James Manktelow & Amy Carlson. In many cases, conflict in the workplace just seems to be a fact of life. We've all seen situations where different people with different goals and needs have come into conflict. And we've all seen the often-intense personal animosity that can result. The fact that conflict exists, however, is not necessarily a bad thing: As long as it is resolved effectively, it can lead to personal and professional growth. In many cases, effective conflict resolution can make the
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FORUM: QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH SOZIALFORSCHUNG Volume 11, No. 3, Art. 17 September 2010 The Case of Value Based Communication—Epistemological and Methodological Reflections from a System Theoretical Perspective Victoria von Groddeck Key words: Abstract: The aim of this paper is to reflect the epistemological and methodological aspects of an communication empirical research study which analyzes the phenomenon of increased value communication within theory; form business
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for a company that builds state of the art communication systems and its employee turnover problem. The method of narrative inquiry employed to investigate how Information Systems Professionals make decisions for voluntary turnover, and the factors which are taken into consideration was used. According to Bruner (1990), “the narrative approach to conducting research involves the documenting and analyzing of individuals stories about or personal accounts of a specific domain of discourse that are
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describe the document purpose, scope and the approach in relation to the software under test. ________________________________________ Purpose The purpose of a Test Strategy is to create a shared understanding of the overall approach, tools, targets and timing of test activities. Use this section to describe the context and the approach to assessing the quality of the developed software. Guiding Principles Describe the principles underlying the testing approach. Consider the following basic principle
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INTRODUCTION Law or rules can be defined and assessed in a variety of ways, but is more commonly known to us, the judiciary, “as the rules that society is bound to obey.”[1] These so-called “rules” or laws include government-made rules called “legislation” and judge-made rules called “Common Law” that are respected and enforced by our governments and our courts. Whether we speak in terms of Civil or Common Law traditions, certain characteristics can generally be said to apply to each
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VALUING WAL-MART-2010 Contents: 1. Background of Wal-Mart stores, Inc. 2. Valuing approach 3.1 Dividend Discount model 3.2 Capital asset pricing model 3.3 The Price/Earning multiple approach 3. Recommendation 1. Background Wal-Mart stores, Inc. Wal-Mart was the world’s largest retailer, operating more than 8,400 stores worldwide. Wal-Mart’s strategy was to provide a broad assortment of quality merchandise and services at ”everyday low prices”
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product. Using the traditional approach, the product OS-367 has less total costs allocated to it, which makes the unitary cost cheaper that if we analyze with the ABC approach, which includes and allocates more total costs to the production of this product. In this example, the ABC total allocated cost has increased $150.000 and that is why the unitary cost goes up and the margin goes down. On the other hand, with product GS-157, the traditional costing approach is higher making the unitary cost
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answers to the questions below. Each response to a question or sub-question should be at least one paragraph in length, which should consist of five to seven sentences. 1. What does social psychology have in common with folk wisdom and philosophy? How does social psychology differ from both folk wisdom and philosophy? Social psychology, folk wisdom and philosophy all deal with people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; they stay influenced by what other people think. Social psychology differs
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problems to be solved, which will be discussed here. The authors are also going to analyze developers pros and cons, and give their own opinion about today's open question: Will MDD become a failure in trying to deal with software crisis, like the idea of CASE tools in 80's or will it become the future of software development? Keywords. MDD, MDD approaches, Software Factories, Software Development 1. Model Driven Development Paradigm In the last few years, software development has been faced with many challenges
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while explaining the stages and processes involved in the study. The research design for this study is a descriptive and interpretive case study that is analysed through qualitative methods. Questionnaires were used to evaluate participants’ WebCT skills (before the course starts) and to determine their levels of satisfaction in the course (at the end of the case study). A descriptive statistical method was used to analyze the student satisfaction survey. Participant observation, face-to-face interviews
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