The Aims versus Means

By Raul Bernardino

 First of all, I would like to start with the definition of the words Aims and Means.

Aim defines as verb in which is meaning to direct, position, intend, guess, and strive. Aim defines as noun in which is meaning intended point, particular point, purpose, and the direction. It is also meaning as target, objective, goals, and END.

Mean defines as verb in which means to intend, to have, to value, to mind, and to be minded.  Mean defines as noun usually word is means in which is meaning resources, intermediate or between two extremes, and in math it is an average.

Therefore, the statement of the Machiavellians in which is stated that, “the aim justifies the means”. For me, especially on personal opinion, it is not quite confident to say yes or go with this idea because the aim itself, it is just a starting point or just the beginning of something and it is willing to achieve one target point. For example, in political aim sometimes the political leader will be sacrificing certain people to achieve common interest. Other example is today’s political tense where in the name of the democracy as common interest but in other hands there were lives that have been sacrificed. In the economic situation if the company in the country is monopoly certain goods and services, this company can play prices for their own goods by having a very good profit (higher profit) while sacrifices the customers. Therefore the free market and liberalization come to balance the situation.

Meanwhile, the statement from the Gandhi in which is stated that is, “the end is not important, only the means are important.”  I am quite confident and I do agree with the Gandhi statement because, the means itself is a result of the acts. And the means it also as a positive value to everyone. Therefore, Gandhi came with that statement.
We had coincidental discussion and found that many of my colleagues are favorites with Gandhi’s statement. They have same perception that, if something has a positive value or result it will have common good impact as well; and it also will be meaningful to everyone.

In my option the organization or even a nation will be use these two approaches differently. And it is totally depend on the political will of each country political leaders.

Conclusion:

These two approaches are relevant to the organization or  nations. And it is also totally depends on the leadership in the companies and in the nations. They can use this approaches for their own purposes.

References list:

• Huczynski, A & Buchanan, D (2007) Organizational Behaviour (6th Ed) Essex: Pearson Education
• Aim according to the dictionary [on-line]. Available from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aim  (Accessed Date: 1 February 2013)
• Means according to the dictionary [on-line]. Available from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/means  (Accessed Date: 1 February 2013)

The Corporate Ethical

 By Raul Bernardino

The ethical behavioral is an integral and important part of the success of any business or organization. The diversity human being intelligent, culture, and emotion have to be controlled by rules and code of conducts that has been established in the groups or in the companies.

These rules and code of conduct are to be created for a good working environment for everyone in the company to work and produce. The intention is to make the company mission and goal is successful.

The most important parts organizations cultures are organizational integrities, trustable, professional leadership and flexibilities.

Now, I am trying to answer some relevant questions which is “Can you enhance it by using Information system? -ethical behavior” My first reaction is yes, information and technology can help enhance the ethical behavior in the company. How this can help? Information technology is the tool to facilitate today human works to be more efficient and effective. People or workers can use their flexibility time to have more production to the company in mean time they have work life balance which is to reduce stress and increase the performance.

“…all computer based information system have a direct effect someone’s life, it is hard indeed to think of one that does not have a significant ethical dimension to its design, construction or use.”(Simon B, and ALL, 2006, ch2, p.40)

By having this thought above , I do think every companies have competed in this 21^st century whereas the challenging the global market are head, using new technologies that developed toward the needs, the high standart of the quality and services are became other challenges, the motivation and commitment of the emplyment took another part, the managing the divers workers, and the ethical behavior. The organisations, campanies, and inttitutions have to overcome these challenges in order to be survive in next future.

The communication is taking a mojor part in the institutions, companies or organizations. With the regualar communiation from top to the bottom line and vise verse communication can be allow staff to work more effective, efficient, and have good result. Today, era of the globalization, most of us use communication tools to interact with each other. There are varios of communication tools for instance, we can communicate via emails, forums, blogs or even use instant messages, videoconferencing, webconcerencing, etc. These tools or means are to facilitate the companies, the organizations or the institutions to have enough and acurate information for the quick decisions making processes. Moreover, it will be also decreasing some cost of the unnecessary trips or saving a cost for uncesecary business trip. The implementation of these tools has contibute a high ROI for the institutions. How to reduce the cost of traveler or relocation of emplyees? Employee does not have to relocate to the destination country to perform the the work. The employee can works from remote location. Additionally, they can use webconference, video conferencing, audioconferencing tools rather than have to travel to another destination just to get the same source of the information; this also allow the company owner to have direct communication and interact with emplyees or third parties.

