...Mass media which regroup all the media apparatuses, for example, films, TV appears, informal communities, and so on has extraordinary impact on the general public, and particularly on youngsters (Srygley, 1978). As per Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Theory individuals can learn practices and new contemplations if these four prerequisites are met which are consideration, memory, impersonation and wishes when the spectator is confronting any sort of practices in his surroundings that demonstrates the likelihood of taking in the showed conduct. Hence, any rough sort of conduct demonstrated can be obtained and learned through this standard. Consideration is an imperative component for observational taking in the individual ought to offer regard for any sort of model in the persona environment. At that point memory, once ought to remember the activity to impersonate the molecule activity and impersonation is one of the components as well. In conclusion, yearning is essential to inspire the once to impersonate the observational conduct. The inauspicious Bandura concentrates on Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models or Imitation of Film-Mediated Aggressive Models (Bandura,Ross, and Ross, 1961:1963), were set inside of a social learning idea and were planned to detect the procedures driving the ways that youngsters and adolescents learn by watching and impersonating the practices of others. In this connection, thusly, the studies utilized motivator films...
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...Delta Airlines Board of Directors Presentation October 18, 2013 Consultants: General Overview of Delta Airlines Strategy COMPANY’S SANDBOX High rivalry makes industry unattractive Profitability increasing, but still below cost of capital Consolidation trend has reduced rivals helping profits DELTA’S CURRENT STRATEGY Trainer refinery acquisition: using vertical integration to address Delta’s largest expense Metrics of improving flight completions, on-time arrival rate and decreasing mishandled bag to address customer satisfaction RECOMMENDATIONS • Trainer refinery: mitigate risks for success. • Customer satisfaction: domestic differentiation strategy and international best in class strategy Overview Industry Company Strategy Conclusions Review 2 The Airline Industry: At a Glance Across the Industry • Slow, but positive, global GDP growth • More financially-stable U.S. airline industry as merger integrations mature and restructured carriers emerge • U.S. carriers maintain capacity restraint with growth less than GDP • Inflationary pressures across all categories, with industry capacity discipline allowing for recovery of higher cost inputs • Corporate travel demand remains solid with corporate travel spend to increase 5% for 2014 Overview Industry Company Strategy Conclusions Review 3 Industry profitability improving, but returns still below WACC Profits have been improving in the past three years… …but...
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...Management and Strategy E-Business QRT2 Task 1 February 13, 2014 1. Viability of Product or Service: Horsepower Towing is a sole proprietorship business established by Tyler Loveridge in the early 2000’s in Lehi, Utah. Horsepower offers a variety of services including towing, law enforcement, truck maintenance, and trucking. Horsepower started out as a single truck towing service and has steadily grown into various services to the company it is today. Horsepower began expanding its towing capabilities shortly following inception to include contracting out towing for law enforcement. This included, but was not limited to DUIs, accidents, and suspended licenses. In 2010, Horsepower continued its growth and set up a division for long-haul trucking. Because of its now diverse product and service offering, Horsepower can greatly benefit from developing a website and gaining a much stronger online presence. Currently, Horsepower Towing does not have an official website. Most of the contact information can be found online by a general Google search, but no website with offerings, testimonials, or other valuable information exists. Horsepower will see a significant increase in interest throughout the area because not only are they in an industry where technology does not have a strong presence, but also the general population is using technology more and more to find business. Also by going online, Horsepower can become a more recognized brand and have much more potential...
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...Reagan Analysis Paper Julie A Scott HIS/145 September 25th, 2014 Brain Brooks Reagan Analysis Paper This paper is supposed to be my opinion on if Reagan was either overrated or underrated as a president, not being from the United States and of course at the time not even living in this country, I did not live through any of the policies he put in place or took away, therefore I found it difficult to make a decision based purely off of what I could read watch or look at. My spin on this will be apparent at the end of my paper Regan tried hard to cut many departments within the government, the department of energy, and also the department of education. Legislators wouldn’t allow that to happen so he cut the budgets to them. I believe that’s why some of our education programs now are a mess. When his secretary of transportation Drew Lewis opposed an illegal strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers’ Organization (PATCO), Regan fired them all 11,500 air traffic controllers had to be replaced and trained. Regan had ordered Drew Lewis to do this, the action of Regan cost billions and took several years to recover from, thinking about it how Regan avoided an air disaster I don’t know. How a man who held a union card could be so opposed to them is a mystery. Ronald Regan was also again affirmative action and over time he cut budgets to the civil rights department and there was less African Americans hired into official positions, he didn’t seem to care about all the progress...
