...The Phrase ‘commitment’ is frequently used by HRM practitioners in the control of absenteeism and its contribution to business objectives. Evaluate the evidence to reinforce commitment and reduce absenteeism. Mowday et al have defined organizational commitment as “ the relative strength of an individual’s identification with an involvement in an organization” (Chapter 7 Attitudes at work, Page no, 265 Work Psychology, Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace by John Arnold (ft) fourth edition) Commitment is very powerful human concept as if a person is committed to an organization; therefore he or she has a strong identification with it and will turn out to be a long-term employee for the organization. Sir Richard Branson is an example of someone’s commitment towards its work. He born in an ordinary established family but it was his commitment, which led him to build the virgin empire and now he is one of the richest man in the world. Controlling the absenteeism is the objective of nearly every business organization and the phrase commitment is regularly used by HRM practitioners in order to control the absenteeism, In this essay I will explain the above statement in more details and also provide the evidence to support it. The question arises here why absenteeism is important? Absenteeism is important because it’s not only costly but it also affects the morale of other employees. The cost of absenteeism is greater than the...
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...confident young man approaches the door. He smiles at Kelly and Katy, swipes his keycard and opens the door for them. KELLY Thank you. STUDENT 1 Yea, no problem. INT. UNIVERSITY DORMITORY – DAY The girls walk in, looking around at the mass of paper decorations covering the elevator lobby. They move to the elevator beside the young man. The girls smile as the student calls an elevator. The elevator arrives and all three walk on. INT. DORMITORY ELEVATOR – DAY He swipes again. Kelly turns to Katy. KELLY What floor does John live on again? KATY 8, I think. KELLY 8, Please. STUDENT 1 Yea sure. KELLY Thank you. KATY Thanks. The 3 of them ride up to the 4th floor where the student gets off. The elevator door closes. Kelly immediately reaches into her book bag and pulls out a stack of blue rush cards. She cuts the deck in half. KELLY Ok, so um, give one to each person. She hesitantly gives one half to Katy. KATY Right, ok, cool. Katy looks at the stack for a second. KATY So you don’t want me to be with you at all? Just split up and go? KELLY Uhmm, well, we can do some together and then split up, go on and off. Doesn’t matter....
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...Basic Training and AIT. I would be here for a total of 13 weeks. Basic training is 8 weeks which feel much longer! This is where you learn basic skills, marching in formation, Basic Marksmanship, Basic Combat operations and most of all Physical training. I also was here for my AIT which is advanced individual Training which is your MOS or job. My MOS was 12B Combat Engineer. We were taught all the things that would need to know at a basic skill level. Which included construction of a fighting position, how to emplace a mine field, construct wire obstacles and most of all how the use explosives. While learning all this we would get little to no sleep. Gets up at 5:00 am and go to sleep around 12:00am. My first duty station Fort Carson Co 4th Engineer Battalion. Life was a lot different it was kind of like a regular job. The day would start out with Physical training from 6am till 7am. First formation or work formation was at 9:30 this is where you found out what had to be done for the day. Most of the days we would be in our motor pool this is where our vehicles and all our equipment is stored. We would conduct maintenance on our squad vehicle and all equipment. We would conduct squad training also during the day which would keep us sharp on all are MOS tasks. Every couple of weeks we would get sent out to the field which is a big training area which you conducted missions as if you were going to war. I came down on PCS orders...
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...Strategies for Supporting Young Writer and English Language Learners Sandra Williams EDU675 Change Leadership for Differentiated Educational Environment Professor: Dr. Regina Miller June 3, 2010 Introduction Children who start preschool programs are identified as young learners. They enter a formal schooling with different levels of knowledge about writing. Many students are exposed to write daily by observing family members writing lists, typing sentences on the computer, or doing homework. Some students may know less about why or how others may write. However, regardless of their level of knowledge many young students benefit from having their own personal stories written down to share with other students’. Teachers demonstrate to students how each of their personal experiences and stories are valuable, and they can preserve their stories by writing. This paper will show two important strategies that can support young students’ writers through dictation and translating. Taking Dictation Most parents or adults take dictation when they listen to their children and will write down their child’s oral stories before the child can write on their own. Some of the benefits of dictation are well documented (Temple, 1993; Calkins, 1994; Tunks & Giles, 2007). Taking dictation when children are telling their story is crucial to introducing the student to the intention of writing and the functions of printed language. Through dictation students learn the general purpose...
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...exits and were able to drive the enemy inland eventually giving us the victory. Second we have the Invasion of Utah Beach. On June 6, the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were air dropped behind UTAH Beach to secure four causeways across a flooded area this was performed to protect the invasion's western flank. We dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines, however numerous factors caused them to miss their drop zones. Fortunately they were eventually able to organize themselves enough to be able to complete their missions. Although at first the scattered paratroopers seemed bad at first, ended up being a tremendous benefit because the enemy could not consistently track us so they never could counter our attacks. The 4th infantry division landed smoothly on Utah beach...
