...A pressure group is an organization that seeks to influence government decision makers (public policy) and or protect or advance a particular cause or interest. They often use websites and the media to educate people/spread propaganda. Groups campaign a specific issue and raise it up the political agenda. Campaigning raises funds for and inevitably resources for that cause. Outsider groups are those whose aims do not enjoy/ have the support of the Government. They tend to adopt media based, high profile campaigns to capture public attention. E.g. Animal Liberation Front. Insider groups have the support and attention of Government. Government will often approach them for advice. They will often have long standing and regular discussions with Government. A good example here is the work of Scottish members of the British Medical Association. Sectional groups represent and defend the interests of particular sections of society - often economic interests, but also consumer and professional interests. E.g. Trade union. Promotional groups are usually formed for a specific purpose - to promote a particular cause or campaign on a particular issue. In this sense, they have no other function apart from their role as pressure groups E.g. Green peace. Ad hoc groups are formed on temporary issues and tend to be on a temporary basis. The group disband once their cause has disappeared. Pressure groups often experience division amongst their members, and can therefore end up as merely temporary...
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...Identification Key 1. Green Stone Group: Metamorphic Texture: Non-Foliated Type: Low-Grade Collected: (along Mammoth Bay trail) 2. Amphibolite Group: Metamorphic Texture: Non-Foliated Type: Intermediate Collected: (Mammoth Bay River) 3. Gabbro w/ Augite Group: Igneous Texture: Phaneritic Type: internal Augite Chemical Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6 Collected: (Mammoth Bay River Bed) 4. Dacite Group: Igneous Texture: Aphanitic Type: internal Collected: (Along American River) 5. Slate Group: Metamorphic Texture: Foliated Type: Low-Grade Collected: (Grass Valley, Trinity River) 6. Shale Group: Sedimentary Type: Clastic Texture: Smooth Collected: (Mammoth Bay on Shore of River) 7. Andesite Group: Igneous Texture: Aphanetic Type: Extrusive Collected: (Mammoth Bay near River) 8. Limestone Group: Sedimentary Texture: Fine Grain Type: Chemical/Bio clactic Collected: (Mammoth Bay Shore of River) 9. Andesite/Basalt (Basaltic Andesite) Group: Igneous Texture: Aphanetic Type: Intermediate Collected: (Along American River) 10. Metaconglomerate Group: Metamorphic Texture: Non-Foliated Collected: (Grass Valley, Trinity River) 11. Serpentine Group: Metamorphic Texture: Non-Foliated Type: Orthoclase Collected: (Mammoth Bay River Bed) 12. Diorite Group: Igneous Texture: Phaneritic Type: Intermediate Collected: (Mammoth Bay, Near River) 13. Quartz Group: Igneous Chemical Formula: SiO2 Collected:...
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...4.1 Group Behavior and Nature of Groups In an organization there are different groups and these groups act distinct to each other. A group is a number of people or things that are placed together. However there are different definitions given by different authors in defining what a group is. According to author Charles Handy he defined a group as ‘any collection of people who recognizes themselves to be a group.’(1993) On the other hand Marvin Shaw, he defined a group as ‘a group is defined as two or more people who collaborate with one another in a sense that each person persuades and is persuaded by each other.’(1981) Generally groups are categorized into two main types named as Formal and Informal groups. Formal group is a type of group that is well-structured and a group established by management, subordinates or by representatives of an organization. These types of groups are established to take care of a particular task. The prime function of a formal group is to further the objectives and aims of the organization as introduced in mission statements and policies. Normally these types of groups work under a single supervisor. The following are the types of Formal groups, * Command Groups; this is a type of group in which individuals report to a given manager. In other words this is a group containing both managers and their subordinates. * Committee Groups; Committee groups are more of a formal working group. In this type of formal group individuals...