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...Quaniesha Hillian December 12, 2013 Abstract We analyze three biometric verification modalities – voice, face and motion – and in addition secret word passage, on a portable gadget, to investigate the relative requests on client time, exertion, blunder and errand interruption. Our research center study furnished perceptions of client movements, techniques, and responses to the validation strategies. Face and voice biometrics conditions were speedier than watchword passage. Talking a Pin was the speediest for biometric specimen entrance, yet fleeting memory review was better in the face check condition. None of the confirmation conditions were recognized exceptionally usable. In conditions that consolidated two biometric entrance routines, the opportunity to get the biometric examples was shorter than if obtained independently yet they were extremely disliked and had high memory assignment blunder rates. These quantitative effects exhibit cognitive and engine contrasts between biometric verification modalities, and brief strategy choices in selecting confirmation. Typing text passwords is challenging when using touchscreens on mobile devices and this is becoming more problematic as mobile usage increases. They designed a new graphical password scheme called Touchscreen Multi-layered Drawing specifically for use with touchscreens. They conducted an exploratory user study of three existing graphical passwords on smart phones and tablets with 31 users. From...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project As Jack O’Brien, project lead of Teradyne’s Jaguar project, sat in traffic on his way to work he pondered his team’s efforts over the past eight years. Teradyne, a manufacturer of semiconductor test machines, had long been awaiting the arrival of their new full-range testing equipment. The project marked a number of firsts for Teradyne including up-front project planning, formalized tools for project tracking, and a structured development process. Despite the learning curve all new methodologies impose, O’Brien’s project had become a success in the hardware department, yet the software group struggled through much of the implementation, and was still working on deliverables. Had the new tools and techniques hindered the development processes? This paper will analyze Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategies in contrast to those of the Jaguar project, will describe how the new project management tools made an impact on the project, and present the lessons learned throughout the experience. Company History Teradyne, a 45 year veteran of the semiconductor industry, specializes in testing equipment for transistors and other electrical components. The company was founded in 1960 by two MIT graduates with a vision to bring a line of reliable, fast testing equipment to the industry. As the complexity and volume of components manufactured by their customers increased, so did Teradyne’s investment in research and development. By...
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...Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project As Jack O’Brien, project lead of Teradyne’s Jaguar project, sat in traffic on his way to work he pondered his team’s efforts over the past eight years. Teradyne, a manufacturer of semiconductor test machines, had long been awaiting the arrival of their new full-range testing equipment. The project marked a number of firsts for Teradyne including up-front project planning, formalized tools for project tracking, and a structured development process. Despite the learning curve all new methodologies impose, O’Brien’s project had become a success in the hardware department, yet the software group struggled through much of the implementation, and was still working on deliverables. Had the new tools and techniques hindered the development processes? This paper will analyze Teradyne’s traditional project execution strategies in contrast to those of the Jaguar project, will describe how the new project management tools made an impact on the project, and present the lessons learned throughout the experience. Company History Teradyne, a 45 year veteran of the semiconductor industry, specializes in testing equipment for transistors and other electrical components. The company was founded in 1960 by two MIT graduates with a vision to bring a line of reliable, fast testing equipment to the industry. As the complexity and volume of components manufactured by their customers increased, so did Teradyne’s investment in research and development. By...
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...Dodge ram’s “farmer” commercial Comp I October 21, 2015 Almost everyone watches the Superbowl, whether it is for the football game or the commercials. Let us face it; as much as we all do not enjoy commercials, we always look forward to seeing what will be previewed in the commercials every year. Everyone across the nation has seen Ram’s “Farmer” commercial. It not only reached out to people in the farming industry, but it was also relatable to all fields. One thing in particular that set the official Ram commercial “Farmer” apart from the other commercials was they touched more on the emotional side of people’s feelings rather than something more physically known like a celebrity. People all over watched this particular commercial over and over; it quickly became the most talked about ad. Ram used a collection of photographs from different sources to make this commercial effective. They had Paul Harvey talking from an old radio broadcast as the voice to reach their viewers emotional side. Several times during the Ram’s “Farmer” commercial would make you stop and appreciate everything a farmer or rancher does everyday to make sure everything is taken care of. The official Ram 2013 Superbowl commercial “Farmer” was very different from most commercials because they used the character of a farmer, instead of a celebrity like Kia used. The reason this was so effective is because more people can relate to a farmer or see themselves in that setting rather than a celebrity....
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...Competitive Dynamics in Emirates Airlines Quest for Global Expansion Paul Mugendi MBA 604 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University May 2014 Executive Summary In an industry beset by unpredictable geo-political factors and cyclical crises, only one international carrier has consistently managed to increase revenue and report a profit for the last 25 years. This carrier is Emirates airline (Riva, 2013). Emirates has managed to achieve in less than three decades what giant and well established global carriers like British and Lufthansa managed in about five decades, and that is to serve all five continents without any alliances or partnerships. The objective of this term paper is to analyze some of the competitive dynamics that Emirates, legacy airlines and regional rivals have had to contend with and how Emirates has managed to come out on top especially in some business-hostile territories like North America and Europe. The history and origins of the Emirates airlines are highlighted as this paper outlines the business strategy that has propelled the carrier to international stardom. Also articulated from the research is the ambitious expansion that has European rivals worried and in some cases like Canada, the government stepping in to protect local carriers. The paper concludes by examining the viability of the carrier maintaining the growth and profitability curve and the expected rebound from regional carriers who seem to be currently languishing in losses as Emirates...
