...than factual information that you could find on the company’s website. Show awareness of recent news developments in the company and industry. Appeal to the ego— many people like to give advice. Start with more general questions; ask for additional contacts or ask targeted questions around job prospects at the end of the conversation. If you have spoken to other people at the company, weave in points you took away from those conversations. Be gracious, appreciative and sensitive to contact’s time. Always follow-up with a thank you. Develop your personal networking skills by using the many available resources available to you at HBS. Key resources can be found on the Careers Tab under Networking Start now. It is never too early or too late to network. SAMPLE INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS How did you decide to work in this field? For this company? What is your background? How did you position yourself for this field? What do you see as the strategic goals for the company? For your department? What kinds of challenges do you face in this industry? What keeps your CEO up at night? What have you learned through your position? What skills do you typically use? What skills are most important to be successful in your organization? Do you have any advice for me as I go through the job search process? What are the most difficult problems/decisions/challenges you face? Is there anything that has surprised you about this field/company, either...
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...3214/MGT 3219 – BUSINESS ETHICS. Task 2: Group Assignment – 20 %. Submission Date: OCT 29 , 2014 Presentation Date: OCT 29, 2014 * SELECT ONE CASE STUDY ONLY CASE: 1.0 Web Porn at Work Al Smetana is the founding president of a medium-size, Midwestern manufacturing firm, Rayburn Unlimited. He’s proud of the way his company has grown, and done so on the basis of an organizational culture committed to honesty, integrity and the intrinsic value of each individual. But now those values are being put to the test. It began when Al Smetana learned that an employee had tapped into the company’s computer system and figured out how to read people’s e-mail and to learn what websites they visited. Determining who the culprit was wasn’t difficult. When confronted about it, the employee admitted what he had done. Al Smetana immediately terminated his employment. But as he left, the employee said angrily, “Just ask Lindley about his computer usage,” referring to Craig Lindley, associate vice president for human resources and an old friend of Al Smetana’s. Although Al Smetana did not trust the discharged employee, he was disturbed by his comment and reluctant to let it go. So he called Craig Lindley into his office and asked him about it. After a few minutes of gentle questioning, Craig started weeping. When he recovered himself, he explained that for the past year or so he had been hooked on pornography on the web and at the office sometimes spent an hour or so a day looking...
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...Meyer, Stephenie, 1973–New Moon a novel / b) Stepheme Meyer–1st ed p cm Summary When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible ways ISBN-13 978-0 316-16019-3 ISBN-10 0-316-16019-9 [1 Vampires–Fiction 2 Werewolves–Fiction 3 High schools–Fiction 4 Schools–Fiction 5 Washington (State)–Fiction ] 1 Title PZ7 M57188New2006 [Fic]–dc22 2006012309 1098 7 6 5 43 2 1 Q-FF Printed in the United States of America For my dad, Stephen Morgan– No one has ever been given more loving and unconditional support than I have been given by you. I love you, too. These violent delights...
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...Meyer, Stephenie, 1973–New Moon a novel / b) Stepheme Meyer–1st ed p cm Summary When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible ways ISBN-13 978-0 316-16019-3 ISBN-10 0-316-16019-9 [1 Vampires–Fiction 2 Werewolves–Fiction 3 High schools–Fiction 4 Schools–Fiction 5 Washington (State)–Fiction ] 1 Title PZ7 M57188New2006 [Fic]–dc22 2006012309 1098 7 6 5 43 2 1 Q-FF Printed in the United States of America For my dad, Stephen Morgan– No one has ever been given more loving and unconditional support than I have been given by you. I love you, too. These violent delights...
