...ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG SME OWNERS. PROBLEM STATEMENT: The role of national culture is imperative in determining the behavior of individuals in all aspects of life. This behavior also guides individuals towards opting between doing job or starting a personal business. Small work has been seen crucial to investigate the affects of culture on development of entrepreneurial intentions of citizens in the country. Culture includes uncertainty avoidance, power distance, individualism versus collectivism, gender differences and long term orientation versus short term orientation. Our study will note that cultural elements for instance uncertainty avoidance, elevated power distance, collectivism, short term orientation and male dominancy are effecting adversely on the growth of entrepreneurial intentions in Pakistan. The research narrates the importance of national culture’s aspects to develop entrepreneurial culture in Pakistan. BACKGROUND: The power of change has impact all business entities from small to large. Every entity has to tackle with massive technological, geographical, political, economical, legal and social change. Although the dynamic environment has resulted as biggest challenge for the countries, they have somehow manage to nurture the opportunities with clear visions, resourceful synergies, loyal employees, sturdy organizational culture, team orientation and consistent policies. Thus it has been verified through researches that nations achieve...
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...Running head: IS IT WORTH IT? Is It Worth It? : The Effects of Plagiarism Abstract Plagiarism isn’t taking lightly when it comes to your education and/or work ethics. Indianapolis Stars, Steve Hall learned this after losing his career as one of the papers top critics. Intentional or unintentional, plagiarism has its major consequences and could be avoided by crediting those who deserved to be credited. Is It Worth It? : The Effects of Plagiarism After working for 13 years as one of Indianapolis Monthly’s top television critics, Steve Hall was fired after being accused of plagiarism. According to Bettie Cadou’s article, Words Fail Me (2000), “Hall took his first hit when his supervisors decided his review of the UPN wrestling program closely resembled an article by Dallas Morning News TV critic Ed Bank. Then came the final blow, when an analysis of Hall’s previous stories found another half-dozen pieces, dating to 1997, that were deemed too similar to other writers’ works.” Even though Hall at first claimed it wasn’t intentional, the hirer ups felt that too many of his articles sounded too much alike and they made the decision to release him from his duties. In the article, You Can Say That Again (2000), also written by Cadou, she gives a number of examples of Hall’s work compared to some articles in Times Magazine; “Times: The show is smart and often funny… Mr. Kilborn delivers this material with the requisite smirks and deadpan charm … he is blond and boyish...
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...marketing but specifically on consumers’ attitudes and purchase intention of eco-friendly products. It has been the global concern for the purpose of the preservation of the polluting and degradation of environment. Many studies have been done on the green marketing exploring the importance of the topic and relationship to the attitude and purchasing behavior of the consumers of eco-friendly products. Through the vital information provided by the expertise, competent and experience researchers, companies have understood the importance of green marketing in order to produce eco-friendly products and these provided much rich information for the literature studies of the thesis The objective of this research was looked into and explored the influencing of the four traditional marketing-mix elements, satisfaction and word of mouth (WOM) on attitude and purchasing intentions of consumers on eco-friendly products specifically fasting moving consumer goods (FMCG) or non-durable ones. The purpose of the study was to obtain information from consumers’ point of view. Furthermore, one perspective of the study was to look into the comparison of the Swedish and the Non-Swedish their attitudes towards ecofriendly products. A questionnaire provided to obtain the views of the Swedish and others nationalities, how they are influenced by the marketing-mix elements (4P), satisfaction and WOM concerning green attitudes and purchase intention of eco-friendly products. A quantitative approach was adopted...
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...Revisiting Intention To Restaurants There are so many reasons for a customer to visit a restaurant, it might be regarding to the staff attitude, the food or even the price. George Pettingell (October 2005) recognized that “Most of the customer don’t visit a restaurant to eat. Most of the time they only come for other reasons which has a little reason on eating. Yes, well prepared and tasty food is very important, as is ambiance and price of the restaurant. For most people, the bottom line has everything to do with personal needs, experiences and also satisfactions.” According to June, L.P. and Smith, S.L. (1987) identified that “Five characteristics of customers going to a restaurant have been found which is price, atmosphere, liquor license, service and quality. They summarized that different standard would be used when the respondents were choosing restaurants in different occasions.” Customers are sometimes attracted by the atmosphere of the restaurant, it was proved by the following newspaper journal that lots of customers go to a particular restaurant for special purpose. According to Sunday Morning, Bill Geist, (Dec 3, 2006) stated that “Los Angeles hot spot, Opaque, offers dining in total darkness. It's a hip spot on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles called Opaque, where patrons dine in total darkness. Menus are useless so diners order before going in.” According to Restaurant Demand Today, Promotion Marketing Association of America (1994) stated...
