Essays on Conference

The management of conferences is as important as the management of any other initiative being undertaken by an organization. Conferences are short term program platforms that are carried out by organizations because their focus is on consultations or exchange of information or discussion, especially those dealing with a formal agenda. They identify the basic personality clusters that take part in a program or project including the contributors, the collaborators, the communicators and those who may challenge the aims and objectives of an initiative.

At the same time, conferences can be used to enhance the effectiveness of programs set for ...

Executive Summary

The business goal of Ace Conference Center is to become the first choice conference center for all local businesses by providing quality services in a serene environment away from town noise. The company’s vision of the company is to provide high quality conference facilities and associated amenities and services targeting both international tourists and local community. The conference’s management plan to update the conference to attract business tourism delegates. The basic business objective of the center is to contribute to promoting the quality of people’s lives throughout the world by offering quality conference facilities and services.

Business philosophy

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This paper is organized as follows: a review of the existing studies written on conference realignment is presented followed by my perspective on the current issue on conference realignment.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

The conference realignment or conference churning (coined by Fort and Quirk in 1999) was viewed as a simply a natural development in college athletics as schools re-organize according to drawing power. The realignment is viewed as a function of disparities power cross teams in which the team with the larger drawing power (the dominant team) may look to leave the conference and join a conference with teams of similar drawing ...

Request for Proposal

[Writer] [Supervisor]

Introduction 3

Statement of Purpose 3 Summary of RFP Requirements 4 Proposed Plan 4 Conference Rooms 4 Conference Space 4 Dining and Cuisine 5 Business Facilities 5 Scheduling Event 5 Qualifications and Resources 8 Work Plan 8 Budget 9 Authorization 10

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Introduction This proposal is in response to the RFP for Bradley Division Development Council (BDDC) annual conference. BDDC is a 2 days conference expected to be held on 6-8 July. We would like to introduce our conference facilities at Park Hyatt Hotel Toronto for hosting the respective conference. Park HyattHotel Toronto is famous for its comfortable environment and ...

Introduction Crime continues to be a rampant problem in many societies, as conflict proves to be a natural engagement between humans. With that, regulating criminal acts have reached varying extents targeting both the punishment of offenders and the elimination of the causes leading to those kinds of acts. Emerging as among the most potent forms of responding to crimes is restorative justice – a concept that requires constructive cooperation and communication between parties to a criminal case (Umbreit 1). This study serves as a descriptive account explaining the nature of restorative justice, with emphasis on one ...

BUSINESS EVENTS MANAGEMENT: HANDLING THREE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES

INTRODUCTION Choosing the right venue for an event is essential in ensuring the event’s success. Two of the main considerations that professional conference organizers (PCOs) and event management companies) (EMCs) should consider are the functionality of the venue and its suitability for the event’s creative purpose (Van der Wagen 2010). In the same manner, Wale, Robinson and Dickson (2010) provides the following factors as some of the things to consider in order to ensure that the attendees’ or participants’ needs are met: target market; venue theme and ambience; venue capacity; venue reputation; venue availability; and venue catering ( ...

Introduction

The declarations made at the Alma- Ata conference are considered as the greatest declarations of the twentieth century. The declarations were being sourced from research on the existence and quality of primary health care worldwide. The declarations made in this conference were aimed at the promotion of the health of everyone worldwide. During the conference, there was an urgent call for health workers, governments, communities and development workers to promote health care provision. This marked a major milestone for public health. One of the realisations made during this conference was that primary health care is a key concept if ...

Sept, 2013

The following report describes the experience had in the conference that I assisted at Marriott Conference Center, the intention of this paper is to display the characteristics of the venue and take it into consideration for the upcoming Sales Conference. In first place, the ambient of the center can be describe as formal and entertaining, it is a place that offers a very wide room where different stands of sale can be install at the same time, if the intention of the upcoming conference is to let see the people or potential customers all the line of products and ...

