The document discusses how the gospel message is enculturated, or influenced by culture. It argues that the gospel is not acultural, but rather takes on aspects of the cultures it engages with. It notes how Jesus himself was enculturated as a first century Jewish man. When sharing the gospel, it is important to understand both one's own cultural influences and those of the person one is evangelizing to. The gospel must be communicated in a way that is understandable within a person's cultural frame of reference in order to be properly interpreted. Application of the gospel will also look different across cultural contexts. Evangelists themselves have a cultural accent or perspective that shapes how they understand and present the gospel.
Discovering Influential User by Coupling Multiplex Heterogeneous OSN’SIRJET Journal
This document proposes a framework for modeling and analyzing influence diffusion in multiplex online social networks (OSNs). It introduces coupling plans to represent how data spreads across overlapping users in multiple OSNs. Specifically, it proposes both lossless and lossy coupling plans to map multiple networks into a single network. Extensive tests on real and synthetic datasets show the coupling plans can effectively identify influential users by considering their roles across multiple OSNs. The framework provides insights into influence propagation in multiplex networks and can solve the minimum cost influence problem by exploiting algorithms for single networks.
The document summarizes predictions from experts on the future of quality in their respective industries. It discusses:
1) Experts like retired General Stanley McChrystal and Jonathan Zittrain predict the need for more adaptable, networked leadership structures and concerns over security and innovation with the rise of smart, internet-connected devices.
2) Jim Davis presents the concept of "smart manufacturing" which uses real-time data to better integrate operations across the supply chain and customize products to customer needs.
3) The experts believe data and connectivity will break down barriers but also require solutions to ensure security, privacy, and continued innovation across industries.
Recommender systems: a novel approach based on singular value decompositionIJECEIAES
Due to modern information and communication technologies (ICT), it is increasingly easier to exchange data and have new services available through the internet. However, the amount of data and services available increases the difficulty of finding what one needs. In this context, recommender systems represent the most promising solutions to overcome the problem of the so-called information overload, analyzing users' needs and preferences. Recommender systems (RS) are applied in different sectors with the same goal: to help people make choices based on an analysis of their behavior or users' similar characteristics or interests. This work presents a different approach for predicting ratings within the model-based collaborative filtering, which exploits singular value factorization. In particular, rating forecasts were generated through the characteristics related to users and items without the support of available ratings. The proposed method is evaluated through the MovieLens100K dataset performing an accuracy of 0.766 and 0.951 in terms of mean absolute error and root-mean-square error.
The document discusses Tom Brimeyer's Hypothyroidism Revolution program, which is a comprehensive guide for reversing hypothyroidism naturally and permanently in three phases. The first phase focuses on eliminating food sensitivities and toxins. The second phase introduces a thyroid-supporting diet. The third phase incorporates a healthy lifestyle including special exercises. The program contains over 160 pages explaining the three phases in detail. It aims to help sufferers of hypothyroidism achieve optimal health through natural means.
IRJET - Sentiment Analysis and Rumour Detection in Online Product ReviewsIRJET Journal
This document summarizes research on sentiment analysis and rumor detection in online product reviews. It discusses several techniques for sentiment classification and rumor detection, including using convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, attention mechanisms, and sentiment lexicons. The document also examines applying these techniques to datasets from e-commerce sites to classify reviews as positive, negative, or neutral and identify deceptive reviews. Additionally, it proposes models that incorporate sentiment analysis to provide more personalized product recommendations and discusses applying these models and sentiment features to improve recommendation system performance.
Unification Algorithm in Hefty Iterative Multi-tier Classifiers for Gigantic ...Editor IJAIEM
Dr.G.Anandharaj1, Dr.P.Srimanchari2
1Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science
Adhiparasakthi College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Kalavai, Vellore (Dt) -632506
2 Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Computer Applications
Erode Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Erode (Dt) - 638001
ABSTRACT
In unpredictable increase in mobile apps, more and more threats migrate from outmoded PC client to mobile device. Compared
with traditional windows Intel alliance in PC, Android alliance dominates in Mobile Internet, the apps replace the PC client
software as the foremost target of hateful usage. In this paper, to improve the confidence status of recent mobile apps, we
propose a methodology to estimate mobile apps based on cloud computing platform and data mining. Compared with
traditional method, such as permission pattern based method, combines the dynamic and static analysis methods to
comprehensively evaluate an Android applications The Internet of Things (IoT) indicates a worldwide network of
interconnected items uniquely addressable, via standard communication protocols. Accordingly, preparing us for the
forthcoming invasion of things, a tool called data fusion can be used to manipulate and manage such data in order to improve
progression efficiency and provide advanced intelligence. In this paper, we propose an efficient multidimensional fusion
algorithm for IoT data based on partitioning. Finally, the attribute reduction and rule extraction methods are used to obtain the
synthesis results. By means of proving a few theorems and simulation, the correctness and effectiveness of this algorithm is
illustrated. This paper introduces and investigates large iterative multitier ensemble (LIME) classifiers specifically tailored for
big data. These classifiers are very hefty, but are quite easy to generate and use. They can be so large that it makes sense to use
them only for big data. Our experiments compare LIME classifiers with various vile classifiers and standard ordinary ensemble
Meta classifiers. The results obtained demonstrate that LIME classifiers can significantly increase the accuracy of
classifications. LIME classifiers made better than the base classifiers and standard ensemble Meta classifiers.
Keywords: LIME classifiers, ensemble Meta classifiers, Internet of Things, Big data
Advance Diagnostic Tool for Android Devices: A Performance Analyzing Tool for...dbpublications
Abstract— this paper will provide the diagnostic tool solution for the measurement of values with proper units from various signals of Android Device. This application will be used for concluding the signal strength from various Transmitters; Trans receivers of mobile device. This includes GPS Receiver, Acceleration & Gravity Sensor, Rotation Sensor, Magnetic Sensors, Orientation Sensor, Relative Humidity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Cell Network receivers & Wi-Fi Receiver. This paper provides the diagnostic tool for all the above said components of mobile device with appropriate units.
A Survey of Building Robust Business Models in Pervasive ComputingOsama M. Khaled
Pervasive computing is one of the most challenging and difficult computing domains nowadays. It includes many architectural challenges like context awareness, adaptability, mobility, availability, and scalability. There are currently few approaches which provide methodologies to build suitable architectural models that are more suited to the nature of the pervasive domain. This area still needs a lot of enhancements in order to let the software business analyst (BA) cognitively handle pervasive applications by using suitable tasks and tools. Accordingly, any proposed research topic that would attempt to define a development methodology can greatly help BAs in modeling pervasive applications with high efficiency. In this survey paper we address some of the most significant and current software engineering practices that are proving to be most effective in building pervasive systems.
For citation:
Osama M. Khaled and Hoda M. Hosny. A Survey of Building Robust Business Models in Pervasive Computing. An accepted paper in the 2014 World Congress in Computer Science Computer Engineering and Applied Computing
Discovering Influential User by Coupling Multiplex Heterogeneous OSN’SIRJET Journal
This document proposes a framework for modeling and analyzing influence diffusion in multiplex online social networks (OSNs). It introduces coupling plans to represent how data spreads across overlapping users in multiple OSNs. Specifically, it proposes both lossless and lossy coupling plans to map multiple networks into a single network. Extensive tests on real and synthetic datasets show the coupling plans can effectively identify influential users by considering their roles across multiple OSNs. The framework provides insights into influence propagation in multiplex networks and can solve the minimum cost influence problem by exploiting algorithms for single networks.
The document summarizes predictions from experts on the future of quality in their respective industries. It discusses:
1) Experts like retired General Stanley McChrystal and Jonathan Zittrain predict the need for more adaptable, networked leadership structures and concerns over security and innovation with the rise of smart, internet-connected devices.
2) Jim Davis presents the concept of "smart manufacturing" which uses real-time data to better integrate operations across the supply chain and customize products to customer needs.
3) The experts believe data and connectivity will break down barriers but also require solutions to ensure security, privacy, and continued innovation across industries.
Recommender systems: a novel approach based on singular value decompositionIJECEIAES
Due to modern information and communication technologies (ICT), it is increasingly easier to exchange data and have new services available through the internet. However, the amount of data and services available increases the difficulty of finding what one needs. In this context, recommender systems represent the most promising solutions to overcome the problem of the so-called information overload, analyzing users' needs and preferences. Recommender systems (RS) are applied in different sectors with the same goal: to help people make choices based on an analysis of their behavior or users' similar characteristics or interests. This work presents a different approach for predicting ratings within the model-based collaborative filtering, which exploits singular value factorization. In particular, rating forecasts were generated through the characteristics related to users and items without the support of available ratings. The proposed method is evaluated through the MovieLens100K dataset performing an accuracy of 0.766 and 0.951 in terms of mean absolute error and root-mean-square error.
The document discusses Tom Brimeyer's Hypothyroidism Revolution program, which is a comprehensive guide for reversing hypothyroidism naturally and permanently in three phases. The first phase focuses on eliminating food sensitivities and toxins. The second phase introduces a thyroid-supporting diet. The third phase incorporates a healthy lifestyle including special exercises. The program contains over 160 pages explaining the three phases in detail. It aims to help sufferers of hypothyroidism achieve optimal health through natural means.
IRJET - Sentiment Analysis and Rumour Detection in Online Product ReviewsIRJET Journal
This document summarizes research on sentiment analysis and rumor detection in online product reviews. It discusses several techniques for sentiment classification and rumor detection, including using convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, attention mechanisms, and sentiment lexicons. The document also examines applying these techniques to datasets from e-commerce sites to classify reviews as positive, negative, or neutral and identify deceptive reviews. Additionally, it proposes models that incorporate sentiment analysis to provide more personalized product recommendations and discusses applying these models and sentiment features to improve recommendation system performance.
Unification Algorithm in Hefty Iterative Multi-tier Classifiers for Gigantic ...Editor IJAIEM
Dr.G.Anandharaj1, Dr.P.Srimanchari2
1Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science
Adhiparasakthi College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Kalavai, Vellore (Dt) -632506
2 Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Computer Applications
Erode Arts and Science College (Autonomous), Erode (Dt) - 638001
ABSTRACT
In unpredictable increase in mobile apps, more and more threats migrate from outmoded PC client to mobile device. Compared
with traditional windows Intel alliance in PC, Android alliance dominates in Mobile Internet, the apps replace the PC client
software as the foremost target of hateful usage. In this paper, to improve the confidence status of recent mobile apps, we
propose a methodology to estimate mobile apps based on cloud computing platform and data mining. Compared with
traditional method, such as permission pattern based method, combines the dynamic and static analysis methods to
comprehensively evaluate an Android applications The Internet of Things (IoT) indicates a worldwide network of
interconnected items uniquely addressable, via standard communication protocols. Accordingly, preparing us for the
forthcoming invasion of things, a tool called data fusion can be used to manipulate and manage such data in order to improve
progression efficiency and provide advanced intelligence. In this paper, we propose an efficient multidimensional fusion
algorithm for IoT data based on partitioning. Finally, the attribute reduction and rule extraction methods are used to obtain the
synthesis results. By means of proving a few theorems and simulation, the correctness and effectiveness of this algorithm is
illustrated. This paper introduces and investigates large iterative multitier ensemble (LIME) classifiers specifically tailored for
big data. These classifiers are very hefty, but are quite easy to generate and use. They can be so large that it makes sense to use
them only for big data. Our experiments compare LIME classifiers with various vile classifiers and standard ordinary ensemble
Meta classifiers. The results obtained demonstrate that LIME classifiers can significantly increase the accuracy of
classifications. LIME classifiers made better than the base classifiers and standard ensemble Meta classifiers.
