1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Risk management structure should be well thought-out, as well as a cultural fit and sustainable. (Smiechewicz, 2001) Uncertainty is not measurable. Risk is. - Frank Knight, Risk, Uncertainty and Profit (1921) 1.1 Introduction Success in business, to a certain degree, requires owners and managers to take calculated risks. The most successful business is usually managed by people who know when to push forward and when to pull back, when to buy and when
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B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 100 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 4039 1 ISBN 0 7619 4040 5 (pbk) Library of Congress Control Number available Typeset by C&M Digitals (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 3122-prelims.qxd 10/29/03 2:20 PM Page v Contents Acknowledgements vii Foreword by
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Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression among Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Mexican Population ´ ´ ´ ´ Carlos Tovilla-Zarate1,5*, Isela Juarez-Rojop2, Yesenia Peralta Jimenez1, Marıa Antonia Jimenez1, 1 1 1 3 ´ ´ ´ ˜ ´ Silvia Vazquez , Deysi Bermudez-Ocana , Teresa Ramon-Frıas , Alma D. Genis Mendoza , Sherezada ´ ´ ´ Pool Garcıa4, Lilia Lopez Narvaez5 ´ ´ ´ ´mica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Comalcalco, Tabasco, Me ´xico, 2 Universidad Juarez Autonoma de ´ ´ 1 Universidad Juarez Autonoma
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the Name of Allah the most merciful and the most gracious lord of the Day of Judgment. Without His will this would not have been possible. The accomplishment of this task depends on the contribution of many people without whom we could not do anything first of all we would like to thanks Allah almighty without whom I was unable to complete and manage this project “Comparative analysis on-job & off-job training effects on employee performance”. Secondly I am thankful
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3G Unit-1: GPRS & EDGE General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused TDMA channels in the GSM network. Originally there was some thought to extend GPRS to cover other standards, but instead those networks are being converted
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DISCOVERING ONE’S TALENT: LEARNING FROM ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION author OFER MALAMUD* The author examines an exogenous difference in the timing of academic Abstract specialization within the British system of higher education to test whether education yields information about one’s match quality in different fields of study. In distinguishing between systems requiring early and late specialization, he predicts the likelihood of an individual switching to an occupation unrelated to one’s field
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Chapter 12 Performance Evaluation in Decentralized Organizations Solutions Review Questions 1. Firms decentralize because, as organizations grow, the number and types of decisions that need to be made increase substantially. A single individual will not have the relevant expertise and knowledge to make all of these decisions – thus, firms delegate decision-making responsibility. 2. The benefits include (1) timely decisions, (2) tailoring managerial skills and specializations to
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ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY | PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | | | | 25/05/2012 | | | Sommaire INTRODUCTION 2 I. DEFINITION OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 4 II. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 4 III. THE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT MODEL 6 IV. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 8 V. PRINCIPLES THEORIES OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 9 Public Choice Theory 10 Transaction Cost Economics 11 Principal–Agent Theory 11 Microeconomic Theory 12 The New Economic Sociology 13
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Exploring the imperative of revitalizing America’s electric infrastructure. the SMART GRID: an introduction. How a smarter grid works as an enabling engine for our economy, our environment and our future. prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy by Litos Strategic Communication under contract No. DE-AC26-04NT41817, Subtask 560.01.04 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government
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Ambition, Altruism, Affiliation and Anxiety in the workplace: A review of generational differences in work attitudes. Madeleine Fogarty Melbourne University Abstract Popular books and articles claim that there are significant differences between the generations in attitudes to work. However, there are relatively few empirical studies that support this claim. This review examines the reasons for the dearth of empirical work, reports on the US and Australasian findings published in the past
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