...A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS PERCEPTION OF MOTIVATION IN THE BELIZE PUBLIC SERVICE CAVEHILL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES BUSINESS RESEARCH- PSM FINAL PROJECT 2013/2014 JUNE, 2013 Acknowledgements First of all, thanks be to my Lord Jesus for the strength and determination in whom I leaned on to finish this task. My heartfelt appreciation goes out to family for bearing patience and understanding for the times I was not around. Thanks to my lecturer, Dr. Natamisha Goring, for her time and sincere guidance in the completion of this paper. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary……………………………………. 4 Introduction………………………………………………. 5 -6 Literature Review……………..………………………. 7 - 9 Methodology ………………………………………….... 10 - 15 Study Design Participants Research Instrument Data Collection Proposed Data Analysis Anticipated Limitations and Challenges Bibliography…………………….………….. 16-17 Appendices …………………………………. 18-23 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case study examines new initiatives aimed at motivating junior officers within the Public Service to be more effective, efficient and productive. These initiatives describe motivation within the context of drive reduction theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. The study will also measure employee satisfaction as it relates to current incentives...
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...(What Does an Architect Do?) Almost ever building you walk into is most likely designed by a architect.(What Does an Architect Do?) If there was no architects what would this world do? A architects income is around $56,000-$85,000 per year. (Learn More Indiana) When you first start off as being an architect you are considered as a Junior Drafter, those are the ones that make around $56,000 a year. (Career Information Center Seventh Edition) Work place would be in a office. (Learn More Indiana) Some things that you would need to be capable of doing is public speaking. (Learn More Indiana) You would also need to be able to work independently and able to have a face-to-face conversation. (Learn More Indiana) A architect is easy to become as long as you have a collage degree for architecture and graduate collage. (Career Information Center Seventh Edition) Some training is needed. Courses that are needed are mechanical drawing, art, history, physics, and mathematics. (Career Information Center Seventh Edition) You also need to know how to draw blue prints and drawing plans. (What Does an Architect Do?) If you like art, this would be a good job for you because you may need to make paper or plastic models of your design. (What Does an Architect Do?) What you do as a architect. Architects do a lot of thinking. They have to think about what the building will be used for. (What Does an Architect Do?) They need to research what the weather is like where the building or object...
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...Downtown v. The Strip Paper 1 Group 5 March 4, 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………….2 Background………………………………………………………………………………..3 Research Objectives……………………………………………………………………….5 Specified Population………………………………………………………………………6 Recruitment of Interviewees………………………………………………………………6 Running of Focus Groups/ Interviews…………………………………………………….7 Findings…………………………………………………………………………………...8 Implications………………………………………………………………………………11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….13 Appendix A: Individual Depth Interview Sample Population…………………………...15 Appendix B: Individual Depth Interview Questions…………………………………….16 Appendix C: Focus Group Sample Population..…………………………………………18 Appendix D: Focus Group Questions……………………………………………………19 Executive Summary Objectives The purpose of this research project was to discover the reactions and opinions of Alabama students on the nightlife options available in Tuscaloosa, AL. We asked students to give their opinions on numerous subjects including: • The factors which influence students to attend bars/clubs • Bar location selection process • Elements of bar selection process • Timeliness of student nightlife activity • Identify demographic segments amongst bars/clubs • Amenities that attract the market segment Methods We used multiple examination methods to conduct the research for this project. •...
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...the north-east,Switzerland and Italy ascross the Alps to the south-east and Spain Across the pyrenees to the South-west). On the other hand,I find some very interesting differences,French people brush their teeth after eating breakfast but in China people always brush their teeth when they week up and before they eat breakfast.In China the 1st floor is the ground floor,but In france the 1st floor actually is 2end floor in China.Also in Franch people have dinner late and long,for Chinese people have dinner about 6:00.In resttaurant France people eat their own ordered dishes but for chinese people like share.Two French gril friends don`t hold hands in the street but Chinese two gril if they are good friend they slways hold hands when they walk in...
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...This paper will discuss developmentally appropriate methodologies in teaching language and literacy to young children across a developmental curriculum. Also to be discussed will be the aspects/knowledge of language, language diversity and Theoretical Perspectives. There is now evidence that it is never too early to teach a child. Through research it has been discovered that the infant even before he/she is born can hear sound and as we know that is how we acquire language, by hearing spoken words. According to Otto (2010), language development begins when language speakers assume that an infant is a participating partner in conversational settings, even though it is months before the child is able to begin using conventional words. In an article written by Dr. Carmelita Lomeo-Smrtic,Ph.D, she wrote that “Teaching children to become literate members of society is a daunting task, often relegated to the elementary teacher. However, research on teaching children to become literate suggests that this process must begin well before kindergarten. Research suggests that children are primed for learning language in utero. Also from the Otto text, “research on children’s perception of speech and the development of the auditory system in utero has determined that the fetus can perceive sounds beginning with the 25th week of gestation and at the 35th week a fetus’s hearing acuity is at a level similar to an adult’s (2010). Knowing all...
