This report describes four OLAP tools. The four tools that I have chosen for this are: Pentaho – Open Source Tool Cognos Business Objects SpagoBI Pentaho – Open Source Application “The Pentaho BI Project is an open source application software for enterprise reporting‚ analysis‚ dashboard‚ data mining‚ workflow and ETL capabilities for business intelligence needs” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaho). The Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite provides reporting
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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Evaluating Business Communication BCOM/230 Abstract This paper includes the perception of four communiqués. This type of perception is a description of whether these reports are accurate‚ ethical‚ and in the correct format. This paper gives a description of the form of leadership and the accuracy of the reports in this type of leadership. Evaluating Business Communication When writing a business communiqué an individual has to consider several variables. The purpose‚ audience‚ and leadership
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Peanut butter and tuna fish; some things are not meant to be together. In his book‚ The Perfect Storm‚ Sebastian Junger tries to write both as a journalist and as the narrator of separate stories about a sword fishing boat‚ a three person sailboat‚ and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter stuck in the middle of colliding weather systems. While his skill in each style individually is exceptional‚ the way he switches between the two interrupts his flow and the contrasting styles do not fit together well. Junger
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What should be used: single or multiple VAT rates? Do they influence prices? One of the most interesting things to discuss is: Do multiple rates influence the prices or is it better to have just one VAT rate for all goods and services? Before finding out if the VAT influences prices‚ we should know what its role is. Value added tax is a tax on the value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution. So‚ as one product is taken through different stages
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What should Altius’s objectives be? What trade- off’s must it manage? With Altius staying just focussing with the manufacturing top of the line golf balls‚ their business would only continue to drop. Fortunately the brand value of Altuis was recognised and respected very much by many top notch golfers of the country‚ but this does not mean that they had a lot of profits. Focusing on the low price golf equipments‚ such as Elevate golf ball and changing the marketing strategy from targeting proficient
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Mademoiselle’s first impression to Edna‚ despite what Edna hears about her‚ is that of a wise‚ compassionate‚ friendly woman. Mademoiselle’s tone supports these qualities‚ and it ultimately helps Edna to decide what she wants to do with her life. Mademoiselle gives advice through an analogy of a bird‚ showing how one must have strong wings to survive‚ endure‚ and make it through its journey. The tone of all the characters helps to express Chopin’s beliefs and what the characters represent. The tone‚ style
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Evaluating two successful stores and two unsuccessful stores The retail industry is extremely competitive particularly during the current economic conditions when customers have limited spending power (Bloomberg‚ 2009). Therefore‚ it is crucial that the business owner assess all of the factors which determine the profitability of a store. Since the financial figures are unavailable for all of the different outlets‚ the success of the store will be assessed using the same physical factors which
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Joel Kiggwe (MPA) Uganda Management Institute‚2013 Discuss how procurement can be used as a development tool in enhancing service delivery. According to (Basheka‚ 2009) good governance involves a public sector that is responsive to citizenry and reasonably efficient in delivery of public services and he adds that a well-functioning public sector also involves transparency and predictability of its decision-making processes and oversight mechanisms to guard against arbitrariness and to ensure
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The case study in this project is about artistic practice‚ and I apply it further as an exploratory tool. I generate particular situations with my experiment groups exploring a topic of interest. It is a flexible and yet systemized method‚ which assists me in narrowing down a very broad field of topics into what truly interest me. This project brings the hope of discovering something that I haven’t realized before. Researchers from many disciplines (for example social sciences‚ psychology and anthropology)
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