...Abstract When software is being purchased for a company we must thoroughly examine all parties involved and make sure all input is considered before making a purchase. Key players that are not involved in daily IT functions were put in charge of purchasing new software and the users and IT personnel were not contacted on what the new system should do or what features are wanted. Introduction This assignment is a case study that shows the failures of a business while integrating over to a new software system. The MSCC displayed many areas of poor judgment on technology and software in the business. They were running on old system and software into the 21st century. The time to upgrade to more current systems had long past. Problems will arise when management and support staff are not on the same page when it comes to technology decisions. Improperly trained IT staff and office politics slowed the integration process to a standstill once the new system was approved. Improper steps were also taken by IT staff as no plans were laid out to what steps to take during the process. We will look at each key player and the roles they had in the case. We will also look at what steps we would need to take if we were in Leon Lassiter’s place. Questions 1. Who are the key players in the case and what are their respective roles? 1.1 Leon Lassiter – Lassiter was brought on work at MSCC during a time where they were struggling to keep the budget balanced and produce revenue. It pioneered...
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...Question 1 Mass customization, using mass-production technology to quickly and cost-effectively assemble goods that are uniquely designed to fit the demands of individual customers provides a competitive advantage to organizations (Daft, 2010). Mass customization has three main capabilities, elicitation, process flexibility, and logistics to meet customer demands (Zipkin, 2001). Elicitation is the process of providing consumers the ability to communicate what they desire, whereas information is gathered and processed. Process flexibility is the ability of an organization to take the information and provide or produce the customized product or service requested by the consumer. Once the service or product is ready, the logistics is the collaboration of the organization’s processes to employ or deliver the product or service. Mass customization may also be used in service firms, whereas unlike a manufacturing organization, service organizations accomplish their primary purpose through the production and provision of services, such as education, health-care, transportation, banking, and hospitality (Daft, 2010). An example of a mass customization utilized by service firms are colleges that offer specialties degrees. Students attending college may have a specialty they would like to pursue when obtaining a degree. Degrees offered at a college may be generalized such as obtaining a MBA, or more specialized such as a MBA with a cognate in marketing, project management, accounting...
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...Topic A, named Billing System Conversion Project to develop a communication plan for the conversion project. Identify at least three audiences. Identify all audiences who have an interest in the project (sponsor, team members, and so on). For each audience, describe the type of information that should be communicated (progress, scope changes, costs, and so on) and the level of detail needed. List the frequency of each communication (weekly, monthly, as needed, and so on). Audience: Team Type(s) of information: presentation of project progress Frequency: as needed Audience: client/customer Type(s) of information: report of overall progress, formal briefing Frequency: as needed Audience: Team Type(s) of information: team meeting, group interaction for project Frequency: weekly B-1 Use Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the case study named Billing System Conversion Project, to determine which tasks or deliverables can be purchased from sellers and then determine which ones, if any, you would recommend for seller purchase. The tasks and deliverables that could be outsourced include the training of the team, the update of the system, software install, and the purchase of the new PCs. The only thing I would recommend outsourcing or buying from an external seller would be the PCs so that a price comparison can be done and the company could make the best financial decision. C-1 1. Use Parts 1 and 2 of the case study named Billing System Conversion Project to review the requirements...
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...we encountered in this case are lack of IT knowledge, inappropriate planning, and ineffective and inefficient Resource Management. Each of these issues requires specific attention to fix the next problem and so forth. The solution to attack each individual problem or issue will be explained as follows. Problem #1 Attempting to manage the conversion from an old technology system to a new one without the proper knowledge or background in information technology. Solution Rather than attempting to fix the IT issue, which Leon Lassiter (Vice President of Marketing) of Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) had no knowledge about, instead he should have recognized the issue and address it to be taken care by IT experts. Most importantly he should have consulted with the experts of the matter addressing potential problems and solutions while establishing a timetable of completion of the project within reasonable, reachable, and acceptable time frame. At the same time he needs to establish a realistic expenditure budget to avoid draining financial reserves set forth for such expenses. Now, Mr. Lassiter needs to prioritize the full conversion of the new system by October. He needs to hire an additional system analyst to help out Kovecki (System Analyst of MSCC) to transfer all of the data from the old system to the new one. In addition to that, Kovecki needs to order the new modem so that it can allow UNITRAK experts to remote access the new system to help with the difficulties immediately...
