...an objective image of myself. I am currently 20 years old and planning to finish my MBA in 10 months. I still have almost no idea what I would like to pursue a career in. For this project, I solicited responses to create an image of my “best self.” I hope to learn from the responses and analyze what attributes are missing to create a great manager. The methods taken to solicit responses will be discussed followed by a full analysis of the responses leading to a view at my leadership strengths and recommendations for improvement. Summary of Methods To elicit...
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...Marketing I Assignment 23rd August 2012 LIGHTWEL MATCH COMPANY From: Group 1, Section B A Logesh (2012PGP001) Debraj Das (2012PGP101) Lopes Raoul Reginald (2012PGP187) Piyush Gulati (2012PGP253) Roshan Anand (2012PGP316) The following factors can be focussed upon to help a product move from low involvement to high involvement (utilitarian) category: QUALITY: Quality aspects and companionship of the brand can be projected to make high involvement. We should focus on main attribute of the brand which can differentiate it from other brands. A brand which is with people all the time can improve loyalty to the brand. For example, Lightwel brand whose main attribute is quality can be promoted likePerfect Match to you in all Season: Be it rainy or summer, be it dry or winter, Lightwel will always be on your side. SOCIAL AWARENESS AND SUSTAINABILTY: Social causes can be stressed to gain popularity. Sustainability of the product, environmental consciousness and the help it does to society can be used to improve the brand popularity. Lightwel’s eco-friendly approach can be promoted likeSave Trees: Use Snowax matches made from wax and recycled paper. Save mother earth use Snowax. Educate India: In Lightwel child labour is abolished, use Lightwel let children go to school. Eco- Friendly and Reusable: Our matchboxes are made from recycled paper and are coated with a special layer that keeps it almost waterproof. So when you are done with the matchboxes, bring the empty...
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...Exhibit 7 and Table B, in addition to the assumption of the use of the same repurchase rates of pasta for the mediocre and average scenarios in the pizza market, and including a sensitivity analysis of market penetration (5% to 15%), the following forecast was obtained: 3. What can the team at Tru-Earth learn from Exhibit 6 about their customers preferences? Exhibit 6 shows the results of a survey based on attributes and substitution of the pizza category. The survey is based on a 10-point scale, where 1 is the lowest score and 10 is the highest score. Regarding to the usage attributes, the average respondent considers pizza to be "family oriented" due to the fact of the high ratings of all categories (take-out pizza with 8.9 out of 10 points, refrigerated pizza with 7.1 points, and TruEarth new concept with 8.6 points). Therefore, under the assumption that the typical family size starts with 2 people and then increase, the pizza kit size is properly oriented (servings for 2 to 3 people). However, average respondents also considers convenience is as a major attribute, and TruEarth pizza scores lower than take-out pizza and equals refrigerated pizza, since customers will need time to prepare the meal instead of just picking it up or ordering for delivery....
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...edu & Dean, School of Business Singapore Management University Catherine A. Ramus* Assistant Professor Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106- 5131 Email: Ramus@bren.ucsb.edu Tel: (805) 893 5057 Fax: (805) 893 7612 *Corresponding Author 1 The authors’ names are merely alphabetical. 2 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPUTATION EFFECTS ON MBA JOB CHOICE ABSTRACT In a preliminary study with 279 MBA’s from two European and three North American business schools we find that reputation-related attributes of caring about employees, environmental sustainability, community/ stakeholder relations, and ethical products and services are important in job choice decisions. We use an adaptive conjoint analysis survey tool to discover the relative weighting of a new set of social responsibility job search criteria, including these attributes with traditional job search criteria like financial package, geographical location, etc. In addition, our results show that more than ninety percent of the MBAs in the sample were willing to forgo financial benefits in order to work for an organization with a better reputation for corporate social responsibility and ethics. 3 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPUTATION EFFECTS ON MBA JOB CHOICE Masters in Business Administration students (MBA’s) select employment in organizations based upon the relative utility they...
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...If you look at Ford as a company, it has some characteristics in common with the other organizations being discussed today, and some things that are very different. One important difference is that to a first approximation, we have one product and its main attribute has not changed over the years. The automobile is something that provides a way of moving people and goods from place to place. Characteristics that are the same at some level are complexity and scale. Ford is a very large company. It is the second largest company in the United States. The economies of scale are extremely important to this business, probably more important than to any other business in the world. The other characteristic of an automotive company, which it shares with some companies but which makes it different from others, is that the automotive business is more appropriately characterized as a systems integrator than as a full-scale producer and developer of commodities. It is more like the aircraft business than it is like the microelectronics business, for example. And that has been true throughout its history. The company is now 92 years old, and if you look back to the beginning, or almost to the beginning, what Ford has been is an extremely efficient mass manufacturer of personal transportation worldwide. It has the broadest possible customer base. The first Henry Ford had a very deliberate vision of selling vehicles to everyone, not just to the elite. The business has always been...
