Social Intervention vs. Research: Planning and Project Levels
Social Intervention vs. Social Research: Understanding the Difference
Researchers are often seen as experts with specific demands, while research subjects are treated as information sources. The difference between them is significant. Individuals whose lives are transformed by interventions often do not know the project’s objectives, whereas in social intervention, particularly within the EML framework, subjects are involved in its creation.
This distinction between intervention and social research
Read MoreUnderstanding Different Types of Research Reports
Understanding Different Types of Research Reports
The Executive Report
The Executive Report is a sophisticated version of the technical report. Its main features are simplification and immediacy. It places special emphasis on recommendations that emerge from the results, proposing concrete actions to implement the resolution of a problem. Examples include reports in the field of marketing, public policy, economics, etc.
Its presentation is sophisticated, as in the technical report. We must consider
Understanding Labor Laws: Working Hours, Breaks, and Salary
Working Hours
- Worker’s Obligation: Governed by Article 34 ET and will be agreed upon in the collective agreement or employment contract.
- Daily Working Hours: No more than 9 hours. This limit may be exceeded if a daily rest of 12 hours is respected.
- Workweek: May not exceed 40 hours in annual calculation (irregularly throughout the year, up to 40 hours multiplied by the total working weeks per year). Respecting this, it may exceed the weekly rest period. Workers over 18 years old have a minimum of 36
Understanding the Business Enterprise: Structure, Elements, and Environment
Concept of a Company
A company can be understood through several lenses:
The Firm as an Economic Unit of Production: Based on the theory of production economy, a company transforms inputs into outputs. It is the basic productive unit of the economy, as opposed to the family, which is a unit of consumption.
The Company as an Organization: The theory of organization and administration conceives the company as a particular kind of organization or human association. It is composed of a set of diverse factors
Database Concepts and Terminology: Key Definitions
Key Database Concepts and Terminology
What is Metadata?
Metadata is the term for data about data.
Structural Independence
Structural independence exists when it is possible to make changes in the file structure without affecting the application program’s ability to access the data.
Traditional File System Storage
A traditional file system was normally stored in a file cabinet.
Record Definition
A record consists of a set of one or more fields.
Data Integrity
Data integrity is defined as the condition in which
Read MorePerformance Management Tools: Balanced Scorecard, Ishikawa, Pareto, PRA, FMEA, FTA
Balanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is primarily a strategic tool meant to show how key performances should be connected to produce the final desired performance. It focuses on desired performances, i.e., what the organization should achieve, and looks at the organization as a bundle of processes.
- Financial Perspective (or the Final Performance): This represents the ultimate results desired by the firm. For most firms, the key priority is the maximization of profits. So: (i) processes should