Abstract This paper explains that one of the major challenges in any data-warehousing project is the proficient amalgamation of large volumes of information of data available for analysis, which must include the customer database, the supplier database and the distributor database, all well integrated into the data-warehousing project. The author points out that data warehousing is an expensive undertaking especially because the beer industry depends extensively on distributors and suppliers and must maintain data on their extensive logistic and distributing channels. The paper stresses that knowledge acquisition is the first step for gaining advantages in the market place; therefore, data warehousing should facilitate internal research to identify new ways of doing tasks within the organization and systematic problem solving efforts. Illustrations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Objective
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Methodology
Sampling Procedures
Sources of Data
Literature Review of Data Warehousing
Discussion
Recommendations
Conclusion
From the Paper "Interviews will also be conducted with an additional 50 companies to identify the applications, if any, of data warehousing and the impact that this concept has made on the organization as a whole. This interview will be based on a fixed set of questions. All of the questions will be discussed with every individual. Interviews, in addition to data collection relevant to the question asked, can also identify the non-verbal reactions to the questions asked. Non-verbal communication could be in the form of the comfort level that the interviewee displays, the hand and eye movements and the facial expressions that might be made. The success of data collection using the interview methods is also dependent on the skill and personality of the interviewer. An interviewer who is able to introduce a level of comfort and camaraderie in the interviewee may be able to get more realistic and correct answers. Questions used in the study can be open-ended, where the subject is free to answer the question and discuss relevant issues that might be relevant to the question."
Abstract This paper stresses that the Great Depression, which is the "defining event" in the world during the 1930s, hit immigrants and the common man extremely hard; but African-Americans and other minorities, such as Mexicans, were affected even more than any white people in any part of the world. The author points out that, during the Great Depression, the American Dream was shattered beyond recognition. The paper relates that the Great Depression of the 1930s had a widespread impact on the economy of Nigeria and other African countries because the falling world markets caused the British trade amalgamations to lower extremely their prices for commodities from these areas.
From the Paper "These poor people found that they were now even worse off economically at this time than they had ever been before, and the government was not lifting a helping hand to them in any way at all. In addition, because of the scarcity of jobs, it was declared that women must not go for work, and in one family, only one member would be allowed to work and earn money. However, this did not work, because of the first truth that many families found that they could no survive on the income from one member, and they would need the income of the woman too if they were opt hope to survive in a very basic way. The second truth was that the husbands in their search of greener pastures had abandoned many women, and these women had no option but to go out for work to look after their children and run their homes. Marriage rates dropped for the first time in many years. "
This paper discusses that strategic management is needed to operate successfully under today's environment of mergers, acquisitions, globalization and specialization.
Abstract This paper explains that today's corporations are neither a democracy with everyone having a say nor an autocracy with only one person providing all the direction. The author points out that, instead, many global companies now use TSI (Total Systems Intervention), based on the philosophy that an amalgam of different viewpoints may lead to the optimum strategy. The paper relates that TSI involves a select team, including a number of people from separate departments or divisions, who are familiar not merely with their own industry, but also with potential opportunities in different marketplaces.
From the Paper "Very often, however, this strategy implementation by committee is not followed. In some interviews conducted by the Walls, for example, they write that the answers to their question of who is responsible for creating strategy in their company are more often than not: "The CEO comes up with the strategy. Well, the top team gives their input, but it is really the CEO." These same respondents explain that the corporate strategy is to be found in special binders, and that there seems to be no rational explanation of who comes up with the original strategic plan, or how. This leads to the basic misconception that a CEO is responsible, single-handedly for strategy and its implementation. While he may provide the final approval, it is his ability to delegate strategic planning to a group of eager, ambitious and capable executives seems to be the key to the success of that strategy."
