Essays on Data Analysis

Introduction

Technology has taken most of the sections in the world and brought new developments. The financial sector has embraced the change and used it to improve all the operations. Information and technology advancements have improved the banking system which ensures customer satisfaction, makes easy the operations of the workers and the financial industry is able to improve. As time moves on, more improved methods are being discovered, which the financial industry can adopt to help improve their operations. With the improved functioning, clients can be able to manage their investments and savings thus resulting in value addition (World Bank., & ...

Bloomberg Businessweek Assignment #1

What is Behavox and how is its software in use? Behavox is a startup company that is based in London. Adylov started the company in June 2014 (Finch & Robinson, 2017). It is acknowledged for creating a compliance surveillance software that provides the financial institutions with holistic employee surveillance solutions. According to Finch & Robinson (2017), this company promises to save money for the financial corporations, which have paid out hundred millions of dollars hiring back-office workforces, accountants, and lawyers to adhere to the rules around money laundering, capitalization, and risk. Behavox’s software catalogs computer logins, bathroom breaks, phone habits, ...

Introduction

It is no doubt that information and communication technology has taken over the world with almost all functions becoming dependent on technology. The use of computers, Smartphone, tablets, and iPods have increased over the last few years with more Americans demanding internet services on a daily basis. Technology in the form of the internet finds a lot of application in communication with the rising demands for social media channels and other online forms of communication. The use of the internet in communication and information sharing creates major ethical and legal concerns. Internet users must be aware of risks associated ...

Purpose

This paper intends to investigate how well the Pakistan pharmaceutical industry’s supply chain system performs. The thesis aims to achieve this purpose by examining the transportation, outsourcing, logistics management, and government regulations, and how these factors influence the efficiency and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan. In particular, the paper provides insights into the performance related practices used in the Pakistani pharmaceutical industry. Consequently, it points out the need for more research aimed at capturing dynamics and specific operational characteristics of local networks for development and improvement. Further, by denoting the relationship between system practices and SCM ...

Normalization is a technique mostly applied when the organization of tables in the database is necessary. One of its main objectives is to eliminate redundancy in the tables and ensure correctness of the anomalies in the insertion, updating and deleting of data from the tables. The process also ensures that the data dependency shared throughout a database makes sense and is logical. Once the process of normalization occurs, then it becomes very easy to update and delete records without necessarily worrying that any data might be lost (Kanade, Gopal, & Kanade, 2014). The process improves the design of the database ...

I. Physical Network Design

Introduction

A. Network Topology Business Needs In order to complete the needed full-time assignment efficiently and effectively, the University of Maryland University College will need a system in addition to tools to help the student attain their objectives. This entails new office space, a library, classrooms and computer labs will be able to achieve this capacity and optimize student learning potential

Proposed Topology

In order to plan for the facility of the network, I am proposing a star network topology for the facilities networking. This kind of network infrastructure is considered expensive due to numerous network devices that ...

Defining E-Commerce

E-commerce is a form of conducting business over an electronic network, most preferably the internet. It is a process involving the online interaction between the buyer and the seller or between two entrepreneurs characterized by online exchange of money.

Factors leading to the rise in the number of consumer shopping online

A huge number of people today have access to the internet compared to the number a decade or two ago. A large number of online users leads to more people preferring shopping for consumer goods online because entrepreneurs offer their products at lower prices that the normal higher-retail shops. Second, the efficiency and effectiveness of online shopping contributed to the ...

An entity relationship model/diagram commonly referred to as ERD is a data model method that represents system entities and relationships between the entities. When ERD created is by analysts, it enables understanding of business model deeper and links business models to database. The ERD theoretically represents model of records used in representing entity frameworks. The major and important elements in an ERD are entities, attributes plus relationships. An entity refers to a thing or a concept that has distinct and independent features or characteristics, for example a car. An attribute refers to the characteristics that an entity thing contains. ...

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Executive Summary

This report takes a look at the business audit of the Coca-Cola Company. After introducing the audit, a brief background of the company is given. This is followed by a macro-analysis of the company. This analysis deals with the management tool i.e. PESTLE which details Coca Cola’s political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental analysis. This is followed by a micro-analysis i.e. the financial data relating to Coca Cola. The competitor analysis of the company is next in line. This includes the strategic groups in Coca Cola’s line of business. A perceptual mapping ...

