describe four ways that application software can be used to improve business process and functions.
there is only 1; speed things up
My AP Economics teacher asked the following question and I can’t come up with an answer:
Have you ever seen an employee who added nothing to the productvity of a business? Why do you suppose such workers are sometimes hired?
No, it has nothing to do with affirmative action.
Tax credits. I worked for a major company and was in the H.R. department. We had a list of sorts to hire from first. On it, was a list of "types of people" who would be more desirable to hire for the tax credit. There were points given and if we could hire someone with a combo of requirements, all the better.
Some of the qualifications were: Formerly on welfare, Formerly incarcerated, Former drug addict, Mentally ill or disabled in some way, English as a Second language.
The company’s thoughts were, "If they don’t work out, we get rid of them at the 89th day." (90 day probationary period) I will add that it was a quite technical job, so many contributed little to nothing and didn’t make it past the 90th day. We actually found one "Former drug addict" had found a shift in the load in a truck and tucked himself in for a nap. We found him when the truck was unloaded.
Rule #1: Search YA and Google FIRST before you post.
Rule #2: Specify the programming language in the title of your question.
Rule #3: Specify what you’re using to compile.
Rule #4: Post all relevant code, COMMENTED, on pastebin and link us to it.
Rule #5: Post your compiler error messages, if any, so we can know where to look for the problem.
Rule #6: If no compile errors, post the details of the strange behavior (what it should do and what it actually does).
Rule #7: If you have no code, don’t ask a question. We’re not homework fairies. Do your own school assignments or change your degree if you’re not cut out for it.
Rule #8: If you don’t know the answer to a question, don’t answer it.
Rule #9: If you need help with facebook, photoshop, tumblr, Windows, Mac, video editing, etc., post it in the appropriate section, not this one.
Rule #10: If you want advice on which education to pursue, ask it in education.
Now on to the most common questions in YA programming:
1. If you just started programming and your program flashes the console screen for a split second when you try to run it, it’s because your program displays "Hello World" and then immediately ends. You need to run it in debug mode or add a statement to halt the program before it ends.
2. Web development is not software development. HTML is a markup language, not a programming language. If you want to make web sites, you want to be a web developer, not a programmer.
3. C++ is the best programming language if you want to make games or any large-scale simulation software. It is not too hard to learn as a first language.
4. You do not need to learn C before you learn C++, and unless you plan on maintaining legacy C applications or embedded software or linux operating systems, you do not need to know C at all.
5. C++ is a programming language, not a graphics API. If you want your C++ program to have graphics, look into graphics APIs to use.
6. You do not need to learn 20 different programming languages. You should learn 1 or 2 useful ones, master software development with them, THEN if you need to ever write something in a different language, worry about learning the language.
7. If you want to make games, go to a trade school that specializes in Game Development, such as Full Sail or DigiPen. If you can’t afford that, then look for a degree in Software Development at your local university. If they don’t have that, you can settle on Computer Science.
8. You will not be a professional software developer unless you go to school and earn the credentials you need to gain employment. If you just want to do little dorky projects as a hobby, not as a career, then pick up an ActionScript book and settle for making flash games.
9. Programmer salaries typically range from $40,000 – $120,000, depending on a variety of factors.
10. Yes, you need to possess a strong foundation in math to be a good programmer. A minimum of college algebra level skills will be necessary for anything you work on. business productivity software can require Trigonometry and Calculus. Game and simulation software can require higher Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Physics. You don’t have to be good at math, but you have to be capable of learning and using it.
@Azure: Nobody is limiting anything. I’m providing some guidelines for how to get faster and more accurate answers to your programming questions. By following a few simple common sense guidelines, askers can get the help they want and answerers can find the questions they have the answers to faster. If my rules are not to your liking, then you are under no obligation to follow them or respond to my posts either.
If people followed Rule #1, there wouldn’t be ANY questions!!
Bridging the Value Gap: Connect PeopleSoft & SharePoint to Extend Business Processes -Webinar record
Magic Software – Integration for Microsoft SharePoint: http://tinyurl.com/YT-Integration-for-SharePoint
Businesses running PeopleSoft Enterprise value the advantages that PeopleSoft brings in managing their enterprises. Nevertheless, many business processes extend beyond the boundaries of traditional ERP modules and SharePoint is filling the need for customized content and workflow centric business processes. Learn how you can bridge the gap between SharePoint and PeopleSoft to achieve the ultimate in business process orchestration using a cost-effective and efficient integration platform that allows you to avoid expensive, heavy middleware.
