...www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 6, No. 8; August 2011 The Influence of Knowledge Management System (KMS) on Enhancing Decision Making Process (DMP) Wafa Mohammed College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University P.O. Box 10878, 1st Floor Gosi Complex Exhibitions Road, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Akram Jalal Management Information System Department College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University P.O. Box 10878, 1st Floor Gosi Complex Exhibitions Road, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: 973-3838-3411 E-mail: ajalal@ahliauniversity.edu.bh Received: February 25, 2011 Accepted: March 22, 2011 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n8p216 Abstract Recently, Knowledge Management System acquires high attention in all sectors, since it is a valuable instrument in improving performance. In this study, an explanatory research on evaluating knowledge management systems will be conducted for the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) based on a survey of decision makers working in the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). It is our intention to evaluate the impact of implementing the knowledge management system on decision making by evaluating the impact of the knowledge key factors which are the information technology infrastructure, human resource, knowledge sharing and the culture of the organization. The study investigates the relationship between knowledge management and decision making. It reveals that the knowledge management factors are crucial indicators which need...
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...Cochlear – Asia Pacific www.cochlear.com Finance, Human Resources, Marketing (Consumer Insights) and Marketing Communications Internships Cochlear Asia Pacific is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The fastest growing region of Cochlear Limited, Cochlear Asia Pacific has a direct market presence in Japan, Korea, India, China, Singapore and Australia/NZ and has 80 employees based in Australia. Working closely with the Cochlear team, there are a variety of internship opportunities available for Macquarie University students. Finance Internship (1 – 2 positions) Cochlear is looking for finance interns to work on a current project under the Finance Manager and closely alongside the Marketing and Logistics team. This specific project will involve analysis and reporting and is a discrete activity that will be of use to the broader organisation in the long-term. The successful students will have: Finance knowledge Previous experience in a work environment Good interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills Previous experience with systems Be a second or third year Finance student Intermediate knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc.) Human Resources Internship – Employee Engagement Analysis Project (2 positions) This project will contribute to a broader project on employee engagement at Cochlear Asia Pacific. Task will include: Analysing data from an employee engagement survey recently conducted (e.g. data on...
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...C H A P T E R eBay’s Business Model AL TE 1 ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ In This Chapter Tracing eBay’s beginnings and early history Learning from eBay’s model of success Connecting with other eBay users for help and advice Exploring eBay’s own workshops and tutorials Learning about eBay’s partnership and affiliate programs I A widely circulated story that is still believed by many eBay users says that the auction site that eventually became eBay was conceived initially as a result of a conversation between Omidyar and his wife, Pam. She commented to Pierre how great it would be if she were able to collect Pez dispensers and interact with other collectors over the Internet. CO eBay is the creation not of a corporate conglomerate, but of one computer programmer who was looking for a way to make it big on the Internet. Pierre Omidyar started eBay in his San Jose, California, living room in September 1995. PY Pierre’s Vision RI GH It’s amazing to think that my nine-year-old daughter will grow up thinking that eBay always existed when in fact eBay is relatively new. In the beginning, when it wasn’t regulated, eBay evolved in a haphazard, personal fashion. If you are wondering where all the regulations and rules came from, you only have to look at how things worked before the site was popular and before it became a highly organized business operation. TE D MA f you want to become an eBay power user, you need to get all the background information...
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...CHAPTER 7—PROJECT CASH FLOWS AND RISK TRUE/FALSE 1. If an investment project makes use of land that the firm currently owns, the project should be charged with the opportunity cost of the land. 2. Net incremental operating cash flow is calculated by adding back the change in depreciation to the change in income after taxes. 3. A key difference between replacement and expansion project analyses is that with replacement, the incremental cash flows are measured as the net difference between projected cash flows from the current productive assets and cash flows of the proposed new productive assets. 4. Empirical studies of risk strongly support the contention that investors who are well diversified focus exclusively on market risk when they establish required returns. 5. Quantification of risk is the easiest part of incorporating risk into capital budgeting; treatment of that calculated risk measure is more difficult. 6. If a firm is considering purchasing an asset whose beta is greater than the current beta of the firm, it should use a discount rate greater than the firm's average required rate of return to evaluate the possible investment. 7. Capital budgeting decisions must be based on the accounting income the project generates since stockholders are concerned with the reported net income the firm generates. 8. A sunk cost is a cash outlay that has already been incurred and that cannot be recovered regardless of whether the project is accepted or rejected. These sunk costs are...
