Improving Listening Skills of Children

Improving the Listening Skills of Children Do you find yourself repeating things? Getting a child to listen can be one of the greatest challenges that a parent has to face early on. Indeed, one method that parents tend to employ is to simply repeat the same instruction over and over again. You might find yourself saying, “How many times do I have to tell you…?” This rarely, if ever, helps the child to learn what they have done wrong, because the answer to the question is a number! It has… Read More

The Psychology of Attitude

The Psychology of Attitude What is attitude? Attitude is, in a word, how you express your likes and dislikes towards particular people, things, and occurrences. Attitudes can be positive, negative, or neutral. It is also common to have more than one of these feelings towards something – when that happens, for example, in the case of a person both likes and dislikes something at once, we say that that person’s attitude is “ambivalent”. Attitudes are typically derived from judgments, which everyone makes. In psychology, it is believed that attitudes are… Read More

Listening Better in School

Listening Better in School Is Listening Important for My Studies? Listening is one of the key strategies for assimilating knowledge in to one’s brain for long term use. On average, college students spend around fourteen hours each week listening to lectures in classrooms across the nation. But are they really listening? You have to realize that there is a major difference between merely hearing and actively listening. Hearing can be thought of as “passive listening.” You might hear the sounds of someone’s voice and are thus aware that a person… Read More

N-Tier Architecture: The Business Rules Layer

The Business Rules Layer in an N-Tier architecture is that layer that contains the Business logic and / or Business rules of the application. Reserving a separate layer strictly for Business logic in an N-Tier architecture is a major advantage, in that any changes that need to be made to Business rules can be made here without having any effect on other applications. Assuming that the interface among the different layers stays the same, changes that are made to the functionality / processing logic in the Business Rules Layer can… Read More

How to Adjust Your Attitude

How to Adjust Your Attitude Do you pay attention to your attitude with an eye on improving it? If the answer to this question is no, then you have a lot of work to do. Let us be honest with ourselves for a minute – nobody is perfect. Each and every one of us has bad days. This is why it is vital to always keep “one eye peeled” on your attitude to make sure it does not have a negative impact on your environment and thus make everything a… Read More

Listening Skills – Listening in Relationships

Can Communication Save My Relationship? The answer to this question is a resounding yes. But communication, it must be kept in mind, is a two way street. When most people hear the word “communication,” they automatically think of talking. But listening is of equal importance. Some experts even say it is of prime importance. Whatever the situation you find yourself in in your love life, you can improve it greatly by focusing on this core component of one’s interpersonal skills. All relationships need communication in order to survive. Chances are,… Read More

N-Tier Architecture Presentation Logic Layer

The Presentation Layer in an N-Tier structure is commonly referred to as the “client” layer. It consists of parts that are used to present data to an end user. Examples of components on the Presentation Layer might include edit boxes, labels, text boxes, grids, buttons, Windows or Web forms, or more. The Presentation Layer can be either Windows based or Internet based. What an Internet Based Presentation Layer Looks Like Let us take a look of a correctly formatted Presentation Layer. This one consists of a Web server (IIS, in… Read More

Application Development in .NET

Application development in .NET Client Side Application Development Client applications are applications that run on the client system-or the desktop of the user. They are closest to the traditional windows based applications and they display forms or windows on the desktop enabling the user perform predefined tasks. Word processors and spread sheets are examples of client applications that employ menus, GUI elements and access local resources such as printers and scanners.    A different kind of Client application is the ActiveX component (now deployed as Windows Forms control) that is… Read More

Listening Skills – The Key to Effective Listening

What are the main types of effective listening? There are essentially three types of careful listening that you will want to follow. They are paraphrasing, open questioning, and feeling reflection. The first of these, paraphrasing, is mainly just re-stating what someone has said in your own words. To use an example, someone might say something along the lines of, “I can’t believe he just quit his job. What a mistake he has made!” In response, you might say, “So you seem to think he quitting his job was a bad… Read More

N-Tier Application Partitioning

Application partitioning is a vital process, as it provides one with the opportunity to clearly define an even distribution of an application’s presentation, process, and key data components – without which, you may find yourself feeling quite lost. The components may be distributed over several different physical machines, or across a vast array of memory address spaces.  Application partitioning serves to maximize the inherent benefits of a multi tiered computer model, in that it distributes application processing across all spectrums of the system’s resources. For those who wish to achieve… Read More

