(MIS)assignment 7 SONA-2009related to ICT

Its such a good thing having a
state of the nation address(SONA) of the president since it shows to
people the achievements brought by the leadership of the
president.Last July 27,2009 she made her SONA .Here, she have tackled
the complement of her leadership such a financial assessment,
infrastructure, ,agriculture ,housing ,down drug price and etc..She
had tackled about the ICT that Iam concerning with. As an IT student
I do concern of these things cause i know it can help a lot to make
our country be more successful soon.


“ Let us have a Department of ICT”


-It a complement to our
president that ICT department is now being part of our government in
enhancing services for the Pilipino People. As she have said
that
“Our reforms
gave us the resources to protect our people, our financial system and
our economy from the worst of shocks that the best in the West failed
to anticipate.”
-It
such a good thing that the best of the west failed to anticipate
means that even the riches country in this world failed to realize
that our country are are reforming and adopting IT/IS changes .Proves
that despite of the financial crisis felt by the world now ,we
Pilipino are striving hard to attain the good services of new
technology.
-Having an ICT department in our government has a big
impact to every Pilipino people first is job opportunity, lessen a
corruption since budget is manage, reliable produced system to used
by each department. Proud to say Pinoy’s are intelligent in nature.


“Kung
noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth
by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as
additional engines of growth. Electronics and other manufactured
exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world
economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and
employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our
competitiveness and productivity”


These proved that our country is
now enduring the best business outsourcing
that would help in for the big income for the whole country .It
help to every Pilipino people to
have jobs and it stated that we are going higher as time gone by ..
“BPO phenomenon speaks
eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity”Soon
it would help to prove to the other country that we are best in
business process
outsourcing .


“As
the seeds of fundamental political reform are planted, let us address
the highest exercise of democracy – voting! In 2001, I said we
would finance fully-automated elections. We got it, thanks to
Congress.”


-these is a proved that our country is now enduring the new and high
technology. Next year election we will endure automated election.
These would help to lessen the unreliable result of last election Its
an easy way for the voters to vote and it help every Pilipino people
to have knowledge with these things. It has also a big impact to our
country.




Reference:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/168382/PRESIDENT-ARROYOS-NINTHSTATE-OF-THE-NATION-ADDRESS

assignment 7(HRM)Human Resource

"Human beings are the most important, potent and critical, resource of any organization, and yet the least understood and the worst managed of its resources"


In this assignment we have a task to make a reflection on the above quoted statement "Human beings are the most important, potent and critical, resource of any organization, and yet the least understood and the worst managed of its resources" .In these statement the first thing Ive understand that us human being does have a skill yet unmanageable because we have a moral,common sense and mind to speak our voice suggestion rights to help the company .

Human resources
is an increasingly broadening term that refers to managing "human capital," the people of an organization. The field has moved from a traditionally administrative function to a strategic one that recognizes the link between talented and engaged people and organizational success. The field draws upon concepts developed in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and System Theory. Human resources has at least two related interpretations depending on context. The original usage derives from political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of four factors of production although this perspective is changing as a function of new and ongoing research into more strategic approaches at national levels. This first usage is used more in terms of 'human resources development', and can go beyond just organizations to the level of nations . The more traditional usage within corporations and businesses refers to the individuals within a firm or agency, and to the portion of the organization that deals with hiring, firing, training, and other personnel issues, typically referred to as 'human resources management'.


Important
We are said to be an important resources to the organization cause we are the brain of the organization.We planned, analyze,establish things for the success of the organization.If theres no human resource , there.s no word such organize. People organized things in its application to be useful.

Potent
Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence .We are has a big influence to the other because we have ideas that could influence everyone and help for the oraganization application .

Critical
People could make the organization up or down. We are said to be a critical because we can react to the things done to an organization .If it is bad or good to everybody. Perhaps, if we have a wrong decision it may lends to bad result.

Least Understood
Human resource is sometimes hard to understand simple because we have unique ideas than the other .We understand things which for the other it is such a worst thng to do. It lend to mis understanding

Worst Managed
We are said to be a worst managed to all resources as I have said that we have a moral,common sense and mind. So it means that if it is against our will, that can't provoke us to do it. We people has a behavior that even we have in demand skills for the organization yet we have unnecessary behavior,it will lend to a worst managing simply because we can't control by the people holding us or our boss. It is also a worst managed when the people holding human resources can't initiate the attitude,abilities &skills,personality,Variations in gender, nationality and culture,Motivation and work ability. These should be analyze for managing a human resource.