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...University of Phoenix 2010 Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper GEN/200 Shawn Albro Communication and Collaboration Strategy Every person has different learning styles. To communicate and collaborate effectively within a group of individuals with different learning styles and personality types can be difficult if a person does not know their weaknesses and strengths. Learning styles have also been called intelligences. There are eight intelligences that have been found but I will only discuss three of these. There are also four different personality types. I will only talk about three of these personality types and a strategy for effective communication and collaboration among them. The first intelligence is the logical/ mathematical intelligence. A person with this intelligence is easier to communicate and collaborate with by using problem solving. This type of intelligence is a problem solver when it comes to science or mathematical problems. It is easier to reason with this learning type inductively and deductively. Communicating with this person can be difficult at times in that the person will try to solve each problem to ensure that it is true. The second intelligence is visual/spatial intelligence. This type of person would be easier to communicate and collaborate with through pictures, graphs or charts. This intelligence is very visual and can understand things better by seeing what is going on in a situation. These people can see things that many...
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...arise for group interaction. Groups are in many ways are an unavoidable part of human life. There are different types of groups that one interacts with throughout his or her life. One of the group types would be “Small Groups”. While it is arguable, many people agree that anywhere from 12 to 13 people may be the maximum size for a small group with a minimum size of three people. The most intersting part of a small group is that there are two types of small groups. The two types of small groups are “Primary” and “Secondary” groups. This article will define the two types of small groups listed above and relate my personal relationship with the two small group types listed in the above sentence. The Primary small group type is “a group whose main purpose is to give people a way to fulfill their basic need to associate with others”. It is common knowledge that the majority of humans require social interaction in order to maintain mental stability. Two primary groups that I am apart of would be my family and friends. Within these two primary groups, I am able to fulfill my basic need of to associate with others. With my family and friends, I am able to find a level of personal trust and communication that would be difficult to relate with any other social group. My role in the family is father and husband and I provide the majority of the finances for my family. The role I play in my friendships is one of mutual respect and understanding. The secondary small group is “a group that exists...
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...Communication and Collaboration Strategies for Group Work When working with a group, it is important to utilize strategies that will allow one to communicate effectively with individuals who have different learning styles and personality types. Different personality types do have individual learning styles, so how one communicates with each person will differ. A person who has a verbal/linguistic learning style communicates through language, i.e. listening, reading, writing and speaking. I would communicate with this type of person through presentations, emails, text messaging, and talking on the phone. Someone who learns in this way excels when he/she is actively participating in group discussions. An interpersonal learning style is based on self-awareness, independence and time spent alone. A person who learns in this way would benefit from face-to-face communication, satisfying there need to interact with others. Some people benefit by communicating through faxes and emails. They have a need for independence and learn best on their own. This is evident of someone with and intrapersonal learning style. I would communicate with a person with this learning style through email, faxes, and letters. Since this person would learn more effectively alone, it might be easier for him/her to process information this way. There are also many different personality types to consider when interacting with a group. For example, a thinker is very analytical, thinking outside the box and...
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...Communicating the Value of Psychology Position Paper Nagle Catholic College Danni Carroll “Psychology is the scientific study of how we think, feel and act. It aims to answer important questions such as what motivates people to behave the way they do and what factors influence the way they think, feel and behave as they grow up and develop” (Fletcher and Garton, 2007). Psychology is applied to society as a whole; it can help us understand how we as individuals can function as members of society and the values and attitudes to things such as Culture, Social values and practices and Social, Historical and Political Influences. Psychology studies have also taken us into the minds of others and how they react to certain situations; from this psychologists have created the areas of Social Psychology, Relational Influences and Communication that their studies fall under. The study of psychology also lets us find out more about ourselves as individuals such as our Biological Influences, Cognition, Developmental and Personality (Fletcher and Garton 2007). This position paper is aimed at a year 12 Psychology class studying 3AB Psychology: Self, Others and Society. The class consists 17 students with the majority of the students being female and aged 16-17. The purpose of this paper is to provide the students with a clearer understanding of the Psychology areas of Self, Others and Society. Case Study 1 – Personality Personality is defined as the characteristics of a person...
