Interview with Digg-Clone for Designers DesignBump

Digg was the first social news site to really skyrocket into popularity, gaining millions of pageviews a day to the site. No doubt, there would be similar sites in separate niches on the web. The first of these niche sites in the web design category was Design Float, which has had many issues with databases and keeping the site up and running properly. Therefore, a new competitor has stepped up to the plate: DesignBump. ...

July 18, 2009 · 5 min · 981 words · Jake

Interview with Steven Snell of DesignM.ag

Website Design has become one of the most popular career paths, especially with many teenagers taking entry-level classes in high school, and with so many available resources to learn from. There are tons of web design blogs, galleries, news sites, and much more. However, there are only a select few that actually post up quality content, update frequently, and are run my professional web designers who can teach us all a thing or two. ...

July 14, 2009 · 5 min · 952 words · Jake

Organizational Behavior Leadership and Teamwork

During the summer of 1997 I worked for a period of four months on a contract for a company called the Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) Northern Ireland. During this time I worked primarily within the Computing Department of the organization and our team was involved with all the Information Technology issues across the various offices. This paper will look at the two main areas of leadership and team working as I learned a great deal while working there. The main Information Technology department comprised of a Systems Manager with three main Network Managers working for him and staff working under the database managers for various computing related jobs. To give an idea of the responsibilities of the staff within the computing department I will list briefly what each position has entailed. ...

March 10, 1999 · 9 min · 1917 words · icarnaghan

Advantages of having one large government over individual governments

The information gathered for this essay on social space and the European Social Chapter was obtained from various sources. These included Internet sites listed in the Bibliography and numerous books and material from the University of Ulster Library. It will attempt to show how the benefits for and the objectives against the European Social Chapter affect social space within various countries in the European Union. EUROPEAN SOCIAL SPACE The idea behind social space within the European Union has highlighted certain areas of concern within countries of the European Union. Employment, industrial health, social costs of industry, labour mobility and social spending within these countries are all elements dealt within European Social Space. Social space also involves education, training, housing and health. Over recent years the issues of social welfare have become extremely important as the EU has grown. One of the main reasons for this is that public expectations have increased rapidly that their governments will play a major role in improving overall quality of life, bringing social affairs firmly into the public domain. It is only over recent years that the idea of Social Space within the European Union has become a vital factor to the expansion of the EC. ...

October 28, 1997 · 10 min · 2051 words · icarnaghan

Manpower Planning Versus Human Resource Planning

The differences between manpower planning and human resource planning will be outlined within this essay along with how human resource planning has built on and developed traditional manpower planning. The main sources of information to compile this assignment have come mostly from Coleraine and Jordanstown University of Ulster Libraries and the books used and referred to have been listed in the references and bibliography section of this essay. MANPOWER PLANNING The main reason the process of manpower planning came about was to help the management of employees within a business organization. Manpower planning looks at the organizations current and future need of labour within the business. The current and future employment needs are a great concern and the examination of supply within the local area for possible new employees if required. ...

October 28, 1997 · 9 min · 1726 words · icarnaghan