1.Personality

is a combination of physical and mental aspects, which result in each person’s
character. Personality is caused by genes, social environment, culture and relationships among family members. Understanding personalities can help organization leaders understand people’s actions, changes and development. The leader can even understand what and to what degree people are aware of things inside and outside the organization.

2.Attitude

is defined as people’s responses to things. Attitudes will be both positive and
negative. They directly involve emotion, awareness, belief and opinion. Attitudes can be observed from the behaviour exhibited when people respond to people, animals or things. People’s attitudes can be seen when they act, for example, with friendliness or aggressiveness.

3.Abilities and skills

Mental ability is called intelligence, while physical ability is called skill.
Ability can be innate or come through learning. For examples the ability to remember a picture or figure, or the ability to present a beautiful speech to co-workers, or to summaries an event correctly and quickly. Organization leaders can determine people’s abilities and skills and assign a job suit them As a result, an organization can achieve the work it has targeted.

4.Variations in gender, nationality and culture.

People’s gender, nationality and culture will vary inside and outside the group People in an organization will have a variety of cultures, value estimations, languages, skills, beliefs and thoughts. These variations can be seen around the world. It can not be said that people of different nationalities have different work potentials, Due to a lack of study in this area, organization leaders, however, need to learn how to communicate with people who different qualities as mentioned above. It is not a simple task to put the right people in the right job in line with their ability, skill, knowledge and attitude towards the organization.

5.Motivation and work ability.

Somethings can act as a stimulus within an organization-for
example, rewarding or performance. According to study rewarding have the best influence on the performance of people in an organization. Organization leaders should learn to use motivation to realize employees’ mental and physical potential. A “reward” means not only financial benefits but also non- financial benefits such as praise and medals from the organization.



Modern analysis

Modern analysis emphasizes that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of ISO 9001 in contrast requires to identify the processes, their sequence and interaction, and to define and communicate responsibilities and authorities. In general, heavily unionized nations such as France and Germany have adopted and encouraged such job descriptions especially within trade unions. The International Labour Organization also in 2001 decided to revisit, and revise its 1975 Recommendation 150 on Human Resources Development [5]. One view of these trends is that a strong social consensus on political economy and a good social welfare system facilitates labor mobility and tends to make the entire economy more productive, as labor can develop skills and experience in various ways, and move from one enterprise to another with little controversy or difficulty in adapting. Another view is that governments should become more aware of their national role in facilitating human resources development across all sectors.




How to Handle Human Resource
1. Don’t ignore the problem.
Assuming that the employee provides value to the company and possesses redeeming qualities, there are ways to deal with difficult employees. Most often, managers will simply ignore problematic staffers. Managers who live by this rule hope the problem will just go away; that these people will somehow turn themselves around or stop being troublesome. Ignoring the situation is the wrong solution to what could likely become a progressive problem.

2. Intervene as soon as possible.
It is important to take action as soon as the negative behavior pattern becomes evident--when left untouched, this problem will only escalate.

Occasionally, the difficult employee has no idea that his behavior is a problem or that others react negatively to his actions. This is because most people tend to put up with the annoying behavior and “go along to get along.” At the same time, some employees just consider it a “job frustration.” Just like some managers, employees want to be liked by colleagues and subordinates and are therefore reluctant to speak up when a problem arises.

Ultimately, it is the manager’s responsibility to take the appropriate action to correct the problem. Whether the concern exists due to the employee’s lack of knowledge of the issue, lack of feedback or projecting the difficulty onto someone else, the manager has the responsibility of addressing and turning around the predicament. The manager needs to gather information from employees to discern the extent of the problem and personally observe the employee interacting with customers or vendors.

3. Research the problem personally.
Armed with accurate data and examples, the manager needs to then take this person into a conference room or office--away from others--and calmly address the issue. To begin, the manager needs to ask the employee if he is aware of any ongoing issues to determine if the difficult person is aware of the problems.

If the employee is “unaware,” the manager needs to describe the unacceptable behavior. The employee might interrupt to disagree or deny the existence of any issues. Nevertheless, the manager needs to continue by giving clear examples of the unwanted behavior.

The manager also needs to allow the employee to respond to the allegations. If the difficult employee refuses to believe that the allegations exist despite the evidence, the most the manager can hope for is an intellectual acceptance of the possibility that a problem exists.