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...is asked by her teacher “Why did you place the pencils in your backpack and take the pencils home?” Very unsure of the appropriate response, Kylie simply says “ I didn’t.” The teacher then goes over to the child’s book bag to take out the pencils that are accused of to be missing. Kylie then states that she must have accidently placed the pencil in the book bag after completing the end of the day assignment while packing up to go home. Regardless of the reason the action occurred, the teacher proceeds to have a thorough discussion regarding the topic of honesty and goes forth to discipline the child in school as well as contact her parent at home to make them aware of the situation and to recommend they generously speak to their student so that the behavior is not repeated again. In this paper I look to explore the different levels of honesty and evaluate if it is as black and white as it seems. When is it Lying According to Merriam-Webster the definition of honesty is: 1. The quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness. 2. Truthfulness, sincerity or frankness. 3. Freedom from deceit or fraud. The commitment required to realize these simple terms is more clearly implied in a second definition, drawn from Funk & Wagnails Standard Handbook of Synonyms, Antonyms and Prepositions: "One who is honest in the highest and fullest sense is scrupulously careful ^o adhere to all known truth and right even in thought." So how can you tell when something is true or not...
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...level of health. This questionnaire will take you approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Please kindly answer the questions below. Thank you! 1. What is your gender? Male□ (42%) Female□ (58%) 2. Do you live in hostels? YES□ NO□ 3. Do you have the habit of eating breakfast?(if no, skip to Q6) YES□ (75%) NO □ (25%) 4. How often do you eat breakfast in a week? Sometimes (once to twice) □ (24%) Frequently (three to five times) □ (62%) Always (six to seven times) □ (14%) 5. What do you usually eat at breakfast? (you can take more than one choice) Bread, oatmeal,etc□ (42%) Salad□ (8%) Noodles □ (37%) Fried food□ (7%) Others□ (6%) 6. Do you have the habit of eating food at midnight? (If No, go to Question 8) Yes □ (33%) NO□ (67%) 7. How often do you eat food at midnight by week? Every day □ (10%) Five to Six Times □ (25%) Three to four times □ (38%) Once to twice □ (27%) 8. What kind of food will you prefer when you are hungry? (Rank the following with 1 as the highest priority and 4 as the lowest.) Carbohydrated food (such as rice, noodles) □ (23%) Vegetables and fruits □ (25%) Meat □ (12%) Snacks (Candies, Chips) □ (40%) 9. How many cups of plain water do you drink in a day? More than 8 cups □ (15%) 7 - 8 cups □ (42%) 5 - 6 cups □ (35%) 3 - 4 cups □ (8%) less than 2 cups □ (0%) 10. How many vegetables do you eat in a day? More than 2 bowls □ (25%)...
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...Mama’s Story Ramota 9/28/2010 J.E.N.P’s & Co. Printing Press J’baby Twenty five years ago, my mother gave me a word and told me a story that changed my life. “Maureen, I know that you are only but a child, but what I have to say to you this today will give a new live to your life, if only you follow it to the latter. Moreover, I will tell you a story admits what I have to say to you.” My mother said to me. “Mum, I hope all is well?” as tender as I was I asked my mother but she gave no answer other than that I should pay attention to what she has to say; so I shrugged. “In this life,” she said “whatever anyone is destined for must surely come to be, regardless of the person’s background, environ, or status. If it so pleases the person, he can run to the stars above or the seas below, what will be, will be.” Being the child that I was, I didn’t understand, neither did I read too much meaning to the words she said. “My child, you can now retire to your room. I will call on you when am ready.” And so I headed for my room, but on touching my bed, I continued with the game I was playing before mother called on me. I played some little more before I fell asleep. Later that evening, amidst my dream I heard the sound of my name. It sounded so loud as if the person was standing next to me that I sprang out of bed. Behold it was my mother; she was standing at the entrance of my room. She turned and walked away. I followed her lead and we ended our walk sitting by the dinning...
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...Behavioural/Competency-based Interviews Behavioural interviews are based on the idea that past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour. The interviewer will want specific examples of when and how you demonstrated particular behaviours. Prior to interview each position is assessed for the skills/competencies and characteristics that relate to job success. Interview questions are then developed to probe into these areas. All candidates are asked the same questions and notes are taken in order to evaluate candidates. The word competency is widely used in business and personnel psychology and refers to the behaviours that are necessary to achieve the objectives of an organisation. A competency is also something you can measure and lists of competencies form a common language for describing how people perform in different situations. Every job can be described in terms of key competencies. This means that they can be used for all forms of assessment, including appraisals, training needs analysis and of course, selection. • Individual competencies – your personal attributes: Flexibility, decisiveness, tenacity, independence, risk taking, personal integrity • Managerial competencies – taking charge of other people: Leadership, empowerment, strategic planning, corporate sensitivity, project management, management control • Analytical competencies – the elements of decision making: Innovation, analytical skills, numerical problem solving, problem solving, practical learning...
