...The case study "Information System as an Effective Force against H1N1 Pandemic demonstrates an example of the type of value that can be reaped from utilizing Business Intelligence systems within the medical community. Business Intelligence systems were designed to process collected data and produce a display of interesting information. These systems are commonly in use by the business community. The application of these types of systems have proven themselves extremely valuable allowing business to react quickly to ever changing business conditions. In the modern age, technology has greatly increased the ability of people to communicate and transact business around the globe. By the same token, technology has provided solutions for monitoring these ever changing conditions allowing business decisions makers to react quickly and with greater ability. Within the case study we see how the benefits provided by utilizing a Business Intelligence system can produce positive results in the medical field. When looking at the application of a BI system into the medical field we first observe that there are key differences between the needs of business and medical professionals. However, if we are to apply a business oriented system to the medical field there must also be similarities in the processes they follow. Reviewing these differences and similarities will provided a greater understanding of the usefulness a medical professional will find in a business intelligence system. ...
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...Intelligence Cycle by D.Fritz Abstract The essay provides an overview of Intelligence cycle model and how they work together interdependently to create intelligence. This essay also gives an overview of how the intelligence community operates and how it interacts with the policy makers. [Title Here, up to 12 Words, on One to Two Lines] Why do intelligence exist? According to Mark M. Lowenthal, “intelligence exist because governments seek to hide some information from other governments”(p.1). Eventually, governments also want to find out information other governments are hiding. The role of intelligence is to provide these information to our government, specifically, the policy makers. To accomplish this mission involves tasking, collecting, processing, exploiting, disseminating and storing intelligence, also referred as the intelligence cycle. Tasking is the first stage of the intelligence cycle. During this stage, one needs to know what are the specific requirements of the intelligence and how it can be satisfied. On the top of the “intelligence chain” the director of national intelligence (DNI) would have to determine what intelligence the intelligence community would need to pursue and the priority of the intelligence based mainly on the preferences of the policy makers. Once determined, the information is passed all the way down the chain to the analysts to prioritize the collection requirements. Collection is divided into four categories: HUMINT, SIGINT,...
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...Intelligence for the Twenty-First Century ALAN DUPONT Strategic discourse over the past decade has been dominated by a debate over the nature of future warfare and whether or not there is a ‘revolution in military affairs’ (RMA). Supporters contend that developments in military technology, especially precision guidance and high-speed data processing, in conjunction with advances in doctrine and strategy, will fundamentally transform the way in which future wars will be fought and privilege RMAcapable forces in the contest to achieve battlefield dominance.1 Sceptics, on the other hand, regard the RMA as being more evolutionary than revolutionary, and argue that many of the technical advances associated with the RMA do not necessarily presage a paradigm shift in warfare.2 However, all agree that timely, accurate and useable intelligence will be critical to the successful conduct of war in the twenty-first century, perhaps more so than in any previous era. It is surprising, therefore, how little academic attention has been devoted to the changes that are taking place in the technology, management and integration of the intelligence systems that will underpin any RMA. It is the contention of this article that the transformation of intelligence architectures, particularly in the West, is no less profound than that of the weapons, platforms and warfighting systems they are designed to support and enhance. Moreover, the cumulative weight of the changes in prospect will redefine the...
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..............................................................1 The Appeal of Collecting in Cyberspace................................................................................. .....1 Security and attribution ....................................................................................................... 1 Faster and cheaper .............................................................................................................. 2 Extra-territoriality ................................................................................................................ 2 Large but Uncertain Costs........................................................................................................... 3 Pervasive Threat from Intelligence Adversaries and Partners ...............................................................4 China: Persistent Collector.......................................................................................................... 5 Russia: Extensive, Sophisticated Operations ..............................................................................5 US Partners: Leveraging Access ..................................................................................................6...
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...long-standing issue of the neurobiological basis of variation in intelligence remains unresolved.1 Around the turn of the 20th century, much attention was focused on anatomical correlates of intelligence through detailed necropsy case studies of the brains of outstanding people, such as mathematician Karl F Gauss or physician William Osler.2,3 By 1907, Spitzka4 had published an extensive monograph that summarised 137 case reports of notable men and women such as Bach and Descartes, and also presented one of the first group studies of nine scholars. Weight of the brain and patterns of gyral convolutions were usually examined. This early work had several limitations. First, medical and cognitive status at the time of death were often not known. Second, normal comparison groups were not available, so that the results were mainly idiosyncratic observations. Quantitative measurement was usually limited to the weight of the whole brain, and even its relation to intelligence remained unresolved. For example, novelist Ivan Turgenev’s brain weighed 2012 g,4 whereas the brain of author Anatole France was half the value (1017 g).5 Third, work was based on the assumption that intelligence was a unitary homogeneous ability—even though different people varied greatly in their area of cognitive excellence. (According to current theories of intelligence, there are independent spheres or modules of cognitive ability.6) Last, the studies had no a priori hypotheses as to the relation between structure...