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...Using the Value Chain to Create Competitive Advantage A value chain is a depiction of the value activities that are linked together to create, distribute, and maintain products and services (R. Schultheis and M. Sumner). The value chain is divided into primary and support activities. Inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing, and service make up the primary activities. While on the other hand support activities include all the resources that support the primary activities like the organization, human resources, technologies and purchasing. Most firms are realizing the importance of Information Technology (IT) in ensuring that they obtain a competitive edge over their competitors and a company like Spar supermarket is not an exception. Through the use of barcode scanners Spar is able to ensure that data entry errors are minimal and that the process of data capturing is fast. The store is widely known for selling fresh quality products to its customers. This is made possible by the fact that the store has got its own database of all card carrying members where they record personal details about each buyer. With this, the store is able to obtain timely information about buying trends hence allowing it to aid in the ordering process. Armed with such information, the purchasing department is able to order more of in-demand goods while reducing the quantity of those products less demanded by customers. This also helps the advertising department as it is able to...
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...Logical Framework (LogFRAME) Methodology The logical framework or logframe is an analytical tool used to plan, monitor, and evaluate projects. It derives its name from the logical linkages set out by the planner(s) to connect a project’s means with its ends. The logframe is only one monitoring and evaluation tool and its use does not pre-empt the use of other evaluation tools such as priority-setting or rate-ofreturn analysis. The logframe was originally developed by the United States Department of Defense, and adopted by the United States Agency for International Development in the late 1960s. Since then, it has been applied and modified by many bilateral donors, including Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, and Australia. Source: http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/gender/hambly.htm - International Service for Agricultural Research – “Engendering the Logical Framework – Helen Hambly Odame, Research Officer, ISNAR, August 2001 Logical Framework (LogFRAME)… has the power to communicate a project's objectives clearly and simply on a single page. Its power comes from the ability to incorporate the full range of views of all stakeholders of a project. LogFRAME is a tool for summarising the key features of a project design at the time of project identification (what is it?) during definition (what should we do?) and appraisal (should we do it?). It is an up-front planner which provides the Project Team with essential planning information for the development of project...
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...Victorian Certificate of Education 2013 SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HERE STUDENT NUMBER Letter Figures Words BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Written examination Thursday 14 November 2013 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours) QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK Structure of book Number of questions Number of questions to be answered Number of marks 6 6 65 • Students are to write in blue or black pen. • Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers. • Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape. • No calculator is allowed in this examination. Materials supplied • Question and answer book of 18 pages. • Additional space is available at the end of the book if you need extra paper to complete an answer. Instructions • Write your student number in the space provided above on this page. • All written responses must be in English. Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room. © VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2013 2013 BUSMAN EXAM 2 Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Question 1 (8 marks) a. Identify two characteristics of large-scale organisations. 2 marks Question 1 – continued N O W R IT ING ALLOWED IN T HIS AREA Instructions ...
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...Contents Organizational justice: 1 1: Distributive justice: 1 2: procedural justice: 2 3 interactional justice: 2 Importance of organizational justice: 2 CONDITIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE IN PAKISTAN 3 Organizational citizenship behavior: 3 Definition and concept: 3 Kinds of organizational citizenship Behavior: 3 Altruism: 3 Conscientiousness: 4 Civic virtue: 4 Importance of organization citizenship behavior: 4 Organizational justice: Organizational justice shows the thinking of the employees that are working in the organization how they are being treated fair or unfair. Organizational justice word was first used by green burg (1987) which reflects the behaviors of individuals towards fair practices in the organization. Justice define the action or judgement that is ethically and properly right in terms of injustice we can take an example of a women doing the same job as a man can do but getting the low salary. This play an important in role in making organization reputation and their working environment. Their behaviors are also associated with their working environment, and the main thing the job satisfaction and their attitudes towards the company development if organizational justice is not there in any organization their overall working environment and all the things are being disturbed, turnover is on high and the workers who are worthy will leave the organization and organization have really impact of it and there will be the culture...
