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Survey of Staff in the Health Service Executive, 2008.
A research proposal to develop a clear understanding of how the existing library provided for health care executives (HSE) may be improved to better meet their specific needs.
3,354 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 60.95
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This paper presents a research proposal to identify the needs of the health care executive (HSE) library user, to identify the current strengths and weaknesses of the library function as it exists today. The paper explains that the proposed research will also identify any obvious gaps noted by HSE users as they utilize the services of the library, in order to better serve the development of a library that has high value and low relative cost. The paper further explains that the primary objectives of the proposed research are to create an effective survey that will identify the HSE user needs in the library, to create an effective model of evaluation to identify strengths and weaknesses and to create a benefits/loss evaluation process to balance budgetary resources with user needs.
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Abstract
Introduction
Rationale Aims and Objectives
Methodology and Theoretical Approaches Resource Requirements
Ethical Considerations
Conclusion References Appendices
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"The rationale of this proposal is to identify specific user needs of the HSE through a retail market research approach built on the LIC five element strategy while maintaining cost to eventually modernize the library. This rationale is based upon a review of literature, dealing specifically with the needs of special library users. The needs of library service users have changed radically in the last few years, which is the result of the change in technology and how research and information can be imparted to the service user. Ashcroft & McIvor identify that electronic sources are becoming very important in ease of access to scholarly articles; as well as up to date research. They also point out that there are valid fears that the World Wide Web may bring questionable content in the form of plagiarized materials or non-reviewed journal materials to the user; however it is also identified that there are approved academic databases, such as JSTOR that have largely belied these fears making users are aware of the fact that if they are in the proper search arena they do not need to spend undue amounts of time seeking to verify facts and figures within works they find, unless they so desire. Trusted access to up to date research is even more important in respect to the health services, because medical research and methods could change on a daily basis and such changes can make significant differences in the outcomes of practice and standards changes."
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Adopting VOIP, 2008.
An analysis of the reasons why small businesses are slow to adopt voice over IP (VoIP) and recommendations on how to encourage them to do so.
7,945 words (approx. 31.8 pages), 31 sources, MLA, £ 108.95
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This paper explores various pros and cons regarding businesses adopting voice over IP (VoIP). The paper first discusses some of the reasons underlining the slow adoption of such technology in the UK, as well as trends in types of businesses that adopt VoIP. The paper then presents a cost-benefit analysis of adopting voice over IP and presents a picture of small business' awareness, usage and perception of voice over IP relative to the corporate enterprises. The paper concludes with recommendations on how to encourage small businesses to make best use of voice over IP. The paper contains copies of original sources.
Table of Contents:
Chapter I
Introduction
VoIP Background
Study Area
Dissertation Structure
Aim and Objectives
Aim
Chapter II
Literature Review
Literature Review's Significance
The Way VoIP's Technology Functions
VoIP per SMEs and Corporate Businesses
Benefits of VoIP relative to traditional PSTN
Adoption of VoIP and Other Technology in the UK
Chapter III
Methodology
Slow Burning Fuse
Data Used
Methods and techniques
Chapter IV
The Results
Interpretations
Chapter 5
Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations
Depends...
Aim and Objectives
Aim
Conclusion
Recommendation
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"As the technology of VoIP remains relatively new, this researcher notes that even though an abundance of research, per se, exists regarding VoIP can be assessed, there appears to be a dearth of research relating to specific experiences of SMEs. In light of this obvious "need", this researcher recommends that more specific research relating accounts of SMEs experiences with VoIPs be completed.
"At the end of this study, as this researcher mentally reviews stages leading to this conclusion, and depending on time allocations, one thing comes to mind that this researcher would have considered doing differently. This one thing would have been to have included a questionnaire and/or conducted interviews with owners of SMEs. After all, this researcher knows, the best answer for the research question: Does adopting VoIP benefit business? ultimately would come from these individuals. After all, SMEs also qualify as the individuals answering the question presented at the introduction of this study exploring VoIPs:
"...Whose Advice Counts (Bland 2007)?""