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...WEEK--1 1. Business environments and government requirements are becoming more complex. All of the following actions to manage this complexity would be appropriate EXCEPT Select one: a. hiring more sophisticated and computer-savvy managers. b. seeking new ways to avoid government compliance. c. avoiding expensive trial and error to find out what works. d. deploying more sophisticated tools and technique. The correct answer is: seeking new ways to avoid government compliance. 2. In the Magpie Sensing case study, the automated collection of temperature and humidity data on shipped goods helped with various types of analytics. Which of the following is an example of prescriptive analytics? Select one: a. warning of an open shipment seal b. real time reports of the shipment's temperature c. location of the shipment d. optimal temperature setting The correct answer is: optimal temperature setting 3. In the Magpie Sensing case study, the automated collection of temperature and humidity data on shipped goods helped with various types of analytics. Which of the following is an example of predictive analytics? Select one: a. real time reports of the shipment's temperature b. optimal temperature setting c. location of the shipment d. warning of an open shipment seal The correct answer is: warning of an open shipment seal Organizations counter the pressures they experience in their business environments in multiple ways. Which of the following is NOT an...
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...business entity frequently faces. Businesses started specifying their ethical principles from the late 1980s, perhaps to stay away from scandals in businesses. However, there are a million ethical issues in today's businesses and unfortunately there is no perfect decision measurement for all these ethical issues. The ethical issues in international businesses are much more complicated and much more delicate, along with being tenfold in numbers. Therefore, let’s take a look at Corporate Intelligence. How do you think it relates to ethics? And why it is an ethical issue? Corporate Intelligence issue relates to ethics by being a purposeful and coordinating monitoring of your competitors within a specific marketplace. It also has to do with determining what your business rivals will do before they do it. It is to gain foreknowledge of your competitor's plans and to plan your business strategy to countervail their plans. As you might expect, this will involve many methods at the tactical collection level, but it will also require integration into your existing information infrastructure, analysis and distribution of the information, and finally, the calculation of business decisions on the grounds of that information and the analysis of same. With a lack of security and training allows other to use techniques to gain access to an organization’s information. The techniques are removing the hard drive and copying the information to another machine, hacking, dumpster diving, social engineering...
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...other developed countries. Its importance is also increasing in the developing countries because of its effectiveness in mobilizing local resources. VAT proves to be an efficient tool for revenue collection; its performance, therefore, has direct impact on fiscal mobilization, macroeconomic stability, and development. The basic advantages of Value Added Tax can be stated as its neutrality, tranparency, certainty and self policing mechanism. Customs is an Authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country. Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import and export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces these rules. Customs duty synonyms of tariff and involves a tax on commodities entering and leaving the country. In Bangladesh the levy and chargeability of customs duty are governed by the Customs Act 1969. Objective of the Study ▪ Intention to achieve extensive knowledge about Value Added Tax and Customs. ▪ To familiar with the VAT and Customs Authority. To understand the Organogram of VAT and Customs Administration. ▪ To study what performance are done by whom in the VAT and Customs Administration. ▪ To understand the foreign exchange operations of islami...
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...Case Study 2: Social Engineering Attacks and Counterintelligence Marilyn Washington Dr. Gideon U. Nwatu CIS 502 November 3, 2013 Abstract The topic of this paper is “Social Engineering Attacks and Counterintelligence.” Social engineering attacks and counterintelligence have major impacts to our national security. In July 2010, the Afghan War Diary was released in WikiLeaks. In October 2010, WikiLeaks also released the largest military leak in history – the Iraq War Logs revealing the war occupation in Iraq. This type of information is considered as classified data by the Department of Defense. Social Engineering Attacks and Counterintelligence Describe what social engineering and counterintelligence are and their potential implications to our national security in regard to the leaked Afghan War Diary and Iraq War Logs. WikiLeaks is an open website that reveals classified documents to the general public. Voice of America stated that “WikiLeaks releases 400,000 classified US Military files (Pessin, 2010). WikiLeaks is a serious threat to national security. WikiLeaks is a threat for three reasons: reveals the identities of operatives, defaces the name of the USA to foreign countries, and threatens the safety of the USA. A danger of WikiLeaks is it reveals the identities of operatives both foreign and domestic. WikiLeaks allows the names of many allies and operative missions to be posted on a public website. This type of exposure endangers many oversea...
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...CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS WILLIAM YEOH University of South Australia SA 5095 Australia ANDY KORONIOS University of South Australia SA 5095 Australia The implementation of a business intelligence (BI) system is a complex undertaking requiring considerable resources. Yet there is a limited authoritative set of critical success factors (CSFs) for management reference because the BI market has been driven mainly by the IT industry and vendors. This research seeks to bridge the gap that exists between academia and practitioners by investigating the CSFs influencing BI systems success. The study followed a two-stage qualitative approach. Firstly, the authors utilised the Delphi method to conduct three rounds of studies. The study develops a CSFs framework crucial for BI systems implementation. Next, the framework and the associated CSFs are delineated through a series of case studies. The empirical findings substantiate the construct and applicability of the framework. More significantly, the research further reveals that those organisations which address the CSFs from a business orientation approach will be more likely to achieve better results. Keywords: Business intelligence system, Critical success factors, Delphi method, Case study INTRODUCTION Recently Business Intelligence (BI) applications have been dominating the technology priority list of many CIOs [11, 12]. According to Reinschmidt and Francoise [22], a BI system is “an integrated set...