Keywords: LIME classifiers, ensemble Meta classifiers, Internet of Things, Big data
Advance Diagnostic Tool for Android Devices: A Performance Analyzing Tool for...dbpublications
Abstract— this paper will provide the diagnostic tool solution for the measurement of values with proper units from various signals of Android Device. This application will be used for concluding the signal strength from various Transmitters; Trans receivers of mobile device. This includes GPS Receiver, Acceleration & Gravity Sensor, Rotation Sensor, Magnetic Sensors, Orientation Sensor, Relative Humidity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Cell Network receivers & Wi-Fi Receiver. This paper provides the diagnostic tool for all the above said components of mobile device with appropriate units.
A Survey of Building Robust Business Models in Pervasive ComputingOsama M. Khaled
Pervasive computing is one of the most challenging and difficult computing domains nowadays. It includes many architectural challenges like context awareness, adaptability, mobility, availability, and scalability. There are currently few approaches which provide methodologies to build suitable architectural models that are more suited to the nature of the pervasive domain. This area still needs a lot of enhancements in order to let the software business analyst (BA) cognitively handle pervasive applications by using suitable tasks and tools. Accordingly, any proposed research topic that would attempt to define a development methodology can greatly help BAs in modeling pervasive applications with high efficiency. In this survey paper we address some of the most significant and current software engineering practices that are proving to be most effective in building pervasive systems.
For citation:
Osama M. Khaled and Hoda M. Hosny. A Survey of Building Robust Business Models in Pervasive Computing. An accepted paper in the 2014 World Congress in Computer Science Computer Engineering and Applied Computing
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related books:
BagtesBrkljac, N. (2012). Computer science, technology and applications: Virtual reality. Hauppage, NY:
Nova Science Publishers.
Crandall, B., Klein, G., & Hoffman, R. R. (2006). Working minds: A practitioner's guide to cognitive task
analysis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Dautenhahn, K., Bond, A. H., & Cañamero, L. (2002). Socially intelligent agents: Creating relationships
with computers and robots. Hingham, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Emerald Publishing Group. (2005). Digital library usability studies. Bradford, UK: Emerald Group
Publishing.
Fowler, S., & Stanwick, V. (2004). Interactive technologies: Web application design handbook: Best
practices for webbased software. Burlington, MA: Morgan Kaufmann.
Hillis, K. (1999). Digital sensations: Space, identity, and embodiment in virtual reality. Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.
Hashimoto, A. (2003). Visual design fundamentals: A digital approach. Irvine, CA: Delmar Cengage
Learning.
Holland, J. M. (2003). Designing autonomous mobile robots: Inside the mind of an intelligent machine.
Burlington, MA: Newnes Publishing.
Leung, L. (2008). Digital experience design: Ideas, industries, interaction. Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd
Publishers.
Mavor, A. S., & Durlach, N. I. (Eds.). (1994). Virtual reality: Scientific and technological challenges.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Proctor, R. W., & KimPhuong, L. V. (2004). Handbook of human factors in web design. Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press.
Salvendy, G. (2012). Handbook of human factors and ergonomics. (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons.
Sherman, P. (2006). Usability success stories: How organizations improve by making easiertouse software
and web sites. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Steinfeld, E., & Maisel, J. L. (2012). Universal design: Creating inclusive environments. Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons.
Westwood, J. D., Haluck, R. S., & Hoffman, H. M. (2007). Studies in health technology and informatics:
Medicine meets virtual reality. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
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Designing a Complete Network Security Policy
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the assignment, student should be able:
· To have an understanding of the network security issues in organizations and how to solve them by developing and applying a network security policy, which contains different security ...
IRJET- Big Data Driven Information Diffusion Analytics and Control on Social ...IRJET Journal
This document discusses controlling the spread of fake or misleading information on social media. It proposes a system to analyze information diffusion on social networks, identify diffused data, and control the spread of fake diffused data. The system would extract data from social media, perform sentiment analysis to determine the veracity of information, and discard fake or untrustworthy information from the database to prevent further propagation. A variety of machine learning techniques could be used for the sentiment analysis, including naive Bayes classification, linear regression, and gradient boosted trees. The goal is to curb the spread of misinformation while still allowing the diffusion of real or truthful information.
The document provides an overview of computer assisted assessment and examples of its use. Computer assisted assessment utilizes computers to manage or support the assessment process, such as using optical scanners to score multiple choice questions or databases to record student marks. It helps provide formative feedback to students and can also be used for summative assessments. Well-designed computerized testing allows for objective, reliable marking and adapts to assess a wide range of learning outcomes.
Medical Assistant Design during this Pandemic Like Covid-19AI Publications
In the current world scenario, individuals square measure additional involved regarding their health. However, it's terribly troublesome to get consultation with the doctor just in case of any health problems. Since the invention of the Coronavirus (nCOV-19), it's become a world pandemic. At an equivalent time, it's been a good challenge to hospitals or health care employees to manage the flow of the high variety of cases. particularly in remote areas, it's becoming tougher to consult a doctor once the immediate hit of the epidemic has occurred. So, to steer an honest life, care is incredibly vital. The planned plan is to form a medical chatbot victimization Machine Learning algorithm which will diagnose the illness and supply basic details regarding the illness before consulting a doctor. Several studies will solve this downside with some reasonably chatbot or health assistant. This project report proposes a colloquial care larva that's designed to order, counsel and provides data on generic medicines for diseases to the patients. During this paper, we would like to explore and deepen additional information regarding chatbots that would facilitate individuals to urge an equivalent and correct treatment as a doctor would do. In addition, presenting a virtual assistant may live with the infection severity and connect with registered doctors once symptoms become serious.
Adaptive Structuration Theory Understanding How Advancing Technologies Drive...Rachel Doty
This document provides a literature review on how advancing technologies drive organizational change using Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) as a framework. It discusses ten themes identified in the literature related to AST and organizational change. The first three themes directly support using AST to understand how technology adaptation within companies drives change. These themes are: 1) AST's treatment of structural theory in IS research, 2) viewing AST as a meta-theory for examining IS, and 3) examining AST's contextual and organizational elements in group support system research. The remaining themes provide context for how technology adaptation drives individual and organizational change.
IRJET- Predicting Social Network Communities Structure Changes and Detection ...IRJET Journal
This document discusses predicting changes in community structures of social networks and detecting spam bots. It proposes using digital DNA behavioral modeling to predict crucial events in how social network communities expand, shrink, or combine over time. Digital DNA reflects a user's unique pattern of interactions and can be used for social fingerprinting to efficiently distinguish real users from spam bots. The document reviews several related works and approaches for tracking community changes, predicting critical events, and modeling community evolution over time. It concludes that critical community changes can be predicted using digital DNA and that the proposed approach using social fingerprinting may effectively detect spam bots.
Mining Social Media Data for Understanding Drugs UsageIRJET Journal
This document discusses mining social media data to understand drug usage. It proposes using big data techniques like Hadoop and MapReduce to extract and analyze data from social networks about drug abuse. The methodology involves collecting data from platforms using crawlers, storing it in Hadoop, filtering it, then applying complex analysis using cloud computing. Prior work on extracting health information from social media and multi-scale community detection in networks is reviewed. The challenges of privacy preservation and scalability when anonymizing big healthcare datasets are also discussed.
Proactive Intelligent Home System Using Contextual Information and Neural Net...IJERA Editor
Nowadays, cities around the world intend to use information technology to improve the lives of their citizens.
Future smart cities will incorporate digital data and technology to interact differently with their human
inhabitants.
Among the key component of a smart city, we find the smart home component. It is an autonomic environment
that can provide various smart services by considering the user’s context information. Several methods are used
in context-aware system to provide such services. In this paper, we propose an approach to offer the most
relevant services to the user according to any significant change of his context environment. The proposed
approach is based on the use of context history information together with user profiling and machine learning
techniques. Experimentations show that the proposed solution can efficiently provide the most useful services to
the user in an intelligent home environment.
Activity Streaming as Information X-DockingKai Riemer
The document discusses activity streaming, which integrates information from various sources into a single stream in real-time. It draws an analogy between activity streaming and cross-docking in logistics. While cross-docking consolidates item flows and facilitates distribution, activity streaming faces challenges in determining information needs, tagging and filtering data from diverse sources, and integrating streams with user environments and roles. Six key challenges of activity streaming are identified: determining information needs, tagging data with metadata, filtering contextual delivery, heterogeneous receivers and senders, and integration with user work practices.
IRJET- Social Network Mental Disorders Detection Via Online Social Media MiningIRJET Journal
This document summarizes a research paper about detecting social network mental disorders via online social media mining. The paper proposes a system to analyze user posts and interactions on social media like Facebook to detect signs of mental disorders like information overload or cyber-relationship addiction. The system uses techniques like sentiment analysis of posts using CNNs and classification of user stress levels using TSVM. If a user is detected as having a mental disorder, the system can recommend nearby hospitals on a map and send the user precautionary information to avoid disorders and promote well-being. The goal is to help detect mental disorders earlier through social media analysis to enable timely clinical intervention.
A study to evaluate the impact of mobile technology on supply chain ecosystem...आशीष सिहं
1) The document presents research on evaluating the impact of mobile technology on supply chain ecosystems in Irish enterprises. It discusses the significance of mobile technologies in supply chains, challenges to implementation, and ways to improve supply chains using mobile devices and applications.
2) The conceptual framework identifies drivers for mobile supply chain management and potential benefits, as well as costs, threats, and challenges. Research methodology includes a qualitative study using semi-structured questionnaires and content analysis.
3) Key findings indicate mobile technologies provide benefits like improved communication and remote work capabilities but challenges include resistance to change, costs, security issues, and technical access barriers. The research contributes a base for future studies on automating Irish firm supply chains using mobile technologies.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
The Fair Market Value of Land andor Buildings Given as a Gift to Co.docxanhcrowley
The Fair Market Value of Land and/or Buildings Given as a Gift to Corporations by Communities as an Incentive to Locate in their Area is called _ _ _ by Accountants.
A.
Relocation Incentives
B.
Donated
Capital
C.
A Freebie
D.
A Free Good
.