ORGANIZING A CAREER CONFERENCE AND FAIR

Proposal to Organize a Career Conference and Education Fair

Legendary Event Planners (LEP) is interested in planning and organizing a career conference and education fair at Oxford Brookes School. This event is scheduled to be held at the Madison Conference Theatre in conjunction with the Business School at Oxford Brookes and LEP is pleased to organize the event on behalf of the Business School. Legendary Event Planners is an emerging event organizing company known for organizing successful events across major institutions. With a team of knowledgeable and experienced event planners, Legendary Event Planners is dedicated to offer clients quality ...

- Key supply and demand issues of Singapore’s conference industry Every industry has a number of challenges that it has to go through. It is upon the management of the industries to devise ways of mitigating some of the issues that may arise in the course of the operation of various business models. The conferencing industry experiences several issues in relation to demand and supply. Some of the issues lead to positive development of the industry while others lead to negative impacts in the operation of the industry. This section is dedicated towards analyzing demand and supply issues ...

Dear Mr. Bob Jones,

I am writing to inform you that I have been invited to attend, and represent our company at the Web Summit Technology Conference in Dublin from 5th to 9th November 2015. The conference organizers have requested that I not only represent Bip-Bop Technology Solutions at the conference but as well to do a 20 Minute Presentation on Cloud Computing Security, at the conference. I am excited by this offer but, unfortunately, I cannot afford the cost of attending this conference. I am, therefore, humbly requesting that the company considers covering the costs involved for me to participate in the ...

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Individual Reflective Essay

Introduction This report is a reflection of the activities undertaken by the group team in the task of organizing a three day conference, a project that the group carried out. The project is a report on a response by Reliable Ltd to an invitation to tender geared to succeeding in the process of organizing a three day international conference deemed to take place at a strategic location in the UK. This report gives a detailed discussion on how the group went about to ensure success in this project including how the team was organized and managed, communication management within ...

Historical Background

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is an exclusive department of the United Nations, which in charge of the Global Intellectual issues and Culture. The quest for a worldwide body to coordinate world intellectual issues had begun long by 1920s. (UNESCO) In 1942, The European nations, which were fighting the Nazi Germany and its accomplices held a conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME) in The United kingdom. This conference aimed at forging the way forward and reconstructing their Education systems by the end of this war. Many countries such as United States embraced this project and ...

The Bretton Woods conference held in 1944 in New Hampshire in the United States of America at the Mount Washington Hotel, situated in Bretton Woods. The conference also known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference had 730 delegates each representing the allied nation. It aim was to put in regulatory measures to control the international monetary system. The conference aimed at putting the world currencies and monetary systems to order after the World War II. Many policies were passed at the conference, but they became effective in 1958 because the European currencies were not convertible at the ...

Executive summary

When deciding a good venue to hold annual general meetings, planners face a lot of problems in coming up with the best location that has all the requirements related to space, security, catering, and cost. Below is a consideration of three locations, chosen within Perth, in Australia. The three locations are analyzed accordingly and a recommendation on the best location given.

1.0 Introduction When planning for an annual general meeting for a big organization, the site should meet the following requirements. To start with, the room should be big enough to accommodate all the people. Secondly, it should be in a central location with access to off street packing. ...

The assignment was to create the following:

- A consequence table - A weighted scoring model

Are there any dominated alternatives that can be eliminated? Are there any even swaps?

Management problem definition The problem that is being faced by the management of the company lies in choosing the new venue for the conference of accounting systems’ users. The problem appeared due to the unexpected effect of the Hurricane Katrina that prevented the management from keeping the conference held in New Orleans. Several alternatives on the possibility of running the conference were considered (e.g., canceling the conference, postponing the conference, etc.) with regard to maintaining the level of conference’s costs and maximizing attendance. Careful consideration of all the alternatives ...

This is a study of the lucky German agent during the Second World War, which at the same time was the unlucky spy in modern history. By connecting with the Nazi dullness same duplicity, Cicero made something little for his German masters and for himself. In October 1943, using a habit to take home the Ambassador of the Embassy of secret documents began to withdraw from them and sell photocopies of the German attaché Ludwig Moyzisch got a conspiratorial nickname Cicero. Bazna espionage activity continued until the spring of 1944 - in particular, through it received a number of ...

