Friday, July 17, 2009

Computer programming

Computer programming often shortened to programming or coding is the process of writing, testing, debugging and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in a programming language. The code may be a modification of an existing source or something completely new. 

The purpose of programming is to create a program that exhibits a certain desired behavior customization. The process of writing source code often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.

There is an ongoing debate on the extent to which the writing of programs is an art, a craft or an engineering discipline. Good programming is generally considered to be the measured application of all three, with the goal of producing an efficient and evolvable software solution.

Portability: the range of computer hardware and operating system platforms on which the source code of a program can be and run. This depends on differences in the programming facilities provided by the different platforms, including hardware behavior of the hardware and operating system of the source code.

Globalization

The balance of economic efficiency and social equity is the ultimate debate in the field of employment relations. This happens as job losses in un-competitive industries outstrip job opportunities in new industries. Globalization has effected these issues by creating certain economic factors that disallow or allow various employment issues.

By meeting the needs of the employer; generating profits to establish and maintain economic efficiency; whilst maintaining a balance with the employee and creating social equity that benefits the worker so that he/she can fund and enjoy healthy living; proves to be a continuous revolving issue in westernized societies.

Economist Edward studies the effects of globalization and summarizes the four major points of concern that affect employment relations International competition, from the newly industrialized countries, will cause unemployment growth and increased wage disparity for unskilled workers in industrialized countries.

Economic liberalization will result in unemployment and wage inequality in developing countries. Workers will be forced to accept worsening wages and conditions, as a global labour market results in a race to the bottom. Increased international competition creates a pressure to reduce the wages and conditions of workers.

Salary calculator

A salary calculator is an online application that provides salary information to the user. The majority of websites offering salary information utilize a salary calculator function to present this data. The salary calculator will request a search term, city, and state or zip code as an input. 

Then, present a list of job titles that most closely match your search terms. Once the user selects one of these job titles, the application will present the salary information typically in the form of a graph.A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract.

 It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis. While there is no first pay stub for the first work-for-pay exchange would have required a human society advanced enough to have a barter system to allow work to be exchanged for goods or other work.

From the point of a view of running a business, salary can also be viewed as the cost of acquiring human resources for running operations, and is then termed personnel expense or salary expense. In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts.

BPO security

Information security has emerged as a significant concern for banks, mobile phone companies and other businesses that use call centers or business process outsourcing. Theft of personal data has been reported from both US-based and India-based call centers. In one case, one of the alleged data he offered for sale was fake. 

Britain's Financial Service Authority examined standards in India and the Banking Code Standards Board audited eight Indian call centers handling more than a million calls per month from the UK. The BCSB report stated that Customer data is subject to the same level of security as in the UK. 

India's NASSCOM has said that they take breach in security extremely seriously and will assist the police in their probe. High risk and more complex processes are subject to higher levels of scrutiny than similar activities onshore. Prohibiting paper, pens and digital recording devices from being brought onto the floor.

Creating a paperless environment, preventing employees from writing down and removing information by ensuring that all work processes are done on the computer, without having to record anything on forms or notes. Prohibiting the use of cell phones and cameras on the floor.

Self-employment

Self-employment is where a person works for themselves rather than someone else or a company that they do not own. To be self-employed, an individual is normally highly skilled in a trade or has a niche product or service for their local community Travel etc., can be deducted as legitimate business expenses.

With the creation of the Internet the ability for an individual to become self-employed has increased dramatically. The amount of money spent on self-help, self-improvement and training materials has reached the billions in the past decade, uniforms, computer equipment, cell phones,.

Self-employed people can also be referred to as a person who works for himself/herself instead of an employer, but drawing income from a trade or business that they operate personally. Self-employed persons are sometimes eligible for more deductions than an ordinary employee. 

To be self-employed is not the same as being a business owner: A business owner is not required to be hands-on with the day-to-day operations of his or her company, while a self-employed person has to utilize a very hands-on approach in order to survive.

Business software

Business software is generally any software program that helps a business increase productivity or measure their productivity. The term covers a large variation of uses within the business environment, and can be categorized by using a small, medium and large matrix.

The small business market generally consists of home accounting software, and office suites such as Microsoft Office and Open Office. These applications are extensive in scope, and often come with modules that either add native functions, or incorporate the functionality of t.org.

The medium size, or SME, has a broader range of software applications, ranging from accounting, groupware, customer relationship management, human resources software, outsourcing relationship management, loan origination software, shopping cart software, field service software, and other productivity enhancing applications.

The last segment covers enterprise level software applications, such as those in the fields of enterprise resource planning, enterprise content management, business process management and product lifecycle management. Third-party software programs.

Indian Post and Finance Service

The Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service is a Group A Central Civil service of the Union of India. The officers are recruited through the Civil Services Examination organized by the Union Public Service Commission.

The service was started in the for prudent and professional management of the finances of the Department of Posts and Department of Telecom which were the sole provider of the communications needs of the country at that time. Gradually, over time the service has crystallized into a professional cadre of officers. 

In the Department of Telecommunications the officers are posted at DOT Headquarters as Adviser. In field units the officers are posted as Controller Communication Accounts which is involved in the settlement of pension cases of BSNL Employees, maintaining General Provident Fund accounts of BSNL.

Employees, collection of License fees and Spectrum Charges from BSNL, MTNL and other service providers and for checking and disbursing claims received under the Universal Service Obligation fund. In the Department of Telecommunications the officers are posted at DOT Headquarters ADG.