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...SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING YEAR 3 MECHATRONICS ASSIGNMENT LAB REPORT Reading an Analogue Voltage from a Potentiometer to turn a Motor on and off with reading of 40 Assignment 2 Owais Jahanzeb BENG Mechanical Engineering with buissness Lecturer: Dr. Tom Shenton Aim & Objectives The aim of this lab is to develop a functioning program for the PICDEM board to read an analogue signal from a potentiometer and turning a motor on or off if the signal exceeds a certain limit. The program should depict the function that it should turn the motor ON and OFF if the potentiometer reading is less than or equal to 40. The practical uses of such program can be seen in automotive , injection moulding machines, wood processing machines, modern temperature controlled plants, speed control torque operations. Developing Program 1 Figure 1. The schematic circuit & PICDEM board configuration for Program Figure 1. The schematic circuit & PICDEM board configuration for Program The objective of program is to read the correspondent voltage analogous to the potentiometer position and switch the motor on if the reading is over 40 and switch it off if the reading is less than or equal to 40, the value can be adjusted by twisting the screw clockwise and anticlockwise. The program works by implementing the following code. PIC program for Test of potentiometer with value less equal to 40 with comments: include <p16f917.inc> extern DisplayDigit1, DisplayDigit2...
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...el riesgo a los inversores. Si un bono tenía su precio a la par, los pagos del cupón era la principal fuente del retorno de los bonos. Desde que un bono convertible les proporcionaba valor a los inversores como “opciones”, las compañías generalmente emitían convertibles con cupones más bajos como si tuviesen deuda. La opción convertible significa que el bono fue cambiado por un cierto número de acciones comunes de la empresa a precio fijo. Esta opción era válida para inversionistas después de concluir con la vida del bono convertible. El valor de un bono convertible no solo depende del riesgo crediticio y las tasas de intereses del mercado, sino también del precio de la acción, de la ganancia de la misma y la volatilidad. Precio de Conversion = Valor Nominal /...
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...Assignment -1: Short questions 1. You are generating leads from online channels to sell credit cards. You are running two campaigns (let’s say A & B) on google to sell your product online and campaign A has better CTR. Assume A &B has same targeting but different set of keywords. These campaigns also use different ad copies. Mark these statements as true or false with some explanation: A. You should allocate more budget to campaign A if CTR continue to remain high – to remain high as in average position it depends on the conversion rate so this False B. Your cost per lead will be less for campaign A- True Could be where if the CTR is high. C. People searching keywords listed in campaign A find ad copy at campaign A more relevant- True – probably STP is done appropriately D. You should replace Campaign B ad copy with Campaign A ad copy as A is giving you better results- False not necessarily as it depends STP is done for specific audience with same message or keyword 2. LinkedIn allows you to bid either as CPC or as CPM. You realized that your ad position will be the same for both pricing models. Avg CPC would be Rs 110 and avg CPM is 150. You expect CTR to be in 0.2%-0.3% range based on historical data. What pricing plan will you choose? CPC or CPM. Why? Answer I would choose for CPM as the cost to the advertiser would come as per impression where CPC would be a little costly when position is coming as same 3. You are generating leads...
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...How to increase visibility and conversion rate for our web site: Topics: SEM and SMM (optimizing Budgets) Social Media Link Exchange and Breadcrumbs App Responsive Design Google Content Network Eye-track Web Temperature map SEM and SMM We are planning on investing around 5000 EUR every month between SEM and SMM, we are going to focus on SEM more than SMM because we know that people click on the ads when is the specific information that they are looking for, appears on the right side of their search results. We are planning on targeting two kind of audiences doing SEM, the first of all is the one that is looking for projects to invest money on those, this audience in mainly from US and Asia, those are already venture capitalist, whose are looking for profitable projects, while are working on our SEO strategy, that takes around 2 months at least to get on the first page of the search results, we are planning on doing SEM, to target the long-tail of investors who are interested on not only profitable projects, but also to invest in India in solar parks, for those queries we already made a research and we don’t have competitors, so maybe we will get to the first position very easy, but when targeting venture capitalist that are looking for profitable projects, is not that simple, because there are many projects available, many ventures as well as people looking for investors that fund theirs, in that case, we are willing to invest in the most expensive...
