...NBT 1 Task 1 In scenario 2, Mr. Collet encourages positive social interaction by allowing some of the homework assignments to be developed by the class as they go along. In the 7th and 8th grade students are becoming more social and this gives them to opportunity to work together to come up with creative homework solutions. This not only allows them to be engaged in the class but also with each other and keeps a relaxed and pleasant work environment (Wong, 1998). Mr. Collet also encourages self-motivation by having the students keep a day planner and to be responsible for copying their homework assignments down rather than having it handed to them. In the 7th and 8th grade students begin preparing for college and by teaching them early to set aside study time by keeping a planner builds good habits for the rest of their education (Savage, 2009). They have a concrete manner in which to copy homework assignments but also to manage their free time which may be less and less as they get older and participate in more activities. Mr. Collet encourages active engagement in his class by working with the students on their day planner, picking up and turning in assignments on time and by giving them an opportunity to dispute and grading mistakes. In the 7th and 8th grade students are becoming more independent and building study skills that they will use later on. By working with them on their day planners, the teacher can show the students how to manage their time. Since...
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...(F.O.E) is an experience differing from person to person stating that something has gone wrong during a reasoning or calculation task. The primary goal of the article was to assess the accuracy of F.O.E in the context of mental mathematical calculation. Number bisection task (N.B.T) was used to evoke this metacognitive feeling and it was assessed by asking participants if they felt that they committed a mistake. In this task the participant were asked whether the number in the middle of a triplet corresponds to the arithmetic mean of the outer two numbers (e.g 07_16_25) with a yes or no answer. The result from the study showed that the F.O.Es were strongly correlated with arithmetic errors and properties of the triplets. This finding indicates that even very fast metacognitive feelings are reliable when it comes to evaluating one’s own mental performance. The occurrence of F.O.E is determined also by the fluency with each triplet was solved and the post decision process after answering. In addition the participants were asked to report their confidence in their answer when there was no report of an F.O.E. This was to test whether there was a feeling of error on a sub-conscious level even when it wasn’t consciously reported. AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT: 1. To prove metacognitive feeling of error is a reliable error signal during calculation. 2. The fluency and post decision evaluation processes jointly determine feelings of error 3. Implicit detection of error can occur...
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...committing unethical business practices is so common place in society now that is can be considered a cliché. Companies like Valeant, Turning and even Johnson and Johnson, have all been in the news over unethical business practices whether they be price gouging, monopolization or product misrepresentation; each of these circumstances has caused an uproar from consumers and even federal government agencies are now beginning to investigate these companies for wrong doing. Valeant Pharmaceuticals is the most recent perpetrator of predatory pricing; on February 10, 2015 Valeant purchased the rights to a pair of life saving heart drugs Nitropress and Isurprel, on that same day the price rose 525% and 212% respectively (Rockoff & Silverman. 2015, p.1). Internal and External Environment When a company makes a decision like this, many internal and external factors much be evaluated before deciding to push forward. P.E.S.T.L.E. Analysis The relevant external factors affecting this industry are primarily the Political, Economic, and Legal forces. Political | * Hiliary Clinton attacking Valeant for predatory pricing. * Testifying in front of Congress for the severe price hikes of Nitropress and Isuprel * Potential loss of $300 million a year if congress forces Valeant to revert to original prices | Economical | * “Duty is to maximize profit of all products “(Rockoff & Silverman, 2015, p.3) * Company had a net debt of $30 billion, which fueled their serial acquisitions...
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...which Encik Zayed planned to terminate the auditor's appointment and appoint a new "friendly party" apditor. Encik Zayed and Puan Hashimah were not familiar with Accounting Standards and the provisions of the Companles Act 1965, including their roles and cluties as Company Directors. Thc uurrrpaiiy had uraintaineri a very lean organisation and had employed therr own iamily men:bers as employees and some did not have the necessary job experiences. lt was July, 2006 when Encik Time was the esse*ce and the Audited Financial Statements had to be issued to the bank at least by September 2006, as Encik Zayed had applied for banking facilities to implement severai contracts the company had managed to secure. Encik Zayed had assigneql the tasks to Cik Amy, the Finance Executive u,ho lvas nervly appointed by ihe company to anaiyse and provide the Auditors lvith the necessary clarification and docutnentalion. ffiB : ; j Company Background Delinra Enterprise i,vas founded in 1t)8i b1, Encih Zayed. it conducted trading antl supplying related products including rllanpower suppiies to the oil and gas indLrstries. Subsequently in 2G04. due to encouraging business growtir, the enterprise was incorporated as Deiima Enterprise Sdn Bhd. The two principal shareholders and controlling...