The essay will be a sociological explanation of a specific aspec.docxanhcrowley
The essay will be
a sociological explanation of a specific aspect of urban life. Students, for example, can focus on urban dependence on mass transit, or unbearable congestion, excessive trash, physical buildings and social interaction, flooding or drought, sustainability or green technologies, immigrant labor, or parks/green spaces. Both the picture collage and the essay should be provocative; this work should solicit a reaction so they need to be creative.
Format, each picture essay should be delivered in two parts:
1 poster size collage of a minimum of 5 photos
1 4pp essay (hint: 3 questions, each should probably be 1pp - add cites if you use ideas from other authors or statistics from official/newspaper sources) (cites can be on an additional page - Use APA style)
Each essay will cover three essential questions:
1. Why is this aspect of the urban experience important and how does it affect the urban experience?
2. Currently, what is the state of the profound aspect of urban life? Provide an overview of the condition with statistics from official sources or ones gleaned from newspaper articles, etc.
3. In light of the profound aspect of the urban experience that you chose, what should be done? Use lessons from the course to offer well thought out advice on new directions.
***i chose
excessive trash*** its 4 pages.
.
The Fatherhood Project should be organized to address the followin.docxanhcrowley
The document outlines the requirements for a group project called the Fatherhood Project. It provides guidance on two major questions to address: 1) How does sociological imagination help position black fathers into historical child-rearing and breadwinner roles? 2) What theories explain why black fathers cannot fulfill the breadwinner role?
Students must conduct 8 interviews to understand perceptions of father involvement and differences between black and white fathers. The project should include sections on defining father involvement, assessing theories, analyzing interviews, applying theories to interview findings, and stating a position on explanations for black father involvement. Strict formatting and citation requirements are also outlined.
The FASB’s Conceptual Framework and Statements of Financial Accounti.docxanhcrowley
The FASB’s Conceptual Framework and Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFASs) require full disclosures to be made in a business enterprise’s financial statements. These disclosures requirements are applicable to corporations and nonprofit organizations. The purpose of these disclosures is to provide reliable and relevant information to the users of the financial statements. In addition to disclosures required by the FASB, nonprofits must also be in compliance with regulations enacted by Congress as well as local laws.
You currently work for a nonprofit organization as a staff accountant. The controller has requested that you conduct research on disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations to ascertain if the organization is in compliance with established FASB requirements and any other regulations applicable to nonprofits, such as IRS regulations.
Prepare a written report of 2–5 pages that includes the following:
Describe financial accounting disclosures required for nonprofit organizations and how these disclosures provide useful information to users.
Explain disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations, such as the tax-exempt determination letters required by Congress and the IRS.
Discuss the reasons for these disclosure requirements and the sentiments of the public and government about deviations and scandals in this sector because of lack of disclosures.
Include a minimum of 3 properly researched and cited facts using APA format as they apply to the disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations.
.
The film An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube poses an imp.docxanhcrowley
The film "An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube" explores whether web 2.0 technologies bring people closer together or cause more alienation. It poses the question of if sites like YouTube create new forms of community or distance. This relates to a reading about how Facebook impacts romance and relationships discussed in a work by Gershon.
The ethical status of nursing homes is deeply affected by their cu.docxanhcrowley
The ethical status of nursing homes is deeply affected by their cultural image. For a culture with deep anti-institutional biases and often romanticized versions of "family" and the freedoms of "home," nursing homes are especially suspect (Collopy & Boyles, 1991). They are "total institutions" where personal freedom, privacy, and range of choice have little chance (Collopy & Boyles, 1991).
However, the picture is changing. While many nursing homes still do function like impersonal and regimented institutions, over the last decade, a grassroots movement in long-term care known as "culture change," or "resident-centered care," has begun to spread throughout the country (Haran, 2006). Moody originally wrote Chapters 7 & 8 in the late 1980s when this movement was just beginning and thus he doesn’t discuss “culture change” in your textbook.
Does “culture change” embrace Moody’s Negotiated Consent model? Why or why not?
Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.
References
Collopy, B. & Boyles, P. (1991). New directions in nursing home ethics,
Hastings Center Report
Haran, C. (2006). Transforming Long-Term Care: Giving Residents a Place to Call "Home", The Commonwealth Fund.
.
The ETL Process is the heart of the technical side of data warehousi.docxanhcrowley
The ETL Process is the heart of the technical side of data warehousing. Conduct some independent research on the ETL Process. Write a 1-2 page APA formatted paper with citations and references that analyzes why the ETL process is important for data warehousing efforts. Within your paper, discuss the three steps of the ETL process and briefly describe the four categories of ETL technologies. Please provide examples of ETL technologies.
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related books:
BagtesBrkljac, N. (2012). Computer science, technology and applications: Virtual reality. Hauppage, NY:
Nova Science Publishers.
Crandall, B., Klein, G., & Hoffman, R. R. (2006). Working minds: A practitioner's guide to cognitive task
analysis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Dautenhahn, K., Bond, A. H., & Cañamero, L. (2002). Socially intelligent agents: Creating relationships
with computers and robots. Hingham, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Emerald Publishing Group. (2005). Digital library usability studies. Bradford, UK: Emerald Group
Publishing.
Fowler, S., & Stanwick, V. (2004). Interactive technologies: Web application design handbook: Best
practices for webbased software. Burlington, MA: Morgan Kaufmann.
Hillis, K. (1999). Digital sensations: Space, identity, and embodiment in virtual reality. Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.
Hashimoto, A. (2003). Visual design fundamentals: A digital approach. Irvine, CA: Delmar Cengage
Learning.
Holland, J. M. (2003). Designing autonomous mobile robots: Inside the mind of an intelligent machine.
Burlington, MA: Newnes Publishing.
Leung, L. (2008). Digital experience design: Ideas, industries, interaction. Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd
Publishers.
Mavor, A. S., & Durlach, N. I. (Eds.). (1994). Virtual reality: Scientific and technological challenges.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Proctor, R. W., & KimPhuong, L. V. (2004). Handbook of human factors in web design. Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press.
Salvendy, G. (2012). Handbook of human factors and ergonomics. (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons.
Sherman, P. (2006). Usability success stories: How organizations improve by making easiertouse software
and web sites. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Steinfeld, E., & Maisel, J. L. (2012). Universal design: Creating inclusive environments. Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons.
Westwood, J. D., Haluck, R. S., & Hoffman, H. M. (2007). Studies in health technology and informatics:
Medicine meets virtual reality. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
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Designing a Complete Network Security Policy
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the assignment, student should be able:
· To have an understanding of the network security issues in organizations and how to solve them by developing and applying a network security policy, which contains different security ...
IRJET- Big Data Driven Information Diffusion Analytics and Control on Social ...IRJET Journal
This document discusses controlling the spread of fake or misleading information on social media. It proposes a system to analyze information diffusion on social networks, identify diffused data, and control the spread of fake diffused data. The system would extract data from social media, perform sentiment analysis to determine the veracity of information, and discard fake or untrustworthy information from the database to prevent further propagation. A variety of machine learning techniques could be used for the sentiment analysis, including naive Bayes classification, linear regression, and gradient boosted trees. The goal is to curb the spread of misinformation while still allowing the diffusion of real or truthful information.
The document provides an overview of computer assisted assessment and examples of its use. Computer assisted assessment utilizes computers to manage or support the assessment process, such as using optical scanners to score multiple choice questions or databases to record student marks. It helps provide formative feedback to students and can also be used for summative assessments. Well-designed computerized testing allows for objective, reliable marking and adapts to assess a wide range of learning outcomes.
Medical Assistant Design during this Pandemic Like Covid-19AI Publications
In the current world scenario, individuals square measure additional involved regarding their health. However, it's terribly troublesome to get consultation with the doctor just in case of any health problems. Since the invention of the Coronavirus (nCOV-19), it's become a world pandemic. At an equivalent time, it's been a good challenge to hospitals or health care employees to manage the flow of the high variety of cases. particularly in remote areas, it's becoming tougher to consult a doctor once the immediate hit of the epidemic has occurred. So, to steer an honest life, care is incredibly vital. The planned plan is to form a medical chatbot victimization Machine Learning algorithm which will diagnose the illness and supply basic details regarding the illness before consulting a doctor. Several studies will solve this downside with some reasonably chatbot or health assistant. This project report proposes a colloquial care larva that's designed to order, counsel and provides data on generic medicines for diseases to the patients. During this paper, we would like to explore and deepen additional information regarding chatbots that would facilitate individuals to urge an equivalent and correct treatment as a doctor would do. In addition, presenting a virtual assistant may live with the infection severity and connect with registered doctors once symptoms become serious.
Adaptive Structuration Theory Understanding How Advancing Technologies Drive...Rachel Doty
This document provides a literature review on how advancing technologies drive organizational change using Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) as a framework. It discusses ten themes identified in the literature related to AST and organizational change. The first three themes directly support using AST to understand how technology adaptation within companies drives change. These themes are: 1) AST's treatment of structural theory in IS research, 2) viewing AST as a meta-theory for examining IS, and 3) examining AST's contextual and organizational elements in group support system research. The remaining themes provide context for how technology adaptation drives individual and organizational change.
IRJET- Predicting Social Network Communities Structure Changes and Detection ...IRJET Journal
This document discusses predicting changes in community structures of social networks and detecting spam bots. It proposes using digital DNA behavioral modeling to predict crucial events in how social network communities expand, shrink, or combine over time. Digital DNA reflects a user's unique pattern of interactions and can be used for social fingerprinting to efficiently distinguish real users from spam bots. The document reviews several related works and approaches for tracking community changes, predicting critical events, and modeling community evolution over time. It concludes that critical community changes can be predicted using digital DNA and that the proposed approach using social fingerprinting may effectively detect spam bots.
Mining Social Media Data for Understanding Drugs UsageIRJET Journal
This document discusses mining social media data to understand drug usage. It proposes using big data techniques like Hadoop and MapReduce to extract and analyze data from social networks about drug abuse. The methodology involves collecting data from platforms using crawlers, storing it in Hadoop, filtering it, then applying complex analysis using cloud computing. Prior work on extracting health information from social media and multi-scale community detection in networks is reviewed. The challenges of privacy preservation and scalability when anonymizing big healthcare datasets are also discussed.
Proactive Intelligent Home System Using Contextual Information and Neural Net...IJERA Editor
Nowadays, cities around the world intend to use information technology to improve the lives of their citizens.
Future smart cities will incorporate digital data and technology to interact differently with their human
inhabitants.
Among the key component of a smart city, we find the smart home component. It is an autonomic environment
that can provide various smart services by considering the user’s context information. Several methods are used
in context-aware system to provide such services. In this paper, we propose an approach to offer the most
relevant services to the user according to any significant change of his context environment. The proposed
approach is based on the use of context history information together with user profiling and machine learning
techniques. Experimentations show that the proposed solution can efficiently provide the most useful services to
the user in an intelligent home environment.
