...Managing Knowledge and Collaboration -Crowdsourcing 1.How would you define Crowdsourcing? 2.Why does crowdsourcing require a large, undefined community to work? Why not a small, defined community of passionate people who you know and have worked with before or with whom you are already friends? 3. Can you think of other examples of crowdsourcing besides photography? Is photography a good example? What kinds of products or services might not lend themselves to crowdsourcing? 4.What is the impact of crowdsourcing on business? 5. Why does the IdeaScale video criticize online surveys? What is wrong with online surveys? How doeas Ideal Scale do any better? 6. IdealScale claims to produce “actionable” ideas when compared to traditional market feedback mechanism like online surveys, focus groups, and review of customers comments on Web sites. Do you think this might be true? 7.Pick an online product or service you would like to deliver as a business firm. Outline how you would use IdealScale. How would you select the people for your online community? How would you prompt them to participate? What new ideas would you propose them? Or what questions would you ask them to respond to? Answers 1)Crowdsourcing is like a distributed problem-solving system in which tasks are being outsourcing to a number of people referred to as the crowd. So the problems are broadcasted to the crowd maybe via Internet where voluntary and ordinary people can give their contribution...
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...Roxy Du Toit 22811478 Case Study : Crowdsourcing Managing Knowledge and Collaboration -Crowdsourcing 1.How would you define Crowdsourcing? 2.Why does crowdsourcing require a large, undefined community to work? Why not a small, defined community of passionate people who you know and have worked with before or with whom you are already friends? 3. Can you think of other examples of crowdsourcing besides photography? Is photography a good example? What kinds of products or services might not lend themselves to crowdsourcing? 4.What is the impact of crowdsourcing on business? 5. Why does the IdeaScale video criticize online surveys? What is wrong with online surveys? How doeas Ideal Scale do any better? 6. IdealScale claims to produce “actionable” ideas when compared to traditional market feedback mechanism like online surveys, focus groups, and review of customers comments on Web sites. Do you think this might be true? 7.Pick an online product or service you would like to deliver as a business firm. Outline how you would use IdealScale. How would you select the people for your online community? How would you prompt them to participate? What new ideas would you propose them? Or what questions would you ask them to respond to? Answers 1)Crowdsourcing is like a distributed problem-solving system in which tasks are being outsourcing to a number of people referred to as the crowd. So the problems are broadcasted to the crowd maybe via Internet where voluntary and ordinary...
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...Scrupulosity OCD Emily Hart Nova Southeastern University Abstract Scrupulosity is a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and it involves religious and moral obsessions, as well as mental and behavioral compulsions. Some symptoms may include obsessions such as, fears that one has lost touch with God or fears that prayers are said incorrectly. Compulsions that are preformed excessively related to Scrupulosity include, continually asking for God’s forgiveness or saying prayers a specific number of times. Causes of Scrupulosity OCD may derive from exposure to a specific environment or based on one’s genetic predisposition, however the definitive root of Scrupulosity is undefined. Two popular treatments for Scrupulosity involve Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Responses Prevention (ERP). Another form of Scrupulosity OCD is moral scrupulosity and this is based on negative and intrusive thoughts surrounding a person’s moral character. This literature review will also go further into discussing two specific articles on the treatment of Scrupulosity OCD. Outline * Define scrupulosity OCD * Discuss why it is a form of OCD * Discuss how it differs to a strong religious faith * Symptoms of scrupulosity OCD * Causes of scrupulosity OCD * Discuss common obsessive mental thoughts and behaviors * Eg. Repetitive thoughts about having committed a sin * Discuss common compulsive mental thoughts and behaviors * Eg. Excessive praying...