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...yTHE IMPORTANCE OF PAY IN EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION: DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND WHAT THEY DO Sara L. Rynes, Barry Gerhart, and Kathleen A. Minette A majority of human resources professionals appear to believe that employees are likely to overreport the importance of pay in employee surveys. However, research suggests the opposite is actually true. We review evidence showing the discrepancies between what people say and do with respect to pay. We then discuss why pay is likely to be such an important general motivator, as well as a variety of reasons why managers might underestimate its importance. We note that pay is not equally important in all situations or to all individuals, and identify circumstances under which pay is likely to be more (or less) important to employees. We close with recommendations for implementing research findings with respect to pay and suggestions for evaluating pay systems. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. It is easy to overestimate the frequency with which adults actually go to the opera and underestimate the frequency with which they watch TV cartoons on Saturday mornings, based on their self-reports. (Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994, p. 383) Rynes, Colbert, and Brown (2002) presented the following statement to 959 members of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): “Surveys that directly ask employees how important pay is to them are likely to overestimate pay’s true importance in actual decisions” (p. 158). If our interpretation...
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...your strongest characteristic? Why? How will this characteristic help you to become a successful student in your program of study? A successful student embodies characteristics such as perseverance, hard work, determination and ultimately good time management. From reading, Tips for Successful Students: Guidelines and Thoughts for Academic Success, I can identify many of the traits of successful students in myself. To begin with, I am a goal-oriented individual. I have clear educational goal and career aspirations in my nursing profession. I am determined to complete my Bachelors in Nursing, and then I want to go further my nursing education by going to Masters in nursing likely specializing in becoming a Nurse Practitioner. Another attribute I identify in myself is the fact that I am responsible and active person. I believe that I need to be accountable for my action and duties. I need to be a reliable and trust worthy person in order to succeed in life. That’s also why I believe proper time management is a vital trait in a successful student. It is very important to keep balance between job, studies and personal life. Many students who are enrolled in online education program have active family life, full-time job and studies, thus, it is essential for students to properly use their time and do not procrastinate so that they can be successful and at the same time keep a healthy, balanced life. Proper time management, hard work, determination to succeed will ensure any student...
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...When identifying myself, I usually look at my attributes and activities I succeed in, relating to athletics and or hands on projects or activities. When thinking about something that I love to do and skilled at that best suits my vocation, is an athlete. I can consider myself closer to an athlete then somewhat other skills. Working out every day is an important part in my life because I love to stay active and fit, so when the sport seasons follow through I’m out there every day either playing soccer or another type of sport. While staying focus on being fit, eating is also an important attribute that I need to follow. These sacrifices besides playing soccer, relate me closest to the vocation of an athlete. I see myself in the present and future not involving work that would relate to be sitting in an office job, or a job that requires you to either write or study a lot, for example, mortgage broker, lawyer. Instead, I enjoy working with hands on projects that involve more skills then thinking and investigating jobs. Such as, Heating & Air this involves installing furnaces and sheet metal to heat and cool the house. It strictly focuses on more of the labour hands on idea which I enjoy because I’m used to working hard physically and have experience from working with dad. Being athletic and hands on variety type of person can explain and give a very good explanation and idea of who I strictly...
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...An evaluation was performed for Ashley France. This evaluation is divided into three different sections. In the first section, Ashley was evaluated on her personality attributes. The second section she was evaluated on the behaviors (the good, the bad, and the ugly) that she engaged in. Finally, she was evaluated on her attitude. The first section of the evaluation is for personal attributes. Ashley has demonstrated several attributes during the evaluation period. Ashley is a very conscientious person. She has always been dependable and hardworking. Ashley is an honest individual. Being honest is an attribute that all employees should demonstrate no matter what the consequences are. She is also a very caring individual. She is always willing to extend a helping hand to others when they need one. She would even take time out of her day to make sure that they understand. Another attribute that Ashley possesses is she is self-taught. Many times Ashley was given a task, with very little instructions, and was able to complete the task in a timely manner. She is a very fast learner. She only needs to be taught something one time, and she picks right up on the material. The second section of the evaluation is the behaviors that Ashley demonstrated during the evaluation period. Ashley is very accountable. She accepts responsibility for her own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner. She managed her time...
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...Final Placement Registration Form 2016 - 17– Part B Name:___________________________________________________________ Roll Number:__________________________________________________ To be filled in blue pen in your own handwriting. Write in narrative / essay form. 1. Tell us something about yourself? - 100 words 2. Tell us something about yourself which is not in your CV? - 100 words 3. There are many other candidates, what makes you stand out from them? Why should we hire you? – 100 words 4. Give an example which shows you are good at the following attributes Attribute | Example | Leadership | | Diligence | | Creativity | | Teamwork | | Communication | | Time Management | | Conflict Resolution | | Crisis Management | | Problem Solving | | Ability to Motivate | | Taking Up Initiatives | | Integrity | | Analytical | | 5. Your Top 3 Strengths and example to justify Strength | Example | | | | | | | 6. Three Weaknesses along with example. Weakness | Example | | | | | | | 7. Greatest Regret in Life – What you learnt out of it? – 100 words 8. Greatest Achievement in Life - Justify? – 100 words 9. Your Goals in Life and why? – 100 words 10. How will an MBA help you? – 100 words 11. Your Favourite two subjects and why ? The two subjects that you dislike and why ? – 100 words 12. What specialization have you taken? Why? Justify ?- 100 words ...
