...University of Phoenix Material Five-Step Model of Problem Solving List the five steps in the model for problem solving from Ch. 6 of Critical Thinking in Everyday Life. Write a brief description of each in your own words. Cite any sources you use. |Step |Description | |Step 1: Identify |Before a solution to a problem can be found it is crucial to carefully| | |diagnose what the problem is first. Not only is step one the most | | |important, but the most time consuming if done correctly(Ridel, 2015).| |Step 2: Causes |What preceeded the problem? We cant solve it unless we backtrack and | | |discover what caused it in the first place(cause and effect). (Ridel, | | |2015) | |Step 3: Options |Afrter determing the source of the problem, you should now open your | | |mind to different...
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...Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-180360-1 MHID: 0-07-180360-2 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-180359-5, MHID: 0-07180359-9. E-book conversion by Codemantra Version 1.0 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill Education eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs. To contact a representative please visit the Contact Us page at www.mhprofessional.com. Trademarks: McGraw-Hill Education, the McGraw-Hill Education logo, 5 Steps to a 5 and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of McGraw-Hill Education and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. McGraw-Hill Education is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this...
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...5 Steps to Process Pain (Processing Pain) 2 Corinthians 16-18 1. Understand the Problem of Pain (We do not lose heart)... Pain makes you look at something other than what you should be focusing on. 2. The pressure of pain (For our LIGHT affliction) … Paul categories affliction as LIGHT, the pressure really isn’t that heavy, in the scheme of things, it isn’t nothing. You must compare it to someone who is really carrying a heavy load…Jesus, comparing to what he had to go through!!! Line your stuff up compared with Jesus!! If you can take it, you can make it!! 3. Look beyond the present to see how momentary it really it (The Period/Time)… Line up with present stress with eternity is a long time. We do not look at current circumstance but eternity which is promised to us. The hope I have that comes with death that keeps me living. Just one moment in paradise will make it worth everything we are going through now. 4. The Plan of Pain (My pain is something for me that I cannot do for myself), it’s working for me. My pain can earn glory for me. (is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory) 5. Understand the Power of Pain (For the things which are not seen are temporary, but the tings which are not seen are eternal). We are not looking at the pain; we are looking at what can happen after we go through the pain. The things that mean the most to Christian experience are the things that invisible. I’m encouraged to see that is the invisible. Faith will...
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...Final Paper The 5 Steps to a Successful Organization Jacob Dunnichay Indiana Tech University Table of Contents TOC \t "Heading, 1" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc \h 3 Value and Vision PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 4 Direction and Alignment PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 7 Motive and Empower PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 10 Learning and Change PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 13 Leading in Global and Multicultural Society PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 16 Summary PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 19 References PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 20 Introduction For the purposes of this paper, I have chosen to be the owner of a small hotel chain on the island of Put-In-Bay, Ohio. This organization currently has three hotels, two condos, a large house, two bars, and a fleet of approximately 250 golf carts for rent underneath the owners control. This is a business that has been built from the ground up around its two most successful businesses, Put-In-Bay Resort and Conference Center, which has the largest pool bar on the island, the Blue Marlin Bar and Grill, and Edgewater Golf Cart Rentals. By developing these two businesses in the last eight years, a competitive advantage has been built over competitors that were on the island long before our organization. Put-In-Bay, Ohio is a small vacation island located on Lake Erie. Considering the island is only accessible by boat or ferry, the main form of transportation on the island is golf carts. There are many attractions and family oriented activities that make this island a prime location for vacation...
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...Nike Global Business and Challenges Once a company, like Nike, decides to become a global entity, it will often experience an increase in profitability. Unfortunately, companies like Nike must overcome some difficult obstacles before establishing a successful business in a foreign country. Some of the issues of concern are child labor laws, wages, and outsourcing’s effect on sales. Because of this, most widely known companies have presented various cases to defend their positions on conducting business in the foreign country. One such example is a Nike sweatshop labor case that stirred up a large amount of controversy over ethical business practices. Even though Nike has attempted to recover from the bad press it received about the sweatshops, it still struggles to defeat the negative feelings from people across the United States. Thus, a summary of the case, the legal, cultural and ethical challenges, an understanding of the roles the host governments play, and the strategic and operational challenges faced are important to gain a thorough understanding of the issues and case. Most people could easily define Nike and are familiar with the products offered, like the customized options available in the Nike store online, Nike Sportswear, Nike Women, Nike Basketball, and Nike Football. These products, among others, have led Nike to a profit of $15 billion in 2006 and a catchy “Just Do It!” slogan (Hill, 2009). The company outsourced its manufacturing plants to several...