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...cost, scope, and performance. 3. The ________ reviews and approves plans for systems in all divisions. a. project management group b. project team c. IS steering committee d. corporate strategic planning committee 4. A road map indicating the direction of systems development, the rationale, the current systems, new developments to consider, the management strategy, the implementation plan, and the budget is called a(n) a. project plan. b. portfolio analysis. c. information systems plan. d. enterprise analysis. 5. The central method used in a portfolio analysis is to a. inventory all of the organization`s information systems projects and assets. b. perform a weighted comparison of the criteria used to evaluate a system. c. survey a large sample of managers on their objectives, decision-making process, and uses and needs for data and information. d. interview a small number of top managers to identify their goals and criteria for achieving success. 6. In using a portfolio analysis to determine which IT projects to pursue, you would a. select the most low-risk projects from the inventory. b. limit work to those projects with great rewards. c. select only low-risk, high-reward projects. d. balance high-risk, high reward projects with lower-risk projects. 7. The central method used in a scoring model is to a. inventory all of the organization`s information systems projects and assets. b. perform a weighted comparison of the criteria...
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...arrangements in a yogurt culture and to identify and observe red and white blood cells in a blood smear. Procedure: After reviewing the section of the manual as instructed I cleaned the ocular lenses and prepared the slides. I made required adjustments to the microscope and ocular distances for view during experiment. I practiced using six prepared slides that were in the kit to ensure I was viewing the slides accordingly. I placed a drop of oil onto the slide and rotated it until bringing it to fine focus on the microscope. I then observed the same slides in part 1 but I added the oil immersion to view the differences. The difference was in the magnification and the ability to see more of the substances in finer view. I then made my own sample of yogurt, I left it undisturbed for 24 hours and observed it under the microscope. I viewed the specimen under the microscope. I pricked my finger with the sterilized pin and placed my blood on a slide with a slip cover. I observed the specimen under the microscope. I placed the prepared slide with my blood on the microscope stage, and brought it into focus on low power. I saw a lot of tiny particles that appeared to be blood cells through the microscope. Data Table: Exercise 1: Viewing Prepared Slides Prepared Slide | 10X | 40X | 100X | Bacterial Cocci | Groups of spheres | No visible nucleus | Diploid spherical shape with nucleus | Bacterial Bacillus | Small purple dots | Rod/single shapes | Rod/single shapes in groups. No...
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...set out more clearly and the computation study methods used in the real estate brokerage industry. Keywords Real estate, Monte Carlo simulations, interpolation, forecasting, Binomial models and Black and Scholes models Introduction Real estate business is the production plant of our cities that converts unproductive land to town space used for various activities by different people. Real estate development shapes the attractiveness of the places we devote so much time in and can substantially develop the quality of life. Growth binds large quantities of financial investment into a fixed asset though it is not granted that the proceedings will be greater than the investment. The commercial success is dependent on uncertain cost and undefined revenues and to achieve...
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...Course Objectives link. Also, please note that the TCO(s) to be covered during any given week are specified in the Objective section for that course week. Quiz 1 addresses material covered in Weeks 1 and 2 of the course. The TCOs at issue are: Course Objective Description A Given a demand function and a supply function, illustrate how the price mechanism, in response to changes in other demand or supply factors, leads to a new market equilibrium price and level of output. B Given appropriate marketing data, including price elasticity coefficients, demonstrate how to use this information in product pricing in order to maximize revenues. C Given knowledge of key cost and marginal revenue relationships, use marginal analysis to demonstrate shutdown, break-even and optimal output points, as well as the optimal amount of a resource to utilize. You will note that the problems that have been assigned from the book focus on these TCOs. The problems address the basics while Discussion topics focus on broad applications. The quizzes (and the final exam) emphasize the basics. So, make sure you completely understand the assigned homework problems before attempting the quiz. The 2 hour quiz will consist of 10 short answer questions worth 10 points each (100 points total). Each question has several parts. These are “short answer” questions that require you to work through an issue and report your conclusion. You will have to make calculations, so be prepared...
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...Course Objectives link. Also, please note that the TCO(s) to be covered during any given week are specified in the Objective section for that course week. Quiz 1 addresses material covered in Weeks 1 and 2 of the course. The TCOs at issue are: Course Objective Description A Given a demand function and a supply function, illustrate how the price mechanism, in response to changes in other demand or supply factors, leads to a new market equilibrium price and level of output. B Given appropriate marketing data, including price elasticity coefficients, demonstrate how to use this information in product pricing in order to maximize revenues. C Given knowledge of key cost and marginal revenue relationships, use marginal analysis to demonstrate shutdown, break-even and optimal output points, as well as the optimal amount of a resource to utilize. You will note that the problems that have been assigned from the book focus on these TCOs. The problems address the basics while Discussion topics focus on broad applications. The quizzes (and the final exam) emphasize the basics. So, make sure you completely understand the assigned homework problems before attempting the quiz. The 2 hour quiz will consist of 10 short answer questions worth 10 points each (100 points total). Each question has several parts. These are “short answer” questions that require you to work through an issue and report your conclusion. You will have to make calculations, so be prepared...
