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Abstract There has been increased use and application of innovative technologies across many work places forcing companies to keep an eye on current technological changes to keep at breast with its competitors. Its application in the modern business world is inevitable and may be considered to have both positive and negative impacts. Introduction Technology has changed the way companies handle their businesses. Newly introduced innovative technologies have increased the capacity of the organization to act and change in pursuit of sustainable changes to curb human capital accumulation To further examine the relationship between information technology use and human resource management, the relationship between the two discipline practices are presented. Since technological change requires corresponding human resource policies, the research does argue that the application of innovative technologies improves job and human performances and human performance. This study is aimed at identifying both positive and negative influences of computer technologies on the human resources who work in offices. The methodology is based on secondary data as well as primary data in the form of a questionnaire that will be given out to several companies in order to form a qualitative empirical analysis on this topic. The survey will be measured using a Likert scale to enable employees’ rate their opinions regarding use and application of information technology in work places. After gathering the replied surveys, the aim of the study is to compare and contrast the results between departments as well as with the literature review in order to make clear to the reader how innovative technologies are useful in the modern, how it is changing with evolving markets and finally examine if such applications have been of benefit towards companies. Objectives   * The study was aimed at considering the level of innovative technology influence on office workers.   * Check the level of changes the innovative technologies have brought to the w
Descriptive statistics build the foundation for quantitative studies because they collect various features of gathered data. For example, average aspects of a population or a percentage of women in a sample are types of descriptive statistics (Polit & Beck, 2017). There are four ways, in which information can be collected and measured. The first one is nominal – objects or situations are assigned numbers (or letters) that have no actual value. For instance, males and females in a study can be represented by numerals 1 and 2. The next level is ordinal where the order of objects has value, but the connection between them is unclear. Here, satisfaction or agreement ranges can be used as examples. The third type is interval – both the order of and correlations between values are known, thus providing a measurable scale. Finally, the last level of measurement is a ratio, which adds an absolute zero to the calculations. The accumulated information can be analyzed using univariate and bivariate statistical methods. The first type, univariate statistics, interprets only one variable collected for one’s research. For example, scholars can gather data about participants’ age in order to find the average age of a particular group or its youngest members. Univariate analyses include a central tendency which shows the mean, the mode, and the median. The mode determines the most common measures; the mean presents an average score from all values; the median shows data that is placed in the middle of all variables. For instance, Jennings, Clifford, Fox, O’Connell, and Gardner (2015) use the median to determine ages of practitioners in different studies. Another univariate analysis is dispersion – Beauvais, Stewart, DeNisco, and Beauvais (2014) use it to find the variance and standard deviation of their sample. Bivariate descriptive statistics, on the other hand, examine two variables. They are usually utilized to find a connection or an association between multiple sets of data. Analyses such as correlation indexes and contingency tables are examples of bivariate statistics. Beauvais et al. (2014) use a specific correlation index, Pearson’s correlation, to show the connection between nurses’ success and other factors such as their preferred classes and ways of learning. It measures the association between two values, creating a line from one variable to another. González, Manzanares, and Peinado (2017) utilize a contingency table, a more complicated tool, to investigate a relationship between students’ satisfaction and different learning exercises by presenting the values in a matrix. The resulting table presents many sets of data arranged according to their proximity to and interconnectedness with each other. These methods do not measure significance and require additional statistical tests for that. Their advantage lies in the use of specific data, while their drawback is the lack of connection between some variables. However, the correctness of results can be strengthened by calculating risk indexes – estimated proportions to reduce errors in interpretations of data. Absolute risk is the percentage of participants who experienced a negative outcome
