Strategic Initiative Learning Team B FIN /370 26 February 2012 Farookh Syed Strategic Initiative Introduction. Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations achieve their dreams (Microsoft.com). Microsoft’s innovation has led to quality, high profile and dynamic products which many businesses and consumers desire in a product. In the past year Microsoft has launched products such as Xbox Kinect, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Phone, and Bing. While these products are highly successful Microsoft continue to push the envelope to create and improve products that are synchronized with tablets, PCs, game systems, and phones in businesses and consumers to increase their productivity.
Additionally, multiple new high-performance servers would have had to be bought in order to sustain the exponential increase in the database. Overall, despite the difficulty of this technique, it has been effective and aided the company in developing their products and increasing their market to a worldwide status. This example may also relate to market penetration, as some users may have already used the service, but have been offered a more suited version of it. This is also useful, as their interest may increase with the increased suitability and specific targeting performed by Google. Users may also increase their usage of this search engine, as they are now able to rely on it to return results that are accurate to their interests
Our culture is changing; every day more people utilize cybernetic ways to communicate which reduces the quality of our interaction. On her essay, “Sex, Lies and Conversation”, Deborah Tannen points out that intimacy is the base of relationships, but how can intimacy exist if our communication levels these days do not even involve having a face to face conversation. Since the Internet and computers became more affordable, more people are becoming part of the cybernetic world. According to Wikipedia, there are over 500 million users on the most popular social networking websites, more than half of them are under 25. This means that most of the young members of our society are growing accustomed to a different kind of communication, perhaps one of less quality.
February 15, 2013 Exploratory Essay Composition I While I believe on ground learning is more structured and beneficial for some, online learning takes a lot of discipline and motivation to complete, because it can be very strict and distance and no set schedule. It can be very challenging, due to the fact that online learning requires students to participate a certain amount of hours or certain times per week. Online can be beneficial for working class people, or stay at home parents, because it allows the flexibility to attend at your own pace. My perception is that it can present many pitfalls and failures because it requires more discipline and commitment. For instance there may times when circumstances arise where you cannot participate
The Ethical Issues Surrounding Organ Retrieval NURS324 Abstract I chose this topic because it is one of the most difficult I have had to deal with in my career. In doing the research I had hoped to gain enlightenment into how to best deal with my own perceptions and misconceptions of organ retrieval. My hopes were to become more knowledgeable and comfortable about organ retrieval so I could then enhance and facilitate the process with more ease. The myriad of emotions involved can at times be overwhelming and the additional skill would only improve my practice. I admit that in my ten years of practice in the emergency department that I have only experienced this situation twice but both times left me feeling inadequate and torn
An effective quality assurance system for online education Abstract Over the past decades, online education has become a more popular educational method by offering a new learning environment for students. With the rapid development of online education, educators start to realize that how to assure quality of online education has become an unavoidable problem. Firstly, a flexible and reliable Learning Management System is the basis; it is able to stimulate and activate students’ interests so that they acquire knowledge and skills much more actively and efficiently. Secondly, a well informed and trained instructor with a flexible contract is a key; it makes high quality online courses and universities can inspire qualified teaching stuff by providing flexible contract. Finally, a well educated and skilled student was evaluated reasonably by self, peer and professors is an influencing factor; it enables to students understand their overall academic performance so that they make consistent improvement.
The world of health care environment is changing faster than ever due to the demand of delivering higher quality medical services for less money and also because of the increased competition between health care services providers. In contrast, hospitals, research clinics, private healthcare institutions and doctors are looking for solutions to increase daily activities, efficiency and decrease their spending cost. There are a variety of technologies or ways to choose from in order to accomplish these goals, but as we all know most of the residents of the health world are setting their eyes on the internet world to do so. This is due to the flexibility, robustness and the uprising advancement of technologies in the internet world. By venturing into the world of internet they could save a lot of time and also money, as time is as precious as
Running head: WORKPLACE COMPUTERS Technology in the Workplace: Utilizing Workplace Computers for Personal Use Joe Johnson Spring 2011 As the years move forward, there is an increasing amount of technological advancements being made. These advances are making many professional and personal tasks more convenient and easier to perform. And while there are many benefits and advantages to the ever changing and increasing technological resources available to individuals, there are also disadvantages in the workplace. With technology usage and technological advancement comes various ethical issues, specifically employee misuse and abuse of company computers for personal use. Thus, employers must establish and develop acceptable use policies that will serve to educate and inform employees about the acceptable use of workplace computers and technology.
Internet capable technology is extremely affordable, and people across the world are adapting to this new wide world of communication. The world is changing, and experts are divided about the consequences of the fast-growing new ways people have to reach out to each other. Social media is now the most popular way to keep in touch with old friends, new friends, and family. Text messaging, along with its altered lingo, has almost replaced telephone calls and voice mail messages entirely. Business meetings have been replaced by emails or internet based conference applications such as Skype.
AN 310.1.1 Cultural Anthropology LESSON 5: Technology and the Family; Gender and Sexuality “How Technology Changed Family Life” As the Years have passed technological advances have made an impact on everyone, from children to the elderly, technology seems to have taken over the valued family dinners to more independent and less family quality time. Many may argue that it has kept communication very high and the importance it is to have a cellular phone, but the effect that technology has on families has greatly increased. Technology has improved our way of living, but families have also realized the negative effect as well. According to English- Lueck, it seems that although the boundaries between work and home has been dissolved and re-established by telecommuting many adults find themselves bringing work and worries home, interfering with family life. It has become very convenient for families to set up an office in their homes, in some instances parents have had to schedule a “mommy is working now” time or complete work after post bed time (English-Lueck 1998).