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...M5A1: Critical Analysis of “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card” a Quantitative Research Study NUR 430 Excelsior College Abstract This paper is a critical analysis of the article “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card”. The research was preformed by Anat Peles Bortz, RN, PhD, Tamar Ashkenazi, RN,PhD, and Semyon Melnikov, RN, PhD. The research was accepted for publication in 2014. The research was presented at the 25th International Nursing Research Congress Symposium in 2014 in Hong Kong. The research appears in Sigma Theta Tau International, Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2015. The research looked at two groups of people in Israel, those who signed an organ donor card and those who did not. The research examined differences of spirituality, purpose in life, and attitudes toward organ donation and explored the effects on signing an organ donation card. The article contains the research purpose, design, methodology, statistical findings, conclusions, clinical relevance, and references. Analysis of the article is from the perspective of its contents and it relative quantitative research methods. The article/research is broadly based on spirituality and organ donor procurement. Keywords: spirituality, purpose in life, attitudes toward organ donation, organ donor card “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card” A Quantitative Research Study Quantitative Research ...
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...8}, the mean is 6 and the deviations from mean are {-2, 2}. Those deviations squared are {4, 4} the average of which (the variance) is 4. Therefore, the standard deviation is 2. In this case 100% of the values in the population are at one standard deviation of the mean. The standard deviation is the most common measure of statistical dispersion, measuring how widely spread the values in a data set are. If the data points are close to the mean, then the standard deviation is small. As well, if many data points are far from the mean, then the standard deviation is large. If all the data values are equal, then the standard deviation is zero. For a population, the standard deviation can be estimated by a modified standard deviation (s) of a sample. The formulas are given below. Given a random variable (in blue), the standard deviation σ is a measure of the spread of the values of the random variable away from its mean μ. |Contents...
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...| A Study on ‘Socio-economic Status of Rickshaw Pullers in Dhaka City’ | Course Name- Business Statistics ( F-503) | | Submitted to:Dr. M. Jahangir Alam ChowdhuryProfessorDept. Of FinanceUniversity Of DhakaSubmitted By:Md. Shafiul Azam (ID#26059)Student of ‘Business Statistics’ Spring, 2014EMBA (Finance) ProgramUniversity Of Dhaka Date Of Submission: 30th April 2014 | 1. Introduction The rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport. It is generally a pedal-driven vehicle i.e. it is run by human power. But at present rickshaw with an electric motor is available to assist the puller. The rickshaw was built in the 1880s and was first used with regularity starting in 1929 in Singapore. Six years later they outnumbered pulled rickshaws. Cycle rickshaws were found in every south and East Asian country by 1950. By the late 1980s there were estimated 4 million cycle rickshaws in the world. Rickshaw is the most popular mode of transport in Bangladesh and are available for hire throughout the country. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is known as the "Rickshaw Capital of the World". They were introduced here about 1938 and by the end of the 20th century there were 300,000 cycle rickshaws in Dhaka. Approximately 400,000 cycle rickshaws run each day. Cycle rickshaws in Bangladesh are also more convenient than the other public modes of transports in the country namely auto rickshaws, cabs and buses. They are mostly convertible rickshaws with...