Activity Streaming as Information X-DockingKai Riemer
The document discusses activity streaming, which integrates information from various sources into a single stream in real-time. It draws an analogy between activity streaming and cross-docking in logistics. While cross-docking consolidates item flows and facilitates distribution, activity streaming faces challenges in determining information needs, tagging and filtering data from diverse sources, and integrating streams with user environments and roles. Six key challenges of activity streaming are identified: determining information needs, tagging data with metadata, filtering contextual delivery, heterogeneous receivers and senders, and integration with user work practices.
IRJET- Social Network Mental Disorders Detection Via Online Social Media MiningIRJET Journal
This document summarizes a research paper about detecting social network mental disorders via online social media mining. The paper proposes a system to analyze user posts and interactions on social media like Facebook to detect signs of mental disorders like information overload or cyber-relationship addiction. The system uses techniques like sentiment analysis of posts using CNNs and classification of user stress levels using TSVM. If a user is detected as having a mental disorder, the system can recommend nearby hospitals on a map and send the user precautionary information to avoid disorders and promote well-being. The goal is to help detect mental disorders earlier through social media analysis to enable timely clinical intervention.
A study to evaluate the impact of mobile technology on supply chain ecosystem...आशीष सिहं
1) The document presents research on evaluating the impact of mobile technology on supply chain ecosystems in Irish enterprises. It discusses the significance of mobile technologies in supply chains, challenges to implementation, and ways to improve supply chains using mobile devices and applications.
2) The conceptual framework identifies drivers for mobile supply chain management and potential benefits, as well as costs, threats, and challenges. Research methodology includes a qualitative study using semi-structured questionnaires and content analysis.
3) Key findings indicate mobile technologies provide benefits like improved communication and remote work capabilities but challenges include resistance to change, costs, security issues, and technical access barriers. The research contributes a base for future studies on automating Irish firm supply chains using mobile technologies.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
The Fair Market Value of Land andor Buildings Given as a Gift to Co.docxanhcrowley
The Fair Market Value of Land and/or Buildings Given as a Gift to Corporations by Communities as an Incentive to Locate in their Area is called _ _ _ by Accountants.
A.
Relocation Incentives
B.
Donated
Capital
C.
A Freebie
D.
A Free Good
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The essay will be a sociological explanation of a specific aspec.docxanhcrowley
The essay will be
a sociological explanation of a specific aspect of urban life. Students, for example, can focus on urban dependence on mass transit, or unbearable congestion, excessive trash, physical buildings and social interaction, flooding or drought, sustainability or green technologies, immigrant labor, or parks/green spaces. Both the picture collage and the essay should be provocative; this work should solicit a reaction so they need to be creative.
Format, each picture essay should be delivered in two parts:
1 poster size collage of a minimum of 5 photos
1 4pp essay (hint: 3 questions, each should probably be 1pp - add cites if you use ideas from other authors or statistics from official/newspaper sources) (cites can be on an additional page - Use APA style)
Each essay will cover three essential questions:
1. Why is this aspect of the urban experience important and how does it affect the urban experience?
2. Currently, what is the state of the profound aspect of urban life? Provide an overview of the condition with statistics from official sources or ones gleaned from newspaper articles, etc.
3. In light of the profound aspect of the urban experience that you chose, what should be done? Use lessons from the course to offer well thought out advice on new directions.
***i chose
excessive trash*** its 4 pages.
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The Fatherhood Project should be organized to address the followin.docxanhcrowley
The document outlines the requirements for a group project called the Fatherhood Project. It provides guidance on two major questions to address: 1) How does sociological imagination help position black fathers into historical child-rearing and breadwinner roles? 2) What theories explain why black fathers cannot fulfill the breadwinner role?
Students must conduct 8 interviews to understand perceptions of father involvement and differences between black and white fathers. The project should include sections on defining father involvement, assessing theories, analyzing interviews, applying theories to interview findings, and stating a position on explanations for black father involvement. Strict formatting and citation requirements are also outlined.
The FASB’s Conceptual Framework and Statements of Financial Accounti.docxanhcrowley
The FASB’s Conceptual Framework and Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFASs) require full disclosures to be made in a business enterprise’s financial statements. These disclosures requirements are applicable to corporations and nonprofit organizations. The purpose of these disclosures is to provide reliable and relevant information to the users of the financial statements. In addition to disclosures required by the FASB, nonprofits must also be in compliance with regulations enacted by Congress as well as local laws.
You currently work for a nonprofit organization as a staff accountant. The controller has requested that you conduct research on disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations to ascertain if the organization is in compliance with established FASB requirements and any other regulations applicable to nonprofits, such as IRS regulations.
Prepare a written report of 2–5 pages that includes the following:
Describe financial accounting disclosures required for nonprofit organizations and how these disclosures provide useful information to users.
Explain disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations, such as the tax-exempt determination letters required by Congress and the IRS.
Discuss the reasons for these disclosure requirements and the sentiments of the public and government about deviations and scandals in this sector because of lack of disclosures.
Include a minimum of 3 properly researched and cited facts using APA format as they apply to the disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations.
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The film An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube poses an imp.docxanhcrowley
The film "An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube" explores whether web 2.0 technologies bring people closer together or cause more alienation. It poses the question of if sites like YouTube create new forms of community or distance. This relates to a reading about how Facebook impacts romance and relationships discussed in a work by Gershon.
The ethical status of nursing homes is deeply affected by their cu.docxanhcrowley
The ethical status of nursing homes is deeply affected by their cultural image. For a culture with deep anti-institutional biases and often romanticized versions of "family" and the freedoms of "home," nursing homes are especially suspect (Collopy & Boyles, 1991). They are "total institutions" where personal freedom, privacy, and range of choice have little chance (Collopy & Boyles, 1991).
However, the picture is changing. While many nursing homes still do function like impersonal and regimented institutions, over the last decade, a grassroots movement in long-term care known as "culture change," or "resident-centered care," has begun to spread throughout the country (Haran, 2006). Moody originally wrote Chapters 7 & 8 in the late 1980s when this movement was just beginning and thus he doesn’t discuss “culture change” in your textbook.
Does “culture change” embrace Moody’s Negotiated Consent model? Why or why not?
Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.
References
Collopy, B. & Boyles, P. (1991). New directions in nursing home ethics,
Hastings Center Report
Haran, C. (2006). Transforming Long-Term Care: Giving Residents a Place to Call "Home", The Commonwealth Fund.
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The ETL Process is the heart of the technical side of data warehousi.docxanhcrowley
The ETL Process is the heart of the technical side of data warehousing. Conduct some independent research on the ETL Process. Write a 1-2 page APA formatted paper with citations and references that analyzes why the ETL process is important for data warehousing efforts. Within your paper, discuss the three steps of the ETL process and briefly describe the four categories of ETL technologies. Please provide examples of ETL technologies.
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The event you sponsor and run for your outreach program (thi.docxanhcrowley
The event you sponsor and run for your outreach program (this must be an annual festival)
Choose your event. Be realistic and practical in this regard. Consider only useful, altruistic activities that serve a community in a sensible manner.
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The Final Assessment for this course is a 10 page APA formatted pape.docxanhcrowley
The Final Assessment for this course is a 10 page APA formatted paper. You should draw from your text and other sources to write a ten page paper, comparing and contrasting (analyzing) a domestic terrorist group with an international terrorist organization. The paper must include group origins, ideologies, goals as well as their methodologies and tactics.
includes title page, abstract, and reference page (at least 7-8 ref)
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The essay is about the environment of our college, like pool, a.docxanhcrowley
The essay is about the
environment of our college,
like pool, airplanes fly in the sky , watch the sunset in the bridge.
Pls come out with a
good tittle
, and write in the
college level
.
Write in
First person narrative.
Try to ues Imagery to write the essay. Imagery:
sight, smell, taste, touch,sound.
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The essay should Describe the three most important aspects (co.docxanhcrowley
The essay should:
Describe the three most important aspects (concepts, issues, factual information, etc.) of the course, justifying your choices.
Discuss the interpretation of the evolving relationship between nonprofits and local governments.
Explain the thinking and learning process, as well as implications for future learning.
Provide an in-depth analysis of the learning experiences, the value of the derived learning to self or others, and the enhancement of your appreciation for the discipline.
Articulate multiple connections between this learning experience and content from other courses, past learning, life experiences, and/or future goals.
minimum of 500 words
citations and references must follow APA format.
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The Enlightenment freed humankind from what many considered the sup.docxanhcrowley
The Enlightenment freed humankind from what many considered the “superstitions of religion” and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution with its focus on science and reason over religion and faith. Consider that Frankenstein was written when humanity was on the cusp of incredible achievement. Vaccination for the devastating disease smallpox began in the late 18th century, and a wealth of inventions led to the factory and mass-productions of goods. Factories, however, resulted in people working long, grueling hours, often in unsafe conditions.
Two literary styles, Gothic and Romantic, developed as a reaction to Enlightenment thinking’s emphasis on the human ability and the power of the human mind, to the horrors of the French Revolution (which was itself influenced by Enlightenment thinkers), and the remarkable changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, both good and bad. These literary styles focus on the imperfections of human beings and the powerful force of nature.
Mary Shelley’s novel
Frankenstein
was infamously written as the result of a bet as to who could write the most terrifying ghost story, but it is more than a scary story. Among the main themes of the novel is dangerous knowledge, including (but not limited to) the knowledge of the creation of life.
In a post of a minimum of 500 words, discuss modern implications of what could be considered the dangerous knowledge of life and death. As a modern society, have we crossed a line to the acceptance of dangerous knowledge?
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The Exclusionary Rule Defendants in criminal trials have one m.docxanhcrowley
The Exclusionary Rule
Defendants in criminal trials have one main weapon to prevent their conviction before trial. That weapon is called the Exclusionary Rule. The Exclusionary Rule holds that evidence obtained through a violation of a defendant's constitutional rights is inadmissible at trial. This primarily applies to Fourth Amendment search and seizure. Further, the evidence obtained illegally may make inadmissible other evidence obtained from the original evidence (i.e., the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine). Therefore, it is important for all judges, lawyers, police officers, and other legal professionals to understand the nuances of this fact-intensive rule.
Review Chapter 3, § 3.1 and 3.2, in your course text, Constitutional Law, and focus on the fundamentals of the Fourth Amendment.
Review Chapter 4 in your course text, Constitutional Law, and focus on the Fourth Amendment and its prohibition of illegal search and seizures.
Consider how the principles of search and seizure would apply in real life scenarios.
Think about whether or not illegal searches and seizures should exist.
Think about whether evidence obtained in an illegal search should or should not be excluded in a trial in which that evidence alone would result in a conviction.
With these thoughts in mind:
Due by Thursday
February 11 , 2016 a 300-400
an argument explaining whether or not illegal searches and seizures should exist. Then, explain whether evidence obtained in an illegal search should or should not be excluded in a trial in which that evidence alone would result in a conviction. Be specific and justify your response.
Support
your work with specific citations from the Learning Resources. You are allowed to draw from additional sources to support your argument, but you must cite using APA standards. All quoted material must be identified, cited, and referenced per APA standards.