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...and Coca-Cola Consumption (5 min) • What kind of CSDs do you drink? Do you drink Coca-Cola? • When, how often and in what kind of situations do you drink Coca-Cola? • Which Coca-Cola advertisements can you recall? What kind of mood do they have? To whom are these ads addressed? • Can you recall any music of Coca-Cola advertisements? Likes/dislikes? Why? • What are the general characteristics of Coca-Cola? What does it provide you with? • Let’s make a list what Coca-Cola brings to you! MODERATOR PUTS ALL ATTRIBUTES MENTIONED ON FLIPCHART. PROBES FOR “very refreshing, energizes me, for people like me, favorite brand, great tasting, the best CSD, part of everyday life”. MARKS THOSE NOT RELEVANT TO BACKCHECK AFTERWARDS WITH STORYBOARDS. 3. Evaluation of storyboards (5x20 min) Executions are demonstrated on boards. Executions are rotated. Now I am going to show you several new advertising ideas for Coca-Cola. They are not ready TV spots but an approximate demonstration of what they are going to be when shot. I will be showing you different visuals and you try to imagine that you are watching a real TV spot with real actors. While you are looking at the pictures, I will read out the story so that you better understand it. Then we shall discuss it. STORY Spontaneous reactions • (Paper and Pencil) Please take your booklet! I would...
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...find water.” (Have the pupils predict: What do you think will the crow do?) The crow flew from one place to another looking for water to drink. He finally found a pitcher near a well. But there was only little water in the pitcher. He tried to drink from the pitcher but no matter how much he tried, he could not reach the water. “My beak is too big. The pitcher’s neck is very narrow. How will I get the water?” he thought. (Have the pupils predict: What do you think will the crow do so he could reach the water in the pitcher?) Then an idea came to the crow. He picked up some small stones. He dropped them into the pitcher one by one. (Have the pupils predict: After he had dropped some stones into the pitcher, what do you think will happen?) “One, two, three…” Plop, plip, plop. Little by little, the water rose in the pitcher. “Four, five, six…” Plop, plip, plop. The water rose some more. Soon the crow could reach the water. “Now, I can drink!” said the crow. “Ah! It’s cold and good!” Discussion Questions: 1. At the beginning of the story, what did the thirsty crow do? 2. Where did he find water? 3. Could he drink right away? Why not? 4. How do you think the crow felt when he could not drink? 5. What did the crow do then? 6. If you were the crow, what would you do? 7. What happened when he dropped stones into the pitcher? 8. How did the crow feel in the end? Why? 9. Do you think he is a smart crow? Why? 10. In what way can you be smart like the crow? First Quarter...
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...team player, the quotation i live my life by is “When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” and i am the right candidate for this position because I wanted to move to an institution like this that priorities good teaching practice and dedicated pastoral care of students. I believe I can offer this because of previous careers at HAN women and children with disability and IOM organization. Q2. what are greatest strengths? Ans2.One of my greatest strengths is my ability to manage my time well. I am able to effectively anticipate the time needed for a project and complete on time or ahead of schedule. In addition to that some others strength of mine are: honesty, dreamer, team player understanding, and knowing I’m not perfect. Q3. what are your greatest weaknesses? Ans3. I am too much of a perfectionist “sometimes i can be a bit too honest when i provide feedback to my co-workers, my personality is naturally very straight forward and to the point and most of my colleagues really value that, but i learned that there are times on the job when more diplomacy is required. Q4. tell me about something you did -or failed to do- that you now feel a little ashamed of.? Ans4. “you know, i really can't think of anything, but i found out that the best way to avoid regrets is to avoid causing them in the first place. Q5. why are you leaving (or did you leave) this position? Ans5. Because it was volunteer job on the summer...
