Higher Sociology Understanding Human Society 1 Acknowledgements SFEU (Scottish Further Education Unit) gratefully acknowledges the contribution made to this publication by Learning and Teaching Scotland who have granted permission to use material previously produced by Higher Still Development Unit. SFEU also thanks SQA for permission to reproduce parts of the Arrangement documents. Copyright statement Documents on NQ Online can be downloaded free. However, where the publications
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KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS THE USE OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING CORPORATE OBJECTIVE IN THE MICROFINANCE SECTOR. (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS) BY: ACKON BEATRICE APRAKU ESTHER ASABEA OPPONG-SEKUM KINGSLEY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
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orgnThe research register for this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregisters The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-7154.htm BPMJ 8,3 218 Ubiquitous organization: organizational design for e-CRM M.F. Smith & Associates, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey, USA Keywords Information systems, Transaction costs, Organizational design, Teams, E-commerce Abstract In 1998 J.P. Morgan's analysts forecast
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Guide to Managerial Communication Effective Business Writing and Speaking This page intentionally left blank Prentice Hall “Guide To” Series in Business Communication Guide to Managerial Communication Effective Business Writing and Speaking Ninth Edition Mary Munter Tuck School of Business Dartmouth College Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
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Sustainability Research Sustainability is of increasing significance for businesses, communities, and national economies around the globe. Sustainability addresses economic, environmental, and social issues, but it also incorporates cultural dimensions. In the face of globalisation, societies seek to preserve their cultural values and community identity, while still participating in the global economy. In New Zealand the importance of sustainability issues has been recognised by central and
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length relations between business and institutions in society. However, different institutional systems handle organizational innovations in dissimilar ways, and in the age of globalization, national institutions often interact with global ones. This study discusses how these mechanisms might affect CSR’s implementation in contrasting institutional frameworks – that is, Sweden and the UK, and finds that while explicit CSR seems to have converged, likely due to global pressures for equivalence, on a more
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Chapter 1 - Geography Matters: Definitions: * Human geography the study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people’s relationships with their environments * Cartography: the body of practical and theoretical knowledge about making distinctive visual representations of Earth’s surface in the form of maps * Map projection: a systematic rendering on a flat surface of the geographic coordinates of the features found on Earth’s surface * Ethnocentrism: the attitude
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Speech Financial Inclusion and Banks: Issues and Perspectives Financial Inclusion and Banks: Issues and Perspectives* K. C. Chakrabarty Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Vice President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Country Head HSBC India & Director, HSBC Asia Pacific, Ms Meera Sanyal, Chairperson, FICCI’s Financial Inclusion Committee & Country Executive India, The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., Ms Caitlin Wiesen, Country Director, UNDP, Mr Mathew Titus, Co-chair, FICCI’s
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performance. After reading this chapter, you should have gained an appreciation of the various kinds of information systems employed by organizations and how you can use them to help make informed decisions and improve business processes. opening case study Information Systems Improve Business Processes at Grocery Gateway Grocery Gateway is Canada’s leader in the online retailing of home and office delivered groceries. Founded by a group of entrepreneurs with the idea that people had better things
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An Introduction to Project Management, Fifth Edition By Kathy Schwalbe Professor Emeritus, Augsburg College Department of Business Administration Minneapolis, Minnesota An Introduction to Project Management, Fifth Edition Cover Photo: Dan Schwalbe ©2015 Schwalbe Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1505212099 ISBN-10: 150521209X ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic
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