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Database Security, 2008.
A review of the concepts, approaches, and challenges facing database security.
6,219 words (approx. 24.9 pages), 19 sources, APA, £ 91.95
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The paper states that organizations depend on distributed information systems for discharging routine business needs. The paper then discusses their susceptibility to security compromises increases, although they achieve output and competence. The paper states that methods like electronic signatures and encryptions are presently accessible for safeguarding data at the time of its transmission. The paper further stresses the importance that a practically broad strategy for data protection should cover methods for putting in place access control policies which are dependent on subject qualifications.
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Introduction
Most Relevant Concepts Underlying the Notion of Database Security
and the Well Known Techniques
Current Challenges for Database Security and Some Preliminary
approaches that Address Some of Chese Challenges
Access Control Systems, and Description of the Key Access Control
Models, Namely, the Discretionary and Mandatory Access Control
Models, and the Role-based Access Control (RBAC) Model
Additional Recommendations
Conclusion
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"Keeping a repository of centralized data is of utmost significance for the information management. Because of this, it is important to build a database concept which outlines the readiness needed for functioning of the database. It must always cover a database security concept that concentrates on the operation of the database. Improper safeguarding of data might compromise database confidentiality, its availability and integrity. In order to prevent this, it is very important to form a comprehensive 'database security' concept. For ensuring the security of a database, an appropriate database management system -- DBMS is required to be functional. For successful protection, the database management system must compulsory fulfill the necessities stated below.''
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Technology Tradeoffs: The Two Sides of Innovation, 2008.
A discussion of the pros and cons of some medical and technological innovations.
848 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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This paper discusses a number of the positive and negative effects of some medical discoveries and technological inventions. The author points out the controversies that have arisen around the innovations that are described. The author concludes that it is necessary to be aware of the problems and risks as well as of the advantages that accompany innovative science and technology.
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"In a short decade, the Internet has transformed the world. Evolving global communication goes hand-in-hand with the growth and complexity of technology. As new innovations are continually being invented, improved and integrated with other products, they are enabling new modes of interaction. Where people primarily communicated by telephone, now they readily go online for e-mailing, instant messaging, teleconferences, and videoconferences. The Internet is connecting remote places throughout the world and spreading information, education and entertainment to people of all ages and backgrounds."
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Children, TV and Video Games, 2008.
This paper looks at the effects of television and video games on children.
3,172 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 57.95
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In this article, the writer notes that controls are placed on certain products and on advertising when targeted to children. The rules covering these regulations have changed over the yeas, based on perceptions of potential harm to children and the Internet age has raised new issues related to video and computer games, the content of which is often violent. The writer points out that television is a special case because it comes into the home and because controls can be imposed more easily as broadcasters must adhere to the requirement to serve the public in exchange for a license. Today, though, most people get television through cable, with many channels that are specifically for cable, and the same regulations and controls do not apply. The writer explains that this reduces the ability of government to pass and enforce rules on content for children. The writer notes that video and computer games are also widespread, though some regulations have been passed to reduce the ability of children to get such games if they are deemed to be not for children, largely through a ratings system with varying degrees of adherence to imposed norms. The writer maintains that concerned parents still want more rational and more effective controls on such content and a solution to the problem.
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"Advertising on programs for children has been under fire for many years. Some object to images of violence, as with the sale of war toys or cowboy gear, and others object to unrealistic images of women, exemplified by products like the Barbie doll. Controversy has also centered on the very concept of developing the next generation of consumers, with some seeing television advertising to children as a way of creating a need where none existed and selling products that are not needed while accustoming children to the idea of being consumers. At some level, this can be a more abstract fear, not as clearly tied to a specific product or type of image, but it can be quite persuasive when one consider the number of ads directed at children, the way toys and other products are sold to children, and the way other products are geared to children, such as sugary cereals and soft drinks. Advertising to all markets increases at certain times of the year, notably in the fall into December, with advertising developed for Christmas and the buying season then and after as bargains attract buyers into the new year. An analysis of the commercials directed at a young audience for films, DVDs, and video games shows some of the selling methods and the appeal made to young people as well as the pervasive nature of such advertising messages, increasing as they do during the months before Christmas in order to increase sales of these products."