Introduction

This application addresses the arbitral proceedings initiated by the International Association of Pharmaceutical Workers (henceforth referred to as “the Union”) on behalf of Clark Kent (“the Griever”) against Wayne Biotech Enterprises (henceforth referred to as “the Company”). The company wants Clark Kent’s immediate dismissal to be upheld by the arbitrator. The first grievance, which was filed on December 6th, 2013 on the grounds of termination without just cause, was followed by the filing of the second grievance on December 19th against the management’s decision to promote Edward Nigma. The following is a rationalization demonstrating the company’s ...

Dear Mr. Fitzsingh,

I would like to attend the ‘2014 Employee Engagement Conference’ which will be held from the 23rd to 25th of July at the Toronto Sheraton Conference Center. The main aim of the conference is to create engaged employees who are self-motivated, have a connection to the team and organization, who are constantly moving up the ladder and who understand their roles well. Owing to the problems that our company is facing with employees such as lack of job satisfaction, low productivity and decreased quality of products, I believe that this conference will equip me with the necessary skills to ...

Introduction

Step 1 The Dental School is a lively predicament in the leaden forthcoming of the domain’s occupation depiction. Students with a focused for biological disciplines who are noble with their big hands and have worthy attention in serving others must be competent to bargain a respectable employment in the dental world. But first, they require to put more effort in their studies so as to be acknowledged in the Dental School and to outshine while they are at hand. There are numerous explanations to why the Dental School is anticipated to propagate quicker. The chief motive for this ...

Bip-Bop Technology Solutions

P.O. Box 220

Dasman, Kuwait

For the attention of: Bob Jones, CEO WEB SUMMIT CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE Dear Mr. Jones, This morning, I have been invited to attend a major technology conference called Web Summit, held annually in Dublin, Ireland. Each year, leaders in technology meet at this conference to network and create partnerships across our industry. Web Summit presents a remarkable opportunity for Bip-Bop Technology Solutions to create new partnerships, increase our market share, and improve our bottom line. Based upon my leading sales records and recent performance reviews, I should attend this conference to accurately present our company's goals for ...

Introduction

Malware is a short term for malicious software. It is a term used to refer to any software that disrupts normal computer operation, gathers information and accesses private material without the consent of the owner. As such, the term malware can be used to refer to a number of unwanted software such as viruses, phishing software (spyware), adware, worms, and Trojans. Malware can manifest itself as active content and scripts on websites, executable code (.exe files) and other forms (Bergman, Stanfield, Rouse & Scambray, 2013). Malware can be harmful and annoying. Harmful malware is that which can leak sensitive information ...

The Yalta Conference was a delegation planned and attended by three leaders from three influential states in Europe. The meeting was scheduled at Yalta of the Crimea Peninsula in Southern Ukraine and hence another name, the Crimea conference. It lasted for more than seven days starting on the 4th day of February up to the 11th day, in the year 1945. The three leaders in the meeting were: Premier Joseph Stalin, President Roosevelt Franklin and Prime Minister Churchill Winston heading the Soviet Union, U.S.A and the Great Britain respectively. The conference was organized during the Second World War as ...

Homeless population

It is safe to say that the homeless population as a social group is vulnerable since the homeless are usually at an augmented risk for unfavorable health-related effects. Comprehending the nature of homelessness and its actual affiliation between resource accessibility, relative possibilities, and health status is vital for nurses to detect and treat health-related predicaments in this vulnerable population. According to the Stewart McKinney Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11301, ET seq. (1994), a person is deemed homeless when one lacks a fixed, regular, and sufficient night-time dwelling; and has a main night time residency ...

Abstract

The paper details the managerial approach by the finance director for collating budget data for the company ABC Pty Ltd. The paper further discusses the effectiveness of the budgeting methods and the significance of flexible budget for the company.