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...One of the most important developments of humankind has been writing, but often people are unaware of how long and complicated this path has been. The history of writing records the development of expressing language by letters or other marks. It is believed that Mesopotamia is the birthplace for the first recorded words of history. Another belief is that the first recorded words were inscribed to promote the power of the temples and kings in the expanding city-states. I believe that development of writing was started many years back. We can look at document The Art of Chauvet Cave for an example. This spectacular discovery has been dated back to about 35,000 years ago and when it was discovered back in 1994 in southwestern France, they were labeled the oldest prehistoric cave paintings known in Europe. I believe the animals and humans drawn within the caves, was symbolic of the gathering and hunting that the homo sapiens depended on so greatly for survival, around the same period the paintings were crafted in. Not only that, but is it possible that the homo sapiens were also trying to tell stories of their livelihood through these paintings they left on the wall of the caves? When reading Problems in the Study of Hunters and Gatherers, I come to the conclusion it is very possible. I quote, “One of the challenges in studying the origins of humanity is that the evidence is incomplete.” There is, however, stable evidence of writings in The Origins of Writing According to...
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...Meeting Analysis Steven Hines I attended a meeting with the 4th Sustainment Brigade Communications group. The intent of the meeting was review the training calendar, make an outline for headquarters restructuring, and address any Service Member or Staff issues that may have arisen. The meeting started out with everyone assembling in a conference room complete with a projector and conference phone. After everyone was assembled each member introduced themselves. The location of the meeting was at the 4th sustainment brigade Headquarters on fort hood. The meeting was conducted with the officer in charge addressing the group on different tasks he had assigned to specific individuals. Decisions did not have to be made at this meeting. As the officer addressed each one of his subordinates he wanted to know what they had made progress on. If no progress was made: the officer would ask what sorts of things prevented the job from being done. The officer Major Thompson would then offer an appropriate course of action and an even shorter suspense to get things finished up. Each junior leader at the meeting brought in notes about their progress or the lack thereof. Things were mostly informal sharing of information or ways of doing things was encouraged. There was a formal leader with one other member to take notes of what was discussed and announce the next meeting. There were some disagreements as to how things would be carried out in another subordinates area of...
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...Dear Shai, Hope all is well in London; I truly miss my family dearly. Cousin it still seems unreal to me that I’ve been captive from my homeland and enslaved in these traitorous lands. Being beaten by these wild white men who treat you like an animal, wanting you to call them master if he was my god. I have been praying to my lord and savior hoping that he gives me way to gain my freedom to start living a better life, and I feel as if he has answered my prayers. There was a group of us reading a proclamation written by John Murray and he stated that “I do require every Person capable of bearing Arms, to His majesty’s standards, or be looked upon as traitors to his majesty’s Crown and Government, and thereby become liable to the Penalty the Law inflicts upon such Offences; such as forfeiture of Life, confiscation of Lands, and I do hereby further declare all indentured Servants, Negroes, or others, free that are able and willing to bear Arms.” Meaning if we are bold enough to runway from our master’s and fight the Americans for the British crown we will be granted our freedom with free land. I truly feel like this is my calling to fight in the war to stay loyal to the crown. I have nothing to lose! I am willing to risk my life escaping this plantation that I am forced to work hard labor on being beat like a cage animal. Dreaming of one day being free to live my life, having my own land to raise a family on and building my own legacy. There’s no reason for me to be a loyalist...
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...Search Quotes and News Anywhere Professional Solutions About Log in Related News: Executive · Finance · Europe · France · Energy Markets · U.K. & Ireland · Commodities · Funds · Canada More Stories Euro Rises on Prospect ECB May Take Steps to Contain Sovereign Debt Crisis Updated 7 minutes ago By Jesse Riseborough and Simon Casey - Dec 2, 2010 4:17 AM ET Share Crude Oil Rises on Gain in Chinese Output, Reduced European Debt Concern Updated 8 minutes ago More Email Print 5 One of the most successful trades at Atticus Capital LP, where Nathaniel Rothschild was co-chairman, was an investment in U.S. mining company Phelps Dodge Corp. The future 5th Baron Rothschild says he now plans to build one of the world’s largest coal producers. Wheat Surges as `Panic Brewing' on Australian Crop Amid Rising Global Use Updated 8 minutes ago Obama Reverses Decision to Allow Drilling Off Atlantic Coast, Eastern Gulf Updated 15 minutes ago More News » Nat Rothschild plans to create a global mining company by leveraging his name, hedge-fund experience and a personal network that reads like a Who’s Who of the commodities world. Source: Finsbury Ltd. via Bloomberg A member of the Rothschild lineage that helped bankroll Britain’s war against Napoleonic France, he’s leading a $3 billion takeover that will create the biggest exporter of coal to China. Advertisement Rothschild is leveraging his name, more than a decade of hedge-fund experience and a network...