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Enter Name of University Introduction The goal of the scholarly article, “Barriers to Emiratization and the Role of Policy Design and The Institutional Environment in Determining the Effectiveness of Emiratization” is to come to understand the overall effectiveness of the Emiratization policy since it has been implemented for over twenty years, but it has endured many challenges because the workforce has faced a significant shortage. The problem is that the United Arab Emirates adopted a liberal immigration policy which allowed many foreign workers into their country while experiencing a work shortage. The policy continued to rely on foreign workers ...

Introduction

The research was carried out to establish the results of a three-year training program which is founded on the learning principles. The effectiveness of the program is being evaluated in promoting authentic Leadership (AL) the participants’ mindfulness. The reason for carrying out the evaluation is due to arguments between various authors who reasoned out that the adoption of authentic leader method is attributed by coherence between the actions undertaken and espoused values and clear intentions. The characteristics are required to attain sustainable business performance (Baron, 2016). Throughout the world, there is a call for genuine leadership which will guide ...

Introduction

A small accounting firm has 20 computers and two multipurpose printers that are all connected wirelessly to a NETGEAR MR814 device that is connected to a Motorola SB3100 cable modem. The firm also has 20 employees who emails accounts are set up through the organization’s internet service provider. To access their email accounts, the staff use Microsoft Outlook and standard web browsers. The company wants to move from using wireless connection as the primary network connection but want to maintain wireless access for their customers in the building. To do this, the firm has hired a contractor to ...

Nursing Research

Research Implementation Phase As mentioned earlier in the paper, in order to answer the five main research questions formulated for this research paper, four different types of data collection methods will be utilized; namely, secondary research of existing literature and primary research (survey-based questionnaires, interviews and direct observation). The implementation phase will include a brief overview of how the project will be executed on-ground, the expenditures that will be needed, as well as how the process of data analysis will be conducted.

Project Schedule and Timeframe

Tentatively, it is estimated that the research project’s completion, including the compilation of the data analysis ...

Part A:

Preliminary Field List Employee ID Employee First Name Employee Last Name Home Phone Work Phone Type of employee Reporting Station Physical work location Current Salary Old Salary Payroll date Net Pay Expenses Reimbursed Bonus or extra pay Preliminary table list Employee Payroll Description of methodology for refining the lists: The process of refining the lists above will mainly involve two methods, which are using the list of subjects, and using the mission objective. The first method (using the list if subjects) will involve merging the list of subjects with the preliminary table list. In this case, the list of ...

Newspaper Article 1: Employee Retention- How to Retain Employees

Introduction The purpose of the paper Employee Retention- How to Retain Employees is to highlight several tactics that a human resource manager can employ to retain the employees in their organization. As such, the organizations that utilize the outline tactics benefit from the associated high turnover costs as well as productivity. The paper aims at ensuring employers create a strong workforce by retaining the employees.

Summary

The paper highlights twelve tactics that any employer aiming to retain their employees can utilize. For instance, the paper talks about offering highly competitive benefits packages that relate to the needs of the employees. ...

Introduction

Technological advancements have been sweeping across different facets of the economy like bush fire. The education sector has not been left behind in the adoption and application of technology to streamline their processes. Several universities across the globe have taken a paradigm shift from the traditional manual records management to the digital records management (Alavi & Leidner, 1999). In this paper, we are going to propose a comprehensive University database used for data storage, extraction, and processing.

It is assumed that the University is currently using a manual paper-based records management system It is assumed that the University already has ...

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Narrative Report After a thorough investigation, it was revealed that two individuals, namely Mr. Smith, the associate director of purchase and Ms. Bad, his administrative assistant, implemented a fraudulent scheme using the corporate funds for their personal gains. The analysis of the evidence determined that these two individuals managed to buy items for personal use instead of the planned corporate purchases. This activity resulted in the loss of $8,795.60 of corporate funds. The investigation came to the conclusion that the main culprit of the fraudulent scheme was Mr. Smith due to his status as the associate director, the ...

Summary Of Proposed Research

Global drought not only affects the world agriculture and economics, but interactively affects the phenotypic trait of plants across a different diversity gradient. Nevertheless, plants are able to adapt themselves to the drought environment by changing their phenotypic trait. From previous research at Jena Drought Experiment, in Germany, the results show that diversity not only has the capability to increase community’s resistance to drought, but also to increase community’s recovery ability after drought. On the other hand, the results show that the drought environment makes a strong selection on both, the plant phylogeny and functional trait. Yet, ...