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The essay is on cognitive Dissonance. It needs to have at least 4 pe.docxanhcrowley
The essay is on cognitive Dissonance. It needs to have at least 4 peer reviewed scientific journal cited. It is essentially just researching and analyzing the theory. Some questions to consider are what drew you into the theory? is it still applicable today? How is it used in media? How does it relate to todays society? What have ciritcs said about the theory? etc. Needs to be in APA format. Needs to be at least 1750 words.
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The European Paper should be about 850 words long and have a bibliog.docxanhcrowley
The European Paper should be about 850 words long and have a bibliography with at least 5 sources. This paper is supposed to be about a European artist. (It can be about a period or art movement.) It's usually better if you concentrate on one artwork, but, if you can also write about an artist's life.
show how the artist is typical for someone of his time.
Mla citation
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The essay should be based on Molieres play Tartuffe. Discuss them.docxanhcrowley
The essay should be based on Moliere's play "Tartuffe“. Discuss themes or ideas, major characters and their importance within the work., analyze structure of work, formal elements, etc. The paper should be 5 pages, and have to use 2 crticial sources.
You can find Tartuffe online.
Thanks
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The end of the story leaves readers with many questions. How does An.docxanhcrowley
The document discusses a story that leaves many unanswered questions at the end, such as how the character Annabel and her family react to events and what Jimmy does next. It prompts the reader to continue the story as the author for the next fifteen minutes by writing the narrative. It also notes that this is a question from a language arts class after reading A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry.
The essay should be 3-4 pages long. Areas that could be covered by.docxanhcrowley
The essay should be 3-4 pages long.
Areas that could be covered by this essay include (but are not limited by) -- a general history of the period, event, playwright, etc.; staging and production conventions, if applicable; plays and/or other related productions produced; audience responses to or involvement in
theatre
.
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the enlightenment periodPassion According to St. Matthew 1727 co.docxanhcrowley
the enlightenment period
Passion According to St. Matthew 1727 composition by Johann Sebastian Bach
An Essay on Man (1733), Alexander Pope
Brandenburg Gate,
1791 designed by the Architects Carl Gotthard Langhans and Johann Gottfried Schadow
Huguenot Pierre Bayle (1674-1706), whose scepticism and pleas for
religious toleration
the romantic period
Thomas Gainsborough. The Market Cart (1786)
Francisco Goya. The Young Girls (1813)
Hungarian Rhapsodies
(1846) of Franz Liszt
Harold in Italy
(1834) Hector Berlioz
John Keats. Ode to a Nightingale 1819
Jean-Jacques Rousseau- propositioned the philosophy of “Noble Savages.”
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Jea
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The elements of embezzlement in this state are The intentional taki.docxanhcrowley
The elements of embezzlement in this state are: The intentional taking of money or property by a CEO or other top official in a corporation without consent.
Are the elements of embezzlement present in this fact pattern?
What affirmative defenses can Johnny raise?
Can Johnny get the letter seized by the police suppressed? Why?
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How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
Chapter 4 - Islamic Financial Institutions in Malaysia.pptx
Post 1We all know that our era belongs to technology; we are ve
1. Post 1:
We all know that our era belongs to technology; we are very
much depending on technology. Data is everywhere, for every
second lot of data is producing around us. In order to handle all
these huge data we are relying on information technology to
make use of the data. Below are the most essential directions
for the information delivery
The Internet of things. Wireless communications and radio
frequency identification (RFID) product tags will be used in
every organization in the future days to track the physical
objects (car parts, etc) as they are moving through the supply
chain. Already Walmart started conducting large-scale trials
with RFID with hundreds of its major suppliers. In future RFID
replace the universal code (Langton 2004). As the usage of
technologies are continuously increasing, so organizations will
be able to track and they can remotely control the status of
everything from the freshness of lettuce between the field and
the store to the location of the hospital suppliers. Even though
this technology is almost ready for prime time, most
organizations are nowhere near ready to cope with making sense
of such a large influx of information; this will be one of the
biggest challenges of the future (Smith and Konsynski 2003).
Networkcentric operations: The improvement of the
standardizing communication network protocols such as
network devices, high- speed data will provide to access the
data to collect, distribute, create and exploit very fast. There are
three critical elements which must be in place to achieve this
goal:
Sensor grids. Small sensor devices are connected to the
computers to filter different types of data, highlighting areas
and anomalies to which the organization should pay attention
((Watson et al. 2010).
High- quality visual information. Along with all the
sophisticated modeling and the simulation capabilities and the
2. displaying the technology, high- quality visualized information
will provide dramatically create better awareness about the
market place, operations and the environmental impact.
Value- added command and control process: Great information
will make the loop of control shorter, effectively taking the
decisions rights away from the competitors and providing rapid
feedback to frontline workers.
Self synchronizing systems: In general, leaders are worked
from the top down to get synchronization of effort. In the
future, data in the organizations will be used to get self
synchronization to improve a well organized work force to
coordinate the tough or complex activities.
Feedback Loop: The main feature of self- synchronization is the
creation of the closed feedback loops which enable the
individuals and groups to make their behavior dynamically.
Researchers have already demonstrated the power of feedback
to change behavior (Zoutman et al. 2004).
Informal Information management: Finally, companies have
great unmined resources in the data which kept by the
knowledge workers in their own personal files. The field of
informal information management is still in the earlier stages,
but it is certainly one to which IT managers should pay more
attention because it represents a huge, untapped pool of data.
References:
Zoutman, D., D. Ford, A. Bassili, M. Lam, and K. Nakatsu.
“Impacts of Feedback on Antibiotic Prescribing for Upper
Respiratory Tract Infections.” Presentation available from the
authors ([email protected] cliff.path.queensu.ca), Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario, 2004.
Watson, R. T., J. W. Boudreau, and S. Li. “Telematics at UPS:
Energy Informatics in action.” MISQ Executive 9, no. 1 (2010):
203–13.
Smith, H. A., J. D. McKeen, and T. A. Jenkin. “Exploring
Strategies for Deploying Knowledge
Management Tools and Technologies.” Journal of Information
3. Science and Technology 6, no. 3 (2009): 3–24.
Post 2:
Information delivery is one of the primary activities performed
in any analytics work. It makes the reason why the software
providers create improved methods of presenting the data to the
user. Therefore, using the analytic project, users get satisfactory
on their needs as well as the capability that aligns with the
made application. Thus, the development of information
delivery makes it a necessary action. As the days pass, the
future might have the following changes and developments in
information delivery:
The internet of things in which technology used is related to
computing devices, objects, the mechanical and machines, and
persons with a unique identification. They can transfer
information and data through a given network without any
social support in the computers. What makes a thing on the
internet of things is the person having a heart monitor plant, an
automobile having a sensor to monitor the system, and others
(Castle, DeVries & Kovatchev, 2017). The operation under the
internet of things makes it easier to understand what customers
need and improves their decisions on what to purchase.
The network-centric operations due to the growing
standardization of the protocol of communication together with
the network devices will lead to the accessible collection,
storage, and distribution of information. These three parts that
help in achieving network-centric operation, and they include
the sensor grids, high-quality visual information, and the value-
added command and control processes.
The self-synchronization systems help perform work digitally to
synchronize the information and monitor the activities (Tourani
et al., 2017). For instance, in tradition, the leaders followed the
top to the bottom method of synchronization to make a decision.
However, the future of an organization will get used to
synchronize and make information passed to all in the
workplace. Therefore, the system will get designed to monitor
4. all the processes that take place within an organization.
The main feature of the self-synchronization is to create closed-
loop feedback making people adjust behaviors instantly.
Therefore, the system requires the creation of new metrics for
monitoring the practices in the workplace. The system will use
the right technology and infrastructure to make an accessible
collection of information (Bauchner, Berwick & Fontanarosa,
2016).
Reference
Bauchner, H., Berwick, D., & Fontanarosa, P. B. (2016).
Innovations in health care delivery and the future of
medicine. Jama, 315(1), 30-31.
Castle, J. R., DeVries, J. H., & Kovatchev, B. (2017). Future of
automated insulin delivery systems. Diabetes technology &
therapeutics, 19(S3), S-67.
Tourani, R., Misra, S., Mick, T., & Panwar, G. (2017). Security,
privacy, and access control in information-centric networking:
A survey. IEEE communications surveys & tutorials, 20(1),
566-600.
GLST 600
Article Critique Grading Rubric
Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Content 70%
Advanced 92–100%
(A)
Proficient 84–91%
(B)
Developing 1–83%
(< C)
Not Present
Points Earned
SUMMARY
· The article is summarized according to instructions. The
5. book’s major themes/messages are stated.
· The paper demonstrates a thorough familiarity with the book.
12 to 15 points
Satisfies criteria with excellent work
11 points
Satisfies criteria
1 to 10 points
Satisfies most criteria
0 points
Does not satisfies criteria
CRITIQUE
· Content is thoroughly analyzed, using point comparisons,
raising questions, and/or criticizing with supportive evidence.
· The paper meets the page length requirement.
21 to 25 points
Satisfies criteria with excellent work
15 to 20 points
Satisfies criteria
1 to 14 points
Satisfies most criteria
0 points
Does not satisfies criteria
Structure 30%
Advanced 92–100%
(A)
Proficient 84–91%
6. (B)
Developing 1–83%
(< C)
Not Present
Points Earned
STRUCTURE
· The paper properly uses current Turabian format.
· The paper contains cited references to the article or other
publications.
· The paper reflects a graduate level of writing.
· The paper is without spelling and grammar errors.
8 to 10 points
Satisfies criteria with excellent work
5 to 7 points
Satisfies criteria
1 to 4 points
Satisfies most criteria
0 points
Does not satisfies criteria
TOTAL
/50
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Article Critique Instructions
You will write a 2–3-page Article Critique of the article,
Getting Our Accent Right. There are 2 major sections of the
Critique: the summary and the critique.
The summary must focus on encapsulating the main idea(s) and
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RECOGNIZING AND MAKING THE MOST
OF AN ENCULTURATED GOSPEL.
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Christians believe that the gospel is universal and normative
for all peoples at all times and in all places.
But we often forget that the gospel is not acultural, as if it
hovers above culture and is devoid of any culture. Instead, the
gospel is deeply enculturated. That is why we have to explain
the Bible’s culture whenever we give a story or talk from the
Bible. Whenever we teach the Bible to children or newcomers,
we often begin with the phrase, “In their culture ...”
Even the Son of God became enculturated. When John
says “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” he is saying
that the second person of the Trinity became a first-century
Jewish male who lived in Roman-occupied, Second Temple
Palestine and grewup in a working-class family. To understand
the gospel, we need to understand its culture. We need to do
cultural hermeneutics.
The person we are tryingto evangelize is also enculturated.
They are not a person who hovers above culture, devoid of
any cultural influences. Instead, this person is deeply encul-
turated. And this can vary widely, even within the same geo-
graphical area. For example, if the person lived in Chicago,
they could be from an American-born Chinese culture, a
North Shore tennis-mom culture, a Northwestern undergrad
culture, a Kellogg business school culture, a community col-
9. lege culture, a North Beach culture, a single mom culture, a
retiree culture, etc.
