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Sumerian Civilization, 2007.
An analysis of the technological innovations of the Sumerian civilization and how they influenced those around them.
1,565 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 64.95
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This paper describes and analyzes the Sumerian civilization which appeared approximately in 4000 B.C., on the flood plain of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The paper discusses some of the technical innovations attributed to the Sumerians, such as writing and systematic record keeping, the plow, social and economic organization and units of time. It describes how the Sumerians influenced those around them with these innovations.
From the Paper
"According to archeological remains, the Sumerians were the first civilization that used a complex system of bookkeeping that allowed them to record transactions within the community as well as transactions of trade with neighboring societies. Although they still remain a mystery as to their origin, the Sumerians seem to have appeared as a fully developed society with technology and organizational skills far superior to any other societies of that era. The Sumerians evolved from hunters and gathers to communities of farmers who faced an unpredictable and hostile environment, yet their innovations in writing and recordkeeping influenced future civilizations. Not only are they credited with inventing the wheel, the plow, and timekeeping, but the earliest known literature, the epic of Gilgamesh, is attributed to the Sumerian civilization. Thus, modern civilizations owe much to this mysterious ancient peoples."
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Henry Adams, 2007.
A review of Henry Adams' autobiography "The Education of Henry Adams."
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper discusses the concepts found in Henry Adams' autobiography "The Education of Henry Adams," regarding the technological and social changes of the 19th century. The paper discusses Adams' rejection of technology and his praise for spiritual values and gives examples from the book to illustrate his points.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Adams' Rejection of Technology, Praise of Spiritual Values
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"Again on page 383 Adams juxtaposes the new science with religion; Adams' concept of education was being stood on its head by these new machines, and there had not been such a dramatic break with the past since Copernicus and Galileo broke the news to the world that the earth was round, not flat. Columbus proved something shocking too, but there had not been a "revolution" like the one at the Chicago "Gallery of Machines" ("Great Exposition of 1900) since Constantine (the Roman emperor who became a Christian) "set up the Cross." This kind of astonishing and radical departure from previous society, previous learning - this "mysterious energy" - had not been witnessed since the discovery of the Cross (Adams 383)."
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UNIX Today, 2007.
This paper explores the success of the UNIX operating system.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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The paper discusses how UNIX is a robust and scalable operating system that has been in existence for thirty years. The paper explains that one of the main reasons for UNIX's unparalleled use and steady market growth is its portability and multi-user and multi-tasking ability, especially when it comes to deployment in servers and workstations. The paper further relates that its security posture is considered superior to the Windows family of operating systems.
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"UNIX, simply put, is a robust and scalable operating that has been in existence for almost over 30 years. In some cases, it has been called "the grandfather of operating systems" as a result of the years it has been extant. The OS was developed in the 1960s and born out of the need by Bell Laboratories in the United States to have an operating system that could be use by its staff to assist them in their scientific and academic research. It is older than Microsoft's brand of operating systems and considered more secure and less bug/error-free! "It was designed for users who were largely computer scientists and AT&T (the owners of Bell Laboratories) made UNIX available at nominal cost to academic users, with whom it became popular."
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Automating Land Survey Data, 2006.
A look at the methods and reliability of cataloging land survey data electronically.
2,094 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper attempts to define a series of system integration and process re-definition strategies to enable field notes obtained during land surveying to be electronically cataloged and automated for more efficient use. The paper addresses the reliability of the data itself, which is captured and noted in field notebooks. The paper focuses primarily on how to automate what is today a highly manual repository of data existing in the 200 field notebooks that comprise the accumulated data to this point.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Starting with Change Management Is Critical
From Data Repository to Enterprise Content Management System
Advantages of Creating a Land Surveying Content Management System
Disadvantages of Creating a Land Surveying Content Management System
Proposed Costs
Considerations of Change Management
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"The disadvantages of implementing an automated system to better manage the land use notebooks center mainly on both the time needed during work hours to train users in new procedures for using the system, in addition to the costs of integration with other systems to keep the current one relevant over time."
"In the majority of instances there are many more costs associated with implementing a content management system than initially appear during the forecasting stage (Columbus and Murphy 2), and the level of integration with other systems continues to drive up the costs of these types of implementations. With all these shortcoming said however, the savings in efficiency and accuracy of queries does have a significant effect on the Return on Investment (ROI) of this type of program."
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Internet Recruiting, 2007.
Description of how the Internet may be used by companies to recruit new employees.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 79.95
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This paper examines the benefits for job searchers and companies of using the Internet as a recruiting tool. The writer explores the history and explosion of Internet recruiting and provides an examination of the advantages and disadvantages of its use. The paper presents the pros and cons of Internet recruiting from both the perspective of the employer and the job seeker.
