Week 1: What is digital media culture? Levy: Cyberculture Digital requires a computer – different type of language‚ 0s and 1s ICT: information and communication technology Digitizing consists in translating it into numbers (p.32) The higher the number of bytes‚ kilobytes‚ more ty/info Cyberculture: as a form of utopian society changed through ICT Refers to the Internet as Barlowian cyberspace Lévy argues that with the spread of the Internet new forms of knowledge and new forms of its distribution
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HRM Simulation Final Report Absenteeism Our goal for absenteeism was to decrease it from 498 to 120 by quarter 8 by maintaining high morale and offering health benefits to keep employees healthy. We also planned to keep our accident rate low in order to reduce absenteeism. We decided to focus the fringe benefits we offered on health benefits. We thought this strategy would work because we felt that absenteeism was caused by three factors: employee sick days (health)‚ employee injury claims (accident
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Introduction We‚ as co-managers of Club z Inc.‚ used differentiation strategy which “seeks to provide products or services that offer benefits that are different from those of competitors and that are widely valued by buyers”(Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington‚ p.229‚ 2008) in order to meet the shareholders/investor’s expectations which were: 1. Grow earnings per share(EPS) 7% annually through year 15 and 5% annually thereafter. 2. Maintain a ROE(Return On average Equity) investment of 15%
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MGMT 2012- Introduction to Quantitative MethodsGraded Assignment One Students should note that this assignment should submitted in two files: Excel for Question 1 A and Word for the other questions. Question 1 A The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has estimated that the outflow of US$ (foreign currency) to purchase motorcars is putting a terrible strain on the exchange rate. The Governments subsequently entered in negotiations with Nissan Motors of Japan‚ with the view to establishing
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JOhnson beverage inc | Johnson Beverage Inc | Case Analysis | | Holly Redden‚ Claudia Nunez | 11/7/2012 | An in depth analysis of the current costing methods used by the beverage distribution company‚ Johnson Beverage Inc. | Table of Contents: Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Problem Statement………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...1 Analysis …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Impact Analysis ………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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During my Bahari farmer simulation I encountered many different things. It took me a couple attempts to survive more that 10 seasons. The simulation involves several implications portraying the life of Bahari farmers during the Green Revolution‚ including ethical‚ environmental‚ and social issues. These issues all suggest changes in policy are in order to ultimately benefit the lives of Bahari farmers. My first family was only able to survive for five years. It seemed like every time things were
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Ethics Game & Reflective Journal This journal contains the reflection of the Ethics Game simulation assignment. The purpose of this paper is to describe the steps and process that I used to answer the ethical questions involved in two simulation games: The case of the troubled Teen and Policies and Politics. In addition I will also discuss how these concepts relate to my workplace. The case of the Troubled Teen: This case describes the case of an unmarried‚ 16 year old pregnant patient (RB) admitted
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clear long-term purpose of the company and be able to take actions that will help to achieve it. As a next step‚ external and internal business environment should be carefully scrutinized and strategic choices be made. Unfortunately‚ during the simulation we haven’t followed the right pattern‚ but rather took up a trial and error approach. The main goal that has been set in the beginning was to expand‚ however no environmental analysis has been made in order to facilitate the right expansion pattern
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Global Warming 11/27/2012 Global Warming 11/27/2012 Individual Observing Project Individual Observing Project Summary Global warming is a significant increase in the Earth ’s climatic temperature over a relatively short period of time as a result of the activities of humans. Observations show that warming of the climate is clear. The global warming observed over the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases. These emissions
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Simulation Review Janette E. Guevara HCS/405 August 26‚ 2013 Todd Brown Simulation Review I have been brought in as a financial advisor to assist Mr. Gilbert Sanchez‚ CEO at Elijah Heart Hospital (EHC) to find some cost efficient ways to continue to provide quality care but at the same time reduce costs for the organization. EHC is a hospital that specializes in Cardiac surgeries and procedures. They would like to expand and have a promising growth in patients as well as revenue‚ but with
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