4. Help the problematic employee to get back on track.
Once the employee begins to understand that these negative behaviors are real and experienced by others in the organization, the manager or someone from human resources should begin to coach the difficult employee in displaying more acceptable and appropriate behaviors. The employee needs time and practice in “trying on” new, more suitable behaviors. HR and/or the manager need to provide specific feedback to this employee on the success or failure of his efforts in minimizing the negative actions and implementing ones that are more positive.

5. If all else fails, termination may be necessary.
If the employee continues to deny his inappropriate behavior and refuses to try to improve the situation, the manager needs to place this person on the fast track towards termination. Often this involves recording a series of well-documented verbal and then written feedback about the behavior. Strictly following company protocol, there should be a period for the employee to address the questionable behavior. If this trial period does not result in improved behavior, then the employee needs to be terminated.

Most employees will recognize the negative behavior and will at least attempt to turn it around. This is especially true during tough economic times when unemployment is high and finding a new job is difficult. In any case, the manager needs to follow company guidelines in recognizing the unacceptable behavior, providing direct feedback, providing input to try to turn it around and ultimately taking action in a timely manner.

Not doing so is a disservice to the problematic employee, other employees and the success of the organization.

Visit my blog :
http://gleizelle.blogspot.com/



Referrences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resources
http://msci.chandra.ac.th/download/km/01.pdf
http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/employeemanagementcolumnistdavidjavitch/article201950.html

(HRM)assignment6 21st -century corporations look like

What do you think will the 21st -century corporations look like?


Every century there many things change such that people, culture, technology , and even the businesses corporation. As time gone changes always takes place since people want to be satisfy more and people want to explore more things for the better living. People, culture , individual’s life may change because of technology approaches. and even businesses corporation takes the changes for the services. For the pass years corporation had encountered much problem with there managing people ,data records, management and monitoring of there assets, liabilities and owners equity of their corporation . Problems such loss of data , unrecognized spending of money, monitoring unreliable workers. In these people learned possible effect for these problems that really effective nowadays.


With regards of 21st century ,I’m sure that these century would be focusing in e enhancement. More reliable IT /IS , more efficient internet services, providing less effort of transaction, monitoring to every branches of the corporation may take place to the corporation . Corporation may prioritized people that has much knowledge about there business and can endure the IT/IS change . The 21st century corporation will require an array of new skills, all of which must be mastered for leaders to gain the upper competitive hand. Globalization has opened new markets. Deregulation has broken down industry boundaries. Venture capital has funded thousands of new tech-savvy insurgents who now threaten incumbents. And the ever-ubiquitous Web has brought the potential for remarkable gains in productivity--but also for frightening deflationary pressures. All these forces are fast propelling the creation of new business models in the 21st century, models that will look nothing like the once-healthy and seemingly invincible enterprises of an earlier age. The infrastructure will be more high-tech .


But then these things has much effect for the global warming . Without using technology in proper way, can destroy our mother nature. Less managing of things that made .Every thing that made here will have there end so used technology wisely .

Lets define corporation and what people think about 21st century corporation and some things that is involced in this topic


Corporation

The most common form of business organization, and one which is chartered by a state and given many legal rights as an entity separate from its owners. This form of business is characterized by the limited liability of its owners, the issuance of shares of easily transferable stock, and existence as a going concern. The process of becoming a corporation, call incorporation, gives the company separate legal standing from its owners and protects those owners from being personally liable in the event that the company is sued (a condition known as limited liability). Incorporation also provides companies with a more flexible way to manage their ownership structure. In addition, there are different tax implications for corporations, although these can be both advantageous and disadvantageous. In these respects, corporations differ from sole proprietorships and limited partnerships.

21st Century Corporation Opinions

Positive


21st Century Business is independently produced by Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. and is distributed worldwide on CNBC as paid programming and the Fox Business Network as paid programming. Additionally, the series airs internationally in Canada and on Asia Television and can be accessed 24/7 via 21CBTV.com. 21st Century Business can also be seen on various Internet Television outlets such as YouTube, iTunes Podcast, MSN Video, Yahoo! Video and many more.
21st Century Business is independently produced by Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. and is distributed worldwide on CNBC as paid programming and the Fox Business Network as paid programming. Additionally, the series airs internationally in Canada and on Asia Television and can be accessed 24/7 via 21CBTV.com. 21st Century Business can also be seen on various Internet Television outlets such as YouTube, iTunes Podcast, MSN Video, Yahoo! Video and many more.


