... |examining | |the way we teach. | | | |+ | | | | | |ruminating over | | | This involves more than just describing what we do or what we have done. As individuals, each with our own background and experience, we bring certain beliefs, assumptions, knowledge, attitudes and values to teaching. Our teaching takes place in a social setting that has its own unique characteristics, opportunities and constraints. Reflective teaching means exploring the implications of all these complex factors with the intention of understanding and improving our practice. A good place to start is by considering our own pasts, as learners and teachers and reflecting on the beliefs, knowledge and values that we have developed from our experiences. Levels of reflection In a sense, we reflect constantly as we teach, responding to ongoing situations in the classroom as they arise. This is sometimes called reflection-in-action. Reflection-in-action usually happens very fast, perhaps even intuitively. It can be transient and quickly forgotten. It is only after a teaching event that there is time for in-depth reflection. This is sometimes called reflection-on-action. When the process of reflection-on-action is rigorous, systematic and ongoing, teachers are acting as reflective practitioners. The chart...
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...CHAPTER TWO 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter reviews relevant literature on the subject matter of witchcraft. The literature review concentrates on the general studies on witchcraft and the effects the practice has on accused women banished in to these witch camps. 2.2 GENERAL STUDIES ON WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PEOPLE. Schnoebelen (2009) gave a historical account of witch-hunt and also dealt with the global picture of the phenomenon. To him, witchcraft belief and its attendant witch hunt is not related to Africa but abound everywhere in the world. He however said that much of the information on witchcraft and witch-hunt comes from Africa. Witchcraft beliefs according to Schnoebelen(2009),...
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...Corporate Governance Aikaterini Dimitriou 1030771 Boards of Directors’ Composition and Financial Performance: The Columbia Sportswear Case Aikaterini Dimitriou 1030771 Contents I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2 II. Theoretical Background ................................................................................................................ 2 A. Board composition; .................................................................................................................... 3 B. Board size. ..................................................................................................................................... 3 C. Outsiders' representation. ....................................................................................................... 3 D. Minority Representation. .......................................................................................................... 4 E. Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 5 III. The Case: Columbia Sportswear Company .......................................................................... 5 A. About the company ..............................................................................................................
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...CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the related literature and studies after the thorough and in-depth search done by the researchers. This will also present the synthesis of the art, theoretical and conceptual framework to fully understand the research to be done and lastly the definition of terms for better comprehension of the study. Related Literature Tracer study is an approach which widely being used in most organization especially in the educational institutions to track and to keep record of their students once they have graduated from the institution. Through tracer study, an institution able to evaluate the quality of education given to their graduates by knowing the graduates placements and positions in the society which later can be used as a benchmark in producing more qualified and competitive graduates. There are books that we can use as a tool for studying different aspects of education and for studying the present topic which is “A Tracer Study on The Employment Status of AB Journalism Graduates Batches 2009-2012. In the book Employment and Career Opportunities after Graduation by Arcelo and Sanyal, the existence of a huge number of educated unemployed can lead to a certain amount of political instability in a country, for they being among the educated class and knowledgeable about the privileges society can offer, feel doubly deprived. In this matter, the analysis of the unemployment situation in the Philippines...
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...99405 Principles of Management MingChuan University Fall 2011 Dr. Frank C. Huang International College Email：fhuanginusa@hotmail.com Office Hours：By appointment 【Course Description】 This course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic concepts of management in diverse business environments; emphasis is placed on the functional approach including planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating, directing, leading, and controlling. Additional selected topics of interest to managers such as ethical issues and decisions will also be discussed. 【Prerequisites】None 【Learning Objectives】 ➢ To Review existing literature and theory in the management field and help participants to understand the theoretical foundation of management as applied to a variety of settings within organizations and with relation to the environment of the 21st century. ➢ To help participants to recognize and analyze management issues and get an overview of relevant management activities. ➢ To provide an understanding of both the social and economic consequences of managerial styles. ➢ To enable students to understand and analyze management decisions by using case studies and experiential exercises. 【Course Proceedings】 ➢ Lecture ➢ In-class discussion ➢ Quizzes ➢ Project presentation 【Grading Scheme】 |Attendance, attitude, class activities, & participation |25% | |Written assignments (homework, cases...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………4 2. Literature review and critical analysis………………………………………5 2.1 What is sales forecasting……………….……………………………...5 2.2 Importance of forecasting in a new B2C business………….…………5 2.3 What affects sales forecasting?..............................................................6 2.4 Techniques of sales forecasting…………………….…………………7 2.4.1 Judgmental methods……………………………………….7 2.4.2 Counting methods………………………………………….8 2.4.3 Newer methods…………………………………………….8 2.5 Adapting forecasting to the company……………………………………...9 3. Conclusion……………………………………………………………….….9 References…………………………….………………………………………10 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Elements of sales forecasting………………………………………………………………..7 Figure 2: Forecasting techniques used in practice …………………………………………………….8 1. Introduction This report discusses the importance of sales forecasting to the entrepreneurial start-up firm in B2C market. The previous assignment discussed the case study on the new set up business related to food industry. The business idea was to create a website and a mobile application that allows office people to order healthy food by choosing every ingredient to suit their personal taste. The concept is quite new to the market so the management has to look into the future sales by implementing sales forecasting. So, the aim and objectives of this report are as follows: Aim: · To discuss why sales forecasting is important to the entrepreneurial...
