...Most people said that dogs are man's best friend and a great companion. They had been domesticated ever since the beginning of time. They are different breeds of dogs throughout the whole world and in this essay that I'm writing about, I'm going to compare and contrast three unique and one of some kind types of dogs that I chose to write about. They are the Basset Hound, the Chihuahua, and last but not least the Pit Bull. What makes these dogs so similar is that they are the most popular pets in the world. They ordinarily remain loyal to considerate masters, and because of this they have been called man's best friend. A dog fits easily into family life. When a master tells a dog that it is good, the animal happily wags its tail. But when a master scolds a dog, it skulks away with a sheepish look and with its tail tucked between its legs. Some dogs can herd animals in a farm, and some of them can also serve as watch dogs, or even as playful family pets. Dogs are even trained as guard dogs in peacetime by the U.S. Army and other military services. Because of their keen sense of smell, the police at times to track down escaped prisoners use dogs. Law enforcement agencies also rely on the dog's acute sense of smell to uncover illegal drugs. And specially trained dogs serve as the "eye of the blind, guiding steps of their sightless masters around obstacles and hazards. However there are some characteristics that make the Basset Hound, Chihuahua, and the Pit Bull different from...
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...Most people said that dogs are man’s best friend and a great companion. They had been domesticated ever since the beginning of time. They are different breeds of dogs throughout the whole world and in this essay that I’m writing about, I’m going to compare and contrast three unique and one of some kind types of dogs that I chose to write about. They are the Basset Hound, the Chihuahua, and last but not least the Pit Bull. What makes these dogs so similar is that they are the most popular pets in the world. They ordinarily remain loyal to considerate masters, and because of this they have been called man’s best friend. A dog fits easily into family life. When a master tells a dog that it is good, the animal happily wags its tail. But when a master scolds a dog, it skulks away with a sheepish look and with its tail tucked between its legs. Some dogs can herd animals in a farm, and some of them can also serve as watch dogs, or even as playful family pets. Dogs are even trained as guard dogs in peacetime by the U.S. Army and other military services. Because of their keen sense of smell, the police at times to track down escaped prisoners use dogs. Law enforcement agencies also rely on the dog’s acute sense of smell to uncover illegal drugs. And specially trained dogs serve as the “eye†of the blind, guiding steps of their sightless masters around obstacles and hazards. However there are some characteristics that make the Basset Hound, Chihuahua, and the Pit Bull different...
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...MATERIAL ESSAY WRITING TUTORIAL a. What is an essay? An essay is a collection of ideas on a given topic. It explores various aspects of a given topic in a logical sequence and comes to a proper conclusion. A good essay is one which has captivating beginning, a comprehensive body, and a logical conclusion b. The basic structure of an essay Any essay should have the following parts: Introduction : Comprising the main idea Body : Comprising the supporting ideas Conclusion : The finale c. Steps to write an essay 1) Organize your ideas before starting to write. 2) Start brain-storming, linking facts, examples and your reading and experiences. 3) List your main idea, supporting ideas, and facts. 4) Write down the essay in an elaborate way with the inflexions of ideas. 5) Write the conclusion. d. First step – organizing Remember the first step in essay writing is organizing the ideas. While organizing you should evolve an outline of the essay by listing the ideas, leaving four or five lines in between each point. e. Steps to organizing 1. How do you wish to introduce the topic given? 2. What are the main points you want to cover in the essay? 3. Take only the salient features, not the universe. 4. What are the points you wish to add to support your main idea to build it into an essay? 5. What are the facts and examples you can add to support the ideas? 6. Once you have chosen the facts and ideas, ask yourself in which order to put them in the essay. 7. When...
