Key Concepts in Management Information Systems
1. What is the set of instructions that your computer needs to carry out a specific task? Software
2. Porter’s Five Forces model focuses on which of the following analytical steps to determine which technology to use? Assess your competition and the pressures facing them, your industry, and you.
3. Which type of system improves the performance of teams by supporting the sharing and flow of information? Collaborative
4. If you were visiting Disney World and you used its touch screen monitors to locate
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Defining Social Responsibility
Social Obligation: A company’s duty to meet its financial and legal responsibilities. This reflects the classical view where a company does only what it must do.
Social Responsiveness: A company’s ability to adapt to changing social conditions and respond to societal needs.
Social Responsibility: A company’s intention to go beyond its legal and economic obligations to do what is right and act in a way that benefits society.
Stages of Social
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Vocabulary for Professional Development
Verbs
Promote (promover); appraise (evaluar formal); recognise (reconocer); reward (recompensa); evaluate; fail; achieve (lograr); advance; succeed (éxito).
Nouns
Promotion; appraisal; recognition; reward; evaluation; failure; achiever; advancement; success.
Adjectives
Promotional; appraising; recognizable; rewardable; evaluative; failed; achievable; advanced; successful.
Effective Group Work at University
What do you think is good for group work at university?
To
Read MoreCargo Stowage: Techniques, Objectives, and Safety
Stowage: The art of placing cargo to be transported aboard a ship to ensure maximum security for the ship and crew. It aims to occupy the least amount of space, prevent breakdowns, and minimize delays in unloading at the port.
Objectives of Good Stowage
- Protect the ship and crew from breakdowns and damage.
- Maximize the use of the vessel’s volume.
- Ensure cargo protection.
- Enable orderly stowage for speed in ports.
- Facilitate stevedoring schedules for quick rotation and unloading.
Stowage Basic Elements:
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Social Exclusion: A Multifactorial Phenomenon
Social exclusion is a multi-factorial phenomenon, stemming from various shortcomings. These shortcomings can be attributed to one or more factors, including poverty, lack of physical or mental health (e.g., substance abuse), absence or limited family support, problems accessing new technologies, failure in school, and unemployment.
The Labor Market as a Process
This refers to the period before obtaining a job, whether through active job searching or training
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Environmental Pollution: Noise and Light
Measures to Reduce Waste Emission
- The use of technologies with low or zero emission of waste
- R & D programs relating to finding and implementing alternative energy sources and cleaner fuels
- Improving the quality and type of fuels
- Social measures of information
- Legislative measures
- Corrective measures
- Concentration and particle retention
- Gas cleaning systems
- The removal of pollutants through adequate chimneys
Noise Pollution
Noise is an excessive or untimely sound,
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