annotated bibliography is a list of references to books, articles, web pages, and other sources. The reference is listed first and is followed by a brief summary, or annotation, of the source. The annotation informs the reader of the relevance and quality of the sources. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/from-a-million-mooc-users-a-few-early-researchresults/48841 This article discusses a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. Sixteen massive open online
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strategy is defined as offering a product or service that is perceived as unique in the marketplace. Their business strategy is Overall Cost Leadership, offering their customers great quality service and products at a lower price than their competition. Overall Cost Leadership is defined as offering the same or better quality product or service at a price that is less than what any of the competition is able
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of the Wal-Mart are: Aida M. Alvarez (joined Wal-Mart in 2006) - a director for UnionBanCal Corporation; James W. Breyer (joined Wal-Mart in 2001) - a director of RealNetworks, Inc., Marvel Entertainment, Inc., and several private companies; M. Michele Burns (joined Wal-Mart in 2003) – a director for Cisco Systems, Inc. James I. Cash, Jr. (joined Wal-Mart in 2006) - a director of The Chubb Corporation, General Electric Company and other private companies, and former director of Microsoft Corporation
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award-winning web sites and career guides. CAR E E RS VAU LT CA R E E R G U I D E TO INVESTMENT BAN KING A S I A P A C I F I C E D I T I O N INVESTMENT BANKING JUNG B. LEE, TOM LOTT and the staff of vault © 2008 Vault.com Inc. Table of Contents THE INDUSTRY Chapter 1: What is Investment Banking? 3 The Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Chapter 2: Commercial Banking and Investment Banking
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism was founded by Jeremy Bentham and was adopted by John Stuart Mill, whose father was an associate of Jeremy Bentham. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes the overall happiness or pleasure for all the people involved, by whatever means necessary. The moral worth of an action is determined only by its resulting outcome; therefore utilitarianism is only concerned with consequences and not with intentions
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experts in home improvement and customer service. From the beginning, Home Depot was able to offer not only the best customer service in the industry by hiring employees knowledgeable and experienced in the business and by motivating the sales associates to develop relationships with the customers instead of seeing sales as a transaction, but by popularizing the concept of “do it yourself” (DIY) offering to homeowners and other individuals trainings workshops and clinics so customers could learn
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operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. (DAI). Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,302 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of September 10, 2011. Doctor's Associates, owners of Subway, was founded by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck in 1966, when they opened the second Subway restaurant in New York. The name comes from the fact that Buck holds a PhD. Despite Subway marketing itself as a health-conscious restaurant, neither Subway nor Doctor's Associates are affiliated
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Computer Generated Imagery, or CGI. Imagine how crude a movie would be without the use of computers and the quality they would posses if these technologies didn’t exist. From Star Wars to The Matrix and even a vast majority of all the more recent animated films such as Toy Story or Monster’s Inc have all used computers to enhance the experience of the movie. Movie goers have been enjoying the quality that these technologies have been adding to movies for years, maybe even longer than some might know of
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approach to compensation where the employee is paid by the employer based on their job performance; this inspires them to do their best work on a daily basis and gives the employees control of how much they make to maximize their own income. With quality performance and high productivity, employers are able to increase profit and become more competitive. Longevity Pay is the last recommendation of compensation we as a company can consider for our
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empLOyee and LaBOr reLatiOnS STUDENT WORKBOOK Case Study Series on Work-Life Balance in Large Organizations By Gill Maxwell Project team Author: SHRM Project contributors: External contributor: Editor: Design: Gill Maxwell Bill Schaefer, SPHR Nancy A. Woolever, SPHR Sharon H. Leonard Courtney J. Cornelius, copy editor Scott Harris, senior graphic designer © 2008 Society for Human Resource Management. Gill Maxwell Note to Hr faculty and instructors: SHRM cases and modules are intended
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