...Organizational Philosophies and Technology TEC/401 Organizational Philosophies and Technology Innovations in technology create opportunities as well as challenges for businesses. Organizations continually pursue business standards that support a connection between the fundamentals of the business operations and its ethical obligations. Furthermore, this student will analyze how setting and managing ethical standards using technology influences company’s’ culture, work environment structure, and in what way company’s culture is affected by operating technology to accomplish human resources functions. Setting and Managing Ethical Standards Ethical standards are values that endorse shared values such as kindness, trust, social responsibility, and fairness. For example, in the opening statement in the General Dynamic Standards of Business Ethics and Conduct guide Daniel Johnson President General Dynamics states, “General Dynamics Information Technology is strongly committed to adhering to certain principles of ethical standards and practices. We expect not only General Dynamics employees, but also our partners in business, to abide by these same ethical standards and practices. Please read this booklet carefully as it sets forth the high standards and principles we feel are important in doing business with our company. Be aware that the high standards we are committed to upholding are the same principles that we expect your company and employees to adhere...
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...Organizational Philosophies and Technology A company can control the ethical behavior of their employees through technology. Integrity and professionalism, along with the quality of service to its customers, are what help mold the reputation of a company. Corporate management never needs to be present at the physical location to know whether their employees are following standards or guidelines. The type of ethics a company dictates models the type of culture and environment it chooses to exemplify. Technology is becoming so advanced, companies allow their systems to eliminate incompatible applicants instead of an actual person in their human resources department. Technology is how companies are receiving more production with less manual labor. Email, phone calls, web surfing, and surveillance cameras are all ways companies use to manage the ethical behavior of their employees and implement guidelines. They can pull an email containing inappropriate content before it reaches the intended recipient or prevent employees from surfing the web of unacceptable websites. Employees are restricted from playing games on business computers as well. Companies have ways of monitoring and programming their business computers to where only websites and contacts for that particular network may be access from their systems. They also program the computers to notify a higher person of authority when an employee performs an unauthorized transaction on the system. In a business with...
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...subsidiary in a different continent, it might not be able to observe the same performance from employees. Even though there are signs of increased receptiveness to American culture from other countries, a drastic change to centuries of heritage cannot be expected. Moreover, as mentioned in the case, the HP-Compaq merger will also raise organisational culture issues and it will be a complicated process in optimising synergy in two geographically large companies. The origin of HP and its future lies in technological progress. It was relatively easier for HP to outperform competitors because the pace of new breakthroughs was slower decades ago then it is now in the 21st century. It is thus important for HP to continue monitoring changes in technology and react decisively or it may be left behind. As mentioned in the case, HP failed to take advantage of the Internet and thus lost...
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...Organizational Philosophies and Technology Paper University Of Phoenix Technology 401 Timothy Alexander September 24, 2012 Organizational Philosophies and Technology Paper With the constant changes in technology, it presents more opportunities and challenges for organizations around the world. Technology has definitely changed the way we do business. The advancement in technology has offered new ideas for businesses to monitor employee progress and standards.. Companies need to implement supreme standards that promote unity, coherence, and co-operation between fundamental organizational proceedings and ethical codes of conduct. They need to utilize accessible technology to allow for the corporation to demonstrate and enforce moral and ethical standards with more ease. Upholding strict standards of ethics is what fosters common belief and practice in other morals such as responsibility, honesty, trust, and equality for all. Organizations are each unique in their operations, and therefore they will need to create a code of conduct best suited to their specific demands. This will allow the employees to have clearer cut guidelines to be able to better evaluate their actions in different scenarios. This is not always fool proof; it can still be taxing at times to enforce even ethical standards that are established. Ethical codes set the foundation for all business proceedings, relations, and revenue. In the company’s ethical code it should establish guidelines for topics...
