Essays on Disadvantage

Version control systems

Introduction
There are different version control systems which have been developed to be used in managing software development projects. The choice of the version control will depend on the model and the workflow of the projects and the nature of organizational workflow that is supported. It is important to understand the requirements of the organization which will use the version control. This will determine the way the version control will suit and align with the goals of the developers. Before a choice is made, it is important to have clear view of the requirements of the organization. This paper Continue reading...

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Abstract
The security of patients in hospitals has constantly attracted aggressive controversies. Most people agree that all efforts must be pulled together to ensure that the safety and security of the patients is guaranteed. However, in an institution struggling with increased amounts of medication errors and the implementation of the electronic medical record (EMR), ensuring safety of the patients becomes a serious challenge to many institutions. The nature of security required calls for the people to implement solutions that should match the expectations of the patients in their security at the hospitals. The level of technology used in the Continue reading...

Marijuana: Decades of Debates

Marijuana is a drug that has many names. Some call it Hashish, others Sinsemilla, and others call it Hemp. The most common name is pot. Other popular names are weed and herb. However, its scientific name is Cannabis Sativa (Merrill, 1999). It is usually smoked in cigarettes. This drug is one of the most addictive drugs existing today. The use of this drug has various effects, especially to those people that are addicted to it. It is estimated that over 4 percent of all Americans are users of pot. Of this 4 percent, 1 percent abuse the drug.
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1. Introduction to the Technique
Magnification and high resolution imaging are very important in materials science, especially at present when nanotechnology materials are being created. Magnification and high resolution imaging can help in the characterization, identification, and confirmation of the existence of the desired material. Magnification and high resolution imaging become problems when the size of the assessed material becomes too small; such as, they are beyond the micrometer scale. Ordinary techniques in microscopy such as light microscopy where in a traditional light microscope is used could not suffice. Fortunately, in 1931, two scientists named Ernst Ruska and Mx Continue reading...

Assessment Part A

Education (Advantage): Oversimplifying

Education (Disadvantage): Overgeneralization

Information Systems and Technology (Disadvantage): Irrational Appeal Continue reading...

1.0 Executive Summary
The majority of transporting companies optimize their clients with competitive rates, shorter transport durations, protection of goods, and convenience delivery. Nelson Transport SA shares its objectives many of its competing transport with the aforementioned criteria. Nelson Transport SA specializes in the transport of letters and furniture throughout Switzerland, but currently letter courier is the dominant service. Nelson prefers to stay streamlined with courier and trucking as they find these realms more profitable and better potential for business growth in the transporting industry. Nelson is expanding its vehicular capacity to suit the needs of customer orders, bulk Continue reading...

McDonald’s franchise.

Problem Recognition
No matter what type of business to start it always involves some risk rate. However, it is possible to establish less risky business. Therefore, it is necessary to perform analysis and decide how to launch the required business through the choice of effective option among business from home, part time business, selling products online, buy an existing business, buy a franchise, etc.

Alternative Options

1. Buy an existing McDonald’s franchise or,
2. Create own shop called:”lakeside burgers”.

Factors to Be Considered

The choice of location is very important. Often people don’t have much time for the breakfast or lunch, so Continue reading...

Distribution Strategies

Many companies today are looking for ways in which they can have a comparative advantage in the market over their competitors. One of the ways of gaining the comparative advantage is by doing an evaluation on the distribution channels. Marketing managers are, therefore, entitled to evaluate the distribution systems and channels in order to identify new ways to reach their customers at all times (Lubbe, 2000). To manage this, therefore, the company is entitled to find a way of reaching their customers.
In order to reach their customers, companies must include intermediaries to enhance the rate at which they Continue reading...

WACC Calculations

WACC by Gordon Valuation:
Cost of Equity (Ke):
Formula = Ke = [dividend for the year (1 + growth) / Market value of share] + growth
Ke = [RM 0.20 (1 + 10%) / RM 4.20] + 10%
Ke = 15.2%

Value of Equity (Ve):

Vie = Number of shares in issue x market value of the share
Ve = 1,000,000 x RM 4.20 = RM 4,200,000

Cost of Debt (Kd):

Formula = Kd = Interest rate / Market Value of debt
Kd = 10% / 1,000,000 = 0.00001

Value of Debt (Vd):

Vd = 1,000,000 x 1.125
Vd = 1,125,000
WACC = [Ve/Ve+Vd] x Ke + [Vd/Ve+Vd] x Kd
WACC = [4,200,000/4,200,000+1, Continue reading...

1. Introduction
Agriculture and other food products are dried for use. The agriculture grains are dried for future use or production process, in order to dry the agriculture products the sun drying has been used for many years. The sun drying dries the products in a open air condition with the help of hot sun rays. In past centuries the sun drying systems has been used. Most of the industries use mechanized drying instead of sun drying system. The mechanized drying uses boilers and fan to heat and force the air to the required part. The time taken for Continue reading...