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...Our life has a Destiny. There is no Accident. God has Great Plan for our life. God’s Game Plan (Sport game?)I realized that when we play team game sports, it is important to have a game plan. In order for you to be victorious in a game, there must be a plan. God has a game plan in our life. But the problem is we also have our own plan. The same with our life we need to learn to follow the game plan of God in our life for us to be victorious and successful. Pero ang tanong is kaya ba natin mag follow and submit sa gameplan ng panginoon sa life naten? But the problem to many Christian’s today is that have our own game plan. Pero kahit anong gawin natin ang plano parin ng diyos ang mananaig sa life natin. Psalms 33:11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. Whatever the plan that we have, it will never change the plan of God.- Many People bargain the plan of God because we thought we can change the plan of God.- Tapos nagtataka ka bakit kung bakit yung life mo hindi victorious, kasi hindi mo iniimbrace ang plano ng Lord sa life mo. Kasi feeling natin mas matalino tayo kay Lord. (revised version) - Isaiah 55:8-9 We could compare the plan of God in our plan it is different (napakalayo) 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. - 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts...
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...Homework Be professional in my verbal communication. Use proper terminology that cannot be confused with flirting, I am aware that I have a playful nature to me and I want to be as professional as possible when working with clients so that I do not confuse them. I will state my intensions clearly to my client so that a session can be therapeutic and have a good outcome. I will not do treatments with ill intentions or jeopardize the client’s virtue. We will discuss a treatment plan and follow-through with that plan. I will ask the client before the treatment why the want a massage and what they expect to be clear of what their intensions and expectations are. One boundary I have set for myself is that I will not touch a client outside of their session unless I am shaking their hand or a medical emergency arises. This is to protect the client and myself so that we can feel safe in a therapeutic environment. I will always dress appropriate for a massage, not being overly revealing and respectful to clients and myself. I do not want a client to think that I dressed for them. I will work in a professional setting. I want to make sure that the client, therapist is safe and comfortable in the workspace, and that intensions are clearly communicated by the professional setting. Sound vibration can be healing and sexual, I would like to be sure that any music played in a therapeutic setting is appropriate for the session and that it cannot be confused as sexual. I want to set...
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...nJournal TPB Author / Article Title | Context / Setting | Sample | IVs/ Control v/ mediator/ | DVs | Method of Analysis / Theory | Unit of Analysis | The Effects of Attitude, Subjective Norm, andPerceived Behavioral Control on Consumers’Purchase Intentions: The Moderating Effectsof Product Knowledge and Attention toSocial Comparison Information.Jyh-Shen Chiou1998 | northernTaiwan | 300 student subjects from universities around northernTaiwan | Independent Variables : * Attitude * Subjective norm * Perceived behavioral control. Moderating Variable : * Subjective knowledge * ATSCI (attention to social comparison information) | Purchase intention | Questionnaire | Individual | Findings & contribution | Limitations | Suggestion for future research | Key word | Objective/ purpose | - This study showed that the relative importance ofattitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control in the prediction of intention varies when consumers possess different subjective product knowledge or social information comparison disposition.- This research has strong implications for marketers. It can help them develop more effective marketing programs to affect consumers’ purchase intentions under different situations. | - In this study only one product type, the computer printer was examined.- This study just use of student subjects may limit the generalizabilities of the findings. | - Future research should identify more product characteristics that...