Negative

Make no mistake about it: the 21st century is one of the most stressful periods of human history, so far as the average citizen is concerned. Despite vast improvements in many areas of life for most everyone (as well as an explosion in personal opportunity for fame and fortune such as the world has never seen before), the domination of largely unbridled pure economics and virtually unrestrained technological development on human affairs at this time makes for daily stresses probably unimaginable by 20th century natives, or those born in the subsequent 22nd century. For instance, a substantial portion of the most developed geopolitical blocs actually cut back many traditional social programs such as Social Security, pensions, and subsidies for child care, public education, and medical insurance (or else decimate them through woefully misguided privatization attempts) in the late 20th/early 21st centuries. Of course, these cutbacks often result in mass unrest and dissatisfaction among the populace of those states, which creates yet another source of instability and stress for many citizens-- until the political backlash manages to reverse the courses of many governments on the issues. The immense uncertainty about many matters is bad enough, but what certainty does exist is often still worse...

The often barely restrained financial markets of the late 20th century may offer cautionary tales for the much freer global markets of the 21st-- especially where geopolitical governments increasingly bow to the regulatory wishes of mega-corporations (regardless of social welfare). The former markets were volatile, "...prone to speculative ruin...[and]...more vulnerable to self-inflicted calamity..." due in large part to a given market's regulation by governments being inversely proportional to that market's size. Laissez-faire economies may have no natural defense against excessive and destabilizing speculation. In the late 20th century there was no single institution of sufficient power and wisdom to temper global excesses in the financial markets as certain national concerns could do for inidividual countries


How, exactly, will these forces reshape the 21st century corporation? The organizations that flourish will have several defining features.

-- It's management by Web.

That means not just Web as in Internet but the web-like shape of successful organizations in the future. If there are a pair of images that symbolize the vast changes at work, they are the pyramid and the web. The organizational chart of large-scale enterprise had long been defined as a pyramid of ever-shrinking layers leading to an omnipotent CEO at its apex. The 21st century corporation, in contrast, is far more likely to look like a web: a flat, intricately woven form that links partners, employees, external contractors, suppliers, and customers in various collaborations. The players will grow more and more interdependent. Fewer companies will try to master all the disciplines necessary to produce and market their goods but will instead outsource skills--from research and development to manufacturing--to outsiders who can perform those functions with greater efficiency.

Managing this intricate network of partners, spin-off enterprises, contractors, and freelancers will be as important as managing internal operations. Indeed, it will be hard to tell the difference. All of these constituents will be directly linked in ways that will make it nearly impossible for outsiders to know where an individual firm begins and where it ends. ''Companies will be much more molecular and fluid,'' predicts Don Tapscott, co-author of Digital Capital. ''They will be autonomous business units connected not necessarily by a big building but across geographies all based on networks. The boundaries of the firm will be not only fluid or blurred but in some cases hard to define.''


It's more about bits, less about atoms.

The most profitable enterprises will manage bits, or information, instead of focusing solely on managing atoms (the corporation's physical assets). Sheer size will no longer be the hallmark of success; instead, the market will prize the ability to efficiently deploy assets. Good bit management can allow an upstart to beat an established player; it can also give an incumbent vast advantages. By using information to manage themselves and better serve their customers, companies will be able to do things cheaper, faster, and with far less waste.

It's mass customization.
The previous 100 years were marked by mass production and mass consumption. Companies sought economies of scale to build large factories that produced cookie-cutter products, which they then sold to the largest numbers of people in as many markets as possible. The company of the future will tailor its products to each individual by turning customers into partners and giving them the technology to design and demand exactly what they want. Mass customization will result in waves of individualized products and services, as well as huge savings for companies, which will no longer have to guess what and how much customers want.

It's dependent on intellectual capital.

The advantage of bringing breakthrough products to market first will be shorter-lived than ever, because technology will let competitors match or exceed them almost instantly. To keep ahead of the steep new-product curve, it will be crucial for businesses to attract and retain the best thinkers. Companies will need to build a deep reservoir of talent--including both employees and free agents--to succeed in this new era. But attracting and retaining an elite workforce will require more than huge paychecks. Corporations will need to create the kind of cultures and reward systems that keep the best minds engaged. The old command-and-control hierarchies, with their civil-service-like wages, are fast crumbling in favor of organizations that empower vast numbers of people and reward the best of them as if they were owners of the enterprise.

It's global.

