Essays on Microsoft

Abstract

Information systems are an important part of any business organization. They are responsible for the passage of information within the business. In some cases, information systems are directly linked to marketing. In this case, the information on the sales available and the cost of the product are issued to the customers through the systems. The systems could be manual systems, where pamphlets are printed and distributed to customers, or electronic systems, where the company uses websites or technology oriented ways to market the products. On the other hand, information systems are important in keeping the company’s records. In Continue reading...

Passive Mercy Killing

According to medical practice, mercy killing is described as the act of allowing an individual to die or putting him to death painlessly through withholding medical procedures from the individual if he is diagnosed of an incurable painful condition (Khan, & Tadros, 2013). Owing to this definition, disconnecting the respirator and the events surrounding the death of Harryelt Gessner was a mercy killing. Marry Rose Robacynski explained in court that she was only trying to act in the best interest of the patient who was helpless after she could not feel any pulse or blood pressure. Additionally, I believe that Continue reading...

IT in business.

3.1The business organization needs to know the type of Computer software that can operate computer programs in the business system. The software is the non-tangible computer component that will enable the computer system of the business to operate its services efficiently. The business need to know the contrast of the computer software contrasts in the organization and its computer hardware that is the physical parts of computers. The software to be acquired should be compatible with the computer hardware .Computer software that business organization will need to buy includes computer programs depending on the architecture that the organization need Continue reading...

Management Information systems

Management Information Systems

Cisco “WAAS is a technology developed by Cisco Systems that optimizes the performance of any TCP- based application operating in a wide area network environment while preserving and strengthening branch security” (Laudon). According to the Cisco WAAS sales support webpage, 80% of Fortune 100 companies have purchased WAAS.

Importance of Monsanto Connection portal

It is important to Monsanto that employees worldwide are able to use their Monsanto Connection portal with ease because Monsanto tries to ensure that it is located near its customers, many of whom are in rural areas. Furthermore, a lot of their research is conducted in tropical zones Continue reading...

1-Strategic rationale: what are the primary reasons for the acquisition?

In September 2013, Microsoft acquired Nokia at a cost of $7 billion in a bid to strengthen its (Microsoft) position as one of the leading players in the mobile universe. The strategic rationale was in response to the fierce competition in the industry. Microsoft desires to enhance its market competitiveness. Before the partnership with Nokia, Microsoft was virtually irrelevant in the mobile market but its acquisition of Nokia has enabled the company makes inroads in the lucrative smartphone industry. Nokia smartphones run on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. Sale of Nokia smartphones has gradually increased, and Microsoft Continue reading...

Business Process Reengineering at Seminole Industries

A person’s success in life isn't based on his ability to simply change. It is based on his ability to change faster than his competition, customers and business [1]. It is a known fact that many large companies have lost their businesses and have had to shut down owing to the notion that technology would alienate their customers. If we are to take the case of Seminole Industries, the global economic downfall of 2008 had hit the company hard, with reduction in factory orders from 8% in 2009 to 11% in 2010. These trends cannot be considered in Continue reading...

Crafting a Speech Analyzing Sarah Palin’s Speech Accepting Her Nomination for Vice President of the United States

Introduction
Respected Sir, and fellow students, it is a pleasure to stand before you and elucidate, what I infer, the speech, delivered by Gov. Sarah Palin, at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on September 3, 2008, was of blatant aggression on the opposition Democrats formed around rhetorical situations. Given the privilege of becoming the vice president of the country, Sarah Palin was only too happy to accept her nomination, and the speech she gave on that day was marred by controversies and savage mockery of the opposition. The occasion was to commemorate her surprise choice and acceptance Continue reading...

- Hardware specification for server and client’s compatibility
The hardware requirements specification for server and client’s compatibility will involve network adaptor which consists of hardware and software that allows communication between interface and physical network as well as operating system to communicate with the interface. PCMI card, USB or Serial devices are some of the hardware choices. The firmware and operating system driver will be needed to run card and enhance communication with the device respectively.(Wepman,2014).For 100 clients(fewer than 250 users) in this case,1 single core CPU(2.13 GHz),2Gb of RAM Continue reading...