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...Statement Evaluation Matrix” Introduction: Perhaps the best way to develop a skill for evaluating mission statements is to study actual missions. There is no one best mission statement for particular organization, so a good judgment is required in evaluating mission statements. Evaluation of a mission statement regarding inclusion of the nine components is just the initiation of the process to assess a statement’s overall effectiveness. Effective statements should include nine components that can be understood well by the following examples of mission statements and their evaluation matrix. Components of the Mission Statements: 1- Customers 2- Products or services 3- Markets 4- Technology 5- Concern for survival, growth and profitability 6- Philosophy 7- Self Concept 8- Concern for public image 9- Concern for employees We have used the mission statement evaluation matrix to analyze the effectiveness of mission statements of three major companies working globally. Mission Statement of Nestle: “Good food is a primary source of god health throughout life. We strive to bring consumers foods that are safe, of high quality and provide optimal nutrition to meet psychological needs. In addition to nutrition, health and wellness, Nestle products bring consumers the vital ingredients of taste and pleasure” Analysis: I. Customers Customers have been prioritized for safe, high quality and optimal nutrition with products having best ingredients...
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...“What We Talk About When We Talk About Context”, Paul Dourish makes the distinction between context as a representational (positivistic) and as an interactional (phenomenological) problem 16 The iconic example of a hammer What makes a hammer a hammer? Ein Ding / Thing? No, Zeug / ‘Equipment’ ”Equipment is a solicitation to act” 17 The door handle 18 An experiment! Vorhandenheit -> Zuhandenheit Present-at-hand -> Ready-to-hand 19 The origin of science Heidegger: Firstly and most of the time we are not scientists. Science only starts when the equipment breaks down. Consequence: Technology precedes science. Both historically and logically. Don Ihde: ”All science is technoscience” ”No instruments, no science” 20 Heidegger: Die Frage nach der Technik Another iconic contribution to the philosophy of technology. Most often as a punching bag. Many criticize Heidegger’s attempt to talk about the ”Technik” in singular. But when connected to Sein und Zeit, one can see that Heidegger is talking about a way to approach the world. Die Technik is the way in which our present-day epoch discloses the world. His thesis: Die Technik has replaced our previous relation to the world with a technological (Vorhandenheit / Present-at-hand) The world encounters us as Bestand (English: ”Reserve”). The river is water power to be harvested, people are human ressources and giraffes are assets in the Experience...
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...MTE 501 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com MTE 501 Entire Course MTE 501 Week 1 Individual Assignment Evolution of Education Timeline MTE 501 Week 2 Individual Assignment Educational Issues MTE 501 Week 2 Team Assignment Educational Learning Opportunities MTE 501 Week 3 Individual Assignment Philosophical and Educational Perspectives MTE 501 Week 3 Team Assignment Educator Philosophy Interview MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Classroom Observation MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Ethical Decisions Presentation MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Professional Expectations Brochure ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MTE 501 Week 1 Individual Assignment Evolution of Education Timeline For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Watch all eight sections of "The History of Education" video. Reflect on how education has evolved in your own lifetime. Create a timeline or use a timeline maker, such as the one from the ReadWriteThink® website, to display how educational policies and practices have evolved throughout your lifetime. Include a minimum of eight entries. At least two of those entries must describe important government mandates that have made major contributions to the field of education. • All entries on your timeline must be supported by an explanation and citation. Develop a list of references used to create the timeline. Format your citations...
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...overviews of a company. It is what separates a company with similar visions and goals from the next. A good mission statement provides a detailed understanding of a company’s unique purpose, functions and operations, products and services, market type and terms of technology. A mission statement also represent the business philosophy of strategic decisions to the firms self concept, primary customer needs of satisfaction, which in all reflect the values and priorities of the company’s performance over a life time. This is a detailed overview of how to construct a well developed mission statement using an example of Facebook a live networking websites. (Strategic Management, 12th Edition, pg 21) Face book’s mission is “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” (Facebook) As mentioned above, a mission statement is an overview of the company. A well written mission statement will provide in details its company’s unique purpose, functions and operations, products and services, market type, terms of technology, self concept, customer satisfaction, values, and priorities of the company’s performance which are not listed within the facebook’s mission statement. They do provide a philosophy, but it also does not give full details of how they provide users with satisfaction. The missing characteristics of the mission statement make their statement underdeveloped under several circumstances. The missing mission statement characteristics make it hard...
