WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the psychological and social benefits of urban nature and citizen participation in environmental decision making. ABSTRACT: S. Kaplan suggested that one outcome of mental fatigue may be an increased propensity for outbursts of anger and even violence. If so, contact with nature, which appears to mitigate mental fatigue, may reduce aggression and violence. This study investigated
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UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT: JAD AND RAD METHODOLOGIES Kaplan University Online Elvis Mendoza Joint Application Development or JAD is a technique that is used to help IT developers build systems and it was developed in the 1970s by IBM. JAD forms a team of members of different backgrounds and are made up of end users, managements, and IT staff. The team discusses the project in workshops or sessions, which are used to define the project and to design a solution. Included in the team are users of the
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Pedophilia the Misunderstood Mental Disorder Christopher Todd Coffee DeVry University Introduction What do you know about pedophilia? Let's shed some light on this misunderstood mental disorder. I am a father, brother, and uncle, and I felt I thought I knew what pedophilia was. I have learned what I thought was wrong. Pedophiles have been mislabeled and misunderstood for years. I want to educate the public on what pedophilia is so that we can change the stigma associated with pedophilia.
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Integrative Design and Evaluation Jeanette Boxley American Intercontinental University Online Abstract When it comes to education and the new different type of technology that are available for use in the classroom, we as teachers must stay on top of the materials. Using these types of tools the teacher will be able to give the students the best possible education available for them. But these are only tools and teachers must be able to use them along with instructing the students on what the
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Harvard Business School 9-386-019 Rev. November 15, 1987 R&R During the summer of 1983, Bob Reiss observed with interest the success in the Canadian market of a new board game called “Trivial Pursuit.” His years of experience selling games in the U.S. had taught him a rough rule of thumb: the sales of a game in the U.S. tended to be approximately ten times those of sales in Canada. Since “Trivial Pursuit” had sold 100,000 copies north of the border, Reiss thought that trivia games might soon
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Niagara begin with five-gallon glass containers and then expanded in the 90’s to single-serve bottles which offers convenience for their customers. Niagara focus is on providing quality water at a good price. Niagara product innovations included bottle designs and production speed, thus making them the leading private water bottled company in the industry. Niagara is known for being leader in high quality water throughout the United States. Their 10 bottling facilities makes them the largest family-owned
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cost/management (ABC)1 has now maintained a high profile status as an important management accounting innovation for well over a decade (Bjornenak and Mitchell, 1999). However, despite a strong and durable advocacy (Cooper, 1988; Cooper and Kaplan, 1991, 1992, 1998; Kaplan, 1992), several reservations have been expressed concerning (a) the substance of its practical attraction (Bjornenak, 1997; Gosselin, 1997; Malmi, 1999), i.e. that it may be a fad or fashion, engendering a bandwagon effect rather than
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System Design Final Project Name Class Prefix and Number Date Instructor: Abstract With the abstract, you should tell me what you will be addressing with this paper. The abstract should not come across as the background. It should be the last section you should writer and you should summarize the paper. System Design Reflecting the trend for IT organizations to partner with the business and act as both an enabler and driver of value-generating core and enabling technologies (Luftmann
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MANAGEMENT S T R AT E G Y MEASUREMENT M A N AG E M E N T AC C O U N T I N G G U I D E L I N E Customer Profitability Analysis By Marc J. Epstein Published by The Society of Management Accountants of Canada, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. N OT I C E TO R E A D E R S The material contained in the Management Accounting Guideline Customer Profitability Analysis is designed to provide illustrative information
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A Balanced Scorecard for Small Business C. W. Von Bergen Southeastern Oklahoma State University Management and Marketing Department Durant, OK 74701-0609 Phone: 580-745-2430; Fax: 580-745-7485; e-mail: cvonbergen@sosu.edu Daniel C. Benco Southeastern Oklahoma State University Department of Accounting and Finance Durant, OK 74701-0609 Phone: 580-745-2498; Fax: 580-745-7485; e-mail: dbenco@sosu.edu Abstract The balanced scorecard is a performance management system that enables businesses
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