1. Draw an entity-relationship diagram of a patient–doctor relationship. a. Which of the types of E-R diagrams is it? b. In a sentence or two‚ explain why the patient–doctor relationship is diagrammed in this way. I believe that this is a bit open to interpretation and that one doctor may have many patients and one patient may have more than one doctor. As well as patients can choose their doctors and vice versa. This is a simple ERD where the diag. shows a 0-many optional relationship
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Information‚ Knowledge‚ and Management Volume 1‚ 2006 Business Intelligence Systems in the Holistic Infrastructure Development Supporting Decision-Making in Organisations Celina M. Olszak and Ewa Ziemba University of Economics‚ Katowice‚ Poland olszak@ae.katowice.pl ewa@ae.katowice.pl Abstract The paper aims at analysing Business Intelligence Systems (BI) in the context of opportunities for improving decision-making in a contemporary organisation. The
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ETHICS AND PERFORMANCE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF BUSINESS ETHICS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY. HSBC HOLDING PLC AS THE CASE STUDY. CONTENTS List of figures and tables ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Executive summary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Acknowledgement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
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Concurrency Control in Database Systems Key Points The purpose of concurrency control is to ensure that one user’s work does not inappropriately influence another user’s work. In some cases‚ these measures ensure that a user gets the same result when processing with other users as that person would have received if processing alone. In other cases‚ it means that the user’s work is influenced by other users but in an anticipated way. When many transactions take place at the same time‚ they are
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Respiratory System The respiratory system is the bodies way to inhale and exhale air and diffuse oxygen. This system consists of several organs such as the trachea‚ lungs‚ larynx‚ pharynx‚ etc. All of these organs work together to help us breathe and are formed to their function. There is two different ways of respiration; external respiration which is the exchange of gases between the alveoli and the blood‚ and internal respiration which is the exchange of gases between the blood and tissue cells
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Lecture 1 Foundations Of Information Systems In Business Learning Objectives Understand the concept of a system and how it relates to information systems. Explain why knowledge of information systems is important for business professionals: Identify five areas of information systems knowledge they need. Learning Objectives Give examples to illustrate how information systems can support a firm’s business processes; managerial decision making; and strategies for competitive advantage. Provide
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Cycles is looking to broaden its market share by targeting their sales to their best customers‚ extending their product availability through an external Web site‚ and reducing their cost of sales through lower production costs. Sales and Marketing Scenario Customer and sales-related information is a significant part of the AdventureWorks sample database. This topic provides details about the customers that are represented in the sample database‚ a schema of the major customer and sales tables and
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Theme: Male/Female relationships and the role of women * Look at the way Shakespeare explores relationships between men and women in Measure for Measure. Consider how the male characters treat the female characters and in particular‚ how Isabella reacts to Angelo’s proposition When Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure in approximately 1604‚ society was very sexist towards females and men were seen as the stronger sex‚ however Shakespeare included lots of strong female characters in his plays
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What do you believe are the key characteristics of a good performance measurement system? The first key characteristic of a good performance measurement system is that it cares about optimization rather than suboptimization. Under a good performance measurement system‚ an organization is viewed as a whole system which each part interrelated and interdependent. When making decisions‚ employees would take other departments into account and make sure their decisions is good to the whole company
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1.1 CONCEPT OF 720 DEGREE PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS „720 degree performance appraisal‟‚ is the latest appraisal method that has been introduced in New Economy companies. Accurately and objectively measuring the performance of an employee is the most difficult part of the Performance appraisal process. Different methods are used for Performance appraisal that includes: Critical incident method‚ weighted checklist method‚ paired comparison analysis‚ graphic rating scales‚ essay evaluation method‚ behaviorally
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