Communication is a two way interactive process and its importance can be found in our professional as well as in our daily personal lives. We have intentionally taken a holistic approach in this module. It focuses on the person you are, of which your role as a teacher is a facet. Without taking the whole persona into consideration, it may not be possible to achieve the objective of improvin…
Communication and Human Rights is a collection drawn from the conference of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (iamcr) held in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in July 2009
It is both a privilege and a pleasure to write a Foreword to Mark Hayes’s splendid monograph on the approach and method of The General Theory and, especially, on what they both owe to Keynes’s upbringing as a Marshallian
In present era of information technology where information is not considered as base for competitive advantage but it is considered as competitive necessity, role of information in decision making become more vital. In this article author discuss about the introduction, nature and types of information in organizations. How information requirements in organizations could be determined analy…
Risk management may be defined as the reduction and control of the adverse effects of the risks to which an organization is exposed. Risks include all aspects of accidental losses that may lead to any wastage of the organization's, society’s and environmental assets. These assets cover personnel, materials, machinery, procedures, products, money, and natural resources: soil, water, energy, na…
Iam pleased to welcome this important collection of authoritative papers on enterprise risk management. This subject has, unfortunately, operated below the visibility screen of most CEOs for many years. In the financial institutions, where regulations require a risk management process, most bank CEOs viewed it as a compliance process, much like internal audit and internal controls. They did…
This paper describes primarily the advantages abound in the introduction of Management Information Systems (MIS) into the hospital library information service delivery. The ‘tool’ if adopted will in no small measure aid the achievement of effective and efficient information management in the hospital under review. Using health systems research methodology, it was found that there is the nee…
Knowledge of cultural influences can be leveraged to mitigate risk, to contain costs and to improve corporate effectiveness. Surprisingly, these aspects of organizational behaviour are often overlooked or their effect underestimated. Management commitment may be the single most important determinant of airline safety. Although further research linking measured management commitment and safet…
A diseased nation, subject to paroxysms of insanity, and requiring 30,000 keepers, was a dangerous neighbour, as well as a serious financial burden. Yet many contended that all such attempts were useless. It was like trying different kinds of soap to whiten the skin of a negro. The patient was incurable. Her ailment was nothing but natural perversity, aggravated by religious delusions; and the …
Cisco Networking Academy is a comprehensive e-learning program that delivers informa- tion technology skills to students around the world. The Cisco CCNA Exploration curricu- lum consists of four courses that provide a comprehensive overview of networking, from fundamentals to advanced applications and services. The curriculum emphasizes theoretical concepts and practical application, while pro…
The main goal of this article is to present alternative methods of market risk measurement in Polish banking sector with popular Value at Risk (VaR) approach. Four main methods: analytical, historical, simulation and hybrid (Filtered Historical Simulation, FHS) of VaR are presented and then three of them are applied to evaluate interest risk stemming from government bonds’ portfolio held…