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...MTE 501 Entire Course For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com MTE 501 Entire Course MTE 501 Week 1 Individual Assignment Evolution of Education Timeline MTE 501 Week 2 Individual Assignment Educational Issues MTE 501 Week 2 Team Assignment Educational Learning Opportunities MTE 501 Week 3 Individual Assignment Philosophical and Educational Perspectives MTE 501 Week 3 Team Assignment Educator Philosophy Interview MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Classroom Observation MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Ethical Decisions Presentation MTE 501 Week 4 Individual Assignment Professional Expectations Brochure MTE 501 Week 4 Team Assignment Ethical Decisions Presentation ----------------------------------------------- MTE 501 Week 1 Individual Assignment Evolution of Education Timeline For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Watch all eight sections of "The History of Education" video. Reflect on how education has evolved in your own lifetime. Create a timeline or use a timeline maker, such as the one from the ReadWriteThink® website, to display how educational policies and practices have evolved throughout your lifetime. Include a minimum of eight entries. At least two of those entries must describe important government mandates that have made major contributions to the field of education. • All entries on your timeline must be supported by an explanation and citation. Develop a list of references used to create the timeline. Format your...
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...Micah Ballard Dispositions and Philosophy Paper Education 2010 Section 1 Charles Preston 4/25/11 Dispositions of a teacher are some of the most important topics we covered through the semester in Education 201. Teacher dispositions, if followed correctly, can be looked at as the prototypical teacher who can arrive at a school and not only help out the school, but also help of the children. The main dispositions of learning consist of the commitment to diversity, commitment to ethics, commitment to the teaching profession, and knowing the philosophies and theories of education. Throughout a semester of a number of speakers, class documents, and Martin Haberman’s Star Teachers, I feel like I have learned how important these dispositions truly are for the success of a teacher and what I need to work on to better myself to become a true star educator. The first disposition of teaching is the commitment to diversity. Commitment to diversity is a strong point of mine because I have first handedly seen the benefits of diversity in the schools. In one hand I went to a middle school that was about 30% African American, 25% Hispanic, and 45% White. On the other hand I went to a high school that was almost 95% White, 4% African American, and 1% Hispanic. I feel like the students I went to school with in the diverse community had a more open mind about society in a whole which clearly made for better learning. I also observed that the teachers at the diverse school seemed to have...
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...myself and have an effective means of sharing that love with students. This love of learning, I believe, is what makes a teacher and drives them to continually seek better, more effective methods of teaching. For millennia, teachers have been developing effective learning methods pioneered by philosophers such as Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato. Unfortunately, these men never achieved unanimity. Instead, they laid the foundation for a philosophy of education debate that continues today. Part of the problem with trying to reach a conclusion for how to effectively teach lies within the diversity of learning styles in students. In addition, not all teachers have the same gifts for teaching. This is why I believe that it is important for every teacher to discover an education philosophy that works with his or her unique teaching style. This philosophy will guide them throughout their teaching career and will define them when they step into their teaching role. Through experimenting with many different teaching methods, I’ve created my own philosophy that encompasses elements of progressivism and constructivism. The first theory of education, progressivism, has played a key role in my education growing up and has been one of the strongest influences in shaping who I am today. For as long as I can remember, I have loved asking questions. As my constant stream of questions became so inextricably intertwined with the way that I learn, a simple answer or explanation from someone else...
