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The Cellular Phone, 2008.
This paper discusses the innovation of the cellular phone.
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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The paper discusses the benefits of the cellular phone and the direct and indirect consequences of the increased use of cellular phones. The paper looks at how this innovation has been reinvented many times over and discusses the effectiveness of opinion leaders and change agents in this case. The paper examines the communication channel and interpersonal network used for diffusion of the cellular phone and shows how this innovation has already made a tremendous impact on the way the world communicates.
Outline:
Introduction
History of the Innovation
How Rapidly is the Change Occurring and Why?
What Will be Direct and Indirect Consequences of the Change?
Has the Innovation that is Diffusing Been Reinvented?
Who are the Opinion Leaders and Change Agents?
Opinion Leaders and Change Agents Effectiveness or Ineffectiveness
What Communication Channels Did They Use and What Networks?
How Will This Innovation or Change Affect the Future and Future
Changes?
Conclusion
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"The cellular phone was first introduced to the American public in 1983, and worked off of cells located in metropolitan areas, hence its name, the "cell" phone. Those who used the device in the early days were primarily male executives, who were offered the device as a "perk" since the cell phone at that time cost approximately $3,000.00. As the years passed, the price dropped and in 1993, "one in three cellular phones was sold for nonbusiness use" (Rogers, 2003, p. 245). The rest, as they say, is history, and now almost every household has at least one (1) individual who possesses a cellular telephone."
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Privacy in the Workplace, 2008.
Looks at the way technology in the workplace is invading employee privacy and affecting employers.
4,145 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 111.95
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This paper explains that technology is often thought to increase employees' productivity, simplify work and make workplaces better; however, technology in the workplace also robs employees of privacy and employers of profits when it is misused by employees. The paper points out that experts believe that a certain amount of investigation about and surveillance of employees is necessary to manage a successful business operation. The paper then explores how much investigation and surveillance is too much and how can employees protect their privacy in the workplace. In addition, the paper offers a compromise position, which balances employer needs against employee rights, to the benefit of both groups.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
What is Personal Information and Privacy?
Employee Point of View
Advantages for Employees
Disadvantages for Employees
Negative Impacts on Workers
Employer Point of View
Why is Surveillance and Monitoring Necessary?
Surveillance can Increase Productivity
Too Much Surveillance can Hinder Productivity
What Types of Technologies are Available to the Employer?
How Can Employees Protect Their Privacy?
Common Ground
Conclusion
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"Many employees are uneasy about this monitoring. They may wish to keep their financial situation private, or may not want the employer "to know their savings patterns" or that they are going through a divorce. Many employees are especially sensitive about their health information; a concern recognized by P.I.P.E.D.A., which outlines the types of health information it covers. Sexual orientation is another area some employees consider sensitive and wish not to disclose to the employer."
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Gender and Technology, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of gendered careers and the role of technology.
1,686 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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In this article, the writer notes that one of the greatest changes that has impacted working conditions and careers has been the advent and rapid growth of technology. This massive change has also impacted women workers. The writer discusses that one might have expected that technology would have had a primarily positive impact, given that technology reduces the importance of brute physical strength, and that this is the only variable in which most women have any intrinsic disadvantage, relative to most men. However, the writer maintains that in general, technology does not seem to have been to the advantage of women. The writer argues that technology has had a negative impact on women workers and their careers. This is due not to technology itself, but rather to persistent, sexist stereotypes about what is "natural" for men and women.
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"Sim and Yong blame this gender-based polarization on gender-based socialization and stereotyping that negatively impacts women's education and skills training. While this is at last declining, it still functions to prevent most women from gaining the career benefits from technology that are available to so many men."
"When it comes to higher level jobs, and especially jobs that are in high-tech fields such as computerization, medicine, science, and engineering, there appears to be a widespread trend for sexist perceptions about women's abilities to function as a bar that prevents most women from benefiting from the career opportunities opened up by new technology. For example, Whitney notes that women in medicine are still subject to discrimination with regard to admission to medical school, residency selections, appointment of faculty, and advancement. Indeed, Adams argues that medicine has been characterized by active hostility towards the incursions of women physicians, as has dentistry."
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Social Networking and Privacy Issues, 2008.
This paper explores the privacy concerns related to social networking and social networking sites.
2,680 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper defines Web 2.0 and introduces the social networking concept. The paper then looks at the companies which comprise the social networking component of Web 2.0 and form the nexus of the Web's future development. The paper also explains that social networking's degree of user interaction and personal access comes with a certain degree of risk to user privacy. The paper then explores the benefits v. privacy issues and the arguments in support of social networking sites. Finally, the paper examines the future direction of social networking and the Web 2.0.