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...offices, apartments or regional shopping malls. Most investors buy REITs for their rich dividends, although those dividends are usually fully taxable. Keep in mind, though, that each real estate sector is affected by different economic cycles. Larger, diversified, or geographically dispersed REITs are less exposed to regional weakness and major economic cycles. On the other hand, smaller, more specialized REITs often provide the greatest growth potential. In addition to having real value that investors can touch, feel and understand, real estate can be an excellent diversification tool for investors. If you pay the right amount for your property, there's potential to reap steady, long-term returns as a landlord. Portfolios containing real estate tend to outperform those without real estate over the long haul. Investing in real estate can also offer reduced...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 4 CHAPTER 2 : LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 Interfacing between Human and Other Elements. 6 2.3 Factors Affecting Performances 6 2.3.1 Fitness and Health 5 2.3.2 Stress 7 2.3.3 Workload 10 2.3.4 Sleep 13 2.3.5 Circadian Rhythms 15 2.3.6 Fatigue & Shift Work 17 2.3.7 Alcohol, Medication and Drug Abuse 23 2.3 FACTOR AFFECTING PERFORMANCE 32 2.4 TYPES OF ERROR IN AVIATION 36 2.5 MANAGING ERROR IN AVIATION 36 CHAPTER 3 : CONTENTS 38 CHAPTER 4 : RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 42 REFRENCES 43 CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION Errors are the result of actions that fail to generate the intended outcomes. In common with most other complex technical activities, human error is implicated in the majority of aviation-maintenance-related quality lapses, incidents, and accidents. General estimates of this human error contribution have increased over the years, from a low of around 20% in the 1960s to values in excess of 80% in the 1990s. Human error in aviation is somewhat of a sensitive topic due to the recent tragic events of September 11, 2001. The goal of this research is to understand human error in aviation, in order to understand how designing better computer systems can assist in making the aviation industry safer for pilots and passengers, by reducing...
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....7 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................8 Bibliography........................................................................................................................9 Appendix............................................................................................................................10 A1. PESTEL Analysis...............................................................................................................10 A2. 5-Forces Analysis...............................................................................................................11 A3. Ryanair SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................12 A4. TOWS Matrix......................................................................................................................13 A5. Strategic Capability and Competitive Advantage...............................................................13 A6. Stakeholder analysis on Ryanair’s bid for Aer Lingus........................................................14 A7. Ansoff Matrix – Strategic Direction for...
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...Physiology & Behavior 90 (2007) 274 – 284 Altered sleep–wake cycles and physical performance in athletes Thomas Reilly ⁎, Ben Edwards Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, 15-21 Webster Street, Liverpool, L3 2ET, United Kingdom Received 14 August 2006; accepted 4 September 2006 Abstract Sleep–waking cycles are fundamental in human circadian rhythms and their disruption can have consequences for behaviour and performance. Such disturbances occur due to domestic or occupational schedules that do not permit normal sleep quotas, rapid travel across multiple meridians and extreme athletic and recreational endeavours where sleep is restricted or totally deprived. There are methodological issues in quantifying the physiological and performance consequences of alterations in the sleep–wake cycle if the effects on circadian rhythms are to be separated from the fatigue process. Individual requirements for sleep show large variations but chronic reduction in sleep can lead to immuno-suppression. There are still unanswered questions about the sleep needs of athletes, the role of ‘power naps’ and the potential for exercise in improving the quality of sleep. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Circadian rhythm; Exercise; Jet-lag; Shift-work 1. Introduction The sleep–wakefulness cycle is the most discernable of human circadian functions, activity being associated with the hours of daylight and sleep...
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...with the continuing strike in many areas of Switzerland; it results in the improvement of tourism in Switzerland in recent years. Tourism Growth "Our report measures different factors that make it beautiful to make the tourism and travel industry of one country," said Jennifer Blanke, Lead Director and Economist of the World Economic Forum's Centre for Global Performance and Competitiveness. "The top rankings countries Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria show the significance of regulatory frameworks and supportive business, matched with world-class tourism and transport infrastructure, and a focus on rising natural and human resources for increasing an environment that is beautiful for making the tourism and travel sector." This analysis of the cross-country of the drivers of competitiveness in tourism and travel offers helpful comparative detail to make business judgments and to put measurement to governments needing to increase their tourism and travel environments. The rankings are entirely related to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) in which almost around 139 countries covered. The TTCI utilizes a combination of data from available sources in public, international tourism and travel...
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