...Abstract The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of assessment, test, evaluation and measurement at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe, South Africa. It also shows the reflection of written test exams in terms of quality psychological instrument, analyzing assessment data and interpretation of results. Poor education assessment may expose students to risks of unintended outcome related to university credibility. Assessing for Improvement: College Semester Exams Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about Educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving learning and Development (Palomba, & Banta, 1999). Assessment generally involves measurement, testing and evaluation the terms, which are mostly confused by many people. Test or Test Instrument is a systematic procedure for measuring a sample of an individual's behavior, such as multiple-choice, performance test, open book among others (Brown, 1971). Evaluation on the other hand is a systematic process for the collection and use of information from many sources to be applied in interpreting the results and in making value judgments and decisions (Wolansky, 1985). While measurement is the process employed to obtain a quantified representation of the degree to which a learner reflects a trait or behavior. This is one of the many scores that an individual may achieve on a test (Wolansky, 1985). In assessing any instrument or program one should not lose the sight of...
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...Journal of Property Investment & Finance Emerald Article: Inflation and rental change in industrial property: A multi-level analysis Catherine Jackson, Michael White Article information: To cite this document: Catherine Jackson, Michael White, (2005),"Inflation and rental change in industrial property: A multi-level analysis", Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 23 Iss: 4 pp. 342 - 363 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14635780510602417 Downloaded on: 02-11-2012 References: This document contains references to 41 other documents Citations: This document has been cited by 1 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 1025 times since 2005. * Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS For Authors: If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service. Information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.com With over forty years' experience, Emerald Group Publishing is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business, society, public policy and education. In total, Emerald publishes over 275 journals and more than 130 book series, as well as an extensive range of online...
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...Management Information Systems Introduction The objective of this assignment is to explore the coffee market in UK and understand the consumer preferences with aid of data resources and the outcome it would have on a new brand of Mysore coffee in the competitive UK coffee market. As the premium sectors develop in the UK, greater emphasis is placed on Arabica beans, with marketing and pack support centered on the provenance and taste credentials of specific beans. Arabica is fast becoming synonymous with premium quality, and this is likely to lead to increased prices, particularly as some countries are seeking to trademark native bean varieties. For instant, Ethiopia applied to trademark two different Arabica beans in the US in 2006 - called Sidamo and Harar (Source Mintel, Report 2006). Arabica beans command a high price because tastes are particular to a growing location. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of Arabica beans. Erratic weather during the growing season 2006-7 led to market nervousness and prices reached around $2.66 per kg, up 16% since 2005 (according to data from the International Coffee Association). The origin of the coffee the company Amrut distillers basically a liquor and spirits company diversify in to the coffee segment to give value addition to your single malt portfolio is planning to launch in the market a Mysore Coffee which is an Arabica bean and has it connoisseurs throughout the globe. Their channels to distribution would preference...
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...organisation found? [1] Located in the east of England, and the east midlands, the four processing plants are in Wissington, Newark, Cantley and Bury St Edmunds. Together they produce over 2.3 million tonnes of products per year. They employ over 4000 growers per year which supply 7.5 million tonnes of sugar beet per year. Which will make 1 million tonnes of sugar and 500 000 tonnes of animal feed. British Sugar produces all forms of products, including sugar, animal feed, tomatoes and electricity. What the organisation does [2] Basic sugar production is at the core of the operations, but they have managed to process steps enabling more raw materials to be used to make a range of sustainable products. Here are some examples: they recycle stones for building, lime for soil conditioning and soil for landscaping. Using CHP (Calcium binding protein), they export enough electricity for 350,000 people and use the combustion gases to grow 80 million tomatoes. They also invested in the UK’s first bio-ethanol plant, producing 70 million litres of renewable fuel. They aim to transform all raw materials into sustainable products. Therefore maximising efficiency and minimising waste. This not only will improve profitable gain, but is also helping the environment, by minimising waste. Method used [3, 4 & 8] Both the extraction and production of sugar from sugar beet take place at the same factory. A sample from each delivery of beet that goes into the factory to test how much...
