...precise documentation of every single important process, and action that takes place. This will also allow us to have a strong reference point whenever anything is in question. “Real programmers don't comment their code, if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand and harder to modify.” Programmers don’t just stay on what they have learned, they continuous educating themselves by exploring innovative ideas and modify systems to a better ones. Statement from the owner of a small industrial control software company: "We do not want our (end-user) documentation to be too clear. We make a lot of money doing training." For me, this attitude gives the software industry a bad name. A lot companies does this kind of wrong methodologies these day. They took advantage on end-users by making complicated end-user documentation and make the end-users who doesn’t really understand the documentation drop a call on the help centers and ask for a technical assistance. Or sometimes, they do trainings on how to use the software. And all of it has certain amount of charges. In short, they earn a lot of money in a wrong and corrupt...
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...INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ASSIGNMENT - I Submitted to: Submitted by: Prof. Dinesh Khurana Sweta Singh 14PGDMHR44 2014-2016 Q.1. Does the opening vignette in the beginning of this chapter require research? Why/why not? In case your answer is yes, what type of research would you advocate to EEE? Yes, it does require research and explanatory research is required for EEE as a detailed and thorough findings are to be aimed at. Q.2. You are a business manager with the ITC group of hotels. You receive a customer satisfaction report on your international hotels from the research agency to which you had outsourced the work. What or how will you evaluate the quality of work done in the study? Customer satisfaction report should focus on issues like what are the services with which customers are not very satisfied. So this can be seen through the revenue generated from various services. Also which hotel among the group of hotels customers find the best. Whether the revenues generated from the hotels match the results of the survey. If research shows any particular aspect that customers feel is missing in the group of hotels. Q.3. A lot of business magazines conduct surveys, for example the best management schools in the country; the top ten banks in the country; the best schools to study in, etc. What do you think...
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...Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy Jeremy Stribling, Daniel Aguayo and Maxwell Krohn A BSTRACT Many physicists would agree that, had it not been for congestion control, the evaluation of web browsers might never have occurred. In fact, few hackers worldwide would disagree with the essential unification of voice-over-IP and publicprivate key pair. In order to solve this riddle, we confirm that SMPs can be made stochastic, cacheable, and interposable. I. I NTRODUCTION Many scholars would agree that, had it not been for active networks, the simulation of Lamport clocks might never have occurred. The notion that end-users synchronize with the investigation of Markov models is rarely outdated. A theoretical grand challenge in theory is the important unification of virtual machines and real-time theory. To what extent can web browsers be constructed to achieve this purpose? Certainly, the usual methods for the emulation of Smalltalk that paved the way for the investigation of rasterization do not apply in this area. In the opinions of many, despite the fact that conventional wisdom states that this grand challenge is continuously answered by the study of access points, we believe that a different solution is necessary. It should be noted that Rooter runs in Ω(log log n) time. Certainly, the shortcoming of this type of solution, however, is that compilers and superpages are mostly incompatible. Despite the fact that similar methodologies visualize...
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...Q.1 Discuss the various bases or criteria for segmenting consumer markets. Explain Tanishqssegmentation and positioning strategy.Tanishq from the house of Tata entered the jewellery market as a national retail chain that providedmade the audience with jewellery of high design value and reliable worth. it its consumers believein the purity of their jewellery by introduction of Karat meters. These instruments helped theconsumer measure the purity in a non- destructive manner. Another positioning strategy used byTanishq were promotions by fashion shows to increase the shopping experience. It also catered tothe mass by their differentiated designs for everyone be it contemporary, tradition, Indian orInternational audience. It also created exclusive Tanishq outlets and also launched its new collectionat a quicker rate than its competitor. Tanishq also came up with new marketing promotions withevery new collect to attract consumer. Tanishq overall segmented its consumers in differentpromotional manners and focused more on in-store promotions than advertising to make the brandmore accessible.Q.2 What are Tanishqs key brand values or brand strengths? Explain. y Tanishq has a range of differentiated designs like contemporary, tradition, Indian orInternational to suit everyones needs and demands. y Tanishq established itself as reliable in terms of purity by introducing Karat meters in theIndian market for the first time. y The Tanishq portfolio comprises of a wide...