1. Introduction Budgeting is the most important function of financial managers as its effects are visible for years and it is used to define strategic direction which helps to move ...

1. Chen, P. s., and Akoka,J. (2006). Optimal design of distributed information systems. IEEE trans. comput. c-29, 12, 1068-1080. The source is reliable. Chen and Akoka are renowned authors. Their credentials are highly rated and by so the article is authentic. Besides this is a primary source in which was written within the context of the problem being looked at. This article has proven to be accurate for most of the information is correct. However, in its objective as in relation to its information, there some evidence of bias, especially as regards to Query Optimization. The pages to ...

Francis Nkrumah was born in 1909 in a small and relatively poor village of Nkroful in the Nzima region of the southwest of the Gold Coast. Not much is known of his parents but the significance of his mother in provision of his education is a recognizable effort. His mother influenced his views of life and policies by imparting a good attitude for education. During his primary school education, his uniqueness attracted the interest of a German Roman Catholic priest, George Fischer. The priest introduced Nkrumah and his mother to Catholicism and even paid his primary education. However, he ...

Question 1

Definition of Sports A sport is a skillful, competitive, organized and entertaining activity that requires fair play, strategy and commitment whereby the winner can be defined by objective means. It comprises of a collection of separate activities such as mind sports activities, competitive activities such as Olympic sports and non-competitive activities which are used for recreational purposes. Each sport is well-defined by different events such as physical events and degree of skill and performance. Other sports such as beauty pageants and body building do not have a skill or well-defined criteria. Generally professional sport is the major source of ...

The company offsite two-day training session will make our staff meet people from different parts of the country, share ideas, learn what happens elsewhere on how to improve service delivery to the people, and gain and attain skills including management and interpersonal skills. Highlighted herein is the plan on how to organize the training session and ensure that it runs smoothly, meeting all the objectives. Successful organization of the conference requires a team spirit. The team shall consist of five individuals, each with distinct duties, and all shall work as a team. They include: head of the team, head ...

Abstract

Heat transfer through a cylindrical pin fin s studied. For the purposes of this study, thermal conductivity, heat transfer coefficient and the source terms and the sink terms are assumed to depend on the temperature. In the model being used for the study, the source and sink terms are given as arbitrary functions. We therefore employ techniques on symmetry to find the forms of the source and the sink terms which the extra lie point symmetries are admitted. The method of separating variables is used in the study to get the exact solutions when the equation for the equation ...

International Labor Organization

Introduction

The international labor organization is a UN agency dealing with labor issues. It specifically aims at ensuring decent working conditions for all laborers by implementation of the international labor standards. Currently, there are 185 member states who have subscribed to ILO. The International Labor organization has managed to make significant achievements to improve the international employment standards through its operations. It has been able to formulate widespread international labor codes by adopting and drafting various recommendations, standards and convention agreements. Since its inception in 1919, the International Labor Organization has consistently sought to guarantee and define the rights ...

Great Black Women of the World

Part I: (Please Add where in your textbook to find the appropriate topic: Slavery, racism, women’s issues) I have written about two African women sold into slavery Abina and Ama and about Mary Church Terrell. Terrell is a great African-American woman who not many people know about. I did not know about her until I started browsing the web links that were suggested for this assignment. Ama and Terrell show the same strength and spirit as Abina. They are all women with a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong in the world. Two were ...

Should Punitive Damages Be Introduced in International Law?

Introduction Different countries often have different legal policy in both their criminal and civil law systems. These differences often arise from differing social, economic, and political climates that lead to fundamental policy differences. In the area of civil the law differences in legal systems of different countries often reflect the individual countries’ beliefs as to the types of claims that should be recognized. Furthermore, legal systems across the globe often differ about the types of damages they are willing to recognize. One area in which there is a significant difference in the type of damages one can be awarded ...