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...act of looking can still be a problem, especially if he is replaying it in his mind later. Not only that, but in his situation he is not even trying to be discreet about it when you’re around, and that is cause for concern. If he freely looks when you are with him, how bold is he when you are not present? 1) Whenever we go anywhere, could be a reception, stores, etc ( basicly anywhere there are other people) he looks/stare at girls/women.. I have been married for 8 years and been talking to him about this ever since. I have asked him several times not to do it, that it bothers me. He says he likes to look, that everyone is different. The next time I caught him staring, I told him you can stare all you want when I am not there, just don't do it infront of me, .. I sometime ignore him but not all the time... it really hurts me.. For eg. we were doing grocery shopping the other day when he saw this girl and he looked/stare at her, its like she had a magnet on her body.. He couldn't help looking.. He is looking at the girl then he saw me looking at him, he then turned away, then looked in the direction she went in... I just walked out the store. Please let me know how to handle this, he says all men look.. I said they look but you stare.. ahh! this is making upset 2) It`s really a shame that one of these women he is ogling doesn`t put him in his place. Wouldn`t that be great? I bet he wouldn`t be...
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...“I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY!” Now, what would you do if someone were to ask you this? Or if you seen it out in town on a poster? Would you pay any attention to it or just walk on by? Most people would honestly just walk on by, unless, there was something in that particular poster that had caught their attention. Recruiting ads have changed over the years, but this one was popular. This particular recruiting advertisement was an effective argument because of their slogan, Uncle Sam, his stare, his point, and the use of America’s colors; red, white, and blue. I would say this particular recruiting image was for men or boys. Back then it were only the men or boys who could actually join the army. So, this poster excluded any women and girls because they were not allowed to join. The main targeted audience for this was for the younger men and boys, and for more than one reason. The younger they are, the more apt they are to be healthier. The army wants them to be younger because they can move more quickly and act upon things faster than someone who is older. They also want the men who don’t already have a family started because then they won’t have that worry while out in battle and can focus better on what they need to do. Where is the place where you see most advertisements for things? Out in town, right? This image was more than likely posted out in town on public buildings as well, that is where most of a town’s population goes for many different reasons. Having it out where...
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...SSD (Solid State Device) DVD and CD Drive use lasers to write data Optical drive not functioning correctly because SATA may not be plugged in FAT32 (File Allocation Table) 32 GB is the max size I installed a second drive because I wanted to add more space to my hard drive. What must I have to add the extra space? Encrypted partition Unallocated space* (FREE) Compressed partition An operating system Case sensitive = password (means your password must be typed as is) Greyware Shareware Wormware Malware* (viruses) Firewall (Security) Tailgating When activated, a blank (low jack) Antivirus* (keep it up to date) WPA1 WEP WAP Personal (least protected) WPA 2 – AES- 256 bit First step in the troubleshooting process? Identify the problem Bit locker – Uses encryption Process of identifying … is called authentication (anything dealing with your biometrics) Administrators Power users Guests* (has the most limitations) Standard Users Black, Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan are the colors of the toners in a printer Black is always used because it’s a default color/toner for a printer Windows 7 does not utilize security but has the action center to monitor third parties What mode can you boot into to troubleshoot the problems for a computer? Safe Mode (disables unneeded services) Which is a built in security feature? UAC* (User Account Control) HCL NTP CMOS (controls time and date) What’s the main reason to have a password on your...
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...time because of the pressure from work -Janice is thinking about passing off John’s program as her own. 2. Who are the primary stakeholders(people that might be affected by this situation)? Name atleast 3. -One primary stakeholder would be Janice, the top executive -A second primary stakeholder would be John, the underpaid assistant and his family -A third primary stakeholder would be Janice’s boss -The company itself may also be affected by this situation 3. What are the possible alternatives for Janice? Provide atleast 2. -One alternative for Janice would be to talk to John about presenting the software package program to Janice s boss together so that John gets most of the credit and some recognition from Janice’s boss -A second alternative would be for Janice and John to get together and look at the software package and maybe have Janice put in her input as well, possibly making the package better, since she is highly educated and in a top position. No matter what, they should both present it together. If you are Janice what would you do? Would anyone be harmed? If so, how? Would you be comfortable with this decision? Will it work? Is it fair? If I were Janice I would first of all, definitely give John a raise. He apparently is a hard worker and dedicated to the...
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