...Information Technology Project Name Institution Awareness of the business functionality being addressed by the project result in a solid IT infrastructure would ensure that there is effective communication between the employees in all the four regions, that is, Illinois, Texas, Florida and Colorado. . The business system being addressed by the project would also help increase efficiency inn information flow and allow employees to be able to easily locate and schedule any changes in professional development activities going on within the company that are relevant to their different positions. In addition, the project being addressed would ensure the employees adopt well-planned sophisticated search capabilities that are often required within the business system. In addition, the new project would enable the 30,000 employees to effectively understand the roles bestowed upon each of them and efficiently carry out their duties as per the requirement of the scheduled roles. As a matter of fact, the project would give the employees the ability to add any scheduled events to their personal calendar as they would desire. Basically, the increased use in the new IT system would be able to support social networking among employees to allow them determine who is attending any conferences and events planned by the management. Initiating this project will also promote fostering mutual relationships among employees and ensure effective coverage of conferences...
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...A P R I L 2 014 The disruptive potential of solar power David Frankel, Kenneth Ostrowski, and Dickon Pinner As costs fall, the importance of solar power to senior executives is rising. The economics of solar power are improving. It is a far more costcompetitive power source today than it was in the mid-2000s, when installations and manufacturing were taking off, subsidies were generous, and investors were piling in. Consumption continued rising even as the MAC Global Solar Energy Index fell by 50 percent between 2011 and the end of 2013, a period when dozens of solar companies went bankrupt, shut down, or changed hands at fire-sale prices. The bottom line: the financial crisis, cheap natural gas, subsidy cuts by cash-strapped governments, and a flood of imports from Chinese solar-panel manufacturers have profoundly challenged the industry’s short-term performance. But they haven’t undermined its potential; indeed, global installations have continued to rise—by over 50 percent a year, on average, since 2006. The industry is poised to assume a bigger role in global energy markets; as it evolves, its impact on businesses and consumers will be significant and widespread. Utilities will probably be the first, but far from the only, major sector to feel solar’s disruptive potential. Economic fundamentals Sharply declining costs are the key to this potential. The price US residential consumers pay to install rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic) systems has plummeted from...
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...Children Protective Service’s Preventing Child Abuse Many children suffer at the hands of adults - often their own parents. They are beaten, kicked, thrown into walls, and/or burned with cigarettes. They have their heads held under the water of toilet bowls, are scalded by hot water or they are forced to stand in freezing showers until they pass out. A child could be stuffed into running washing machines or sexually molested, suffer from neglect in the forms of starvation and lack of medical attention, and still go unnoticed by outsiders. In fact, it is estimated that three children die every day in the U.S. alone from one form of child abuse or another. It is a sickening practice that has no set standard of rules to finish off the persisting problem. Different states have different methods and agencies to help prevent abuse in the home, some work quite well while others bomb - a dangerous gamble when it comes to the life or mental state of a child. The precise number of deaths each year is not known because of the extent of most fatality investigations that could be suspected as child abuse but are seen as open and shut death cases. A report from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, however, depicts more than three million reports of alleged child maltreatment practices in the year of 1995 alone. Many more children are living with abuse rather than dying from it, too. So what steps are being taken to protect our nation's children? All states have a Child...
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...RUNNING HEAD: Starbucks CSR Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility Individual Project 1 BY: Amber Light Colorado Technical University MGM110-1201-A-28 FOR: Professor Sally Rogers DATE: January 16, 2012 Starbucks has clearly discovered the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The way Starbucks runs its operations ultimately effects the communities it serves, and they are not willing to compromise their stand on the positive impact they want to have. This is very visible through their website, where they list what they do on an everyday basis to not only give back to society but also ensure they are doing business on a responsible level. The website separates four separate commitments Starbucks stands for: Origins, Environment, Partners, and Communities. Starbucks has made a commitment to the farming communities that produce their specialty grade coffee. They are paying a fair trade price for the product they are receiving. This price will sustain their farms and the industry as a whole by covering production costs and providing more for their families as a whole. Starbucks has pushed the idea that sustainability is of utmost importance, and part of being sustainable is being environmentally responsible. By being environmentally conscience you are assuring the long-term health of this industry. Starbucks is partnering with non-profit organizations that strive for their same beliefs in sustainability. This right here shows how CSR is...