In the beginning, the global company was defined as one that simply sold its goods in overseas markets. Later, global companies assumed a manufacturing presence in numerous countries. The company of the future will call on talent and resources--especially intellectual capital--wherever they can be found around the globe, just as it will sell its goods and services around the globe. Indeed, the very notion of a headquarters country may no longer apply, as companies migrate to places of greatest advantage. The new global corporation might be based in the U.S. but do its software programming in Sri Lanka, its engineering in Germany, and its manufacturing in China. Every outpost will be seamlessly connected by the Net so that far-flung employees and freelancers can work together in real time.

It's about speed.
All this work will be done in an instant. ''The Internet is a tool, and the biggest impact of that tool is speed,'' says Andrew S. Grove, chairman of Intel Corp. (INTC) ''The speed of actions, the speed of deliberations, and the speed of information has increased, and it will continue to increase.'' That means the old, process-oriented corporation must radically revamp. With everything from product cycles to employee turnover on fast-forward, there is simply not enough time for deliberation or bureaucracy.

The 21st century corporation will not have one ideal form. Some will be completely virtual, wholly dependent on a network of suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors for their survival. Others, less so. Some of the most successful companies will be very small and very specialized; others will be gargantuan in size, scope, and complexity.

Some enterprises will last no longer than the time it takes for a new product or technology to reach the market. Once it does, these temporary organizations will pass their innovations on to host companies that can leverage them more quickly and at less expense. The reason: Every company has capabilities, but also disabilities, as Harvard Business School's Clayton M. Christensen puts it. The disabilities--things like deeply held beliefs, rituals, and traditions--often smother radical thinking. Some biotech upstarts, for example, have already served as external labs for large, powerful pharmaceutical companies. Some technology ventures have drawn seed capital from Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), only to be acquired by the network giant once the technology has been proven.


CULTURAL CHANGE.

The potential for productivity gains is everywhere, in every process, in every industry. The bigger the company and the larger its costs, the greater the opportunity to see tremendous efficiencies. In the years to come, large incumbent corporations that get it will be the greatest beneficiaries of the Net, not the dot-com insurgents that once garnered all the publicity and market valuations.

Despite a handful of leading-edge companies, the true 21st century corporation, at least as it will eventually emerge, does not yet exist. John F. Welch Jr. of General Electric Co. may have created the archetypal ''learning organization,'' a highly diverse company that shares ideas across its many boundaries. Chambers of Cisco Systems may boast the most networked organization in the world, a company in which nearly all its administrative functions are conducted over the Internet. Michael S. Dell may have built the most efficient supply-chain network ever, a model that requires virtually no inventory. But there is no one company today that embodies all the possibilities and promise of the superefficient 21st century corporation.



visit my blog:
http://gleizelle@bloggers.com

Refferences:
http://www.jrmooneyham.com/s2183ref.html
http://www.21cbtv.com/
http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/ma_0035.htm?/2000/00_35/b3696011.htm

If I'll be an IT Consultant(MIS)assignment6

If you were hired by the university president as an IT consultant, what would you suggest (technology, infrastructure, innovations, steps, processes, etc) in order for the internet connectivity be improved?  


In this assignment ,we are asked that if ever we become a IT consultant that employed by our university president ,what would suggestion we could give in order for the internet connectivity be improved.

Assuming that I’ll be an IT consultant of our university .I should analyze the state of our university the capacity , situation to adopt IT/IS changes. There should be person that could handle for the implementation. There should be a budget before committing into changes in improving our the university

Before I could answer that question we should define first the factors for analyzing to attain ideas improving internet connectivity in our university.

IT consultant

An IT consultant works in partnership with clients, advising them how to use information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems. Consultants work to improve the structure and efficiency and of an organsiation's IT systems.

IT consultants may be involved in a variety of activities, including marketing, project management, client relationship management and systems development.

They may also be responsible for user training and feedback. In many companies, these tasks will be carried out by an IT project team. IT consultants are increasingly involved in sales and business development, as well as technical duties.

Task typically involve:

• meeting with clients to determine requirements;
• working with clients to define the scope of a project;
• planning timescales and the resources needed;
• clarifying a client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business;
• travelling to customer sites;
• liaising with staff at all levels of a client organisation;
• defining software, hardware and network requirements;
• analysing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT;
• developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems;
• presenting solutions in written or oral reports;
• helping clients with change-management activities;
• project managing the design and implementation of preferred solutions;
• purchasing systems where appropriate;
• designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems;
• preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to customers;
• organising training for users and other consultants;
• being involved in sales and support and, where appropriate, maintaining contact with client organisations;
• identifying potential clients and building and maintaining contacts.

