Autonomy Reports Samples For Students

The term bioethics was coined in the early 1970s by biologists who brought to the public’s attention two pressing issues; the need to maintain the plant’s ecology and the implication of advances in the life sciences toward manipulating human nature. Van Rensselaer Potter has focused on the growing human ability to change the nature, including human nature and the implication of this for our global future [ CITATION Van71 \l 1033 ]. While bioethics has been interdisciplinary since its inception, theology played a fundamental role in its creation. It continues to have a profound influence today also.
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Summary
The Autonomous Net-Zero Water Project is a water treatment project that aims to provide a sustainable water supply system. It works by gathering all waste water from a particular facility, then subjecting the water to a series of water treatment processes. After which, the water is directed back to the facility for consumption. This perpetual process of water recycling provides continuous water supply; making it possible for its users to refrain or extremely minimize tapping water from outside sources. Water recycling is not a new thing. However, the greatest challenge in making the water-recycling system sustainable ...

Introduction

Autonomous guided vehicles are also referred to as automated guided vehicles or automatic guided vehicle. Its robot which follows wires or marks in a flow or any other surface that it may be guided through. They are commonly used in industries to carry materials around warehouses and other manufacturing facilities. This is useful in area where it could be difficult for human beings to carry loads. Automatic vehicles can also be applied in exploration work or where there is possibility of damage. They are used for electrical installations as well as navigation through hazardous areas especially those suspected to be ...

Introduction

For the longest time, management theories were limited to the behavioural characteristics of the people in leadership roles and their consequent relations with their subordinates. This approach is commonly referred to as a top-down due to its vertical nature. In a top-down scenario of leadership, the management not only influences the subordinates but also literarily micromanages them in every aspect. However, in the past few decades, organizational behaviourists have proposed a different ideology that asserts productivity in an organizational set-up is maximized if and only if leadership is shared among all employees.

Self-leadership is “a process through which individuals influence and lead themselves ...

Co-operative

A co-operative refers the autonomous association of individuals joined voluntary to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs as well as ambitions with the help of joined and democratically controlled organization. The co-operatives in not only developed, but also in developing countries increase the income and employment opportunities for its members. According to United Nations’ Secretary General Kofi Annan, the movement of the cooperative is the biggest organized segment of civil society that plays key role in fulfilling the human needs. These organizations offer facilities like health, housing and banking. In addition, they are involved in promoting education ...

A project manager plays a key role in the implementation of the strategies of an organisation bythe use of entrepreneurial skills and approaches when responding to new the ever-changing needs and opportunities. However, the operational responsibilities of a project manager that is planning and control are in contrast with the characteristics of an entrepreneur (Spellman, 2011 p 65-71). In line with this contradictory view point, it is of great importance to determine whether managers who poses entrepreneurial characteristics are subjected to the projects that are most successful. Enterprising tendencyon a project manager’s part is correlated with projects that ...

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Executive Summary

Airports require strategic thinking for competition and increasing consumer base. Airport management needs to implement new initiatives based on their competitive strength. Dubai International Airport has adopted new technologies to enhance its strategic strength. The present paper evaluates Dubai International Airport in its acceptance of adopting new technologies and reviews available literature and the success story of Dubai International Airport in its new capability. Dubai International Airport has received a lot of acclaim and interest from researchers with the successful implementation of new technologies like Big Data, ...

Personnel Selection Process

Background
In human resource management, recruitment is one of the most critical activities for an organization. Especially, proper selection of candidates in managerial roles often determines the success and failure of a company as managers are the main decision makers (Visa, Einolander and Vanharanta, 2015). Acme Manufacturing is not different. Recruitment of managers in a manufacturing company requires special screening as the environment in manufacturing locations is susceptible to hostility than other parts of the organization. A robust selection and recruitment process should have multiple well defined stages.

Internal Environment

Promotion has a significant impact on the recruitment process. When any ...

Review of Literature

“Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) provide a mobile sonar platform for local environmental characterization and mine hunting missions in areas that are prohibitively dangerous or otherwise inaccessible to manned vessels” (Edwards and Schmidt 2615).With the use of these vehicles, a series of way-points are uniformly employed in order to sample a region of interest (Edwards and Schmidt 2615).
Experts continue to develop new techniques and methods to enhance the capabilities of AUVs. For example, experts assert that efficiency and efficacy will be greatly increased if the AUV has the capability of reacting to its perceived environment. This was investigated by Edwards ...

