...Applying Concepts Part One Matrices In the information technology field, teams use algebra in places where most are unaware. Normal users who use programs do not realize that computer-programming codes rely on mathematics to perform calculations. Calculations like a website calculating the mileage and how much gas a vehicle will use on a trip from AAA auto club is an example of a program using algebra calculations (American Automobile Association, n.d.). Other uses of algebra functions in the IT field or programming is the use of matrices or arrays. A simple example of the using matrices is in the writing of computer programs such as Java would be for calculating tables. A developer can write a program to calculate a student’s total and average scores for a class. Students Name Test 1 Test 2 Average Score Tom 89 93 91 Sue 75 90 82.5 Frank 88 84 86 Average Test score of students = 87.5 In the program, the developer will set up a matrix within the code by declaring the number lines and columns of the matrix (m x n). The program will then ask for input to fill in the matrix (Programming Simplified, 2011), for example: System.out.println (“Enter the first student’s name :”) System.out.println (“Enter the first students Test #1 score :”) After the user inputs the name and test score of the student, the program will then calculate the students score, an example of this code would be: averageScore = test1 * test2 The program will calculate the average score for...
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...Applying Concepts At Mass The service I attended was at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on the corner of South Fifth Avenue and Ann Street in Wilmington, NC. I went there on March 27, 2011 at 11:00 am. St. Mary’s Catholic Church is a post-Vatican II parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh. The Mass I attended celebrated the Third Sunday in Lent. As I entered the Church, the priest, Father Bob, was standing at the door greeting people. As I was looking around in the lobby, Father Bob noticed I was not a regular and approached me. He was very kind and eager to answer questions. He handed me the Church’s newsletter and an Order of Mass. The building was a large brick building. It is a Spanish Baroque style structure with no wood beams, framing, or nails. It is constructed of only bricks and tile. Ground was broken for the church on May 20, 1908 and the first mass held there was on December 17, 1911. The Roman Catholic Church is based in Christianity and is a theistic religion. In greater detail it is a monotheistic religion. There are many hierophanies in the Catholic Church. An example of a sacred place would be the church itself. An example of a sacred person would be the priest or Father Bob at St. Mary’s. Also in the Catholic Church Saints and Popes would be regarded as very sacred people. The mass I attended was during the sacred time of Lent, which is a forty day period. The Catholic Church is not iconoclastic at all. At St. Mary’s there were multiple depictions of the...
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...business. The concept was introduced and being used during the beginning of internet utilization by all organization. It is not easy to have this kind of thinking to create a business model and strategy which is two different concept needed to be applied. By looking at this concept, business model required to identify your customer and need to plan how to make money from them by providing a value services while strategy explain how we can be different by others in term of providing services and so on. Inside the article, Magretta give us a well constructed thought on the concept that being used by certain example of company that was succeed. This will enable us to define whether the concept is useful only for certain type of business or it can apply to all. A set of tool need to be distinguished before a business model and strategy may applied by carried out a few test and from there assumption can be made. Both business model and strategy may be combining to produce a better business organization. Introduction Magretta, 2002 writes an article about Why Business Models Matter. This article presents us on how a good business is start by having a good human motivation producing a well profit to the company or organization. Magretta quote ‘a company didn’t need a strategy or a special competence, or even any customer – all it needed was a Web-based business model that promised wild profit in some distant, ill-defined future’. There are two set of concepts that Magretta discussed...
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...your team’s functioning by applying concepts you read about in the textbook and that we discussed in class to analyze your team. You will write one team paper per team using the following exercises and readings done in class: * Everest Simulation * Coursepak Reading: How To Play to Your Strengths * Chapter 7 Team Dynamics; * Chap. 8 Communicating in Teams and Organizations In addition, and when applicable and useful to you, use some key concepts from other chapters such as Motivation (Chap.5 ), Perception(Chap. 3 ), Leadership (Chap.11 ), Conflict Management (Chap.10 ) to help explain your team’s functioning and development. When using concepts from the textbook, exercises or coursepak to explain your team’s functioning and development, explain not only which concept you find useful, but also explain why—what did it help you better understand and learn about teams and organizations? Give examples. For example, in some teams, communication breaks down and can cause misunderstandings and hard feelings, as well as conflict. Explain the specific example of what happened in your team, explain the concept from the textbook that helps explain how communication broke down and its impact on individuals and the team, and what you learned as a result of using the course concepts to analyze your team functioning. What could your team do differently next time as a result of what you learned? (You can follow this example for any other concept from the book (motivation...