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...potential of the middle class has increased tremendously and an ordinary middle income household earns roughly 60-90 thousand dollars in a year here in the United States of America (Census, 2007). With these stats in mind it’s hard to comprehend a family living without electricity all year throughout and earning a meager 2-5 dollars a day. At present there are 3 billion people in the world earning less than 5 dollars a day, and living without electricity. They rely on Biomass fuel and Wood for their energy needs, be it related to light or heat. The indoor air pollution resulting from this use of wood and biomass fuel claims approx. 1.5 million lives each year. The tackle the issue faced by these billion people, students and faculty of Colorado State University (CSU), college of Business and engineering, innovated the Starlight Stove, which is fuel efficient, reduces air pollution and also generates electricity that can be stored for future use or used to light a bulb. The Faculty and Students are wondering how to produce the stove at cheap price for the poor, and also generate enough revenue to sustain the product. The idea of micro financing looks feasible to them, though the ability to use microloans though a micro financing organization is a little tough as most of the population is poor and illiterate. According to MicrofinanceGateway.org, Most microcredit borrowers have microenterprises unsalaried, informal income generating activities. research suggests that only half or...
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...Journal of Macromarketing http://jmk.sagepub.com/ Market Responsiveness to Societal Interests Tracy L. Gonzalez-Padron and Robert W. Nason Journal of Macromarketing 2009 29: 392 DOI: 10.1177/0276146709344954 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jmk.sagepub.com/content/29/4/392 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Macromarketing Society Additional services and information for Journal of Macromarketing can be found at: Email Alerts: http://jmk.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://jmk.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://jmk.sagepub.com/content/29/4/392.refs.html Downloaded from jmk.sagepub.com by Celia McKoy on September 15, 2010 Market Responsiveness to Societal Interests Tracy L. Gonzalez-Padron1 and Robert W. Nason2 Journal of Macromarketing 29(4) 392-405 ª The Author(s) 2009 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0276146709344954 http://jmmk.sagepub.com Abstract The authors provide evidence that firms can enhance their own objectives by internalizing the objectives of most stakeholder groups. This suggests that society’s objectives, as defined by stakeholders to the firm, can be augmented by the self-interest motivation at the heart of a market system. Specifically examined was the impact of stakeholder responsiveness on innovativeness...
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...Southeast Asia Smart Meter Market Overview: Market Trends, Challenges, Future plans and Opportunities Metering Billing/CRM Asia 2012 May 8, 2012 Hoonho (Andy) Bae Senior Analyst Pike Research Agenda • • • • • • • Smart Grid Overview Smart Meters and AMI Smart Meter Drivers and Challenges Smart Meter Pilot Projects and Plans Market Forecasts Global Market Trends in Smart Meters Conclusion Copyright © 2012 Pike Research 2 Smart Grid Goals Sustainable, Secure, Environmentally Safe Energy • Reduce utility operating costs • Improve grid reliability • Increase energy efficiency Less Grid Intelligence Reduce overall demand Reduce end-to-end system losses Shift peak demand (C&I, residential) • “Soft” consumer-driven “demand response” • Verifiable, centrally controlled demand response • Integrate renewable generation Intermittent, bulk generation Renewable Distributed Energy Generation (RDEG) • Support electric transportation transition Commercial and personal vehicles (PEV) Copyright © 2012 Pike Research More Grid Intelligence 3 General Drivers for Smart Grid Energy Independence Security Carbon Reduction Regulatory Goals Demand Response Safety Own Generation Reliability Customer Service PEVs Forecasting Efficiency Profitability Billing Lower Energy Costs Market Operation Opex Reduction Collections Energy Management Renewables IT/OT Infrastructure Communications / Automation...