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...CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Design This chapter presents the methodology of the study by which the research activities were undertaken. This included the research design, the subject of the study, the locale, the research instruments, data gathering procedure and statistical treatment of data. Method of Study This study used the descriptive correlation method since its purpose was to determine the existing condition of the students’ study habits and their academic achievement. Moreover, it also described the existing relationship between students’ academic achievement and their learning environment. According to Good and Scales, a descriptive investigation includes all the studies that support to present facts concerning the nature and status of anything – a group of persons, a number of objects, a set of conditions, a class of events, a system of thought, or any kind of phenomena which one may wish to study. Subjects of the Study The subjects of the study were the Fourth Year High School students from Public and Private schools in Taguig. See Table 1 for the breakdown of sample. Table 1 School Type Male Female Total Total This study focused on the study habits and learning environment in relation to the academic achievement of Fourth Year level students of President Diosdado Macapagal High School, Signal Village National High School, Athens Academy and Royal Era which were utilized as the samples of the study. It was composed of...
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...DEVELOPMENT OF HOSTEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM METHODOLOGY It is the systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field of study. It comprises the theoretical analysis of the body of methods and principles associated with a branch of knowledge. System development methodology in software engineering is a framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing an information system. There are several methodologies and tools used in software or system development. Some of which are , Agile, crystal methods, dynamic systems development(DSDM), Feature driven development (FDD), Joint application development(JAD)etc. Since we are aiming at developing hostel management system to solve the problems in manual ways of hostel management which in now common even with the current technological advancement. The following steps are how we intend to go about with the study or the project work with regards to hostel management system. Interviews According to Gary Dessler, an interview is a procedure designed to obtain information from a person’s oral response to oral inquires and it can also be described as two-way conversations that the parties involve have some sort of objectives or goals to accomplish. So basically we will have some kind of oral conversation with the some Hostel managers, students and others who have knowledge in relation to our study in order to have a detailed overview on how the manual system is run with regards to record keeping...
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...Soft Systems Methodology A report by Dale Couprie Alan Goodbrand Bin Li David Zhu Department of Computer Science University of Calgary Table of Contents. Abstract. Introduction Map Stage 1. Problem situation unstructured. Stage 2. Problem Situation expressed. Rich Pictures Illustration of Stage 1 and Stage 2 as a whole in SSM Pitfalls that must be avoided. Stage 3: Naming of Relevant Systems Root Definitions CATWOE Stage 4: Conceptual Models Systems Thinking Formal Systems Model Monitoring a System Stage 5: Comparing Conceptual Models with Reality Using Conceptual Models as a Base for Ordered Questioning Comparing History with Model Prediction General Overall Comparison Model Overlay Stages 6 and 7. Implementing Feasible and Desirable Changes Case Study - Rethinking a Service Function in the Shell Group Stages 1 and 2 Stage 3: Naming of Relevant Systems Stage 4: Conceptual Models Stage 5: Comparing Conceptual Models with Reality Stages 6 and 7. Implementing Feasible and Desirable Changes Observations and Conclusions Exercise References Figures. Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Soft Systems Methodology map. Transformation process for producing Rich Picture. The routing of Systems Thinking. Shell's MF Rich Picture. Shell's MF world view of training. Shell's MF training conceptual model. Tables. Table 1. One to one transformations involving different world views. Table 2. Shell's Comparison with reality. Abstract This document deals with...
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...to absorbed knowledge. The difference between the terminal performance of the learner and his/her base level performance is normally attributed to effective teaching by means of teaching methodologies use by the teacher. Teacher factor is one of the strongest determinants of successful learning that contribute to the study habits of students. Study habits and teaching methodologies performed a very important role in the learning process. Through the advancement in our technology some changes occur in teaching procedures, the help of printed materials learning become complex. The skill in selecting methodologies in the context of certain lesson is critical. The teacher has mastered this ability through sharp and intensive observation of how students learn. Choosing on what teaching methodologies to be used can contribute on the study habits of the students. It is expected that when teachers used the best teaching method, students might study lessons easily. Psychologists and educational experts are aware of this situation and use their knowledge about learning, about techniques and procedures to study and apply it to teaching process. How can we obtain learnings by means of study habit? Salandanan (2005) asserts that, “[i]t includes the teachers’ to implement a particular methodology in presenting a lesson” (p. 50). Formulation of instructional objectives lead to good study habits. Students find this situation as an interrelated to each one. Study habit is affected...
