® Acodemy of Management Heview 1993, Vol. 18, No. 3. 518-545. FOUCAULT. POWER/KNOWLEDGE. AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BARBARA TOWNLEY The University of Alberta Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault. I argue that human resource management (HRM) may be best understood as a discourse and set of practices that attempt to reduce the indeterminacy involved in the employment contract. Here I reread HRM practices from a Foucauldian power-knowledge perspective and suggest that this
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Kristy Nguyen JOUR453 Spring 2014 The Meaning of Race in a 21st-Century America As far as America has come in the battle for equality and improving civil rights, the topic of race still looms over our nation and sparks many different debates. The division of the 21st-century isn’t as obvious as it used to be in the past, there are no “Whites Only” sign to direct us and the simplistic black-white concept of race no longer exists. The issue lies much deeper than we could ever imagine and its fast-paced
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There are several types of institutions of higher learning represented under the Carnegie basic classifications. The two classifications that will be discussed in this paper are four-year institutions with a special focus on faith, and Tribal Colleges, specifically, comparing Spring Arbor University (SAU) and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (SCTC). Spring Arbor University is a private four-year Christian liberal arts college located in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College is public
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2. March, 2014 T. Kafadar, B. Tay. Learning strategies and learning styles used by students in social studies. International Journal of Academic Research Part B; 2014; 6(2), 259-267. DOI: 10.7813/2075-4124.2014/6-2/B.39 Library of Congress Classification: L7-991 LEARNING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING STYLES USED BY STUDENTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES* Tugba Kafadar , Bayram Tay 1 2 1 2 Marmara University, Institute of Education Sciences, Istanbul Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Education, Kirsehir (TURKEY)
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acquired over the years and is vital for our learning skills. Language becomes very natural when we already know what, when and how to say something. We form sentences, phrases, paragraphs by knowing what we are going to say before we say it. Most people believe that when we speak, it is without thought and is done unconsciously, but before we speak we need to plan it. In this paper I will explain the relationship between memory, language skills, motivation and the way they come together to affect
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the introduction of the study, research and conceptual framework, statement of the purpose, significance of the study, scope and limitation and definition of terms. Introduction of the Study For more than 400 years, the Philippine educational system has been in constant change. From the show- and- tell method of our ancestors to today’s information age, schools have been adapting to the needs of the times. Likewise, since the formal
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containing rows of data Structured Query Language - SQL – an industry standard database language that includes statements for database definition, database manipulation, and database control. Nonprocedural Database Language - a language such as SQL that allows you to specify the parts of a database to access rather than to code a complex procedure and also does not include looping statements Three Types of SQL Statements Data Definition Language – DDL – SQL statements for database definition
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Combined Supporting Notes and Technical Specifications including Units for ------------------------------------------------- ILM Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management (8331) Version 4 20/08/2010 © The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) 2012 © The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) 2012 Supporting Notes for ILM QCF NVQs | This document is intended for current ILM centres and contains supporting notes for ILM National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in the QCF. The
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Int Programming--Malone Basics of Java Programming (A Work In Progress) What Constitutes a Java Program? A Java program consists of one or more source files. Each source file is called .java, where is the name of the class contained in that source file and .java is the extension that identifies the file as a Java source code file. In general, each source file contains one class. The name of the class must match the name of the file (without the extension) exactly. To execute a Java program,
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