Innovation
The term innovation refers to a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. A distinction is typically made between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied successfully. (Mckeown 2008) In many fields, something new must be substantially different to be innovative, not an insignificant change, e.g., in the arts, economics, business and government policy. In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. The goal of innovation is positive change, to make someone or something better. Innovation leading to increased productivity is the fundamental source of increasing wealth in an economy.
Innovation is an important topic in the study of economics, business, design, technology, sociology, and engineering. Colloquially, the word "innovation" is often synonymous with the output of the process. However, economists tend to focus on the process itself, from the origination of an idea to its transformation into something useful, to its implementation; and on the system within which the process of innovation unfolds. Since innovation is also considered a major driver of the economy, especially when it leads to increasing productivity, the factors that lead to innovation are also considered to be critical to policy makers. In particular, followers of innovation economics stress using public policy to spur innovation and growth.
Those who are directly responsible for application of the innovation are often called pioneers in their field, whether they are individuals or organisations.

Infrastructure
can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. [2] The term typically refers to the technical structures that support a society, such as roads, water supply, sewers, power grids, telecommunications, and so forth. Viewed functionally, infrastructure facilitates the production of goods and services; for example, roads enable the transport of raw materials to a factory, and also for the distribution of finished products to markets. In some contexts, the term may also include basic social services such as schools and hospitals [3]. In military parlance, the term refers to the buildings and permanent installations necessary for the support, redeployment, and operation of military forces
In this article, infrastructure will be used in the sense of technical structures or physical networks that support society, unless specified otherwise.

Technology
Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. Technology is a term with origins in the Greek "technologia", "τεχνολογία" — "techne", "τέχνη" ("craft") and "logia", "λογία" ("saying").[1] However, a strict definition is elusive; "technology" can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines, hardware or utensils, but can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include "construction technology", "medical technology", or "state-of-the-art technology".
The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and similar movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.

These are some suggestions:

Connectiviy

Hardware/Software

Accessible Electricity

Electricity

Policies

Connectiviy

There should be an enough internet connectivity (WiFi) to our university , not only in engineering building but also in other colleges . In order for the other student that could access the net at a comfortable time they want. It is good for the student , since internet connection help everyone to gain much knowledge specially using computers, accessing sites, For us to be improved and for us not be left behing.

For better and comfortable to all student having there laptops ,the university should give a room or a place that student can easy spend time with there laptops.

Hardware/Software

Putting and changing hardware should be the prior of the university. We all know that we have many computers but then few of them are usable . It is good job by the university that they change the monitor in an LCD monitor in a lab1 of our college (Institute of Computing). It should be followed by changing hardware in our libraries, nodal and other computer laboratories. It would help for the lessen electricity consumption and fast internet connection.

Network services

Enhancement of network services . having computer laboratories in each colleges that accessible by the student So that they could not find hard time spending on our library just for waiting for an hour before accessing the net . It would help to accommodate all student for us not to spend much money in the internet café in doing projects. University should provide those things because much student enrolled here doesn’t have much money spending time on internet cafes.

Electricity

All student should have the right to used electricity .These could help student to used laptops and other important matter that is involved electricity and learnings.

Policies

There should be a policies for student to follow and for the implementation could not be destroyed easily. Student should used it well in order it would last for many years.

Others

It would be good that our Obrero Campus Student (CouncilOCSC) has a network connection to every Local Council(LC)to every colleges. For monitoring the cash flows, budgets , works and implementation of the LC . It should be accessible also for the student to know some implementation and other things that student should know.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology

BARRIERS on IT/IS implementation (MIS)assignment 5

BARRIERS on IT/IS implementation

In this assignment our task is to identify and discuss barriers in our company’s IS/IT implementation.
We all know that all things made here has its positive and negative effect like IS/IT ;it is useful to everyone specially to a business world but then it has some point that has negative effect.

In our discussion ,we have already tackled the IS/IT and its importance to the company. It is implemented to lessen the work of peopleware, reliable data documentation, accessing to net and their network in every department , flexible monitoring beyond the company. But then there are many barriers in implementing these.

As we have interviewed our adopt company .They state it is not a barriers thus, it is a challenge.
In EMCOR ,they implemented there IS/IT in a process.They used IS/IT for many years already and time goes by while IT world is evolving EMCOR joined the flow if necessary to endure their success.