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...many capitalist countries and most of China’s trade allies and diplomatic relations were socialist nations. During the past 59 years, 59 times of Canton Fairs were held and were widely regarded as a milestone to China’s development of its external economic relations. They represented not only the impressive achievement of trade volume, but also emerged the development from a planned to a market-oriented economy. As a student from GDUFS SEIB school, each of us are required to join the internship in Canton Fair, and are distributed into very different work positions. What would those junior students learn from their maybe first internship? What further impact does this Canton Fair internship have on them? This paper begins with a literature review on personality measurement and on self-growth and personal development, then...
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...Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1999. 28:i–xxiii Copyright © 1999 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENLIGHTENMENT? Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 1999.28:i-xxiii. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by 197.179.183.136 on 11/03/13. For personal use only. Marshall Sahlins Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637; e-mail: m-sahlins@uchicago.edu Key Words: modernity, indigenization, translocality, culture, development n Abstract A broad reflection on some of the major surprises to anthropological theory occasioned by the history, and in a number of instances the tenacity, of indigenous cultures in the twentieth century. We are not leaving the century with the same ideas that got us there. Contrary to the inherited notions of progressive development, whether of the political left or right, the surviving victims of imperial capitalism neither became all alike nor just like us. Contrary to the “despondency theory” of mid-century, the logical and historical precursor of dependency theory, surviving indigenous peoples aim to take cultural responsibility for what has been done to them. Across large parts of northern North America, even hunters and gatherers live, largely by hunting and gathering. The Eskimo are still there, and they are still Eskimo. Around the world the peoples give the lie to received theoretical oppositions between tradition and change, indigenous culture and modernity,...
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...Recruitment, selection, and diversity management in IKEA for its limits of homogeneity in China 1. Introduction In the article “China teaches IKEA limits of homogeneity”, the author presents the problems that IKEA has in its standardization in the Chinese market. The customer group, the pricing, and the culture make IKEA almost impossible to keep its homogeneity in its products and corporate culture. This article is an analysis on the marketing and sales perspective of IKEA. However, the problems in marketing and sales indicate problems in management, especially the human resource management. The limitation of a company to bring its standardized management in a new market indicates its failure in the previous investigation on the reality of the market, which is rooted in the issues of human resource management. If there were local employees or managers warning the reality and difficulties in China, IKEA would be better prepared and make a better marketing strategy. Thus, this paper would analyze the issues of IKEA from the perspectives of recruitment and selection, and diversity management. 2. Recruitment and selection Recruitment and selection is the primary task in human resource management. Recruitment is to seek qualified talents that are suitable for the current needs of the company. It requires a board range of human resource activities under the guidance of the overall business strategy, annual business plan, and the budget of the company (Van Den, et al., 2010)...
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...Table of Contents Chapter 1. The problem Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theoretical framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schematic diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statement of the problem . . . . . . . . . . . . Significance of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Review of related literature Related literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Summary, findings, conclusions and recommendations Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bibliography Chapter I HIV/AIDS INTRODUCTION The arrival of the AIDS epidemic in the 20th Century, brought with it fear, superstition and prejudice. This disease is not the first one where society has imposed social stigmas, political agendas and outright pandemonium. Misunderstandings of other diseases like the bubonic plague, small pox and the Spanish flu also have caused hysteria among populations around the world, but the main difference between these epidemics and that of AIDS/HIV is that AIDS is a modern epidemic staged in a new world of influential media outlets, politics and new social stigmas. In order to combat the societal misunderstandings of AIDS/HIV, one must understand the disease itself. When referring to AIDS/HIV...
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...Running head: CAPSTONE PAPER CAPSTONE PAPER Theoretical and Practical Change in Strategic Organizational Leadership By: John King BSM 3-200 MGT 499 Capstone: Strategic Organizational Leadership Executive Summary The rationale or objective of this Capstone Paper is not to support or defend a particular type of strategic organizational leadership; but, to explore and analyze the theoretical and practical changes that cause organizational leadership to alter its goals and effectiveness, by way of strategic variables or necessity. The understanding and significance of theoretical and practical change in organizational leadership is fundamental to the nature and trends of business and government goals and their effectiveness. Organizational leadership is a planned social process that a person or persons in charge, lead or organize groups of people to achieve a common objective. This process may be orchestrated on a large or small scale and for profit or power. This strategic process is not normally the vision of a manager initially, but the dream or idea of the true leader. The strategies used by the leader of an organization often establish the culture of the organization (Flamholtz, & Randle, 2008). Theoretical and practical change in organizational leadership appears to be involved heavily with organizational culture or behavior. The history and background of organizational leadership has...