Introduction

The term ‘social robot’ has become popular in the modern world and is almost being integrated into the modern day cultural constructs as usual. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) maintain that social technology is meant to invoke emotional attributes and to engage the human mind in a way that exceeds what is physical. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) argue that a robot is man’s effort at recreating his own self and it is with this semblance that the conceptualization of human-robot interaction has been captured. Dating back from the 18th century, inventors and scientists alike have been making numerous attempts at making ...

Introduction

Business operating in the global business environment recognizes that the human resource management plays a significant role in enhancing and company's strategy. In the contemporary world, the performance management has become one of the essential and necessary components of the human resources management in the workplace. According to Jiang et al. (2012), the performance management is the HR policies and practices that lead to a particular type or level of performance and the management of the individual employees. For the National Australia Bank Group (NAB) to remain competitive in the banking industry, it has to formulate and implement various ...

Management, Leadership and Change in British Airways and EasyJet

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Management, Leadership and Change in British Airways and EasyJet

Introduction

Management is very challenging concept in airlines industry because of low margin, constant threat of newcomers and permanent changes in the business environment (Clausen, 2010). Management and leadership theory has been applied to airlines industry because of the challenging nature of this sector. This paper will analyse the topic of Management, Leadership and Change in British Airways and EasyJet and show that both companies has succeeded because of the focus on transformational leaderships, promotion of flexibility and empowerment in management and focus on effective change management.
Management, Leadership ...

Employee Participation and Employee Engagement Strategy

Employee participation
Participation of employees in various decision making ventures can be achieved through a variety of means. The ownership of Melrose Hotels, PLC must involve their employees in crucial aspects of the business to achieve greater efficiency. For employees to participate effectively, they must be adequately empowered. Empowering the employees will involve recognition by the management of the Melrose Hotels, PLC that employees are in better position to oversee their work processes and duties. Without proper training employees can rarely manage themselves and participate effectively in decision making for the company. It is only after educating and informing ...

Creating sustainable Remote mining operations for the future

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Introduction

The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 Report paints a grim picture of the Earth’s condition by 2050 (Holloway, 2012). Due to negligence towards the increasing environmental degradation, the changes in climatic conditions are likely to be severe. Simultaneously, it predicts a world population of 9.2 billion people with a global GDP of over 300 trillion USD, four times the 75 trillion USD it was in 2010 (Gillespie, 2014). Over 70 per cent of the population of the planet will live in cities by 2050, as compared to 50 per cent in 2008 (UNEP, 2010). To support ...

Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIP v2) is a distance-vector routing algorithm that makes use of the hop count as metric for routing (Archana, 2015). The hop count is simply a path between a source and destination, which simply could be the number of intermediate routers, bridges or gateways between the source and the destination. A maximum of 15 hops is allowed in RIP v2, placing a limitation on the size of networks that can be supported by the protocol.
The Bellman-Ford algorithm determines the shortest path to a destination using the principle of relaxation where the correct distance ...

The distribution of prescription drugs is characterized by particular ethical issues that arise from the development and testing of the drugs. The development of drugs is often a series of procedural phases that inculcates several steps that drugs have to undergo to reach the market and issues around the pricing of drugs (Yan, 2010, pg25.). It is paramount that particular issues about drugs testing and delivery. All these factors affect the availability of the drugs on the market as individual cultural orientations also have implications for the distribution chain of the drugs. The genotype of individuals and their response ...

Executive summary

My experience with MEGA business simulation was both rewarding and challenging. For this reason, this report presents my reflections on this simulation. The report starts with an introduction where I discuss how the reflective practice techniques can be important for analyzing my experience in MEGA business simulation. In addition, the report outlines both positive and negative critical incidents, which affected all of us as a team as well as me during this inspiring experience. It is worth mentioning that this report uses the reflective theories to outline these critical incidents in a thoughtful and practical manner.
The initial critical incident ...