Abstract This paper offers an all-encompassing study on sexual assault. It defines sexual assault and its far reaching effects. The author continues to discuss methods in which sexual abuse can be effectively treated and reduced. The paper analyzes existing sexual assault centers, mainly in Alberta, and how reform needs to be made with continued research and changes to the justice system in the hope of improving the overall health and well being of individuals. Also included are flow charts and matrix to support and quantify the authors opinions.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Prevalence
Effects of Sexual Assault
OBJECTIVES: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Reduce the Occurrence of Sexual Assault
Improve Survivors Recovery Process
ALTERNATIVES
Current System: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Private Funding
Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Government funding
Amalgamation of Sexual Assault Center Services with Other Services
STAKEHOLDERS
Survivors
Supporters
Service Providers (Crisis Centres)
General Population
Government
Funders
CRITERIA
Prevention
Efficacy
Cost Effectiveness
Efficiency
Access
Choice
Equity
Safety
MULTI-CRITERIA MATRIX EVALUATION
Criteria by Alternatives
Alternative 1: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with private funding
Alternative 2: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Government funding
Alternative 3: Amalgamation of Sexual Assault Center Services with Other Services
Criteria by Stakeholders
Survivors
Supports
Service Providers
General Population
Government
Funders
Objectives by Stakeholders
Objectives by Alternatives
Objectives by Criteria
Stakeholders by Alternatives
CONCLUSION
Appendix A
Policy: Sexual Assault Multi-
Sexual Assault Policy Multi - Criteria Matrix
References
From the Paper "Sexual assault and sexual abuse, though often not acknowledged, are very prevalent in our Western society. A Statistics Canada survey conducted in 1993 found that 39% of adult women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of sexual assault, as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada, since the age of sixteen (Statistics Canada, 1993). FBI annual statistics have estimated lifetime prevalence rates of one in four women and one in eight men who will be sexually assaulted (Rennison, 1999). These findings are concurrent with other studies that have been conducted by various researchers in both Canada and the United States (Koss, 1993; LoVerso, 2001; Bagley, 1984; DeKeserdy et al, 1993). Given the taboo around sexual assault and sexual abuse along with fears of not being believed and feeling somehow responsible for the assault, it is likely that these prevalence rates are underestimates of the true prevalence rates because of underreporting (Kahn and Andreoli, 2000)."
A look at how Europe went from Kant's ethical idealism to Nietzsche's will to power as manifested in fascism including evolution philosophies from Kant, to Hegel, to Heidegger, to Nietzsche.
5,295 words (approx. 21.2 pages), 5 sources, 2000, $ 131.95
Abstract This paper questions whether society is an imitation of philosophy or vice versa. The writer argues that it is an amalgamation of the two. He looks at the developments of philosophy between the time of Kant and Nietzsche and whether they influenced society. He believes that in the idea of beauty, art, and the artist, these otherwise disparate philosophers are all tied together and that through this unity philosophy was allowed to progress.
From the Paper "How did Europe go from Kant's moral duty to Nietzsche's Will to Power? It seems an unfathomable leap, one that occurred more due to societal changes than due to the philosophical influence of the thinkers. It isn?t, however, that simple. Does life imitate art, or vice versa, or in this case philosophy and society. I believe it is an amalgamation of the two, with the philosophers influencing the society in varying degrees, many times tapping the undercurrent that already exists, but sometimes, with great thinkers, pushing society in wild new directions. The thinkers we have studied are these great thinkers, shaping society with their philosophies. Therefore, there is a connection in the change of the philosophical tradition that occurred from Kant to Nietzsche. The simple answer would be the death of God made this change, the resultant rise in atheism throughout Europe, but once again it is subtler and more complex than that, no Ockham's Razor here. We must explore the reason for the death of God, and the reason Kant's ethical idealism began to fail in the first place. Kant began as the last great Platonist. Hegel, with the vagary of his Geist opened Pandora's box and allowed Nietzsche's ideas to flourish. Nietzsche killed God, and Heidegger, in his own inimitable way, brought him back again as Being."
Tags: enlightenment, german, nazism, philosophy, war, world
Abstract The author begins this paper with an examination of the development and decline of the Roman Empire and its various trade connections. The author moves on to look at the rise of Islam in the 7th century and the subsequent fall of the Axum Empire. The author continues by looking at the rise of Christianity in the Mediterranean region and its move into Africa and then how Islam essentially eliminated Christianity in those regions. The author then discusses Islam's effect on commerce and military matters and its development in Africa by means of conquests and it's ideology of equality among believers.
From the paper:
?The spread of Islam, from its heartland in the Middle East and North Africa to India and Southeast Asia, revealed the power of the religion and its commercial and sometimes military attributes. Civilizations were altered without being fully drawn into a single Islamic statement. A similar pattern developed in sub-Saharan Africa, as Islam provided new influences and contacts without amalgamating African culture as a whole to the Middle Eastern core. New religious, economic, and political patterns developed in relation to the Islamic surge, but great diversity remained.?
Abstract This paper applauds the author's use of current day language. The author notes that the novel is written in first-person narrative and takes place in an ordinary middle-America town in the '90s. The author states that the novel is an amalgamation of Tom Sawyer and Holden Caulfield.
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Book
Analysis of the Book
Conclusion
Works Cited
From the Paper "The author Russell Bank writes in the manner that infused his stories with a sadistic honesty and moral goodness that his characters strive to live up to. He writes in striking and most often sad tones about the drama of daily life (Anderson, eye net). Furthermore, his themes of failure, of weakness, of the complexity of living an honest life were often desolating, but all his stories does contain a positive wisdom to them along with a sense of optimism found in the details that he carefully draws out of his characters' routine and everyday realities. (Anderson, eye net)"
Abstract This paper presents a step by step guide for a hospital for implementing changes which will make the system run more smoothly, minimize wasted resources and be more cost-efficient. The program is laid out in five steps - 1. Amalgamate acquirement receiving with copy cataloging; 2. Combining complicated copy cataloging, copy-assisted cataloging, and some record maintenance; 3.Consolidating original monograph cataloging units; move responsibility for pub recall; 4.Digital initiative support and 5.Consolidate database management.
