...presents the following topics: • What is Psychology? • The History of Psychology • Modern Psychology Perspectives • Types of Psychological Professionals • The Science of Psychology • Ethics of Psychological Research What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. • Behavior includes outward or obvious actions or reactions such as facial expressions or movement. These actions and reactions are sometimes referred to as body language. John wants to ask Susan for a date, and Susan wants him to ask her out. John worked up his courage, was about to ask her out when he walked by her desk, but Susan looked up with a frown on her face. Assuming that she was frowning at him, John walked quickly back to his own office. Susan, who had a horrible sinus headache, wondered why John was being so unfriendly. It's highly possible that both Susan and John were exhibiting body language that was being misinterpreted by the other. • Mental processes refer to the internal activities of our minds, such as thinking, feeling, or remembering. It is by successfully reading the body language (behavior) of another person that we gain a deeper...
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...Although I was a big deal in the family. There were other events going on in the United States. Chrysler was found liable for $262.5 million, for the death of a six year old child, when a rear door latch was found to be faulty. The child was thrown from the vehicle out of the rear door (“Chrysler Liable for $262.5 million.”). While this controversial case was happening in Charleston, South Carolina, voters in Barrow, Alaska were hoping to repeal an alcohol ban that lasted for 18 months. While the United States was buzzing with events going on, the rest of the world was as well. On October 30th of 1997, in London, Louise Woodward was found guilty of the murder of baby Matthew Eappen. Eariler that summer, she was babysitting Eappen and shook...
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...FIN 4414 Financial Management Course Syllabus Spring 2010 Term INSTRUCTOR: Dr. T. Craig Tapley Graham-Buffett Master Lecturer of Finance Section: Section: Room: 2109 – Monday and Wednesday, Periods 3-4 (9:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.) 7111 – Monday and Wednesday, Periods 5-6 (11:45 a.m. – 1:40 p.m.) 112 Matherly Hall Office Hours: Wednesday (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.) Thursday (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.) CONTACT INFORMATION: Office: Phone: Fax: E-Mail: 329 David Stuzin Hall (352) 392-6654 (352) 392-5237 ctapley@ufl.edu http://vista.courses.ufl.edu/ Class Webpage: COURSE MATERIALS: TEXTBOOK 1. Financial Management: Theory and Practice (12th Edition), Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt, Thompson/South-Western, 2008, ISBN: 0-324-42269-5. The official textbook for the class will be an excellent reference book as you start your career, as you may easily find that there will be times, on the job, when you need to reference prior material, or formulas, covered in your corporate finance classes at UF. However, books have become somewhat expensive, so you may, instead, purchase the 11th or 10th Edition of the book, typically at a cheaper price, through various online booksellers. However, there are minor differences between the 10th, 11th, and 12th editions; mainly in the order of the chapter. These differences should not impact your ability to perform well in this class, but you may need to map the chapters in the 10th or 11th Edition to those assigned in the 12th Edition. This is...
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...Case Study 3: Setting tuition and financial aid Instructor: Patricia Wiseman Managerial Economics MBA-540-MB01 Saint Leo University Sushma Madhavaram Summary: Prices are the variable property which can increase or decrease the desire of purchasing the commodity which in simple terms referred as demand. For most of the commodities if prices soar high then people purchase less good hence reducing demand in the same way if supply increases prices go down increasing demand. This basic principle is the basis for the ‘law “of demand which can be described as quantity demand plummets as prices go upward, other variable factors constant. To understand the demand and price relation economists refer demand as schedule of quantities of commodity people want to buy at various prices, other factors constant (Colander, Rockerbie, & Richter, 2006, p.73). Whereas quantity demand is referred as demand of goods at certain price in the demand curve. Ursinus College in Pennsylvania in the year 2000 increased their tuition fee 17.6% to $23,460 in order to increase college revenue and funds to support financial aid which also in turn increased their admissions (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2009, p.110). The conjecture of college president is increase in demand is against the law of the demand because of college going student’s snob mentality and their comparison of quality with respect to price. He speculated student’s presumption of costly colleges will have better quality education...
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...McEntire, Lauren E., and Tiffany Greene-Shortridge. "Recruiting and Selecting Leaders for Innovation: How to Find the Right Leader." Advances in Developing Human Resources (SAGE Publications) 13, no. 3 (2011): 266-278. Summary and analysis of the article The article discusses the issues and strategies in selecting effective organisational leaders and successors. It highlights the importance of the innovative organisational leaders and the challenges faced sourcing for them. The article provides detailed methods to recruit leaders such as behavioural psychological assessments, personorganisation fit assessments, behaviourally based interviews and innovation targeted succession planning. It also explores the benefits of new approaches such as social networking media and websites to find the best leaders available to the organisation and traditional ways such as mentoring programmes to develop potential leaders. The purpose of the article was to review the importance of organisational leaders and the process of selecting the most suitable one. It highlights why the process itself is very important and how it affects the outcome of the selection greatly. The authors depended greatly on other research papers and scholar journals as evidences to justify their choice of strategies. Most of the strategies presented were also echoed from other researchers and reporters. For example, the authors mentioned social networking medias and websites as tools that could assist in the recruitment...