Outline:
Introduction
From the Recruiter's View
The Applicant
Conclusion
References
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"For many years recruiters and employers were at the mercy of the whim of the local public. If a company had an opening it would usually advertise in the local papers, possibly put a sign up in the window and occasionally put a call into local recruiting agencies for assistance(Levy, 2000). Then the waiting game would begin.
The applicants who were interested in applying for the position would either stop in or fax a resume to the company in the hopes they could obtain an interview.
"The strain of a tight labor market has increased the importance of organizational recruitment activity. The deep pool of applicant talent that once existed has become shallow, as potential employees have ample opportunities available to them. As a result of this shortage of workers, there is a great deal of pressure on human resource departments to attract qualified applicants to their organizations. Without an adequate number of applicants, selection procedures cannot yield quality employees(Levy, 2000).""
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Best Buy's Competitive Advantage, 2007.
This paper discusses the automation of Best Buy's customized selling experience.
1,044 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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The paper reveals that at the center of Best Buy's competitive advantage is its ability to deliver customized and highly personalized service. The paper shows how Best Buy has been able to automate its services and product customization through online-guided selling, sales and product configurators. The paper discusses how automating the quote-to-order process is delivering significant results for Best Buy and makes it possible for customers to shop on a 24/7 basis during the holiday season.
Outline:
Best Buy Automates Guided Selling and Quote-to-Order Processes
Comparing Quote-to-Order and Guided Selling at Best Buy
Summary
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"Best Buy relies on a series of distribution centers that are continually managed through the use of their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems which function as the distributed order management hub that synchronizes customer demand from its stores with incoming supply chain partners' shipments. The ability to synchronize their many supply chain partners with the demands of stores is another of Best Buy's major competitive advantages, and ensures that the store sales persons have the optimal mix of products for the customers who frequent their stores."
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Cell Phone Radiation, 2006.
A discussion regarding the dangers of cell phone radiation.
1,547 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper takes a look at the danger of the radiation emitted from a cell phone in use. According to the paper, some of the potential health hazards that may evolve from cell phone use include noise in the ear, memory loss, headaches, malignant brain tumors and DNA damage.
Outline:
I.The Silent Enemy
Cover-up?
Radiation
II.Concerns for All Ages
In Light on Concerns
III. The Big Question
The Privilege to Listen
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"Even though cell phones and fortune cookies may not initially appear to have a common thread, the concept that connects them is that those who market cell phones, in a similar sense, do not usually consider what happens to those who purchase and use cell phones. In the study completed by Salford et al funded by a grant from the Swedish Council for Work Life Research. Completed during 2002, the authors examine potential risks of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields for the human body. Their previous studies posit ". . . weak pulsed microwaves give rise to a significant leakage of albumin through the blood-brain barrier."
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Multimedia Cell Phone Market, 2007.
An assessment of market opportunities for Microsoft to penetrate the multimedia cell phone market.
2,503 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 95.95
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This paper analyzes the opportunities for Microsoft to enter the multimedia cell phone market on a global basis. It provides an internal analysis of the company's abilities in this area, the current market environment and the key market drivers. The paper includes a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis and provides the application of Dr. Michael Porter's Five Forces analysis.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Situation Analysis
SWOT Analysis of Microsoft's Entry into The Multimedia Cell Phone Market
Mobile Solution Platform Strategic Factors: The Critical Link Globally
Market Segmentation
Market Positioning Analysis
Competitive Landscape and Analysis
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"Phase 1 - Large enterprise management vendors will develop true 'mobile expertise', integrating mobile elements into their core solution offerings (as opposed to the point solutions they offer today). Phase 2 - Business process management (BPM) vendors will recognize that mobile solutions provide a considerable opportunity and look to add BPM elements to existing management solutions. As a result, business processes that utilize mobile technology may then be exposed, managed and manipulated as and when necessary in order to generate even greater cost savings and efficiencies. Phase 3 - Following BPM integration into management solutions, business activity monitoring (BAM) will start to play a role, so that enterprises may start to understand the dynamics of various parts of multiple processes."
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Online Marketing, 2007.
This paper examines online-guided selling and product configuration as opposed to the manually-oriented approach.