From the Paper "The objectives of this change plan are few and to the point. The need for this change arose when we felt the need for this new department due to the loss of work. In order to make the hospital a more manageable place and for its records to be easily available to doctors and nurses the following points must be taken in view. The flow of work as we lose staff through attrition, reassignment, retirement, etc. The staff has to be moved in a staff development direction, i.e., to broaden skills for future flexibility within and outside of the hospital."
From the Paper " Most briefly stated, the primary problem of international organization is the achievement of a stable peace among nation-states. This research examines the theoretical and practical advances toward this goal by the model of integration theory in international relations advanced by Karl Deutsch and Richard Van Wagenen.
The theoretical and empirical studies of Deutsch and Wagenen admittedly appear grand. However, the scholars curtail the focus of their work to peaceful relations among nation-states in one major region of the globe--the North Atlantic area. The lessons learned from the relations within the North Atlantic region can then be generalized for the future study of how to attain peace across the globe as a whole.
The Problem and Definitions.."
Abstract This paper analyzes John Colapinto's "As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl" which shows that sexuality is as much about cultural mores and habits as it is about genetics. The paper discusses the book which is an analysis of how individuals come to see themselves as possessed of sexual identities and the process through which each individual learns to negotiate his or her identity as an amalgam of personal and social desires.
From the Paper "The book tells the story of what is in the beginning a medical tragedy. Following a botched circumcision, a family is convinced by doctors, psychiatrists and other health-care professionals to raise their infant son, Bruce, as a girl. They rename the child Brenda and spend the next 14 years trying to transform him into a her. Brenda's childhood reads as one filled with anxiety and loneliness, and her fear and confusion are present on nearly every page concerning her early childhood. The early part of this book demonstrates very clearly that human sexuality is not something that simply springs upon us in adolescence, for from preschool years Brenda is aware of a contradiction in the way her body feels and the way that other girls? relate to their bodies."
Abstract This paper discusses how Japanese art is an impressive entity complete in itself with a unique identity of its own. It looks at how the field doesn?t primarily focus on paintings or prints and how instead everything, from sculpture to temple carvings occupy an important place in Japanese art. It analyzes its history of art by looking at different cultural influences. It also examines how Japanese music today is a rich amalgam of western and eastern traditions and how no matter how westernized the music becomes, the Japanese music industry cannot fully abandon the influence of eastern musical techniques because of its long and very vibrant history.
From the Paper "Japanese music can technically be arranged into two broad categories: western and traditional composed in major and minor pentatonic scales. While there are various technical differences in western music of Japan and that of the rest of the world, still these are two categories that presently prevail in modern Japan. It is easier for the youth to identify with western style of music however Japan boasts of a long series of famous traditional singers who left an indelible mark the global music scene. One such singer was Misora Hibari who was born in 1937. The music scene in Japan is not only alive, it is constantly changing and adapting to the modern world around. This is probably the best way Japan can connect with the western societies and emerge out of the shackles of its restrictive traditions."
Abstract This paper discusses various aspects of euthanasia in light of an article titled,"Sandy Plans to Win her Race Against Life" that appeared in the issue of "The Age", an Australian journal in its issue of May 27, 2002. It presents an amalgamation of ideas taken from a number of books and articles on the various aspects of euthanasia?s, its relationship with health care and health care professionals, some of the ethical issues involved and the various groups involved in the decision of ending the life of an individual.
Outline
Introduction
Euthanasia's Relationship with Health Care
Ethical Issues and Role of Nurses
Ethical Issues
Decisions at Various Levels
Patient's Decision
Physician's Decision
The Law
The International Perspective
Summary
From the Paper "Both medicine and technology have experienced immense achievements, enabling us to use these advances for not only diagnosing numerous illnesses, but also suggesting various treatment measures, yet all these can not in any manner be compensated for the primary responsibility of the health care professionals; one that requires them to take care of the sick, even if he or she is terminally ill. In this regard health professionals have very efficiently used a term, 'palliative care', that truly applies to the care of the sick in general, and especially the terminally ill patients. Palliative care aims at avoiding the two extreme ends in health care. One is the health care professionals' endeavors to continue treatment and health care with the ultimate objective of preserving the life of the patient, even though it is clear that the patient so treated is suffering from a terminal illness, and will die sooner or later."
Abstract This paper compares two articles on techno music and its origins with regards to culture. It maintains that culture and music is a combination of the past and present to provide something unique and innovative.
Abstract This paper examines three significant changes in Toronto over the past 10 years. These changes are the increasing impact of immigration, the shift from suburban development to core development, and political restructuring and amalgamation. Each is outlined and its significance noted.