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...Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010). When you take psychology in college, it is to teach you how to understand how people are different and allow you to be non-judgmental. Being in the Navy, I feel that I developed the ability to be open-minded very early on in my career. This is because the military recruits people from all over the country, from the ghetto to the country club. I deal with all walks of life (race, religion, gender) on a daily basis. What I do not get to see in the Navy is people with mental disabilities and disorders. This course has taught me that approximately half of the populations of the United States have experienced or are experiencing some type of psychiatric disorder (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010). The average person looks down on someone with any type of disability. They usually label them as deviant when their disorder allows them to commit a crime. What people don’t understand is that some of these people cannot control what they are doing. The only way for them to satisfy an urge is to do what they are thinking about. An example of this would be a serial killer. Serial killers usually have an internal motive for killing repeatedly, whereas a murderer usually commits one crime for a very specific reason. Serial killers need to satisfy some urge, and they do that through killing. However, not all people that have unquenchable urges resort...
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...Walk towards the library at Pacific Lutheran University, and you’ll see a gardening site that looks just like any other on a college campus. It’s just a bunch of tree’s and bushes, with gravel. What you cannot tell is that this area preserves water because the area is xeriscape -- it has gravel, and native plants to reduce water use. Xeriscape is a landscaping style that requires little to no irrigation or other maintenance. In America, we emphasize well kept, green landscaping with heavy fertilizing, irrigation, and non-native plants. Even though it’s terrible for the environment. Consequently, I get really happy that despite waters invisibility this garden isn’t like American green grass -- the area is sustainably composed. The Golden age...
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...3:15 AM In a Maryland suburb, Harold Young, a 25 year old junior analyst at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Research Center sleeps soundly in his bed. Normally, he would get up at 8 am, quickly take a warm shower, and grab an apple on his way out in order to get to his day job at 9 am. However, today, Harold would find himself waking up suddenly, to the rumbling of the ground beneath him and ceiling above him, followed by loud cracks from his windows. Confused and shocked, Harold quickly jumps out of bed and runs into his living room to find his cat Gerald hissing at the window. What’s up with Gerald? Harold wonders, as his thoughts are abruptly disturbed by what Harold only imagined could have been the sound of a very large bomb going off. Harold...
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...Efficient Market Hypothesis: Examining the Case of South Asian Stock Markets Sharon Prakash Abstract This study examines the relevance of the Efficient Market Hypothesis among emerging stock markets belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and the Global economy. The study employs daily closing prices of eminent market indices from a time period 2004-2013.The stock returns have been subjected to unit root tests such as the Augmented Dickey Fuller test and a panel unit root test. Additionally the existence of random walk for these stock markets has also been examined through the Jarque-Bera statistic. The results indicate information inefficiency in the time period under study for all indices. Investors can therefore predict future prices on the basis of historical information, and receive excessive returns. The results have implications for developing economies wherein the government has to ensure that all asset related information be made public, to curb state interference. Introduction The concept of Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) holds special importance in the field of Finance, especially Capital markets. This hypothesis postulates that markets are informationally efficient. This asserts that the price of any security will fully reflect all the information that is available to the investors. That being said, one cannot consistently achieve returns that are excess of the average market returns...
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...Instructor Quesenbury English 1301 - 002 03 December 2014 Research Paper Today's schools have to focus on so much more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Although school officials strive to protect the student and faculty from gun violence, it's a reality in today's world. Truly something is seriously wrong because school buildings should be a safe place for all. Study after study conducted on the who's and why's of school gun violence reveals an important fact: There is no reasonable answer for such violence to have taken such a rise in incidence and continue to be the prevailing societal threat it is today, in every school across the nation, especially large school communities. The whole community needs to act together and get involved. The statistics are threatening enough. The U.S. Department of Education estimated 5.5 million students were enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in the 2006-07 school year. Among this population, during this single year, there were 767,000 violent assaults and 35 (27 homicides and 8 suicides) school associated violent deaths (Dinkes, pars. 5, 6, 10). From the broader period, years 1999 to 2006, reported 116 students killed in 109 school associated incidents (Shuster, par. 2). Although national attention to school shootings has heightened in recent years, a violent incident in a school setting was first recorded in 1955. In a Swathermore College dorm in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania on January 11, Bob Bechtel, age 22...
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...Career Research Paper I have designed this assignment as a step by step guide to walk my students through the research process. Of course, you may adjust it as you feel is necessary according to the level of students you are working with. This project explains in detail everything they need to research, as well as, giving them real world insight into what to expect in a career in terms of education, job duties and responsibilities and income. I begin by having them take a reality check quiz on the Jump Start Coalition website. This little quiz helps them determine how much money they will need to earn in order to live the lifestyle they would like to have. This income amount in turn helps open their eyes to the type of job necessary to achieve that income and what amount of education is involved. It was a real wake up call for many of my students. In this package I have also included a grading rubric for the project and a list of possible career choices for their assignment. Student Instructions You will be writing a research paper on a career chosen from the attached list. Think carefully about which career you chose to research. Read through these directions and the requirements for this assignment BEFORE making your choice. Materials needed for this project - ---note cards (preferably 3x5 lined) ---folder with pockets to keep all research materials in ---access to internet and reference books A. Take reality check quiz at http://www.jumpstartcoalition...
