...Attack Prevention – Article Evaluation At every level of an organization’s structure there is a constant treat of attacks from numerous sources which can include but not limited to spyware, network policies, weak password, and personell lack of training. To analyze this attack rick prevention topic I chose an article from Information today by Phillip Britt titled “Data Security: an Ounce of Prevention”. This article captures the readers attention by using and example of a real incident in which a laptop was stolen from an individual who worked for Aetna and had about 38,000 personal files information from clients which included their social security numbers. With this example the author emphazises the need for stricter security measures and informs the readers how can they protect the information on their computers whether it is a personal computer or a laptop. The article highlight some of the major computer and system attack prevention methods in a condense but precise way from the top security experts. It advises the organizations to constanly educate the user about security issues with the machines and the information they manipulate on them. Recommends assigning security responsibility by someone in the firm or a third party vendor and establish and enforce user policies which include acceptable use of instant messaging, internet and other eqipment that may be available. A firewal it a must in the recommendation, since it will look for abnormal behavior in the...
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...Information Security Article Evaluation CMGT 441 August 12th, 2013 Information Security Article Evaluation In today’s era where technology is always improving and moving forward faster than most people realize one thing stand consistent, company assets. Of these assets none seem more important in the era of “information highway” or “instant media” than information. Protecting information can be the key to a failure or success of a company. A group of security experts from government, industry, and academia put together a list of the 20 most critical security threats on the Internet. Released in 2001 by the Bethesda, Md.-based System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute (SANS), the list is to help network administrators steer clear of the most exploited Internet security flaws (Savage, June 2000). According to (Savage, June 2000) "The main message we're trying to deliver is that there are a few vulnerabilities that are comprising the vast majority of attacks and attempted attacks that we're seeing," said Jim Magdych, research manager at PGP Security, a division of Network Associates Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., and a project participant.” This list is for network administrators who are inundated with the security risks...
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...Information Security Article Evaluation CMGT/441 July 10, 2013 Confidentiality As I was looking on the internet trying to locate a website to write my paper about, an article from Consumerreports.org got my attention. The article was about social media privacy. In June 2012, Consumerreports.org posted an article called “Facebook & your privacy: (Who sees the data you share on the biggest social network”), which attempts to explain and give several reasons how your privacy is being violated by social media. The article has some great points but also had many facts that made me question its validity. The article in Consumerreports.org talks a lot about how Facebook is sharing all of your information and how confusing its privacy controls are. For example, part of the article states that Facebook has many privacy controls, but good luck trying to understand them. A new study by (Siegel &Gale 2012), New York-based consultants, finds that Facebook’s and Google’s privacy policies are tougher to comprehend than the typical bank credit card agreement or government notice. There is some untruthfulness in that because I am an avid Facebook user. Finding the privacy controls are very easy but it does take a little time to decipher what you need to do to make your profile private. I think Facebook...
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...University of Liverpool Management School MKIB230 - RETAIL MARKETING COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT Choose a news article (i.e. from BBC news, The Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian etc.) published in this current year, which manifests some important aspect(s) of retail marketing. Explain your rationale for selecting the article, and use relevant concepts, models and/or theories from the retail marketing literature to analyse the aspects manifested by the article. Explain how the article makes retail marketing concepts and models clearer or more real from your point of view. You are required to produce an ESSAY addressing the above task which should be no longer than 2000 words. The word limit does not include the article itself, which should be included as an appendix to your essay. The essay should be supported by relevant theory, and all sources referred to in the essay should be fully referenced. The essay is to be submitted on or before Monday 11th April 4pm. Assessment Criteria For your guidance, the criteria against which your coursework assessment will be assessed include: Structure, style and presentation Effective selection/organisation of information to answer the requirements of the task Logical essay structure, and coherent writing style Appropriate presentation of references and any supporting documentation Depth of understanding of issues related to the question Identification and appropriate application of relevant theories, models...
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...Article 1: What database did you visit? Academic Search Complete What key word(s) did you enter for your search? Military retirement What number of results did the database find? 249 List the title for one article you found interesting. Parallel Lines Never Meet: Why The Military Disability Retirement And Veterans Affairs Department Claim Adjudication Systems Are A Failure. Article 2: What database did you visit? Government Pubs What key word(s) did you enter for your search? Military medical retirement What number of results did the database find? 12 List the title for one article you found interesting. Military personnel: physical evaluation for retention, retirement, and separation. Article 3: What database did you visit? Military and Government Collection What key word(s) did you enter for your search? Air force retirement What number of results did the database find? 278 List the title for one article you found interesting. Risk Factors for Disability Retirement Among Active Duty Air Force Personnel Article 4: What database did you visit? Military and Government Collection What key word(s) did you enter for your search? Air force retirement What number of results did the database find? 278 List the title for one article you found interesting. Force cuts begin Article 5: What database did you visit? Military & Government Collection What key word(s) did you enter for your search? Medical board+air force What number of results...