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...Key Vocabulary Unit 1 Justin Racek Strategies for the Technical Professional 9/27/14 Strategy A plan designed to obtain a specific goal or result Ambiguity Uncertainty of meaning, intention, or outcome Goals The desired result of achievement toward which effort is directed Values The moral principles of an individual or organization Style A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character Skills Ability to do something well that comes from knowledge, practice, experience, and aptitude Tools Things used to help accomplish a task or purpose Resources Source of supply, support, or assistance that can be readily drawn upon when needed Accountability Responsible to someone or for some action; answerable Motivation That which causes a person to act or to desire to act in a certain way or do a certain thing Attitude One's positive or negative manner, feeling, or position with regard to a person or thing Responsibility The state of fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management Respect Esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability Participation The fact of taking part, as in some action or attempt Discipline Behavior in accord with rules of conduct and maintained by training and control Dependability The quality of being reliable and worthy of trust Persistence The quality...
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...Key Terms Matching Quiz Name: Larrico Williams Directions: Read the definitions in the chart below. Find the corresponding term in the table provided. Write the correct term in the numbered space in front of its definition. There is only one correct answer for each definition. Not all available terms will be used. 1. Strategy | A plan designed to obtain a specific goal or result | 2. Ambiguity | Uncertainty of meaning, intention, or outcome | 3. goal | The desired result or achievement toward which effort is directed | 4. Ethics | Positive ideals, customs, and morals which an individual or a group hold in high regard and aspire to embody | 5. skills | Abilities to do something well that come from knowledge, practice, experience, and aptitude | 6. tools | Things used to help accomplish a task or purpose | 7. Resources | Sources of supply, support, or assistance that can be readily drawn upon when needed | 8.Motivation | That which causes a person to act or to desire to act in a certain way or do a certain thing | 9.style | One’s positive or negative manner, feeling, or position with regard to a person or thing | 8. Discipline | Behavior in accord with rules of conduct and maintained by training and control | 10.Dependability | The quality of being reliable and worthy of trust | 11.participation | The quality of tenacity or endurance in remaining steadfast to an idea, a request, or a purpose | 12.tolerance | Interest in...
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...Assignment 2 To: Assignment Grader From: Nicole Rivero Date: 7/26/15 In this case John owns a zinc mine and Dana owns a zinc mine next door. John is mining zinc from underneath his own property. Unbeknownst to him, as he is mining, he and his employees cross the area under the border between his land and Dana’s so that John is mining beneath Dana’s land. After doing this for a week, Dana tells John that he is beneath her land. John realizes she is correct and immediately stops his mining activities. Dana sues John for trespass to land. John claims that he is not liable for trespass to land because he did not conduct any activity that is above ground on Dana’s land. Although John did not conduct activity above ground, in trespass to land a person's property is considered to extend to the center of the earth in the downward direction. Therefore, John is liable for trespass to land as he did unlawfully enter her property even though it was underground. John next claims that he is not liable for trespass to land because he did not intentionally mine under Dana’s land. In Sandlin v. Webb, 240 S.W.2d 69, the appellees began mining business on land adjoining Sandlin's. The appellees employed a mine foreman to take care of the underground work as well as a mining engineer, to lay out the mine, make surveys and direct the operations. The mining engineer furnished the appellees with maps showing the extent of the underground operations and in turn the appelless would give the...
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...essential for the advancement of your career and development as a leader. Unfortunately, personal branding has become a “commoditized” term that has lost its intention as people have irresponsibly used social media as a platform to build their personal brand and increase their relevancy. They believe social media can immediately increase their market value for their personal brand rather than recognizing that the process of developing their personal brand is a much bigger responsibility; a never-ending journey that extends well beyond social media. This is why I always advise those who want to have a social media presence to think carefully about their intentions and objectives before opening an account. Why? Because the moment you start – you must not allow yourself to stop. Challenge yourself to think about what your intentions are and what you are capable of delivering to the communities you are serving – both in and outside of the workplace. Personal branding, much like social media, is about making a full-time commitment to the journey of defining yourself as a leader and how this will shape the manner in which you will serve others. View your personal brand as a trademark; an asset that you must protect while continuously molding and shaping it. Your personal brand is an asset that must be managed with the intention of helping others benefit from having a relationship with you and / or by being associated with your work and the industry you serve. Have you defined your...