           

In other part and it is most essential for corporate ethical is to give rewards to the employees or recornigtion to the emplyees efforts toward comamy, institution or organization goal, mission, and vision. This is has to become a company or  institution culture. These all can motivate the employees to have more initiatives, creativities, and motivations and of couser the perfomance of the employees will be high.   

   

Conclusion:

The information and technology or information system management can facilitate the workflow processes in any companies, organization or institutions. The information system management can facilitate employees to work from anywhere at anytime in which can contribute the best knowledge to the organization and in meantime the workers have a work life balance.

References list:

•  Huczynski, A & Buchanan, D (2007) Organizational Behavior (6th Ed) Essex: Pearson Education
• Simon B., Steve M., and Ray F. (2006) Object-Oriented System analysis and Design, Information System, McGraw-Hill, Ch 2, P. 40-43
•  Ronal R. Sims (n) Organization behavioral [on-line]. Available from: http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~danielp/soc/sims.htm   (Accessed Date: 5 March 2011) 
• Models of Ethical Behavior in Business [on-line]. Available from: http://www.ehow.com/list_6406921_models-ethical-behavior-business.html (Accessed Date: 1 February 2013) 
• The relation between emotional intelligence and job performance: A meta-analysis [on-line]. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.714/full (Accessed Date: 1 February 2013) 

Think Creatively and Imaginative Skills

By Raul Bernardino

The creativities of each individual to decide or think of anything are based on the each individual knowledge, experiences, and the environment in which is surrounded to him or her in order to determine the act of thinking or decisions. The environment can be a group of people, entities, relevant information, facts, or anything that is contributing to the decision making process. The dynamic of the entities or of the groups are important resources of the creativities in taking decisions.

The creativity, it is also helping to generate the unique of the solution to the same or new generic problems. There are several techniques that can be triggered the creativity of each individual such brain storming, tree analysis, fish bone, SWOT analysis, etc. The information management system is the ability of computing base method to help the individuals, groups, or teams in order to make an effective decision making process.

It is a matter of fact, that the creative of thinking has been given a big room for the tolerance of the elusiveness situation. In other words, imaginative thinkers are not compelling that “there is only one truth” and they are prepared to test “the current truth”.

There are five stages of creative thinking as follows:

• Grounding: in this part, individual requires a day to day learning processes and sensing in which to deal with multiparty situation
• Focus: in this part, our focus on defining or framing the issues or problems in order to consider the alternative solutions
• Incubation: in this part, we are allowed the alternative ways of solving the problem
• Elucidation: in this part, we are flashing and recognizing the issues
• Confirmation: in this part, we use the logical analysis to verify that good decision has been made

The organization has to encourage these stages of the creative thinking above in order to improve the qualities of individuals as employees. In some case, these have to be limited for instance in the decision making part; why is that? It is because of the deference’s of each individual’s job description.

There are three components of creativities as follows:

• Expertise: This is person who has knowledge, ability, and proficiency. He or she has specific knowledge of something. For example Albert Einstein expert in ‘Relativity Theory’
• Creative Thinking Skills: this personal has character in which is associating with the creativity thinking and also use his or her own ability to analogy the issue. In some form, this is a talent of each person in which can categorize into individual, intelligent, self-confident, risk taking, etc.
• Intrinsic Task Motivation: this is a willingness of the person to work because it is exciting for him or her. This is also extending to fully engage in the work situation. Because they love their work, it becomes more creative in their organization or work place

The creativity is a positive word in a society constantly aspiring to innovation and “progress”. The culture is the general expression of humanity, the expression of its creativity. The culture is linked to meaning, knowledge, talents, industries, civilization and values. (European affairs, June 2009)

In order to be called the culture based creativities, these have required the individual abilities of non learner ways of thinking and imaginative of thinking. This is including an artistic skills and social atmosphere in which the individuals can educated and learned from.