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...5 steps to a strong company culture http://www.microsoftbusinesshub.com/News_and_Updates/5_steps_to_a_strong_company_culture Great leaders inspire. They pull in talented and high-performing staffers. But behind each leader you'll find something equally powerful: a company culture that motivates people to work hard and stay with the business. As long as you have a business, you have a company culture. Instead of leaving it to grow on its own, you can nurture it and make it into something that will breed loyalty and motivation. Creating a strong culture — one of fun, sharing, collaboration, and connection — can be done in five simple steps, according to Carol Skube, a Minneapolis-based human resources consultant. Step 1: Understand A strong culture is founded on more than just paid lunches or personalized parking spaces. Great leaders understand what is important to their employees. As a business leader, developing a strong company culture starts when you take steps to find out what motivates the people who work for you. The process of understanding starts with communication. Talk to your employees to find out what you both expect from the job, Skube says. This will help you clarify your expectations of your staff and, in turn, help you learn what motivates them. It will also send a message to your staff that collaboration and communication are important to your company. As you talk to your employees, you also will learn what's important to them. This understanding will...
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...There are 5 different steps in the scientific method of research. The scientific method can be defined in many different ways, but primarily it involves observing the world around you, arriving at an explanation for what you witness, testing your reasoning to see if it could be legitimate, and then either rejecting your explanation or accepting the explanation then possibly coming up with a better one. The 5 steps of the scientific method Step number 1 is to determine a scientific problem to solve or make an observation. This basically means that you have to decide how or why something works or how it occurs. A good example would be “How does alcohol affect a fetus?” The next step is to develop a hypothesis. This part is simply a decent speculation or a guess as to why or how something occurs. Often, a person can foretell the outcome of a particular experiment based upon the hypothesis. Step 3 is the testing of the hypothesis. An experiment is needed to examination the hypothesis. This step is crucial because the facts have to be tested to make sure the end result is correct. Along with testing the hypothesis is recording it. Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if your hypothesis is true or false. Drawing a conclusion is the 5th and final step. This step shows the results of the experiments that were performed. These results will show whether or not your original prediction is conclusive. If the results match then this...
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...Solving Personal Problems: Applying the Five-Step Model J Gonzales April 25, 2016 The objective is to control the problem and not allow the problem to control you. To productively manage a situation you have to practice using the 5-step model. The first step in the 5-step model is pinning the problem. The second step is establish your options. The third step is determine the advantages and disadvantages of each option. The fourth step is electing the solution you feel best suits. The fifth step is evaluating if the solution chosen is effective (John Chaffee, 2014). In week 2, we discussed barriers and learned to identify them to rid ourselves from them. This was a great lesson however, from personal experience I can tell you that it takes more than just identifying the problems to make change. In recent years, I went through a divorce and a change in careers that have forced me to sit and examine my finances. I have set goals, time and time again, to save X amount of money each year for my children's college fund and have created spreadsheets on how I can accomplish this. While it looked great on paper and the system appeared solid, I always came up short on my goals and I realized that other areas of my finances were also being affected. After studying critical thinking and the five-step model the last couple of weeks, I discovered that the first step to fulfill my goal (s) was to identify the problem. The problem is me. I have failed to take full responsibility for my...
