... Because I have trouble balancing my family, obligations and academics by adjusting my time management; it has helped me to balance myself as a whole. Trying to reduce my stress-level, I have effectively learned how to balancing by prioritize my daily schedule. Learning from an online university has given me the ability of becoming more aware of my time-wasting; I have learned to cut and balance my schedule to help me succeed as an individual and as a student. Effetely adjusting my student-life to my life at home has helped me understand the important of priorities with-in my schedule. Reviewing my weekly calendar helps me understand what is priority; with my assignments and any other appointments. For my success as a student; it is highly important to manage my time with prioritizing activities in to a seven-day calendar. Scheduling my study-time to a seven-day calendar will give me an understanding of prioritizing. Using your time to have a successful study-time is highly important. It is also important to eliminate all distraction. Every student would like to succeed in a higher level of education. Giving yourself a distraction free-zone; by eliminating my distractions, I have noticed that my studying time has shortened. Taking good notes has helped me reflect on my readings. This has given me the advantage to review more frequently in my note –taking; even if I only review for a short period of time. Time management gave me the understandings; you can never get time back...
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...schedule helps prevent forgetting tasks as well as rushing through other tasks. A schedule helps allot time for school work and business activities and leaves an individual in charge of what they want to do and when they want to do it. As a student, one should be reasonable about business growth by prioritizing and designating only a few hours a week for business activities. It is practical to begin by establishing a small scaled business while in school, with the intention of expanding later when more time is available. Ways to Create a Schedule There are a number of different ways a schedule can be created and many tools that make it a simple task. Many online websites can generate a schedule once input is entered such as Google Calendars which can instantly create a schedule that manages your time. If you are an owner of a Smartphone, applications, such as Tungle Me and Smart Time, can also be useful. However, the most effective schedules are made personally by an individual since they have consideration of activities that take place in their own lives. Research on working effectively shows that most people work best by working intensely for...
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...Number York U Graduation Sitting (York U, Schulich School of Bus, Dec 15, 2014) The Sitting fee is $25 payable in cash at the time of your sitting. The photographer supplies the gowns, sashes, caps, and all props. Please arrive 10 minutes before your appointment for registration. A white collared shirt/blouse always looks best under the grad gown. Gentlemen, ties always look good. Please prepare your appearance before your sitting time. We also offer casual photographs and/or photographs with friends! Thank you, and we'll see you soon. New Paramount Studios Appointment Taxable Date and Cost Total Amount Time Thursday 04 December 2014 03:15 PM $25.00 $25 $25.00 Thursday 04 December 2014 03:27 PM $25.00 CANCEL BOOKING Back to Calendar PRINT version 08.04.19 #7403441 7679595 $25 $25.00 Terms & Conditions...
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...Bombshells Benefit Calendar Business Plan Executive Summary SSSAMM Inc. plans to create a benefit calendar called, Bond’s Bombshells. The calendar will contain photographs of female Bond University students who have been selected to be the Bombshells from Bond Uni. The calendar will include advertisements from local vendors that appeal to the target population along with information on upcoming events on campus. The calendar will not only be functional, to keep up on action on campus, provide coupons and deals with local businesses but the photos of the Bombshells will also be enjoyable to customers’ visual desires. The calendar will be created for the target audience of male students that attend Bond University. This group includes men ranging the age of 16 to 25. Another segment of the population at Bond University that could be potential customers but are not included in the target audience is male faculty and staff. Although their patronage is welcome it is not counted on. No special advertising such as posters or commercials will be used to reach customers. SSSAMM Inc. merely plans that through word of mouth and visual sales will attract customers. Sales will take place at the busiest hours of the weekday in the busiest area of campus, under the arch. SSSAMM Inc. has strong confidence that their product will be very successful. Through market research, a market for the product was established and continuous verbal...