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...Có thể nói "diễn biến hòa bình" là một thuật ngữ ra đời từ thập kỷ 60 của thế kỷ XX, khi các thế lực đế quốc, thù địch quốc tế trong cục diện đối đầu giữa hai hệ thống thế giới, đã nhận ra rằng, khó có thể chỉ dùng biện pháp vũ lực để tiêu diệt CNXH, mà phải thay đổi chiến lược, chuyển từ tiến công quân sự là chủ yếu sang tiến công bằng "diễn biến hòa bình". Nghĩa là thực hiện chiến lược xóa bỏ các nước XHCN mà không phải phát động chiến tranh, chỉ cần "diễn biến hòa bình" để chuyển hóa dần CNXH sang quỹ đạo của chủ nghĩa tư bản (CNTB). Nhất là từ những năm 90 của thế kỷ XX, thuật ngữ "diễn biến hòa bình" được sử dụng rộng rãi để thực hiện chiến lược mới của chủ nghĩa đế quốc sau "chiến tranh lạnh" trong âm mưu chống phá CNXH và các nước độc lập có xu hướng tiến bộ, muốn thoát ly ảnh hưởng của Mỹ và phương Tây. Để làm rõ bản chất của chiến lược này, người ta đã dùng nhiều thuật ngữ nhấn mạnh khía cạnh này hay khía cạnh khác của chiến lược "diễn biến hòa bình", như "chiến tranh không tiếng súng", "cuộc chiến không giới tuyến", "chiến tranh nhung lụa", "chiến tranh qua tay người khác"... Mục tiêu của chiến lược do chủ nghĩa đế quốc và các thế lực thù địch vạch ra so với trước không hề thay đổi, đó là tiêu diệt CNXH, bảo vệ sự tồn tại vĩnh hằng của chủ nghĩa đế quốc, CNTB và sự thống trị thế giới của chủ nghĩa đế quốc. Nét mới của chiến lược "diễn biến hòa bình" so với các chiến lược chống cộng, chống CNXH trước đây là ở chỗ: giành được chiến thắng mà không cần dùng đến chiến...
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...Question 1: Describe Dollar General’s business strategy. Why has the company been so successful? Answer: Dollar General is an aggressive competitor in the deep discount retail industry, the main reason for the company’s success is the business strategy, the company believes in locating Dollar General Stores within communities, targeting municipalities that are home to fewer than 20,000 residents. The company believes that filling the role of neighborhood store is a big part of its success. Dollar General accomplishes success by rapidly opening stores and running each store at the lowest operating cost possible. It takes full advantage of this strategy by developing a system for opening new stores that shapes the procedure down to a scant eight days. Dollar General views this system very important for its business success. Question 2: Describe the role of management, organization and technology in Dollar General’s business strategy? Answer: Management plays a vital role in the business strategy of Dollar General, with the opening of a new store the management starts working for hiring the construction team to perform all the work required to bring the Dollar General store on the floor. The organization outlines the proper positioning and placement of for all fixtures and products in guidebook known as planogram, whish are detailed right down to instructing employees organization maintains close control over every aspect of ...