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...Define an interest group with examples. Interest group – usually a voluntary organization where members share a common interest in which they seek to influence public policy, without seeking political control. They have primary activities such as lobbying the members of the legislative bodies through contributions to political parties, trying to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and by conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns. (Interest Groups, n.d.) There are a few different types of interest groups and they are as follows: Economic Interest Groups This is the largest category that includes organizations that represent big businesses, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), as well as big labor – the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. (Types of Interest Groups, 2012) Public Interest Groups These groups usually do not expect to profit directly from policy changes. These groups gain financially by getting donations from individuals and foundations that support their activities. Groups such as Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), League of Women Voters, and Common Cause belong with the public interest groups. (Types of Interest Groups, 2012) Government Interest Groups Even with the structure of the federal system, it does not surprise us that there are organizations to bring issues of local and state government...
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...independent, for-profit company whose mission is to establish Symbian OS as the world standard for mobile digital data systems, primarily for use in cellular telecoms. So, the three biggest mobile phone companies at that time and Psion, a mobile PC company, created a new way for competing and differentiating. Today Symbian Ltd. is owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Figure 1 shows the percentage of shares of each shareholding company: Figure 1 Shareholding companies of Symbian and their percentage of shares Source: Symbian Ltd. – Company Ownership, http://www.symbian.com/about/ownership.html Levels of product differentiation Porter has suggested that most industries contain strategic groups of close competitors – groups of firms within an industry that follow the same strategies or ones that have very similar dimensions. For example, similar strategies might include the targeting of the same market segments, the use of identical or similar technology and the employment...
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... 2007). According to Professor Gardner, there are eight different intelligences and each of these them have different characteristics that affect the way we perceive things and learn. His research also discovered that we all have multiple intelligences and that the way we learn and communicate directly depends on which of our intelligences are most developed (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2007). Of the eight different Intelligences, this paper will focus on only three, Intrapersonal, Verbal-Linguistic, and Visual-Spatial). This paper will attempt to explore how individuals with each of these intelligences can effectively communicate within a group environment, and will also explore the different personality types and how individuals with these personality types can effectively communicate and contribute to any team or group. How to Communicate Effectively With Any Learning Style A Harvard University professor named Howard Gardner discovered in 1983 that there are at least eight intelligences that everyone possesses, but he also stated that some intelligences are more or less developed than others (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2007). According to his theory if we find a task very difficult we are using an underdeveloped intelligence to complete the task, and if we find a task easy we are using a more developed intelligence (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2007). Areas of Intelligence Each of the areas of intelligence has many strengths, along with many weaknesses...
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...603 Business Research Methods Assignment 1 Submission date: 16/05/2015 Submitted By: Rajinder Singh Student Id: 1502A487 Answer no . (1.1) In this scenario, owner of an Italian restaurant wants to introduce a new pasta dish. James, a business research executive hired by the restaurant owner Pablo has to conduct a research with the customers to find out reaction about the dish. James has proposed a face to face interview technique to Pablo for this research work. Face to face interview is a one on one interview, where both interviewer and interviewee sits together to get some useful information. There are many types of interviews like telephonic interview, using internet chat etc. but according to me best suitable type of interview that can help Pablo to get his needed information is Face to Face interview. Below are some key attributes of a Face to Face interview those are best suitable to get information that Pablo is looking for. 1) Time and Place – Time and place of the interview is very important. To conduct an effective interview it is very important that you should aware about, what time and date is the best to conduct an interview. For example in this case, by conducting interview on weekends you might get better results as compared to weekdays like Monday where there are less people visiting the restaurant or they can be busy in their work. On the other side the place you are going to choose for the interview is also very important. For example in this...
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...1 ) Create a new query in Query Design, including the Employee Info and Sales by Employee tables. Add the First Name and Last Name fields from the Employee Info table, and the Quarter and Actual Sales fields from the Sales by Employee table (in that order). Run the query. Ribbon 1. | Click the CREATE tab. | 2. | On the CREATE tab, in the Queries group, click Query Design. | 3. | In the Show Table dialog box, with the Employee Info table selected, click Add. | 4. | Click the Sales by Employee table and then click Add. | 5. | Click Close in the Show Table dialog box. | 6. | In the query design window, in the Employee Info table, double-click the First Name field. | 7. | In the query design window, in the Employee Info table, double-click the Last Name field. | 8. | In the query design window, in the Sales by Employee table, double-click the Quarter field. | 9. | In the query design window, in the Sales by Employee table, double-click the Actual Sales field. | 10. | On the DESIGN tab, in the Results group, click Run. | | Keyboard 1. | Press ALT (or F10, or F6 two times), C, and then QD. | 2. | In the Show Table dialog box, with Employee Info selected press ALT+A (or ENTER or TAB to select the Add button, and then press ENTER (or A or SPACEBAR)). | 3. | Press S (or use ARROW keys) to select the Sales by Employee table, and then press ALT+A (or ENTER or TAB to select the Add button, and then press ENTER (or A or SPACEBAR))...