John Wyse

Entrepreneural Psychology
European School of Economics
What motivates Entrepreneurs?
Introduction
I have chosen this topic because I was curious to know what actually is behind the mind of entrepreneurs. What is it that leads them to be leaders in the world? What made Mark Zuckerberg create a thing called Facebook which people are crazy of and have actually integrated it in their lifestyles? In order to answer all my queries, I carried out a short research on the motivational factors and the driving forces that actually lead entrepreneurs to a totally new world of innovation.
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Data compression algorithm for wireless sensor networks

Abstract
There is an increased use of wireless networks in organizations. There also the use of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) that is used for monitoring the environment. The two basic activities that are involved in WSN include data acquisition and data transmission. The problem with the process of transmitting and acquiring tasks is that there is high power consumption. This needs the use of data compression so that there is reduced consumption of power. This paper will analyze algorithms that are used in Wireless Sensor Networks to undertake data compression. In particular, there will be the analysis of ...

Data compression algorithm for wireless sensor networks

Abstract
There is an increased use of wireless networks in organizations. There also the use of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) that is used for monitoring the environment. The two basic activities that are involved in WSN include data acquisition and data transmission. The problem with the process of transmitting and acquiring tasks is that there is high power consumption. This needs the use of data compression so that there is reduced consumption of power. This paper will analyze algorithms that are used in Wireless Sensor Networks to undertake data compression. In particular, there will be the analysis of ...

Introduction:

The overall objectives of this report is to help them in adapting a concrete methodology that is applicable in project management in the form of organizing change that allows the employees to engage in a form of empowerment in the manufacturing cells and through the identification of the requirements that facilitate the self-directed concept implementation and assessment. One of the critical elements in developing and advancing the changes in the social systems like the teams is the fact that there is need to conduct a thorough change management as well as project management based on the literature therein.

Findings and recommendations on the use of ‘self-managed’ or semi-autonomous teams in manufacturing:

Semi-autonomous work developed towards ...

Healthcare has been experiencing tremendous transformations in the recent past, and this can be attributed to the changing health needs of the people. To adapt to these changes, the models of care delivery, care services, and even the personnel, have changed as well. Also, there is an increasing need to provide patient-centered and culturally sensitive care, as cultural diversity continues to pose a challenge to the delivery of holistic care. One approach of delivering care services is by focusing on a family, identifying the specific health needs of such families, and developing plans of treatment that are focused on ...

Abstract

This paper is about the need to foster employee engagement in organizations, as the concept has significant impacts in business management. The study acknowledges employee engagement (EE) as emotional commitment that employees develop to meeting organizational objectives. The paper appreciates that employees require empowerment, recognition, and reward for their contribution to the development of EE. The paper utilizes the case study of Putteridge Solutions plc to show an example of an organization that needs to implement EE to experience better results. Different tools are used in measuring the concept, with employee survey being a common approach, as it helps ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Professional advocacy is the keystone of nursing. Nurses advocate for sufferers and profession. Nurse’s encouragement is aggravated by ethical and righteous principles that manipulate the policies by demanding and disagreeing within opinionated, financial, and societal systems.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners provides approved, independent clinicians that focus on managing physical and mental conditions of patients and prevention of fatal disease. As highly developed practice registered nurses NPs repeatedly are responsible for taking care of those who are suffering from different deadly diseases. The Nurses Practitioners Association train their nurses to specialize in treating patients who are suffering ...

Overview of the Industry

Over the last five years, the Singapore taxi industry has seen tremendous changes, most of which have resulted from the development of private app-taxi companies. The introduction of the taxi bookings apps in 2013 was marked by an explosive growth of the demand for the app based taxi services from the main global players that is Uber and Grab car. Over the years, this has continued to affect the traditional taxi operators; according to research, the advent of the taxi app companies has reduced the regular taxi earnings by 20 % (Lee, 2015). This has been the main concerns for ...

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: CAIFU

Executive Summary
Caifu, in an effort to maintain its growth and sustainability, looks to invest its money in a credible organization that has a sound management system and trustworthy leadership. Currently, the companies at its disposition include H&M and Next. Prior to committing any initial capital outlays to one of these companies there is a need for a very thorough analysis in relation to what choice would be lucrative to Caifu especially in the long run. As an employee affiliated to Caifu and its interests, I have been asked to come up with a management report to forward to ...