Abstract This research paper is based on a study of America history. Truman doctrine is an important part of America’s history since the reign of President Harry Truman during 1940s. Truman Doctrine is one of President Truman’s remarkable achievements that are remembered in history. This research paper, introduces the situation that led to proclamation of the doctrine on March 12, 1947 and its key intent. By focusing on the situation in Greece and Turkey, this paper proves for the reader that not only did the doctrine aim at helping Greece and Turkey overpower political insurgence by communist, but was also a political strategy by the United States government. This research paper proves to the reader that Truman Doctrine played a part in starting of the cold war between United States and the Soviet Union, and later to other parts of the world. This historical event is proven through this research paper to have caused world uprising against oppressive forces and also led to formation of nations that came to adore democracy and respect of human rights. This research paper also evaluates the initial intent of the Truman Doctrine by providing other issues that concern the doctrine, for example American indulgence in unauthorized wars and foreign issues as well as the opposition against the endorsement of Truman Doctrine. Through resourceful information, the research paper is concluded by an assertion that indeed president Truman legacy and reputation revolves around this great phenomenon of Truman Doctrine that forever changed America’s history. The research paper also concludes by agreeing to the fact that, Truman Doctrine shaped the twentieth century global politics and economics. Introduction Just like the name Truman suggests, the Truman doctrine is connected to the former president Harry Truman of 1947. The Truman doctrine was one of the president’s policy or rather the United States policy towards the underlying situation in Greece and Turkey during that time. At the moment, Greece and turkey were under Soviet Union’s pressure to conform to communism, a system that United States disregarded. It
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is a chilling exploration of how a man could project upon others his own darkness. Through a pact with the Devil, Goodman Brown becomes obsessed with the supposed sins of the townspeople. Hawthorne utilized many symbolisms to depict how Goodman Brown transformed into “a stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become”. To use a word descriptive of many people today, Goodman Brown became a cynic. So when he died, the townspeople “carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom”. Reading through the passages of the story, the reader seems to undergo the same experience as the character. We will discover that we all have come to grips with the nature of things in the deep, dark, pathless wilderness of night and determine the powers beyond our will and desires. At the start of the story, Goodman Brown was a naive young man who has just been married. He has a dream in which he sees all the best people in the village, including his wife. Presumably, in his experience with sex in his newly-married state, the sexuality — the human quality — of everyone, including his wife, his parents, his minister, and his teachers, dawns on him in a traumatic way in that he has always been taught by his Puritan teachers that the flesh is sinful. However, Goodman Brown had seen both the best and the worst in human nature. In this process, Goodman loses his “faith” and his love. This is why he chooses to believe the worst. The story did not tell everything as easy because readers are enjoined to assume that Goodman Brown’s former innocence had been derived from ignorance, as knowledge comes to him with so much intensity that he is not able to excuse himself for the ignorance that he had. And he blames everyone else because none of them told him these things before. In short, he wants to have had divine knowledge, and he thus challenges the way of things in every respect. Just by being human, people he sees through his loveless eyes transform into witches. Those who have this loveless view of others have already, ironically, partaken of the devil’s baptism. Like Brown, they forever after will be “more conscious of the secret guilt of others, both in deed and thought, than they could now be of their own”. It is not difficult to realize that Hawthorne’s intention in “Young Goodman Brown” is to force the reader to experience the temptations which Brown himself must endure and that he is made to see the world through Brown’s eyes in order to have to make his decision with only this evidence available to him. Hawthorne makes it appear that the reader is made the central character in the story, and it is his moral vision with which Hawthorne is concerned and his moral choice which Hawthorne challenges. According to Liebman (1975), Hawthorne uses “three principal devices: (1) diverting ambiguity, (2) dilatory exposition, and (3) dissimulated point of view”. Hawthorne employs this kind of exposition wherein he diverts the
The two paintings under consideration, Van Gogh’s Women Picking Olives , and Breton’s The Weeders, have much in common, despite choosing dramatically different techniques, reflecting a change of approach, but achieving equally lovingly appreciative results. These works, roughly 20 years apart in time of creation, are similar in that they portray women engaged in agricultural labor, with affection and appreciation for the people as well as the landscape. They are very different in their emphasis on representation and their technique. Both evoke a season, a place, and a whole occupation and way of life, effectively. Jules Breton’s painting was painted in 1868, meaning that the artist was roughly 42 years of age, a mature age for the era. He was born in 1827, in the second generation dealing with the aftereffects of the Revolution. France was still struggling to handle the challenge of civil self-government after all the violence of previous decades. Breton came to adulthood during the rule of Napoleon III, who did expand the vote, although there were still great class and economic divisions in society 1 . The subject of The Weeders, an oil on canvas, is the very class of people who were most oppressed in the ancient regime , peasant laborers . A group of six women, dressed simply in coarse clothing and head scarves, crawl, kneel, stoop and rest in a flat field. They pull small weeds from among the low-growing crop in the light of what, logically, must be a dawning sun. Their forms