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...Honors and Awards………………………………………………………………. 4 8 9 10 12 Elements of Graduation with Distinction The Written Honors Thesis………………………………………………………. 14 The Research Poster……………………………………………………………... 16 The Oral Defense…………………………………………………………………. 18 Helpful Hints for Graduation with Distinction Designing a Plan for Writing: Creating a Timeline and Sticking to It………… How to be a Good Mentee……………………………………………………….. Tips for Navigating the Mentoring Relationship……………………………….. Words of Wisdom from Former GwD students………………………………… Appendix A: Forms Independent Study Form…………………………………………………………. Graduation with Distinction Application Form………………………………….. Evaluation of the Written Thesis………………………………………………… Evaluation of the Oral Thesis Presentation…………………………………….. 20 23 26 29 31 35 37 38 2 Graduation with Distinction Basics 3 General Information What is Graduation with Distinction (GwD)? The Graduation with Distinction Program (GwD) in Psychology & Neuroscience is intended for students interested in completing a significant research project during their undergraduate career. This project is more than an independent study. In fact, it’s like a mini-dissertation. You will complete a research project, write a thesis, and defend it in front of a committee in order to graduate with distinction. Why Pursue GwD? Pursuit of independent academic research under the guidance of a faculty mentor is an opportunity to forge a close working relationship with one or more professors in your field of intellectual...
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...studied in silence. The participants were college students and were randomly assigned to two groups. The control group performed the experiment in complete silence, while the experimental group listened to classical music the entire time. Both groups were asked to examine a picture and memorize as much as they could for two minutes. Immediately after two minutes a short distraction film was played and a multiple choice test was given. The results were not statistically significant and our hypothesis was rejected. Methodological limitations and ideas for follow-up research are discussed. Keywords: music, memory, memorize, distraction, test Examining the Effects of Music on Memory Memory is an area that sparks the interest of many scientists. Memory can be affected by multiple genetic and environmental factors having positive and negative influences on working memory function (Alley & Greene, 2008). Research has shown that if music is played to babies while in the womb, they possess recognition and memory recall of the music a year after being born (Johansen-Berg, 2001). Separately memory and music have been investigated exclusively, resulting in a great deal of information known about the two subjects. When researched together, it is a combination that sparks interest and allows for more questions and investigation. A few areas that motivate researchers to continue investigating possible positive relationships between music and...
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...managerial analysis of Dhaka Bank Limited Prepared for Ms. Nusrat Nabi Course Instructor MGT 210.25 Prepared by Foresight Members: Ishan Debnath ID:1120608030 Mofizur Rahman Hridoy ID:1120391030 Mohammed Raisul Islam ID:1120263030 Rezwan Arifin Khan ID:1130027030 Saidi Hossain ID:1130010030 School of Business North South University August 7, 2012 Ms. Nusrat Nabi Lecturer School of Business, North South University Dhaka, 1229. Subject: Submission of a research paper on Introduction to management Mam, It is our sincere pleasure to submit a research paper titled “An in depth managerial analysis of Dhaka Bank Limited”. This research paper is submitted as part of the partial fulfillment of the course Introduction to management (course title MGT 210). This research paper briefly discusses about the managerial analysis of Dhaka Bank Limited and some of its application.We hope this research will merit your approval. Sincerely yours IshanDebnath ID:1120608030 MofizurRahmanHridoy ID:1120391030 Mohammed Raisul Islam ID:1120263030 RezwanArifin Khan ID:1130027030 SaidiHossain ID:1130010030 BBA Program Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 1.0 An Overview of the Organization: Dhaka Bank Limited 2 1.1 Key Facts about Dhaka Bank Limited 2 1.2 Customers 4 1.3 Products and Services 4 1.3.2 Corporate Banking 5 1.3.3 Trade Finance 5 1.3.4 SME 6 1.3...
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...Often these places have some historical and cultural significance to them. For example the New York City hotel room in which L. Ron Hubbard wrote Dianetics and more recently the control room of the Fukushima power plant, the same power plant that had a meltdown during the tsunami on March 11, 2011. These models are constructed mostly of cardboard and construction paper. They are then photographed with a large format camera. The models are then destroyed and his audience is presented with a photographic image. The use of colored construction paper and cardboard leads the scenes to have certain level of flatness yet dimension that renders the work as off putting yet inviting. Demand is stripping this loaded place of all its signifiers and in turn making the audience question what happens to all of these places once we forget about the events that have occurred there. Does the structure carry any of the weight from the events that have occurred there or like in Demand’s models is all of that weight stripped away to make way for the...
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