...them to ask for clarification. When sending emails and instant messages, I typically know the recipient and tend to tailor the message based on that association. It can be tricky to send instant messages though, even to people I have known for a long time. Since I am unable to use voice fluctuation and facial expression to show excitement, sarcasm, or any other emotion in the message, I don’t know if the meaning of my message was received as I intended it, until I get a response. When delivering a message verbally it is much easier for me to get my point across. When having a one on one conversation, I can tell my message is being received, or not being received by how engaged the recipient is. As an example of this, if I see that the person I am talking to...
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...Introduction Recruitment and selection key points • A well-researched and designed person specification, detailing fair and objective criteria, provides the starting point for the whole recruitment and selection process. • It is important that the recruitment and selection policies and procedures comply with legislative requirements. • Policies and procedures must be backed up by robust employment practices, supported by clear selection documentation. • A combination of suitable selection methods should be used, depending on the nature of the vacancy. • All staff involved in administration, shortlisting, interviewing and other means of assessment should receive appropriate skills and equal opportunities training. • Adequate records should be kept of all stages of the process, including the reasons for selection decisions. • The successful candidate should be the closest fit to the person specification and should fulfil all the essential requirements. In-depth Content on this page • 1Shortlisting o 1.1Equality in shortlisting o 1.2Disabled candidates o 1.3Psychometric testing o 1.4Automated shortlisting • 2Interview planning o 2.1Arrangements for disabled candidates o 2.2Preparing for the interview o 2.3Interviewing o 2.4Interviewing disabled candidates o 2.5Panel interviews • 3Making the selection • 4Record keeping • 5Data protection issues • o 5.1Access to records • 6Job offers o 6.1Conditional offers o 6.2Discovering inconsistencies o 6.3References ...
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...Q5. Give four reasons why a business rules approach is advocated as a new paradigm for specifying information systems requirements. Sol. The accompanying are the four reasons why business rules methodology is upheld as another standard for indicating the information systems requirements: a. Business rules can be considerd as the core concept in a enterprise as they are an expression of any business policy, and they guide the individual and the sumup of the overall behaviour. b. Business rules are considered as the core concepts in an enterprise since they are an expression of business policy, and they guide individual and aggregate behavior. Well organized rules of a business can be expressed as characteristic dialect for end clients and in a information model for system developers. c. Business rules should be expressed in the terms that are familiar to the end users. Thus, users can define and then maintain their own rules. The business rules should be highly maintainable: they will be stored inside a central repository and each rule will be expressed only single time, then will be shared all over the organization. Requirement of business guidelines can be automated by using the software that can interpret the guidelines and enforce them using the integrity mechanisms of the database management system. d. Enforcement of the business rules can be automated by using the software which can interpret the rules and implement the rules using the coupling mechanisms...
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...of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma * Planned as a $ 50 million complex * Consisting a 52 storied building, a hotel, a shopping centre & a performing arts centre * 25,000 sq ft. dedicated to food service establishments * Cafeteria & fast food places on 1st floor * On 2nd floor a restaurant overlooking the skating rink from the west end * First rate restaurant on the 3rd or plaza level * Consists of Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the Tulsa Convention Center, and the BOK Center * In addition to casual shoppers, retail area expected to draw 7000 persons employed in the BOK Tower and 500 guests of the hotel Requirement for Research Project * Most major investments in the area made in the last few years based only upon intuitive feelings about CBD * Lack of information hampering industrial decision making and commercial marketing efforts * Many downtown firms might be interested in the type of information Williams Corporation desired * Information Deficiency includes: 1. Quantity and nature of downtown population 2. Commercial enterprise (and vacancy) inventory 3. Business sector opinion about...
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...Groups should consist of 3 to 4 individuals. Exceptions to this can be made for offcampus students if they can demonstrate difficulty in finding group members. You are free to form your own groups, whether through face-to-face contact or by using the ‘group formation’ forum on CloudDeakin. Ensure once your group is formed that you register it on CloudDeakin. You are required to finalise your group formation by the second week of trimester. GROUP WORK TIPS Your group will benefit from diversity. You are encouraged to form groups with a broad range of skills covering quantitative analysis, writing, editing skills and leadership skills. You should also try to form groups that cover diverse industry groups and cultural backgrounds. You should consider appointing a leader for the group. The role of the leader is to coordinate meetings and set deadlines. However, the group should still agree on decisions made by the leader and the group cannot expect the leader to bear responsibility for the group’s performance. At the initial stage, avoid assigning different tasks to each member. You are encouraged to work as a group, meaning you should first think about the project as a whole, write down some bullet points, and then meet together to work out a plan prior to the assigning of tasks. Also, do not expect to simply ‘compile’ different bits and pieces from each member to form an assignment. The group needs to sit down and ensure the whole paper reads consistently and is interconnected. Set...