Influence of Nurture on the Process of Becoming a

Abstract This is a research paper that presents connections between family’s part in the process of becoming a successful adult. It concentrates on answering specific questions: “How do families with all their complexity influence their children’s psychological development since the early childhood? In what way are the family background and students’ academic achievements (successful/unsuccessful life) related?” These questions are answered through analysis of a group of 15 people from different familial backgrounds, each of whom had a simple task of telling about their childhood experience. Information obtained is later compared and contrasted with various scholarly studies of ...

In order to get the commission for each employ we first have to generate a database and its tables. CREATE TABLE Employee( EmpNumber int not null, EmpFirstName varchar(100) not null, EmpLastName varchar(100) not null, CommissionRate decimal(3,2) not null, YrlySalary int not null, DepartmentID int, JobID int, PRIMARY KEY (EmpNumber), FOREIGN KEY (DepartmentID) references Department(DepartmentID), FOREIGN KEY (JobID) references Job(JobID) ).

CREATE TABLE Job( JobID int not null, JobDescription varchar(400) not null, PRIMARY KEY (JobID) )

CREATE TABLE Department( DepartmentID int not null, DepartmentDescription varchar(400) not null, PRIMARY KEY(DepartmentID) ) CREATE TABLE Invoice (InvNumber int not null, InvDate date, EmpNumber int, InvAmount int not null, PRIMARY KEY (InvNumber), FOREIGN ...

ABSTRACT

The businesses today have identified the need to focus more on customer and the key to retain customer is through development of customer relations. CRM or customer relationship management is based on the idea that loyal customers are profitable for the company. The loyalty has been identified by several researchers to be linked to the level of satisfaction of customers. Organizations require attracting the customers, developing relations so that satisfaction is ensured and retain customers by maintaining the relations. Due to intense rivalry and competition, businesses require focusing on building stronger customer base by promoting goodwill and providing them ...

Abstract 3

Introduction 3 Review of Literature 3 Research Methodology 6 Rationale 6 Objectives 7 Research Question 7 Theories: Resource Based Theory 7 Research Design 7 Procedure 7 Data Collection 8 Data Analysis 8 Reliability 8 Ethical Issues 9 Discussion 9 Conclusion 9

References 10

Abstract Information technology is a tool that has been used by many firms across the nation to bring success in their business premises. However, some organizations still operate in isolation from IT even in the modern era of advanced IT. This study aims to examine why some companies still isolate their operations from IT. Irregardless of the various ...

Introduction

In practice, Early Childhood Education is considered as one of the best environments for preschool age children based on a multitude of learning opportunities that it provides (Clark & Moss, 2005). This kind of early childhood education helps the children to foster in their language development, physical development and social ability in every dimension (Fasold, 1990). It is important that childhood teachers examine the trends in the today's society that influence the way the children play. Children's play behaviours will always be different depending on various contextual facts. For example, changes in the way technology get driven including children playing ...

The word "plagiarism" sounds frightening for all the people who at least once faced with the scientific work writing or the creation of some creative products like paintings, for example. Since the word “plagiarism” has only one meaning, the most suitable synonym to it is “stealing”. In other words, if someone`s idea was used by someone else without mentioning the author`s name, it is called plagiarism. It looks simple, but there are still people who do not understand the seriousness of the problem of plagiarism, that is why it is necessary to give some additional explanation on ...

Data Analysis

Data Analysis The investigation for the ways in which the children can develop creative thinking skills are supported by various data coming from the education practitioners themselves. Additionally, the collected data aims to support and answer the question, “What is the role of play in developing creative thinking skills in kindergarten students?” This analysis will encompass various factors, such as the observation conducted to three different teachers in relation to the practical applications and programs that are successful in using play as a development tool of kindergarten students, how teachers can create creative thinking skills within their classroom environment, ...

Policy Manual Introduction

A policy manual is a general guideline that details the policies and best practices that an organization in a particular industry should follow. This is the case with health care in general and protecting patient data in particular. Starting from a manual system, an electronic or automated system has been found to enhance best practices in the field of health care (Hamilton, Jacob, Koch & Quammen, 2004).