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...Purpose: To inform the audience on the Mayan theory of the “world ending”. Central Idea: To give information about the Mayan’s and their calendar and to show that according to them the world in fact is not ending. Introduction: Waking up in the morning you roll over look at your cell phone to see what time it is and while checking the time you also glance and the date and what date do you see but December 12, 2012. They day that many people believe will be the end of world because of one popular belief that the Mayan’s Calendar will end today and you will not wake up to see tomorrow but just wait all day in anticipation to see what happens. Preview Statement: That is what I am going to talk to you about today is the belief of the world ending according to the Mayan’s calendar that has become a very popular way to predict this. First I will you who they Mayan’s were and why they are of importance. Second I will give an overview of the three major calendars that are used to predict and what they mean. Third I will explain the solar galactic and what happened at each time this has occurred. Fourth I will explain what the Mayan’s believe will happen in 2012 so you can make your own belief’s on the Mayan’s version of the world ending. I. Who are the Mayan’s? (http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm) A. The Mayan’s were an Indian civilization that first began between the times Period. Of 250 A.D. to 1500 B.C. and were Mesoamerican’s. 1. They were Mesoamerican’s...
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...GLOBAL R&D GLOBAL R&D I. Introduction Many have noticed that functions previously held in Western countries are now being transferred to countries with cheaper labor such as IT support now done in India (neoIT, 2007) and the People’s Republic of China is nowadays by some referred to as ‘the factory of the world’ (Chang 2006). China’s WTO accession accelerates the trend giving hope for a greater market access and a more predictable commercial environment. In 1984, 3M established its China branch and was the first foreign-invested enterprise established outside the Shenzhen special economic zone. Then, the US multinational 3M Company developed its business and worked on developing a research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai like many other MNCS (158th set up in Shanghai by multinationals). Recently, 3M even doubled its China's R&D center size and staffing, giving birth to an important R&D hub for 3M's global business enabling the company to better supply products needed in the industries of electronics, telecommunications, automobiles, shipping, aviation, medical care, housing and leisure," company officials said. Today, 3M has 11 companies and 19 offices across the country, employing more than 5,000, showing a long-term commitment for the Chinese market. Through those trends, we can notice how R&D is now important in the globalization process. Li-Hua and Khalil (2006) argue that the international business environment is affected...
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...As the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, did you enjoy the moment that all the family members sat together, enjoyed the full moon, and ate moon cakes? Nowadays, as you can see, moon cake has developed into many different shapes and different tastes, but some people think that with the development of the moon cake, the culture of moon cake, the culture of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the culture of the traditional Chinese festival are losing its original color. Do you think so? I don’t buy it. Thinking of moon cake, what things come up in your mind? The special taste, the nice look, or the feeling of family members get together? Anything else? For me, first, it’s the lotus paste moon cake, which contains yolks, lotus, a lot of sweet, and oil which is opposite to the health views now. Second, yes, that’s money. The traditional moon cake is getting more and more expensive, because of the raw material, and the fee of the process. It’s really a burden to some extend. Third, it’s health. Every year, followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival, the concern on the quality of moon cake comes, as well as the news about the disqualification of the moon cakes. Then here comes the new born moon cake. What about this one, the fruit jar moon cake having different kind with fresh tastes, or the ice cream moon cake with pretty look and cool feel, or let’s take a look on potato moon cakes, sesame moon cakes. Above all these new moon cake, we can get the conclusion that, these moon cakes have something...
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...A Sino-U.S. Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Implications to American Managers A SINO-U.S. COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT 2 Abstract In this qualitative study, work-family conflict in China and the United States is compared and contrasted based on national culture, traditions, norms, and living standards. The analysis results in a proposition that Chinese employees will experience less work-family conflict when faced with the same work and family demand as their American counterparts, because of differences in their work and family priority, perception of work-family relationship, national culture, conflict handling style, social support, work-family communication, and economic pressure. The implications to American managers are discussed. A SINO-U.S. COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT 3 A Sino-U.S. Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Implications to American Managers Work-family conflict has been a concern of many researchers (Carlson & Kacmar, 2000; Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985). Studies showed that work-family conflict had negative impact on employees, their families, and organizations (Beutell & Witting-Berman, 1999; Burke, 1988; Frone & Cooper, 1992; Goff, Mount, & Jamison, 1990; Martins, Eddleston, & Veiga, 2002). Recent changes in demographic characteristics of the U.S. work force have resulted in greater work-family conflict. Examples of these demographic changes include the...