Introduction

The purpose of this experiment was to verify Newton’s second law of motion. The force and acceleration data was collected by Logger Pro for a cart moved back and forth. This data was used to analyse the relationship between force, acceleration and mass. It was hypothesised that the acceleration would directly be proportional to applied force but inversely proportional to the mass of the cart.

- When you push on an object, how does the magnitude of the forces affect its motion? If you push harder, is the change in motion smaller or larger? Do you think is Continue reading...

Business memo

Ms. Schaefer the Vice President of Purchasing in Dynamo, Inc. one of the major customer of Wood Corporation, is a ‘displeased customer’ and has lodged a complaint against the recently purchased 50000 of Aster, Wood Corporation’s High Tech sensor. Her company was frustrated with the directions provided by Wood Corporation. The directions and the illustrations provided by the company were of poor quality, it hindered the operations and setup of the sensors, as the directions were not adequate for programming the sensor to receive data from the customer product or initiate responses from the same. Ms. Schafer now Continue reading...

Introduction

Antitrust policies are a threat to companies welfare; most of these laws are detrimental to monopolistic firms. This is due to the extensive market power that they dominate over a given sector in the economy. Most companies have suffered antitrust penalties due to their dominance in the market. This causes a negative effect to the statement of financial position of such firms. Microsoft is one of the best examples of companies that were subjected to antitrust laws. Microsoft is a monopolistic firm in the computer software sector. It deals with manufacturing and selling of computer chips to all the Continue reading...

Industrial Organization and Resource Based Value model

Our focus for this model will highlight the competitive advantage given to IBM by the extensive research it has done on semi- conductor technology. This is real for IBM because it has used this resource from a team point of view rather than individual experts employed by IBM. Handling this resource in deep connection with other existing resources has enabled the management of IBM to use this advantage to acquire a big share of the electronics market.
Coca cola has made use of the internal environment to enhance its position in the market. Using the vast array of financial Continue reading...

Analysis of Bedove’s Decision to Develop Windows Phone in Partnership with Microsoft

Introduction
Management’s decision making is a crucial foundation for an organization and better decision making results to effective problem solving that has a great ability to improve organization’s performance. In that respect, the quality of decisions made by management is important hence forming the objective of this discussion which seeks to analyze a decision made by an organization’s management. To achieve the objective, the discussion refers to Bedove’s need to partner with Microsoft for purpose of using Microsoft’s windows for its touch screen mobile phones as a strategic way to enhance competitiveness. To begin Continue reading...

Introduction:

LTCHs which have been excluded from the inpatient prospective payment system under section 1886(d)((1)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act, are certified under Medicare as short-term acute-care hospitals and, for the purpose of Medicare payments in general, are defined as having an average inpatient length of stay of greater than 25 days. The formula for an unadjusted LTCH PPS prospective payment is:
Federal Prospective Payment = MS-LTC-DRG Relative Weight * Standard Federal Rate
(The standard federal rate used for this assignment will be $40,397.96)

Use the excel sheet attached (CMS 1588 F- Table 11) to answer the following questions

(Note: you are able to “sort” the data in the various columns to Continue reading...

Comparative Essay

There is not much to distinguish between Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ and Amy Heckerling’s, ‘Clueless.’ Emma was twenty-one and she had all the good things anyone her age would have desired. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) on the other hand, was just sixteen, and she too had all the goodies contemporary America could offer. After all, she was the only daughter of a very successful lawyer in California, who charged $500 an hour “to fight with people,” as Cher says. In many ways, Heckerling’s Clueless can be mistaken to be the modern version of Austen’s Emma. However, there Continue reading...

