Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphonesand tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). The OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching, and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects, and a virtual keyboard. Despite being primarily designed for touchscreen input, it has also been used in game consoles, digital cameras, regular PCs, and other electronics. As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all operating systems.^[11]

As of July 2013, the Google Play store has had over one million Android applications ("apps") published, and over 50 billion applications downloaded.^[12] An April–May 2013 survey of mobile application developers found that 71% of them create applications for Android;^[13] another 2015 survey found that 40% of full-time professional developers see Android as the "priority" target platform, which is more than iOS (37%) or other platforms.^[14] At Google I/O 2014, the company revealed that there were over one billion active monthly Android users, up from 538 million in June 2013.

Top 10 Richest People In The World 2015

From 10 to 1, top ten riches people in the world 2015.

        Global economy is facing ups and downs every time but there are certain individuals who are out there without facing the blows that hit economy. These individuals remain rich even when the whole economy is facing so much of issues. These individuals have got their success story to narrate which have whole things about their way to reach the success. These people are real inspirations as they have really made remarkable hardwork for reaching this list. Here are the top 10 rich people of the world for the year 2015. It is really good for the individuals to know more about these people.

10. Alice Watson

She is daughter of Sam Walton. She lives in US and has got a huge share in the popular WalMart Fortune. This rich lady is also acting as chairman of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She is an art lover and also a philanthropic. She has donated many of the collections that she has to public. She is also a lady who is actively participating in politics. She has got interest towards republicans. She has got the net worth of about 34.9 billion dollars.

Performance Management

Introduction

An effective performance management process sets the foundation aligning the individual's efforts with the university's goals.

·         By linking individual employee work efforts with the organization’s mission and objectives, the employee and the organization understand how that job contributes to the organization.

·         By focusing attention on setting clear performance expectations (results + actions & behaviors), it helps the employee know what needs to be done to be successful on the job. 

·         Through the use of objectives, standards, performance dimensions, and other measures it focuses effort. This helps the department get done what needs to be done and provides a solid rationale for eliminating work that is no longer useful.

·         Through regular check-in discussions, which include status updates, coaching, and feedback, it promotes flexibility, allowing you and the employee to identify problems early and change the course of a project or work assignment.

·         By emphasizing that an annual review should simply be a summary of the conversations held between you and the employee during the entire cycle, it shifts the focus away from performance as an “annual event” to performance as an on-going process.

An effective performance management process, while requiring time to plan and implement, can save you and the employee time and energy. Most importantly, it can be a very effective motivator, since it can help you and the employee achieve organizational success

Concepts & Definitions

Performance Management - Definition

Performance management is an ongoing process of communication between a supervisor and an employee that occurs throughout the year, in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives of the organization. The communication process includes clarifying expectations, setting objectives, identifying goals, providing feedback, and reviewing results.

10 Tips for a Strong Start

As someone who has been called a serial entrepreneur, I've had more than my fair share of experience starting new enterprises, turning around under performing enterprises or re-vamping operations.

During that time, I've learned a thing or two about some critical factors you absolutely need to know before you jump into the proverbial entrepreneurial waters.

In the majority of cases, start-up success or failure is all about knowing the both the how and the why of taking action, and always being clear about which steps to take next.

To help this process, here are 10 essential things you need to know about running a successful business. Use it as a checklist to make sure your thinking and your business plan are on the right track, or if you need to get more information, strategic education or clarity for yourself on your overall vision, your market, or your product or service.

1. Offer what people want to buy, not just what you want to sell.Too often, people jump into a business built around a product or service they think will be successful, rather than one that is already proven to have a market.
   
   What do I mean?
   
   Instead of creating and selling a new sports shoe with the latest trendy design and materials, you'd be much better off from a business perspective to focus on shoe category generally (a proven category because which people buy shoes every day) and then focus more specifically on the niche of high performance sports shoes, (which you may even sell in a section of a shoe retail outlet). Better to have a small slice of a large category than a large slice of no market at all.
    
2. Get cash flowing ASAP. Cash flow is the lifeblood of business, and is absolutely essential to feed bottom-line profits. So you need to find ways to jump start cash flow immediately.
   
   How do you do that? In a professional services business, you can ask for deposits on work up-front, with balances due on delivery.
   

Operations management

Operations management is an area of management concerned with overseeing, designing, and controlling the process of productionand redesigning business operations in the production of goods or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that businessoperations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed, and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. It is concerned with managing the process that converts inputs (in the forms of raw materials, labor, and energy) into outputs (in the form of goods and/or services). The relationship of operations management to senior management in commercial contexts can be compared to the relationship of line officers to highest-level senior officers in military science. The highest-level officers shape the strategy and revise it over time, while the line officers make tactical decisions in support of carrying out the strategy. In business as in military affairs, the boundaries between levels are not always distinct; tactical information dynamically informs strategy, and individual people often move between roles over time.

Ford Motor car assembly line: the classical example of a manufacturing production system.

Post office queue. Operations management studies both manufacturing and services.

According to the United States Department of Education, operations management is the field concerned with managing and directing the physical and/or technical functions of a firm ororganization, particularly those relating to development, production, and manufacturing. Operations management programs typically include instruction in principles of general management, manufacturing and production systems, factory management, equipmentmaintenance management, production control, industrial labor relations and skilled trades supervision, strategic manufacturing policy, systems analysis, productivity analysis and cost control, and materials planning.^[2][3] Management, including operations management, is likeengineering in that it blends art with applied science. People skills, creativity, rational analysis, and knowledge of technology are all required for success.

Contents

  

• 1 History
  • 1.1 Industrial Revolution
  • 1.2 Operations management
• 2 Topics
  • 2.1 Production systems
  • 2.2 Metrics: efficiency and effectiveness
  • 2.3 Configuration and management
  • 2.4 Mathematical Modeling
  • 2.5 Safety, Risk and Maintenance
• 3 Organizations
• 4 Journals
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 Further reading

History

The history of production and operation systems began around 5000 B.C. when Sumerian priests developed the ancient system of recording inventories, loans, taxes, and business transactions. The next major historical application of operation systems occurred in 4000 B.C.