are all well-rounded suggesting that they are well-fed. Their faces are suggested with some hints of beauty. In the background are other weed pickers, similarly occupied. The skies are filled with small rosy clouds and a crescent moon. There is nothing between them and the horizon except a few trees. The style is realistic, in that the viewer has no doubt that the object in the picture are human figures, female, and that they are standing on the ground in a real landscape. In this, Breton hearkens back to the academic realism of earlier decades. However, it is impossible not to infer some influence from the movement which had resulted in the Salon des Refuses in 1863. For example, the subject matter is not the heroic subject matter of the past: generals, battle scenes , nobility, citizen heroes, and religious scenes or moral allegories. Instead, the subject matter is the everyday, the ordinary, the scenes that anyone could see along any road. Additionally, the angle at which the viewer sees the subjects is also not the distant, all-seeing, all-knowing studio vantage point of previous decades. The angle of view is like that of a photographer crouching down at the level of the laborers. They ignore their observer in the painting, but when Breton observed them, the subjects would have had to be able to see him. Their obliviousness suggests that either the scene was originally captured with the fledgling technology of photography, or set up in the artist’s studio, or represents a genius memory for shadow a
Working Project Title Improving the Quality and Productivity of Employees in Longxiang Building Material co., Ltd. Project Description Longxiang Building Material co., Ltd is a large Chinese company that specializes in manufacturing high-quality building materials for the local market. The products they offer to their customers include wooden beams and boards, construction blocks and bricks, slate, concrete, and other related materials. Its base of operations is in Shanxi Province, the city of Linfen. The company’s registered financial resources possessions have a total worth of circa 60 million RBM. The company owners feel that the company had hit its ceiling of growth in China and are planning to expand into markets outside of China. Russian, Indian, and Middle-Eastern markets are considered prospective stepping stones, with the potential of expanding further into Europe (“Seven building materials,” 2015). The company is planning to launch its expansion within the next 5 years. My task, as the new general manager of the company, is to prepare it and its employees for the large expansion project. My duties involve detecting and eliminating any possible flaws and setbacks within the production chain, the chain of command within the organization, and improve the overall productivity of the company’s employees. Project Context Even though Longxiang has a reputation for quality products and timely service, it is riddled with problems from the inside out. The company suffers from a very high rotation rate of low and medium-ranking managers. The probation periods for new employees are very high, and working full-time for halved wages severely reduces morale and motivation to work harder. Frequent rotations cause a disconnection between the junior and the senior managers, and because of it, the general managers and the owners of the company receive a warped perspective on the situation within the company. Low wages and lack of proper nomenclature result in high levels of corruption among the junior and even senio
The Purpose of the Document The main aim of this report is to define and outline all the information necessary for the project of creating a dedicated team of fire investigators in a given Fire and Rescue Service department. The document will enable the management and leadership of the Fire and Rescue Service department acknowledge the appropriateness and the necessity of creating such team. The document will aim at convincing the Board of a worthwhile business case to agree on the funding of the project. Background The prevalence of arson as cause of fires can be seen through the example Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, in which 77% of all fires are caused by arson. The numbers and the percentages might vary throughout the country, which nevertheless, indicate that as a cause of fire arson has leading positions. In that regard, the investigation of the causes of fire shall take one of the main objectives of a fire and rescue service. Accordingly, it is stated that “[a]rson costs communities millions of pounds each year” (Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, 2011). The need for a dedicated team of investigators will allow a customised approach toward shaping the strategy of a Fire and Service Department, in which the findings of local research will be useful for risk management initiatives. Rather than those compiled nationally, In that regard, “[i]nformation from investigations is used to compile research, findings and statistics which are used to develop safety strategies targeting those identified