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...packages focused extra on interpersonal dynamics and social relation. The purpose of the exchange is to make the enterprise obtain the full abilities of productiveness and profitability, to be capable to remedy it does possess problems. The first journal article based on the topic is Organisation Development and Strategic Intervention for Enterprise Sustainability: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria. Author of this article is Khairuddin Idris (Ph.D). The second article is Understanding Large Group Intervention Processes: A complexity theory perspective by the author Michael J. Arena, PhD. The last article is Evaluating Group Interventions: A Framework for Diagnosing, Implementing, and Evaluating Group Interventions by the two authors Jacob de Lichtenberg and Manuel London. Based on these articles the authors mainly concern about how to help facilitators use current intervention idea and study to consultant their observe. Other than that, the significant relationship between teamwork and performance, for that reason the gain knowledge of endorsed human method interventions by means of workforce building within the business enterprise considering the fact that group-constructing interventions are directed in the direction of the evaluation of the effectiveness of workforce procedures similar to main issue solving, determination making and interpersonal relationships, a diagnosis and dialogue of the...
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...To maintain a competitive advantage and sustain a successful yet profitable organization, companies use research to gain knowledge and an understanding about customers, products, and services as well as the markets in which they operate and compete (Sreejesh, S., et al. 2014). In addition, organizations leverage research to develop processes, policies, strategies, and tactics in return are often used to make decisions and solve business problems. The purpose of this document is to justify Melinda Welch’s article as a peer-reviewed and evaluate whether it is an example of applied business research. Additionally, the evaluation will encompass the context, setting, as well as the rationale of Welch’s business problem. In 2001 the World Trade...
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...a student’s research and thoughts about their presentation topic. In addition, this outline helps to verify that the speech is the original work of the student. Furthermore, the instructor uses the outline to provide comments and suggestions to students for future speeches. Guidelines for writing the Preparation Outline: Please see chapter 10 for additional information about preparation outlines and a sample preparation outline with commentary. The preparation outline must be 2 to 3 pages, typed, stapled, and free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors or points will be deducted from your speech grade. Copies of PowerPoint slides (if used, print 6 slides per page) must also be stapled to the preparation outline. Evaluation: There will not be a separate grade for the preparation outline, but it will contribute to your overall speech grade. A poorly written outline or one that does not meet the provided criteria (see sample outline) may reduce your speech grade. On the other hand, a well written outline can improve your speech grade. Submission guidelines: Please note that TWO submissions are required to earn full credit for your speech. 1) Before you present your speech (on your way up to the podium),you are required to hand-in a typed 2-3 page preparation outline to the instructor. This allows the instructor to follow along as you present and to add comments on the outline relevant to your performance. The outline will be returned to you with your...
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...References page has examples of the following types of sources. 1. Report/Document available on the web, authored by a nongovernmental organization, no publication date 2. Journal Article (continuous pagination throughout volume) 3. Magazine Article 4. Article in a Popular Magazine 5. Report/Document available on the web, no author identified, no publication date (provide title first) 6. YouTube-type Video Blog Post (Note that titles are not italicized) 7. Newspaper Article 8. Book, multiple authors 9. Article in a journal (continuous pagination throughout volume) - DOI assigned 10. U.S. Government executive document: Note that the agency publication number may appear on the document or in the online catalog. 11. Book, one author 12. Report from a private organization (author & publisher same) 13. Journal Article (continuous pagination throughout volume) The examples on the References page are in the order that they are listed above. For example, if to see how to list a magazine article on the References page, look at the third example on page three. Sources are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name. If there is no author, use the title of the article and alphabetize appropriately. See example five for an article found on the Internet without an author or date of publication. Additional tips for APA documentation are page four. References Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality...
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...Content Quality Assessment Related Frameworks for Social Media Kevin Chai, Vidyasagar Potdar, and Tharam Dillon Digital Ecosystems and Business Intelligence Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia kevin.chai@postgrad.curtin.edu.au, {v.potdar,t.dillon}@curtin.edu.au Abstract. The assessment of content quality (CQ) in social media adds a layer of complexity over traditional information quality assessment frameworks. Challenges arise in accurately evaluating the quality of content that has been created by users from different backgrounds, for different domains and consumed by users with different requirements. This paper presents a comprehensive review of 19 existing CQ assessment related frameworks for social media in addition to proposing directions for framework improvements. Keywords: content quality assessment, social media, discussion forums, wikis, weblogs. 1 Introduction Information quality (IQ) has been widely defined in literature by its fitness for use. Existing research in the field of assessing IQ within traditional information systems is relatively mature and has led to the discovery and validation of numerous quality dimensions and metrics [2, 15, 17, 29, 35]. Knight & Burn (2005) have presented a comprehensive review of literature in the realm of assessing IQ frameworks. Common IQ dimensions that were identified from their review are presented in Table 1. The definitions of these dimensions have been included from Wang & Strong (1996)...