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...Chapter 8 Strategic Management True/False Questions THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Strategic management is the set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the short-term performance of an organization. (False; moderate; p. 208) 2. “Strategic model” is a term that is often used in conjunction with strategic management and strategies. (False; easy; p. 209) 3. The most fundamental questions about strategy address why firms, facing the same environmental conditions, have varying levels of performance. (True; easy; p. 209) THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS 4. The first step in the strategic management process is analyzing the external environment. (False; difficult; p. 210) 5. Within an industry, an environment can present opportunities to one organization and pose threats to another. (True; moderate; p. 212) 6. Evaluating an organization’s intangible assets is part of doing an internal analysis in the strategic management process. (True; easy; p. 212) 7. Activities that an organization does well or resources that it has available are called capabilities. (False; easy; p. 212) 8. Exceptional or unique organizational resources are known as core capabilities. (False; moderate; p. 212) 9. A strong organizational culture may act as a significant barrier to accepting any changes in organizational strategies. (False; easy; p. 213) 10. SWOT analysis includes an analysis of an organization’s environmental...
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...Strategic Management True/False Questions THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Strategic management is the set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the short-term performance of an organization. (False; moderate; p. 208) 2. “Strategic model” is a term that is often used in conjunction with strategic management and strategies. (False; easy; p. 209) 3. The most fundamental questions about strategy address why firms, facing the same environmental conditions, have varying levels of performance. (True; easy; p. 209) THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS 4. The first step in the strategic management process is analyzing the external environment. (False; difficult; p. 210) 5. Within an industry, an environment can present opportunities to one organization and pose threats to another. (True; moderate; p. 212) 6. Evaluating an organization’s intangible assets is part of doing an internal analysis in the strategic management process. (True; easy; p. 212) 7. Activities that an organization does well or resources that it has available are called capabilities. (False; easy; p. 212) 8. Exceptional or unique organizational resources are known as core capabilities. (False; moderate; p. 212) 9. A strong organizational culture may act as a significant barrier to accepting any changes in organizational strategies. (False; easy; p. 213) 10. SWOT analysis includes an analysis of an organization’s environmental opportunities...
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...or B ------------------------------------------------- A Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Bridget Keehan's short story "Sorry for the Loss". Part of your essay must focus on the narrative technique and the use of contrasts. Text Bridget Keehan, "Sorry for the Loss", 2008 ------------------------------------------------- B Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and comment on Susan Cheever's essay "My Little Bit of Country". Part of your essay must focus on the use of contrasts and the themes explored in the text. Text Susan Cheever, "My Little Bit of Country", 2012 Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet. Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven. Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet. Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven. A Bridget Keehan is a writer who lives in Cardiff, Wales. The short story is from Eagle in the Maze ‒ An Anthology of Stories from the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2008 Bridget Keehan is a writer who lives in Cardiff, Wales. The short story is from Eagle in the Maze ‒ An Anthology of Stories from the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2008 Bridget Keehan ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Question 1 (Essay Worth 15 points) Exchange Rates | Year | U.S. Dollar | South Korean Won | Malaysian Ringgits | Indonesian Rupiahs | 2008 | 1 | 9,046 | 3.49 | 9,022 | 2009 | 1 | 9,046 | 3.78 | 9,087 | 2010 | 1 | 8,995 | 3.65 | 9,144 | a. Given the change in the value of the dollar between 2008 and 2009, as indicated in the table above, describe the effects this will have on United States tourism in each of these countries. b. Explain what impact the change in the value of the dollar between 2008 and 2009 will have on the United States current account. Question 2 (Essay Worth 15 points) Suppose the United States decides to impose a tariff on all wood products coming into the nation. a. Using a supply and demand market graph, show and explain how the tariff will affect the market for wood products in the U.S. b. Who are the winners and losers as a result of the tariff on wood products? Consider foreign and domestic producers, the U.S. government, and consumers in your answer. c. Explain one of the arguments for the imposition of the tariff on wood products. d. Name two (2) negative costs that will result from the tariff. Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The balance of payments includes all of the following except transfer payments for welfare. goods and services sold overseas. foreign purchases of domestic assets. imported goods and services. capital goods purchased by foreigners. Question 4 (Multiple...