The viability of all the concepts that were brainstormed were all checked out and all the differences and advantages were put into consideration. The environment and the work suitability was checked together with the required specifications that each concept brought into place. Decision matrices were used to outline the suitability of the selected concept. Notably, concept B was the most preferred. Some of its advantages that made it a better choice over the other concepts was due to its security payload, speed indicators and stability. Therefore, concept B is expected to show better results in the Development of Product ...

ABSTRACT

The Hamas in a terrorist organization that has a long and diverse history. In this paper, I will examine this body and break down its organizational structure. Other sectors of key interest will be its ideologies, military involvement, and past atrocities. This will facilitate an in-depth understanding of the Hamas, its vindication as a terrorist organization and the role it plays in the Middle East.

INTRODUCTION

While all these definitions appear concise at face value, countries worldwide are confronted by a serious challenge of picking a comprehensive definition. With the State Department of the United States' definition, for example, sub-political ...

Introduction

The advancement in computing technologies has been accompanied by increased exposure of the users to ethical violations including software threats, immorality, legal issues, confidentiality, and trust. The use of computers affects people’s decisions as well as how they make them. Computers persuade, facilitate, and enable various human cognitive processes, attitudes or processes while inhibiting and discouraging others. For example, while performing an internet search, internet search engines usually prioritize and provide information in a given order. As such, they influence what internet users see. These technological artifacts become “active mediators” because they shape people’s actions and perceptions, ...

Introduction

The advancement in computing technologies has been accompanied by increased exposure of the users to ethical violations including software threats, immorality, legal issues, confidentiality, and trust. The use of computers affects people’s decisions as well as how they make them. Computers persuade, facilitate, and enable various human cognitive processes, attitudes or processes while inhibiting and discouraging others. For example, while performing an internet search, internet search engines usually prioritize and provide information in a given order. As such, they influence what internet users see. These technological artifacts become “active mediators” because they shape people’s actions and perceptions, ...

The Concept of Professional Motivation

Professional motivation is a concept that is at the heart of organizational productivity. Kearney-Nunnery (146) finds that motivation is the expression of the internal and external factors within the person and the work environment in which the individual works that elicit certain responses when people are faced with various situations. This would imply that when these factors within the individual and the environment have a negative connotation, the most expected reaction when the individual is faced with a situation is negative. This is because motivation entails the elements that influence behavior, some of which include needs and drives. However, ...

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As seen in Table I (above), there are many problems facing the medical device sales team and sales management team. While there are various thought processes regarding best practices for sales and sales management, the proposed solution of CRM for the medical device sales force presented in this paper addresses these problems by providing a centralized method to manage the sales process and focus on outcomes. CRM or customer relationship management is an essential tool that can be used to enhance an organization’s marketing, which ultimately drives sales and increases productivity. According to Winer (2001) CRM ...

Abstract

It is evident that for businesses, organizational performance is of vital importance in order to be able to achieve organizational objectives and goals as outlined in a firm’s mission statement. As such assessing the ability to gauge the level of organizational performance, is a key component of ‘Strategic Management’. So the bigger organizational picture, is composed of the ‘broader’ aspects, related to the overall sense of the organizations direction and purpose, in being able to achieve its aspirations and desired goals and objectives.
While a vision, describes what an organization aspires to be an organizations mission, is grounded ...

Introduction

Music has no boundaries and is listened by all sections of society, globally. Whether it is in English, German, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Arabic, Urdu, or any other language, music is enjoyed by one and all for its sheer power of attraction. It is not necessary that all audiences like the same kind of music, and it is also not true that all artists are liked by all. Tastes differ, and preferences are many. While some would pledge their hardcore support for the songs sung by Madonna, or a Lady Gaga, they need not necessarily have to agree that they are ...

The observations related to Tam Dental are made as a part of this report where their feedback clearly suggested the fact that there were various instances and situations that had led to miscommunication in the office thus leading to impact on operations. The interviews taken clearly indicated that the communication between the doctors, the staff and other support functions was not adequate.
At the outset the communication related to presence and requirement of the support staff was not fixed due to which there were always chances of ambiguity and confusion. The schedules were not created on the basis of ...

Introduction

History of the Ottoman Empire is saturated with different thrilling events. The release of David Lean's movie “Lawrence of Arabia” made it possible for the general audience to see how the British Empire campaigned during World War I to achieve independence for the Arab countries from the Ottoman Empire. The movie, however, does not answer the question why the British troops supported the Arabs and why the Turkish chose Germans at their allies. The movie also does not explain what the mission of Lawrence of Arabia in the deserts was. Other prominent authors have widely speculated on the themes ...