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...What is a family mission statement? It is a variation on the mission statements that were designed for businesses. Companies drafted a document to clarify what they stood for, what their intentions were and how they planned to operate their business to achieve these goals. Many families today recognise the value in slowing down their lives and moving forward with intention and direction rather than letting life unfold and reacting to what comes. One tool to set the intention is to literally spell it out in writing. Taking it beyond discussion clarifies it further and creates an anchor point for all family members to refer to. It can become a living document, one that grows with your family as you change and go through life stages, but brings you back to those core values every time. Note – if you do not have children at home you can create a personal mission statement using the first person or if you have a partner you can create a family/personal mission statement however works for you. The intentions are the same – who are you and where do you want to be going and how do you want to live your life. How do you create a mission statement? Now this is where it can get complicated. Just like core values, my intention here is to break it down, keep it as simple as possible,. You can go off and do more investigating (and I provide a few additional references below), but if you want to just move forward I hope what I include will suffice. To create a statement a chat...
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...Relationships of a Christ Centred Person Intro: We’ve been studying the various aspects of a Christ centred person. We looked at his finances, his work, his spirituality, the way he handles sensuality and the way a woman ought to be. Today we want to take a look at his relationships. Now although we are half way through the series it’s important to understand what we mean when we say Christ centred. We don’t just mean that you say you believe in Jesus claims or that you attend church regularly. When we understand this word centred it will define our understanding of Christ centred living. We understand what makes up our solar system by what revolves around the sun in the solar system. Similarly a Christ centred life can be identified by how everything about it revolves around Christ. When we strive for that kind of life it becomes one which is dripping with purpose. God not only breathes life into our spirit when we come to Him, he offers to breathe a living purpose into every aspect of us and our life. Today we want to understand how he does that to our relationships. We will be looking at 3 books in scripture to understand this concept and will be looking at 3 areas of relationships for a believer in Christ. 1. Relationships at home: Genesis 2:18-24 Now I realise a lot of you are not married but I also know that most of you have the desire to be married. We want to understand it means to be Christ centred in marriage as well. I have spoken on this topic before...
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...TO: Supervising Attorney FROM: RE: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress—Legal memo DATE: 12/15/15 FACTS On October 2, Jack Dee walked into a Kindergarten classroom at Hickory Elementary School dressed as a monster. His intent was to scare the children of the classroom. He ran into the classroom yelling, “You rotten kids have all been behaving very badly, and now I’m going to eat all of you!” Our client Rosa Lemon has sued. Rosa’s daughter, Sara, has had emotional outbursts caused by fear, loss of sleep and appetite. RULE Intentional infliction of emotional distress requires (1) defendant must act intentionally or reckless; (2) defendant conduct must be extreme; (3) conduct must be the cause of severe emotional distress. Facts must be met in order for intentional infliction to exist. ISSUE Did Jack Dee intend to cause emotional distress to the children of Hickory Elementary School? ANALYISIS If Jack Dee intended to cause severe emotional distress, this is a statement of fact, not opinion. Crucial elements of the tort of emotional distress exist, and Rosa Lemon may win in court. Jack Dee did of the following: 1. Jack Dee dressed as a monster and walked into a kindergarten classroom at Hickory Elementary School. 2. Sara Lemon has suffered loss of sleep and appetite, and numerous emotional outbursts at school, in fear the monster will return. Jack Dee will argue that he did not believe him walking into a kindergarten classroom, dressed as a monster...
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...August 27, 2015 To: Parents of Beulahland Youth Choir Dear Parents, In our meeting on August 26, 2015 we had several topics brought to us. While trying to meet everyone concerns first we decided not to have anyone do solo praise dance. The reason we made this decision, we want our youth to learn the meaning of unity. We also had someone whose child felt like an “outcast”…. that is not our intentions and we are very apologetic for this child feeling this way and it is not intentions for a child not to feel motivated. In the future, with the four of us working together we will ensure you this will be resolved. Again, we are ONE team in Christ. A parent also talked about what is said in the presence of the child and how we discpline in the presence of the entire group. We will contact the parent if needed to discuss any issues we are having with your child. This will ensure that we have not shown favortism. In regards to singing, to accommodate each individual each of our youth (if desired) will have a chance to lead a song. We will not have any child feeling left out while doing God’s will and continuing our worship. It is very important that each child know our singing and praise dancing is a gift from God. Each child should know they are not singing and praising for themselves but for God. THIS IS PLEASING TO GOD. We need every parent to help us minister this to our children and let them all of them are AWESOME children. By doing this all will know their purpose...
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