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...Hong Kong's culture was born in a sophisticated fusion of East and West. It not only kept many Chinese traditions, but also experienced a baptism of western culture. This situation led to the diversity of Hong Kong's culture and the people there are open-minded to accept variety. To have a better understanding of this cultural phenomenon, you can give a research on the following aspects. People in Hong Kong The population of Hong Kong is formed by Cantonese, Shanghainese, British, Indians and Jews mainly. Cantonese is the majority and Cantonese culture is the mainstream there. Thus, many Chinese concepts like 'family solidarity', 'family glory', 'saving face' and 'modesty' carry significant weight in Hong Kong's culture. On the other hand, many locals adopted western ways of life. Language Cantonese is used most widely. Since Hong Kong's reversion to China in 1997, Hong Kong government has adopted the 'biliterate and trilingual' policy. That's to say, Chinese and English are regarded as the official languages; Cantonese, Chinese mandarin and English are spoken languages. Food As a culinary capital of Asia, Hong Kong boasts various delicacies in the local or from overseas. Hong Kong is influenced by western countries and some of the foods there combine the flavors of Chinese cuisine and western cuisine. Holidays In Hong Kong, people celebrate the Chinese traditional holidays, such as Chinese Lunar New Year, Ching Ming Festival (Qing Ming Festival) and Mid-Autumn...
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...Running head: GOAL ORIENTATION IN CHINESE WORK DOMAIN Study Goal Orientation in Chinese Society in Work Domain CHEN Yulin (2007937472) The Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong June 30, 2008 Contents Abstract 2 Introduction……………………………… …………………………………………………. 3 Cultural Difference regarding Motivation 5 How to Induce Learning Goal Orientation? 6 A Distinct Pattern in Chinese Society? 8 A Developmental Pattern of Goal Orientation 9 More about Performance Goal Orientation 10 Method 11 Results 13 Discussion 15 Summary and Implication 20 Limitations and Further Research 21 References 23 Appendix A 28 Appendix B 29 Appendix C 30 Appendix D 31 Appendix E 32 Appendix F 33 Abstract The study of goal orientation is usually conducted in Western society. In attempt to extend theories related to goal orientation and Yu’s (1996) study on cultural difference in motivation to Chinese work domain, in this research, 75 working people from Mainland China were invited to complete a set of questionnaires on goal orientation, work climate, task complexity, work experience and marriage status. The relationships among these variables were examined. Contrary to hypotheses, learning goal orientation positively correlated with autonomous work climate but did not correlate significantly with task complexity. Work climate had no effect on participants’ performance approach goal orientation but task complexity was found...
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...E-commerce in China E-commerce has been greatly developed in both United States and European countries when we look at the success of eBay and Amazon. However, according to researchers at IDC (International Data Corporation), it is forecast the annual Asian sales outside Japan, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korean and India, charged ahead at 38% a year through 2007 eBay sales (Miller, 2004). E-commerce not only creates business opportunities, but also helps enterprises save money and operate more efficiently. Therefore, the potential of the market among Asian regions in recent years has been extremely large, especially in Taiwan and Hong Kong. However, many people notice that China seems to be lagging behind this trend and e-commerce is not very suitable for the culture in China as people may prefer face-to-face business. This essay argues that China has the need and potential in developing e-commerce. E-commerce is becoming more compatible with the Chinese culture of business. Although it may be argued that E-commerce is too technological that violates the traditional Chinese business culture as in the past of Chinese society, social relationship plays an important role in Chinese business and shows appropriate respect to the customers or partners. However, all the things in e-commerce are done by the systems only. Nowadays, more and more people in China have an opportunity to receive education so that they can more easily access to internet world and also different cultures...