Outline:
Overview & Background
Benefits v. Privacy Issues
Arguments in Support
Conclusion
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"The basic concept of Web 2.0 as a definitive evolutionary step from a Web 1.0 began to emerge following the dot com bust in the United States (US) in 2001. Many researchers admit that the massive shakeout in Web companies during this period resulted in a fewer but more specialized Web based companies than previously existed (Ellison 83). Thus, the implication is that these Web based companies that survived this tumultuous era in the Internet's history either had a stronger business model or a unique business model that allowed them to survive. The combination of these surviving Web companies and the companies that emerged after them which followed their lead led to the creation of the platforms that now comprise Web 2.0."
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Health Care Information Systems and Communication, 2008.
An analysis of the importance of wireless communication in the infrastructure of health care organizations.
3,923 words (approx. 15.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 106.95
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This paper discusses the importance of communication in the health care system. It particularly focuses on the role of information systems in communication within health care. The paper looks at three communication strategies that will help change a health organization's information system. The paper then focuses on the need for a deep penetration of wireless communication to be embedded into the infrastructure of health care organizations.
Table of Contents:
Current ICT status
Scope of Proposed Strategy
Objectives of Proposed Strategy
Technologies, Platforms and Systems
Process and Organizational Implications of Proposed Strategy
Implementation Plan
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"Currently there is a definite lack of standards in the mobile and wireless technology industries. Wireless technology almost becomes obsolete as soon as it is implemented. This is the biggest barrier that health care organizations have when it comes to integrating wireless technology with existing work systems. There is no question that wireless technology is here and in our lives for good. What the question is, is just how long it will be before the needs of a wireless world are seen in a big picture. The need for health care organizations to exploit wireless technology while maintaining patient security is the most important view of the future of medicine (Merrill, 1991)."
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Programming Paradigms and Mathematics, 2008.
This paper looks at programming languages that are grounded in mathematical logic.
762 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper outlines the paradigms within the programming arena that have a close link to mathematical logic and provides an explanation for that link. The paper points out that it is difficult to separate the mathematical logic from the programming paradigms, which highlights how connected each programming logic is to the mathematical concepts, functions, methods and logic.
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"The procedural paradigm refers to the programming language that specifies steps it takes to reach a desired state. Within the language the operations contain a series of steps that are completed to finalize a desired action. The object-oriented paradigm is the programming language where each object is considered a separate entity that translates processes, receives and sends data throughout the process, (Hudak 360). The objects are collectively responsible for operations, but each object has its clearly defined role within the system. Functional programming paradigm uses mathematical functions for processing and evaluating data, and focuses on the application of functions as the avenue for programming languages. The logic paradigm is the mathematical concepts for computer programming, with the programming language utilizing logic for the problem solving and model development process."
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Wal-Mart Canada and E-Business Strategy, 2008.
This paper explores Wal-Mart Canada's strategic goals in the area of e-business innovation.
1,720 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper explains that in terms of business-to-customer (B2C) e-business, the company aims to sell the Wal-Mart brand to customers, while in terms of business-to-business (B2B), the company has made extraordinary levels of commitment to electronic data interchange (EDI) over the Internet (EDI-INT) and to the radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. The paper describes how Wal-Mart Canada has used its market dominance to leverage suppliers to similarly commit to these e-business technologies, thereby radically altering the e-business marketplace as a whole.
Outline:
Strategic Goals of the Company
Internet Business Models and Strategies
Evolution and Applications of the Internet
Enterprise-Wide and Inter-Enterprise Systems
Security and Controls
Billing and Payment Systems
Supply Chain Management
E-Procurement, Trading Exchanges and Auctions
Customer Relationship Management
Business Intelligence
Metrics for Performance Measurement in E-Commerce
Executive Summary
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"In the 2007 ranking of Forbes Fortune 500, the retail giant Wal-Mart Stores (traded on the TSX as WMT) occupied the number one position with net sales of almost US$350 billion (Wal-Mart Annual 2007 26). In this context, the prime objective of the company is to retain its dominance in the global and the Canadian retail marketplace. In fact, Wal-Mart Canada has in recent years consistently outperformed its US parent company, and today accounts for almost half of all household goods sales in Canada. As Wal-Mart Canada's new CEO Mario Pilozzi contends, the key to attaining this objective is continuing innovation in all areas of the enterprise (Flavelle). To this end, Wal-Mart Canada has adopted two prime strategic goals for the short term future. These goals lie in the areas of structural expansion and e-business innovation."