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...Penerapan Algoritma Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) untuk Menyelesaikan Penjadwalan Flowshop dengan Tujuan Meminimumkan Makespan Oleh: Yuliana Vina Humira 25407044 Lisa Setyawati H. 25407052 Henry Rahardian S. 25407119 Yunita Hartanto 25408066 JURUSAN TEKNIK INDUSTRI FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PETRA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY SURABAYA 2011 Penerapan Algoritma Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) untuk Menyelesaikan Penjadwalan Flowshop dengan Tujuan Meminimumkan Makespan 1. Pendahuluan Penjadwalan adalah proses pengambilan keputusan dimana melibatkan beragam sumber daya, antara lain manusia/pekerja, mesin, material, energy, uang, waktu, ruang, yang tersedia secara terbatas untuk menyelesaikan sekumpulan job dalam jangka waktu tertentu. Tujuan proses penjadwalan tergantung dengan apa yang ingin diminimalisasikan oleh perusahaan, misalnya meminimalkan keterlambatan, mean flow time, mean tardiness, makespan. Di dalam permasalahan penjadwalan flowshop untuk karakteristik n jobs m machines adalah waktu penyelesaian job yang sangat panjang sehingga efisiensi perusahaan rendah. Laporan ini akan membahas ant colony algorithm, yang merupakan algoritma metaheuristik yang bersifat konstruktif dengan tujuan meminimalisasikan makespan. 2. Ant Colony Algorithm (M’Hallah & Alhajraf, 2008) Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm merupakan salah satu algoritma kostruktif metaheuristik. ACO meniru perilaku koloni semut yang dikenal dengan perilaku sosialnya...
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...Cisco Unified Presence Deployment Guide Release 6.0(1) Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 Customer Order Number: Text Part Number: OL-12732-02 THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR LIMITED WARRANTY, CONTACT YOUR CISCO REPRESENTATIVE FOR A COPY. The Cisco implementation of TCP header compression is an adaptation of a program developed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) as part of UCB’s public domain version of the UNIX operating system. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of California. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS. CISCO AND THE ABOVE-NAMED SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS...
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...Card Author (s): _ Date: __11-5-2012__ Version: ___2______ USE CASE NAME: Issuance of a Library Card USE CASE TYPE & LEVEL USE CASE ID: 001 SCOOTS LC Business: PRIORITY: Low System: Requirements SOURCE: Analysis PRIMARY BUSINESS ACTOR: Library Administrator Design OTHER PARTICIPATING ACTORS: • Customer/Patron • System OTHER INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS: • Out of District Customers • Children under 14 with Guardians DESCRIPTION: This Use Case is to describe the process for Customers to get a library card and become Patrons PRE-CONDITION: A customer must provide valid ID for application to become a patron TRIGGER: Desire to check out an asset of the library TYPICAL COURSE Actor Action System Response OF EVENTS: Step 1: Customer requests to apply for a Library Card Step 2: Library Administrator asks customer for valid ID – Driver’s License or State ID showing Scooterville community of proof of residency Step 3: Customer provides required proof of identification. Step 4: Library Administrator completes application process on SCOOTS terminal and asks for $5.00 cash fee. Step 5: Customer pays $5.00 cash Step 6: Library Administrator issues receipt. Step 7: Customer becomes a Patron and waits for card to be printed. Step 8: Library Administrator prints and hands Library card to the new Patron with an expiration date of 2 years and issues PIN using the last 4 digits of the customer’s phone number for card usage. Step 9: Patron receives a Library...
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...Quant Mastery A Answers and Explanations Quant Mastery A Answers and Explanations ANSWERS ANd EXPLANATIONS 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. E 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. E 15. D 16. B 17. E 18. E 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. C 23. E 24. A 3 Quant Mastery A Answers and Explanations 1. (d) Nancy works 3 days per week at a rate of x dollars per day. If Nancy works more than 3 days per week, any extra days are paid at double her normal rate. Nancy worked 4 weeks with no overtime, and then worked 3 more weeks, each with y days of overtime. Which of the following represents Nancy’s total earnings over this period? ○○ ○○ ○○ ○○ ○○ 3y(7x 1 2xy) 3x 1 12y 3xy(7x 1 2) 3x(2y 1 7) 4x(y 1 8) Step 1: Analyze the Question We’ve got a wordy question stem and variables in the answer choices, so we can make this question more concrete and manageable through Picking Numbers. Step 2: State the Task We need to determine Nancy’s total earnings over a seven-week period, including four regular three-day weeks and three weeks during which she worked overtime days. Step 3: Approach Strategically We need two values, so let’s set x 5 5 and y 5 2. (Note that it’s a good idea to avoid 3 and 4 when Picking Numbers for this question, since those numbers appear in the question itself and may cause confusion later when we substitute the values into the answer choices.) There are two distinct parts of...