Importance to Organization

It prepares a roadmap for daily administration. A policy manual is also a yardstick for performance. It can be used to train fresh recruits about the conduct desired. It can also be resorted ...

Doctor

ABSTRACT Young people in the United States are battling depression in record numbers, reaching an all-time high of 3 million patients in 2015. Researchers are continuing to search for alternative or additional methods than therapy and medications to improve depressive symptoms in teenagers and young adults. Some studies have demonstrated that as possible option in easing depression is physical exercise. In addition to assisting mental health issues, exercise promotes social interaction, physical health, and appearance. However, research has focused primarily on adults and therefore additional studies are needed with focus on the impact of exercise on depression in young ...

Introduction

The economic and social wellbeing of the society depends substantially on an effective and efficient performance of organisations. Management and leadership activity in the United Kingdom organisations becomes necessary, and the weakness and opportunities that exist should get addressed to realize a further advantage based on enhanced performance (Goetsch & Davis, 2014). Thus, excellent and adequate management and leadership skills are essential tools to achieve the best in organisations. The current ideas of the nature of leadership and management have evolved significantly over several decades to encompass new ideas including emotional intelligence, especially in organisation and planning (Giacalone & Rosenfield 2013). ...

Different Types of Facebook Page Posts

Different Types of Facebook Page Posts Social media marketing is consistently growing as more consumers and businesses become involved in social media sites, and various studies have confirmed the utility of social media sites such as Facebook in building brand image and equity for businesses owners (Kim, Sung, Lee, Choi, & Sung, 2016). However, the growing number of information available on the Internet also means users are overloaded with content and need to be selective of where they direct their attention. For Facebook page owners, that means their posts will be less likely to appear in the News Feeds of ...

The most important thing in carrying out research is to avoid confusing the concept of research vigor with concepts like the quantification, measurement precision and generalizability. The researcher must be cautious before making claims that data collection and data analysis techniques are rigorous than other methods or techniques (Noble, & Smith 34). Therefore, rigorous or the trustworthy in any research implies the need to use appropriate tools that meet the goals and objectives of investigation done. For the investigator to determine whether there was rigorous in data collection, he or she will ask some questions on data collection procedures or ...

Using the Windows Performance Monitor utility, add a set of counters to the real-time performance monitor display that you consider most relevant to the performance of your SQL Server instance. Document this step by taking a screen shot of the real-time display. Windows Performance Monitor is used to study how programs running in your laptop or desktop affect computer's performance. The performance is monitored both in real time and by collecting log data for later examination. In SQL Server Management Studio, construct a SQL query that uses a SELECT statement and a JOIN clause to query data from both ...

Workforce Reductions

Workforce Reductions Workforce reduction is considered a downsizing strategy that directly affects the workers and employees of the company. The strategy is used as a result of slump in demand or to improve the operational efficiency of the company. The key reasons of workforce reduction include heightened competition, changing markets and gaps in the employment laws. In addition, improvement in the cash-flow, stakeholder expectations and overcapacity/poor management lead to massive layoffs to gain short-term profits and value (Rogovsky, 2005). The workforce reduction as a strategy of the company has both positive and negative impacts.

Positive Consequences of Reduction in Workforce

There are some positive consequences ...

Imaginary Clinic

The clinic is a general practice clinic. It provides person-centred, progressive as well as comprehensive whole-person health care to persons and families in their society. It encompasses the foundations of an efficient health care system (“Capterra” par.1).

Branches of the Clinic

The clinic is a stand-alone clinic. However, satellite offices will be opened in different towns within a year in an attempt to reach more people (“Capterra” par.1). The clinic has four physicians and 7 physician extenders. That is, four nurse practitioners and three physician assistants. More physicians and physician extenders will be recruited as time goes. The new physicians will be sent ...

INTRODUCTION

Buddy's Floor Barn closed the books for three quarters (Q1, Q2, and Q3) of the year. However, Buddy’s Floor Barn has 4 major regions (Mid-states, East, West, and South) and about 18 store locations. There is a request to analyze total sales performances taking into consideration 5 product lines, namely (Cherry, Bamboo, Mahogany, Oak and Maple). Sales revenue data provided by the company through the regional managers from these four regions are collected in excel and analyzed using pivot tables and charts to determine the sales performance. Data provided is raw and must be rearranged from the lists ...