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...points = 10% of final grade Late penalty: 1 point per day, no essays will be accepted after November 13th 2014 Assignment: Find examples of psychology in your day to day life 1) Pick ONE psychological concept from the class a. A concept is a small idea, not a whole chapter or section. e.g. the four stages of sleep, not sleep in general, or all of biological rhythms, or all states of consciousness 2) Write an introductory paragraph describing the concept you’ve picked, and why you picked it (1 point) a. This paragraph should contain a brief description of the topic, I want to be able to clearly see what topic you’ve picked and that you understand what it is, I don’t need a detailed explanation though. 3) Write THREE paragraphs, each giving an example of how you’ve seen this concept at work in your daily life (2 points each = 6 points total). a. Each of the paragraphs should give an example of the same concept applied to a different situation in your life. b. Do not write three paragraphs on three separate concepts. c. Describe the situation, and explicitly identify how your experience illustrates the concept. 4) Write a brief concluding paragraph summing up your essay, and speculating on any changes you might make in your life as a result of applying this concept to your own life (1 point). 5) Edit your paper for writing quality (2 points) a. Your paper should be i. Double spaced ii. 12 point font iii. Standard margins iv. Page numbers v. Spelled correctly ...
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...its next moves in order to stay ahead in the business. Therefore, for the next actions, THG should try to engage jewelry’s customers just like THG has done with Watch’s lovers and expand market for watches in China, Germany and Hongkong more aggresively. Historically, THG has done very well at introducing a new image of stores that has succeeded in engaging watch’s admirer. THG not only won many awards, but also able to change the perception of watches. Watches are not looked as only luxury goods anymore. This strategy can be implied for jewelry. THG can introduce the new concept of jewelry as arts by having exhibitions to promote its jewellery, advertise THG’s rare pink jewels, and change the concept of its jewelry’s store. This kind of strategy worked for watches before, and there is a big possibility that the similar strategy will work for jewelry as watches and jewelry are products that have similar concepts. Next, THG should expand its market boldly in China, Germany and Hongkong. Between 2010-2012, China was always be in the top five purchasing countries of swiss watches. Although market share in China increased 1.7% from 2010-2011 and fell slightly by 0.8% in 2012, the total value from 2010 to 2012 has always continued to increase. In total, the increase from 2010 to 2012 was about 595 million US$. Similarly, despite the fall of German’s market share by 0.4% from 2009 to 2012, the total value of...
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...Key Concepts from Barnes-Jewish Hospital Case Name: Professor: Course: Date: Key Concepts from Barnes-Jewish Hospital Case Post #1: Management Tools Six Sigma is a common management tool used by experts for the improvement processes in management. The graphical and statistical tools used in Six Sigma include the definition of a problem and the improvement of the opportunity. The performance process is also measured. The root causes of variations and defects are also determined. Finally, the improved process and the future performances are then put under control. Six Sigma management has certifications at different levels with the most basic being the “champion” followed by the “green belt”. The “black belt” and “brown belt” follow and the “master black belt”, closes the highest level of certification. The certification is with regard to the level of skills acquired. Accelerating Change and Transitions (ACT) techniques mention in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital case study train leaders on the management of changes in organization projects and initiatives. The application of ACT concepts is achieved through the use of the ACT propriety model Destra. The model includes elements of defining the elevator speech, creating some urgency sense and engaging all the key stakeholders in the creation of a road map for change. Post #2: Key Management Concepts The key management concepts in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital case include: 1. Adhering to the mission which is an increased patient...
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...Unit IV Case Study Toni K Bonton Columbia Southern University During the concept stage of research, Starbucks set out to test the idea of a card that utilized dual-functionality versus using two separate cards (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). To do this, online focus groups were used to determine customer preferences. Not only did this type of study measure how well customers understood the dual-functionality aspect of the proposed card and what concepts needed to be explained further, but it also revealed customer appeal to the card and its features (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). The product optimization study was another online study conducted during the concept stage to determine the impact certain features have on a customer's decision to apply for the card and which of those features could potentially increase sales (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). This information proves beneficial in knowing which customers would not apply for the card and why and how the most appealing features would affect the profit margin. In the final stage of research, Starbucks measured the return on their marketing investment, using customer feedback obtained through yet another online survey after their new card was launched (Cooper & Schindler, 2011) . The customer feedback responded to customer awareness and the reasons why customers chose to apply, or not apply, for the card. This type of study measured the success of the card launch and how that success came about, along with whether or...
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...Accounting and its role in society Accounting is concerned with collecting, analysing and communicating economic information (Atrill & McLaney, 2004, p1). However in order to develop a broader understanding of accounting and the central role it plays in society, we need to consider it from a social perspective. Individuals in society coexist by establishing relationships with each other. Another way of viewing society is by segmenting it into different groups or arenas, for example the social, economic, organizational and political arenas (Kyriacou, 2007, Lecture 1, p4). In order to function effectively, these different arenas need to communicate and it is accounting information that facilitates this communication. According to Kyriacou (2007, Lecture 1, p5) accounting information serves many important purposes, for example assisting users in making informed decisions, in relation to the effective allocation of scarce resources. Therefore accounting information can be seen to be a potent influence in society, which affects everybody. This is illustrated by the National Coal Board case (Cooper et al, 1985, p10) were the measurement of accounting profit was used to justify the closure of coal pits, causing an impact on electricity prices, jobs and taxes. Accounting has a long history and as demonstrated by Hines (1988, p251-261) it is seen as being socially constructed i.e. it is practised by people for people and therefore it is more of an art rather than a science. Unlike...
