UNIT 4: RATIONAL & INCREMENTAL PLANNING THEORIES Unit 4A: Rational (Synoptic) Planning Theory Meaning of Rationality What do you understand by Rationality? Making decision based on reason/logic and in pursuance of one’s best interest Good judgement How is the term Rationality used in the context of Economic Theory? 03/29/15 RATIONAL & INCREMENTAL THEORIES 3 Evolution of the RationalComprehensive Planning Model Planning Experiments in the US during the New Deal Era: Planning re-defined as
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Intelligence analysis Intelligence analysis is the process of taking known information about situations and entities of strategic‚ operational‚ or tactical importance‚ characterizing the known‚ and‚ with appropriate statements of probability‚ the future actions in those situations and by those entities. The descriptions are drawn from what may only be available in the form of deliberately deceptive information; the analyst must correlate the similarities among deceptions and extract a common truth
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time (incremental). Following is the pictorial representation of Iterative and Incremental model: Iterative and Incremental development is a combination of both iterative desig n or iterative method and incremental build model for development. "During software development‚ more than one iteration of the software development cycle may be in prog ress at the same time." and "T his process may be described as an "evolutionary acquisition" or "incremental build" approach." In incremental model
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Conversation Analysis & Discourse Analysis tive Compara A a odu ritical Intr nd C ction Robin Wooffitt Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis A Comparative and Critical Introduction Robin Wooffitt SAGE Publications London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi © Robin Wooffitt 2005 First published 2005 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study‚ or criticism or review‚ as permitted under the Copyright
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l Regression Analysis Basic Concepts & Methodology 1. Introduction Regression analysis is by far the most popular technique in business and economics for seeking to explain variations in some quantity in terms of variations in other quantities‚ or to develop forecasts of the future based on data from the past. For example‚ suppose we are interested in the monthly sales of retail outlets across the UK. An initial data analysis would summarise the variability in terms of a mean and standard
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Job Analysis Assignment Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with job analysis techniques and the use of the O*NET site. This assignment is directly tied to learning goals 1‚ 3‚ and 5 for the course. Expectations: You are expected to analyze a job using one of the job analysis techniques described in the textbook and/or lecture. You may use your own personal experience with the job (either as a job incumbent or as a recipient of the output of that job) and/or material
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external factors by a PESTLE analysis has been crucial in TESCO’s success. This is because TESCO has taken into account the implications for consumers‚ employees‚ stakeholders‚ associated organisations and the company’s mission statement. Each external factor would have been and continues to be examined and categorised in terms of whether its implication is negative or positive‚ large or minor significance‚ intermittent or continuous impact and so on. PESTLE analysis factors examined: Politically
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In performing the job analysis‚ one question that often arises is who should make up the group of incumbents that are responsible of providing the job analysis information? Whatever job analysis method you choose‚ the process of job analysis entails obtaining information from people familiar with the job. We refer to these people as subject-matter experts because they are experts in their knowledge of the job. In general‚ it will be useful to go to the job incumbent to get the most accurate information
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While the PEST or PESTLE analysis is primarily aimed at looking at the external environment of an organization‚ many HR courses ask students to use the PEST or PESTLE analysis model to look at their own function. In this context we need to imagine that the department (HR) is an organization in its own right and look outside. Factors to include in your analysis may include the following: •Political •What is the culture of the organization‚ •How is the HR function viewed by other functions
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Software Engineering SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT • • • • • • • MODELS Build And Fix Model Prescriptive Model Water Fall Model Or Liner Sequential Model Incremental Model RAD Model Evolutionary Process Models Prototyping Spiral Model Concurrent Development Model Fourth Generation Techniques (4GT) Component Based Development (CBD) Agile Model Extreme programming Scrum Build And Fix Model • This model is the worst model for developing a project. The product is built without proper specifications
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