INTRODUCTION

Sports have become very competitive in today’s world. Over the weekends, most of the world comes to a standstill as fans throng stadiums, popular joints and others on their home couches to catch a glimpse of their favorite teams. American football is a very popular sport in the United States. The national football league was ranked as the most popular league in the united states, this was the 30th time in a row the league has got this special recognition (Rose, 2014). Playing at home has always been believed to give the host team against their visiting teams. ...

Analysis of the FTAA Case Study and FTAA After-Action Reports

Introduction On 17th to 21st, November, the Miami town of Florida experienced widespread demonstrations during the Free Trade Area of the America’s Summit (FTAA) held there. The demonstrations caused two departments of police in Miami to collaborate in a special way that saw them working together so as to ensure that peace was restored in the area (Driscoll, 2005). These two departments were the City of Miami Police Department and the Dade County Public Safety Department which now goes by the name Miami-Dade Police Department. This paper will interrogate the case study and all that transpired that material ...

ACTION RESEARCH

Organizations: There are a number of organizations that are working for the field of reading teachers. Following are the names of some of these organizations: - International Reading Association - National Council of Teachers of English - Virginia State Reading Association - Texas Association for Improvement of Reading - Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

Magazines:

A number of magazines are also published for the guidance of reading teachers. These magazines include: - Reading Today (Bimonthly magazine) - Scholastic Weekly Reader - Go Teach - Canadian Teacher Magazine - YES! Magazine

‘Reading for Pleasure’ Conference:

Many of the exclusive reading organizations also arrange for ...

Introduction

Nowadays, MDPD is one of the most innovative police departments of the country. The DRNC Conference is about to take place in Miami and the major of the city should do everything possible to prevent riots and strikes. Before taking measures on preventing riots, I, as the major Warrant, should analyze why MDPD has become the most innovative structure in the country, as well as the reasons for it becoming less successful. In this report, I will analyze the factors, as well as the measures that should be taken to encourage police officers becoming more innovative and initiative. Besides, ...

Climatic concerns are global issues that are forming part of annual if not daily agendas of every civilization. The article is a report of an event held on November 20, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19). The KKL-JNF in addition to the Indian National Council for Climate Change, the Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development and Public Leadership shared the event under the title Sustainable Adaptation Policies: Local Solutions for Global Problems; Israeli and Indian experiences. The event appeared to an inspiration of various ideas, which the participants have with held for long. ...

ABSTRACT

This research proposal presents face reconstruction and recognition technology in the three dimensional format with the help of artificial neural networks. This technology combines geometric interpretation, detailed survey and analysis of streams of data in order to process static and dynamic images to produce neural images using advanced computing system. 3D face reconstruction done with the help of interconnected circuit of artificial neurons is followed by the step of matching and verification against familiar faces. 3D face reconstruction and recognition technology finds extensive applications in a number of fields including forensics and ensuring secure transactions. The process is complex, ...

Introduction

Global warming and climate change remains a major challenge facing the world. Natural and human factors have contributed in global warming and climate change issue, but human activities remain the main contributor. Burning carbon fuels, emission of greenhouse gases, and discharge of industrial effluents are some of the human activities that account for a considerable share of harmful gas emitted annually (Yudelson, 2009). Different states have enacted policies and laws that focus on conserving the environment and curbing global warming and climate change. In order to realize this goal, governments have organized forums, seminars, and educational campaigns to sensitize ...

The cold war referred to the progressive state of military and political tension between the western World spear headed by America and its NATO allies and the Communist world led by Soviet Union and its allies. The cold war so named because it never featured any direct military action. However, they both threatened each other with nuclear attack and both fully participated in proxy wars through supporting the so called allied nations.

The origins of the cold war began with uncertainty and mistrust between the West and the Eastern blocks countries in Europe. The objective of the Russians was ...

The Summit on Community Resilience, Intervention, Prevention, and Training (SCRIPT) conference took place between July 16th and 17th 2015 at the California Endowment Center (Los Angeles, CA). The purpose of SCRIPT was to raise community awareness regarding male survivors of violence and abuse by presenting a variety of topics, including sexual abuse, domestic violence, community crisis interventions, hostage negotiation, bullying, survivor advocacy, and several others. I attended several interesting presentations at the SCRIPT conference that enhanced my understanding of forensic psychology in general, as well as the understanding of sex offenders and potential strategies to increase their chances of ...