Sarbanes-Oxley Act is an act by the United States congress in 2002 aim at protecting investors through corporate disclosures accuracy and reliability. It mandated strict reforms aimed at improving financial disclosures and possibly prevent accounting fraud. The scandals of early 2000s such as Tycoon, WorldCom and Enron predicated the enacted of SOX. These scandals shook investor confidence, and an overhaul of regulatory standards was required. The SOX Act outlined rules as well as enforcement policies, which amended or supplemented existing legislation. There are two key provisions of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act which are section 302 and section 404. Section Continue reading...

Introduction

A balance sheet is a financial document that gives a summary of the company’s assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity for a specified period of time. It is used by investors to gauge the financial health of companies. Most companies use financial software and applications to prepare balance sheet. However, it is also possible to prepare balance sheet in Microsoft Excel. Definition
This is a manual for making balance sheet in Microsoft Excel 2007. The Manual contains procedures used to develop a fully functional balance sheet template based on specific financial items.

The balance sheet is automated by the Continue reading...

Education

West Virginia University – Morgantown, WV
Major in Management
Minor in General Studies
GPA: 3.18/4.0

Diploma in Banking and financial business

Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
Work Experience
Full-time job:
The ministry of Education – Riyadh, KSA October 2003 – October 2009
- Manage the administrative transactions of the schools as well as providing necessary tools and equipment such as teaching and educational aids.
- The liaison between the Ministry of Education and the schools, the Educational Supervision Department, Ministry warehouses, as contacts these authorities and manage all matters related to administrative issued with these authorities.
- Performing secretarial works, and administrative tasks.
- Oversee the development of a Continue reading...

QUESTION ONE:

The fact of the case is that MS, Delores Mendoza was not promoted to the position of the supervisor. Ms. Mendoza is a Hispanic working for Dade County at the finance department. The issue of discrimination is outlined in this case relating to the aspects of gender and racial bias. The failure to promote Ms. Mendoza led to the issues of gender bias and racial discriminations at the Job place of the Dade County. Ms. Mendoza filed against Dade County claiming that she was not promoted on the basis that she is a woman and a member of the Continue reading...

There is no doubt that Microsoft SharePoint is here to stay as a custom for sharing customized information. Microsoft SharePoint is big and has a 70% adoption rate among enterprises. Users are largely embracing SharePoint for connecting disconnected islands of data, targeting and personalizing information and integrating technology for individual and group users. Microsoft SharePoint is an effective strategy to manage information growth instead of being overwhelmed by it. In this case, by use of Microsoft SharePoint, Wild Frontier will be able to manage its information growth as a result of its expansions without any difficulties.
One of the Continue reading...

Instrumental Analysis

Mephedrone molecular structure
Nephyrone molecular structure
There are several structural differences between the three chemical substances that make adrenalin distinguishable from both Mephedrone and Nephyrone. The adrenalin molecular structure has a more stable structure more than both Mephedrone and Nephyrone. The adrenalin structure has an extra OH molecule that makes it distinguishable from the Mephedrone and Nephyrone. Several analytical tests can be used to determine this difference.
There are various chromatographic techniques that can be used to test the purity of the adrenalin tablet. The first method is paper chromatography. This chromatographic method is used to analyze chemicals that Continue reading...

A database or a databank is an application where data can be stored and retrieved quickly. It is also important to know how the data is stored and organized in a database. Database mainly refers to a relational database, indeed a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Collection of data items that are structured as a group of officially defined tables from which data can be retrieved in various ways without having to restructure the database tables is known as Relational Database. In relational database, the complete data is stored in tables. The structure of these tables is similar to Continue reading...

Databases consist of information, which can be implemented to manage and store information. It can be created using various softwares such as Microsoft access. This database uses the Microsoft office suite, particularly access to design the table, layout and create specifications. This database aims at managing friends and family information by holding their information. It contains a table that contains fields which hold information. It consists of fields such as name field, contact address, email address, street address and phone contacts fields. In these fields, attributes such as text or auto number that specifies the information that can be Continue reading...

