UNIT 1 A Introduction to computers Unit 1 WUC 117/03 Introduction to Computing and Internet Introduction to Computers B WAWASAN OPEN UNIVERSITY WUC 117/03 Introduction to Computing and Internet COURSE TEAM Course Team Coordinator: Mr. Kevin Tan Pooi Soo Content Writer: Ms. Parasathy Daivasigamani Instructional Designer: Ms. Jeanne Chow Academic Members: Mr. Chandarasageran a/l Natarajan and Mr. Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena COURSE COORDINATOR Mr. Kevin Tan Pooi Soo EXTERNAL
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historically specific terms such as "late capitalism" and "industrial society" even though these concepts figure prominently in many of the contributions to this volume. The conference strategy called for a general statement of a metaframework for the study of social change within which a variety of more specific theories could be identified. 2. Theories of Social Change Change is such an evident feature of social reality that any social-scientific theory, whatever its conceptual starting point, must
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IMPRINT Imprint © 2013 Smashing Media GmbH, Freiburg, Germany ISBN: 978-3-94454016-0 Cover Design: Ricardo Gimenes PR & Press: Stephan Poppe eBook Strategy and Editing: Vitaly Friedman Technical Editing: Cosima Mielke Planning and Quality Control: Vitaly Friedman, Iris Lješnjanin Tools: Elja Friedman. Syntax Highlighting: Prism by Lea Verou. Idea & Concept: Smashing Media GmbH Preface Over the past few years, our eBook collection has grown steadily. With more than 50 eBooks already
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The Essential Drucker BOOKS BY PETER F. DRUCKER MANAGEMENT The Essential Drucker Management Challenges for the 21st Century Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management Managing in a Time of Great Change Managing for the Future Managing the Non-Profit Organization The Frontiers of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Changing World of the Executive Managing in Turbulent Times Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices Technology, Management and Society The Effective Executive Managing
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Contents At a Glance I Advanced UNIX Programming with Linux Advanced Linux Programming 1 Getting Started 3 2 Writing Good GNU/Linux Software 17 3 Processes 45 4 Threads 61 5 Interprocess Communication 95 II Mastering Linux 6 Devices 129 7 The /proc File System 147 8 Linux System Calls 167 9 Inline Assembly Code 189 10 Security 197 11 A Sample GNU/Linux Application 219 III Appendixes A Other Development Tools 259 B Low-Level I/O 281 C Table of Signals 301 D Online Resources 303 E Open
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bpAnnual Report and Form 20-F 2010 bp.com/annualreport What’s inside? 5 Business review 6 8 10 12 14 34 40 55 61 63 68 76 78 81 Chairman’s letter Board of directors Group chief executive’s letter Progress in 2010 Group overview Gulf of Mexico oil spill Exploration and Production Refining and Marketing Other businesses and corporate Liquidity and capital resources Corporate responsibility Research and technology Regulation of the group’s business Certain definitions 123 Additional information
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANSWERS TO UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPERS (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) 1 INDEX HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ( H R M ) STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM EFFECTIVENESS HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ( H R P ) JOB ANALYSIS JOB DESCRIPTION JOB SPECIFICATIONS JOB EVALUATION JOB DESIGN DESIGNING JOBS – MOTIVATING JOBS JOB SATISFACTION WORK SAMPLING RECRUITMENT & SELECTION TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT INDUCTION & ORIENATION PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS INCENTIVES
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Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career Multiple Choice Questions 1. One of the recent critical challenges facing Major League Baseball was: a. b. c. d. poor coordination between local and national sales channels. poorly managed sales channels. outdated information systems. decreasing ticket sales. Difficulty: Medium Reference: p. 3 Answer: d 2. The six important business objectives of information technology are new products, services, and business models; customer and supplier intimacy;
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