1} what are the benefits of DNA databases?
Ans:- following of the benefits of DNA databases.
DNA database would help to stop them in their tracks thereby saving everyone a huge amount of expense and misery. They are use for a legal proof. identify criminal place A Laboratory creates a profile of specific agreed upon genetic segment of the DNA molecule for a specific individual and store that information in a datdbase.
2. What problems do Dna databases pose?
people may be suspected as criminal if any hair or bodily flaids found at criminal spot. DNA samples obtained for analysis from the collection of DNA at crime scenes and from samples taken from individuals in police custody can be held in the national DNA database Innocent people may be caught up in a criminal investigation when their DNA. Computer analys can discover the identity of a criminal by matching DNA from bloods , hair , salivo, other bodily fluids left at a crime place so It ‘s very easy to identify criminals.
3. Who should be included in a national DNA databases? Should it be limited to convicted felons? Explain your answer?
DNA database to include juveniles or people who have been accused of crime but not convicted. advocated expanding the FBI national DNA databases to include juveniles. DNA has been collected from witness or others to eliminate them from families of suspects to determine whether suspects should continue to be pursued. There are many problem for an innocent person's DNA to be at crime scene that police might choose to disregard.
4. Who shouid be able to use DNA databases?
crime happens at private or public place where many people have right to be but any single hair or bodily fluids left at a crime place may be chance Innocent people may be caught up in a criminal investigation when their DNA from a single hair or spot of saliva on a drink glass appears in a public or private place where they had every right to be.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
DNA DATABASE; Crime –fighting weapon or threat to privacy?
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Can information systems help prevent a public health crisis?
1] Describe And Diagram The Exiting Process For Reporting And Identifying Major Public Health Problems, Such As A Flu Pandemic.
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Ø Physicians or laboratories within the hospital identify any potential health risks and then compile a report on the issue.
Ø The identification of the issue/risk is reliant on individual hospitals tracking the volume numbers of patients with similar symptoms.
Ø This report is than faxed or posted to the local public health authority.
Ø The public health authority, on receipt of the report, will phone the hospital in question for any additional information it requires before it is in a position to make any decisions or taken any relevant preventative measures.
Ø Hospitals, Physicians, and laboratories would mail or fax paper reports to public health agencies, who would then call health care providers for more detailed information.
Ø This slow chain of person-to-person communication is not well suitable for a major public health emergency.
2] How Does Biosense Improve This Process? Diagram The Process For Reporting And Identifying Public Health Problems Using Biosense.
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Ø BioSense is a management information system (M.I.S.), which gathers the relevant data from individual hospital patient information systems in real time. By analysing this data and also passing it onto the Centre for Disease Control’s (CDC) M.I.S., it removes the potential for the long delays associated with the existing manual reporting process and the reliance on human intervention to identify potential health risks.
Ø BioSense allows for an organised coordinated and focused approach to managing health information spanning all geographic areas in the U.S. making it possible to manage information which in turn creates better decision making and execution of remedial actions.
Ø It also allows for the sharing of information among registered users, which are geographically relevant to each other, so they may identify potential risks or threats to their.
Ø BioSense sits atop a hospital’s existing information systems, continually gathering and analyzing their data in real time.
Ø Custom software developed by CDC monitors the facility’s network traffic and captures relevant patient records, diagnoses, and prescription information.
3] Discuss The Pros And Cons Of Adopting Biosense For Public Health Surveillance. Should All Hospitals And Public Health Agencies Switch To Biosense? Why or Why Not?
Ans. Decreases the time to identify causes, risk factors, and appropriate interventions; and decreases the time needed to implement countermeasures and health guidance.Cons: Many hospitals have not been anxious to jump on the bandwagon because the transition would be burdensome and time-consuming to translate its data codes into the standards used by CDC’s.
4] Put Yourself In The Role Of Hospital Director At A Large Urban Hospital. Would You Support Joining Up With The Biosense System? Why or Why Not? What Factors Would You Want To Take Into Account Before Joining?
Ans. I would support joining up with the BioSense system. First priority of the hospital business is not only to make profits but also to save human’s life. In order to save human’s life, information sharing services and integrated IT are a necessity.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
MIS :- (VIRTUAL MANEGMENT AT ACCENTURE)
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(A) ADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT:
- Accenture are helping the client to achieve “High Performance”.
- They are providing the information in any kind of field, Technology such as information technology, organization information and ETC.
- They are also help for the college graduate for the passing information which is related to his study they are also helpful of the participation of the country economics.
- They are also seeing to creating a high performance business and high performance organization and the role of information system in enabling such organization.
- They also introduce a modern technology of the passing information systems in this type of business there is no need to face to face communication, they are interact with network.
- Accenture really helpful to join the any kind of company.
- This new technology to introduce market information.
- Company can also save time to collecting data by using this side of web site.
- Other way companies can also taking truly information in there management system.
(B) DISADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT:
- Company may be done in some kind of fraud activities.
- Company must require a legal and personal contact.
- This concept are using mostly in foreign country not in domestic country.
- Information is may be in a wrong or misguided.
- This all information are in a softcopy wise, Only they work there is no need to hard work and hard copy.