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...Magisteruppsats i Informatik Master thesis in Informatics REPORT NO. 2008:034 ISSN: 1651-4769 Department of Applied Information Technology Soft Systems Methodology in action: A case study at a purchasing department Using SSM to suggest a new way of conducting financial reporting at a purchasing department in the automotive industry OLLE L. BJERKE IT Universtiy of Göteborg Chalmers University of Technology and Universtiy of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden 2008 1 Using Soft Systems Methodology at a purchasing department to conduct a study of financial reporting needs Olle L. Bjerke Department of Applied Information Technology IT University of Göteborg Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology SUMMARY The aim of this essay has been to try out Soft Systems Methodology on financial reporting at Volvo Cars Corporation (VCC). VCC saw a possible opportunity to improve their reporting processes, and SSM was chosen to deal with this possible problematic situation. Action Research became the natural way of conducting the study since it is almost a mandatory way of conducting SSM. A delimitation was made due to limited resources and only a small part of the purchasing department was involved, namely electrical purchasing. The result of the study is the artifacts from the different SSM steps that points upon how the participants would like the reporting system to be as well as many issues with the current reporting process. These outputs from the method...
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...AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION MEI 2015 CDAD2103 METHODOLOGY OF INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT Contents 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Methodology 1 1.3 Types of Software developing life cycles (SDLC) 2 1. Waterfall Model 2 2. V-Shaped Model 4 3. Evolutionary Prototyping Model 5 4. Spiral Method (SDM) 7 5. Iterative and Incremental Method 8 6. Extreme programming (Agile development) 10 1.4 CASE (computer-aided software engineering) 11 1.5 Conclusion 16 Introduction System development methodology is a standard process followed in an organization to conduct all the steps necessary to analyze, design, implement, and maintain information systems. Organizations use a standard set of steps, called system development methodology to develop and support their information systems. Like many processes, the development of information systems often follows a life cycle. For example, a commercial product such as a Nike sneaker or a Honda car follows a life cycle; it is created, tested and introduced to the market. Its sales increase, peak and decline. Finally, the product is removed from the market and is replaced with something else. Many options exist for developing information systems, but the most common methodology for system development in many organizations is system development life cycle. However, it is important to know other alternative development methodology available in order to maximize the development process....
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...the publication of Ball and Brown’s seminal work in 1968, accounting research moved into positive research (i.e., examining what is rather than what should be). Although this change has had its critics, it has resulted in a significant increase in research output (and many new journals). A cynical definition of research is: any paper that cites a lot of other accounting papers must be accounting research. This “quick and dirty” definition restricts accounting research to topics and methodologies that are well established in the literature; it is “safe” but somewhat limiting. More rigorously, Oler, Oler, and Skousen (2009) attempt to characterize accounting research by looking at the topics, research methodologies, and citations made by papers published in a set of six top accounting journals (AOS, CAR, JAE, JAR, RAST, and TAR). Their work can be criticized, though, because they do not consider all accounting journals, and because their categorizations of topics (6 of them) and research methodologies (7 of them) are broad. In spite of shortcomings, their paper appears to be the first that attempts to characterize and define accounting research, which they define as follows: “accounting research is research into the effect of economic events on the process of summarizing, analyzing, verifying, and reporting standardized financial information, and on the effects of reported information on economic events.” Professors typically will...