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...Addressing Challenges of Groups and Teams LDR/531 University of Phoenix Prof. María Gaudier Diez June 28, 2011 Addressing Challenges of Groups and Teams Groups and teams are composed by peoplethat have the compromise of comply with goals and objectives of the organization in which they work. The communications industry is one that have constantly changes do to the technological advances and he or she are supposed to work forward these constant changes. Is a challenge to persuade the groups and teams to become effective and efficient while these changes affects his or her development and performance, and keep his or her interested in all kind of challenge that they have to face time to time.Dessert Communications needs to improve their services because profits have declined. We as managers of the staff have the commitment of work together with employees for a common goal, improve services like offer phone insurance, additional minutes plans, roadside service, and improve telecommunications. We also have to evaluate our employees in customer’s satisfaction ratings, and evaluate the percentage of sales during a service call. Which methods will be used to present the operational change? Suggest a method for an operational change consists of many factors that will result effective or ineffective. This will depend of what kind of method managers decide will be more effective and influential, and how these managers constantly needs to improve the manner in...
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...1. Introduction Global environmental problems have become serious issues in previous decades, and global warming is the oneof them that people are aware of. It is widely accepted that global warming is caused by fossil fuels and therefore fossil fuels should be replaced with clean energy sources to reduce carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, energy demand today is much higher than ever before and it will increase by fifty percentages in the next 20 years according to Energy Information Agency (IEA) report. The main alternative energy sources to fossil fuel are biofuels which have received much attention worldwide and they have already generated 45% of all energy from natural fuels in Brazil.(Sims & Taylor, 2008) The most widely used biofuel is the first generation biofuel which is make from plants like sugarcane, oilseed. By using these kinds plants, ethanol and oil can be produced.(Ahmad, Mat Yasin, Derek, & Lim, 2011) In this essay, innovations in biofuels will be divided into 3 sectors with examples illustrated. 2. The Innovation Dimension 3.1 Innovation Type Innovation can be divided into four types: production innovation, process innovation, position innovation and paradigm innovation. (Tidd, Bessant, & Pavitt, 2005)In the biofuel sector, product innovation and process innovation are widely used. Product innovations are changes in the products which an organization offers. Process innovations are changes in the ways in which...
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...Task 1 The Challenge Comparison on alternative definitions • Definition of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM): “Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably”. • Definition of Philip Kotler: “Marketing is the social process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others”. • Definition of American Marketing Association (AMA): “Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual Marketing is the process by which companies determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that inspires sales techniques, business communication, and business developments. It is an incorporated process through which companies build strong customer relationships and create value for their customers and for themselves. Main characteristics of marketing oriented organization The major feature of the marketing oriented organization is that they are aimed to stay closer to the customers and ahead of their competitors. The reason is that the basic aim of these organizations is to attract the customers. There are four major characteristics...
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...High-Technology Acquisitions Final Project -Acquisition Proposal: To Acquire: May 2012 Table of Content Executive Summary I A. Purpose I B. Background I C. The Rational for the Acquisition I D. Standalone, Synergy and Premium Valuations II E. Integration Plan II Part 1 - The Rational of the Acquisition 1 1. Pfizer's Strategy 1 1.1. Pfizer Growth Strategy 2 2. Pfizer's Road Map 4 2.1. Pfizer's Acquisitions Rational 4 3. The strategy behind the acquisition 5 3.1. Acquisition Motives 5 3.2. M&A vs. Alliance 5 4. Target Identification 7 4.1. Protalix - an R&D Acquisition 9 5. Synergy Analysis 10 6. Standalone, Synergy and Premium Valuations 12 6.1. Market Value 12 6.2. Trading and Transaction Multiples Valuations 12 6.3. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Valuation 14 6.3.1. DCF Methodology and Assumptions 14 6.3.2. Summary of the Standalone and the Synergy DCF Valuation 15 6.4. Premium 16 6.5. Walk-away Price, Net Value Creation and Financial Feasibility 17 Part 2 - The Integration Plan 18 Bibliography 21 APPENDIXES 22 Appendix 1 - Pfizer's Executive Leadership Team 23 Appendix 2 - Pfizer's Organizational Structure Scheme 24 Appendix 3 - Five Forces Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry 25 Appendix 4 - Pfizer's PEST Analysis 27 Appendix 5 - Level of Competition Between the Acquirers & the Uniqueness of the Acquired Company 31 Appendix 6 - Acquisition Motives 33 Appendix 7 - Protalix...