- Information may be passing through competitor.
- There is a no legal proof to running such kind of business.
Q-2 Would you like to work in a company like Accenture? Why or why not? Explain your answer. - Ans.
No, I do not like to work in this type of companies because; following are the reason to not participation in this type of company.
There are no stabilities in this type of companies because worker or employee are coming and go out of this type of job. In this type of job the salary function are also very slow to increment. This type of job is may be in a risky. If a person or employee having a good personality of speech or they can easily interact to the other persons so, they can enter in this type of job but a person not having good communication skills so why they can enter this type of job.
Q-3 What kind of companies could benefits from being run virtually like Accenture? Could all companies be run virtually like Accenture? - Ans.
- Organizations are interdependence between organization and information system.
- Most of the dot com companies are use this kind of benefits from being run virtually like Accenture, for e.g. ask.com, sulekha.com, google.com, yahoo.com, rediffmail.com, etc.
- Also all kind of telecommunication and call center are using or taking information about the company are allocating part of the company.
- Governments are also taking part to the information about the system, economically, state wise passing information through his member or employee.
- Not all type of companies is run with this type of Accenture’s companies, but some companies are taking participations in Accenture’s.
So, this type of companies or sector taking part through information systems.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Top 10 Time Management Tips for Effective Office Time Management
Instead of constantly being distracted by telephone calls get a secretary or answering machine to take messages for you, then set aside time each day to focus on returning calls. By separating work and phone calls you will be able to focus more clearly on each task and get more out of your time. Effective office time management means that you need to focus on the task at hand and so an important time management tip is to do whatever you can to minimize distractions, such as the phone and email.
2. Set aside a Time to Answer Emails
Emails are another thing which affects effective office time management and can constantly distract you from focusing on the task at hand. A time management tip to deal with this problem is therefore to set aside time each day to deal with your emails and then for the rest of the day turn off your email program, or at least turn off instant notifications of emails.
3. Create a To-Do List the Day Before
To-do lists are often listed as a time management tip. Effective office time management means that before you leave the office each day prepare a to-do list for the following day and prioritize it, that way as soon as you come into the office in the morning you know what you need to focus your attention on.
4. Complete the Major Tasks First
Start your day with one of the big, important tasks and then go onto smaller and less important tasks. By first focusing on the large tasks you will get them complete in a shorter space of time and then will be able to deal with smaller tasks, whereas if you start with the smaller tasks you will soon find them filling up your day and not having time left to do the larger tasks.
5. Do Tasks that Take Less Than 5 Minutes Immediately
Effective office time management means that if you have a task you need to do that is going to take a few minutes to complete then do it as soon as you receive it, this way you will get the small things out of the way and not need to think about them.
6. Keep your Desk and Office Organized
A major cause of ineffective time management is disorganization. Keep your desk and office organized, keep everything on hand and keep things in the place you have assigned them and you will never waste time searching for the things you need or have important items go missing.
7. Prioritize
Setting priorities is vital for effective office time management. An important time management tip is therefore that you should know both on a long term and daily basis what your priorities are and should prioritize your long term goals as well as your daily to-do list.
8. Delegate
Delegation is another useful tool for effective office time management. You do not need to do everything yourself; if you find a task that someone would be able to do as well as you or even better then delegate that task to that person. Delegation does not only need to take place at work but can also take place at home.
9. Set SMART goals
Another important time management tip is to set SMART goals. SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, rewarding and timely. By setting SMART goals you know what you are working towards, have a way of measuring when it has been successfully completed and know when you want to complete it by. SMART goals are useful in showing you what steps you need to take in order to fulfill your dreams.
10. Choose Technology Carefully
Technology can either be useful for improving effective office time management or it can hinder effective time management. Our last time management tip is therefore to be careful when choosing the technology you use to ensure that it really does improve your productivity and efficiency and not harm it.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
BASIC TIPS TO MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES
LISTEN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES - It doen't make quite a sense for an organizations to spend considerable time and effort to hire the best but later on ignoring their input. Listening and responding to them will motivates and inspire them further.
GET EMPLOYEES INVOLVEMENT - Gives them oppurtunity to participate in discussion , make their view known though management still make the final decisions.
KEEP EMPLOYEES INFORM OF OBJECTIVES - People should not be kept in the dark. Provide clear personal goals and objectives, what is supposed to be done.
ENCOURAGE INNOVATION - Ensure employee of that their employment is secure. People tend to get uneasy of any uncertainties within the company and limits innovative ideas.
DON'T BE A DEMOTIVATOR - A leader keep people motivated and works towards common goal. Demeaning words, dismissively telling their ideas as 'stupid', erodes their motivations. Watch your own actions and don't let these defeats your own efforts in motivating.
KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEE FLAME ALIVE - People are all fired up and ready to do things when they take up employment with your company. But, these enthusiasm wear down over time. You should fan these flame again and renewed their enthusiasm towards the company.
CREATING A MOTIVATING WORK ENVIRONMENT - Leaders who can't motivate their people directly, should and must create a workplace that is very motivating. Identify factors and ensure work environment supports them.