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...In this report we discuss about the restaurant Organic Green which is currently facing some problems. In first two portion of the report the problems are being found and comparison with other methods is given and in other two portions the solution is given from those methods So that the business can again run successfully in all the sectors. Table of content Contents Executive summary 2 Table of content 3 Introduction 5 1.The role of marketing for the group’s business and the way it can build a marketing strategy. 6 2.The market segmentation and market positioning that restaurants may choose. 9 3.The options available for addressing each of the ‘4 Ps’ in the marketing mix: 11 4. Restaurant’s current position and what work should be undertaken to improve it. 16 Conclusion 17 Reference 18 Introduction Organic Green is a chain of six specialized restaurant which is located in different places. This restaurant has strong positioning in earlier but due to some strong competition it is gradually losing its business. Organic Green needs to modify total strategy in order to beat the competitors. First it needs to identify its problem. Than find the solution. As a marketer I am finding the problem and solutions. 1. The role of marketing for the group’s business and the way it can build a marketing strategy. Role of marketing In order to operate a group business, it requires that all outlets must be working...
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...Food Hygiene Assignment Facilities and kitchen staff: * We have 50 rooms which are 75% occupancy midweek and 100% occupancy weekends. * Midweek room turnover is 37.5 rooms @ 89 per room( inclusive of breakfast) = €3,337.50 per day. * We cater for 25 breakfasts on average per day Monday – Thursday. Total for the 4 days =€ 13,350 each week * Weekend room turnover is 50 rooms @ €109 per room = €5,450 per day. * We generally cater for 70% breakfasts per day Friday – Sunday. Total for the 3 days = € 16,350 Totals for year = € 1,544,400 Per Year. Nightly restaurant is only at 25% midweek and 50% weekends occupancy. Revenue for nightly restaurant and bar food have declined recently. Reasons: * At busy times customers have got up and walked out for time reasons. * Food not cooked properly. * Dirty dishes and cutlery. There are 2 pot washes, 4 commie chefs per shift and 2 assistant head chefs 1 head chef = 13 staff in total. Revenue for nightly restaurant and bar food have declined recently and these relates to the HACCP system to breakdown to such an extent that 1. We are in serious breach of Environmental health regulations on numerous points’ Major, Medium and Minor non-conformances. The EHO will be back in 7 days to re-audit the kitchen. 2. Because the hygiene standards are so bad we are in serious danger of having a case of food poisoning. If this happens there will be serious financial, Public relations/Image consequences. Not to...
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...DABUR INDIA LIMITED | MARKETING RESEARCH FOR ASSESSING PERFORMANCE OF DABUR PRODUCTS | PROMOTING INSTITUTIONAL SALES FOR DABUR PRODUCTS | | DILEEP SINGH SHEKHAWAT | 6/24/2010 | SUBMITTED BY:DILEEP SINGH SHEKHAWAT | DABUR INDIA LIMITED “ONE OF INDIA’S MOST ADMIRED COMPANY” TABLE OF CONTENT | TOPICS DESCRIPTION | PAGE NO… | Acknowledgement………………………………………………………..Business portfolio of Dabur…………………………………………….Introduction to Dabur…………………………………………………...About market research………………………………………………….Steps of market research………………………………………………..Data analysis and findings for corn flour…………………....................Data analysis and findings for lemoneeze…………………...................Data analysis and findings for capsico………………………................Data analysis and findings for coconut milk…………………………..Data analysis and findings for honey…………………………...............Data analysis and findings for tomato puree………………………….Data analysis and findings for tomato paste…………………………..Data analysis and findings for snack dressing…………………………Data analysis and findings for tomato ketchup……………………….Data analysis and findings for pineapple slice…………………………Data analysis and findings for fruit cocktail…………………………..Data analysis and findings for mango pulp…………………………….Data analysis and findings for keora water………………....................Conclusion and recommendations…………………………………….About institutions sales ………………………………………………..Bibliography………………………………………………………… | 789-16171819-2223-2526-2728-3031-3334-3738-3940-4243-4647-4950-5354-5556-575859-6061...
