6.0 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management‚ operations‚ and planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions‚ which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance. DSSs include knowledge-based systems. A properly designed DSS is an interactive software-based system intended to help decision makers compile useful information
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appreciation for this struggle by filling out an application for government benefits. In the following paper‚ I seek to discuss my feelings and thoughts about filling out this application and the subsequent implications‚ as well as consider the challenges that those in need of benefits may face‚ and how social workers could use this information to improve the process for all who need it. In this experience‚ I found the application process for government benefits to be arduous‚ confusing‚ and in some instances
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OF SOCIAL MARKETING Jude Varcoe In the last ten years there has been considerable spend on Social Marketing. There is no systematic way of proving the effectiveness of Social Marketing. This paper considers how the effectiveness of Social Marketing should be assessed‚ the extent to which effectiveness is currently determined and suggests a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of Social Marketing. This paper suggests that best practice in assessing the effectiveness of Social Marketing
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The internet is what most people turn to for answers to questions on everything from food to relationships‚ especially for health questions. After all if there are articles‚ blogs‚ or forums posted on topics related to health‚ they should be correct. That is most often not the case‚ and is the root cause of much unnecessary fear‚ such as when certain symptoms means having a ridiculous disorder. Findings on the internet are not always true. When a global or world-wide disaster comes into play‚ the
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IMPACT OF ADVERTISEMENT ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR Introduction: Being part of marketing process‚ advertising is nowadays rampant in every organization. In order for an organization to be successful‚ major chunks of their capital have to be invested in making advertisements. No company can become a market leader if they do not invest a lot in their promotion (Hussainy et al.‚ 2008). The fact cannot be denied of advertising‚ being taken as another effective approach towards gaining competitive
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Assignment 4: Decision Support Systems Making decisions concerning complex systems (e.g.‚ the management of organizational operations‚ industrial processes‚ or investment portfolios; the command and control of military units; or the control of nuclear power plants) often strains our cognitive capabilities. Even though individual interactions among a system’s variables may be well understood‚ predicting how the system will react to an external manipulation such as a policy decision is often difficult
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The Impact of Mass Media I.M. Student Introduction to Sociology SOC 101 D.A. Teacher March 20‚ 2010 The Impact of Mass Media President Abraham Lincoln delivered his infamous Gettysburg address dedicating the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19th‚ 1863. It was estimated 10‚000 people attended the ceremony to observe the speech live and it was days before the message was read about in print. President Barrack Obama delivered his live State of the Union Address last January
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Potentially‚ how important is the role of social media (Facebook‚ twitter etc.) in tourist consumption? By Farhaan Syed Mansoor Student no.308688 To be able to understand the question and derive at an answer‚ one needs to divulge deep into defining the concepts of ‘tourist consumption’ and ‘social media. One has to also comprehend the continual changes in the demands of tourism consumers and the subsequent innovative promos‚ terms and notions in tourism that need to be propagated. One will also
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Saving Private Ryan Social media is a love-hate relationship that has drawn massive media intention about its usage in the workplace. There has been controversy over the benefits and negatives that social media brings to the work place. In the past ten years social media such as‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and LinkedIn has taken on a new medium for communicating worldwide. Social media improves branding‚ helps increase jobs‚ recruitment strategies‚ and the most significant being how you represent yourself
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI – NIKE ENUGU AUGUST‚ 2013 TITLE PAGE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA) By ANJUGU JESSICA NDAKU MC/2009/386 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
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