Listening Skills : Why listening is important

Why do you need to have good listening skills? You might recall that several years ago on TV there was a public service announcement that talked about the importance of listening skills. The PSA differentiated between hearing, which is merely a physical ability, and listening, which is actually a skill. By being able to listen, we are able to effectively make sense of what another person is saying. It greatly enhances our understanding and our overall abilities in life. It can also be vital in determining such vital perks as… Read More

Listening Skills – Classroom Listening as key to a Bright Future

Classroom Listening as key to a Bright Future A lot of people confuse listening with hearing. The truth is, the two are very distinct. Most of us can hear, but not all of us are effective when it comes to listening. Listening is a skill that has to be developed over time. Below, we will review some of the questions that every student should ask himself or herself at some point when attending a class. This helps them become better listeners – and more successful in life outside the classroom.… Read More

N-Tier Application Manageability

While it is a fact that N-Tier applications tend to provide almost limitless scalability, the desire to change or add new forms of functionality can present a challenge in more than one arena. Growth on a large scale can make capacity planning quite hard. When available resources have been exhausted by applications, then there must be some sort of provision made to borrow resources in order to support unexpected workloads. This is where manageability becomes key.  Manageability entails the sharing of resources, simplicity, and centralized management. Organizations are forced by… Read More

Attitude Development : Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect Can Practicing Help Improve My Attitude? You bet it does. But it is not as simple as merely “practicing” whatever it is that you want to get good at. You have to learn how to practice the right way. Indeed, practicing can be used in virtually every profession as a way of getting good at something. But instead of practicing to make perfect, we should first practice in a perfect way in order to realize perfection. Sound confusing? Let us take a look at the differences between… Read More

Listening Skills – Become a Better Listener in the Classroom

Become a Better Listener in the Classroom What are the most common obstacles to classroom listening? Let us face the facts here: In order to be a good student, you have to become a good listener. There is no way around it. You cannot take notes unless you are really listening to what is being said. The difference between merely hearing what your instructor is saying and actually listening to them is engagement. Once you become engaged with what the speaker is saying, you will be able to latch on… Read More

Use Your Assets for Attitude Development

Use Your Assets What are Assets? The dictionary defines an asset as a valuable or useful thing or quality. The fact of the matter is, whether we are rich or poor, we all have assets. On the flipside of that coin, we all have liabilities as well. The trick is to learn how to use the former by discarding the latter. In order to make use of one’s assets, one needs to have one thing: that is, guts. If you have not already defined your direction in life, you need… Read More

Listening Skills – Become an Active Listener

Become an Active Listener Can you hear what people are really saying? If you feel that you are lacking in the communication skills department, this can be detrimental in the long run in terms of your career. It is simply not possible to influence, negotiate, and persuade people – all tools that you need to be a success in the work place – when your listening and communication skills are sub par. Every one relies on other people to accomplish tasks, and if the lines of communication among people are… Read More

Service Autonomy

Service Autonomy As Businesses continue to step up the process of constructing enterprise automation logic in the service format, there is also an increasing need to step up both the efficiency and reliability that the services are intended to take on at run time. This dire need is increased when it comes time to assemble a service inventory with a vast quantity of reusable services. Reusable Services and Concurrency Service Oriented Architecture entails reuse to the extent that many strategic goals that are associated with enterprise wide Service Oriented Architecture… Read More

Listening Skills – Improving Listening Skills on the Phone

Improving Listening Skills on the Phone How can I become a better listener on the phone? While listening well can be quite a challenge to most of us, even more of us tend to tune out when we are on the telephone. Indeed, in this day and age, when the Internet seems to be everywhere, we tend to forget the importance of the “old fashioned” telephone call when it comes to making business transactions. Listening well on the phone can be key for succeeding in business – and in life.… Read More

Listening Skills – How to be a better listener

How to be a better listener Is listening a problem for you? There is a reason why human beings only have one mouth but two ears – that is because listening is twice as difficult as talking is. This is why it is often necessary for people to actually practice listening before they acquire the skill known as listening well. Communication is a two way street; if a speaker is merely sending out signals that are not being absorbed by the passive participant – the listener – in this case,… Read More

Active Listening Skills

What is Active Listening? In a word, active listening is the key to success in life. It means the difference in listening, processing, and using information to one’s advantage, and merely “hearing” what a person is saying (i.e. letting it go “in one ear and out the other”) – effectively letting important opportunities pass us by. Indeed, active listening entails listening with the entire body – while also observing the other person’s entire body. It means being aware of the other person’s tone of voice, body language, eye signals, and… Read More