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...Research Paper The experience of ethnic minority workers in the hotel and catering industry: Routes to support and advice on workplace problems Ref: 03/06 2006 Prepared by: Tessa Wright and Anna Pollert (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by Acas and the European Social Fund For any further information on this study, or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme, please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org.uk Acas research publications can be found at http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=405 ISBN 0-9554830-0-X ISBN 978-0-9554830-0-4 The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: Routes to Support and Advice on Workplace Problems Ref: 03/06 2006 Prepared by: Tessa Wright and Anna Pollert (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by Acas and the European Social Fund Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the European Social Fund and Acas for providing financial support to the project, and Acas staff also for their guidance during the project, in particular Margaret Fox, Anthony Gould and Gill Dix. The project benefited greatly from the contributions of the Project Advisory Group, both in suggestions made on methodology, access and content at meetings, and help in accessing research participants. Many individuals and organisations helped us in gaining access to workers to interview...
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...Epidemiology Question 1 1. Case control studies are designed in such a way so as to explore whether exposure can be associated with a particular outcome, such as a disease or certain condition. In these studies, the definition groups are based on the outcome and exposure assessment for potential risk factors. The first step in case control studies is the identification of the case (for example a group of people known to have the certain condition), as well as the control group ( a group that does not have the outcome). The second step is to explore whether some of the subjects in each group were exposed, and how the frequency of the exposure is measured between the case and the control group. Case control studies are basically observational, because there is no intervention taking place, and is a retrospective determination of the exposure to a certain risk factor. Advantages of case control studies • Case control studies are relatively less time consuming, since the disease has occurred in the past, therefore there is no need to assess the disease or condition. • They are an efficient way to study rare cases and diseases or outbreaks of diseases, since they are fast; during an outbreak, the fast examination of certain conditions is required, and a sufficient number of people suffering can be quickly accessed. • They allow a simultaneous examination of multiple conditions and risk factors • Allow the establishment of associations between suspected risk...
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...Research proposal Gender Discrimination and the Role of Education to Overcome it A. Introduction: 1.1 Background Discrimination is a growing problem in each and every society and it is deep rooted in the culture of many societies, which affect the everyday working life in innumerable ways. Discrimination is a well established phenomenon, which poses a great threat to economies, organizations and individuals. There is a wide range of knowledge which helps us understand the basics of discrimination and which provides us with the required data to interpret different cases of discrimination. The existing research further helps us understand discrimination in management of all kinds, especially that due to gender. There is a wide range of knowledge, which confirms the continuing existence of gender discrimination and its deep impact on the lives of individuals and their employers. (Ashberner, 1991; Arnold et al.1995; Davidson and Cooper, 1993; Marshall et al., 1995). Gender Discrimination is the worst of all discriminations and it badly affects the progress of any society. As mentioned above, discrimination has its grounds in the culture of any society. The prevailing thought in the society acts as a catalyst in worsening the situation of gender discrimination. Pakistan is no exception to this main problem which exists almost everywhere around the globe, even in the developed...
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...Department Disclaimer The views in this report are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Acas Council. Any errors or inaccuracies are the responsibility of the author alone. 2 Table of contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background..................................................................................7 1.2 Method........................................................................................7 Building a sample-frame of officials...........................................7 1.2.1 1.2.2 Development of hypotheses .....................................................8 Interviews with officials to further explore hypotheses .................9 1.2.3 Development of question sets ................................................ 10 1.2.4 1.2.5 Structured survey of officials.................................................. 10 Reporting conventions ................................................................. 11 1.3 2. SUMMARY OF RESPONDENTS, THEIR WORK...