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IT Help Desks, 2008.
An analysis of potential benefits and associated costs of installing a "Help Desk Service" at Charles Sturt University.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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The paper discusses what services a help desk can provide at Charles Sturt University. The paper provides an explanation concerning how these services should be delivered and an explanation as to who will benefit from its use and why, from both staff member and student perspectives. In addition, the paper provides a description of existing alternatives and gives some broad general cost comparison for these different approaches. A discussion of organizational issues that can reasonably be expected during the implementation of such a help desk service is followed by some examples of where this type of technology is already in use, and commentary concerning their respective successes.
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Services Provided by Typical IT Help Desks
How Services Should be Delivered
Beneficiaries of Help Desk Service
Cost Comparisons
Examples of IT Help Desks Currently in Use and Their Respective Effectiveness
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"One major company that has used its IT help desk function to good effect is U.S.-based Convergent Industries of Atlanta, Georgia (hereinafter "Convergent" or "the company"). Today, Convergent provides a wide range of services to a number of Fortune 100 companies and delivers a comprehensive help desk function to its customers seeking information on a various company products and services. The company's current client list is comprised of various world-class organizations in the financial services, retail, automotive, and healthcare sectors (Corporate brochure, 2008). As to the success of the company's IT help desk service, Convergent's expanding list of clients represents a fundamental challenge for the help desk function because it means the company's marketing division is doing its job effectively and its software developers are providing state-of-the-art products and services that make Convergent's marketing function easier. Conversely, this increasingly diverse mix of clientele, products and services has created "
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Organizational Change and the Future of Policing, 2008.
This paper presents an overview of law enforcement trends.
2,483 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 47.95
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This paper discusses some of the past predictions concerning the future of law enforcement and provides an overview of these current trends to develop an informed assessment of how law enforcement organizations will likely change in the future in response to these trends. A summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the conclusion.
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Review and Discussion
Theoretical Background and Historical Overview
Current Research
Future Trends in Police Organizations
Conclusion
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"Throughout the 20th century, police departments in the United States experienced some disconnection from the public they served that created the need for organizational change that would make these agencies more responsive. For example, in his essay, "Assigned to Patrol," Thale (2004) advises, "Public and scholarly discussions of twentieth-century policing seem to agree that police became disconnected from citizens and neighborhoods during the twentieth century, and that political, technological, and organizational changes have resulted in suspicion, alienation, and loss of important feedback to the police" (p. 1037). In response to these problems, police science has increasingly sought to incorporate policing techniques that could overcome these constraints and provide law enforcement officials with the feedback they needed to accomplish their respective missions. Unfortunately, some of the policing techniques and innovations that have being embraced by police scientists over the years have simply exacerbated these problems of disconnect between law enforcement officials and the communities in which they serve."
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Criminal Justice and ID Technology, 2008.
This paper discusses the evolution of identification technology in law enforcement.
2,551 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 48.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in barely a century and a half, law enforcement identification capabilities have evolved from rudimentary procedures for positively establishing the identity of criminal suspects to incredibly sophisticated methods of identification. The writer points out that modern law enforcement authorities have the benefit of age-old interview and interrogation techniques perfected long before the technological explosion of the late 20th century. The writer discusses that fingerprinting revolutionized police identification procedures at the turn of the 20th century, and computers, DNA science, and digital analysis expanded the identification tools available to law enforcement exponentially. Still, the writer maintains that after 150 years, the basic investigative approach to law enforcement identification procedures remains essentially unchanged, except for the tools themselves.
