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steps were taken to institute the formation of the vigilance committee, aimed at meeting protective needs of the consumer and to produce better understanding between producers and consumers. It was in 1975 when this committee was merged to form the present day Consumer Council Zimbabwe. Over the years the organisation has expanded its membership base and restructured its policies to meet the needs of today's consumers. The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) is responsible for overlooking products
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Qualitative Research Defining and Designing 1 8 T he qualitative research methods introduced in this book are often employed to answer the whys and hows of human behavior, opinion, and experience— information that is difficult to obtain through more quantitatively-oriented methods of data collection. Researchers and practitioners in fields as diverse as anthropology, education, nursing, psychology, sociology, and marketing regularly use qualitative methods to address questions about people’s
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Negotiation Skills Training Manual 2006 By Desmond Oliveira Corporate Dimension Business Management Services [pic] Index Topic Page What negotiation is and why it is important Adversarial versus co-operative bargaining Planning the negotiation Preparation checklist Development exercise 1. Case study How to structure negotiations Personal power and how to increase it Development exercise 2. Personal power Behavioral
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Whatever view is taken of this, the boundary between monetary policy and government debt management has become increasingly blurred. Policy interactions have changed in ways that are difficult to understand. The current delineation of policy mandates may need to be reassessed. The
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Breakthrough innovations in operationsnot just steady innprovement-can destroy competitors and shake up industries.Such advances don't have to be as rare as they are. 84 HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Deep Change How *^ Operational Innovation Can Transform Your Company by Michael Hammer I N 199T, Progressive Insurance, an automobile insurer based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, had approximately $1.3 billion in sales. By 2002, that figure had grown to $9.5 billion. What
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