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...Appendix A: A Sample Evaluation Plan TB Support Program Evaluation Plan for January – March 2004 Prepared by: Ana Garcia TB Nurse Department of Health and Human Service Division of TB Control & Prevention Lull County November 15, 2003 |Note: The scope of this evaluation plan is based on a small size program. TB program staff is encouraged to start their | |evaluation small, focusing on areas or program components where improvements may be needed most. | INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis was not a major concern in Lull County until in the recent years. According to the county report, an average of 3 cases was reported per year from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, six new cases of TB were identified within three month period. Unlike previous years, the infected suspects were new immigrant Salvadoran men rather than the predominant white population. In response to this epidemic, “TB Support Program” was implemented by the county health department director, Henry Evans, to control and prevent further transmission of TB in Lull County. Evaluation Goal The goal of this evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of “TB Support Program” in preventing transmission of TB among Salvadoran immigrants. This evaluation will investigate components of the TB Support Program that are performing optimally and should be expanded and replicated in future initiatives. In addition, this evaluation will help determine...
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...which is do the evaluation techniques, that are discovered or established in the past, still work in our current days? Do these techniques still work with the new issues in our educational system. It is obviously that the evaluation of teaching effectiveness in the past it is different from the current evaluation process because there are certain factors are important to be included in the evaluation of teaching effectiveness. These factors are as the criteria for the evaluating of educational effectiveness. Some of these factors still work as a criterion for the evaluation process. While, the other factors have to be excluded from the evaluation and not to be given as much weight. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to ask administrators about which items still valid until the now and have to be included in the evaluation process and which of these items are invalid to be an evaluation criterion. This article also offers the main sources of data for evaluation of faculty performance as one of the important components of evaluation of educational effectiveness. There sources are students’ evaluation tools, teaching portfolios, classroom visitation reports, and scholarship activities. These sources offer significant information about the faculty performance and consequently they will contribute significantly in assessing and evaluating the teaching effectiveness. There are some items of evaluation have to be included and be given more weight in any evaluation process of the...
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...Taking a Patients History Introduction ‘A guide to taking a patients history’ is an article published in the Nursing Standard journal, in the December 5, 2007 volume 22, issue 13, pages 42-48, written by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article, Lloyd and Craig provide an overview of taking a patient’s history related to nursing. There are certain questions that should be asked and this article outlines what to ask and how to ask it. This article also provides a great overview of cardinal symptoms for each system in the body and several methods for taking a comprehensive history. Summary Taking a successful history includes preparing the environment and effective communication skills. This is “arguably the most important part of patient assessment” (Lloyd & Craig, 2007, p. 42). In the process, patients are able to present vital information about their problem in their own words. To explore a decline in a patient’s health requires a very careful evaluation of patient needs. Allowing adequate time is essential to complete the history and avoid receiving incomplete information. The environment should be assessed first for the safety of both the patient and nurse, have no distractions, be quiet, have the right equipment and be conducted in a private setting in order to maintain patient confidentiality. Cultural consideration is important to taking the history. The assessment must be conducted with respect for the patient, an approach that requires that the patient’s...
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... Performance Appraisal System Post Appraisal Activities Overall Satisfactory Rating Overall Unsatisfactory Rating Performance Appraisal System Feedback Pitfalls to Avoid Performance Appraisal System Feedback Managerial Steps Provide constructive feedback Demonstrate personal accountability Focus on specific behavioral outcomes Balance accolades / issues Encourage two-way communication Redirect focus to positive future outcomes Performance Appraisal System Company Benefits Productive, Loyal Employees Reduced Employee Turnover Lower recruitment and training costs Enhanced business reputation Identification of high-potential employees Evaluation of Teams Team Performance Evaluation of Teams Strategy Evaluation of Teams Performance Differences Team Individual Succession Planning Reasons for Adoption Mitigate risk due to employee turnover Availability of skilled replacements Prepare highly qualified candidates to fill executive positions Maintain continuity of operations Succession Planning Company Use Formal vs. informal Employee development Knowledge transfer Mitigate risk of discrimination actions Succession Planning Organization Use Assess the organization Determine key positions Identify competencies for key positions Identify...
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...EMPLOYEE EVALUATION The company given in the example uses an annual rating scale evaluation method that appears to be primarily based on interpersonal relationships with co-workers as well as overall personality and attitude. There are 3 knows evaluation categories on the company’s current evaluation form: friendliness, neatness, and attitude. Friendliness This evaluation criteria focuses on the interpersonal relationships of the employee as he relates to his fellow co-workers including peers and supervisor(s). However, because of the employee’s personality differences, the employee receives a lower rating. The ability to have an accord with fellow co-workers is an important part of an employee review, especially if his ability to work with others negatively affects his or their output. However, interpersonal relationships in general should not be the primary focus of the review. The ability or desire of the employee to interact with other employees is not a valid representation of his work ethic or work product and is not indicative of the employee’s ability to help the company accomplish its ultimate mission and goals. Neatness The second item on the manager’s evaluation form is “Neatness.” The manager concludes that the employee’s neatness with relationship to his office space is only slightly better than a disaster area so, again, he gives the employee a low score. However, no mention is made of the employee’s work product. The manager needs...
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