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...Question 1 (Essay Worth 15 points) Exchange Rates | Year | U.S. Dollar | South Korean Won | Malaysian Ringgits | Indonesian Rupiahs | 2008 | 1 | 9,046 | 3.49 | 9,022 | 2009 | 1 | 9,046 | 3.78 | 9,087 | 2010 | 1 | 8,995 | 3.65 | 9,144 | a. Given the change in the value of the dollar between 2008 and 2009, as indicated in the table above, describe the effects this will have on United States tourism in each of these countries. b. Explain what impact the change in the value of the dollar between 2008 and 2009 will have on the United States current account. Question 2 (Essay Worth 15 points) Suppose the United States decides to impose a tariff on all wood products coming into the nation. a. Using a supply and demand market graph, show and explain how the tariff will affect the market for wood products in the U.S. b. Who are the winners and losers as a result of the tariff on wood products? Consider foreign and domestic producers, the U.S. government, and consumers in your answer. c. Explain one of the arguments for the imposition of the tariff on wood products. d. Name two (2) negative costs that will result from the tariff. Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The balance of payments includes all of the following except transfer payments for welfare. goods and services sold overseas. foreign purchases of domestic assets. imported goods and services. capital goods purchased by foreigners. Question 4 (Multiple...
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...James Thurber By Rahul Patel/10 [pic] Rahul Patel Mr. Hurdle Composition 11 May, 2012 James Thurber Part I: “Authors of light pieces have, nobody knows why, a genius for getting into minor difficulties: they walk into the wrong apartments, they drink furniture polish for stomach bitters, they drive their cars into the prize tulip beds of haughty neighbors, they playfully slap gangsters, mistaking them for old school friends” (James Thurber). James Thurber was a cartoonist and an author. He was born on December 8th 1984 to his parents, Charles and Mary Thurber. Thurber’s father was a clerk and a minor politician, while his mother was a practical joker and very strong-minded. For example his mother would tell visiting guests that she was in love the post man and she had to be kept in the attic because of it. She would also tell people that she was a cripple and then she would suddenly stand up and tell everyone she had miraculously healed(James Thurber 1 of 5). James Thurber also had two brothers, William and Robert. When Thurber and William were little, they were playing with a bow and arrow, and William shot James in the eye. This led James to be partially blind and because of this injury he couldn’t participate in any sports or activities, but this injury developed a very creative imagination in Thurber’s mind. A neurologist at the time had a theory that he might have Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which is a condition that...
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...eventually became an activist in the labor movement. The horrendous conditions of Filipino laborers were fictionalized in his most famous work, America Is in the Heart (1946). Died: 9/11/1956 “A Son is Born” Manuel E. Arguilla (1911-1944?) is an acclaimed Filipino short story writer as well as a patriot and a guerrilla hero. | | He was born in Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on June 17, 1911. He was the fourth child of Crisanto Arguilla and Margarita Estabillo, hard-working farmer folk who owned a small piece of land. | | “Magnificence” Estrella D. Alfon (July 18, 1917 – December 28, 1983) was a well-known prolific Filipina author who wrote in English. Because of continued poor health, she could manage only an A. A. degree from the University of the Philippines. She then became a member of the U. P. writers club and earned and was given the privileged post of National Fellowship in Fiction post at the U. P. Creative Writing Center. She died in the year 1983 at the age of 66. Estrella Alfon was born in Cebu City in 1917. “Old Movies” Ian Rosales Casocot (born 1975) is a creative writer and journalist from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. He is known for his prizewinning short stories Old Movies, The Hero of the Snore Tango, Rosario and the Stories, and A Strange Map of Time. He also maintains A Critical Survey of Philippine Literature “People of Consequence” Ines del Rosario Taccad-Cammayo (born 21 January 1927) is a Filipino fictionist. She...
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...rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18, 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio, short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure. The airline began with one simple strategy: “If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline.” This approach has been the key to Southwest’s success. Currently, Southwest serves about 60 cities (in 31 states) with 71 million total passengers carried (in 2004) and with a total operating revenue of $6.5 billion. Southwest is traded publicly under the symbol “LUV” on NYSE. The Case:- South West airline who is known for low cost airline was facing completion from other airlines and also called for imitators like Kiwi and Reno Air as well as major airlines like United and Continental. Rhoades an MBA had joined SouthWest airline to transform the so-called people department, because they think that there advantage lies with kind of employees they have. Since its instigation, Southwest has maintained the same strategy by concentrating on flying to airports that are underutilized close in to metropolitan area. Southwest service involves frequent on-time departures as well as low cost fares. They emphasize point to point routes with no central hub and an average flight time of 65 minutes. This makes...