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...The History of the Sandwich Well before any written records were kept sandwiches go way back in the ancient times. Not always were they called sandwiches to start though. Most people would admire John Montagu as the creator of this so called sandwich. Even though sandwiches were not imminent in many cookbooks, they originally started as being considered “restaurant fare” in England. Even though according to the rules of sciences governing nutrition some says the sandwich should never have been developed. John Montagu a well-known Englishman and the 4th Earl of Sandwiches was known as a gambler. He once went 24 hours straight playing cards and gambling. During this time in 1762, while on his gambling streak he was hungry and wanted something that would not be a mess or get in the way of his games. So he instructed the cook to prepare such a thing. The cook later proceeded back with a “sandwich” which consists of just their normal everyday meat between two pieces of toast. This was the perfect finger food to go along with his gambling as it required no use of utensils, and he could still keep his cards in one hand and eat in the other. Even though the cook presented such a meal he was not named as the real creator of the sandwich and was not recorded for successors. Over the years the sandwich evolved too much more than just toast and meat. Recipes were not commonly used in cookbooks in America during the creations of new recipes because many colonial cooks during the 18th...
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...POST – READING . SUM UP ACT 1 + ACT 2 . PAIR or GROUP WORK if time (Notes for Act 1 have been filled in – do the same for act 2) | SeneceanStructure | Most importantAction + characters | Macbeth | Lady M | RelationshipM-Lady M | Themes | Act 1 sc 1 | TemptationThe witchesPlot to meet with M to tempt him | WitchesForeboding“Fair is foul”“When the battle’s lost and won”Predicting meeting with MacbethSc. 3 | Introduced by witches but not present | -- | -- | Deceptive appearancesEquivocationForeboding of the temptation of MacbethThe number 3Pathetic fallacy(thunder) | Act 1 sc 2 | TemptationThe audience gets to know that M will Receive the Thane of Cawdor title (which will tempt him in sc 3) | Macbeth and Banquo introduced indirectlyBoth loyal but BrutalTwo traitors (foreboding)“What he hath lost noble M has won” | Macbeth –first impression as a war hero and loyal subject (but also a potential killing machine) | -- | -- | Foreboding (M as traitor)Dramatic irony | Act 1 sc 3 | TemptationAfter being pronounced ‘Thane of Cawdor’ M: “The greatest is behind” | M & B meet witches Witches sailor passage = foreboding of insomnia curse.Withes predict for B and M (equivocation)Part of prophecy comes true: M is pronounced Thane of Cawdor. Bis suspicious,warns M | Macbeth appears – already here heReveals his tragic hero flaw: ambition – in his first aside + soliloquy whereRegicide is implied “whose murder is yet but fantastical” | -- | -- | Equivocation Temptation (M’s ambition...
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...Contracts and Procurement Management Notes: E-PROCUREMENT E-Procurement is the business to business (B2B) purchasing of goods and services through the Internet. These days, E-procurement is an invaluable tool for streamlining the procurement process. There are several varieties of e-Procurement, each of which can offers benefits to manufacturing enterprises in ensuring both that materials are delivered in time to meet production schedules and that they are at the best price to maximize profit margins. The state of Kentucky uses two methods to manage their contracts. These processes are: the competitive sealed bidding where by the bid is opened publicly at the time and place of solicitation and the competitive negotiation by RFP of which they are not opened publicly. E-Procurement.gov. helps the government and the citizens realize the vision of growth via profitable B2B e-commerce. The proven platform used by the largest companies in India and the world, it enables trade between companies of different sizes, platforms and locations.To this end,eProcurement.gov.in will provide services like eProcurement, eTendering, eSelling and eAuctions. E-procurement Auction Services offers government departments easy-to-use, web-based solutions for conducting dynamic exchanges in an on-line environment. It provides real-time bidding solutions for buyers and sellers as control, and simplicity to corporate procurement and liquidation processes. The state of Kentucky uses two methods to...
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...[pic] ANTI-CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: THE SITUATION AFTER TWO YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW Hanoi, November 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD .....................................................................................................................................1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................2 I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................7 1.1. OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH ..................................................................................................7 1.1.1. Incidence of corruption in Vietnam ....................................................................................7 1.1.2. Commitment of the political leadership and public concern ................................................7 1.1.3. Gauging the effect of the Law on the society .......................................................................7 1.2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................8 1.2.2. Stakeholder oriented research............................................................................................ 8 ...
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