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  Critical Success Factors and KPI www.rashid-bd.info   Every industry or organization will have its own goals and aspirations. Every work that needs to be completed successfully and effectively will follow a certain procedure. All things considered, each procedure will have a unique cycle from beginning to end. A lot of the activities will be repetitive. Not every activity will be CSF. CSF is a list of few crucial actions that will assist in breaking the cycle and assisting in achieving the objectives.    Each CSF will have its own key point indicators (KPI) to characterize the CSF.  The concept of CSF and KPI is morely applicable when developemnt any Strategic Management Plan (SMP) or conducting research. From the above discussion, I may conclude a definition of CSF: CSF are the list of potential activities or variables that have influence to end the process effectively to achieve any vision.   Example- NAPD is a leading training academy in Bangladesh. Different training courses are

  Developing Personal Skills Engr. Md. Abdur Rashid  PhD, NAPD Dear Officers and Staff, you must establish and ensure the long-term growth of your organization. Maintain the following managerial abilities in order to enhance personal skills on a daily basis while working. 1.                  1)       Self-assessment 2)       Creativity 3)       Innovation 4)       Listening and feedback 5)       Find self-satisfaction 6)       Leadership 7)       Team building 8)       Hunt knowledge 9)       Self-reliance and judgment 10)    Resilience 11)    Time management 12)    Stress management 13)    Control over anything 14)    Find satisfaction by own work instead of getting extra. 15)    Compare skill with others 16)    Subconscious mind-I don’t want defeat 17)    Effort for Value addition by  small improvement  

  Conducting FGD and Report Writing FGD (Focus Group Discussion)- FGD is a tools of PRA and RRA. FGD is not survey. Survey will have questions. For, FGD will have checklist. NVIVO software is helpful for data analysis. FGD is a method to collect qualitative data. 6-10 participants/respondents will have in a FGD. But 2+ can also be for a particular case. Time for a FGD can 60-90 minutes. In FGD participants can be but in quantitative data collection respondents is more fit. Same or homogeneous group participants will be sit for a FGD. Heterogeneous group also can be. Example, for policy making FGD- UNO, Chairman, village farmers can sit forgather. But in this case, precautions for FGD that not to be heart by any one. No outer discussion will be in FGD. Facilitator will have this power to manage it. Facilitator will dominate the FGD period. It is his power. Purpose of FGD- Evaluation. It can be short term ,mid term and long term evaluation. FGD Team- FGD will be done by a facilitator, no

  Motivation for Research   What is motivation? It is list of causes/problems/gaps that have to attain by research.   Suppose why I am going to take PhD research? What is the motivation for PhD study? Anybody can ask me. PhD research is roaring on the boat in the sea. It is very difficult to earn a PhD degree. Following some motivations inspired me took PhD admission in 2017-18 session in Bangladesh University of Professionals in Dhaka Bangladesh.   Desire to get a research degree along with its consequential benefits are-   Face the challenge in solving the unsolved problems, Any problems initiate research, Get intellectual joy of doing some creative work, Delivery service to society, To get social respect, Directives of government, Employment conditions, Professional capacity development, Curiosity about new things, Research knowledge can sell throughout the life for livelihood, Desire to understand causal relationships, Few above motivation factors ca

Case Study Report www.rashid-bd.info Specific Terms to Follow- Ø  Font-  Times New Roman  or Arial Ø  Font Size head-12 Bold, body-12 normal Ø  Space- Double or demanded by the respective authority Ø  Font size- 12 or specified by the authority Ø  Total words (Specified by the authority) Ø  Total pages (Specified by the authority)   Section 1: Synopsis/Executive Summary ü Organization Background.    Explain what your organization did. ü   Short and sweet. ü Create 2 or 3 crucial sentences that provide a concise overview of the case study .  ü Value   Proposition (What is unique, being new, original, or unusual  or innovation here) ü It must be informative and summarize the story by introducing the customer or stakeholders and their pain points. ü Challenge if any. ü Solution.        Section 2: Introduction •        Introduction •        Problem Statement •        Rationale of the Study •        Chapter summary (Brief summary of each c

 Difference between a literature review and a systematic literature review The difference between a literature review and a systematic review is that the systematic review is very specific and focused, while the standard literature review is much more general. A literature review gives you a summary of already existing research, while a systematic review answers a specific question without instances of biasness. From a value point of view, systematic review connects researchers to evidence-based practices while a literature review focuses strictly on giving a summary of already existing studies. Reference More specific- Systematic review High level of overview of a primary research  1. Goal- Answer a specified  question 2. Timeline- months to years (Average 18 months) 3. Authors- 3 or more 4. Question- Clearly defined and answerable question 5. Systematic Search strategy, assessment on findings, interpretation and presentation of result 6. `Value- Brings high quality evidence Reference

Workshop on “ Implication of Block chain Technology Integration in Supply Change Management”   Opening Address as Workshop Director Engr. Md. Abdur Rashid Director (Admin & Finance), NAPD rashid.eee.cse@gmail.com     Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.. Congratulations. Honorable Chief Guest of today’s Workshops ceremony Mr. Sukesh Kumar Sarker, Secretary to the Govt. and Director General of NAPD, Respected Chairperson K M Ali Reza, Additional Director General (Additional Secretary), NAPD, Respected Keynote Paper Presente Dr. Md. Shohrab Hossain Prof. Dept. of CSE, BUET. Two Panel Discussion Mohammad Salahuddin, Deputy Secretary, Project Analyst, a2i, Mr. Abdus Satter, Assistant Professor, Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Workshop Coordinators, faculty members of NAPD and participants of different authorities Assalamoalikum and very Good Morning. Are your organization utilizing NextGen technologies, such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, block chai

  Policy Paper Writing Format   Title Page   Contents List of Abbreviation Forward Acknowledgements   Executive Summery   1. Introduction/Background of the Issue 2. Problem Statement 3. Current Policies 4.  Objectives and Questions 5. Alternative Options/Solutions Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 6. Analysis of Options 7. Recommendation   NB:  1 Font size would be 12 2. Each section head will be bold 3. Maximum 8 pages. (Pages can be more if it is needed) 4. Font will be Times New Roman  5. It will be original work. Avoid plagiarism. 

  Use of ICT in training: Some Research results www.rashid-bd.info   Use of document camera in a training classroom It is an essential device in the classroom. Any page from paper, magazines, books or directly written hand notes can be viewed by training participants. The device will be connected to a laptop and multimedia projector. There is a port. It is helpful for a clear understanding of documents directly.   Training class equipment A modern ICT-based training classroom will hold the following tools: 1. Laptop 2. Multimedia projector with screen 3. External Document Camera 4. WiFi 5. Electronic White Board 6. Quality Sound System 7. OMR   Recommendations for using the website for training improvement Website is the best tool by which two ways communication between training provider and trainer is established. Recommended the following online activities to provide to improve training. These activities are: > Online quiz > Online survey