1,109 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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The paper discusses how the automating of the quote-to-order processes has become central to many companies' strategies to better serve their customers. The paper describes how this approach is generating significant cost and time savings for those companies engaging in B2B (business-to-business) commerce both on a national and global level. The paper includes tables of research which validate that automating the quote-to-order process between companies delivers significant results.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Comparing Quote-to-Order and Guided Selling in B2B Online Marketing
Summary
From the Paper
"Given the fact that quotes drive production to the Bill of Materials level in virtually every manufacturing center, the criticality of this process in B2B marketing and commerce transactions is seen in Figure 1, Manual Quote-to-order Workflow. The manually-oriented approach to this process is costing manufacturers weeks of lost time from taking an order to scheduling it for manufacturing and fulfillment. AMR Research (2003) has profiled this process in the context of guided selling, sales, and product configurators, in addition to work completed by Askegar and Columbus (2002)."
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Apple Computers, 2006.
A glimpse at Apple Computer's corporate culture.
1,026 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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This paper takes a peek into the corporate culture of the Apple Computer corporation. According to the paper, despite the image the company projects of being very hip, there is a very strong work ethic and commitment to deadlines that isn't common across other high tech companies globally. The paper reports that a sixty or seventy hour work week is average for the typical Apple employee, and the higher the position the greater the commitment required.
Outline:
A Glimpse at Apple's Corporate Culture
Apple's Financial Position in 2006
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"The company attracts workaholics looking for a cause to completely commit themselves to. As a result of this dynamic and the fact that in many of the company's years it has been thinly staffed, there is almost always more work to be done than people to do it. As the company has at times fought for its survival and had to rely on unconventional approaches to getting work done, it has earned as reputation for being nonconformist. As the brand thrives on this image the fact is that Apple is one of the hardest working and most driven PC companies in the world, an attribute that is responsible for their survival as others have fallen. A sixty or seventy hour work week is average for the typical Apple employee, and the higher the position the greater the commitment required. Guy Kawasaki (1990), head of Software Evangelism, writes in his book The Macintosh Way, of the hours that he would invest in planning software developer visits to convince them to write applications for the Apple Macintosh. Kawasaki was a big reason the Apple Macintosh succeeded as he created a very strong and reliable group of software developers that provided Apple with the necessary software applications to make the Macintosh usable. The company would eventually adopt an Open Source platform approach to software development and greatly increase the options for its loyal customers in the process."
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Harrods' Casino, 2007.
This paper examines the success of the Harrods online casino.
866 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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The paper discusses Harrods' launching of its online casino, which fulfilled the company's long-term objective of integrating retailing and gambling operations. The paper looks at the games offered and shows how the selection of games is perfectly aligned with the key upscale markets that Harrods online casino is catering to. The paper points out that this online casino is unique in its ability to complete transactions and payouts within 24 hours in over 35 different currencies and in its integration of retailing, online shopping and the online casino.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Harrods' Casinos' History
Gaming Offered
What Makes Harrods' Casino Unique
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"Harrod's is one of the most recognized and respected retailers globally, having a global span of services that includes its world-famous Knightsbridge Store in London, which is named for the London Underground Knightsbridge Station it is located near. Today Harrod's Group is comprised of Harrod's Bank, Harrod's Estates, a real estate company that manages listings throughout metro London and throughout England. In 2000 Harrod's launched their online gambling initiative, Harrod's Casino, aimed at the upper-income clients Harrod's has throughout the Middle East and Asia. In addition Harrod's operates two aviation services, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods."
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Balancing Life - Work and Leisure, 2006.
A look at ways of creating a balance between work and personal time.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 64.95
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This paper discusses the modern day issue of time management. According to the paper, most people struggle to create a balance between work time, other commitments and personal time. The paper then reviews the "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by well-known business-consultant guru Stephen Covey. The paper concludes with a look at telecommuting via the Internet.
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"The hypotheses, tested by researchers Jeffrey Hill, Alan Hawkins, Maria Ferris and Michelle Weitzman, were: "Given the same workload, those with perceived job flexibility will have less difficulty with work-life conflicts, and will be able to work longer hours before having problems with work-family balance." Both hypotheses were found true. Of those working 40 to 50 hours per week, the 46 percent who were not allowed to either change their starting or ending times, work a compressed workweek or work from home had difficulty balancing work and personal life. This compared to only 28 percent of those working the same hours with flexibility."
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Globalization and Culture, 2007.
This paper explores the impact of globalization on culture assimilation.
2,734 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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The paper attempts to analyze the implications of the Internet on the individual lives of people globally and the resulting impact on corporations. The paper explains that since businesses of all sizes and from all industries are striving to be more global than ever, this pushes individuals and cultures together in the pursuit of business strategies and initiatives. The paper explores globalization in Indian call centers and how the culture of the Schindler Elevator Company from Switzerland clashes with Indian ideas. The paper shows how westernization influences widely divergent cultures just as much as westernized nations fail in their attempts to accomplish business strategies in widely divergent cultures.