Conclusion:

The creativities of the individuals that come with the nature and including the human natural of culture can enrich the society. The culture base creativities can enrich the organization with new ideas, vision, and products.

Annexes:

The Fish Bone Analysis:

http://www.google.com.sg/imglanding?imgurl=http://www.leankaizen.co.uk/images/free%2520stuff%2520fishbone%2520diagram%2520web.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.leankaizen.co.uk/fishbone-diagram-i-ishikawa-diagram.html&h=272&w=427&sz=25&tbnid=rHPaxmZ7nUSMiM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfishbone%2Bdiagram&zoom=1&q=fishbone+diagram&usg=__oJNuiDQaBg7g7w-DqHYZdFVJlXQ%3D&sa=X&ei=XiuETYOaDpT0cdawhZQD&ved=0CDAQ9QEwAw

The MDF tool Problem Tree Analysis:

 http://www.toolkitsportdevelopment.org/html/resources/91/910EE48E-350A-47FB-953B-374221B375CE/03%20Problem%20tree%20analysis.pdf

References list:

•  Huczynski, A & Buchanan, D (2007) Organizational Behavior (6th Ed) Essex: Pearson Education
• Albert Einstein (1879-1955) [on-line]. Available from:
• http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/20th_people_einstein.html   (Accessed date: 1 February 2013)
• THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON CREATIVITY [on-line]. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/key-documents/doc/study_impact_cult_creativity_06_09.pdf   (Accessed date: 1 February 2013)
• Charles Warner (n.d.) How to manage a creative people in the media [on-line]. Available from: www.charleswarner.us/MgtCreativity.doc (Accessed date: 1 February 2013)
•  Dr. C. George Boeree (2006), A. Maslow, Personality Theories [on-line]. Available from: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html (Accessed date: 1 February 2013)

Future Computing Profession

By Raul Bernardino (Dino)

We all knew that nowadays, the information and technology revolution has become a part of the human being life. It is become an integral part of the human society. Every effort that is built toward the new technologies is for the best of the society.

As a computing profession, we have to be ready to introduce new technology that is being developed, the technology that will be most probably to be developed and also design new capable system to accommodate society needs.

The computing profession it will be look like the same as it is today. In my personal prediction there would no major change in this field of the profession.  

There would be lot of developers whereas to develop the database application or information systems databases will be not as difficult as it is today and it maybe just using drag and drop tools (cross platform).  Or the developer found the smarter application databases that can adjust and adapt to any needs.

In the schools starting from elementary to senior high are using computers for the interactive learning process and as part of the integrate curriculums. It would be possible also to implement the on-line study senior high schools even non formal education. The youth under care can also still continue their study from home.

Today green environment campaign also triggers to have a paperless at schools, offices, and etc. Therefore, in coming future from 10 to 50 years there would be no more paper found in the schools, shops, home and offices; all are in digital mode. The trend is mobility. A lot palm devices will produce with interactive application in which to use on time decision in the business, connect anywhere and anytime, and easy to operate.

The cloud computing and internet communication are also helps a lot for the new running enterprise business because this new entrepreneurs do not need to invest in Information Technology Infrastructure. They can just started with their own mobiles and connect to cloud computers in which all data are being processed.

The ethical of the computing professional is still need because it is dealing with the copyright, trade-marks, privacy, data security and freedom of speech.

The culture will be quite different because there would be no more boarders at all. Internet connection will be everywhere. Everyone can interact or communicate with everyone else without and precondition. What about language in computing profession? I think English still a preferable language for the information and technology and however there would be an adaptation to the original mother tongue.   

Reference list:

·        Developing the Project Charter and Baseline Project Plan [on-line]. Available from: http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/95/04717153/0471715395-3.pdf   (Accessed: 8 January 2013)

·        The Future of the Computing Profession [on-line]. Available from: http://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/2010/07/mco2010070088.html   (Accessed date: February 26, 2011)

·        From Computing Machinery to Interaction Design [on-line]. Available from: http://hci.stanford.edu/~winograd/acm97.html (Accessed: 8 January 2013)