Writing good-news and neutral messages

West –brooks veterinaries,
P.O.BOX 245-0005,

New York.

2nd June 2, 2013.
Pet Haven Inc.
P.O. BOX 523-0012,
New York.

Introduction

I have been working for the government as a trained veterinary officer for the last ten year. However, I have not been very comfortable with the career since I feel that I am not making the progress that I anticipated. Since my childhood, I have always been dreaming of taking life into my hands and make the most out of it. Due to this, I have decided to abandon my profession and join the world of business. However, it ...

Introduction

The cardiovascular system consists of arteries, capillaries veins blood vessels and the heart. The heart delivers nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and caries waste products for elimination from the tissues (Hester & Lusha, 2012). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through a complex interaction of both neural and non-neural mechanisms that aim at guaranteeing a constant internal environment (homeostasis) in organisms (Malliani 2000). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through hemodynamics, through auto regulation, hormonal regulation and neural control (Khurana, 2008).
The most important of the regulatory mechanisms are closed loop reflexes like baro- reflexes, chemo reflexes and ...

REPORT: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN WOMAN

Introduction
The report is all about the experience Shudha Mazumdar went through in her life from childhood to adulthood. Shudha was a woman born at the turn of the century to Indian parents whose ideas on child rearing differed greatly. Her father, who was a wealthy Europeanized Zamindar, tried to instill Western values, while Shudha's mother emphasized the traditional, even going as far as arranging a marriage for her daughter when she was thirteen. This report will comprehensively and coherently discuss Shudha’s memoires focusing in her experiences as a woman from child hood to adulthood.
Despite the fact that it ...

Introduction to Physiology: Respiration

There are a lot of factors that determine the rate and depth of human respiration. Some of the factors are influenced by the conscious control part of the brain while others are not. Different organ system functions leads to unique pattern of respiration and even though respiration is controlled by the autonomous nervous system, people play a part in the control of breathing. Respiration is affected by certain chemicals which include oxygen, carbon dioxide, acid, epinephrine and acetylcholine (Marieb e.tal 2010).

Whether or not oxygen concentration affects respiration remain a debating topic in the scientific realm. This is because the human body ...

Advertising

Advertising is a public relations’ function through which practitioners place information, commercial messages in media, for reaching their audience. The company that places the message (or the public relations agency that places the information for its client) purchases advertising space and time in specific types of media, identified as relevant for the targeted audience, meaning that the targeted audience is exposed to the specific media in which the messages are placed. Hence, this is a controlled manner for distributing a message to the audience, as the sponsor directly inserts the add in the chosen media.

The movie “Thank You for Smoking” includes ...

Introduction

Solent Solutions Limited deals in computer software and security systems. It was started in the year 2000 and its founder is Tony Adabayo. The company is located in Ocean Village, Southampton and has its offices in Dublin, Glasgow and also in Lagos. The company was started by Adabayo with his five other colleagues whom in the past had worked for the same corporation. The financial results of Solent Solutions Ltd are impressive and for the past 5 years, the company has maintained a 30% annual increase in its turnover and has increased its workers from 6 to 150 and has ...

Introduction

The court system in the United States of America is charged with responsibility of application and interpretation of the law. The United States operates a dual court system which has two lines of courts. They are the federal courts and the state courts. The federal courts take care of broader cases while the state courts handles only what goes on within the boundaries of the states. The federal courts and the state courts operate independently. The dual court system of the United States came out as a result of the delegates Constitutional Convention in 1787. During the convention, a compromise was reached ...

Human Development

Sigmund Freud is considered the father of Psychology owing to his immense contribution in the study of Psychology. Freud articulated the Psychosexual Theory of personality Development, which has gained much recognition worldwide by other psychologist. Freud argues that children are born with sexual energy that gets satisfied in different parts of the body as they grow. On the other hand, Erik Erikson, a German Psychologist proposed eight stages through which all individuals go through, and he called the stages Psychosocial Stages of Development, stages that he categorically termed ‘conflicts’. Resolution of one stage brings the foundation of negotiating the challenges ...