...Modern GPUs use most of their transistors to do calculations related to 3D computer graphics. They were initially used to accelerate the memory-intensive work of texture mapping and rendering polygons, later adding units to accelerate geometric calculations such as the rotation and translation of vertices into different coordinate systems. Recent developments in GPUs include support for programmable shaders which can manipulate vertices and textures with many of the same operations supported by CPUs, oversampling and interpolation techniques to reduce aliasing, and very high-precision color spaces. Because most of these computations involve matrix and vector operations, engineers and scientists have increasingly studied the use of GPUs for non-graphical calculations. An example of GPUs being used non-graphically is the generation of Bitcoins, where the graphical processing unit is used to solve puzzles. In addition to the 3D hardware, today's GPUs include basic 2D acceleration and framebuffer capabilities (usually with a VGA compatibility mode). Newer cards like AMD/ATI HD5000-HD7000 even lack 2D acceleration, it has to be emulated by 3D hardware. [edit]GPU accelerated video decoding The ATI HD5470 GPU (above) features UVD 2.1 which enables it to decode AVC and VC-1 video formats- GPU from Vaio E series laptop Most GPUs made since 1995 support the YUV color space and hardware overlays, important for digital video playback, and many GPUs made since 2000 also support MPEG...
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...Business Analysis - Part 1 In this paper I am taking on the role as a mutual fund manager making a decision on if to invest funds into Bank of America (BoA). Over the next three weeks I will conduct an extensive business analysis on BoA and this paper is part one of three of the complete analysis. Part one of the business analysis of BoA consists of a SWOT analysis and my point of view in regard to which part of this analysis is the deciding factor for me to invest in this company or not. In addition all internal and external stakeholders will be identified and their want and needs described. An explanation of how BoA is fulfilling the different needs of the different stakeholders will be the last section of part one in this business analysis. SWOT analysis of Bank of America “Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations. It is the largest bank holding company in the United States, by assets, and the second largest bank by market capitalization. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries and has a relationship with 99% of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83% of the Fortune Global 500.” (MBA lectures, 2010) A SWOT analysis is defined as: “SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. By definition, Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W) are considered to be internal factors over which you have some measure of control. Also...
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...SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats | | |Main Section |Contributed by Val Renault | | |Edited by Jerry Schultz | What is a SWOT analysis and why should you use one? When do you use SWOT? What are the elements of a SWOT analysis? How do you create a SWOT analysis? How do you use your SWOT analysis? Opposition is an inevitable part of change and one that can significantly impact your community organizing. However, if you know how to take stock of the opposition inside and outside of your effort or group, you are more likely to plan and act effectively. That's where SWOT analysis comes in. SWOT can help you handle both ordinary and unusual situations in your community health or development initiative, by giving you a tool to explore both internal and external factors that may influence your work. What is a SWOT analysis and why should you use one? The name says it: Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat. A SWOT analysis guides you to identify the positives and negatives inside your organization (S-W) and outside of it, in the external environment (O-T). Developing a full awareness of your situation can help with both strategic planning and decision-making. The SWOT method (which is sometimes called TOWS) was originally developed...
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...sometimes answering either rather than both parts of the question. SWOT analysis was being used – students need to be weaned off this tool. Performance on questions 2 and 3 was less impressive with students mixing up strategy development tools (Q2) with strategy implementation (Q3) tools. Generally there was some understanding of both.Students performed relatively well on question 1 (internal and external environment analysis) sometimes answering either rather than both parts of the question. SWOT analysis was being used – students need to be weaned off this tool. Performance on questions 2 and 3 was less impressive with students mixing up strategy development tools (Q2) with strategy implementation (Q3) tools. Generally there was some understanding of both.Students performed relatively well on question 1 (internal and external environment analysis) sometimes answering either rather than both parts of the question. SWOT analysis was being used – students need to be weaned off this tool. Performance on questions 2 and 3 was less impressive with students mixing up strategy development tools (Q2) with strategy implementation (Q3) tools. Generally there was some understanding of both.Students performed relatively well on question 1 (internal and external environment analysis) sometimes answering either rather than both parts of the question. SWOT analysis was being used – students need to be weaned off this tool. Performance on questions 2 and 3 was less impressive with students mixing...
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...Guidelines for SWOT Analysis Pick any company –team The purpose of this project is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate and apply your knowledge and skills in analyzing an organization’s external and internal environments as well as its mission, goals and strategy. The following guidelines specify some critical issues you need to address in identifying the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and relating the SWOT of the organization to its mission, goals and strategy. Please read the guidelines carefully before starting your work. Part I: Identification of Organizational Mission & Goals 1) What is the business scope of the organization? Be sure to provide both consumer and product definitions of the organization’s business. 2) What is the vision of the organization? 3) What are the unique values and philosophies of the organization? 4) What are the strategic goals pursued by the organization? Part II: Analysis of External Environment 1) What opportunities and threats do you see or foresee from the general external environment of the organization? 2) What influence does each of Porter’s five forces have on the industry environment of the organization? If the organization operates in more than one industry or market, choose and focus on one in your analysis. 3) Which of the five forces represent opportunities for the organization? Which of them present threats to the organization...