IT331 Week 10

Gifts of Fortune Enterprises currently has a network comprising of five desktop computers, a single laptop, dot matrix printer and one laser printer that is connected to Kyle’s assistant’s computer. It is notable that only two computers are directly connected to the internet for the entire company. The only switch available has eight ports that can only support eight devices. The company depends on the two computers for network research and one computer for printing purposes. The warehouse employees are not able to communicate to main office employees through the internet since their machines are not the ...

Create a SQL query to generate a new database master key and certificate for the HandsOnOne database. Take a screenshot of the Query Editor after you have executed this SQL command to show that it was completed successfully. Construct a SQL query to generate a new symmetric key for encrypting data. The symmetric key should use the AES algorithm with a 256-bit key size, and it should be protected by the certificate you created in Step 2. Take a screenshot of the Query Editor after you have executed this SQL command to show that it was completed successfully. Construct ...

Abstract

Statistics involves the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. The analysis, interpretation, and presentation techniques use the excel program. The excel features make it easy for statisticians to conduct researches as the program provides a convenient way to enter data into the program and run to determine the actual outcome of research. In particular, the excel program is applied in the statistical research in different forms. For example, it can be applied to a database which stores data to allow easy retrieval for references if need be. In addition, excel allows the calculation of simple and complex statistical ...

Questions for Exams

Question 33: Describe the economical content of the cumulative frequency if you analyze the series The economical content of cumulative frequencies if examined in series gives the total sum of all the frequencies displayed in a table for data analysis of samples. Moreover, when the series are accurate, one can tell the sequence of the data as it appears in the worksheet and derives conclusions from the primary variables.

Question 38: Explain the economical and statistical content of the components of following regression equation.

Y intercept is the value of the depreciative variance explained using the alpha constant. Moreover, Y is considered as the value of two or more independent variables for observation. The € ...

Abstract

The primary concern of the sit-to-stand and walk training tasks, prominent in the health institutions target patients with knee problems or those recovering from surgical operations as a safe means of initiating rehabilitation or healing process. The use of gait initiation process sustains the efficiency with which the patients gain their mobility through the dynamic processes anchored for coordinating center of pressure and the body center of mass of the individual patient. The demonstration of the ability to sit, stand and walk is a clear expression of the positive progress made by patients in their recovery plans. The observable ...

Introduction

Nursing practice today relies heavily on research findings because nursing knowledge is crucial in evidence-based nursing (Houser, 2015). An initial step towards the growth of a data oriented skilled nurses is the acquisition of reliable skills in searching for rich resources of nursing research database online that are readily accessible to budding nursing researchers. The current research paper involves the search of a single clinical research database (CRD) that contains resource materials capable of supporting a larger investigation on the PICOT-guided clinical research question, “Social behavior and engagement outcomes from animal assisted therapy of at least a year among ...

Nursing: Critiquing a Quantitative/Qualitative Study

A quantitative assessment of patient and nurse outcomes of bedside nursing report implementation

Introduction

This quantitative research critique encompasses an evaluation of the research problem and purpose. An evaluation of the hypothesis and research questions will be undertaken too along with an assessment of the literature review and theoretical framework. The entire methodology will be reviewed. Quantitative research studies unlike qualitative apply statistics in explaining a phenomenon. These features of the research design will be fully explored. Study # 1: Sand-Jecklyn, K., & Sherman, J. (2014). A quantitative assessment of patient and nurse outcomes of bedside nursing report implementation. Journal of Clinical

Nursing; 23(19 - 20); 2854–2863

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Methodology

Research Questions Will the strategy of designing role-playing games in the history class be an effective strategy to improve the students’ performance? What will be the expected average improvement of the improvised strategy? How will the students perceive the new learning method? How will we ensure that the students did not improve their mean score through other factors? How will we validate the results for credibility? Hypothesis HA: Group A will perform better than group B with SSL English students improving their mean grade at the end of the fall.

Hypothesis B: Group B will perform averagely but slightly lower than Group B.

Ho: Group A will perform better than group B. ...

