Business and Economic Research ISSN 2162-4860 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 An Exploratory Study of Motivational Factors on Women Entrepreneurship Venturing in Malaysia Hasni Che Ismail College of Law, Government & International Studies Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia E-mail: has1121@uum.edu.my Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia E-mail: faridah@uum.edu.my Mohammed S. Chowdhury (Corresponding
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organization. Workers who are stressed are also more likely to be unhealthy, poor motivated, less productive and less safe at work. Their organisations are less likely to be successful in a competitive market. Stress can be brought about by pressures at home and at work. Employers cannot usually protect workers from stress arising outside of work, but they can protect them from that which arises from work. Stress may be defined as "a state of psychological and / or physiological imbalance resulting
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systems and react quickly to replace power sources from multiple possible sources. The “Prices to Devices” concept, based on the premise that energy is priced in real time, allows for ongoing transmission of power availability and pricing to “smart” home controllers and devices. The devices can interpret this information to alter energy usage accordingly – to defer usage to more amenable and less expensive times. The current U.S. power grid is no doubt an amazing machine, but it has many limitations
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Business Environment Assignment |Qualification |Unit number - title - level | |BTEC Level 5 HND in Business |Unit 1 – Business Environment - Level 4 | |Student name |Assessor name
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CONTROLLING HEALTH CARE COSTS WHILE PROMOTING THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH OUTCOMES American College of Physicians A White Paper 2009 Controlling Health Care Costs While Promoting the Best Possible Health Outcomes Summary of Position Paper Approved by the ACP Board of Regents, September 2009 What are the Major Drivers of Health Care Costs? Major drivers of health care costs include: inappropriate utilization especially of advanced medical technology, lack of patient involvement in decision-making
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Johnson & Wales University ScholarsArchive@JWU MBA Student Scholarship The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School 2-9-2012 Analysis of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Industry Frederic Juillet Johnson & Wales University - Providence, fredjuillet@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/mba_student Part of the Accounting Commons, Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Business and Corporate Communications Commons, Finance
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Introduction The department I chose to study is the customer care department of a wireless carrier located in Michigan. This is a call center environment and the company employs 250+ representatives at this particular location. In the customer care department there are representatives, supervisors, four associate directors and one head director of the overall department. Each supervisor has 12-15 representatives that they must oversee. The duties of each representative consist of retaining customer
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or eat, fruity or nature, for adults or children… This is a large subject and many actors are already implanted. Thus, in such a competitive environment, it is important for a new brand to be different: to offer a new concept in order to position the brand as the new favorite dessert in the consumer’s mind. Define your product According to a study managed by MedecineNet.com, United States’ children and teenagers do not eat enough fruits[1]. Moreover the obesity rate in the United States
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Glidden paint contributes a rich history of excellence in the paint market. Through both primary and secondary research methods our research provides information for the advertising campaign this following semester. Consumer demographics, purchasing habits, along with wants and needs, are all used to understand the potential market. Research on these topics is vital to the structure of effective advertising. By forming our focus groups we searched for deeper knowledge in the needs of paint shoppers
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