Creating databases is so common today because the lifestyle that exists is busy. The activities are so many that if you do not have a plan, you will miss other important things. A database allows one to store information in one place. This requires a database, which store large amounts of information. The information in the databases is helpful in making decisions and acts as point of reference in future. It makes the retrieval of information become easy. The computer has allowed data manipulation and storage. The accountants could use traditional means of organizing data but with the advent Continue reading...

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 125 S. Ct. 2796 (2005)

Type of Action

The type of action in this case was in issue.
Facts of the Case
Jessica Gonzales the plaintiff in the case was a woman who had undergone some form of Separation. She and her husband were estranged and she managed to get a restraining order to keep her violent estranged husband away from her. The husband managed to disobey the restraining order and when she went to the police station complaining that her husband was violating the restraining order that had been issued by the court. One time, Continue reading...

Microsoft and Apple are among the companies that have provided advanced and exciting technology products that are in use today. Considered as premiere companies in the information technology industry, both companies continue to create innovative IT solutions and gadgets that make life easier and interesting for humans. The good news about this is that they have a wide reach of audience considering that their products are globally-accepted and looked up to as top products in the industry. Thus, every time Microsoft and Apple launch new products, people are keen in understanding and purchasing the latest product offerings of both Continue reading...

- There are many business personalities out there, people who can inspire thought and dread in equal measure. For their successes seem like fairy tale, yet only a few have remained committed to the ideals of humanity.
- These individuals have invested billions of dollars on philanthropy and sought to change lives of people so far away from home. Bill Gates has remained at the forefront of philanthropy for more than a decade now, showing the same dedication to giving out money as he has in making it.

Program Area

- Of all the business personalities that I have come to Continue reading...

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder related to Central Nervous System; it affects brain and spinal cord. Primary MS symptoms include tingling, weakness, numbness, and hazy vision. While some other signs are linked to thinking problems, muscular stiffness, body balancing during walk and urinary problems.
Multiple sclerosis is manifested morphologically by inflammation and primary demyelination of neurons. The dispersed inflammatory lesions are distinguished by immense permeation of varied cellular mediators of the immune system that includes T and B cells, macrophages and microglia. Some soluble Continue reading...

Abstract

This study examines important ideas and concepts relating to an 8-week basic computer studies program that that writer partook in. It describes how information was gathered and how new ideas were acquired in relation to the basic features of the computer and the role of computers in the wider society as well as the way of utilizing some basic and fundamental programs of computing.
The report identifies that the writer was able to acquire important competencies over the period. However, it began with many fears, phobias and insecurities that related to the kind of services that were being offered. Continue reading...

Every person has a right to be treated and cared in the medical institutions and it also should be mentioned that he/she is the one who should decide what kind of treatment he/she wants to receive if there is any choice. Speaking about life-sustaining care we should remember that it is the area where it is not that easy to make decisions because usually you have to decide whether to stay in the hospital under some masks and tubes till the end of your life or die immediately. But what if there is no person except for the doctor Continue reading...

Marketing Products and Services

Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes
Marketing Products and Services
Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes

Introduction

Literature provides the dimensions of the impact of the theory of branding imagery and its attributes in marketing products and services as applied to this process in the Nokia and Microsoft agreement. Aligned to this is how textual stimuli combined with the influence pictorial marketing practices using product brand engages the consumer in spending decision-making behavior. Purposeful evaluation of the theory of branding reveals quality consumption as well as sophisticated visionary reactions to advertising producing emotional reaction and responses to the reputation of Continue reading...

Application of the Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system operates on a very wide-range perspective. Aside from the scope, the same system also works on a case-to-case standards that requires the arresting officer, the investigator or any criminal justice agents’ capacity to make best and appropriate judgment. In a statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it suggests that in 2009, the crime rate in the United States is has been decreasing significantly from when the agency has stated recording crime rate in 1980’s. In fact, from 13,403 in 1980 down to 10,639 in 2009, overall crime rate had been Continue reading...