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...RONALD MACDONALD He was born in 1955 in Scotland. He completed his early education from the same place afterward he got his B.A. (Hons) degree from Heriot-Watt University and then M.A. (Econ) and doctorate from the London School of Economics. He is a professor of international finance prior to taking up his present position he was a midland bank member in monetary economics. He had associated with Loughborough University (1982-1984) then got his position as Lecturer and afterward Senior Lecturer then join University of Aberdeen (1984-1989) then University of Dundee (1989-1992) and most recently Professor of International Finance at the University of Strathclyde (1992-2004). REPEC (Research Papers in Economics), the body which provides a ranking of all economists in the world, shows that Ronald MacDonald, Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy, is ranked in the top 5% (at number 29) in the world in the field of International Finance. His main areas of research are applied macroeconomics, financial economics and international finance. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles on topics as diverse as the determination of government expenditure and fiscal deficits, the determination of bond yields and stock prices, and the economics of exchange rates. Most of his recent publications have been in the latter area and have involved modeling exchange rate movements in terms of macroeconomic fundamentals, such as money supplies and interest rates, and producing measures...
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...SETA survey of representatives in Tribunal cases 2008 t Research Paper Workplace conflict management: awareness and use of wareness an s nd the Acas Code of Practice and workplace mediation place me lace ediation e ed – A poll of business Ref: 08/11 2011 2011 Matt Williams and Acas Research and Evaluation Section Williams For any further information on this study, or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme, please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org.uk Acas research publications can be found at www.acas.org.uk/researchpapers ISBN 978-1-908370-03-7 Workplace conflict management: awareness and use of the Acas Code of Practice and workplace mediation – A poll of business Ref: 08/11 2011 Matt Williams and Acas Research and Evaluation Section TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. 3 1. BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY ....................................................... 5 1.1 Background...................................................................................... 5 1.2 Methodology .................................................................................... 6 2. GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES AND THE IMPACT OF THE ACAS CODE ............................................................................................ 7 2.1 2.2 Acas Code and guidance ..................................
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...“GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCES HAMPERING WOMEN CAREER - A CORPORATE AND ‘THE WOMAN’ PERSPECTIVE” SHEETAL DAMEY PRIYANKA KHOSE TRUPTI MALGAONKAR H & GH MANSUKHANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 9922577556,9664867202, 9960745741 Sheetal0265@gmail.com, truptimalgaonkar@gmail.com priyankakhose@yahoo.co.in Abstract "Women account for one-half of the potential talent base throughout the world and therefore, over time, a nation's competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent," said Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of WEF. India has the lowest percentage of women employees (23%), followed by Japan (24%), Turkey (26%) and Austria (29%), according to the Corporate Gender Gap report brought out by the World Economic Forum on March 08, 2010. Work-life balance among women is now-a-days a crucial issue that many organizations are taking into consideration. When employees go back to their homes, they should not carry any organizational stress with them. A woman has two roles to play- personal and professional; each role having different set of demands. Such role demands are overlapping due to geographical issues. Women travelling 2-3 hours to reach workplace are having considerably high stress. This impact on performance pressure and losses for all concerned: the individual, the family and the organization. This leads to family–work conflict (FWC) and work–family conflict (WFC). FWC and WFC are more likely to...
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...Student Academic Resource Center We teach the tools that are indispensable to learning Study Skills for Nursing Students These suggestions for study skills for nursing students came from nursing faculty and students. Use what you can and if you would like one-to-one guidance to refine your learning skills for nursing courses, call the Student Academic Resource Center at 8235130 and make an appointment with the learning skills counselor. From Sue Wickham, Academic Achievement Center Instructor at Des Moines Area Community College: “Although I haven't designed study skills workshops specifically for nursing students, I have worked extensively on an individual basis with students in our nursing program. What's helped me most in giving study skills advice has been reviewing tests with students to identify the sources of their errors. Based on those interactions, here are a few topics you should emphasize: 1. 2. Time management is a HUGE issue for nursing students. Many of them are parents (often single parents) holding down jobs with odd hours (they're likely to be CNAs). Study groups are an absolute necessity in this program. Students need to rehearse the material actively, honing their teamwork skills, and combine a little social life with academics. The standard suggestions for taking multiple choice tests (e.g. watch out for absolutes) don't go very far. Students need to be made aware of the importance of applying concepts to particular cases, not just memorizing definitions...
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