Self-driving cars

Google has developed self-driving cars. Although the cars are not yet fully developed, they have been tested on the roads. The cars are manned by operators who understand how the technology works. The cars have been developed to make use of cameras, sensors that use sensor technology and laser range finders so that they are able to navigate the traffic. They have also been developed to make use of maps which are detailed. This way, they are able to know the traffic and the road that has been set ahead. This is enhanced and made possible with the well-developed Continue reading...

Importance of Corporate Finance for Managers

In any corporate business, the main goal or responsibility of the managers is to maximize the worth of shareholder’s investment in the business. Therefore, all the actions and planning of the managers must be focused on the benefits for the business and their shareholders. There are two sources of finance for the managers of any business. These sources of finance are debt and equity. Both debt and equity finance has their specific importance for the managers and advantages for the business and shareholders. (Tatum)
The importance of corporate finance for managers becomes more vital when they have to Continue reading...

Studies have proven the legacy of natural selection in the continuity of diseases pinpointing some regions where it has played a role in propagating disease. Evolutionary forces therefore to a huge extent play a major role in the development and propagation of diseases because of selective pressures that contributes to the resistance or development of alleles or genes that cause these diseases. On the basis of hereditary, human disease can be traced back into the years and its development be observed in better understanding how natural selection comes into play(Fisher 1999). This way, the factors that cause disease Continue reading...

With human resource being the most important, yet also one of the scarcest resources, for companies, these companies should find ways of better managing their employees not only to facilitate employee recruitment but also to ensure employee retention. In this regard, companies should take advantage of technology in order to further this initiative.
In particular, companies should consider the implementation of a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). According to Sharma (2009), the implementation of an HRIS can reduce HR costs through the automation of information and through the decreased need for a large number of HR employees. It also Continue reading...

ENGLISH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

English is the Most Important Language in The World

It is common nowadays to learn about different nationalities trying to learn English as their second language. While they may have different reasons over learning English, may it be for education, leisure or business; people often denote that learning English would be a vital asset should a person wishes to venture in areas that require the knowledge of the language. Despite the obvious benefits of learning English in the current context, there are still people who believe that learning such language should not be given too much importance as people Continue reading...

A company uses Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to integrate its activities and have a simplified and standardized system. With a more integrated system, a company is able to “manage [its] resources more effectively” (Nah & Delgado, 2006). At the beginning of the 21st century, with the talk of Y2K, most companies used ERP to synchronize their activities. The two common approached used for this implementation are the big-bang approach and the phased approach.
With the big-bang approach, “a business switches from their old ERP system to their new system at a single point in time” (Donagher, 2013). It is done Continue reading...

The table above shows the results of nine different motivations that were included as “part 2” in the questionnaire, and were presented as “five-point” Likert scale questions measuring participants’ degree of consent. “1” represents a respondent from the survey, who agrees with the statement, and “2” represents the student who disagrees; therefore, the higher the mean result is, the more disagreeing with the survey statement the student is. The figures in the above mentioned table were calculated in order to find three main motivational factors that influence students to shop online. The results below show the prevailing motivations, which Continue reading...

The quantitative research means the researcher collects numerical data and evaluates the data with the use of financial software such as SPSS and Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. The quantitative research involves testing the hypothesis that is derived from the theory that is being tested. The research questions are determined and according to these questions; the participants undergo different research methods. If the main purpose is to generalize the theory from the participation of participants, the research will use probability as sampling to select the participants.

Three sampling methods with advantages and disadvantages

Random sampling
The random sampling method is the least biased of all the sampling techniques Continue reading...

Introduction

With the growth of the internet, there has been internet communication, thus the growth of social media. Social media platforms have been developed with each social media platform having a unique way in which communication is undertaken. Different platforms have different features and characteristics. They each have a specific way in which to attract customers and users. This paper will focus on comparison and overview of three popular social media platforms. The paper will focus on the differences and features that make each of the social media tools to be unique. Social networking tools have helped improve business communication Continue reading...

Introduction

Strategic management is a systematic analysis of the factors related with clients and competitors and the organization to generate the basis for maintaining most favorable administration practices. In addition, it is an approach that is related to formulating and implementing the main goals and initiatives used by a firm’s top management on behalf of owners. Furthermore, the formulation and implementation is based on the consideration of resources and an assessment of the internal and external atmosphere that the firm competes in (Hill & Jones, 2012, 21).
Therefore, this paper offers an overall direction to the firms in question and Continue reading...