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Background and History
Line-ups and Mug-Shots
Interviews and Interrogation
Fingerprints
Blood Evidence
Psychological Profiling
DNA-Based Technology
Shared Computer Databases
Future Directions of Identification Technology
Conclusion
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"The traditional methods of positively identifying subjects that developed in the earliest eras of policing relied heavily on the deductive reasoning skills of police investigators, on the availability of witnesses. In this regard, criminal investigations often hinged on the individual investigator's ability to canvass crime scenes, solicit cooperation from witnesses, and information from crime victims and known associates of subjects under investigation or criminal suspects. In turn, the potential value of eyewitness testimony has always been limited by the inaccuracy inherent in human memory.
"Criminal lineups were devised as a method of testing the accuracy of memory, and consisted, in general, of simply presenting a group of subjects containing only one actual criminal suspect to an eyewitness or victim of the crime, with instructions to the witness to identify the individual suspected of perpetrating the crime."
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Information Systems in Accounting, 2008.
This paper explores how information systems are changing the accounting profession.
1,039 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 22.95
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The paper discusses how updated information systems are reforming the most dominant aspects of the accounting profession, which have increasingly become the processes related to auditing and compliance. The paper explains that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has led to the development of technologies for better management of financial data including service oriented architectures (SOA) and the emergence of business process management (BPM) and business process reengineering (BPR).
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Executive Summary
The IT Requirements of Governance, Risk and Compliance
The Role of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
Business Process Management and Process Re-Engineering
Summary
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"The most significant change to occur within the area of how new technologies are influencing accounting is in the area of redefining processes by which financial data is capture, analyzed and reported to both shareholders and the government. The attainment of compliance to the SOX requirements has led to a reengineering of financial reporting processes within all publicly-traded companies in the U.S., and has also led to a more consistent approach to reporting financial results (Gordon, 2006) Compliance to SOX standards requires many organizations to significantly re-define how they capture orders from customers, track them, and input them into their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for manufacturing and fulfillment."
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Project Risk Management, 2008.
An analysis of the importance of project risk management within the realm of information technology (IT).
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 51.95
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This paper discusses project risk management, particularly in the area of information technology (IT). It discusses the importance of project risk management to the development of profitability, especially in large scale production. It also describes the importance of accurate timelines and of research and development in the realm of IT. Finally, the paper looks at budget, support and end usability.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Project Risk Management in IT
Timelines
Aspect of Research and Development
Budget
Needs of Project
Needed Infrastructural Change
Support
Security
End Usability
Conclusion
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"PRM in IT is specialized, and yet similar to other types of PRM. The development of information technology has in fact spurned the development of project risk management, as central core brain-like understanding of processes was not possible before the development of information technology and the success of its practitioners. As more and more people become aware of the fact that IT can create a program that will do anything, as long as it is aware of what is needed from the start, IT will become more essential to the development of project based management. Interestingly PRM has then been turned full fold upon the IT itself, as users begin to develop broader understanding of the possibilities and limitations of programs and programmers. PRM is then an integral aspect of planning and implementation for IT projects that refers to scope, schedule, resources and cost, (Thorn, 2001, p. 4) in such a way that the end product fits the needs of the organization, is supported and well utilized by it and meets all or most the planning goals of PRM."
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The Technology Classroom - Positive Learning Advances, 2008.
A look at the impact of technology in the classroom.
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 21.95
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This paper discusses the remarkable technological advances in America's classrooms over the past ten or fifteen years that have changed the way teachers teach and the way students learn.