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...Library Philosophy and Practice 2008 ISSN 1522-0222 Importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Making a Heathy Information Society: A Case Study of Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria Monday Obaidjevwe Ogbomo Esoswo Francisca Ogbomo Department of Library and Information Science Delta State University Abraka, Nigeria Introduction There is widespread research interest in information and communication technologies (ICTs). According to Crede & Mansell (1998), ICTs are crucially important for sustainable development in developing countries. Thioune (2003) notes that for the past two decades most developed countries have witnessed significant changes that can be traced to ICTs. These multi-dimensional changes have been observed in almost all aspects of life: economics, education, communication, and travel. In a technologydriven society, getting information quickly is important for both sender and receiver. ICTs have made it possible to quickly find and distribute information. Thoiune (2003) indicates that many initiatives have taken at the international level to support Africa's efforts to develop a communication infrastructure and. These efforts are designed to enable African countries, including Nigeria, to find faster ways to achieve durable and sustainable development. Helmut (1998), cited by Akpore (1999), states that of the technological changes that have influenced our lives in recent years, information technology (IT) has...
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...environment 2. The integration of work design and technology 3. A culture of Radical Loving Care 2. I wanted Mercy Gilbert to be free from overhead paging, in-room intercoms, loud machines rolling down hard, long hallways or voices calling to each other at the nurse’s station. 3. For a hospital to promote healing, it needs to provide a quiet environment that allows patients to sleep. Patients’ bodies perform the most repair during sleep. Cells regenerate faster during sleep. So why, in the very setting where healing is most needed, do hospitals allow for high levels of noise and sleep deprivation? 4. A good healing hospital offers highly technical advancements, but is able to integrate the technology into a caring environment delivered by a compassionate staff. 5. A second key component of a Healing Hospital™ is the integration of work design and technology. Working with our designers, we found ways to enable staff to work more efficiently, to provide additional privacy and security for patients and to use technology to promote the healing environment. 6. The third and most critical component of a Healing Hospital™ is embracing a culture of Radical Loving Care, a philosophy championed by healthcare industry leader Erie Chapman. It is easy to promote a beautiful building, artwork, gardens and technology. But if a hospital lacks the culture of compassionate care and the people committed to that philosophy, you do not have a Healing Hospital. Instead, you...
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...often opposing collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economical inequalities. One institutionally predominant type of feminism focuses on limiting or eradicating gender inequality to promote women's rights, interests, and issues in society. Another opposing type of modern feminism, with deep historical roots, focuses on earning, and establishing equity by and for women, vis-a-vis men, to promote those same rights, interests, and issues, regardless of gender considerations. Thus, as with any ideology, political movement or philosophy, there is no single, universal form of feminism that represents all feminists. The most well-known types of feminism are: liberal feminism, social feminism, radical feminism, and post-modern feminism. Liberal feminism seeks no special privileges for women and simply demand that everyone receive equal consideration without discrimination on the basis of sex. Liberal feminists would seek to remove barriers that prevent equal access for women to information technology jobs not only to provide economic equality but to provide access to higher-paying jobs for women. In contrast to liberal feminism, socialist feminism rejects individualism and positivism. Social feminism believes that technology and the social shaping of technology have often been conceptualized in terms of men, excluding women at all levels...
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...Heidegger, everything has an essence, yet that essence is concealed to humans. Descartes’s philosophy placed a heavy emphasis on deductive reasoning and mathematics. He developed analytic geometry and the Cartesian coordinate system which helped scientists use mathematics to model the physical world. One of his influences on today’s world is his philosophy of mind, dualism, where the mind is a nonphysical substance. Descartes proposed that reality consists of two separate realms: a physical realm and a mental realm. The physical realm is the realm of matter and energy. Its properties can be measured and studied by science. Everything in this realm operates only by mechanical properties. Descartes included the body as part of the physical realm, viewing it as a biological machine with no free will. Descartes’s view that the body is a machine has led a mechanical approach in medicine, because Descartes views technology as separate from ethics. This idea is prevalent in today’s philosophy – computer science majors are not required to take a morality course. This means technology is being developed without ethics. This is a dangerous stance. As Heidegger points out, “everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it.” Therefore, ethical technology needs to be addressed. But to address this issue, one must also consider how humans arrive at technology in the first place. Epistemology is the theory of...
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