Phillips Furniture

Q1 The first activity as the human resource manager to perform will be to analyze the current skill level of workers in different satellite stores. It is the responsibility of the HR manager to make sure that the skills of the employees are as per the demands of the market and the business. The second possible activity will be to arrange regular workshops for the employees to enhance their skills. Previously, all the hiring was done by the managers of satellite stores according to their needs. However, in the presence of HR manager, it will be the duty of ...

Business Rules and Data Models.

Business Rules and Data Models.

The purpose of designing the local college database is to provide a means for the school to collect and maintain accurate records of the students enrolled and the courses they take. Additionally, the database will also keep track of the instructors that teach every course in the school. By using a central database, the school administrators will be able to monitor and report student achievements in class, overall attendance, and grade transcripts. On the other hand, monitoring the instructors will help evaluate their performance, class attendance, and the effectiveness of their assessment and evaluation ...

Abstract

In 2016, Britain voted to exit the European Union, now commonly referred to as Brexit. The European Union was a political as well as economic bloc. The citizens of Britain voted to leave the bloc for various reasons. However, it is certain that the move will have effects on the lives of people and companies both within Britain and in the rest of Europe. This study focuses on the impact of Brexit on British airways. This is the national carrier of the United Kingdom. The European Union allowed uninhibited travel of citizens of member countries between borders of the ...

In her research on Forest school, Coe, (2016) embraces the qualitative approach to establish the risk taking experiences of the children in the study. The used method which included carrying out observations, taking photographs, conducting semi-structured interviews and drawing photos of the students was an effectual method for this study. The study at Forest school being a novel study (first of its kind) at a natural school setup, having alternative methods of qualitative data collection was effectual in getting insights of the study’s objective which were to learn more about the risk taking experiences of the students at ...

Introduction to Transact-SQL (T-SQL)

Construct and execute INSERT SQL statements to add the sample data in the following tables to the Customer and Address tables in the HandsOnOne database:

Additional Sample Data for the Address Table Construct and execute a SQL query to list all customers with their corresponding cities and states. The list should be sorted in ascending numerical order by ZIP code, followed by customer name alphabetically. Take a screenshot of the Query Editor after you have executed this SQL command to show that it was completed successfully. 3. Construct and execute a SQL Query to list the Street, City, State, ...

Business Rules and Data Models

A database is any collection of information that is organized in a particular way on order to make it possible to access and retrieve the information stored therein in a very efficient manner (Ramakrishnan and Gehrke, 1997). With efficient retrieval of information for use being the important cardinal essence of a database, there is need to arrange and organize the data in a manner that makes it fit to be easily retrieved. A system that helps in organizing a database through creation, update and other related activities on a database is known as a database management system (DBMS). Information ...

Introduction

Evidence-based nursing effectively defines the professional field today. Nursing practice will be vastly crippled and of high risk in the absence of research data as nursing knowledge is dependent upon empirical evidence derived from painstaking accumulation of nursing literature in various facets of nursing practice (Houser, 2015). Inevitably, the first step in the evolving capacity of nursing students in the conduct of nursing research and the utilization of findings of those already available, involves a proficiency in the search for rich clinical research databases (CRDs) and the building of a dependable list of these databases for future research endeavors. ...

Introduction

In its initial stages, the hotel industry provides renting space for people who were travelling from one place to another. The industry has grown exponentially into a flourishing service sector with revenues of billions of dollars (Prasanna, 2013). The hotel industry has improved its products. While it offered accommodation and food in the earlier years of the hotel industry, the hotel industry in the contemporary environment offers theme parks, conference facilities, lodging, cruise line, restaurants, and transportation among others (Prasanna, 2013). The classification of the hotels using the star system is also partly based on the products, services, and ...

Educational affiliation

Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics The paper analyses the role of the ethics and corporate state responsibility in the terms of the automotive industry. The study is to evaluate the role of the local ethics and the Corporate Social Responsibility in the process of the international development of the automotive industry. The key objectives are to evaluate the roles of these two concepts, find out the role of the customers’ awareness of the unethical behavior, and describe the patterns of change. The study validates why the car industry should focus on the ethical considerations and the CSR. This ...

Implementing Cost Cutting in the Oil Industry

Abstract In the modern day, organizations across different industries across the globe are implementing new strategies focused towards enhancing the profitability. Cost cutting is one of the major strategies adopted by companies to enhance their profitability. In the oil and gas industry companies have been pursuing different cost cutting strategies aimed at enhancing their profitability an issue that has been of primary concern. Various strategies have been proposed towards enhancing cost cutting strategies and these include automation that facilitate a throughout system, heightened regulatory measures compliance, technical support and solutions as well as maximizing modularity and replicability. These are ...

