Cloud computing lessons

Date:-30-01-2012

Today i learnt about the three service models of cloud computing.These models are laaS,PaaS,PaaS.The models can be best understood by taking an example.what will we do if we go to a new place and need an accommodation.We can build a new house,live in a hotel,buy a new house.Building a new house is similar to laaS,buying a new house is like PaaS,living in a hotel is like SaaS.Treatment of computer programs as products or as services decide the economics of the software.Software should be reproducible ,replicable,reusable and it can be copied.laaS can be thought as copying of hardware,PaaS can be viewed as copying of apllication software.PaaS is delivery of a computing platform over the web.

Management: Organizing and Staffing

MANAGEMENT in all business and human organization activity is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.


Organizing:-
In this function it typically follows planning and reflects how the organization tries to accomplish its goals and objectives. In relation to the structure of a company, organizing involves the assignment of tasks, the grouping of tasks into departments and the allocation of resources to departments. Organizing also involves establishing the flow of authority and communication between position and levels within the organization. Top manager performs these activities. Like wise middle manager and supervisors organize the tasks to create positions within their departments. Job analysis and job design activities are organizing function.

Staffing:-
In this function staffing refers to the fundamental cycle of human resources activities, determining human resource needs, and recruiting, selecting, hiring, training, and developing staff members.

IPR: Patents

WHAT IS PATENT:-

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable.The protection is granted for a limited period, generally 20 years.

The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements.

A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention,rather it excludes others from making,using,selling or importing the patented invention.

An invention must, in general, fulfill the following conditions to be protected by a patent. It must be of practical use; it must show an element of novelty, that is, some new characteristic which is not known in the body of existing knowledge in its technical field. This body of existing knowledge is called "prior art". The invention must show an inventive step which could not be deduced by a person with average knowledge of the technical field. Finally, its subject matter must be accepted as "patentable" under law.

Entrepreneurship: Small Scale Industries

Small scale industry may sound small but they play a very significant role in the overall growth of an economy.The total number of people employed in this industry in india is approximately two crores,which is a huge number.So it can be said that Small scale industry provide Large-scale employment in our country.

WHAT IS A SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY??

>>An industrial undertaking in which the investment in fixed assets in plant and machinery whether held on ownership terms on lease or on hire purchase does not exceed Rs 10 million.

Advantages of small scale industry:-

>> This industry is especially specialized in the production of consumer commodities..

>>Small scale industry help the economy in promoting balanced development of industries across all the regions of the economy..

>>Small Scale Industries act as an essential medium for the efficient utilization of the skills as well as resources available locally...

>>This industry helps the various sections of the society to hone their skills required for entrepreneurship.

Government helps and encourages these industries by protecting them from direct competition from large scale industries.Very lenient tax structure is followed to flourish these industries and provision subsidies in form of capital is also there to help them.

Management

Management basically means the organisation and coordination of an enterprise to achieve certain objectives.It deals with planning,forecasting,organizing,leading/directing and controlling the work which we undertake.Motivation is also a basic function of management,as it can stimulate employees,and we can get the maximum output from them.

For business management,which consist of branches like human resource,operations management,strategic management,marketing management,financial management..formation of business policy is required.It deals with mission,vision,objectives,policy,strategy which are required to make it a success.

The management of a large organisation can be divided into three levels..

1.>Top-level management:-extensive knowledge of management roles and skills is a must..responsible for strategic decisions.

2>Middle level management:-specialized understanding of certain managerial tasks...responsible for marketing,finance.

3>Lower level management:-short term roles to see that the decisions and plans of top two levels are carried out well.