COMPUTER MODELS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS LECTURE 01: MODELLING BASICS Jojo Lartey Department of Information Technology Methodist University College Ghana Dansoman 11 March‚ 2013 Jojo Lartey (MUCG) MUIT 404 Lecture-One March 2013 1 / 25 Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 L ECTURE O BJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MODEL BUILDING METHODS MODEL CATEGORIES STAGES OF MODEL BUILDING MODEL BUILDING TECHNIQUES SUMMARY Jojo Lartey (MUCG) MUIT 404 Lecture-One March 2013 2 / 25 L ECTURE O
Premium Computer graphics Problem solving Computer simulation
Analyze your college or workplace using Weber’s model of bureaucracy. What elements (efficiency‚ calculability‚ predictability‚ and control) of McDonaldization do you see? Do you wish life were less McDonaldized? Why or why not? Efficiency strives to diminish reliance on human skills and decision making by automating and standardizing work processes. In my office we just updated our Computer software system to track zip codes where there is a high propensity for people to join the Army. This
Premium Computer program Computer Computer software
juggling work‚ extracurricular activities‚ and a social life‚ are all factors that cause increased levels of stress and anxiety among college students. Research shows that people who undergo chronic stress have higher risks of developing major mental health implications such as higher levels of anxiety and depression to the extent where it can significantly damage their daily-life
Premium Psychology University Anxiety
better marketing communication‚ and the opportunity to license your brand. To achieve this marketing miracle you will need to follow the four steps in the CBBE model. The four steps in the CBBE model are brand identity‚ brand meaning‚ brand response‚ and brand relationships. You must follow these steps to establish brand equity but the CBBE model also depends on six brand building blocks and they are salience‚ performance‚ imagery‚ judgment‚ feelings‚ and resonance. These are what are in the brand pyramid
Premium Brand Brand management Customer
MODEL ESSAY LAWSKOOL PTY LTD MODEL ESSAY HOW TO WRITE A LAW ESSAY Depending on the required work length‚ writing a law essay can be a long and involved process. START AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE! Many students develop their own style of attacking an essay topic. Generally however it is useful to break the essay-writing process down into the following steps: 1.Analysing your essay topic Before you can create an effective argument‚ you must determine exactly what you are being asked to answer
Premium United States Constitution Australia
definition for a model According to Wilson’s definition a model is the explicit interpretation of one’s understanding of a situation‚ or simply of one’s idea about that situation. It can be expressed in mathematics‚ symbols or words. But it is essentially a description of entities‚ process or attributes and the relationships between them. It may be prescriptive or illustrative‚ but about all‚ it must be useful. Describe the purpose and uses of models There are various use of models; here I am
Premium Mathematics Prediction Forecasting
Assignment 1 Organization diagnosis: A Review to Diagnostic model Summary An organization is an open system that is in constant interaction with its environment‚ taking in raw materials‚ people‚ information‚ and energy‚ converting these into products or services‚ and exporting the latter back into the environment but these organization need to regularly undergo the diagnosis of the current performance of the organization so that interventionists should be able to know whether the organization
Premium Feedback Empiricism Diagnosis
CENTRE FOR MICRO FINANCE at IFMR Business Correspondent Model: A Preliminary Exploration Report compiled by Binit Rath‚ Minakshi Ramji and Alexandra Kobishyn Published for the Microfinance India Summit‚ October 2009 Thanks are due to Dan Kopf‚ a former Research Associate at the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF)‚ and Upamanyu Dash (Summer Intern 2009‚ IIFM) who was closely involved in the Orissa case study. The entire research team expresses its gratitude to the staff at FINO‚ A Little World (ALW)
Premium Bank
ability of verbal and non verbal communication of theatre nurse‚to reduce anxiety in surgical patients under local anaesthesia in operation theatre. For this reflection‚I have used modified form of Gibbs model of reflection(1988). Reid(1993 cited Burns‚2008) suggests that using modified Gibbs model allows a practitioner to criticise oneself about the quality of reflection. Gibbs’ reflective cycle assists one to reflect sequentially through the incident‚ and arranges the thought process in a specific
Premium Patient Nursing Nurse
The EPG Model is a framework for a firm to better pinpoint it’s strategic profile in terms of International Business Strategy. It contains three elements - Ethnocentrism‚ Polycentrism and Geocentrism. The Importance of the EPG Model is mainly in the firm’s awareness and understanding of its specific focus. Because a strategy based mainly on one of the three elements can mean significantly different costs or benefits to the firm‚ it is necessary for a firm to carefully analyze how their firm is oriented
Premium Ethnocentrism Polycentrism Corporation