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...was totally at the opposite in term of internal policy. In my deep and personal opinion I am totally convince that a policy of diversity and non discrimination could be considered as a key factor of success an organization. And I could resume this opinion in one sentence “Diversity and non discrimination within the company, social performance which drive to economic performance.” Its why according to my values that I think it’s very important to set up within an organization a policy of diversity and non discrimination. But this policy is a very wide concept it’s why I will only develop its main points. We could define this policy as “the testimony to the commitment of agencies in the prevention of discrimination, equal opportunity and promoting diversity within the human resources management.” This concept can include a large number of criteria that we will have to respect in our future ethical business. These concepts are closely linked together. Thus we will be able to extract 18 criteria...
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...student. I now know that I am more of a visual learner and I understand what I need to do in order to learn more efficiently. Another way that I have become a better student is by learning reading and note taking skills. I previously had no method of doing either and would lose track of what I was doing. Now that I have taken this course, I am able to comprehend what I am reading by using the strategies that were presented to me. This course has prepared me for my academic success. It has given me the tools that I need to excel in my academic life. Multiple key concepts in this course have made me a stronger candidate to enter the business world. The first concept is critical thinking, which was covered in unit six. It is important to be able to think critically in the business world and come up with creative solutions to issues. Critical thinkers are able to make decisions by using logic and reasoning. The next concept is networking, which was covered in unit eight. I have learned in my six-year military career how important networking is. Networking creates great career opportunities and also opportunities to learn from others. It allows a person to...
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...over the years is quite entertaining and very intriguing. It is an awesome experience that knowing that each individual has the ability to retrieve the information from the long term memory banks that the individual has stored whether that be in high school or even elementary. Each of us learn thing is a different perspective that the other one for example, brushing our teeth, or matching the clothes and this is all done with the use of our semantic memory. These are things that individuals just know how to do and there is no event or teaching or learning technique that is used when they have to learn it. It is something that was just something that is known by everyone. There is another important concept that the semantic memory is that it is the knowledge of word concepts. Without having the knowledge we would not be able incapable of using the language properly (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2008). To be quite clear and to let everyone understand the semantic network it links...
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...Literature Review The nature of consumers is responsible for the chances of an idea to become a successful business. Dalenberg, et al. (2014), p. 1 observes that consumers demonstrate high variability levels in product liking. The essential element that needs to be considered is the exposure of the product to reach the consumers. In their study, Thrassou, et al. (2012), p. 22 acknowledge that the most important aspect in a new idea or innovation is value. The significance of having an insight on consumer knowledge behavior is based on the modern marketing philosophy that recognizes the consumers as the target of any marketing activity (Thrassou, et al., 2012, p. 28). The basis of the business idea can be attributed to the highly competitive market environment. While already the problem that the idea seeks to address is being solved by another idea, the intense competition prompts the need for innovation to be able to offer greater value (Thrassou, et al., 2012, p. 30). In his article, Gentile (2010), p. 96 covers the difficulty that is involved in having people change their behavior to accept an idea. It is acknowledged that it is difficult to change ideas but that is exactly what businesses are required to do to get consumers buy the product or service. The difficulty in having consumers embrace a new product has been observed by Ji & Wood (2007), p. 261 as resulting from the high degree of repetition that is evident in consumer domains....
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...effectively, in a way that satisfies its customers. Operations Management is said to be common responsibility of all managers irrespective of which function they are in. A manager needs to be aware of the overall operations of the organisation to contribute well to end to end process/processes. Your Task This assignment requires you to write a report on the operations management of a chosen organisation (preferably a medium sized firm). In the report you must: a) Identify the overall input, transformation and output operations of the firm b) Identify those major operation areas that are critical to the competitive advantage of the chosen organisation c) Critically evaluate the performance of each identified area while using the appropriate concepts (capacity planning, inventory management, supply chain design, performance measures, total quality management) d) Give final recommendations as solution of the identified problems within the operation areas or/and to increase the current efficiency of overall operations management of the chosen organisation (Use information from case...
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...chapter complete and interesting. This book offers assistance to nursing students in exploring and appreciating nursing theories and their use in nursing practice and scholarship. Rather than a practical handbook to producing and/or publishing, this book is indispensable because of its honest perspective and its encouraging approach. This book is very useful in making concept analysis because every concept is clear and organized in a way that it can easily be understood. Moreover, its content are very detailed and extensive which made it very favorable. Walker, L.O.,& Avant, K.C. Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing(3rd ed.). Norwalk, CT: Appletion & Lange, 1995. The book of Avant and Walker offers detailed and easy-to-understand information about constructing theories in nursing and a very detailed step in analyzing concepts. Each chapter was designed to capture the interest of the reader by emphasizing the importance of different strategies and approaches in constructing nursing theories. The book is very important for nurses because it will provide them strategies in understanding a concept in a very systematic approach which made it an indispensable tool. This book is very useful in...
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