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...10 Major Cultural Differences Between China and the United States It is always interesting to study other cultures and it is extremely important to do just that if you are going to have interactions with them. You don’t want to insult someone or embarrass yourself and your own culture. China is one of those interesting cultures mainly because what we usually know about the country is through movies or the local Chinese restaurant. What I’ve learned over the years is that that knowledge is usually useless. Sincere study of a culture is the only way to truly appreciate the differences. So, being an American what do I see as the 10 biggest cultural differences between the two countries? It took a long time to narrow it all down since we could get so detailed that an encyclopedia would be the end result. But the sweat over the computer paid off. These differences do not make either culture better or worse than the other one. It just shows their differences which has been created through centuries of history and development. China can trace their traditions and customs for thousands of years. America is still a small babe of a nation that has had very few traditions of its own but has become such a melting pot of cultures that there is almost no specific American culture that can be said is applied across the board. This makes both cultures unique and worthy of study and respect. 1. Social Structure – In China the social structure is formal and hierarchical. You know...
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...Synthesis Essay Different kinds of websites and books argue on the idea of whether the world is going to end in 2012 or not. All of them give reasons to persuade their readers as much as they could. When I went over some of the articles that talk about 2012, I asked, won’t those articles confuse people? Therefore, I have chosen two articles to see their effect over the readers. The first one is by Dr. Dr. Morrison David who is NAI senior scientist who answers a lot of questions that has been asked to NASA about 2012. The second one is by Dr. Archana who talks about different kinds of reasons why the world will end in 2012. Dr. Archana and Dr. Morrison have different opinions about 2012. Dr. Morrison says there is no evidence which proves the ending of the world is in 2012. According to him, people use this idea to make money out of it by creating different kinds of stories to persuade people (Dr. Morrison 7). In fact, He believes these kinds of concepts are products of Hollywood (Dr. Morrison 3). In the other side, Dr. Archana argues by saying “several experts are predicting that the earth is likely to end by the year 2012. The reason could be a human effect or natural disaster. From Chinese theories to scientific predictions the most likely date is the year 2012.” (Dr. Archana 1) Although Dr. Archana and Dr. Morrison agree in the presence of magnetic field, they give different view of what the earth’s magnetic field might cause. Dr. Morrison argues that there is slow movement...
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...Introduction: Asia is one of largest continent in the world. It has many countries. One of the largest countries in Asia is China. China is a wonderful ancient country. It has one of the seven wonders of the wonders of the world which is the Great Wall of China. Do you want to know more about China? In this essay I am going to talk about Chinese food, Chinese wedding and Chinese tradition festivals. Chinese food: Chinese cuisine can be divided into two distinct styles, the Northern and the Southern. Northern cuisine is characterized by its extensive use of oil, vinegar and garlic. There are many Northern Chinese dishes that revolve around pasta. Other popular Northern dishes include ravioli-dumplings, noodles, steamed stuffed buns, steamed bread and fried meat dumplings. Southern style cooking is known for its abundant use of Chili peppers and the food in general is known to possess tenderness and freshness. There is a lot of variety in Southern style cooking which tends to have a sweet taste to it. Rice dishes are very popular amongst Southern style cooking with some of the popular items being rice cakes and noodles. One of the unique aspects of Chinese food is the importance of color and aroma. These two elements share equal importance with the taste of the food item in Chinese cooking. Chinese food tends to be very colorful. Every dish features at least three to five different colors. The most popular colors found in Chinese food include yellow, green, red, black, white...
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...China China is an ancient culture with numerous regional and national traditions and values. While some of the traditions have died out, many are still a very important part of the Chinese society. The role of men and women in China has changed significantly. In China (100 years ago up to a few decades ago), women were treated as inferior in comparison to men, and were restricted to the confines of their homes to raise the children and clean (Live Science, 2013). They would also sew and weave, and prepare food for guests. Women were thought of as yielding, receptive, passive, reflective, and tranquil, where men were hard, active, assertive, and dominating. The men were the sole income and ‘head of the household’. Their job was to bring home money and food for the wife and children while the woman stayed at home. Throughout much of China’s history, women were undermined and almost used as slaves. When communism was introduced (in the 1920’s), women and men became more equal, although they are still not completely equivalent in terms of social and economic status. The One-Child-Policy has pushed the number of women down in China, due to Chinese parents only wanting boys (they are thought of as more ‘beneficial’). Men are still the ‘dominant race’, as they are higher in the percentage of the population in China. In Australia, women and men are almost completely equal. Both women and men both work in politics, manual labour, education, law enforcement, etc. with almost equivalent...
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