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...direct=true&db=f5h&AN=13966818&site=ehost-live. Burke, Laurie A. and Robert A. Neimeyer. "Complicated Spiritual Grief I: Relation to Complicated Grief Symptomatology Following Violent Death Bereavement." Death Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, Apr. 2014, p. 259. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/07481187.2013.829372. Anderson, Miriam J., et al. "Psychological and Religious Coping Strategies of Mothers Bereavedby the Sudden Death of a Child." Death Studies, vol. 29, no. 9, Nov. 2005, p. 811. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/07481180500236602. (Scholar) Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan, Louise E. Parker, and Judith Larson. "Ruminative coping with depressed mood following loss." Journal of personality and social psychology 67.1 (1994): 92. Schnider, Kimberly R., Jon D. Elhai, and Matt J. Gray. "Coping style use predicts posttraumatic stress and complicated grief symptom severity among college students reporting a traumatic loss." Journal of Counseling Psychology 54.3 (2007): 344. (Book) Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying (by) William Faulkner. London: Chatto and Windus, 1970....
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...John Wiley & Sons, Inc. David L. Kurtz University of Arkansas Louis E. Boone University of South Alabama BUSINESS 14TH EDITION Contemporary . . . at the speed of business “The 14th edition of Contemporary Business is dedicated to Joseph S. Heider, who brought me to John Wiley & Sons. Thank you, Joe.” —Dave Vice President & Executive Publisher Acquisitions Editor Assistant Editor Production Manager Senior Production Editor Marketing Manager Creative Director Senior Designer Text Designer Cover Designer Production Management Services Senior Illustration Editor Photo Editor Photo Researcher Senior Editorial Assistant Executive Media Editor Media Editor George Hoffman Franny Kelly Maria Guarascio Dorothy Sinclair Valerie A. Vargas Karolina Zarychta Harry Nolan Madelyn Lesure 4 Design Group Wendy Lai Elm Street Publishing Services Anna Melhorn Hilary Newman Teri Stratford Emily McGee Allison Morris Elena Santa Maria This book was set in Janson TextLTStd-Roman 10/13 by MPS Limited, a Macmillan Company, Chennai, India and printed and bound by R. R. Donnelley & Sons. The cover was printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons. This book is printed on acid free paper. ∞ Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of knowledge and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...Assignment HIH Insurance Report Student Name: Jinyun Wang Student ID: MIT122634 Lecturer Name: Susan Currie Tutor Name: Susan Currie Due Date: 29 / 1 / 2014 Submitted date: 7/ 2/ 2014 by email Executive Summary The auditing profession plays a significant role in industrialized economies for many years. In the insurance industry, the manner of auditing profession is regulated. The collapse of Health International Holdings (HIH) was recorded as the biggest corporate collapse in the history of Australia. Also an investigation of Royal Commission was warranted by the HIH collapse. Two questions considered in the failures of HIH Insurance: Did the auditors implement their responsibilities and roles? Did the auditors fulfil their auditing work ethically? This report provides an analysis of auditing issues arising from the collapse of HIH Insurance. Among factors that have gave rise to the corporate failure of HIH Insurance, that of the ethics of auditing profession, roles of auditors and effectiveness of audit committee have regarded as particular significance. Contents Executive Summary 2 1. Introduction 4 2. Discussion 5 2.1 Audit Independence 5 2.2 Audit Committee 7 2.3 Ethical Considerations 8 3. Conclusion 10 Reference List 11 1. Introduction HIH Insurance was established when MW Payne Liability Agencies Pty Ltd was incorporated by Michael Payne and Ray Williams joining together to do business of insurance underwriter in Australia in 1968. Their operations...
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...M A G A Z I N E FA L L 2 0 0 2 Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything we do has some international dimension, whether it concerns international treaties and protocols, commercial transactions across national borders, international child custody disputes, criminal behavior that violates international human rights law, international sports competitions, global environmental regulation, international terrorism, or any number of other topics. And, of course, there is little that we do at Duke that does not involve scholars and students from other countries, who are entirely integrated with U.S. scholars and students. Students enrolled in our joint JD/LLM program in international and comparative law receive an in-depth education in both the public and private aspects of international and comparative law, enriched by the ubiquitous presence of foreign students; likewise, the foreign lawyers who enroll in our one-year LLM program in American law enroll in the same courses, attend the same conferences...
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...is available from the British Library ISBN–10: 0335 218 13X (pb) 0335 218 148 (hb) ISBN–13: 9780 335 218 134 (pb) 9780 335 218 141 (hb) Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data CIP data applied for Typeset by YHT Ltd, London Printed in Poland by OZGraf S.A. www.polskabook.pl Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements 1 What is media theory? What are media? What is theory? What is media theory? How to use this book Behaviourism and media effects Introduction Lasswell’s chain of communication and propaganda technique Wertham: Seduction of the Innocent Cantril: The Invasion from Mars Cultivation theory Agenda-setting and social functions of media Two-step flow and the phenomenistic approach Uses and gratifications theory Summary Further reading Modernity and medium theory Introduction Innis: The Bias of Communication McLuhan: the medium is the message Benjamin: art...