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...A SWOT Analysis view of the software development industry Georgios Kormaris Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands gkormari@cs.uu.nl WWW home page: http://www.cs.uu.nl/ Introduction I n the past twenty to thirty years many changes and developments have taken place in the software industry which started off during the 1960s mainly in the United States of America and experienced a revolutionary boom since the 1980s, Steinmueller, (1995). There are many different ways and methods of developing software and planning the strategy of a software development company, as we can derive from many recent research projects. Most of these projects are usually concerned with the way that software is developed and not with the way that the strategy of the company as a whole is planned, Cusumano, MacCormack, Kemerer, & Crandall, (2003). Another important factor is which techniques and methods are used to analyze company’s environment and how the strategy is formulated and implemented. In this paper we analyze a popular method for strategic planning which has been mostly used for product portfolio planning and strategic planning on an abstract level, as stated in a research paper by Houben, Lenie, & Vanhoof, (1999). We will focus our interest in the software industry and base our research on the case study of the Austrian software industry as it is presented by Bernroider, (2002). Additionally, certain guidelines are...
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...Marketing Principles and Analysis MKT 305 Winter Quarter 2014-2015 Instructor: Bill Froese Office Location: See Blackboard Office Hours: See Blackboard Phone: 224-616-4789 Email: wfroese@robertmorris.edu Course: MKT 305 Quarter Hours: 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will introduce students to key marketing principles including the marketing concept, management of the marketing mix (product, price, place and promotion), analysis of the external environment, ethical issues in marketing, segmentation, targeting and positioning. This course examines how organizations discover needs or wants that they can serve in the market place. Upon completion of the course, students should understand and appreciate the significant role that marketing plays in our fast-changing global marketplace. LENGTH OF COURSE: 10 weeks TEXTBOOK: Boone, Louis E. and Kurtz, David L. Contemporary Marketing, 15th Edition 2013. Mason, Ohio. Southwestern/Cengage, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-111-57971-5 NOTE: Make sure you get the 15th Edition and not the 16th! There is also a bundled package including the Text with Blackboard MindLink for CourseMate and e-text access printed access code card. ISBN: 978-1-305-59157-8 Finally, you can get the Blackboard MindLink for CourseMate and e-text access printed access code card. ISBN: 9781285369488 Special Note Regarding CourseMate: CourseMate supplemental resources are bundled with the purchase of a new textbook. CourseMate can become...
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...Jialei Wang Strategy Dr. Alan Smith March 9, 2016 Chapter 6 Homework 1) Describe SWOT analysis as a way to guide internal analysis. How does this approach reflect the basic strategic management process? It is a widely used technique where managers create a quick overview of a company’s strategic situation. The basic premise behind SWOT analysis is that an effective strategy derives from a sound “fit” between a firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses and its external situation. The idea is to leverage the company’s strengths in light of the opportunities and minimize its weaknesses and threats. SWOT analysis is an integral part of the strategic management process because strategy is derived after a sound analysis of the firm’s internal and external environment is completed 2) What are potential weaknesses of SWOT analysis? There are four main limitation of SWOT analysis. First, a SWOT analysis can overemphasize internal strengths and downplay external threats. Strategists have to be vigilant in giving due consideration to the external environment’s impact on the firm’s strengths. Second, a SWOT analysis can be static and can risk ignoring changing circumstances. Therefore, strategic managers must be aware of change when doing SWOT analysis or other planning techniques. Third, a SWOT analysis can overemphasize a single strength or element of strategy. Lastly, strength is not necessarily a source of competitive advantages. 3) Describe the difference between primary...
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...MGT 521 WEEK 2 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mgt-521-week-2/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 521 WEEK 2 week 2 complete 1- Complete the Effective Research and Writing at University of Phoenix Module. Save a screen shot of the completion screen as a Microsoft Word document on your computer once you finish the module. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment 2- Navigate to the My Career Plan in Phoenix Career Services. Complete the Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preferences. Note. Access to Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preferences is only available after you complete the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies. Write a paper of no more than 350 words discussing the results of your Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preferences and Competencies. Reflect on your results. How can knowing your ideal work culture help you in developing strategic and operational plans to achieve organizational goals? Which competencies are essential to conducting a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis? How do your competencies relate to the essential competencies for conducting a SWOT analysis? Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. 3- You have decided to pursue an MBA degree either to further your career, start a new career, or achieve a personal goal. In this program, you will study the functional areas of business. ...
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...Assignment – 2 Submitted To: Anisur Rahman Sir Course Instructor Submitted By: *************** *************** [pic] Bangladesh University of Professionals Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: By doing this assignment I have come to be acquainted with about the ways to assess an institutions SWOT. It has enhanced my ideas & helped me congregate experiences associated to management that would be, I am sure, extremely helpful for my future in whatever carrier I choose. I want to thank our course instructor, for giving me the opportunity to analysis the SWOT of BUP. Table of Contents |Topic |Page no. | |What is SWOT? |3 | |How to do SWOT Analysis |3 | |Why is SWOT analysis important? |4 | |The SWOT Matrix Model |5 | |About BUP |6 | |The SWOT Analysis of...