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...Decimal to a Fraction follow these steps: Step 1: Write down the decimal divided by 1, like this: decimal/1 Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. (For example, if there are two numbers after the decimal point, then use 100, if there are three then use 1000, etc.) Step 3: Simplify (or reduce) the fraction Example: Express 0.75 as a fraction Step 1: Write down 0.75 divided by 1: 0.75 1 Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 100 (there were 2 digits after the decimal point so that is 10×10=100): × 100 0.75 = 75 1 100 × 100 (Do you see how it turns the top number into a whole number?) Step 3: Simplify the fraction (this took me two steps): ÷5 ÷ 5 75 = 15 = 3 100 20 4 ÷5 ÷ 5 Answer = 3/4 Note: 75/100 is called a decimal fraction and 3/4 is called a common fraction ! Example: Express 0.625 as a fraction Step 1: write down: 0.625 1 Step 2: multiply both top and bottom by 1,000 (there were 3 digits after the decimal point so that is 10×10×10=1,000) 625 1,000 Step 3: Simplify the fraction (it took me two steps here): ÷ 25 ÷ 5 625 = 25 = 5 1,000 40 8 ÷ 25 ÷ 5 Answer = 5/8 Example: Express 0.333 as a fraction Step 1: Write down: 0.333 1 Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 1,000 (there were 3 digits after the decimal point so that is 10×10×10=1,000) 333 1,000 Step 3: Simplify Fraction: Can't...
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...Evaluate the integral of a function 5. Merging of two sorted lists 6. Parallel tree traversals 7. Matrix multiplication 8. Enumeration sort 9. Odd-Even transposition sort 10. Bitonic merge 11. Quick sort 12. Single source shortest path iii Exercise 1 Aim: Basic Arithmetic Operations in parallel To perform a set of arithmetic operations in parallel using a cluster of computers Procedure: Step 1: Identify a set of numbers over which arithmetic operations are to be done Step 2: Identify the rank in the cluster Step 3: Split the set of numbers into domains and assign each domain to their corresponding processor Step 4: Get the result from each computer in the cluster and assimilate them at the master Step 5: Verify the time taken for the completion of each task. Algorithm:function sum(+,identity,a) = if #a == 1 then [identity] else let e = even_elts(a); o = odd_elts(a); s = scan_op(op,identity,{op(e,o): e in e; o in o}) in interleave(s,{op(s,e): s in s; e in e}); iv Input:- An array of integers Output: - The sum 3,2,7,6 P1 18 0,5,4,8 P2 17 62 2,0,1,5 P3 8 2,3,8,6 P4 19 Pre lab: To know the processing environment, a program using size and rank of the processors in the cluster. v Exercise 2 Aim: Factorial of a number To find a factorial of number in parallel using a cluster of processors Procedure: step 1 : Identify a number for which factorial is to calculated step 2: Identify the rank in the cluster step 3: Split the number into...
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...Fraction Mixed number – 4 (contains a whole number and a fraction) Improper fraction - (numerator is larger than denominator) Step 1 – Multiply the denominator and the whole number Step 2 – Add this answer to the numerator; this becomes the new numerator Step 3 – Carry the original denominator over Example #1: 3 = 3 × 8 + 1 = 25 Example #2: 4 = 4 × 9 + 4 = 40 B. Changing an Improper Fraction to a Mixed Number Step 1 – Divide the numerator by the denominator Step 2 – The answer from step 1 becomes the whole number Step 3 – The remainder becomes the new numerator Step 4 – The original denominator carries over Example #1: = 47 ÷ 5 or 5 = 5 = 9 2 Example #2: = 2 = 2 = 4 C. Reducing Fractions into the Lowest Terms Step 1 – Find a number that will divide into both the numerator and the Denominator or the (GCF) Step 2 – Divide numerator and denominator by this number Example #1: = (because both 10 and 15 are divisible by 5) Example #2: = (because both 4 and 8 are divisible by 4) D. Raising Fractions to Higher Terms When a New Denominator is Known Step 1 – Divide the new denominator by the old denominator Step 2 – Multiply the numerator by the answer from step 1 to find the new numerator *Note: If the original number is a mixed number, convert it to an improper fraction before raising...
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