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The Failure of Technology to Induce Gender Equality., 2008.
A discussion on how gender can be defined in terms of technology.
2,554 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses how, rather than than serving as a force of gender equalization, technology seems to feature gender distinctions, and can be applied too, to reinforcing further distinctions of the kind. The paper relates that, if the technology of a society helps to reveal some of its principal activities and shines light on social values, beliefs and activities, one comes to see much in post-industrial North American society that does point to differences in women's expected concerns, activities and abilities, what they need that men do not need so often, and how time is spent. The paper concludes that women still have not received gender equity by way of technology.
Outline:
Introduction
Observations of Gender & Technology in a 24-Hour Period
An 'Archaeological' Reflection
Discussion
Gender as a Social Construction
Concluding Remarks
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"If technology is understood as a machine replacing or easing human An effort, as in different kinds of mechanization, one assumes gender neutrality, but in an urban North American environment, everyday technology can seem gender specific. The following examples were encountered in one day.
"A supermarket revealed an entrance geared to persons in wheelchairs or 'mothers' with prams, the symbol of a sign indicating this wider entrance referring to a female with pram and children who would obviously use this convenience. In a hairdresser's supply shop, no fewer than twelve electric appliances were counted in a few minutes, all promoted in ways to show different curling irons, crimping irons, rollers and particular blow-dryers, as products used by women. A mechanic then noted that the car I drove had a standard transmission, commenting that many women preferred automatic transmissions. He seemed to believe that the latter had been invented for women. At a computer supply shop, a salesman took time to understand that I wished to know about software for architectural drawings. The packaging of two products happened to feature male models as though architectural drawing was not a female interest. An apartment building's power-assisted entrance was used by disabled persons and women, though there might just as easily have been two entrances featuring power-assisted doors. Similarly, a business that sold vacuum cleaners stressed light-weight canister vacuum cleaners on sale that were said to appeal to many woman customers. Lastly, two people with whom I spoke complained that female members of their households spent "hours yacking on the Internet" in reference to Email or MSN communication."
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China's E-Commerce, 2008.
This paper examines the emergence of the Internet in China and its impact on Chinese business.
2,223 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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The paper looks at the history of the Internet in China and how the Internet has created new opportunities for Chinese businesses. The paper discusses the factors that are encouraging the online industry's growth and points out that, although the e-commerce and online business sector of the Chinese economy still remains modest by US standards, time is certainly on China's side.
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"It is hard to believe, but the first "direct" internet connection in China did not emerge until May of 1994. That being said, the build-up to the break-through event was not a short one; rather, China had been working steadily towards a remote internet network for a number of years. For instance, in 1986 the China Academic Network system was launched by Beijing Institute of Computing Applications with the help of the Universitat Karlsruhe in Germany. One year later, the Institute of High Energy Physics established its first international remote connection and, that very same year, CANET established a link to the Universitat Karlsruhe via a 300-bps packet-switched data network; within a month a formal email was sent across the connection. Finally, as the 1990s dawned, a top-level domain was registered for China at the Defense Data Network-Network Information Center - otherwise known by the acronym, DDN-NIC."
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"Myspace: Your Kids' Danger", 2008.
A rhetorical and semiotic analysis of a CBS news item, "Myspace: Your Kids' Danger: Popular Social Networking Site Can Be Grounds For Sexual Predators," by Sandra Hughes.
3,101 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper presents a rhetorical analysis of Sandra Hughes' CBS news item, "MySpace: Your Kids' Danger? Popular Social Networking Site Can Be Grounds For Sexual Predators." It aims to move beyond the implicit and relatively superficial review of the text to a fuller understanding of how the text creates meaning, how it helps the reader to construct knowledge and how it sways us to take action. The paper specifically looks at how the language of this article works.
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"Visually, the story is arranged as a headline, a smaller-font secondary headline, and then twenty-two paragraphs, this for a story containing not quite 650 words. Immediately below the headlines, half of the reading column is taken up by a graphical image showing a computer in silhouette with transparencies of several young children, mostly girls, and several of them using cellphones. Below the graphic is a quote, suggesting the danger the article warns of. The effect of the graphic, the quote, and the headlines is to draw readers to the story that follows, a story that opens with three suggestive vignettes about children being approached in a sexually explicit manner on the Internet. Two of the three teenage girls described in the opening vignettes were murdered."