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...crops. As a result of flooding by the Euphrates, large silt deposits provided rich soil and promoted the cultivation of emmer, barley, beans, olives, grapes and flax. In turn, these harvested crops provided not just food for the farmers but also served as a trade medium with nomadic tribes in the area. Because of the availability of water and rich soils, the area was attractive to settlement and communities developed. The clay soil also was an excellent material for the production of bricks which were used to build more permanent structures. In order to divert the waters, irrigation canals were dug and dams were built. The need for cooperation between individuals in order to complete some of the larger irrigation and flood control projects led to the growth of government and the establishment of laws. None of this would have been possible without the presence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. B. The diffusion of the chariot between societies came about primarily due to its primary designed purpose. The original purpose of the chariot was as a moving platform to insert and extract soldiers (primarily archers and javelin throwers) onto the battlefield. Horses are believed to have originated on the Eurasian steppes and had no practical human use other than as a food source. They were acquired from nomadic tribes by city/states of Mesopotamia and were domesticated solely to pull chariots. Mounted soldiers did not...
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...From the Top Down Garrett Jensen ORG300 – Applying Leadership Principles Colorado State University – Global Campus Sheila Landfair Mueller, Ph.D. November 23, 2014 From the Top Down Effective communication throughout an organization starts from the top down. A leader’s ability to communicate is key to organizational success and motivating employees to a common goal. Without the use of effective communication within an organization, the organization itself or their projects can lead to an overall failure. As indicated by a trend in the bi-annual survey, Ben Williams’ employees are increasingly unsatisfied with the level of leadership from the top down. This essay will analyze where CEO Ben Williams’ falls short as an effective communicator that directly influences employee satisfaction. Summary of the Key Issues Ben Williams will have to change his leadership styles as well as communication skills in order to turn his employee’s satisfaction around thus ensuring his firm does not fail under his leadership. Williams currently only communicates with staff when he deems essential and only when he feels there is a problem that he can solve on his own. Through direct assertive control, Williams tells his subordinates what needs to be done and how they will do it, leaving no room for individual thought and negating the possibility of ideas from employees that may prove to be more efficient. The fact that Williams does not like meetings or electronic communication should...
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...A Multimethod Approach for Creating New Business Models: The General Motors OnStar Project Vince Barabba General Motors Corporation, Corporate Strategy and Knowledge Development, 400 Renaissance Center, P.O. Box 400, Detroit, Michigan 48265 Chet Huber • Fred Cooke General Motors Corporation, OnStar Headquarters, 1400 Stephenson Highway, Troy, Michigan 48083 Nick Pudar General Motors Corporation, Corporate Strategy and Knowledge Development, 400 Renaissance Center, P.O. Box 400, Detroit, Michigan 48265 Jim Smith General Motors Corporation, OnStar Headquarters, 1400 Stephenson Highway, Troy, Michigan 48083 Mark Paich Decisio, 320 West Cheyenne Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 vince.barabba@gm.com • chet.huber@onstar.com • fred.cooke@onstar.com • nick.pudar@gm.com • jim.smith@onstar.com • m.paich@att.net We developed a multimethod modeling approach to evaluate strategic alternatives for GM’s OnStar communications system. We used dynamic modeling to address some decisions GM faced in 1997, such as the company’s choice between incremental and aggressive marketing strategies for OnStar. We used an integrated simulation model for analyzing the new telematics industry, consisting of six sectors: customer acquisition, customer choice, alliances, customer service, financial dynamics, and dealer behavior. The modeling effort had important financial, organizational, and societal results. The OnStar business now has two million subscribers, an 80 percent market share...
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...University of South Florida in Tampa. She conducts research and training and develops support programs focused on young children with challenging behavior. Glen Dunlap, Ph.D., is a professor of child and family studies and director of the Division of Applied Research and Educational Support at the Florida Mental Health Institute. Mary Louise Hemmeter, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign and the principal investigator of a five-year project to enhance the capacity of Head Start and child care providers to address the social and emotional needs of young children. Gail E. Joseph, Ph.D., assistant research professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, has been engaged in several national projects focused on professionals working with children with challenging behaviors. Phillip S. Strain, Ph.D., professor in educational psychology at the University of Colorado at Denver, has designed comprehensive early intervention programs for children with autism or severe problem behaviors. Development of this article was supported by the Center for EvidenceBased Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior (Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Cooperative Agreement #H324Z010001) and the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Cooperative...
