Utilitarianism- Journal Questions (Formative Assessment) 1a) What are the strengths of Utilitarianism? 1b) Utilitarianism has several limitations. Identify two limitations and suggest improvements to Utilitarianism that enable it to avoid these limitations. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory: it holds that we ought to act in whatever way has the best consequences (i.e. the greatest "utility"). For most utilitarians‚ this means maximising the good and minimising the bad. Utilitarianism
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PROPOSED RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR RECORD TRACKER SYSTEM A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of PASS College Alaminos City‚Pangasinan In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Science By: regin rosario October 2013 Table of Contents Acknowledgement i Dedication ii
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Accuracy Of (FAST) Treatment Darron Jones Miami Dade College Today’s health-care system is more advanced than ever before due to new technology and new innovative ways to assist patients. Because of these new advances‚ the cost of health-care also increased making it harder for patients to go to the doctor. There is a new treatment called Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma(FAST) that can cut cost on finding abdominal trauma just as proficient as the Computed Tomography(CT). Many healthcare
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John Kotter’s change model The importance is change in business cannot be over stated‚ organizations are continuously battling with ever changing internal and external forces which have direct impact on the success or failure of a business. Often times change is required and the success of the change management is vital to the future‚ health and reputation of the business. Most changes are either underachieved or not completed within budget/time (Change‚ 2009) John Kotter offers eight phases (Kotter
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Case #19 Compass Records Synopsis and Objectives The cofounders of Compass Records‚ a small‚ independent music recording company‚ must decide whether to produce and own the next album of an up-and-coming folk musician‚ or simply license her finished recording. The case presents information sufficient to build cash flow forecasts for either investment alternative. The task for the students is to build a valuation model for the two capital investment alternatives‚ whereby they can evaluate the
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Stakeholder Theory and Limitation 1. Stakeholder theory is an excuse for managerial opportunism: The core claim is that by providing more groups who management can argue their actions benefit‚ stakeholder theory makes it far easier to engage in self-dealing and defend it than if shareholder theory were the sole purpose. 2. Stakeholder theory is primarily concerned with distribution of financial outputs: This view depicts stakeholder theory as primarily about who receives the resources of the organization
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government for a redress of grievances" (National Archives and Records Administration 2001). We have the right of freedom of speech and by definition‚ this means that we have “the right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint” (Dictionary). This law is stated in the Bill of Rights and has been around since 1971. It is one of the oldest and most important amendments we adopted because as American people we have a
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the onset of modern project management‚ the success criteria of a project lay solely on the technical success‚ or scope of the resulting product or service. Today‚ adherence to budget and schedule form a triangle of success factors alongside scope‚ with client satisfaction also developing as a key determinant of project success (Kerzner‚ 2004). However‚ the delivery of project scope will always take precedence over all other project factors‚ because if a project fails to deliver on its original intention
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Chapter 1 Scope of strategic marketing Marketing is a philosophy that leads to the process by which organizations‚ groups and individuals obtain what they need and want by identifying value‚ providing it‚ communicating it and delivering it to others. The core concepts of marketing are customers’ needs‚ wants and values; products‚ exchange‚ communications and relationships. Marketing is strategically concerned with the direction and scope of the long-term activities performed by the organization
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LIMITATION OF SUPERSCALAR MICROPROCESSOR PERFORMANCE By: - Akshita Banthia (11BCE0475) Abstract In today’s world there is a new form of microprocessor called superscalar. In this several instructions can be initiated simultaneously and executed independently during the same clock cycle. The limitation of this feature is the handling of data dependencies. If not handled effectively‚ execution rate of more than one instruction per cycle is difficult to achieve. This case study uses multi
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