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...334 Business Intelligence Journal July ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND STRESS CAUSED BY THE ORGANISATION: A STUDY OF NURSES Zeynep Kalyoncu Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey Email: zkalyoncu@gmail.com Semra Guney Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey Email: semguney@hacettepe.edu.tr Mahmut Arslan Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Ankara, Turkey Email: marslan@hacettepe.edu.tr Salih Guney Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics and Finance, Istanbul, Turkey Email: saguney2004@gmail.com Evren Ayranci (Corresponding Author) Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration (in English), Istanbul, Turkey Email: xonox@mynet.com Abstract Emotional intelligence is one of the biggest factors that contributes to the success of individuals who assume various tasks and roles in modern life. It is also important in determining how individuals cope with the stress that can potentially limit their emotional relationships, decrease their efficiency, and reduce the pleasure of life. The main purposes of this study were to consider...
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...enquiry and ethical considerations. Contents Introduction Goals of Psychological Enquiry Steps in Conducting Scientific Research Alternative Paradigms of Research Nature of Psychological Data Some Important Methods in Psychology Observational Method Example of an Experiment (Box 2.1) Experimental Method Correlational Research Survey Research Example of Survey Method (Box 2.2) Psychological Testing Case Study Analysis of Data Quantitative Method Qualitative Method Limitations of Psychological Enquiry Ethical Issues An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. – Gautam Buddha 22 Psychology Key Terms Summary Review Questions Project Ideas Introduction You have read in the first chapter that psychology is the study of experiences, behaviours, and mental processes. You may now be curious to know how psychologists study these phenomena. In other words, what methods are used to study behaviour and mental processes? Like all scientists, psychologists seek to describe, predict, explain and control what they study. For this, psychologists rely on formal, systematic observations to address their questions. It is the methodology that makes psychology a scientific endeavour. Psychologists use a variety of research methods because questions about human behaviour are numerous and all of them cannot be studied by a single method. Methods such as observation, experimental, correlational research, survey, psychological...
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...Charles Spearman - General Intelligence: British psychologist Charles Spearman (1863-1945) described a concept he referred to as general intelligence, or the g factor. After using a technique known as factor analysis to to examine a number of mental aptitude tests, Spearman concluded that scores on these tests were remarkably similar. People who performed well on one cognitive test tended to perform well on other tests, while those who scored badly on one test tended to score badly on others. He concluded that intelligence is general cognitive ability that could be measured and numerically expressed. Louis L. Thurstone - Primary Mental Abilities: Psychologist Louis L. Thurstone (1887-1955) offered a differing theory of intelligence. Instead of viewing intelligence as a single, general ability, Thurstone's theory focused on seven different "primary mental abilities." The abilities that he described were: * Verbal comprehension * Reasoning * Perceptual speed * Numerical ability * Word fluency * Associative memory * Spatial visualization Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences: One of the more recent ideas to emerge is Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Instead of focusing on the analysis of test scores, Gardner proposed that numerical expressions of human intelligence are not a full and accurate depiction of people's abilities. His theory describes eight distinct intelligences that are based on skills and abilities that are valued...
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...carried out intelligence activities since the days of George Washington, but only since World War II have they been coordinated on a government-wide basis. President .Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed New York lawyer and war hero, William J. Donovan, to become first the Coordinator of Information, and then, after the US entered World War II, head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in 1942. The OSS – the forerunner to the CIA – had a mandate to collect and analyze strategic information. After World War II, however, the OSS was abolished along with many other war agencies and its functions were transferred to the State and War Departments. It did not take long before President Truman recognized the need for a postwar, centralized intelligence organization. To make a fully functional intelligence office, Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 establishing the CIA. The National Security Act charged the CIA with coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence affecting national security. On December 17, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act which restructured the Intelligence Community by abolishing the position of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) and creating the position the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA). The Act also created the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI)...
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...Expert Systems Dr. Ashraf Shirani Literature Review for Group 1 Group Members: Leslie Allen Joe Nimely Oluranti Odofin Gary Turner The topic for the research paper will be business intelligence, most specifically the impact on privacy. The data gathered through various business intelligence technologies, while it may not be personally identifiable information such as name and/or social security number, the data provided to businesses gives them a greater insight into consumer behavior. This provides the businesses with information to leverage additional sales and services. Businesses gather all kinds of data on consumers, often sharing with other related competitors, to obtain a better view of the consumer behavior, including trends and associations. The information obtained through business intelligence may or may not be personally identifiable, it may still be sensitive in nature. Does it cross the line ethically? Are there other techniques to gather this information while maintaining privacy for the consumer? In this paper, the ethical issues of privacy on business intelligence will be explored to determine if the business intelligence outweighs the intrusion on privacy. Key concepts in this review include privacy, big data analytics, business intelligence, ethical awareness framework, data mining, hackers, and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines. Data mining is discovering knowledge from large amounts of data...
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