Introduction According to findings of a research published by Symantec “2009 Storage and Security in SMBs survey”, despite the awareness of small and medium businesses of cyber risks and the existence of firm goals regarding security and information storage, a large number of firms in this category did not take even the basic steps in protecting their businesses. The survey included 1,425 small and medium sized businesses in 17 countries around the globe. (Symantec Press Release, 2009) The problem of information security is a real concern that should be addressed in the era of information technology, specifically for small business, as it is “one of the most frequently overlooked and misunderstood.” (Waugh, 2008)This paper provides an overview of the importance of information security for a small business, and based on a request by Coffee Affectionardo Pty Ltd., a company specialized in importing and selling various types of coffee machines, grinders, filters and beans, the report provides possible security measures that can be taken regarding their information system, specifically with the company’s future plans of expansion. Information Security Overview The information security aspect can be referred to several distinct approaches. All the approaches are related to the safety of the data either from loss or interception. Mostly, the main area of threat can come from two directions, communication channels, which in the present informational area might be represented by networking, e.g. internet, and physical access, which is mostly concerned with employees. Today internet is becoming an integral part of leading business, which allows working with large arrays of data and carrying out instantaneous communications with geographically dispersed regions. At the same time the internet is a difficult to control channel, which leads to that internet can pose several threats to confidential information of companies. Typical risks to company’s information might be represented through such threats as spreading viruses and other malicious codes, including spyware, adware, and others, unauthorized access to information, including physical access from inside the company, and confidential information theft. (Zorz, 2009) Additionally, the spreading of telecommunication technologies in the sphere of transactions and payment systems might increase to the risk of information loss at the user-operator link. The importance of information security can be seen through the different policies that can be implemented, either all of them, or based on the requirements of the company. The policies can be divided into the following:   * Enterprise-level policy – information security will cover the behavior within the company regarding the information system.   * Issue-specific security policy- describing the way technology will be used in the or
Confidentiality of personal data is an obligatory requirement for the organization that has access to its clients’ personalized information and performs the act of personal data processing. This process implies collecting, systematizing, preserving, utilizing, distributing, blocking, and destructing personal data. Therefore, the organization is responsible for creating a plan of action and precautions that will prevent its customers’ privacy violations (The United States Federal Trade Commission). First, proper keeping track of personal information is required. That is, what kind of information it is, how the company obtained it, where it is stored, and who has access to it. Then, the value of the gathered data for this particular organization is determined – the company identifies whether the data is necessary for the business operation. If it does not correspond with the legitimate business demand any longer, it needs to get erased. The next step would be ensuring proper storage of the information. It involves making sure that the physical and electronic security measures are recruited and operate sufficiently. In addition to that, each worker must have access only to those resources they need to fulfill their direct duties; it means providing high-scale employee training and security practices such as encryption and access controls. Finally, thorough personal data disposal is as critical as safe storage. This process implies ensuring that the discarded information cannot be accessed or reconstructed, and it is done by shredding, burning, or using other ways of physical destruction. This will prevent risks of identity theft leading to fraud or other schemes that result in the client’s disadvantage or loss. Thus, the discussed functional measures will guarantee securing personal data from unauthorized access of third parties, without the customers’ consent. Work Cited The United States Federal Trade Commission. Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business. Bureau of Consumer Protection, 2016.
Black Lives Matter is one of the significant social movements affecting the human understanding of race. It is committed to eradicating systemic racism in America. This phenomenon includes, for example, racial prejudice among police officers and judicial injustice against black people. Black Lives Matter involves different branches in more than ten American states. A movement arose after the senseless murder of African American teenager. A year later, a court consisting of five white people and only one black woman acquitted the police officer. The court’s decision caused massive protests from the African American population. The Black Lives Matter movement is not about individual flaws but the perceived general injustice of the American system, capitalism, and white people’s supremacy. Black Lives Matter and its leaders were definitely part of the American tradition. Their values ​​and beliefs can be traced back to the history of democracy and individual rights founders. The current COVID-19 situation aggravated the Black Lives Matter conflict. In the United States, pandemic-related racial divisions have also exacerbated the general problem. Thirty percent of all infected in the country are people with black skin color (while the black population in the United States is approximately twelve percent). The Black Lives Matter movement can be described through the relative deprivation theory. According to Ferris and Stein (2020), this theory explains the action of the deprived or oppressed group of people trying to protect their rights. Compared to other groups, black people have been exposed to oppression from the government and society. This social movement is concerned with equalizing the rights of black and white people. Black Lives Matter has contributed to a significant change in the world. Black people try to satisfy their moral and physical needs, which they