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Overview
Duhaney's Article Shows What Trained Teachers Can Do
Traditional vs. Innovative - and Innovative Wins
Using Technology to Pinpoint Specific Student Needs
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"OVERVIEW: The remarkable technology advances in America's classrooms over the past ten or fifteen years have changed the way teachers teach and the way students learn. Not every classroom is up to date with high-end digital technology; but many, if not most, teachers have access to the Internet, and other helpful interactive technology tools. Students no longer create essays on typewriters, but instead Apple and Dell and other companies make computers available to schools at low prices. Writers Agapova and Ushakov, in their article, contrast the traditional with the innovative way (through ChemQuest) of teaching in high school chemistry classes. It proved successful. Teacher Mary Rooney in Philadelphia was able to pinpoint exactly where students were falling behind through the use of ISM technology, in Justine Brown's article. And as Devon Duhaney points out in his article, even though some teachers have a fear of new technologies, in a well-planned program by a knowledgeable teacher, there is the opportunity for wonderful interaction between students and teachers utilizing these marvelous technologies. The three articles bring out the point that when teachers have the training they need to implement the technologies fully and fairly, students are more than ready to learn in new and exciting ways. In fact, if teachers and schools do not provide the opportunity for students to learn with up-to-date technologies, students will be bored in a hurry and the learning will be limited."
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Technology Implementation in the US Military, 2008.
An analysis of the factors that need to be taken into consideration when implementing new technology in the United States military, particularly focusing on the installation of a video conferencing system.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 22.95
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This paper discusses the importance of technology implementation in the United States military. It discusses the objectives of the U.S. Army's Science and Technology (S&T) strategy. It particularly discusses the importance of maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the command, control, communications and computers (C4). The paper then discusses a major technology implementation that improved the writer's unit core competency - the installation and operation of a video teleconferencing (VTC) system.
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"The use of VTC vastly improved the C4 capabilities of the United States Army and the American military force in general. Like any technology implementation plan, Army Science and Technology Master Plan (ASTMP) made certain that the needs and requirement of today's military force will enable them to fulfill their mission. Especially in my unit, VTC is a welcome technology since I and any member of my unit can talk to individual commanders and soldiers regarding their deployments and contracts while in-theater. By having a detailed technology plan and also a detailed implementation plan, the United States Army prove that the chosen technology - such as the VTC - proved the concept, defined the combat developments process, and provided the acquisition community with evidence of technology's readiness to satisfy system requirements (Department of the Army, 2007)" Eventually, the United States Army's technology implementation and operations plan may enable the use of VTC technology not only at the unit level but to individual soldiers in the field."
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Technology and Management Functions, 2008.
This paper looks at technology and management functions, concentrating on the United States military.
761 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 17.95
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In this article, the writer notes that managing people and resources in today's world has become a complex undertaking due to the changing nature of the business environment. The world has truly become a smaller place with people's ability to travel faster from one end of the globe to another or talk amongst each other using modern and emerging technologies. As a result of all these, management nowadays cannot be confined to hands on style but rather managers need to understand how to use current technologies in order to achieve their company's strategic, tactical and operational goals. The writer discusses this matter as it relates to the United States military. The writer maintains that despite military management's reliance on technology, this is all done not only to improve operational capabilities but for the benefit of the soldiers in order for them to do their jobs to the best they can with the best technology there is. The writer concludes that while technology will be crucial to achieving greater operational agility and precision lethality, the human dimension will continue to be the critical element of war.
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"Indeed, from the smallest to the largest unit of the military hierarchy, technology is used to improve the operational conditions. In the unit to which the writer belongs, management's use of technology is ubiquitous and no doubt without which, doing our jobs will be difficult. One of our unit's tasks is to process contracts for military personnel deploying to the Iraqi theatre of operations. Rather than travelling to and from different locations to consult or meet, we use video teleconferencing technology to do this. The system is connected via secure satellite link and fiber optic network. The thirty personnel in my unit also uses secure laptop PCs to do most of their work and this has been also an effective tool not only in terms of facilitation communications but getting all the necessary administrative and logistics work done. Using these types of technology also lessen our dependence on paper outputs since information are stored either on our laptops or available online from our servers."
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