Each of these is a unique and distinct culture in Chi-
cagoland. Each would have different cultural concerns, gos-
pel interpretation, cultural communication, and cultural
application.
For example, American-born Chinese people maybe con-
cerned about honoring the family and pressures to study.
The retiree maybe concerned about loneliness, health, and
boredom. The single mom maybe concerned about finances.
The gospel will be interpreted and
misinterpreted differently by each cul-
ture. What does their cultural lens help
them to see in the Bible? What are their
cultural blind spots that make them mis-
understand what’s in the Bible?
For example, a California surfer
might come to the Bible with the lenses
of Western individualism. He may cor-
rectly understand that he needs to make
a personal decision to follow Jesus, but he
mightbe culturally blind to his corporate
responsibilities in the body of Christ.
For people to understand you, you
must speak in ways that their culture
can understand. We often take this for
granted. An Anglican bishop once told a
missionary friend of mine that he didn’t
believe we needed any form of contextu-
alization. My missionary friend replied,
“At least you’re using English rather
10. than Greek.”
This is especially important because
much of our language is idiomatic. This
means that we have to learn not only a
culture’s language but also its idioms,
metaphors, and illustrations. A friend
of mine, Leigh, was having lunch at a
popular tourist destination in Sydney.
Leigh was approached by a Chinese
tourist. The tourist asked Leigh if he
could use the vacant seat next to him.
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Leigh replied, “Go for your life!” When
the tourist heard this, he ran away. Of
course, what Leigh had meant was,
“Sure, the seat’s free, take it!” But the
tourist thought Leigh was threatening
him! This story shows how much of our
communication is idiomatic.
In addition to idioms, the way we
organize and present our ideas is also
culturally determined. Some cultures
prefer a propositional, point-by-point
presentation. Other cultures prefer sto-
ries, illustrations, and examples. All of
this affects the way we communicate.
The gospel will also be applied differ-
ently in each culture. For example, when
American-born Chinese people become
12. Christians, they face a challenge: “How
can I honor God without dishonoring
my non-Christian parents?” The surfer
might face a different challenge: “How
can I honor God without letting down
my friends?”
My PhD supervisor, Graham Cole,
pointed out to me that in Luke 3:10-14,
John the Baptist had different applica-
tions of the gospel for different audi-
ences. To the crowd, John said to share
food and clothing; to tax collectors,
stop cheating; to soldiers, stop extort-
ing money and accusing people falsely.
If you’ve ever taught in another cultural
context, you’ve likely faced the struggle
of trying to give application to your ideas
in that culture. The struggle you faced in
doing this reveals that you are already
implicitly doing some form of cultural
hermeneutics.
THE GOSPEL TELLER’S
ACCENT
We ourselves as evangelists are also
enculturated. We are not free-floating
people hovering above the culture. We
each have a cultural accent and a cultural
flavor, and this will affect our under-
standing and application of the gospel.
We come to the Bible with our own
cultural, theological, existential, emo-
tional, and experiential concerns. For
13. instance, in my theological tradition,
I’ve been used to the idea that Jesus died
forme. So I’ve quickly noticed Bible pas
sages with the “for us” language—that
Christ died for us (e.g., Rom. 5:8). Now,
as I read and listen, I hear more theolo-
gians pointing out that Christ isn’t just
for us; we are also in him (our union
with Christ). So now I’m noticing Bible
passages with the “in him” language
as well (e.g., 2 Cor. 5:21). But how did I
miss such obvious language before now?
Because it wasn’t part of my theological
concerns until now.
We are not blank slates. We bring
our own theological interpretive grids
to the Bible. For example, in John 4,
when Jesus tells the Samaritan woman
she had five husbands and the man she is
with isn’t even her husband, what do we
think of the woman? We automatically
think she’s an adulteress. She’s a sinner.
But in other cultures, they might
interpret the story to mean that she
has been abandoned unfairly by five
men, one after the other. And she now
lives with another man for protection.
But this man won’t even honor her by
marrying her. She’s been sinned against.
There’s nothing in the text to tell us
whether she’s a sinner or sinned against.
We come to our interpretations based
on the theological systems that we have
14. brought to the text.
I have lived inboth the United States
and Australia. An Australian friend once
joked to me, “Never have two countries
been divided so much by a common
language!” That’s because even though
Americans and Australians both speak
English, our words can mean different
things. For example, in the US, college
refers to an undergraduate institution
and school can refer to a postgradu-
ate institution (e.g., Harvard Business
School). But in Australia, it’s the other
way around! As another example, in
the US, if you “take a class,” then you
are the student in the class. But in Aus-
tralia, if you “take a class,” then you are
the teacher of that class. In the US, you
order “takeout.” But in Australia, you
order “takeaway.”
It’s the same for us when we com
municate the gospel. Words that mean
one thing to our particular Christian
tradition might have a completely dif-
ferent meaning to a non-Christian in
their culture. Take the word evangeli-
cal. In our Christian tradition, it might
mean a characteristic of a denomination
or movement within Christianity that
holds to the primacy of the gospel mes-
sage—from the word euangelion. But to
our non-Christian friend, it may mean
a sociopolitical movement associated
15. with the conservative right.
And these differences can be even
more profound. In our Christian tra-
dition, we might associate a particular
formulation of the gospel as the gos-
pel itself. If so, we might wrongly think
that unless we tell the gospel in this
particular way, the gospel has not been
proclaimed. In some Christian tradi-
tions and denominations, we proudly
announce that we preach “Christ cru
cified” (the gospel) and not rhetoric
(citing 1 Cor. 1:18-2:16).
But what we usually fail to realize is
that we do employ a rhetorical method
when we present the gospel. We can’t
escape it. The rhetorical method is usu-
ally one that we are so used to in our
culture, denomination, or tradition
that we don’t notice it. We are always
using a rhetorical method—usually one
determine d by our culture —whether we
acknowledge it or not.
I come from a Sydney culture where
the application for almost every New
Testament passage was “Give up medi
cine, go to seminary, go into professional
ministry, and become a pastor.” When
I traveled to Siberia, their preachers
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FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND YOU,
YOU MUST SPEAK IN
WAYS THAT THEIR
CULTURE CAN
UNDERSTAND.
applied every New Testament passage
as “You must not drink alcohol.” If you
are an American, there is abetter-than-
average chance thatyour Americanpas-
tor applies almost every New Testament
passage as “You must do daily devo
tions, pray more, and give more money
to missions.”
These may or may not be valid
applications. But it should be obvious
that those who evangelize have inter-
pretations and applications that are
deeply influenced by their culture.
If we become better exegetes of our
own culture, we will become aware of
our enculturated interpretations and
applications of the gospel. In doing so,
we will be aware of our reductionisms
and our blind spots. And in our evange-
17. lism and presentation of the gospel, we
will become more richly layered and
nuanced in our communication.
NO DECONTEXTUALIZED
GOSPEL
There is no form for presenting the gos-
pel that hovers above a culture, devoid
of culture. We have to pick a particular
form that speaks to one culture but may
not be able to speak to another culture.
Author and pastor Timothy Keller
helpfully explains that the instant you
present the gospel, you have chosen to
be contextual, historical, and particular.
Jesus did this when he chose to be male,
Palestinian, first century, and Aramaic
and Greek speaking. And we do it when
we choose our form of communication.
For example, we have to choose a
language. If we speak in English, only
English-speaking people can under-
stand us. And we still have more choices.
What kind of English will we choose?
Whom do we quote? How do we illus-
trate? Do we use humor? What meta-
phors do we use? What clothes do we
wear? What questions do we answer?
Keller reminds us that we shouldn’t
be dogmatic about our preferred forms
of evangelism. They might work well in
18. our cultural setting, but they may not
work well in other settings. Whatever it
is that makes it work well in our setting
might be the very thing that makes it not
work elsewhere.
If we want our gospel presentation
to appeal to a wide variety of cultures,
it will likely have to be quite generic—
largely abstract. It might be more uni-
versal in its reach, but it will also be less
engaging and effective.
Conversely, if we want our gospel
presentation to be highly contextual-
ized to a specific culture, it will likely not
engage people from another culture. For
example, if we target Chinese-speaking,
night shift industrial workers, then we
cannot possibly reach German-speaking
office workers.
Accordingto Keller, everyform of gos-
pel presentation will either over-adapt
or under-adapt to a culture. This is true
in both interpretation and application.
For example, if we use only broken-
ness and healing as our metaphors for
sin and salvation, then we might risk
over-adapting our interpretation of the
gospel to fit our cultural perspective—in
particular, our loss of categories of guilt
and retributive justice in the West. At
this point, we are misinformed about the
gospel. We might understand sin to be a
19. sickness that can be healed by therapy
rather than as a vertical offense against
a holy God, which requires our repen-
tance and his forgiveness.
But if we use only guilt and forgive-
ness as our metaphors, then we risk
under-adapting our interpretation of
the gospel. Our culture is now unin-
formed (or under-informed) about other
metaphors of sin and salvation, such as
shame and honor, brokenness and heal-
ing, self-righteousness and exaltation,
and falling short and restoration.
When we over-adapt to a culture in
application, we end up with syncretism:
We don’t ask people in that culture to
give up what they should give up accord-
ing to the gospel, and we don’t ask them
to do what they should do according to
the gospel. When we do the opposite
and under-adapt to a culture, we end
up with legalism: We think we’re impos
ing gospel norms upon them, but we’re
actually imposing our cultural norms.
Here we ask them to give up what they
shouldn’t have to give up and to do what
they shouldn’t have to do.