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...is often rewarding. Each group member needs to pay attention to the other group members' personalities and different learning styles, so that we respect where each other are coming from. If each member of the group pays attention to their fellow learners' personality types and learning styles, they can come up with a plan that will help them collaborate with other students by communicating effectively. When I did the Multiple Pathways to Learning and the Personality Spectrum assessments, I found out that I am a Visual-Spatial learner and that my dominant personality type is an Organizer. This helps me be a successful student because it will allow me to come up with the best possible study habits and techniques for me, personally. It is not only useful for me to know my own study habits, but it is important that I learn how I can best interact with the other students and their particular learning styles and personality types. My dominant style of learning is Visual-Spatial, but a group is usually made up of a wide variety of learning styles. Learning styles include the Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, and Interpersonal learning styles. Carter, Bishop and Kravits (2007) say that a dominant Verbal- Linguistic style learner is likely to “remember terms easily” as well as having a talent for “understanding syntax and word meaning,” and they like “explaining, teaching, learning, [and] using humor.”. If this person were in my group, the best way to communicate...
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...This paper is going to explore three of eight learning styles and come up with a strategy for effective communicating and collaborating within a work group of people sharing these learning styles. It will also identify three of four personality types and develop a strategy for effective communication and collaboration within a work group of people sharing theses personality types. Bodily-Kinesthetic, Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalistic are the eight learning styles. Visual-Spatial, Verbal-Linguistic and Intrapersonal will be the three learning styles that will be explorer and used for examples. The Verbal-Linguistical learning style tends to remember terms easily, rewrite notes and are able to teach others as well as persuade people to do things. The Visual-Spatial learning style tends to draw charts and graphs and use color to organize his notes. This person tends to be more visual in learning. The Intrapersonal learning style tends to keep a journal, which expresses his feelings and this type prefers to study in quiet surroundings. When people from these three learning styles work together it may be best if the Intrapersonal learning style person is the leader of the group, the Visual-Spatial person would be the best person to compile and complete the presentation especially if charts and graphs are needed in it, while the Intrapersonal person would be the best one to do the recording...
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...the virtual schemas. Following steps for pricing procedure as, 1. Define conditions. 2. Define pricing procedure. 3. Define virtual purchase organization and vendor. 4. Info Record. Customization for Pricing Procedure : 1. Definition of Conditions : /NMEK0---condition type…condition types--- definition (define for basic price, net price, discount, surcharge, tax etc.) 2. Defining pricing procedure : /NMEK0--- calculation schema---calculation schemas—New entries (Define procedure and put the conditions like formula so that final price will be net price / total value as per company requirement) 3. Linking pricing procedure to independent condition types. /NMEK0---condition type…condition types--- definition for position for defined conditions (Enter the defined pricing procedure in the each independent conditions “Pricing Procedure” box) 4. Defining Schema group for Vendor: /NMEK0--- calculation schema---schema groups—vendor—New Entries. 5. Defining Schema group for Purchase Organization--- New entries. /NMEK0--- calculation schema--- schema groups---- purchasing organization--- new entries. 6. Linking Virtual Purchase Organization to actual Purchase Organization. /NMEK0--- calculation schema--- schema groups----- Assign P.Org. (in actual P.Org, enter virtual P.Org) 7. Linking Pricing procedure to virtual P.Org and virtual vendor : /NMEK0--- calculation schema--- Determine Schema--- -Standard --- New entries (Enter virtual schema and P.Org. along...
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