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... Theories of Conversion: Understanding and Interpreting Religious Change Lewis R. RAMBO Social Compass 1999 46: 259 DOI: 10.1177/003776899046003003 The online version of this article can be found at: http://scp.sagepub.com/content/46/3/259 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education Additional services and information for Social Compass can be found at: Email Alerts: http://scp.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://scp.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://scp.sagepub.com/content/46/3/259.refs.html >> Version of Record - Sep 1, 1999 What is This? Downloaded from scp.sagepub.com at University of Zambia on March 22, 2014 Social Compass 46(3), 1999, 259–271 Lewis R. RAMBO Theories of Conversion: Understanding and Interpreting Religious Change The author explores the nature of theory and provides an overview of resources for the study of conversion to Islam. Theory is valuable in so far as it illuminates different aspects of a phenomenon. Various theoretical approaches include some dimensions and exclude others. Scholars of conversion must be aware of theoretical issues and systematically utilize theoretical options with sophistication. Such an approach will expand understanding of conversion and also enhance comparative studies of conversion. Theoretical orientations...
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...Objetivo: Como optimizar la conversión de CPA? A tener en cuenta Parte de la baja tasa de respuesta en la actualidad se debe al cambio de comportamiento del consumidor. El mismo está más en control de lo que se le ofrece y se acostumbró a ser más selectivo con las acciones que realiza. Algunos números: * 84% de las personas entre 25 a 34 años se van de los sitios por la publicidad irrelevante o invasiva. * 86% de las personas evita la publicidad en la televisión * 91% de los usuarios de email se desuscriben del newsletter de una compañía que previamente se suscribieron. Efectivamente el comportamiento de las personas en general hace que sean cada vez menos receptivas a cualquier tipo de publicidad, offline como online, es por eso que hay que buscar alguna otra alternativa para generar el tipo de engagement que se necesita para convertir en campañas de CPA. A eso hay que sumarle que en los últimos años, se fue sumando muchísima gente por lo natural de la penetración de internet y la facilidad que tienen los dispositivos para conectarse. Eso hace que para llegar a lograr los mismos resultados que años anteriores hay que duplicar o triplicar esfuerzos y costos en muchos casos. La combinación de los dos factores (cantidad de nuevos usuarios + usuarios más sofisticados o menos permeables a la publicidad) hace que tengamos que dar un cambio de plan importante en las técnicas que anteriormente podían hacer que una campaña funcione y hoy en día hacen que lograr lo...
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...1. How my thinking about teaching GCSE maths re-sits has changed during the course. My thinking about teaching GCSE maths re-sits has changed in that I’m more focused on improving the learning of my students. Simplistically, before it may have been a case of “What do they need to know?” and then relaying what the student needs to know for that particular subject, in a clear and concise manner, which may have been “got” by most students, but then they would have forgot the method shortly afterwards when it came to a formative or a summative assessment. Now I’m more determined to help students learn in a way that is going to be enjoyable to them and help them remember what they need to for the exam. This will involve doing more kinaesthetic and visual activities as a lot of learners learn by doing. Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) The course has introduced me to Hodder Education’s range of books called ‘Making Sense of Maths’ for KS3 and KS4 (http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/makingsenseofmaths). Mr Gough, a maths teacher and one of the authors of the aforementioned book(s) states the following: “My experience of teaching GCSE Foundation Tier is that by the time they get to KS4 they’ve already covered most of the content and they’re having the same content repeated in the same way that they found difficult in the first place so my experience of using this approach is that it seemed very different to them and it reinvigorated their interest in maths and they were...
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...flow of units is unaffected by the process-costing method used. Therefore, step 1 is identical under the weighted-average and FIFO methods. See Exhibit 4–5 in the text. Step 2: Calculation of Equivalent Units A table of equivalent units, under FIFO process costing, is presented in Exhibit 4–A.* It is identical to the table prepared under the weighted-average method except for one important difference. Under the FIFO method, the equivalent units of direct material and conversion represented by the March 1 work-in-process inventory are subtracted in the last row of the table. By subtracting the equivalent units in the beginning work in process, we are able to determine the new equivalent units of activity accomplished in March only. The 20,000 physical units in the March 1 work in process have all of their materials, so they represent 20,000 equivalent units of direct material. However, these units are only 10 percent complete with respect to conversion, so they represent only 2,000 equivalent units of conversion activity (20,000 physical units 10% complete). Step 3: Computation of Unit Costs The calculation of unit costs is presented in Exhibit 4–B. The cost per equivalent unit for direct material is computed by dividing the directmaterial cost incurred during March only by the new equivalent units of...