Legal and Ethical Issue

Retirement income in the United States (US) fundamentally comes from Social Security. More than a third of the elderly beneficiaries of Social Security rely almost entirely on it for their income (more than 90%), making up the total of two-thirds of them whose reliance on it accounts for more than half their income (Brossoie, 2010; NASI, 2014; Poterba, 2014). Having kept around 22 million Americans out of poverty, Social Security remains an integral program favorably viewed by many (Poterba, 2014). In fact, findings from a study gauging public opinion from different generations conducted by the National Academy of Social Continue reading...

Science today, providing a lot of technical gifts to mankind science has proved to be a boon for the entire society, with the low accessibility now only being recorded in the books of history. Networking plays a very important role in sustaining the prevailing reign of technology. Interestingly, internet devices such as hubs, switches, MAU, repeaters, bridges and routers have been playing the role of protagonist in augmenting the importance of networking. Hubs or Ethernet hubs, normally take the help of Ethernet connections to join computers with the other devices on a local area network (LAN), such as workstations, Continue reading...

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Organizations rely on the use of competency models because for several years it has been proven effective in its purpose of identifying skills and qualities needed in the completion of the task they need at the organization. However, while it has proven its success some organizations still prefer to customize their competency model instead of adapting a traditional model. One perfect example of this is AT&T. From observing the performance of AT&T it can be gathered that customizing the competency model can also serve the advantage of the organization. According to a study conducted in 2005 by Continue reading...

In 1861, the United States faced division between the North and South. The territories split because of a difference of opinions. The South or the Confederates lost the Civil War for many reasons. Although the South lost the war many historians “extols the gallantry of Confederate soldiers and insists that they had not forfeited their honor in losing to a vastly superior foe” (Janney, 6). However, there are many factors that contributed to the loss. The reasons include limited amounts of money, weapons, food, soldiers, and leadership styles and policies. While the North won the war, the performance of Continue reading...

The past couple of centuries saw industry developed at a rapid pace especially following the Industrial Revolution when manual labor was rendered nearly useless when replaced with machines. In order for machines to operate at peak capacity, intense energy use was required. Little has changed over these two centuries in terms of high energy consumption, which has two negative implications. While the most abundant and extractable energy sources, oil, gas, and coal are exhaustible, which means they will run dry at some point in the future, especially seeing as how world population surplus is palpable these days. More importantly Continue reading...

Section A

Question 1
Economic Liberalism is an economic doctrine which supports and promotes the economy of private belongingness in the means of production. Proponents of economic liberalism believe that it is not possible to separate political and social freedom from economic freedom. It opposes government interventions which inhibit free-trade and competition in free-markets. Social liberalism, believes in the inclusion of social-justice into liberalism. The good of the community is viewed as being proportionate with the freedom of the individual. In healthcare, liberalism affects policy choices.

Question 2

The advantages of interests groups in healthcare policies are that, first, they ensure that the Continue reading...

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Introduction

A franchise is a go ahead or authorization that has been given to a group of people or an individual by a company or organization to sell the goods and services it has to offer in a particular way (Mendelsohn, 2004). Franchising is a very much well known business and commerce procedure that joins or rather brings together the brand name owners of a recognized commodity with another business, product, or service (Mendelsohn, 2004). The system of franchising is well and readily embraced by the small businesses and upcoming companies to have power and authentication to grow Continue reading...

Q. What are the "two faces of irresponsibility."?
Irresponsibility has two faces and they are willfully inadequate work and unethical activities. Both these faces are representation of diversion of resources of public from demand and preferences fulfillment. By bending programs goals and policy direction from its targeted objectives, in addition to use of information from public organization and personal gain derived from access of key people are both sides of failure or irresponsibility.

Q. What are two weaknesses of ethics laws?

Weaknesses of Ethics Law are:
General conditions are addressed but they lack in case of specific situations. Thus, law interpretation for specific situations is problematic Continue reading...

Introduction

Practices that increase the sales of various companies have formed day-to-day responsibilities of any individual serving in the world of business. In response to this, any company that wants to succeed needs to motivate its workers especially with the increasing tough times in the economic systems of different countries in the world. It is the responsibility of the senior management team in a sales organization to find ways of motivating their staffs in order to have their employees perform at good levels. This is mostly required from those to those working in the sales and marketing departments. Motivation of Continue reading...

1a) Slack, Chambers, & Johnston describe five performance objectives, or factors to be considered, for job design (2007). The first of these is quality, as the ability of employees to provide high quality goods and services is impacted by job design. Certainly providing high quality grocery goods and services is important to this business. Extremely high quality can provide real differentiation for a business (Brittin, 2013). The second objective is speed. There are jobs where speed is imperative, such as emergency personnel. Although less important than in medical emergencies, speed is a factor in the grocery business, if just to Continue reading...