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...Dynamics and innovations: Hearing instrument B ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM Erasmus School of Economics Department of Applied Economics Written by Student names: Sang van Tran Zhi Yuan Lin Student numbers: 318938 320853 Supervisor: Ajay Bhaskarabhatla ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Abstract ------------------------------------------------- This study argues that patents explain the extent of innovation between incumbent firms and new entrants in the hearing aid industry. In the year 1953 the transistor was introduced to the hearing aid industry, the knowledge behind the transistor was free of charge and open to every firm. This had a huge impact on the innovative activity of incumbent firms and new entrant in the hearing aid industry. 1. Introduction Inventions throughout the history prove their economic value each and every time (Maclaurin, 1953). In the year 1920 a scientist named Earl C. Hansen invents and patents the first vacuum tube hearing aid. The vacuum tubes are very big of size, which made it not easy to carry. With the arrival of the transistor invented by the American firm Bell Labs in 1948 it was possible to minimize the size, it requires much less energy input, and it was more durable in application of the hearing aid (Nelson, 1962). In the early 1950’s the transistor hearing aids were introduced, at the same time they also began replacing the vacuum tube hearings...
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...A SALES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MPANGA GROWERS TEA FACTORY LIMITED BY …………………………. U/2010/BIT/0…/D RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE UGANDA PENTECOSTAL UNIVERSITY DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project is my original work and it has not been submitted in this form or any other form to this or any other institution for examination purposes. Any quotation made has been referenced accordingly. Author Signature ………………………………… Date………. /…........./………. KASWARA TOM APPROVAL This project has been submitted for examination with my approval as the University candidate supervisor Signature ……………………………………… Date………/…..…../………. MR. ANDY BYONA DEDICATION I wish to dedicate this project to my family members who have shown great concern towards the fulfillment of this project. Finally to Uganda Pentecostal university and everybody who would like to undertake the same course in future. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank the almighty God for sustaining my life and seeing me through this course at the University. I am grateful for the concern by the people I have interacted with towards the successful completion of this project I extend my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Mr. Andy Byona for his high level of devotion , patience, monitoring , guidance and critical comments without which this work couldn’t...
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...Joshua Kelly 205496 Joshua Michael Kelly – 205496 AUD207 Music Production Analysis “Genre History – Experimental/Electronic” Word Count: 1,650 Submission Date: 30 August 2012 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of ‘Bachelor of Creative Technology’ JMC Academy, 2012. 1|Page Joshua Kelly 205496 Once stated by a pioneer of the genre itself, “an experimental action is one the outcome of which is not foreseen” (Experimental Music, 2010). Arising in the mid-20th century, Experimental/Electronic Music refers to an electronically produced sound recorded on tape and arranged by the composer to form a musical composition. ‘The journey of this genre has been a long, boundary pushing and often negatively characterized one. Crossing multiple continents and facing cultural alienation, it has formed into a well-established but still sometimes undefined genre at the crux of technological advances’ (Kembrew McLeod, 2001). It is well placed in this day and time, and like all music nowadays, the inclusion of the internet has seen the genre become more and more popular across the globe. The term “Experimental/Electronic Music” is an umbrella term used in this report to label an idiosyncrasies list of subgenres made with the use of any combination of computers and electronic or acoustic instruments. ‘In no way is the use of this term an attempt to ignore the concrete differences between the way these subgenres are consumed and produced. Although...
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...European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol 4, No.4, 2012 www.iiste.org Analysis of the Factors that Affect Job Satisfaction: A Case Study on Private Companies Employees of Bangladesh Md. Rifayat Islam1* Md. Tauhid Rasul2 G. M. Wali Ullah3 1. 2. 3. Product Management Specialist, Grameenphone Ltd., GP HOUSE, Bashundhara, Baridhara, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh. HR Professional, DIRD Group. MBA, University of Dhaka. PGDHRM, Bangladesh Institute of Management, Bangladesh. BBA, Department of Business Administration, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. * E-mail of the corresponding author: rifayat@msn.com Abstract Job satisfaction is an important aspect for an organization’s success. A successful organization is the one with satisfied workers. This research report tried to find out the main factors of job satisfaction and whether they have any impact on the job satisfaction of the employee of private companies. Firstly the factors responsible for job satisfaction were identified through a literature review of various articles related to job satisfaction. A focus group discussion among employees and an exploratory research were also conducted. Nine Factors were found. Then to analyze the effect of these nine factors, a quantitative research was done. The employees were selected through convenience sampling. After conducting pretest the main survey was done. The result indicated that four out of nine factors (Coordination...
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