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...INTRODCUTION This memorandum evaluates Pemsah and Sihathor’s farms’ performance based on their statements of operation and statements of corn flows. We will first indicate the phenomena and attributes of interest in this case. Then, we will utilize statistics from financial statements to measure who did better job regarding corn harvest. Last but not least we will make a recommendation to the Chief Scribe. PHENOMENA AND ATTRIBUTES OF INTEREST A phenomena and attribute of interest are both aspects of measurement. The phenomena is the object or event of interest and the attribute is the characteristic or quality of the object or event of interest. In this specific case there could be a few examples of the phenomena as well as attributes of interest. The first phenomena could be the actual farms of each of the nobles, Pemsah and Sihathor. The attributes of interest for both of these would be the measure of the corn flows and the net income for each farm after the first year. This is the main relationship between what we measured, the overall profitability of each farm using the Statement of Operations as well as the Statement of Corn Flows, and the phenomena and attribute of interest. After analyzing the measurements of the Statement of Corn Flows and the Statement of Operations we can determine which farm is more profitable. RECOMMANDATIONS After analysis of Pemsah’s and Sihathor’s Corn inflows and outflows as well as their respective income statements, it is clear...
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...the equal jobs. Comparisons can not be made between individuals holding the same job at different companies(1). This set of laws in called the Equality Pay Act of 1963(1). There is however, no such law stating that men and women should be compensated as to the terms of the concept of comparable worth. Under comparable worth, jobs would be rated, and points would be assigned according to characteristics such as necessary knowledge and skills, mental demands, accountability, and working conditions. Jobs scoring the same would then be paid the same, regardless of the pay differentials that might prevail in the market. The evaluation procedure may appear objective, but it in fact is highly subjective. Although it makes sense for job attributes such as skills and working...
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...Ch. 1 Review Questions 1. Redundancy is the duplication of data or storing of the same data in more than one place. Redundancy wastes space and can lead to inconsistencies in information. 2. Nondatabases are time consuming and have a definitive amount of entries that can be made. 3. Entity is a person, place, object, event, or idea in which you want to store data; attribute is a characteristic or property of an entity. 4. Relationship is an association between entities. One to many relationships is when one entity associates with many other entities but many entities associate with just one. 5. Database is a structure that can store information about multiple types of entities the attributes of those entities, and the relationship between the entities. 6. Using common columns in the two tables creates it. 7. Visual way to represent a database. 8. Program, collection of programs through which users interacts with a database. 9. Determine the structure of the required database. 10. Screen objects used to maintain, view, and print data from a database. 11. The DBMS ask questions about desired content and appearance of each report and then creates the report automatically based on the answer. 12. Data of various users can be combined and shared among authorized users, allowing all users to access greater pool of data. 13. A person or group to be in charge of the database. 14. With the database approach, changing a customer’s...
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...Mate Selection Criteria for Marital Success: Is It Possible? Steve Goatley Liberty University Abstract For decades researches have been attempting to indentify some key characteristics or personal qualities that could be formulated in such a way as to predict the probability of marital success between two parties. If indeed some formula could be implemented that would take into account what characteristics and/or personal qualities must be present for two people to enter into a marital agreement with a higher than average success rate; mate selection could then be narrowed down to parties that fit each others needs and effectually increasing the chances for marital success. Unfortunately, while there have been many advances in this area of research that may help potential mates understand each others needs for marital happiness, a solid formula to identify an optimal mate is still just a idea. Mate Selection Criteria for Marital Success: Is It Possible? To properly understand the question of whether or not it is possible to define criteria that can be used for the purposes of mate selection that would ultimately lead to marital success, one must first understand the term, “marital success.” In the chapter titled Marital Adjustment, McKinney describes marriage, “Marriage in its best form in civilized life is the culmination of romantic love and courtship; it is the sublimation of the more primitive sex impulses. It...
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...or False? A reference characteristic will use the SID table and master data table of the referred characteristic. a. True b. False Question #2: A If an info object is created as a characteristic with a reference characteristic, it won't have its own sid and master data tables. The info object will always use the tables of the referred characteristic. 3. The following statements are not true about navigational attributes. a. An attribute of an info object cannot be made navigational if the attribute-only flag on the attribute info object has been checked. b. Navigational attributes can be used to create aggregates. c. It is possible to make a display attribute to navigational in an info cube data without deleting all the data from the info cube. d. Once an attribute is made navigational in an info cube, it is possible to change it back to a display attribute if the data has been deleted from the info cube. Question #3: D All the statements except D are true. It is possible to change a navigational attribute back to a display attribute in an info cube, without deleting all data from the info cube. 4. True or False? It is possible to create a key figure without assigning currency or unit. a. True b. False Question #4: A Yes, it is possible to create a key figure without assigning a unit if the data type is one of these four: Number, Integer, Date or Time. 5. The...
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