Since company has a big plans for the future and plan for many branches soon they adopt a IS/IT that a big capacity to serve the company’s future plans.


Some IT/IS barriers :

Lack of adequate financial support

Financial pressures are a powerful limitation on capital investment in information technology. The top three IT implementation barriers cited by 2001 survey respondents are lack of adequate financial support for IT (21%), difficulty proving IT quantifiable benefits/ROI (15%), and vendors’ inability to effectively deliver product or service to respondents’ satisfaction (14%). Although it is still a top concern, difficulty in proving ROI has decreased in significance from 22% last year.

Accessing capital and demonstrating return-on-investment are not the only challenges. While recruiting and retaining high-quality IT staff was mentioned, staffing concerns dropped for the second year in a row; only 6% of respondents cited it as a barrier, compared to 15% in 2000, and 23% in 1999.

According to the report, the major challenges facing Web services projects, and the percentage of IT execs who cite each one as their primary concern, include:

• 1. Inexperience in architecting Web services (19.4%);
• 2. Changing internal organizational culture to embrace Web services (18.5%);
• 3. Multiple standards for implementation (also 18.5%);
• 4. No perceived business case for Web services (14.6); and
• 5. The difficulty of managing relationships with other organizations (6.8%).

There are numerous definitions of Web services, which has led to some confusion among IT executives. Loosely defined, Web services allow enterprises to knit together various business information and applications, both in-house and with outside partners, by using standards for integration such as XML, SOAP, and UDDI. Web services are considered a relatively inexpensive way to derive more value from previous IT investments by improving workflow and business efficiency - a major draw in the current economic climate.

Barriers before implementing IT/IS in EMCOR:

Time
planning and discussing well for the positive and negative effect for the implementation .The effects of these things that the company should have in the future years.

Training
Having new IS/IT, there should be trained personnel or a peopleware to handle IS/IT. implementation. It takes many training to be able to do such task.

Cost
There should be a budget in implementing new IS/IT. Company should be prepare for the budgets and the used of its IS/IT for them success.

Planning
They should plan what to do with their network .If they mis planning ,their business would be failed .Example If they use big servers for a little purposes could cause much problem to a company and the cost of that servers is much than theire income.

These are some of the barriers that company should analyze before they implement IS/IT in there company . It should be planned well Business Case be planned well .



References:

http://www.himss.org/2001Survey/HIMSS/surveyfinal/6.htm

Downsizing (HRM)assignment 5

Identify a company website that has undergone HR downsizing. Identify the cause of downsizing and describe its processes.


In this assignment we have a tak to identify a company ‘s website that has undergone downsizing and identify the cause and process of downsizing.


Thus, I have search some sight that help me to evaluate the company and learn some causes . Downsizing probably has a negative or positive to a company. There a fact that if they do this they can help the company to progress and some of companies would closed.
This is a technique to help the company to recover from such business failure.

As we have heard on the news , television, radio broadcast the most prevalent dilemma nowadays that many firms nowadays had done downsizing due to the recent world financial crisis they cannot sustain anymore the high inflation rate low income and high expenses . downsizing is the way for them to recover by this disaster. They lessen the manpower, layoff but later be rehired,early retirement.


Downsizing
In a business enterprise, downsizing is reducing the number of employees on the operating payroll. Some users distinguish downsizing from a layoff , with downsizing intended to be a permanent downscaling and a layoff intended to be a temporary downscaling in which employees may later be rehired. Businesses use several techniques in downsizing, including providing incentives to take early retirement and transfer to subsidiary companies, but the most common technique is to simply terminate the employment of a certain number of people.
Rightsizing is downsizing in the belief that an enterprise really should operate with fewer people. Dumbsizing is downsizing that, in retrospect, failed to achieve the desired effect.

It is an extremely relevant issue to organizations today in that it has become the most prevalent dilemma in recent years. The current tendency of organizations to restructure and ultimately to downsize has a major negative impact on the organizations themselves, on their surviving and terminated employees, on the government, and on society as a whole. In fact, it is everyone's problem, and it seems to have become more the rule than the exception that it used to be in the not too distant past. The current adverse economic climate has been persistent and long-lasting. As a result, many organizations that were operating inefficiently have been ..

Why do Firms Downsize?