The important thing to note here is
that the opposite of over-adaptation is
legalism. Often we think there is a risk in
over-adapting (over-contextualization)
to a culture because it would lead to syn-
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ISSueS and PracTIceS
T h i r d E d i t i o n
James D. McKeen
Queen’s University
Heather A. Smith
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CoNTENTS
Preface xiii
About the Authors xxi
Acknowledgments xxii
Section I Delivering Value with IT 1
Chapter 1 DeVelopIng anD DelIVerIng on The IT Value
propoSITIon 2
Peeling the Onion: Understanding IT Value 3
What Is IT Value? 3
Where Is IT Value? 4
Who Delivers IT Value? 5
25. When Is IT Value Realized? 5
The Three Components of the IT Value Proposition 6
Identification of Potential Value 7
Effective Conversion 8
Realizing Value 9
Five Principles for Delivering Value 10
Principle 1. Have a Clearly Defined Portfolio Value
Management
Process 11
Principle 2. Aim for Chunks of Value 11
Principle 3. Adopt a Holistic Orientation to Technology Value
11
Principle 4. Aim for Joint Ownership of Technology Initiatives
12
Principle 5. Experiment More Often 12
Conclusion 12 • References 13
Chapter 2 DeVelopIng IT STraTegy for BuSIneSS Value 15
Business and IT Strategies: Past, Present, and Future 16
Four Critical Success Factors 18
The Many Dimensions of IT Strategy 20
Toward an IT Strategy-Development Process 22
Challenges for CIOs 23
Conclusion 25 • References 25
26. Chapter 3 lInkIng IT To BuSIneSS MeTrICS 27
Business Measurement: An Overview 28
Key Business Metrics for IT 30
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Designing Business Metrics for IT 31
Advice to Managers 35
Conclusion 36 • References 36
Chapter 4 BuIlDIng a STrong relaTIonShIp
wITh The BuSIneSS 38
The Nature of the Business–IT Relationship 39
The Foundation of a Strong Business–IT
Relationship 41
Building Block #1: Competence 42
Building Block #2: Credibility 43
Building Block #3: Interpersonal Interaction 44
Building Block #4: Trust 46
Conclusion 48 • References 48
Appendix A The Five IT Value Profiles 50
Appendix B Guidelines for Building a Strong Business–IT
Relationship 51
27. Chapter 5 CoMMunICaTIng wITh BuSIneSS ManagerS 52
Communication in the Business–IT Relationship 53
What Is “Good” Communication? 54
Obstacles to Effective Communication 56
“T-Level” Communication Skills for IT Staff 58
Improving Business–IT Communication 60
Conclusion 61 • References 61
Appendix A IT Communication Competencies 63
Chapter 6 BuIlDIng BeTTer IT leaDerS froM
The BoTToM up 64
The Changing Role of the IT Leader 65
What Makes a Good IT Leader? 67
How to Build Better IT Leaders 70
Investing in Leadership Development: Articulating the Value
Proposition 73
Conclusion 74 • References 75
MInI CaSeS
Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware 76
Investing in TUFS 80
IT Planning at ModMeters 82
28. Contents vii
Section II IT governance 87
Chapter 7 CreaTIng IT ShareD SerVICeS 88
IT Shared Services: An Overview 89
IT Shared Services: Pros and Cons 92
IT Shared Services: Key Organizational Success Factors 93
Identifying Candidate Services 94
An Integrated Model of IT Shared Services 95
Recommmendations for Creating Effective IT
Shared Services 96
Conclusion 99 • References 99
Chapter 8 a ManageMenT fraMework for
IT SourCIng 100
A Maturity Model for IT Functions 101
IT Sourcing Options: Theory Versus Practice 105
The “Real” Decision Criteria 109
Decision Criterion #1: Flexibility 109
Decision Criterion #2: Control 109
Decision Criterion #3: Knowledge Enhancement 110
Decision Criterion #4: Business Exigency 110
29. A Decision Framework for Sourcing IT Functions 111
Identify Your Core IT Functions 111
Create a “Function Sourcing” Profile 111
Evolve Full-Time IT Personnel 113
Encourage Exploration of the Whole Range
of Sourcing Options 114
Combine Sourcing Options Strategically 114
A Management Framework for Successful
Sourcing 115
Develop a Sourcing Strategy 115
Develop a Risk Mitigation Strategy 115
Develop a Governance Strategy 116
Understand the Cost Structures 116
Conclusion 117 • References 117
Chapter 9 The IT BuDgeTIng proCeSS 118
Key Concepts in IT Budgeting 119
The Importance of Budgets 121
The IT Planning and Budget Process 123
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30. Corporate Processes 123
IT Processes 125
Assess Actual IT Spending 126
IT Budgeting Practices That Deliver Value 127
Conclusion 128 • References 129
Chapter 10 ManagIng IT- BaSeD rISk 130
A Holistic View of IT-Based Risk 131
Holistic Risk Management: A Portrait 134
Developing a Risk Management Framework 135
Improving Risk Management Capabilities 138
Conclusion 139 • References 140
Appendix A A Selection of Risk Classification
Schemes 141
Chapter 11 InforMaTIon ManageMenT: The nexuS
of BuSIneSS anD IT 142
Information Management: How Does IT Fit? 143
A Framework For IM 145
Stage One: Develop an IM Policy 145
Stage Two: Articulate the Operational
Components 145
Stage Three: Establish Information Stewardship 146
31. Stage Four: Build Information Standards 147
Issues In IM 148
Culture and Behavior 148
Information Risk Management 149
Information Value 150
Privacy 150
Knowledge Management 151
The Knowing–Doing Gap 151
Getting Started in IM 151
Conclusion 153 • References 154
Appendix A Elements of IM Operations 155
MInI CaSeS
Building Shared Services at RR Communications 156
Enterprise Architecture at Nationstate Insurance 160
IT Investment at North American Financial 165
Contents ix
Section III IT-enabled Innovation 169
Chapter 12 InnoVaTIon wITh IT 170
32. The Need for Innovation: An Historical
Perspective 171
The Need for Innovation Now 171
Understanding Innovation 172
The Value of Innovation 174
Innovation Essentials: Motivation, Support,
and Direction 175
Challenges for IT leaders 177
Facilitating Innovation 179
Conclusion 180 • References 181
Chapter 13 BIg DaTa anD SoCIal CoMpuTIng 182
The Social Media/Big Data Opportunity 183
Delivering Business Value with Big Data 185
Innovating with Big Data 189
Pulling in Two Different Directions: The Challenge
for IT Managers 190
First Steps for IT Leaders 192
Conclusion 193 • References 194
Chapter 14 IMproVIng The CuSToMer experIenCe:
an IT perSpeCTIVe 195
Customer Experience and Business value 196
Many Dimensions of Customer Experience 197
33. The Role of Technology in Customer Experience 199
Customer Experience Essentials for IT 200
First Steps to Improving Customer Experience 203
Conclusion 204 • References 204
Chapter 15 BuIlDIng BuSIneSS InTellIgenCe 206
Understanding Business Intelligence 207
The Need for Business Intelligence 208
The Challenge of Business Intelligence 209
The Role of IT in Business Intelligence 211
Improving Business Intelligence 213
Conclusion 216 • References 216
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Chapter 16 enaBlIng CollaBoraTIon wITh IT 218
Why Collaborate? 219
Characteristics of Collaboration 222
Components of Successful Collaboration 225
The Role of IT in Collaboration 227
First Steps for Facilitating Effective Collaboration 229
Conclusion 231 • References 232
34. MInI CaSeS
Innovation at International Foods 234
Consumerization of Technology at IFG 239
CRM at Minitrex 243
Customer Service at Datatronics 246
Section IV IT portfolio Development and Management 251
Chapter 17 applICaTIon porTfolIo ManageMenT 252
The Applications Quagmire 253
The Benefits of a Portfolio Perspective 254
Making APM Happen 256
Capability 1: Strategy and Governance 258
Capability 2: Inventory Management 262
Capability 3: Reporting and Rationalization 263
Key Lessons Learned 264
Conclusion 265 • References 265
Appendix A Application Information 266
Chapter 18 ManagIng IT DeManD 270
Understanding IT Demand 271
The Economics of Demand Management 273
Three Tools for Demand management 273
35. Key Organizational Enablers for Effective Demand
Management 274
Strategic Initiative Management 275
Application Portfolio Management 276
Enterprise Architecture 276
Business–IT Partnership 277
Governance and Transparency 279
Conclusion 281 • References 281
Contents xi
Chapter 19 CreaTIng anD eVolVIng a TeChnology
roaDMap 283
What is a Technology Roadmap? 284
The Benefits of a Technology Roadmap 285
External Benefits (Effectiveness) 285
Internal Benefits (Efficiency) 286
Elements of the Technology Roadmap 286
Activity #1: Guiding Principles 287
Activity #2: Assess Current Technology 288
Activity #3: Analyze Gaps 289
36. Activity #4: Evaluate Technology
Landscape 290
Activity #5: Describe Future Technology 291
Activity #6: Outline Migration Strategy 292
Activity #7: Establish Governance 292
Practical Steps for Developing a Technology
Roadmap 294
Conclusion 295 • References 295
Appendix A Principles to Guide a Migration
Strategy 296
Chapter 20 enhanCIng DeVelopMenT
proDuCTIVITy 297
The Problem with System Development 298
Trends in System Development 299
Obstacles to Improving System Development
Productivity 302
Improving System Development Productivity: What we
know that Works 304
Next Steps to Improving System Development
Productivity 306
Conclusion 308 • References 308
Chapter 21 InforMaTIon DelIVery: IT’S eVolVIng role 310
Information and IT: Why Now? 311
37. Delivering Value Through Information 312
Effective Information Delivery 316
New Information Skills 316
New Information Roles 317
New Information Practices 317
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New Information Strategies 318
The Future of Information Delivery 319
Conclusion 321 • References 322
MInI CaSeS
Project Management at MM 324
Working Smarter at Continental Furniture International 328
Managing Technology at Genex Fuels 333
Index 336
PREFACE
Today, with information technology (IT) driving constant
business transformation,
overwhelming organizations with information, enabling 24/7
global operations, and
undermining traditional business models, the challenge for
38. business leaders is not
simply to manage IT, it is to use IT to deliver business value.
Whereas until fairly recently,
decisions about IT could be safely delegated to technology
specialists after a business
strategy had been developed, IT is now so closely integrated
with business that, as one
CIO explained to us, “We can no longer deliver business
solutions in our company
without using technology so IT and business strategy must
constantly interact with
each other.”
What’s New in This Third Edition?
• Six new chapters focusing on current critical
issues in IT management, including
IT shared services; big data and social computing; business
intelligence; manag-
ing IT demand; improving the customer experience; and
enhancing development
productivity.
• Two significantly revised chapters: on delivering
IT functions through different
resourcing options; and innovating with IT.
• Twonew mini cases based on real companies
and real IT management situations:
Working Smarter at Continental Furniture and Enterprise
Architecture at Nationstate
Insurance.
• A revised structure based on reader
feedback with six chapters and two mini cases
from the second edition being moved to the Web site.
39. All too often, in our efforts to prepare future executives to deal
effectively with
the issues of IT strategy and management, we lead them into a
foreign country where
they encounter a different language, different culture, and
different customs. Acronyms
(e.g., SOA, FTP/IP, SDLC, ITIL, ERP), buzzwords (e.g.,
asymmetric encryption, proxy
servers, agile, enterprise service bus), and the widely adopted
practice of abstraction
(e.g., Is a software monitor a person, place, or thing?) present
formidable “barriers to
entry” to the technologically uninitiated, but more important,
they obscure the impor-
tance of teaching students how to make business decisions about
a key organizational
resource. By taking a critical issues perspective, IT Strategy:
Issues and Practices treats IT
as a tool to be leveraged to save and/or make money or
transform an organization—not
as a study by itself.
As in the first two editions of this book, this third edition
combines the experi-
ences and insights of many senior IT managers from leading-
edge organizations with
thorough academic research to bring important issues in IT
management to life and
demonstrate how IT strategy is put into action in contemporary
businesses. This new
edition has been designed around an enhanced set of critical
real-world issues in IT
management today, such as innovating with IT, working with
big data and social media,
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xiv Preface
enhancing customer experience, and designing for business
intelligence and introduces
students to the challenges of making IT decisions that will have
significant impacts on
how businesses function and deliver value to stakeholders.