Abstract

It is not strange that crisis management became effect on the goals and successes of many companies because it consists of a lot of negative effects which lead a lot of risks on the economics of companies and threat the reputation especially if it the universal company such as McDonald's restaurant which has many branches all over the world. This article discusses the public relations efforts in a McDonald's to face the hot coffee crisis which is one of the most important cases that happened in McDonald's after legal issue made by Stella Liebeck against McDonald's because the health ...

Mobile Payment: An Introduction

The mobile payment consists of all modern electronic technologies that are present to the customers in addition to all the payment transaction carried out by the payment service provider. According to Kruger (2001), the mobile-based payment systems are meant for various business transactions that are performed through the cellular phones (Kruger, 2001). It is also called as a mobile payment system (MPS), as “any conventional or new payment system which enables financial transactions to be made securely from one organisation or individual to another over a mobile network” (Shon & Swatman, 1997). In view of the large number of cellular ...

Affirmative Action and Minority Employment in California Higher Education

Affirmative Action and Minority Employment in California Higher Education

Chapter 4: Results and Discussion

Based from the data gathered from the use of individual data from the available Public Use Microdata Samples of the Census of Population or PUMS data for the years 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1940-1990, the unemployment rate between white men and black men are almost totally similar prior to the Great Depression. However, the 1940s and 1950s showed signs of growing disparity among unemployment rates of white men and black men at an approximate of 11 percent and 9 percent for black men and white men, respectively, in 1940 and ...

Introduction

Bretton woods System is a management monetary rules which were established for both commercial and financial relations among the world’s industrial states. Ideally, this rules focused on rebuilding the international economic system during the Second World War. 730 delegates from 44 associated nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel located in Bretton Woods in the United States. During the Bretton Worlds Conference, which occurred between 1st and 22nd July 1944, an agreement was signed (Bordo & Eichengreen 64). In order to come up with this rules, the delegates came up with the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank ...

Part #1: Introduction

Aviation safety is a concern to many stakeholders in the aviation industry. Air accidents occur because the technological advancements in preventing the accidents are not sufficient (Tetteh, 2006). The recent accidents in Russia and some European aircraft crushing on African soil confirm this (Pyadushkin, 2013). The paper presents a proposal for evaluating and solving the safety issues of passengers while on board and in the air. It analyzes how the changes in technology will help to lower the accident rates further to the lowest possible level.

The increasing safety issues of passengers during air travel has alarmed the world; ...

Automated proof programs provide different techniques of automated formal reasoning that are used to describe the performance and evaluation of the human user. It basically involves trading off autonomy and flexibility in carrying out proofs. These programs provide a skill set that needs to be acquired concurrently to learning the concepts of discrete mathematics that are pervasive in computer science. It also involves a healthy amount of feedback as to whether the proof steps used are correct and sufficiently rigorous (International Conference on Automated Deduction, 2003). The whole process involves writing a code or rather learning similar engineering concepts ...

All roads lead to congress by Panagopoulos and Joshua provides an exploration of an oversimplified legislative process exploring the institutional and congressional procedures. There has been various important issues that have been omitted and overlooked particularly from the student view of the legislative process. For example, they focus on some important omitted and overlooked issues such as highway funding and legislative process and procedure within the congress halls. It provides readers with a dynamic perspective of the world of distributive politics and the legislative process and procedures. According to this book, the impact of the poor road system is ...

Introduction

Caperton v. Massey case decision is one of famous and significant decision taken by Supreme Court of United States. The final ruling of the court about the case is stated on 8th June, 2009 and the court decided that it is against the constitution for the Supreme Court judge to hear a case that have had some financial interests involved for the judge from the individual who filed up the case. This decision has also expedited the long lasting debate that whether the judge at higher courts should be elected or whether they should be appointed by the respective ...