Communication Methods

The first method of communication is oral communication. This method includes phone calls, face to face communication and meetings. The main advantage of this method is that one is able to get immediate feedback on the issue being discussed. The main disadvantage is that it does not provide a record for future reference. Even when minutes are taken in a meeting, they do not capture every detail of the meeting.
The next method is written communication. This includes memos, letters, reports and notices. It is commonly used to pass official communication to employees from the company. Employees also use Continue reading...

Research Paper Outline

Punishment, crime, and poverty have long been linked together during criminological and sociological investigations. These links are strengthened by the fact that poverty causes deprivation of basic and luxurious needs and this in turn breeds the temptation to commit crime hence victimizing the concerned parties in the process. Scholars in the social sciences have therefore resorted to grouping people according to their socioeconomic statuses in a bid to monitor their motivations and behaviors. These studies have ended up associating high crime rates with poverty and socioeconomic inequality. These crimes then bring up the subject of punishment and its role Continue reading...

Te Au Rangahau (The Maori Business Research Centre at Massey University) Project

- Payback Period
Project A’s payback period falls in the seventh year while project B’s payback period falls in the sixth year. Project B would, therefore, be a better option using the payback period method. Note that for project A, the total payback is 20000 only, while for project B, the total payback is 22000.
The payback period decision method as the following assumptions, advantages and disadvantages. Ignores the time value of money. No discounting takes place. It also makes the assumption that inflows accrues evenly throughout the year. This could be contrary to the unfolding as Continue reading...

Introduction

List and define what the root causes of vulnerabilities are.
Vulnerabilities are considered as components that affect the security of a computer machine and interfere with the proper functioning of both hardware and software. The root causes of vulnerabilities are due to the attack where there is a penetration of a substance that exploits the programs. The root causes of vulnerabilities include: security misconfiguration settings, the kernel flaws, the buffer overflows, insufficient input validation, symbolic links, file descriptor attacks, race conditions and incorrect file and directory permissions. These vulnerabilities are interferes with the security of computers after they penetrates Continue reading...

How You Use it Matters

Cellular or mobile phones are already considered a necessary thing nowadays. Along with the development of computer technology, mobile technology took prominence as well. However, despite its wide use, many people around still are not conscious (perhaps this is not very important to them) of the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones. Especially for consumers, it is mostly important that they determine what these phones provide for man’s everyday life before they consider buying. In a general view, mobile phones are very useful and advantageous since the user will have many things done by single equipment. And since Continue reading...

The term ‘entrepreneur’ has attracted several definitions ever since it was first defined by Richard Cantillon, a French economist. All definitions, however, when generalized define an entrepreneur as a person who creates new capital or products or services, through a risk bearing venture. Entrepreneurship is the act commited by an entrepreneur. Strategy is the means to get to a certain predetermined end. Entrepreneurial strategy can therefore be defined as a means devised by which an entrepreneur can use in his ventures and be successful. Drucker 2001 defines entrepreneurial strategy as the practices to be carried out by the entrepreneur, Continue reading...

International Trade

In today’s modern world, it is evident that nations cannot afford to exist independently. The first chapter provides logistical information on how international trade links different countries through economic policies, production, labor, and trade. A country cannot set its own economic policies without affecting other nations (Carbaugh 2). This is a big step and change from the previous economic situation where countries used to be independent. The chapter talks of how the United States economically links itself to other nations through trade, economic unions such as the European Union and formation of multinational corporations with their Continue reading...

Are alternative energy sources the answer to ending human dependence on oil?

For the past couple of decades, climate change has gradually changed the course of the globe and influenced the different patterns important for maintaining the ecosystem. One of the biggest contributors to climate change is fossil fuel, more commonly known as oil. Oil has been used since the Industrial Revolution as it powered up the machines, transportation and even gave electricity to homes around the globe. At present, oil is now being exported by oil-rich countries to developed countries, causes conflicts in these countries and even becomes the bane of most consumers due to its ridiculously high prices. With Continue reading...

Wind Energy: Advantages, Disadvantages and Solutions

Harnessing the power of the wind is nothing new. For centuries, it has powered sailing ships, provided energy for windmills and pumped water. Nowadays, with the help of turbines, wind provides us with electricity.

Introduction

I am proud to be a member of the LM Wind Power Group in their blade manufacturing division. Within 30 years of operations, LM Wind Power has produced around 150,000 blades. As such, wind energy is an important subject for me. As an energy source that is renewable and more environmentally friendly than traditional electricity generating technologies, I Continue reading...

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It has long been said that the media has the potential to make a candidate known as well as make a well known candidate become unpopular by giving either more media coverage or media blackout. It is interesting to see just how the media can play with people’s psychology and influence their decisions to a great length. In this issue paper, the learner investigates the contribution that the media has on political campaigns. The major issue under concern in this paper is the extent of media coverage that is accorded Continue reading...