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How Data Is Managed In a Digital Computer, 2008.
This paper is an overview of computer data structure and the systems that enable the computer user to effectively manage the information within it.
1,755 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper describes that data structure is a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. The paper then goes on to describe how computers store the said data in terms of binary data presentations using Boolean logic. Furthermore, the paper describes data in the form of bits, along with converting binary data into decimals. Lastly, the paper talks about a computer's physical memory, which is based on one of two systems: (1) Random access memory (RAM), or (2) Read-only memory (ROM), and goes on to talk specifically about different coding systems.
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"Data directly supported by CPU are called primary data type or machine data type computers. CPUs also process complex data type such as string, array, text files, databases, and image data such as MP3, jpeg, and mpeg. However, 64-bit and the 128-bit use different math functions in order to maintain portability. In each case, there is a signed and unsigned integer type associated with each. Excess notation is a format that is used to represent a signed integer and represents numbers in order and at the transition point; the high-order bit is set at zero. This represents the excess number. Positive numbers are above in order, negative below (Burd 78). Zero represents the excess identifier therefore; the excess 16 notation shows the value for zero is the bit pattern for 16 that is 10000."
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Gender and Technology Theory, 2008.
An essay arguing that modern technology is not contributing towards closing the gender gap between men and women and that it is the social constructs that encourage gender specific technology that must be changed.
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper argues that, rather than being gender neutral, modern technology is actually quite gender specific. The paper then sites several examples of technology that support this contention and suggests that the technology also seems to imply that women are less competent or less able to operate technology as well as men and need adapted technology. The paper concludes that technology has not 'liberated' women in that technology remains a gendered subject and that, if we want to advance the prospects of women, we must first create cultural change, as technological advances do not automatically promote gender inequality .
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"The creation of gendered technology has continued at a strong pace, no longer a domain of household gadgets or curling irons but a realm that includes reproductive technologies serving women, as technology supporting child-bearing women. Women are unwittingly helping a new technology sector from which males profit in the growing numbers to have children later in life, to engage in sex selection, or to demand children through relatively to very high risk cases. This technological enterprise can perhaps be seen as post-industrial child-bearing as a new industry carrying on from the industrial era. In sum, technology has not 'liberated' women in that technology remains a gendered subject. Those who expected something different are advised to trace the much longer history of gender as a socially constructed phenomenon. Cultural change must be created to alter ideas of gender, as opposed to hoping that technological advances will progress the prospects of women."
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GIS Implementation Plan: New Jersey Treasury, 2008.
An analysis of the necessary aspects for the successful implementation of a geographic information system (GIS) project intended for the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.
1,863 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper outlines a geographic information system (GIS) implementation project intended for the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. The paper discusses the project's purpose, as well as the costs that would be involved in its implementation. It discusses the personnel that would be needed, as well as the hardware, software and infrastructure that would be necessary.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Needs Assessment
GIS Solution
Overview
Data
Personnel
Hardware
Software
Infrastructure
Financial Plan
Cost Factors
Project Budget
Implementation Timeline
Summary
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"The information and technology (IT) infrastructure used to support the GIS application consists of all of the existing IT components. These components consist of computer hardware, the communications networks currently in place, the relational databases which each division maintains to support their own data sets and the various software applications which the staff utilizes in its daily tasks. The GIS application and hardware will be added onto the existing IT infrastructure and integrated according to need."
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Health Care Informatics, 2008.
Compares the benefits and disadvantages in the area of health informatics in health care, especially regarding nursing.
1,707 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper explains that the term informatics refers to the management and processing of data and knowledge in a particular discipline such as nursing. The paper then points out that informatics interact with every organizational structure and practice so that, ideally, organization, training, development of innovative approaches, and other tasks become very efficient. The paper also explains that informatics in health care must respond to specific needs and to the various costs and challenges associated with consumer-directed plans. In addition, the paper contendss that effective informatics depends on careful choice and implementation of information systems so that they are correlated with the needs of the organization and of all staff members.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Overview: Impacts of Informatics in Health Care
Current State of Informatics in Health Care
Relevance to Nursing
Personal View
Recommendations for Future Directions and Strategies
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"The capabilities of informatics are extensive and soon will be greatly expanded. Information processing is continually becoming more rapid and will be enhanced since innovations are being developed. For instance, many schools of nursing currently make use of the Internet for distance learning programs, teleconferencing classes, or online courses. The practice of nursing will inevitably be transformed as a result of wireless technology.