A1 Quantitative Article: Tan, C.H.S., Ishak, R.B., Lim, T.X.G., Marimuthusamy, P., Kaurss, K., & Leong, J.J. (2016). Illness Management and Recovery Program for Mental Health

Problems: Reducing Symptoms and Increasing Social Functioning. Journal of Clinical

Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13712 Introduction – The introduction is clear and concise. It explains how the study aims to discern the efficacy of an immensely popular evidence-based practice in the US – the Illness Management and Recovery Program (IMR) when applied to subjects in Singapore. The introduction carefully lays out the criteria for mental illness, and subjects who qualify. Review of the Literature – The Literature Review is well-written. However, much of the review overstates the obvious, and is ...

Difference and Similarities among three Positions

Similarities and Differences The key similarity among three jobs, such as receptionist, information clerks and database administrators is that all provide information to customers. All three types of jobs are linked to providing information to the internal and external customers about company’s operations, policies, processes and new products and services. On the other hand, there are various differences between three jobs. One of the differences is the scope of the jobs. For example, receptionist is responsible for administrative tasks like taking calls and welcoming visitors (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Information clerks perform clerical duties ranging from maintenance of ...

Analysis of GMOs Effects on Human Health

Introduction The study of genetically modified organisms has grown to be a topic of concern in the contemporary world. In particular, there exist regulatory procedures that guide the process of approval of the genetically modified crops and foodstuffs (DeFrancesco 796). The only technique that enables the assessment of such issues is the introduction of the mechanisms like the toxicological tests, for example, in mammals, through the performance of such a process over longer time intervals incorporating detailed blood as well as organ system analysis (Séralini et al. 1). However, it has been challenging to carry out such initiatives ...

(Institution Name) A website is merely an online space occupied by an organization or person with one purpose of publishing information (Flavián, Guinalíu & Gurrea, 2006). On the contrary, a scholarly database is a registry of all the websites and webpages available under a certain group or genre where one can find the most relevant websites and pages (LaRowe, 2009). A website can be a representation of idea from any individual or organization and is not generally regulated whereas scholarly databases are normally well regulated for being authentic in the information that they provide as well as their ...

Abstract

The report below provides a comprehensive analysis of Global Finance Inc.’s (GFI) network. It provides an overall description of the network based on the network diagram provided. The report also conducts a risk assessment on the network. The main purpose of the risk assessment is to discuss the risks resulting from the network design and configuration. In total, the assessment identified four apparent risks and the report provides proper mitigation techniques for the organization. The main purpose of the mitigation techniques is to improve network security and reduce financial losses resulting from network downtimes. The report also discusses ...

Ethical considerations

This survey will seek to engage different stakeholders within organizations to capture their understanding of the concept of organizational stress and the factors within the organization that influence or affect organizational stress. Ethics is a representation of the norms that are expected of a researcher when conducting any form of research (Serekan, 2000). Ethics offers the guidelines that the researchers should adhere to when designing and implementing their research design. In the scholarly world, ethics play a significant role and especially when research involves human subjects. This inquiry on organizational stress will make use of human subjects, implying that ...

The greatest human advancement that has been witnessed in the 21st century is the advent of technology. Technology has literally penetrated into every sphere of our lives and become part and parcel of everything that we do. From how we communicate, to our shopping practices, our reliance on technology is astounding, to say the least. Our workplaces have not been left behind. We have seamlessly integrated our professional duties with technology with the aim of reducing labor and improving efficiency and effectiveness. However, this integration has been met with many challenges because computers do not understand human language. Therefore, ...

Hardware

• To have a complete function and properly designed maintenance system transaction devices will be required. • The bookstore will require a sale transaction device to keep a track on the book quantity and sales. For that, the use of scanners and registers will be needed. For that, computers are required with fast CPU, mouse, and keyboard.

• The maintenance crew will keep a track on book quantities and record.

• Also, a printer will be required at the bookstore to mention notices on the notice board. Estimated Capacities • A manageable storage capacity will be required by the books tracking system. For that, 8TB capacity storage will be needed. • The backup storage capacity is also ...