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...Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: 3 P1 4 Strategic context 4 Mission: 4 Vision: 4 Objective: 4 Core Competency: 5 P2. 5 Issues in strategic planning process 5 Being international: 5 Budget and finance: 5 Improvement of operation management: 5 Environment: 5 Time management: 6 P3 6 Planning techniques used by organizations: 6 BCG matrix: 6 Profit impact of market strategy (PIMS) 7 P4 7 Organizational audit for Tesco: 7 SWOT analysis 7 Value chain analysis: 8 PESTLE analysis: 8 Significance of Stakeholder analysis: 9 P7 10 Alternate strategies relation with substantive growth, limited growth, retrenchment: 10 Substantive Growth: 10 Limited Growth: 10 Retrenchment: 10 P8 11 Appropriate Future strategy for Orange Mobile operation: 11 P9 11 Roles and responsibilities of strategic Implementation: 11 P10 12 Requirement of Resource for Implementing a New Strategy: 12 P11 12 Targets and Timescales to monitor and achieve a Given Strategy: 12 Conclusion: 13 Bibliography 14 INTRODUCTION: For organization success strategic planning is one important tool. And for successfully implementing strategy various techniques are required to be acquired. Management in a proper way and planning in timely manner is important to implement strategy. From various solutions best one has to be picked. And every step has to be predefined achieve all the organizations goal. P1 Strategic context: every organization has its own...
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...Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections This page intentionally left blank Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Improve Your Conversational Ability, Develop Your Writing Skills, and Build Exam Confidence Roberta G. Steinberg New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-159247-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-159246-6. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at...
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...2011. Print. ISBN: 978-1-111-34737-6 Students will also need a notebook for note taking, college-ruled, loose-leaf paper for assignments and quizzes, and black or blue pens. It is also strongly recommended that students purchase a folder or binder to store their course materials in. Required and suggested materials can be purchased at the Macomb Community College Bookstore. Course Description Prerequisite: ENGL-1180 or ENGL-1210 No credit after ENGL-1190. The focus of this course is the writing of critical essays based upon readings in literature, and the further development of writing skills learned in ENGL-1180 or ENGL-1210. The course places extensive emphasis upon research. Students who have completed ENGL-1190 successfully should not take ENGL-1220. Students will not receive credit for both. (3 credit hours) Course Outcomes Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course the student will be able to discuss the significance of imaginative writing in essays that employ concepts and terminology appropriate to literature and its conventional genres. Objectives: * Provide at least a rudimentary explanation of the nature of imaginative literature as a vital, creative human activity. * Define a given genre and distinguish it from the other(s). * Identify and explain the...
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...Maps The Six Types of Writing Prompts Jane Shaffer Writing Terms Writing a Thesis Statement Writer’s Signal Words 1 4 5 6 7 8 11 Things NEVER to Do in an Essay 12 MLA Guidelines and Style Sheet Sample Essay Formatting Guide to Formatting Essays Using MS Word Revising and Proofreading Essays JBHS Proofreading Symbols Proofreading/Editing Worksheet MLA Quoting and Citation Guide Quote Integration FAQs Work Cited Page Why Did I Get This Grade? JBHS Academic Honesty Policy List of Resources and References Academic Honesty Contract 14 15 © JBHS English Department 2009 19 27 28 30 32 33 35 38 40 43 44 Glossary of Writing and Research Terms Annotated Bibliography: Includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources used for researching a topic. Audience: Those whom you want your writing to reach. A writer needs to choose the appropriate words and style for his or her intended audience. Body Paragraph: Makes up most of an essay and has three main parts: a topic sentence, concrete detail/commentary, and a concluding sentence. Citation: [also known as parenthetical or in-text citation] Names a source and page number for text which quotes from, uses specific details from, or paraphrases source/research materials used for the writing of an essay or research paper. Claim: [also point or argument] A statement a writer makes that presents his main point or idea, the argument he/she is trying to prove. A thesis is the...
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