organized business activity, but this is definitely of modern origin. During the Middle Ages, the merchant families of Fugger and Rothschild prospered in part because their organizations enabled them to get information before their competitors did. These studies were unsystematic, but considered to be well organized during that time. In 1879, more by accident than foresight, N. W. Ayer and Son conducted a crude but formal market survey, to measure markets for agricultural machineries, manufactured by Nicholas-Shepard
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How can I as an educator and Professional Development Manager working with teachers, support and enhance the learning and achievement of pupils in a whole school improvement process? Submitted by Michael Anthony Bosher For The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Bath 2001 May 2002 Vol 1.1 Copyright ‘Attention is drawn to the fact that copyright of this thesis rests with the author. This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES. In collaboration with CENTRE FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING MASTER IN PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COURSE: LDP 603: RESEARCH METHODS Authored by: Dr. Christopher Mwangi Gakuu Senior Lecturer, Department of ExtraMural studies, University of Nairobi & Dr. Harriet Jepchumba Kidombo Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Studies University of Nairobi Page
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terms of size and comprises just over 150,000 individuals. Concentrated in metropolitan areas, close to 60% of the population resides in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver or Calgary (Statistics Canada see Appendix B). Despite currently being a sizable group, this sub-culture was virtually non-existent prior to the Vietnamese war that took place between 1964 and 1975. It wasn't until the conflict arose that thousands of Vietnamese were uprooted, creating one of the largest refugee communities in North
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Managing Change in the NHS Organisational Change A REVIEW FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGERS, PROFESSIONALS AND RESEARCHERS Valerie Iles and Kim Sutherland Managing Change in the NHS Organisational Change A REVIEW FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGERS, PROFESSIONALS AND RESEARCHERS Valerie Iles and Kim Sutherland Contents Purpose and Acknowledgements Foreword 5 7 8 Introduction Part 1 The literature on change management Part 2 Tools, models and approaches: a selective review 1.1 1
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Living Values Education Living Values Activities for Children Ages 8–14 Diane Tillman With Activities from Educators Around the World This file has been made available to educators and parents as a courtesy of Health Communication, Inc. and the Association of Living Values Education International. This file contains the Peace Unit of Living Values Activities for Children Ages 8–14. The full book in English with 12 values units is available through HCI and
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Advertising 27 Banking 28 Company Structure 28 Contracts 29 Employment 30 Import-Export 31 Insurance 31 Law 32 Marketing 33 Money 34 Presentations 34 Selling 35 Graphs and Charts 37 Presenting Visuals - useful phrases & vocabulary : 37 Commenting trends - useful phrases : 37 Conclusions - useful phrases : 38 Presentations 39 Writing a Memo Audience and Purpose Memos have a twofold purpose: they bring attention to problems and they solve problems. They accomplish
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hart, Lois Borland. The leadership training activity book / Lois B. Hart, Charlotte S. Waisman ; foreword by James M. Kouzes. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-8144-7262-1 1. Leadership—Study and teaching—Activity programs. I. Waisman, Charlotte S. II. Title. HD57.7.H383 2005 658.4′092—dc22 2004019036 © 2005 by Lois B. Hart and Charlotte S. Waisman All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may
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Nation of Campaigns 186 TAKING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK: Holly Johnson, Chief of Research, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada 192 Cigarette smoking has become stigmatized in Canada. This newspaper advertisement, sponsored by Health Canada, reverses the typical advertising strategy of equating smoking with sexiness. 169 H eidi Fleiss was in her late twenties when she was arrested for operating a call girl service. At the time, her pediatrician father had reacted
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FOLASHADE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN OYO STATE, NIGERIA. afolabigrace@yahoo.com +2348033682979 ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of inquiry-based and competitive learning strategies on academic performance of students’ in physics. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 2 schools out of 13-co-educational secondary schools in
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