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...fallacies and rhetoric. What are two examples of persuasion that are not valid arguments according to the text? Why are these invalid arguments? Argument from Popularity is an example of an invalid argument. To to justify or defend an action or practice on the grounds that it is common or doing things because that's the way they've always been done are two types of arguments from popularity as stated in chapter 6. Just because most people believe something is a fact is not evidence that it is a fact. A peer pressure argument is another example of an invalid argument. Substantiating pride of membership in a group is exceedingly common. Nationalism is a powerful emotion that can lead to blindly endorsing a countries beliefs and practices. These are two examples of a peer pressure argument. A persons want to be excepted is not evidence that their beliefs are fact. 2.What are some methods you might use to determine the reliability of the data you gather? Why is it important to analyze your data to determine if it's reliable? A couple methods used to determine if your data is reliable. First compare your data to similar studies. Do not rely on just on source, but research multiple sources on the same topic. You can feel fairly confident that the data is complete and accurate if they agree with each other. Second research the authors of any written data your using as well as the researchers involved in gathering the information. When conducting research for an...
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...composite and specialty fields, basically at issue like whether human behavior can be subjected to scientific study. It is a firm assumption of social scientists now-a-days that social behaviour can be subjected to scientific study as legitimately as can atoms, cells and so forth. Like physical scientists, social scientists seek to discover regularity and order. The social scientist looks for regularity in social behavior. He does this through careful observation and measurement, discovery of relationship, and framing of models and theories. The Search for Social Regularities Measuring Social Phenomena The first building block of science is measurement, or systematic observation. There is no fundamental reason why social scientists cannot measure phenomena relevant to their enquiry. The age and sex of people can be measured. Place of birth and marital status can be measured in a number of different ways, varying in accuracy and economy. Aggregate social behaviour can be measured systematically as well. The political scientist can determine, the election-day voting behavior of the entire electorate or of individual precincts. The amount of traffic over a given section of highway can be measured at different points of time. Consumer's behaviour could be measured. Preference patterns for a product can also be measured. Attitudes may be measured, although this is a point of broad disagreement....
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...| Course Syllabus School of Business XBCOM/275 Version 3 Business Communications and Critical Thinking | Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the foundations of communication in a business setting. Students will develop skills in critical thinking and decision making through the forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Other topics include communication ethics and cross-cultural communications, personal communication styles, solving organizational problems, and the evaluation of an organization’s strategic direction. Policies Students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Moore, B. N., & Parker, R. (2012). Critical thinking (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Quintanilla, K., & Wahl, S. (2014). Business and professional communication: Keys for workplace...
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...of research practice and its depth as a discourse of theoretical insight. It does not have one neat, widely accepted definition. Points to some reasons for the difficulty of formulating a generally accepted definition of action research, and argues why action research should not be confined but should be both clarified for communication and open for development. The discussion stems from a working definition developed with participants in an international symposium that serves as a classic definition of action research. Presents several alternative approaches to resolution and argues for a judicious mix of pragmatism and flexibility in approaching the definition issue. Why keep a diary? * To keep a detailed history of your research process as it unfolds; * To track the development of your research skills and understanding; * To provide a context for reflecting on your research and the problems it throws up; * To enable you to have an overview of progress over a period of time; * To provide a reference point for what happened when in the process. Some overarching principles on the reflective process The reflective cycle is a learning cycle. In this cycle, we start with an event or experience. We note what happened, how we reacted to it, establish what we have learned, and consider what we might take away from that learning and apply in the research process. You can keep the following topics and questions at the back of your mind to maintain...
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...Entrepreneurship TERM PAPER Research paper on the subject of whether it’s better, as a career choice, to be an entrepreneur or work for others Is it better to be an entrepreneur or an employee? Most of the academic research focuses on finding external factors or personal qualities that create entrepreneurs. In early academic papers emphasis has been on psychology and sociology, while more recent research is focusing more on economic perspective. Overall, entrepreneurs are a minority if compared to paid employees. There are most certainly more people who choose to work for someone else rather than attempt to be an entrepreneur. Reasons behind this career choice are very different. Most obvious reason for a rational person might be financial benefits. Research done by Hamilton (2000) shows that initial earnings as well as earning growth is much larger for paid employees in the first 10 years if compared to entrepreneurs, not even including fringe benefits. However, money is definitely not the only factor that affects the career choice when it comes to a decision, whether to become an entrepreneur or to go work for someone else. If entrepreneurs are perceived as utility-maximizing individuals, then independence, risk bearing, work effort, and perquisites associated with self-employment plays a very vital role in their career choice (Douglas and Shepher, 2000). In the following parts of this research paper, various benefits and shortcoming of being an entrepreneur...
