Collective collaboration Evolution of Web 2.0 and Social Networking Nowadays people often throw around these jargon terms like Web 2.0 or Social Networking. What do these terms actually mean? In order to have a basic understanding of these terms or concepts‚ it has to be broken down into three steps. Firstly‚ in the early and mid-90’s‚ websites “spoke” to website visitors and that was it. The websites had information and they provided it to the visitors and that is all that happened‚ hence one-way
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We can achieve success through collective effort rather than as Individuals. In mathematics we say One Plus One is equal to two. But when it comes to people‚ it is only partially true. Most of the times two people can carry out much greater tasks than the sum of the tasks they carryout individually. This is known as the synergy effect. For instance‚ the Canada Geese are migratory birds that fly in a ‘v’ formation. As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the bird that follows. The
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Private goods 1. A private good is a good or service which a person will be excluded from owning or using if they do not pay for it. If you do not pay for items like food‚ cars or clothes you will be excluded from using them. 2. Consumption is rival (or depletable)‚ and that they are excludable by price. If one person has the good or service‚ the benefits of it are not available to others‚ that is‚ it is rival or depletable. Individuals can only have the good or service if they pay for it‚ that
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The malevolent utilization of unrestricted submarine warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were
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was tension between countries and there was tension between people living in the same country. One can trace the major causes of World War 1 to imperialism‚ alliances and militarism. Although‚ Imperialism was one of the most important causes of WW1. Because countries such as Britain was colonizing Africa‚ India and other countries‚ other countries such as Germany wanted the power brought on by imperialism and also wanted colonies. It was a competition for colonies‚ for example the information
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reperations to other countries as well. This is why they called it Diktat as they were being told to do this or hostilities would resume. Of the many provisions in the treaty‚ one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and‚ under the terms of articles 231-248 (later known as the War Guilt clauses)‚ to disarm‚ make substantial territorial concessions and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. The total cost
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A collective bargaining process generally consists of four types of activities- distributive bargaining‚ integrative bargaining‚ attitudinal restructuring and intra-organizational bargaining. Srivastava‚(2007) states the following types collective bargaining Distributive bargainingIt involves haggling over the distribution of surplus. Under it‚ the economic issues like wages‚ salaries and bonus are discussed. In distributive bargaining‚ one party’s gain is another party’s loss. This is most commonly
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Before WW1‚ countries in Europe were going through industrial revolutions‚ many parts of Asia‚ South America and Africa had been colonised and world wealth was centred in Europe because of mass trading throughout the world. Many events‚ incidents and tension points led to the eruption of our very first world war. But the main trigger was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of the Empire of Austria-Hungary) on the 28 June 1914. One of the many causes of WW1 was
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Serbia in WW1 The Balkans Crisis 1908 Austria-Hungary was worried about Serbia’s aim- to unite other Balkan states under one rule- Greater Serbia. Races that live in Austria-Hungary may revolt in order to join greater Serbia. Events: Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia The annexation of Bosnia annoyed Serbia who appealed to Russia to help Russia called for an international conference Austria-Hungary backed by Germany refused Russia‚ too weak to fight was forced to back down Consequences: Austria-Hungary
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Weapons: There were different kinds of weapons used in WW1. Firstly‚ there was the rifle and it was a bolt-action rifle. It was the most used gun by the soldiers in the trenches. 15 rounds altogether could be fired in a minute and a person that was standing 1400-1500 metres away could possibly be killed by it so this shows how powerful it was. Also‚ another weapon that was frequently used was machine guns. A disadvantage to them was that they needed 4-6 men to use them so this could be
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