New Forms of Recruiting

Discuss new innovative forms of recruiting that are becoming more popular nowadays. (for example, inclusive job adverts, programmatic advertising, video interviews, freelancer hiring, employer review sites/social media, virtual reality)
talk about which ones are more popular, which ones are more effective, their pros/cons, where/why they are being used, their purpose and how it aligns with certain types of organisations ; give some examples
compare these new ways with more traditional methods of recruitment
talk about whether you think they will eventually overtake the traditional methods of recruitment completely, whether they could be considered more effective than the traditional ones

The essay should follow the common structure:
-Introduction and Motivating the Topic (why it is relevant) -Main Part/Discussion
– Conclusion with personal view/perspective
– Literature Overview

Objectives:
Understand and explain the different strategical approaches within human resource management
Advise on different models of HR practice that are in line with the aim and purpose of the organisation
Recognize common HR policies and processes and how they build up to form a solid and successful HR business plan

New product development

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The student will have to identify an organizational need for the development of a new innovative product and describe the New Product Development process for its implementation and presentation in the market. The organization can be of any type: administrative, distribution, finance, production, customer management, etc. The organization can be an existing organization or a hypothetical organization of any type and in any place.  The new product can be of any type or service.  The student shall address the NPD process with creativity and effectiveness.  The approach and the expected results have to be documented.  The student has the freedom to develop the product based on the type of implementation strategy he/she selects. Success indexes shall be associated with the expected results where needed, and the overall implementation approach shall include graphs, charts and or tables that can present the strategy architecture and thinking. There should be a clear delivery of the students own creativity on the NPD strategy selection

Grading Criteria:  (What constitutes a good assignment?): This should be a 1200-2000 words report, well referenced, that will describe the NPD process used in contribute towards the effective development of a new product.  The report shall also demonstrate external reading and analysis.  It is important to critically assess the NPD strategy selected not only from the students experience and beliefs but also from the related literature that indicates or states the need for such decisions.  The student has to use tables and charts in order to present the relations between the various elements of corporate operations that will be involved in the strategy execution.  The student shall also use any diagramming technique he/she feels more comfortable with, in order to develop a high lever diagram / figure of the NPD strategy or the decision process to select the specific strategy

Python polymorphism

About: Python polymorphism

Task: Numerical simulation of orbits

The task is to simulate orbits through numerical integration (described below). By swapping one object with another, you can change behavior without changing the other objects.

The system will consist of two components:

– Function objects. These represent the function to be integrated. In this exercise you will create two of these, one without air resistance and one with. By switching function objects, the same integrator can be used for both cases.

– The integrator. The integrator from this exercise is described in the next section.

Numerical integration:

Here is an introduction to how numerical integration is intended.

– You start at time 0 and with a start state that is a vector. For the example of trajectories, the vector is 4 long and contains the elements [x_position, y_position, x_speed, y_speed]. The integrator should be written as generally as possible and be able to take initial state vectors of lengths other than 4.

– Create a matrix (two-dimensional numpy array) where the first number (row) is what time step you are on and second number (column) is the position in the state vector of that time step.

– For each time step from start to finish:

Call the function with the state of the previous time step. The function returns a vector of the same length as the state vector representing how the state changes.

Take the state vector to the previous state. For each element, add the time step length multiplied by the corresponding value in the vector returned from the function.

Put this new state vector into the correct position in the matrix

– Return the matrix

Functions:

The functions in this exercise are represented by classes and should support the following interface (a single method):

– evaluate (time, state vector) -> change vector

The return value is after the arrow to the method.

THE ACTUAL TASKS:

Sub-tasks

a) Write a class for the numeric integrator described in the previous section. The constructor should take the length of the time steps as well as the end time as parameters. The integrator should support the method integrate(function object, initial state) -> matrix

b) Write a class for a basic ball path. The constructor must take into account how strong the gravity is in the constructor. The function is based on the state vector [x_position, y_position, x_speed, y_speed] and must return the change vector [x_speed, y_speed, 0, gravity]

c) Write a class for a sphere trajectory that takes into account air resistance. The constructor should take in how strong gravity is and a constant that states how much air resistance there is called c. The function uses the same state vector as the previous sub task and returns the change vector [x_speed, y_speed, – (c * x_speed * speed), gravity – (c * y_speed * speed)]. Speed is calculated as sqrt (x_speed ** 2 + y_speed ** 2)

d) Write a master program that creates the integrator, creates an object of each of the two functions, and runs the integrator on both. The main program should plot the result. The x and y coordinates of the result of the integration are the first and second columns of the matrix returned from the integrator. As a sample data for the plot you can use a. Gravity -9.81 (negative since positive y-direction is up) b. Time step 0.01 c. End time 0.45 d. Air resistance 0.5 e. Starting state [0,0,1,2]

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Although Rebekka Vaark is not an indentured servant, Morrison uses her as representative of the life of working-class European women. Discuss the options for young women like Rebekka in 17th century England. What does immigration to the American colonies offer them? Discuss the options for the other women who travel with Rebekka. Why was transportation an advantageous option for both the English government and these women? Use direct quotes from the novel to support your argument.