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...Report | For the Month Ended June 30, 2012 | | | Equivalent Units | | | Physical Units | Materials | Conversion Costs | | QUANTITIES | | | | | Units to be accounted for | | | | | Works in process, June 1 | 0 | | | | Started into production | 22000 | | | | Total units | 22000 | | | | Units to be accounted for | | | | | Transferred out | 20000 | 20000 | 20000 | | Works in process, June 30 | 2000 | 2000 | 800 | | Total units | 22000 | 22000 | 20800 | | COSTS | | Materials | Conversion Costs | Total | Unit costs | | | | | Costs in June | (a) | 198000 | 166400 | 364400 | Equivalent units | (b) | 22000 | 20000 | | Unit costs [(a):(b)] | | $9 | $8 | $17 | Costs to be accounted for | | | | | Work in process, June 1 | | | | $0 | Started into production | | | | 364400 | Total costs | | | | $364,400 | Cost Reconciliation Schedule | | | | | Costs accounted for | | | | | Transferred out (20000 X $17) | | | | 340000 | Work in process, June 30 | | | | | Materials (20000 X $9) | | | 18000 | | Conversion costs (800 X $8) | | | 6400 | 24400 | Total costs | | | | $364,400.00 | P16-4Ac Assembly Department | Production Cost Report | For the Month Ended November 30, 2012 | | | Equivalent Units | | | Physical Units | Materials | Conversion Costs | | QUANTITIES | | | | | Units to be accounted for | | | | | Works in process, Nov 1 | 35000...
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...Lecture 44 and 45 AUTOMATIC GENERATION CONTROL 1.0 INTRODUCTION Maintaining power system frequency at constant value is very important for the health of the power generating equipment and the utilization equipment at the customer end. The job of automatic frequency regulation is achieved by governing systems of individual turbine-generators and Automatic Generation Control (AGC) or Load frequency control ( LFC) system of the power system. 2.0 FREQUENCY VARIATION IN A SINGLE MACHINE To understand the variation of frequency in a power system, we can consider a single machine connected to an isolated load, as shown in the figure below. Turbine Gen Pl Pm Fig.1 SINGLE TURBINE GENERATOR WITH LOAD Normally, the turbine mechanical power (Pm) and the electrical load power (Pl) are equal. Whenever there is a change in load, with mechanical power remaining the same the speed (ω) of the turbine generator changes as decided by the rotating inertia (M) of the rotor system, as given by the following differential equation.. Pm-Pl = M [dω/dt ] The governing system senses this change in speed and adjusts steam control valve so that mechanical power (Pm) matches with the changed load (Pl). Speed variation stops but at a different steady value. The change in frequency (Δω) at steady state can be described using the following equation in terms of change in load (Δ Pl) and a factor R called ‘speed regulation or ‘droop’. Δω = - [Δ Pl ]( R) A 20 % change in load (Δ Pl = 0.2 per unit)...
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...Background Conversion disorder is one of a group of psychological disorders called somatoform disorders. These disorders are marked by the presence of physical symptoms without there being any physical ailment. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) (2000) “the symptoms must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning” (485). Although conversion disorder is in the category of somatoform disorders, C.V. is marked by a deficiency affecting voluntary motor or sensory functioning. Essentially, conversion disorder is a neurological disorder in which physical symptoms are caused unconsciously by a stressful or traumatic event. Professor of Psychiatry & Emergency Medicine, Seth Powsner, MD,(2006) states that “although defined as a condition that presents as an alteration or loss of a physical function suggestive of a physical disorder, conversion disorder is presumed to be the expression of an underlying psychological conflict or need.” (p. 1) Psychological factors are not initially present, but after thorough investigation into the history of the patient, the symptoms are discovered. According to PsychCentral.com, “the symptom or deficit cannot, after appropriate investigation, be fully explained by a general medical condition, or by the direct effects of a substance, or as a culturally sanctioned...
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