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...ACC501 Cost Accounting.txt Cost Accounting or Cost-Volume-Profit Accounting ACC501 - Accounting for Decision Making Module 2 - Case Abstract This paper contains a brief overview of the current primary accounting standard GAAP but also explores CostVolume-Profit analysis and Cost Accounting. In the 1980s accountants and financial managers embraced technology and became the basis for the Personal Computer’s (PC) explosive expansion. The abilities of the computer coupled with the needs of business management supported the development of many new accounting tools and processes. There is universally true method of accounting. The accounting method(s) used in an organization must be acceptable to an internal or external auditing group and flexible so that management can maximize the resources available to the company. With our modern high-speed data processing systems we have the luxury of being able to look at our data in different ways. The “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” (GAAP) has been the accounting method of choice when preparing statements for viewing by third parties, including both investors and government regulators. This is not to say that the information generated for GAAP accounting statements is not valuable to the leadership of a corporation. Rather, there are additional styles or accounting types that may be more valuable internally, allowing the managers and their Page 1 ACC501 Cost Accounting.txt staff to maximize utilization of their...
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...Susan Walsh Sanderson Lally School of Management Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 12180 Phone: 518-276-2933 Fax: 518-276-8661 Email:sandes@rpi.edu May, 2008 CURRENT POSITION ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (with tenure). School of Management Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Affiliate of Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Centers Major Interests: • Innovation Management • Product Design, Marketing and Brand Management • Innovative Teaching Approaches (Multimedia Enhanced on campus and Distance Learning) AWARDS 1995 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award Hesburg Award Team (for Educational Innovation) In 1995, I was a co-recipient of the Boeing Outstanding Educator Award and a member of the team receiving the Hesburg Award for Educational Innovation TEACHING Teaching Role. My recent teaching has been in Rensselaer’s resident MBA program (both full and parttime), Professional and Distance Education Program and undergraduate programs. My research and teaching have made important contributions to efforts to build the marketing and management and technology curricula in the School of Management at Rensselaer and at other universities who have adopted our teaching materials. As a pioneer in interactive leaning material on product development and manufacturing, I have developed several interactive multimedia cases and collaborated on the development of simulations designed to teach marketing principles and bridge management and engineering disciplines. The simulations teach marketing...
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... Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary……………..4 | 2.0 Situation Analysis Overview……….…4-6 2.1 Market Summary…………..6-7 2.2 SWOT Analysis………….7-9 2.3 Competition………………9-10 2.4 Product (Service) Offering………..10-11 2.5 Keys to Success………………….11-12 2.6 Critical Issues…………………12 | 3.0 Marketing Strategy Overview ……..12-133.1 Mission……………………14 3.2 Marketing Objectives……………14-16 3.3 Financial Objectives………………16-17 3.4 Target Markets……………………..17-18 3.5 Positioning…………………..18-19 3.6 Pricing Strategies………………..19-20 3.7 Marketing Attack Strategies…………..20-22 3.8 Marketing Research…………………22-24 | 4.0 Controls Overview………..24 4.1 Marketing Organization…………….26-27 4.3 Contingency Planning………………..27-28 | 5.0 Conclusion………………………….28 | References…………………………….29 | 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Party Planners Express (PPE) is a party planning company specializing in satisfying customers. PPE will offer exceptional services to children from ages 2-16. The mission of the Party Planner is to provide customers with the highest level of party planning. We exist to attract and maintain customers. When we adhere to this maxim, everything else will fall into place. Our services will exceed the expectations of our customers. The corporate market for event planning is steady and profitable, but in the Houston area there just aren’t many that provide quality services. For some large companies, economic downturns means cuts. This is only the case for shortsighted companies however...
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...Myth and Scripture resources for Biblical Study Susan ackerman, Old testament/hebrew Bible editor number 78 Myth and Scripture conteMporary perSpectiveS on religion, language, and iMagination Edited by dexter e. callender Jr. SBl press atlanta copyright © 2014 by SBl press all rights reserved. no part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 copyright act or in writing from the publisher. requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the rights and permissions office, Society of Biblical literature, 825 houston Mill road, atlanta, ga 30329 uSa. library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Myth and scripture : contemporary perspectives on religion, language, and imagination / Dexter E. Callender, Jr., editor. p. cm. — (Society of Biblical literature resources for biblical study ; number 78) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-58983-961-8 (paper binding : alk. paper) — iSBn 978-1-58983-962-5 (electronic format) — iSBn 978-1-58983-963-2 (hardcover binding : alk. paper) 1. Myth in the Bible. 2. Bible. old testament—criticism, interpretation, etc. i. callender, dexter e., 1962– editor of compilation. ii. callender, dexter e., 1962– author. Myth and Scripture : dissonance and convergence.. BS520.5.M98 2014 220.6'8—dc23 2014002897...
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