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Microsoft Word is a word processor that is developed by Microsoft. The first ever version of Microsoft Word was released in 1983 and since the company has launched endless versions. The Microsoft Word was lately differentiated with the launch of free editions of word online with the commercial desktop version. The free online versions have different features as compared to the commercial version.

Features that exists in the Commercial version and not in Word Online

Microsoft Word Online opens documents in the formats such as dotx, docx, Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm) but macros cannot be accessed and also .doc documents can be accessed. Continue reading...

There are different methodologies that are used in the management of information when carrying out a project. I managed to make use of many approaches in the project and I was able to learn a lot about the software and the process itself. In the four phases that I managed to go through, I was able to gather the most information about the process of getting the right information in the whole process.
In the first phase, I was able to collect information about Paris. This phase was self-fulfilling for me as I was able to get all the Continue reading...

ACTIVE KILLING 2

According to the laws and regulations surrounding the field of nursing, yes, I do think that Ms. Robacynski technically killed Mr. Gessner, but I do not think her actions constitute active killing. To begin, and what is the most important aspect of this case is the fact that Mr. Gessner did not ask to be disconnected from his respirator, and moreover, he did not sign or verbally ask that treatment be refused should he become in a state of unresponsive comatose. I have few doubts that Ms. Robaynski was not intending to act in the best interest of her Continue reading...

Book Summery

In the The Fiery Trial, Eric Foner states his intention, in the preface, to trace "the evolution of Lincoln's ideas and policies about slavery from his early life through his career in the Illinois legislature in the 1830s, his term in Congress in the 1840s, his emergence as a leader of the new Republican party in the 1850s, and his presidency throughout the Civil War". The book scrutinizes the speeches as well as the writings by Lincoln, and the direct assignations of prior Lincoln’s historians are evaded.
The Fiery Trial starts with Lincoln’s early life encounter with Continue reading...

Today we all depend on smart phone devices, from our Car’s music system to our washing machines, all our devices have processing chips to help us live our lives better but have you ever thought where from the journey begin? How powerful was the first generation of computer and how big it was? Computers have transformed from room size to wall size, from wall size to desk size and from desk size to desktop size in the period of about 90 years!
First Freely Programmable Computer: Build in 1936, first freely programmable computer was designed by Konrad Zeus Continue reading...

Introduction

For a robust health and safety system within an organization, an effective and committed leadership is required throughout the organization. It is not enough that only safety department is concerned about the accident prevention systems. From the Landon case it is obvious that the top leadership did not have adequate commitment to safety. In spite of Ms. Lincoln having resources at her disposal, and Ms. Wanda preparing a cost effective proposal for safety measures, the top management did not take the decision in six months. When the pressure from OSHA official mounted, and the penal liabilities slapped on the Continue reading...

Employees need to have a clear relationship with their employees. They need to understand how the recruitment and retirement exercise works for them to plan their schedule. The employees have to work on their variation and flexibility since the market required employees who have such skills. Long time employees of the company need to change their perception towards the HR department. The HR should reward the most competitive employees. Rewarding would enhance healthy competition within the employees and give them the will to outdo their friends. The HR should compensate employees in injury cases. The department should look after Continue reading...

Part 1 Analyzing a Simple RC Circuit

1-2. A snapshot of the circuit built in Multisim is shown in the following figure:
3-6. The function generator’s output is set to the following: sine wave, frequency of 1 kHz, and amplitude VPK = 5 volts. Then, an oscilloscope is added to measure the input and the output voltages. The circuit in Multisim is shown in the following circuit diagram:

Upon running the simulation and adjusting the oscilloscope settings, the following output waveform is displayed in the oscilloscope interface:

7-11. The oscilloscope cursors are adjusted such that the time difference between the two traces are measured. This is done by setting the first cursor to the maximum of the first waveform, and then setting the second cursor Continue reading...