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...HIST125-1201A-12 Phase II – 20th Century American Immigrations 18 January 2012 Jennifer Doucette Colorado Technical University I am a German-American Scientist, “born in Ulm, Wurttemberg on March 14, 1879” to Hermann and Pauline. Because my mother loved music, which enhanced my appreciation for music, she provided violin lessons for me when I was around six years of age. Most of my time was spent in intellectual solitude and relaxation. I spent my early years growing up in Munich, where I begin school at Luitpold Gymnasium, and my father manufactured electrical products. I have one sister named Maja, she was born in 1881. When my father’s business failed, he and I moved to Milan Italy. In 1896, I begin studying in Zurich, at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute. I received my teaching degree in physics and mathematics in 1900; the same year I renounced my German citizenship, leaving me stateless until 1901, when I become a Swiss citizen. (http://german.about.com) I was employed at the Swiss Patent Office in Berlin from 1902 to 1909, at which time, a fellow colleague at Polytechnic Institute named Mileva Maric, out of wedlock, gave birth to our daughter, Liserl. We later gave her up for adoption. On January 6, 1903, Mileva and I were married in Zurich; we have two sons. (Jahr, 2005) In 1905, I published my doctoral dissertation, including Relativitatstheorie, and received a PhD from the University of Zurich. I served, in 1909 as a Professor at the University of Zurich and...
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...Dublin Institute of Technology ARROW@DIT Dissertations School of Computing 2010-09-01 Cloud Computing:Strategies for Cloud Computing Adoption Faith Shimba Dublin Institute of Technology, faith.shimba@gmail.com Recommended Citation Shimba, F.:Cloud Computing:Strategies for Cloud Computing Adoption. Masters Dissertation. Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2010. This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Computing at ARROW@DIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ARROW@DIT. For more information, please contact yvonne.desmond@dit.ie, arrow.admin@dit.ie. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License School of Computing Dissertations Dublin Institute of Technology Year Cloud Computing:Strategies for Cloud Computing Adoption Faith Shimba Mr. Dublin Institute of Technology, faith.shimba@student.dit.ie This paper is posted at ARROW@DIT. http://arrow.dit.ie/scschcomdis/1 — Use Licence — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 You are free: • to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work • to make derivative works Under the following conditions: • Attribution. You must give the original author credit. • Non-Commercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. • Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical...
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...and public companies with regard to their current options for software-based management Information Systems (IS) is the fast and wide proliferation of large packaged ready-made Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, surely among the most extreme instances of current Customizable Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software packages. We present in this and the following sections a set of justified position statements regarding ERP systems procurement, from which several open issues arise. In our first position statement we establish our opinion about what we believe to be the often neglected nature of ERP procurement: Statement 1: ERP procurement becomes a strategic and mission critical process for those organizations considering the adoption...
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...Prototype System with Paillier Threshold Cryptosystem Web Services Version 1.00 A project submitted to the Faculty of Graduate School, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Software Engineering Department of Computer Science Prepared by Hakan Evecek CS701 Dr. Chow Spring 2007 This project for the Masters of Engineering in Software Engineer degree by Hakan Evecek has been approved for the Department of Computer Science By _______________________________________________________ Dr. C. Edward Chow, Chair _______________________________________________________ Dr. Richard Weiner _______________________________________________________ Dr. Xiaobo Zhou Date Table of Contents Online E-Voting System Project Documentation 4 Abstract 6 1. Introduction 7 2. E-Voting System Related Literature 9 2.1. Public Key Cryptography 9 2.2. Homomorphic Encryption 10 2.3. Zero Knowledge Proofs 10 2.4. Threshold Cryptography 10 2.5. Cryptographic Voting Protocol 11 2.6. Issues in secure e-voting system 12 2.7. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) 13 2.8. Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) 14 3. Online E-Voting System Project Description 17 3.1. Paillier Threshold Crytosystem Web Services Architecture and Design...
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