Effective Listening Skills

Are you an effective listener? A lot of times, when someone at work makes a mistake, it is generally agreed that a communication error has occurred. But whose fault was it? Was it the fault of the person giving instructions? Or was it the fault of the individual who did not understand – or failed to properly listen to – the instructions? Let us take a look at an example. Bill is a manager at a technology company. For an individual with a high executive position, he has all the… Read More

ERP and DSS Implementation

ERP : Implementation of DSS With the birth of electronic commerce and supply chains, the call centers and other business initiatives supported by the information technologies had been worried about finding applications that join to decode, interpret and take the opportunity to make good use of the risks that allows an organization to make decisions, or at least, feel accompanied in the making of decisions. Information is a priceless tool for organizations. Therefore, their resources should be orientated to provide the managers with all the information required for the proper… Read More

Agility in Virtual Business Networks

Agility in Virtual Business Networks Agility means responding to rapid changes and continuous change management. With the rapid economic changes and unexpected market behavior, the virtual business networks have to adapt themselves to be able to respond in a timely and fast manner. Therefore agility provides the virtual business networks the ability to minimize losses and also as a risk deterrent. Agility can also be thought of as flexibility. The traditional businesses are more rigid in formulating a project flow and sticking to the plan till its completion. Agility in… Read More

ERP and the Future Mobile

ERP and the Future Mobile In the near future, we can expect to have a huge increase in the investment of information technologies by the enterprises, which will be motivated by the new requirements of the market and will focus their attention especially on the mobile devices, which will experience a notorious explosion. Since this is becoming more common every day, the premise “to be present at any time in any place” reflects a latent tendency. The mobility is expressed by the possibility of accessing a Tablet PC to check… Read More

ERP and Business Intelligence

ERP and Business Intelligence The management of the corporate development starts with a simple inquiry of their partners about the present status of the company. Unless there is a specific answer to show the real status of the same, it will also finish there. Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) appeared with the purpose to help to find a primary answer to that question. The Business intelligence solutions offer personalized control panels including graphics, drawings and diverse explanations that will be useful for managers to monitor the metrics that really are important.… Read More

ERP Operation and Control

ERP Operation and Control The selection of the most suitable management system is it a difficult decision to make, but once it is decided, the next step is the operation and maintenance of ERP. It is necessary to know well all the capacities and abilities in order to exploit the system to its fullest extent. The very first decision that should be made is whether the system will be operated by the employees or by third parties. The outsourcing means hiring an associate to administrate a technology environment, which is… Read More

Smart Business Networks

Smart Business Networks Smart Business network is a creative way of doing business establishing a strong link to achieve effective results better than the conventional business. The word smart has been coined to the terminology not only referring to the literal meaning of smartness but also indicates doing business with a technological approach to produce different and better outcomes. This business methodology adopts strategy to enhance the utilization of communication technology and network systems. Smart Business network can be considered as the linking nodes comprising of organizational. These nodes are… Read More

Information Strategy for Business Networks

Information Strategy for Business Networks The world is changing towards better communication setup, state of the art information technology with a wide variety of options for small, medium and large scale business vendors. These business models have sidelined the conventional business methodologies and it is time for the government to adopt a framework to provide guidance, monitor the growing business and control them with business policies. Businesses which could follow the guidelines and accept these policies have flourished and the others went into problems. Economic reconstruction has been possible with… Read More

ERP and Logistics

Values of the Integrated Management in the Logistic Chain The logistics management area covers the activities related to the physical flow of materials, semi-elaborated products, raw materials, and the acquisition by the initial providers from the sale to the consumers. This includes the storage, production and distribution of the products. The conception of the logistic environment in an integrated way is reached through the integration of all, and each of the activities that constitute it. The vision of the logistic environment could be structured in three related layers: internal integration,… Read More

Creating Virtual Business Network

Requirements of Virtual Business Network The sudden expansion of electronic commerce has resulted in many changes in the way business is done globally. The virtual business network is the buzz word among the business communities, internet community and freelance work seekers. Traditional business strategies relied on limitations such as location, manual process control systems, organization limit, restricted long-term associations, language barrier, and regional boundaries. With the advent of internet technology and advancements in field of e-commerce all traditional limitations and barriers are no more a concern. Businesses whether small or… Read More