Magic Software integration tool: http://tinyurl.com/YT-Magic-iBOLT
Duration : 0:51:27
At The Wildlife Experience, an interactive museum dedicated to natural habitats, one environment that was a bit too wild was its own email service. When it came time to replace the unreliable and difficult-to-manage service, the museum adopted the Microsoft business productivity Online Standard Suite. Now, museum personnel save up to two hours per week and are more effective while away from the museum. Email traffic has shrunk by 35 percent. Reliability has increased by 80 percent. Account provisioning time has been reduced from days to minutes. These and other efficiencies make it possible for the two-person IT staff to manage the expanding environment without additional personnel. By adopting the service, the museum avoided an estimated U.S.$30,000 capital outlay for its own infrastructure, as well as 92 percent of the annual operating expenses for a self-hosted system.
Read the full case study: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Business-Productivity-Online-Standard-Suite/The-Wildlife-Experience/Museum-Avoids-92-Percent-of-Operating-Costs-for-Messaging-Communications-Service/4000010432
Duration : 0:2:8
Will Bowen speaks from experience. He is an award-winning salesperson who now works with organizations around the world to create more productive work environments. The Complaint Free Program he created has been featured on Oprah, NBC’s Today Show, The ABC Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning and Fox News. Stories about him and his Complaint Free concept have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, People magazine and The Los Angeles Times as well as hundreds of other newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad.
Will Bowen has addressed audiences ranging in size from 40 to 4,500 from dozens of leading organizations including the Million Dollar Roundtable’s “Top of the Table” and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Will is the author of two international bestselling books: A Complaint Free World—How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life you Always Wanted (Crown) .and Complaint Free Relationships—How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work and Love Relationships (Crown).
Duration : 0:7:59
Rule is the productivity platform that collects and connect the parts of work so teams can collaborate from anywhere, with anyone about everything that matters.People, CRM, Projects, Documents and more- all interacting and coexisting with total transparency online in an activity stream — so you can finally manage your business under one rule. Go to ?http://rule.fm? for more info.
Sorry 37signals (Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack & Campfire), Podio, Manymoon, Apollo, Huddle and the rest of our productivity predecessors…we had to do it.
What you will get with the RULE productivity platform — Contact Management, CRM (Customer Relations Management), Document Management, Sharing and Permissions, Project Management (Projects, Tasks, Task Lists, Milestones), Time Tracking, Discussions, Chat, Internal Messaging, Calendar (sync calendar with iCal and Google Calendar), Wikis and more.
Duration : 0:0:30
When a business does poorly, some worker’s wages are cut, others are laid off.
When a business does well, worker’s wages remain stagnant, management’s salary skyrockets.
This is usually the case.
@the retard who said wage stagnation is a myth, you are a moron.
This video shows how to simulate a business process to quantify its performance in terms of time and cost.
The modeling software tool we used in the demo is called Business Process Visual ARCHITECT (BP-VA) Simulacian Edition from Visual Paradigm.
Related Links
Read the text version of this tutorial video
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/tutorials/simulateprocesses.jsp
Tutorial Video – Introduction to BPMN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7c–hHlZBU
Written Tutorial – Introduction to BPMN
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/tutorials/bpmn1.jsp
What can BP-VA do for you in business modeling
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/bpva/provides/
Duration : 0:9:46
Share what you want with who you want. No more digging through email to find attachments and sort through discussions. Share files, assign permissions, track versions, and have tangent-free conversations. Collect and connect your docs in the cloud.
Rule is the productivity platform that collects and connect the parts of work so teams can collaborate from anywhere, with anyone about everything that matters.People, CRM, Projects, Documents and more- all interacting and coexisting with total transparency online in an activity stream — so you can finally manage your business under one rule. Go to ?http://rule.fm? for more info.
Sorry 37signals (Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack & Campfire), Podio, Manymoon, Apollo, Huddle and the rest of our productivity predecessors…we had to do it.
What you will get with the RULE productivity platform — Contact Management, CRM (Customer Relations Management), Document Management, Sharing and Permissions, Project Management (Projects, Tasks, Task Lists, Milestones), Time Tracking, Discussions, Chat, Internal Messaging, Calendar (sync calendar with iCal and Google Calendar), Wikis and more.
Duration : 0:0:44