IT Strategy: Issues and Practices focuses on how IT is changing
and will continue to
change organizations as we now know them. However, rather
than learning concepts
“free of context,” students are introduced to the complex
decisions facing real organi-
zations by means of a number of mini cases. These provide an
opportunity to apply
the models/theories/frameworks presented and help students
integrate and assimilate
this material. By the end of the book, students will have the
confidence and ability to
tackle the tough issues regarding IT management and strategy
and a clear understand-
ing of their importance in delivering business value.
Key Features of This Book
• A focus on IT management issues as opposed to
technology issues
• Critical IT issues explored within their
organizational contexts
• Readily applicablemodels and frameworks for
implementing IT strategies
41. • Mini cases to animate issues and focus
classroom discussions on real-world deci-
sions, enabling problem-based learning
• Proven strategies and best practices from leading-edge
organizations
• Useful and practical advice and guidelinesfor
delivering value with IT
• Extensive teaching notes for all mini cases
A Different ApproAch to teAching it StrAtegy
The real world of IT is one of issues—critical issues—such as
the following:
• How do we know if we are getting
value from our IT investment?
• How can we innovate with IT?
• What specific IT functions should we seek
from external providers?
• How do we buildan IT leadershipteam that is
a trusted partner with the business?
• How do we enhance IT capabilities?
• What is IT’s role in creating an intelligent
business?
• How can we best take advantage of new
technologies, such as big data and social
media, in our business?
• How can we manage IT risk?
However, the majority of management information systems
(MIS) textbooks are orga-
nized by system category (e.g., supply chain, customer
relationship management, enterprise
resource planning), by system component (e.g., hardware,
42. software, networks), by system
function (e.g., marketing, financial, human resources), by
system type (e.g., transactional,
decisional, strategic), or by a combination of these.
Unfortunately, such an organization
does not promote an understanding of IT management in
practice.
IT Strategy: Issues and Practices tackles the real-world
challenges of IT manage-
ment. First, it explores a set of the most important issues facing
IT managers today, and
second, it provides a series of mini cases that present these
critical IT issues within the
context of real organizations. By focusing the text as well as the
mini cases on today’s
critical issues, the book naturally reinforces problem-based
learning.
Preface xv
IT Strategy: Issues and Practices includes thirteen mini cases—
each based on a real
company presented anonymously.1 Mini cases are not simply
abbreviated versions of
standard, full-length business cases. They differ in two
significant ways:
1. A horizontal perspective. Unlike standard cases that develop
a single issue within
an organizational setting (i.e., a “vertical” slice of
organizational life), mini cases
take a “horizontal” slice through a number of coexistent issues.
Rather than looking
43. for a solution to a specific problem, as in a standard case,
students analyzing a mini
case must first identify and prioritize the issues embedded
within the case. This mim-
ics real life in organizations where the challenge lies in
“knowing where to start” as
opposed to “solving a predefined problem.”
2. Highly relevant information. Mini cases are densely written.
Unlike standard
cases, which intermix irrelevant information, in a mini case,
each sentence exists for
a reason and reflects relevant information. As a result, students
must analyze each
case very carefully so as not to miss critical aspects of the
situation.
Teaching with mini cases is, thus, very different than teaching
with standard cases.
With mini cases, students must determine what is really going
on within the organiza-
tion. What first appears as a straightforward “technology”
problem may in fact be a
political problem or one of five other “technology” problems.
Detective work is, there-
fore, required. The problem identification and prioritization
skills needed are essential
skills for future managers to learn for the simple reason that it
is not possible for organi-
zations to tackle all of their problems concurrently. Mini cases
help teach these skills to
students and can balance the problem-solving skills learned in
other classes. Best of all,
detective work is fun and promotes lively classroom discussion.
To assist instructors, extensive teaching notes are available for
44. all mini cases. Developed
by the authors and based on “tried and true” in-class experience,
these notes include case
summaries, identify the key issues within each case, present
ancillary information about the
company/industry represented in the case, and offer guidelines
for organizing the class-
room discussion. Because of the structure of these mini cases
and their embedded issues, it
is common for teaching notes to exceed the length of the actual
mini case!
This book is most appropriate for MIS courses where the goal is
to understand how
IT delivers organizational value. These courses are frequently
labeled “IT Strategy” or
“IT Management” and are offered within undergraduate as well
as MBA programs. For
undergraduate juniors and seniors in business and commerce
programs, this is usually
the “capstone” MIS course. For MBA students, this course may
be the compulsory core
course in MIS, or it may be an elective course.
Each chapter and mini case in this book has been thoroughly
tested in a variety
of undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs at Queen’s
School of Business.2
1 We are unable to identify these leading-edge companies by
agreements established as part of our overall
research program (described later).
2 Queen’s School of Business is one of the world’s premier
business schools, with a faculty team renowned
for its business experience and academic credentials. The
School has earned international recognition for
45. its innovative approaches to team-based and experiential
learning. In addition to its highly acclaimed MBA
programs, Queen’s School of Business is also home to Canada’s
most prestigious undergraduate business
program and several outstanding graduate programs. As well,
the School is one of the world’s largest and
most respected providers of executive education.
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These materials have proven highly successful within all
programs because we adapt
how the material is presented according to the level of the
students. Whereas under-
graduate students “learn” about critical business issues from the
book and mini cases
for the first time, graduate students are able to “relate” to these
same critical issues
based on their previous business experience. As a result,
graduate students are able to
introduce personal experiences into the discussion of these
critical IT issues.
orgAnizAtion of thiS Book
One of the advantages of an issues-focused structure is that
chapters can be approached
in any order because they do not build on one another. Chapter
order is immaterial; that
is, one does not need to read the first three chapters to
understand the fourth. This pro-
vides an instructor with maximum flexibility to organize a
course as he or she sees fit.
Thus, within different courses/programs, the order of topics can
46. be changed to focus on
different IT concepts.
Furthermore, because each mini case includes multiple issues,
they, too, can be
used to serve different purposes. For example, the mini case
“Building Shared Services
at RR Communications” can be used to focus on issues of
governance, organizational
structure, and/or change management just as easily as shared
services. The result is a
rich set of instructional materials that lends itself well to a
variety of pedagogical appli-
cations, particularly problem-based learning, and that clearly
illustrates the reality of IT
strategy in action.
The book is organized into four sections, each emphasizing a
key component of
developing and delivering effective IT strategy:
• Section I: Delivering Value with IT is designed to
examine the complex ways that
IT and business value are related. Over the past twenty years,
researchers and prac-
titioners have come to understand that “business value” can
mean many different
things when applied to IT. Chapter 1 (Developing and
Delivering on the IT Value
Proposition) explores these concepts in depth. Unlike the
simplistic value propo-
sitions often used when implementing IT in organizations, this
chapter presents
“value” as a multilayered business construct that must be
effectively managed at
several levels if technology is to achieve the benefits expected.
47. Chapter 2 (Developing
IT Strategy for Business Value) examines the dynamic
interrelationship between
business and IT strategy and looks at the processes and critical
success factors
used by organizations to ensure that both are well aligned.
Chapter 3 (Linking IT
to Business Metrics) discusses new ways of measuring IT’s
effectiveness that pro-
mote closer business–IT alignment and help drive greater
business value. Chapter
4 (Building a Strong Relationship with the Business) examines
the nature of the
business–IT relationship and the characteristics of an effective
relationship that
delivers real value to the enterprise. Chapter 5 (Communicating
with Business
Managers) explores the business and interpersonal competencies
that IT staff will
need in order to do their jobs effectively over the next five to
seven years and what
companies should be doing to develop them. Finally, Chapter 6
(Building Better IT
Leaders from the Bottom Up) tackles the increasing need for
improved leadership
skills in all IT staff and examines the expectations of the
business for strategic and
innovative guidance from IT.
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In the mini cases associated with this section, the concepts of
delivering
value with IT are explored in a number of different ways. We
48. see business and
IT executives at Hefty Hardware grappling with conflicting
priorities and per-
spectives and how best to work together to achieve the
company’s strategy. In
“Investing in TUFS,” CIO Martin Drysdale watches as all of the
work his IT depart-
ment has put into a major new system fails to deliver value. And
the “IT Planning
at ModMeters” mini case follows CIO Brian Smith’s efforts to
create a strategic
IT plan that will align with business strategy, keep IT running,
and not increase
IT’s budget.
• Section II: IT Governance explores key concepts in how
the IT organization is
structured and managed to effectively deliver IT products and
services to the orga-
nization. Chapter 7 (IT Shared Services) discusses how IT
shared services should be
selected, organized, managed, and governed to achieve
improved organizational
performance. Chapter 8 (A Management Framework for IT
Sourcing) examines
how organizations are choosing to source and deliver different
types of IT functions
and presents a framework to guide sourcing decisions. Chapter 9
(The IT Budgeting
Process) describes the “evil twin” of IT strategy, discussing
how budgeting mecha-
nisms can significantly undermine effective business strategies
and suggesting
practices for addressing this problem while maintaining
traditional fiscal account-
ability. Chapter 10 (Managing IT-based Risk) describes how
49. many IT organizations
have been given the responsibility of not only managing risk in
their own activities
(i.e., project development, operations, and delivering business
strategy) but also
of managing IT-based risk in all company activities (e.g.,
mobile computing, file
sharing, and online access to information and software) and the
need for a holistic
framework to understand and deal with risk effectively. Chapter
11 (Information
Management: The Nexus of Business and IT) describes how new
organizational
needs for more useful and integrated information are driving the
development of
business-oriented functions within IT that focus specifically on
information and
knowledge, as opposed to applications and data.
The mini cases in this section examine the difficulties of
managing com-
plex IT issues when they intersect substantially with important
business issues.
In “Building Shared Services at RR Communications,” we see
an IT organiza-
tion in transition from a traditional divisional structure and
governance model
to a more centralized enterprise model, and the long-term
challenges experi-
enced by CIO Vince Patton in changing both business and IT
practices, includ-
ing information management and delivery, to support this new
approach. In
“Enterprise Architecture at Nationstate Insurance,” CIO Jane
Denton endeavors
to make IT more flexible and agile, while incorporating new and
50. emerging tech-
nologies into its strategy. In “IT Investment at North American
Financial,” we
show the opportunities and challenges involved in prioritizing
and resourcing
enterprisewide IT projects and monitoring that anticipated
benefits are being
achieved.
• Section III: IT-Enabled Innovation discusses some of the
ways technology is
being used to transform organizations. Chapter 12 (Innovation
with IT) examines
the nature and importance of innovation with IT and describes a
typical inno-
vation life cycle. Chapter 13 (Big Data and Social Computing)
discusses how IT
leaders are incorporating big data and social media concepts and
technologies
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to successfully deliver business value in new ways. Chapter 14
(Improving the
Customer Experience: An IT Perspective) explores the IT
function’s role in creating
and improving an …
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