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...CHAPTER 15: COMPETENCY-BASED PAY Overview: This chapter looks at pay based on competencies, the knowledge, skills, and abilities that make employees valuable to an organization. INTRODUCTION The distinguished Management educator, Ed Lawler, in an article looking back at the dot-com era and its implications for the future of Compensation Administration concludes that this era "accelerated an inevitable move from focusing on paying individuals for the job they do to paying individuals for the skills knowledge and competencies they have."1 This is not the only article that states that paying for the person would replace paying for the job in the future. There was a whole rash of articles in the late 1980's to the mid 1990's that carried the same theme. It is significant that since then there has not been more attention paid to this idea. Competency pay is a fancy term given to the idea of paying for the person rather than the job. In fact, very few compensation plans pay for only one thing. As discussed in the first chapter of this text, pay can be based upon the job, the person or their performance, and most systems are combinations of all three. The real questions are which one will be the base platform for the other two and what weight will each have in the decision of how much to pay the individual. The past chapter focused upon a compensation system based upon the job. In the chapters that follow this one, we will examine how factors relating to the person and to his or...
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...features of the two operating systems and then we make a comparison of a selection of vulnerabilities most of which we know have been used for making real intrusions. We found that Windows NT has slightly more rigorous security features than “standard” UNIX but the two systems display similar vulnerabilities. The conclusion is that there are no significant differences in the “real” level of security between these systems. †Presented at the Third Nordic Workshop on Secure IT Systems, NORDSEC’ 5-6 November, 1998, Trondheim, Norway. 98, 1. Introduction It has been claimed that the security of Windows NT is far better than that of previous commercial operating systems. In order to verify (or refute) this statement we have made a brief comparison of the security of Windows NT to that of UNIX. UNIX was selected as a reference since it is well-known and widely spread. Thus, the target systems were (1) a networked Windows NT 4.0 and (2) UNIX with NFS (Network File System) and NIS (Network Information System). The reason for choosing NFS and NIS is that the two operating systems constitute comparable environments, i.e. they have similar network functionality. It should, however, be stressed that UNIX comes in many different versions, so our reference is not completely unambiguous. Still, we believe that this fact does not...
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...Version 1.4b GIAC GSEC Practical Assignment August 21, 2003 Abstract Marketing trends estimate that by the end of 2006, 21 million homes will have implemented a Local Area Network (LAN), and of those 21 million homes 65% will use wireless solutions. [1] The rapidly decreasing cost for wireless devices and the proliferation of wireless solutions provided by the major Internet Service Providers seems to clearly support these growth estimates. Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46 Home wireless users and security professionals the world over are conceptually trying to solve similar problems. They both need to find a way to provide a secure working environment. There are two distinct approaches to this security dilemma, security prevention, and security detection. An example of security prevention would be a firewall device that restricts specific traffic or ports to or from specific hosts. Although this provides protection against unauthorized traffic, it has no means for determining if an attack is being attempted via an authorized port. An example of security detection would be an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) device that contains a signature to identify a specific attack via authorized or unauthorized ports. [2] Security professionals often have the technology and resources to develop security solutions based on prevention, detection, or a combination of the two. However, home wireless users do not have the luxury of evaluating their security approach...
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...49-60 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/cm.2012.31009 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/cm) Beneficial Effects of Fumaria indica on Chronic Stress-Induced Neurobehavioral and Biochemical Perturbations in Rats* Gireesh Kumar Singh1, Geeta Rai2, Shyam Sunder Chatterjee3†, Vikas Kumar1# 1 Neuropharmacology Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2 Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 3 Stettiner Str. 1, D-76138 Karlsruhe, Germany Email: #vikas.phe@itbhu.ac.in Received September 30, 2011; revised November 17, 2011; accepted November 28, 2011 ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the anti-stress activity of standardized extract of Fumaria indica (FI) through validated behavioral models of rodents followed by estimation of biochemical changes associated with chronic stress. Methods: Fifty percent ethanolic extract of FI used in this study was standardized on its contents of fumaric acid and its conjugates (0.45% and 0.35% respectively). Stressed Charles Foster rats received unpredictable foot shocks (2 mA, 1 hr, 14 days) through electric grid. FI was given orally as 0.3% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) suspension in 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg doses. For comparison, Panax ginseng (PG) extract (100 mg/kg, p.o.) was used as standard adaptogen. Incidence of gastric ulceration, changes in weight of adrenal and spleen...