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Summary
Globalization of Business Forces an Entirely New Relationship Dynamic
Globalization in Indian Call Centers: Training to Talk Like a Westerner
Schindler's Swiss Precision Meets Indian Chaos: Exploring Cultural Bias
Key Findings on Globalization and Culture
Summary
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"The impact of the Internet on globalization is visible from the pervasiveness and visibility of brands globally to changes in the everyday lives of members of different cultures around the world. Globalization, while discussed as a business strategy, actually affects individuals far more often and with greater consequences than corporations. It could also be said that the collective experiences of individuals are what a corporation experiences from the context of globalization at a more macro socioeconomic level."
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Hypersonic Transports, 2007.
An analysis of the benefits and risks associated with hypersonic transport.
3,985 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 135.95
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This paper discusses new developments in global aerospace: hypersonic transports. It discusses the benefits of hypersonic travel and then discusses the risks associated with this new technology. The paper then develops an appropriate safety program for the field of global aerospace to implement in connection with hypersonic planes.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Hypersonic Transports
Hypersonic Planes and the Commercial Airlines Industry
Hypersonic Planes for Defense Purposes
Hypersonic Transport & Safety Issues
The Implementation of a Flight Operations Safety Program
From the Paper
"The potential for hypersonic transport has reached new levels in the present day once unthinkable in the past. The engines used in hypersonic planes will no doubt set the tone and pace for airline travel over the next dew decades. However, this futuristic method of travel does not come without the high risks associated with high speeds, rocket science and new technology. As long as safety risks are monitored, controlled, and consistently studied and improved, the future of air travel will reach new bounds unseen by aircraft and airlines of the past and present day. The National Aerospace Initiative will co-ordinate additional activities at NASA and the US Department of Defense, including the programs such as X-43 and Falcon, which will develop hypersonic entry vehicles, cruisers and low-cost launchers (Lewis, 2003). As long as aerospace industry leaders such as NASA and Boeing continue to set the standard and work hard, their research and testing of hypersonic planes will become more successful, public, and accepted. Finally, hypersonic travel will forever change the frontier of global travel and air transportation with an actual return to the future."
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Ingram Micro, 2007.
An examination of five of the most dominant applications that Ingram Micro uses.
2,189 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 85.95
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This paper analyzes five of the most dominant applications that Ingram Micro uses as one of the global leaders in the distribution of enterprise and personal computing software, hardware, and services. It discusses their materials requirements planning (MRP) system, their order management and online ordering system platform which includes the product configuration, pricing management and compliance system, their service life cycle management (SLM) system and their supply chain management system.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Evaluating Ingram Micro's Five Most Mission Critical Applications
Five Mission Critical Systems Analyzed According to Criteria
Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) Systems
Order Management and Online Ordering Including Product Customization System Platform
Pricing Management and Compliance System
Service Life cycle Management System
Supply Chain Management System
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"Service Lifecycle Management systems have become prevalent in manufacturers and distributors alike to capitalize on the sales opportunities in customer bases. The primary impetus for these systems is to attain the goal of capturing greater revenue throughout a given customer base. In the HP dealer, channel partner and reseller the issue is one of keeping substitute products from competitors including IBM, Pilot, and others from their channel. HP wants to retain the channel margin that is being generated with their dealer base."
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Satellites and Deforestation, 2007.
This paper explores how satellite imagery has affected deforestation in the Amazon.
2,135 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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The paper relates that satellite imagery has affected the deforestation of the Amazon by detecting problems such as road building, mining operations, fires where land is being cleared for crops, logging operations, dam projects and clearing for building projects. The results of these satellite images also indicate rising heat indexes, less forest and damage to the ecological system that exists in the Amazon. The paper reveals how satellites determine data and offers general information about the technology.
Outline:
How Satellites Determine Data
What Satellite Imagery Tells Scientists About the Amazon
How Satellite Imagery Affects the Rainforest
The Types of Satellites Used and General Information About the Technology
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"The amount of water or ice particles in the air can be measured by a satellite sensor and this determines part of the information that will tell what is going on, back on earth. Together with satellite visual imagery, the information can give a scientist an amazing amount of information. An article in Satellite Data Applications: Weather and Climate talks about how satellites may measure the physically based parameterization of cloud processes and cloud water. (Weng 407) These measurements are used in a SSMI/Cloud Liquid Water algorithm to find out how the clouds are affected by the thermal emission. (Earth 2005)"
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