Reduce costs
Reduce layers of management to increase decision making speed and get closer to the customer
Sharpen focus on core competencies of the firm, and outsource peripheral activities
Generate positive reactions from shareholders in order to improve valuation of stock price
Increase productivity

Downsizing Effects: Overall

Mixed effects on firm performance: some short-term costs savings, but long-term profitability & valuation not strongly affected.
Firm’s reputation as a good employer suffers. Example: Apple Computer’s reputation as good employer declined after several layoffs in 1990s.
Downsizing forces re-thinking of Employment Strategy. Lifelong employment policies not credible after a downsizing. Example: IBM abandoned lifelong policy after several layoffs in early 1990s.
Downsizing Works Best When:
Changes in Strategy, Organization structure and Culture accompany job cuts of downsizing
Weak business units and plant closures are used as basis of reductions, rather than across the board cuts affecting all units (including healthy ones)

Effects of Downsizing
All small business owners know the weighty responsibility of having employees dependent upon him to provide for their families. Despite a popular perceived view, not all business owners are cold-hearted calculating machines caring only for profits at the expense of everyone they step on while rising to the top.
Downsizing also has an economic risk. Shrinking a business reduces market value and reduces its customer base, which can be dangerous if perception of the company views it as unreliable. Growth is always viewed as a positive. Downsizing is not, and doing so will require a good public relations plan to offset negative publicity and customer perceptions.
Another effect is the emotional costs to both owner and employees. Losing a job for any reason is traumatic enough, but losing a job as the result of a business owner’s decision to downsize can be easily misunderstood.

Some Firms undergone downsizing

Philippine Airlines, Inc.

PAL
was
forced to downsize its international operations by completely cutting
operations to Europe and
eventually Southwest Asia,
cutting virtually all domestic services excluding routes operated from Manila, reducing the size
of its fleet and terminating the jobs of thousands of employees.


The airline was placed under receivership in 1998, gradually restoring operations to many of the destinations it formerly serviced. PAL exited receivership in 2007 with ambitious plans to further restore services to its previously-serviced destinations, as well as diversify its fleet.

Motorola Inc .
Based
Motorola Inc. on Monday announced it is downsizing its workforce in the
Philippines as global sales plunge because of weak demand for new mobile
phones.In a press briefing with reporters in Manila, Motorola, which is
headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, said they have still to determine how
many workers will be laid off in the Philippines, but added a significant part
of its workforce in the region will be laid off.

Malyn Molina, Motorola's account direct at Ogilvy Philippines told reporters in Manila, "The mobile devices division of Motorola Philippines will still be operating although it will no longer be as big and aggressive as before. But the concept stores and the distributor network will still be there."
But the downsizing of Motorola's workforce in the Philippines will not affect consumers the company said because a skeletal staff offering technical support and coordination

The Army’s elite units

Have grown“demoralized" and restive amid reports that headquarters plans to cut
their strength to just a third of their present size and curb their potential
to mount coups, a senior military officer said Thursday.



A
senior military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Army chief
Lieutentant General Romeo Tolentino has given a team until the end of the month
to study the downsizing of the First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR) and Special
Forces Regiment (SFR).

The two units consist of three
battalions each at present.

“Officers and men of Socom are greatly affected and demoralized by the ongoing
study at Army headquarters to downsize (the FSRR and SFR)…from their present
organization set up to just one battalion each to remove their capability to
launch coups and topple government," he said.

About 500 men make up a battalion.


Morale problem

“They all know what’s going to happen because that (downsizing of FSRR and SFR)
is the desire of the (Army chief)," he said. “This is a big problem in
terms of the morale of the present personnel and it also affects those who
formerly served with the Special Forces and Rangers."

"In fact, less than 50 Rangers out of nearly 5,000 Socom forces were
involved (in the plot). Why will the whole Socom unit, with the overwhelming
majority who remained loyal and professional, suffer from the misdeeds of the
misguided few," he said.

The officer added that it was “very ironic" that the planned downsizing
comes at a time when the government is renewing its campaign to cripple the
insurgents in two years.

The official said FSRR and SFR forces are have proven to be effective in the
conduct of counter-insurgency operations or counter-guerilla warfare.

“These (expertise) are the core competence or forte of Socom forces. The Socom
forces are the national maneuver force of the (Armed Forces of the Philippines),"
he said.

Visit
my blog


http://gleizelle@blogspot.com

References:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/13375/Elite-Army-units-demoralized-restive-over-downsizing-plans
http://www.answers.com/topic/philippine-airlines
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16454092.html
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci759501,00.html
http://business.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Downsizing