"The most basic or crucial point related to informatics is that technology and systems can never determine outcomes."
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Online Dating, 2008.
This paper discusses how online dating has changed the nature of social interaction.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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In this article, the writer asserts that online dating has drastically changed the nature of social interaction in our modern society. Specifically, the writer notes that online dating has made it easier than in the past to lie about oneself, just as it has made it easier to find someone from someplace far away - albeit these kinds of relationships can bring their own problems. Proceeding further, the writer maintains that online dating has empowered socially dysfunctional types, has made the cultivation of traditional social skills less needed than in the past and it has brought young people into closer proximity with predators. All in all, the writer concludes that the Internet has brought many benefits to many people - but, like many innovations, its legacy is not a wholly happy one.
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"One of the key impacts of technology - chiefly communication technology - in the last century has been that the world has been brought closer together. Television, the arrival of the mobile phone, the advent of the fax machine and, of course, the internet - all of these items have given people in different, remote geographic locations the ability to interact with others. In the particular case of online dating, the "pool" of potential mates is much larger than ever before. To wit, where once someone might be mostly confined to the local community when it came to seeking out a desirable partner, now an internet-savvy individual can, quite literally, scour the globe. Suffice it to say, this probably means, in the end, more "mixed" relationships between people of different races and ethnicities, and it also means more cross-cultural tensions; after all, different cultures have different expectations for men and women, and the clash between these opposing viewpoints can debilitate a fledgling marriage or partnership. Ultimately, new technologies - like online dating - gives people more options, but it also means they are confronted with challenges that their parents and grandparents really did not have to deal with."
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Supply Chain Efficiency, 2008.
This paper discusses the matter of supply chain efficiency, while looking at the companies Office Depot and Wal-Mart.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the supply chain issues and solutions of several industry competitors in the retail environment. The writer first looks at industry competitor Office Depot, which has leveraged technology applications to integrate its sales floor and sales staff into its supply chain solutions. The second industry competitor discussed is Wal-Mart which has used technology applications to make its supply chain more efficient and responsive which reduces or eliminates the need for inventories at all.
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Abstract
Office Depot
Wal-Mart
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"These and other technological innovations have allowed Office Depot to complete integrate its retail environment into its supply chain which has led to the union of all its relative sales channels: fixed locations, e-commerce, and catalogue/mail order, into one seamless sales environment for its customers. This seamless environment is carried over to the sales floor of Office Depot locations where its sales people have real-time access to stock and inventory levels as well as order and deliver status data which also implies that its sales associates are also part of the supply chain. Such an integrated environment not only increases the productivity and the effectiveness of employees but it elevates the overall experience of the customer as well and in this fashion Office Depot has responded not only efficiently but appropriately to its supply chain challenges."
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Date, 2008.
A creative story about dating in the high tech future.
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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This paper is a fantasy about a conversation arranging an old fashion date while preparing for the day's work and driving a car, all supported by robotic features. The author underscores that it is so easy to forget things without the aid of high-tech devices.
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"Skimming the news on the monitor on the metallic elevator door as she waited for it: SUNNY WITH SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, SCIENTISTS HAVE CLONED THE GRAY BAT OUT OF EXTINCTION. How marvelous.
"Hello", his voice was strong and husky in her head, like he'd just woken up. She quickly switched to visual and his image shone on the contact lens in her eye."
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Telemedicine and Self-Care, 2008.
This paper shows the uses of telemedicine, specifically with diabetes.
969 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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The paper explores the rationale behind the advocacy of telemedicine in patient education and uses the example of a prevalent public health problem such as diabetes. The paper discusses patient education and self-care theory and then shows how diabetes is a disease that can greatly benefit from cost-cutting innovations such as telemedicine. The paper concludes that telemedicine can be implemented successfully in many settings and provide a variety of patient populations with high patient satisfaction and favorable disease management outcomes.
Outline:
Introduction
The Role of Telemedicine
Patient Education and Self-Care Theory
Conclusion
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"Being an expert and educator, the health professional serves as a reliable resource for persons to turn to when they wish to obtain information regarding disease. These two go hand-in-hand where patient care is involved, as being an expert does not necessarily imply being an educator (although the reverse is). Aside from the obvious connotation of being an expert in disease, the health care professional not only serves as a source of knowledge for disease, but as a resource for helping patients seek answers for themselves. These roles not only involve direct education, but also methods in modifying patient and family attitudes and practices to seek health-promoting behavior, rather than those detrimental to health."
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