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...A New World Order L II His air flight and visit to the USA He is twenty Everyone seems to be sure of themselves 4. A Place of transition: They are all in the same ‘boat’ (cabin). People do the same practical things and no cultural codes are revealed. This makes him feel comfortable. He is anonymous - like all the other 5. His includes this small passage to show us that he is a ‘baby’traveller and that he is like everybody else. Also to account for the anonymous atmosphere in the plane - the feeling of being in ‘no man’s land’ 6. He feels at home in NY because - again, the diversity here is so widespread that he doesn’t stand out. On the other hand, he knows that he will probably have to find his way himself, and he does’t know wwhere to go. This makes him feel alienated. III His visit with the mother to his birth place in St. Kitts 7. British airways jumbo - roars - he is yong and powerfull - like the plane Time is our friend - he feels comfortable at the beginning Time is now our enemy - he feels awkward with his mother’s confessions The water is still like the surface of the a mirror - It is still quiet, like he is, but he knows what new impressions will meet him A confluence of grace and panic - the way he feels himself This short conversational storm - She uncovers unpleasant details details about his childhood/upbringing that obviously affects him in a negative way There is much history still damped inside of her We get the feeling that...
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...How to write a characterisation: before, while and after writing | Characterisation Before Writing Step 1 – Read the text carefully. Mark the words or sentences or write down the lines that give you information about the character(s). Step 2 – Draw a chart that includes columns like “situation/position”, “outward appearance”, “behaviour”, “words/thoughts”, “feelings/attitudes”, “others’ reactions” or – if you compare characters – “similarities” and “differences” and fill in your notes. Step 3 – Ask yourself if the character(s) change(s) during the development of the text and if so, how. Step 4 – Number your notes and group them. While Writing Step 1 – Write a short introduction in which you present the character(s) and his or her (their) situation. Step 2 – Organise your notes into paragraphs. Every paragraph should deal with one characteristic feature (e.g. friendliness, carelessness, imagination, etc. are all characteristic features). Present the evidence (words or sentences taken from the text that show that your interpretation is right) taken from the text and comment on it. Don’t forget to refer or quote the text. Step 3 – Try to show how the different characteristic features belong together. Step 4 – Write a conclusion that sums up the results of your detailed analysis. After Writing Checklist: (1) Does your introduction lead to the detailed analysis of one or more characters? (2) Does your characterisation...
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...4.0 There is an impact on giving motivational reinforcements to study habits. 4.0 Impact of motivational reinforcement to study habits. Life is dictated by operant conditioning and it is easier to understand than classical conditioning. Operant Conditioning is the concept that you can change someone’s behavior by giving rewards or punishment. Let’s pretend that you HATE cleaning your room (it’s a big stretch here I am sure). Your parents give you $50 every time you clean your room. Will this change your behavior? Sure, you will have a REALLY clean room. But will this change your feelings about cleaning the room? Probably not, you may clean it more, but you will not enjoy it any more than before you received the money. Thus, operant conditioning can change your behavior without changing the way you feel inside; a perfect fit for the behavioral school. Operant conditioning is based on the idea that we make a conscious connection between our behaviors and rewards and punishments. Unlike classical conditioning in which the learner is passive, in operant conditioning the learner plays an active part in the changes in behavior. This field was started by a dude names Edwin Thorndike. Thorndike discovered that cats learn faster if they are rewarded for their behavior (yeah- real genius concept). He called this idea the law of effect that states if the consequences of a behavior are pleasant, the behavior will likely increase. He also stated that is the consequences of...
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...070110354 Özge Özalanyalı Why is positive reinforcement important in the workplace? Reinforcement is a process of strengthening a directly measurable dimension of behavior. When a favorable outcome, event, or reward occurs after an action, that particular response or behavior will be strengthened. In the workplace, each employee’s performance is important in an organization. As employee’s behavior is strengthened or increased based on consequences and purposes such as increasing productivity and improving the morale of an individual or department, supervisors use positive reinforcement. When new employees may have concerns about fitting in with the culture of the workplace, positive reinforcement provide new employees to decrease these concerns and help the employee relax and feel more confident by training or orientation process. Moreover, to facilitate the creation of a profitable program, every feature of the incentive program must be suitable to the participants' interests. Positive reinforcement provide successful incentive program requires clearly defined rules, suitable rewards, efficient communication strategies, and measurable success metrics. Also, positive reinforcement increase the desired behavior reoccurring in the future. If workers receive repeated praise or encouragement for good performance, they continue to do it. For instance, when employee continues to receive positive feedback from his/her supervisor, he/she who receiving praise for arriving at work...
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