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...In his 1989 article Mouck cites Morgan (1988) who observed that: “The idea that accountants represent reality ‘as is ‘ through the means of numbers that are objective and value free, has clouded the much more important insight that accountants are always engaged in interpreting a complex reality, partially, and in a way that is heavily weighted in favor of what the accountant is able to measure and chooses to measure…” (p. 480). Required: Discuss the extent to which the “scientific” world-view of mainstream accounting researchers, is grounded on a belief that “reality” exists independently of thee human subject and the possible implications this has for accounting theory development. Introduction Accounting is a subject that is guided with principles and regulations. Thus, it is often regarded as a rigid, rigorous, and highly analytical discipline with very precise interpretations. However, this is far from the truth. For instance, two organizations that are otherwise homogeneous can apply different valuation methods giving entirely distinct but equally correct answers. One may argue that a choice between accounting schemes is merely an “accounting construct” the sorts of “games” accountants play that are exclusively of relevance to them but have no pertinent in the “real world.” Once again this is entirely false. For example, valuation of inventory using either LIFO (Last-in-last-out) or FIFO (First-in-first-out) has an impact on income tax, especially in the US...
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...Guido L. Geerts, author of “A Design Science Research Methodology and Its Application to Accounting Information Systems Research,” asserts most of research currently conducted in the accounting information systems (AIS) and information systems (IS) areas focuses on understanding why things work the way they do, also known as “natural science (Geerts, 2011).” The primary goal of the paper was to introduce the design science research methodology (DSRM) into accounting information systems (AIS) literature by discussing the DSRM, applying the DSRM to different AIS design science papers, and then integrating the DSRM as part of the operational AIS literature (Geerts, 2011). “Currently, integration is increasingly needed in the business environment. This need emerges from the efficiency and synergy requirements necessary in a complex and turbulent environment. In other words, integration is needed to facilitate coordination, which is again related to the building of competitive advantage.” (Granlund & Malmi, 2002, p. 305). Detail Geerts’ introduction gives definitions and history of the concept of DSRM and AIS so that the reader may transition along with the article. There is discussion of each methodology giving the history and the science behind it and then he moves into how the application of DSRM was discussed in the AIS area. According to Geerts the DSRM has three objectives and aims at improving the production, presentation, and evaluation of design science research...
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...EMSE 6850 Introduction to Management Science Year 2013 – 2014 First deadline is 31st December 2013 Absolute deadline is 5th January 2014 Assessment You are required to prepare a business report on a Management Science related problem of your choice. The report should be a self-contained (3000 words max) document explaining the problem; the method of your choice with justification; application analysis and outcomes. The maximum number of words is 3000 words but you are allowed to add any appendices should you deem necessary. The contents should be as follows: Executive Summary One page description of the business problem tackled, the MS approached used, and outcomes. Document signposts Table of contents and tables of figures and tables (if needed). Use of citation and references as appropriate. Introduction A description of the business problem faced and the objectives as laid down by the management group. You may refer to Hillier and Hillier for help in describing the problem. Method used Present the MS method used and why you thought it was the most appropriate amongst other methods. Your justification of the choice is an important part of your assessment Implementation A description of how the raw problem is converted into a spreadsheet model. Please provide details of the raw data and the steps followed for populating it in Excel Analysis Provide alternative solutions and scenarios and their respective outcomes. This should be accompanied by a...
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...se BSG – 306 – Fall Semester / 2012 - 2013 [pic] Progress Report / Project / Presentation Course Title: Business Communication Course Number: BSG – 306 Number of Credits: 3 – 3 – 0 Pre-requisites: BSG – 201 and ENL – 102 Name of the Professor: Dr. Naseer Khan, naseerkhan@agu.ac.ae Class Timing: 13.30 to 14.45 hours on Monday and Wednesday 19.30 to 20.45 hours on Sunday and Tuesday Sections: 51 Morning and 1 Evening Hand in date: Progress Report – 24.10.2012 Final Project – 31.10.2012 and Presentation – 28.11.2012 Hand out date: 23rd September, 2012 Hand in time of presentation: Hard copy Project Number: ONE Allocation of Marks: 15 (Progress Report 5marks, Final Project 5marks and Presentation 5 marks) Note: Copying from any source will be awarded zero Name of the student: Id. #: Name of the Project: “Business Communication Issues in an Organization” Introduction: The aim of this Project is to introduce you to the subject of Business Communication and how it is practiced in the real business / organization. Business Communication...
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