternative strategy approach to increase their market share as well their profitability. TASK 1 1. PESTLE ANALYSIS According to the PESTLE analysis, an understanding of the environment – macro...
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...HISTORY A World Transformed II: World in Flux E D I TOR PW AA -TA ST IC Y EA R S! RESOURCE Tania Asnes A L PACA-IN-CHIEF 2 0 1 2 Daniel Berdichevsky the World Scholar’s Cup® ® HISTORY | 1 History Resource 2012: A World in Flux Table of Contents Preface: A Swiftly Texting Planet ................................................................. 2 I. The Determinators....................................................................................... 4 Toward a model for technological change............................................. 5 I’m on Team IDUAR ................................................................................ 6 Disruptive technologies..............................................................................8 Classic Technologies ...................................................................................9 The time of wheels ..................................................................................9 How the stirrup stirred things up ......................................................10 Print all about it: the printing press ................................................... 11 II. Transformations in Everyday Life .......................................................... 13 Turning on the lights ................................................................................. 13 Picking up the telephone ......................................................................... 15 Radio and television...
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...faster than PCs used for processing large amounts of data such as mail-shots, salaries, taxetc. | Fast. Normally measured in GHz. | Fast. Normally measured in GHz. | Fast. Normally measured in GHz. Often speed specifications are less than for a PC of equivalentprice. | Much less than a PC unless you pay a lot extra. | Cost | Very, very expensive, only affordable by large companies. | Getting cheaper by the day. | A PC only requires an inexpensive card to be added to it to connect it to a network. | Components need to be much more compact, so there is a price overhead when compared to a PCof equivalent power. | In relative terms expensive when compares to a PC. | Typical Users | Only used by large companies including banks, building societies etc. | Home users, large and small offer users. | Due to ease of networking a PC these days just about anyone can network PCs together. | Business users, people on the move, educational users. | Mostly business users. | TWELVE CPU SPECIFICATIONS 1. Brand You have two choice here: Intel or AMD. Both companies offer great products that will satisfy your needs. Simply make sure to research the pros and cons of each company’s products before stopping your choice on one. Note that this choice will affect which motherboards are compatible with your cpu. 2. Processor type:...
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...Phonebloks Asta Tamosaityte Raluca Emanuela Hirbu Oliver Fracke Möllnitz Table of Content 1. Introduction 2. Company background 3. Concept 4. Problem area 5. Problem formulation 6. Mission, Vision, Values and Goals 7. Selling prepositions 7.1. USP 7.2. ESP 8. Target group 8.1. Questionnaire 8.2. Target group 9. Marketing Mix 9.1. The four P’s 9.2. PEST analysis 10. Market research 10.1. Mobile subscribers worldwide 10.2. Top mobile markets: The 100 million Club 10.3. Mobile phone shipments 10.4. Mobile device market penetration 10.5. Smartphone shipments by manufacturer 11. Competitors - SWOT on competitors 11.1. Competitors 11.1.1. Direct competitors 11.1.2. Indirect competitors 11.1.3. SWOT analysis on competitors 12. Partners 13. Social media strategy 13.1. Filter bubble 14. Marketing constraints 14.1. Modular concept vs. unibody concept 14.2. Purchasing individual components 14.3. Marketing place 14.4. Easy process 14.5. From store to phone 14.6. Producers 15. Producers scenario 15.1. Manufacturing 15.2. Partnerships 15.3. Selling and Market place 15.4. Branding 15.5. Sizes 16. Technical constraints 16.1. Installation of components 16.2. Components 16.3. Upgrades 16.4. Unibody vs. Modular 16.5. Compatibility 17. Mandatory components 18. Phone and screen size 19. Quality assurance 20. Phonebloks - SWOT and TOWS analysis 21. Design description 22. Rendering techniques and details 23. Video 24. Conclusion 25. Appendix and Literature list 1 1. Introduction es...
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...of Terms 6 Limitations of the Study 7 Literature Review 8 Methodology 10 Participants 11 Procedures 12 Results 14 Discussion 17 References 18 Abstract The study prolifically investigated the effect of using iPad for the students in Saudi Arabia and other countries around the world. The entire study was outlined randomly to test the reliability as well as the credibility of the student group and analyze the significance and effect of using iPad. The entire study provided a statistical overview of the attributes of the iPad teaching methods and the interaction in between the teaching method variable. Introduction Over the rapid growth in technology, information technology has become quite significant and has affected our lives in a wide manner, and the inclusion of iPads has created a significant impact in teaching. iPads have been incorporated into teaching methodologies, and the new research strategically outlines that iPads can relatively enhance the student learning, and it aims at raising awareness among the students of providing learners of various learning strategies with reinforcement, systematic practice and self-monitoring via learning activities. iPads permit students to collaborate intelligently with the substance of the course books, which may not exist in whatever other educational devices. iPads have been acquainted with the business sector in 2010 and following the time when they have been drastically changed the point of view towards training...
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...the same industrial sector in developing new technology to try to maintain competitive advantage. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT 4 (i)PRINCIPAL STAGES OF TECH DEVELOPMENT 4 (ii)BASIC INDEXES OF TECHNOLOGY 4 ROLE OF R&D 5 TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 7 ANALYSIS 10 (i)SAMSUNG 10 (ii)APPLE 12 PORTER’S 5 FORCE MODEL COMPARISON 15 SWOT ANALYSIS 17 CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION 19 REFERENCES 21 INTRODUCTION This paper seeks to compare core and enabling technologies of two organizations in the consumer electronics industry. Apple is currently first in the brand value while Samsung is sitting in the second position. Whereas Samsung has the maximum market share in the mobile industry. Apple leads the line in the tablet segment. Both the companies compete fiercely in almost all the segments such as Laptops, mobiles. Apple’s is preparing the next innovative product called the Apple Tv. Apple and Samsung both generate huge profits but it is the latter which returns huge revenues each year and Apple is slightly losing its charm since Samsung is coming up with innovative and high tech products every year.. This paper further analyzes contrasting strategies of core and enabling technologies between two organizations. Both companies rely heavily on R&D and Innovating new technologies. Apple has been the leading innovator since...
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...Text Messaging: The Effects on Our Society A Report By: Blake Hogan, Emily Gilbert, Megan Leckington, and Chris Morris 1 Abstract: In today’s day and age, most everyone in our society has and uses a cell phone. Most of those who use cell phones also use the SMS text messaging that these phones feature. This study takes a look at some of the effects and potential problems arising from the use of this text messaging. A survey of students and instructors at Lane Community College found that 70% of those surveyed believed that texting had harmful effects on students writing skills. However, studies that were analyzed found that texting is actually beneficial. While 54% of teenagers text others on a daily basis only 33% of teenagers talk to others face-to-face, yet it is too early in research to draw a conclusion on whether texting is harmful to their social skills. Most people know that text messaging while driving is very dangerous, yet the studies analyzed as well as the surveys conducted show that some people are still willing to take that risk. Table of Contents: Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………….1 Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………….1 List of Figures……………………………………………………………………………...1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..2 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………...
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