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...the flora and fauna of the region. The San They were referred to as hunter-gatherers. [Bushmen by whites; Twa by Xhosa, Roa by Sotho and San by Khoikhoi] They occupied the mountainous, plateau and coastal areas of Southern Africa as evidenced by their paintings on rocks and cave walls throughout the sub-continent. They were neither herders nor agriculturalists, so they depended on hunting and gathering. [ie they survived on what the environment provided] Archaeological evidence has proven that the San might have made meat an important part of their diet before the invention of projectile weapons. How was this possible without weapons? The San killed newly born or sick animals Ran down animals Scavenging They drove large animals over cliffs or into swamps and then slaughtered them. Meat was thus an important part of their diet from time immemorial. As their Stone Age technology improved they made use of poisoned arrows Hunting was so important to them to the extent that their semi-nomadic existence was governed by the movement of the game and the change in seasons. They jealously guarded their hunting grounds. [as proven by their conflicts with the whites] Division of Labour: In the San communities there was division of labour according to gender and age. Man was the hunter...
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...Retention Plans in Talent Management: Corporate practices in Bangladesh The Reason of Research:- Focusing in HRM for the betterment of production is not in lag behind in recent times. With the course of time, it is being the centre of the organization that some revolutionary steps are being preference for updating status. Retention plans is one of them. Not only this, those sectors which are in mainstreaming stair of an organization-such as marketing, finance and accounting, HRM is also involve within those hand and globes. Consequently, the recruitment and selection, compliance, labor market, wage and salary, retirement, organizing, required skills and attitude to meet current and future organizational needs are not the main elements rather developing and retaining people is the significant and sophisticated issues for moving ahead at the plot of HR. Surely, this trend pushes us to elaborate discussion about it later on. But that does not mean that rest others are least importance. Basically, above all important issues make HR effectively. Nevertheless, in some vital organizations cannot judge retention plan very sincerely. Despite having lots of prosperity why retention plan cannot reach their exemplary and satisfactory threshold in our country I will also give preferences in our term paper for understanding in depth in the part of limitations. Why do we Select retention plan for managing talents for doing Research:- Before going to the deep look of the topic now we...
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...Reflective thinking, in distinction from other operations to which we apply the name of thought, involves (1) a state of doubt, hesitation, perplexity, mental difficulty, in which thinking originates, and (2) an act of searching, hunting, inquiring to find material that will resolve the doubt, settle and dispose of the perplexity’. (Dewey, 1933 p.12) Part 1: With this in mind, consider critically and analytically the purpose and value of reflection and reflective practice, supporting your discussion with relevant reading. Chloe Carter-Miles 6th November 2012 Contents Main Body of Text Page 3 References Page 11 Bibliography Page 13 Appendices Page 16 List of Appendices Appendix 1 Kolb’s Cycle of Experiential Learning Appendix 2 Gibbs Model of Reflection (1988) Appendix 3 Moon’s Model of Reflection Appendix 4 Blooms Taxonomy; original and revised This essay will explore the purpose and value of reflective practice as a trainee teacher, and how it supports learning. Dewey (1916) defines education as ‘It is that reconstruction or reorganization of experience which adds to the meaning of experience, and which increases ability to direct the course of subsequent experience.’ The pertinent word to note in this quote is ‘experience’. Since Dewey highlighted the importance of reflective practice in the early part of the 20th Century, many other academics and practitioners have explored and written about it. Many different reflective models have been published...
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...CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the materials used such as books, magazines, journals, internet and other thesis writing to support the relevance of the presented study. I. Related Literature Foreign Literature The extension of technology that integrates the electronic media in the buying and the selling process is known as the Ecommerce. Elton (2012) mentioned that the ecommerce website has deflated the dissimilarity of the world. Marketing is an important organizational function in today's age. It is the one path that a firm follows to create and deliver value to its customer and itself. The internet has created a vast array of opportunities to deliver this value. According to Brigita Go (2012), running an online business is much better than opening a store. Selling online is indeed one of the great ways to make profits online. In fact, it is also a great way to widen your target market and grow your business fast as well. Carolyn Anderson (2012) stated that "by putting your business online, you are also widening your reach worldwide". It is important to check out some online selling tips that may help make selling successful. As more and more business take the ecommerce journey to charm customers, it is enhancing more and more necessary to build effective ecommerce marketing ideas. According to Sunny (2012) the primary reasons for marketing your ecommerce...
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