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...know and be able to do. It provides only a sample of instructional strategies and examples. The goal of every teacher should be to guide students in understanding & making sense of the mathematics they are presented. Construction directions: Print on cardstock. Cut the tabs on each page starting with page 2. Cut the bottom off of this top cover to reveal the tabs for the subsequent pages. Staple or bind the top of all pages to complete your flip book. Compiled by Melisa Hancock (Send feedback to: melisa@ksu.edu) 1 Mathematical Practice Standards (MP) summary of each standard 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students interpret and make meaning of the problem looking for starting points. In Kindergarten, students begin to build the understanding that doing mathematics involves solving problems and discussing how they solved them. Students explain to themselves the meaning of a problem and look for ways to solve it. Younger students may use concrete objects or pictures to help them conceptualize and solve problems. They may check their thinking by asking themselves, ―Does this make sense?‖ or they may try another strategy. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships. Younger students begin to recognize that a number represents a specific quantity. Then, they connect the quantity to written symbols. Quantitative reasoning entails...
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...Click Here For Current Affair News For UPSC,IAS,SSC, Govt. Exams http://upscportal.com/civilservices/current-affairs Free Guide for SSC General Knowledge TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. History of India and The World 2. Indian Polity and Governance 3. Geography of India and The World 4. Economy 5. General Science 6. Organisations 7. General Knowledge HISTORY OF INDIA AND THE WORLD GOVERNOR-GENERALS OF INDIA (1833–58) Lord W. Bentick (1833–35): First Governor-General of India. Macaulay’s minutes on education were accepted declaring that English should be the official language of India; Abolished provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis, appointment of Commissioners of revenue and circuit. • Wars: Annexed Coorg (1834), Central Cachar (1834) on the plea of misgovernment. Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835–1836): Passed the famous Press Law, which liberated the press in India (called Liberator the Press). Lord Auckland (1836–42): 1st Anglo-Afghan War (1836–42)—great blow to the prestige of the British in India. Lord Ellenborough (1842–44): Brought an end to the Afghan War. Annexation of Sindh (1843); War with Gwalior (1843). Lord Hardings I (1844–48): 1st Anglo-Sikh war (1845–46) and the Treaty of Lahore 1846 (marked the end of Sikh sovereighty in India); Gave preference to English education in employment. Lord Dalhousie (1848–56): Abolished Titles and Pensions, Widow Remarriage Act (1856). Made Shimla the summer capital. • Administrative Reforms:...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES APPLICATIONS Seventh Edition Stephen P. Robbins 1996 Contents Part One • Introduction Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 2 Chapter 2 Responding to Global and Cultural Diversity 42 Part Two • The Individual Chapter 3 Foundations of Individual Behavior 80 Chapter 4 Perception and Individual Decision Making 130 Chapter 5 Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction 172 Chapter 6 Basic Motivation Concepts 210 Chapter 7 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications 250 Part Three • The Group Chapter 8 Foundations of Group Behavior 292 Chapter 9 Understanding Work Teams 344 Chapter 10 Communication 374 Chapter 11 Leadership 410 Chapter 12 Power and Politics 460 Chapter 13 Conflict, Negotiation, and Intergroup Behavior 502 Part Four - The Organization System Chapter 14 Foundations of Organization Structure 548 Chapter 15 Technology, Work Design, and Stress 588 Chapter 16 Human Resource Policies and Practices 634 Chapter 17 Organizational Culture 678 Part Five - Organizational Dynamics Chapter 18 Organizational Change and Development 714 CHAPTER I • WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR? What Managers Do Let’s begin by briefly defining the terms manager and the place where managers work—the organization. Then let’s look at the manager’s job; specifically, what do managers do? Managers get things done through other people. They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals. Managers do...
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