Economies across the world need solutions to upcoming challenges. These solutions, however, should not be brought about by the adoption of a global monetary system that is run by NGOs, businessmen or bankers. Connoly (2011) presents reasons why an agreement equitable to the Bretton Woods Conference would not be feasible today. First the system has been tried before with mixed results. There was a decline in productivity due to government regulations, capital controls, high taxes, and a rigid financial and industrial structure (Boughton, et al, 1995). There were also increases in commodity prices which increased downward pressure especially in ...

After the 1905 Revolution, trade unions sprung up in Russia. The Moscow’ Printers Union was the first illegal trade union set up in Russia in 1903. Between the years 1906 and 1907, there was the flourishing of trade unions. However, they were persecuted during the “Years of Reaction.” From the years 1914-17, they were seen to revive again only to be suppressed another time due to the war outbreak. Thus, the March of 1917 saw leaders construct a trade union movement, building it from the very basics1. Although skilled and artisanal workers were mainly joining the trade unions in ...

Just from a distance, I could see the spectacular view of the postmodern hub the San Francisco city. The aerial view itself could tell one what to expect. Everything looked quite in order and it was clear that the city planners had conducted their job professionally. Touching down, the plane slowly rolled its wheels through the long smooth and well-furnished runway towards the airport. The experience though of a plane landing did not go well with most people on board given that most of us it was the first time to travel to use air transport. Ten minutes seemed ...

The decline of manners in modern society seems to be a topic of much discussion. Typing the phrase “modern manners” into any search engine yields numerous results, with pages of articles and blog posts lamenting how rude and lacking in basic manners people are today, along with predictions of the total collapse of civilization because many people no longer follow etiquette rules established in the past. While an argument can be made that modern technology makes people more alienated from face-to-face contact and encourages isolation, technology and the realities of modern life have required etiquette to adapt. In many ...

The common good of soccer

Many nations around the world promote their socio-political ideology on the playing field. The sports environment provides a civil, universally accepted way for rival and friendly nations to compete. In order to ensure peace and smooth functioning of sports competition, each nation must abide by the international rules that apply both on the playing field and off the field, .

Participating nations must realize that international rules may differ from those of their home nation. Developing suitable international sport policy assures that all participants from the players to the nations they come from full understand the rules on and off ...

Introduction

Since the onset of the fiber optic technology, communication barriers have been broken and the virtualization of teams has been possible. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the significance of virtual teams and their management in software development. The paper defines virtual teams and discusses their importance, their types, and the tools used by them for collaboration. It also analyzes the challenges faced by these teams in terms of management, collaboration, and coordination. The various virtual platforms used by these teams, such as cloud computing, are discussed. A secondary literature analysis is conducted to understand the role ...

Arguably, as computer technology develops, so does the criminal offences that come as a result of using computers and internet. The 21st century marks the peak season of various cyber crimes and cyber terrorism. As a matter of fact, human beings should learn and adopt to live with criminal activities associated with technology. Therefore, as a result of accepting reality, utilization of computer networks as well as development of cyberspace society, various strategies have been developed to perpetrate these crimes. The history of legislation to deal with cyber crimes began in 1970s. Generally, since the existence of computer technology, ...

Greg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc (Sun), earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University. He then got a chance to work at Sun, where he could look into technological innovations as Sun represented a combination of opportunities. Sun also had the stability of a well established technology company which would nurture James’ professional growth and development. He started as an individual contributor of development projects and within four years, he was a team manager in the Data Protection and Recovery department, where he succeeded in his duties as a manager. After ...

One definition of conservatism states that a situation tends to remain static unless acted upon by a strong external force. In the world of major college football, tradition and fiscal conservatism have combined for years to preserve a system by which a tight circle of resource-rich powerhouse programs hold sway from year to year. The major bowl games, the nearly exclusive preserve of the nation’s football elite, serve as NCAA football’s branding identity but do little to determine a quantifiable national champion. A powerful cabal of athletic directors, commissioners, university presidents and other officials maintain the sanctity ...