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...services. Most organizations, both large and small, establish salary ranges for every position based on standards and general practices for the field. Organizations determine where an employee falls in the salary range based on experience and special expertise or knowledge. It is in the organization’s best interest to hire you for fair market value for several reasons. First, the hiring process can be long and expensive. It would be inefficient for an organization to make low offers only to be rejected and have to begin the recruiting process all over again. Second, organizations want to hire and retain good employees. It is unproductive to pay you less than other employees. The What, Why, and When of Salary Negotiation What is it? Salary negotiation is the process of reaching an agreement on what an organization will pay for your skills, knowledge, and experience. Contrary to popular belief, this is not an adversarial process. It is both the organization’s and your best interest to come to a mutually beneficial agreement. Why or Why Not Negotiate? The only reason is to get fair market value for your skills, experience, and knowledge. The process is important for future earning because most raises will be based on your starting salary. However, it is unwise to negotiate for negotiation’s sake. For example, sometimes job seekers think a hiring manager expects them to negotiate, or that salaries should be negotiated as a...
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...that they are providing equal opportunities. As we have effectively found, the Metropolitan Police welcomes applications from an extensive variety of residents. Each Public Service needs to guarantee that their enrollment strategies don't victimize any part of society, and that all applications are managed decently; this reasonableness should likewise shape the premise of the professions that open administration work force accomplish. The Open administrations of the UK utilize an extensive variety of strategies to guarantee that their approaches and techniques offer workers and others the best chance of getting fairness in the administrations they give. The British Army considers that advancing balance and differing qualities will enhance its operational viability, trusting it adjusts the privileges of the person with the requirements of the whole group. A large portion of people in general administrations in the UK uniformed bodies that speak to minority bunches inside of the administration; one of these is the National Black Police Association (NBPA). The goal of the NBPA is to advance great relations and uniformity inside of the police constabularois of the UK, and between the police and more extensive group. The NBPA meets frequently with the Home Office and key advisory groups in government, and tries to advance...
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...different because many thoughtful questions would emerge and are valued to be answered. However, many people won’t be honest in these situations. Companies that provide information also hope to obtain information from other companies. There’s no doubt that people wish enough financial details to make some predictions. But more and more corporate choose “selective disclosure”, which is corrupt behavior about accepted by the whole America. Chairman Levitt cracked down on this kind of behavior. At the same time, Mr. Buffett doesn’t agree that CEO should make too many efforts to make too often predictions, which may cause trouble. For one thing, a much too high growth rate would spread unwarranted optimism. For another, announcing such a high rate might force companies to make some unwise decision. Three advices are provided to investors. Many occupations have their own standard requirements which are easy to measure while CEOs don’t, because nobody can describe what bosses should do and bosses don’t have immediate superior who would measure CEOs. Though directors and shareholders have changed very much, commentators seldom find any differences among three fundamentally different situations. It would cost a long time to monitor a manager’s ability and honesty....
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...intended to encourage such institutions to fully consider if there is need for a biometric system in the first place and then to assess the privacy impact of different systems. The critical issues to be considered from a data protection perspective are the proportionality of introducing a biometric system and the requirement to obtain the signed consent of the student users (and their parents or guardians in the case of minors) giving them a clear and unambiguous right to opt out of the system without penalty. The document is not intended to promote any particular system, but is intended to make schools and colleges aware of their responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003. It is the use of a biometric system that may give rise to a data protection concern, not necessarily the production or sale of a system. All situations must be judged on a case-by-case basis. 1. Different types of Biometric systems All biometric systems operate on the basis of the automatic identification or authentication/verification of a person. What differs between systems is the nature of the biometric and the type of storage. 1.1 Information used to generate biometric data Biometric data may be created from physical or physiological characteristics of a person. These include a fingerprint, an iris, a retina, a face, outline of a hand, an ear shape, voice pattern, DNA, and body odour. Biometric data might also be created from behavioural data such as hand writing or keystroke analysis...
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...The Paper-Free Process Revolution Handbook Automating your manual (and paper-centric) processes will revolutionize your business—making it faster, flexible, and more responsive Edited and written by Betsy Fanning and Bryant Duhon Introduction Let’s get this straight from the beginning; using less paper isn’t just about “going green” or saving the rain forest. Using less paper in your business processes will revolutionize your business—making it faster, flexible, and more responsive to the needs of your customers. At least since the Sumerians wrote down transactions on baked clay tablets, documents have been the foundation of business. And while we no longer need to lug around those heavy clay documents (and watch out for water); if you’re using paper to manage your business then you aren’t any more efficient—or faster—than a civilization that existed 4,000 years ago. It doesn’t have to be this way. The technology is available. More importantly, the technology works. We have been scanning documents and moving them around business electronically for over 25 years; and that’s a good start. But, to match the pace of business today; content must be mobilized and harnessed for business use as soon as possible. Advances in scanning speeds, declining prices, and imaging and recognition software have combined to dramatically improve the concept of the digital mailroom—converting those inbound paper documents to digital format to directly feed business process; accounts payable...
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