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...motivating the team members to align their behaviour with the company’s core values. Despite the fact that I was not given formal training on managing, leading and motivating a team, my team performance was always above average. I look forward to handling more challenging management role that is why I am in IBAM to pursue a Master in Business Administration (MBA) As a result of the lapses noticed in my skills of managing people and myself, I hope to focus my Personal Development Plan (PDP) on the skills identified in this piece of work, known as the ‘big 5s’. This piece of work will deal with two main areas of, skills audit to identify the skills to develop, and a SMART action plan to help me achieve perfection. However, I will also leverage on SWOT analysis and the Kolb learning cycle in identifying the ‘big 5s’. 2.0 Skills Audit 2.1 Definition The skills audit is ‘a convenient way of identifying the capabilities available to an individual for a specific task...’ (rdi, 2010; p1) Below is the skills audit template; SKILLS AUDIT TEMPLATE SKILL | SKILL LEVELLow High | SPECIFIC COMMENTS |...
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...Assessment Task 1 Outcome 1 Introduction Alphabet Games small company based in Scotland which develops software and games. The business was formed in 2001 by three companions with a passion to develop games and software which has resulted in it becoming a multi-million pound business. The aim of this case study is to identify four forces which may affect Alphabet Games using a recognised analytical framework. A SWOT analysis is to be carried out in order to analyse and illustrate the relationship Alphabet Games has with the external environment. A set of guidelines for carrying out a SWOT analysis is to be prepared to enable the senior managers at Alphabet games to carry out an effective SWOT analysis. Task A The four forces that can affect Alphabet Games is the analytical framework PEST this takes in any political, economy, social and technological factors. • Political The political factors that will affect Alphabet Games are the legislation and guidelines that have been set out by the government that must be followed in order to avoid any legal action taking place. They also need to consider globalisation and the differentials of each market they trade in as they currently sell games and software worldwide. They must also abide by any European Union rules and legislation when trading worldwide it has a higher level of control over the United Kingdom. The taxation policy is also important to Alphabet Games due to the changing tax rates which may affect the...
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...Capella Coaching Assignments This document contains the same content as the online Coaching Center. We recommend using this version of the Coaching Center to complete the applicable assignments. You may copy information from this form and paste it into the online Coaching Center Web form. SWOT Analysis Directions In the appropriate section of the SWOT chart, list your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. My Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats |Strengths |Weaknesses | |Compulsive |Strong need to get thing done | |Strong follow-through |Compulsiveness sometimes causes me to begrudge being task.(stress| |Balanced work-life perspective |of many tasks). | |Ambitious |Can be impatient | |Strong work ethic |Time pressure causes stress and can lead to emotional | |Optimism |Do not handle multiple immediately competing demands well | |Ability to work under pressure ...
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...Assessment Portfolio MPU3363 Entrepreneurship Year | 2014 | Exam Sitting | August 2014 | INSTRUCTIONS: In this module, you will be assessed throughout the subject by using different elements of work. To pass the subject, you must have an overall mark of 50%. The table below is an overview of the subject assessment: Assessment | Marks | Due Date | Test | 15% | Week 3 | Assignment (Group) | 10% | Week 5 | Presentation (Group) | 15% | Week 6 | Participation | 10% | Throughout the semester | Final Examination | 50% | August 2014 | Assessment Portfolio MPU3363 Entrepreneurship Test (15%) Students have to complete the test as part of the subject assessment. The test covers the topics of: a) Foundations of Entrepreneurship b) Strategic Management c) Forms of Business Ownership and Franchising There are 3 subjective questions in the test. The total score for the test is 15%. The duration of the test is 90 minutes. Assessment Portfolio MPU3363 Entrepreneurship Regulations of Assignment A. Late Submission * A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays). * Late submission after 5 days of the due date results in an automatic 0% for coursework. The student will be barred from the final examination. B. Deliverables The assignment should contain proper in-text citations. You are required to use the Harvard...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT? : The word project comes from the Latin word projectum from the Latin verb proicere, "to throw something forwards" which in turn comes from pro-, which denotes something that precedes the action of the next part of the word in time (paralleling the Greek πρό) and iacere, "to throw". The word "project" thus actually originally meant "something that comes before anything else happens". When the English language initially adopted the word, it referred to a plan of something, not to the act of actually carrying this plan out. Something performed in accordance with a project became known as an "object". Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. A project is a finite endeavor (having specific start and completion dates) undertaken to create a unique product or service which brings about beneficial change or added value. This finite characteristic of projects stands in sharp contrast to processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent functional work to repetitively produce the same product or service. In practice, the management of these two systems is often found to be quite different, and as such requires the development of distinct technical skills and the adoption of separate management philosophy. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals...
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