...will last for 12 years instead of the traditional 10 years. And maybe also because of climate change, just recently, there were reports about Malacañang being open to studying proposals to change the school calendar. However, the Congress still has the final say on the matter. This means that the academic calendar would run from August to May or September to June instead of June to March. This was intended to avoid the suspension of class because of typhoons just like last year, about 25 typhoons, including the Nov. 9 super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines and also to copy the academic calendar of most countries in order to attract foreign students to study in the Philippines and assist the enrollment abroad of Filipino students and teachers. This will also allow Philippines a greater synchronization with the ASEAN, Northeast Asian and American and European universities since a lot of training programs and activities of summer institutes happen in June and July in which, in the proposed academic calendar, these months don’t have classes. At present, five universities named University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, University of Sto. Tomas and Adamson University have already expressed their plans to adapt the proposed academic calendar. Looking at these, it can be seen how the education system in the country is intended to be patterned after the education system of other countries. But some of people disagree with this proposal because...
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...SVKM’sNMIMS School of Business Management Full Time Programmes - Academic Calendar 2016-2017) Last Instruction day: Marked with * Details Program Start date Finish Date Trimester I\IV (6 June 2016 -3 September 2016) Opening day/Preparation & 6 June 2016 MBA / HR I year 11 June 2016 (Sat) Orientation (Mon) 6 June 2016 PM I yr 11 June 2016 (Sat) ( Mon) Commencement of regular 6 June 2016 *28 August 2016 MBA/HR II year classes (Mon) (Sun) MBA/HR/PM I & II 13 June 2016 *28 August 2016 yr/E&FB I year & II (Mon) (Sun) year/Int FB II yr Summer Internship report FTMBA- II year 27 June 2016 submission Summer Internship FTMBA - II year I – II week of July 2016 presentations Mid Term 11 July 2016 MBA/HR - II year 14 July 2016 (Thu) (Mon) MBA/HR/PM I & II yr/ 18 July 2016 E&FB I & II year/Int 21 July 2016 (Thu) (Mon) FB II yr Final Exams **FTMBA I & II ( all 29 August 2016 3 September 2016 programs) ( Mon) (Sat) Trimester II\V (6 September 2016- 10 December 2016) Commencement of regular FTMBA I & II/ Int FB 6 September *4 December 2016 classes II yr ( all programs ) 2016 (Tue) (Sun) Arcadia ( Intra – Sports) 29 September 1 October 2016 2016 ( Thu) ( Sat) Mid Term 10 October FTMBA I & II/ Int FB 14 October 2016 2016 II yr ( all programs) (Fri) (Mon) Samarthya ( Inter Sports) 21 October 23 October 2016 2016 (Fri) (Sun) 27 October 2 November 2016 Diwali Vacations All Prog 2016 (Thu) (Wed) 10 November 13 November 2016 Paragana 2016 ( Thu) ( Sun) Final Exams **FTMBA-I & II (all 5 December 10 December...
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...To effetely manage my time I prioritize. Adjusting me, by piecing to fit academics to my current life-style can be difficult at times. Reflecting to improve helps me to understand what I can put forth in my time management schedule. Because I have trouble balancing my family, obligations and academics by adjusting my time management; it has helped me to balance myself as a whole. Trying to reduce my stress-level, I have effectively learned how to balancing by prioritize my daily schedule. Learning from an online university has given me the ability of becoming more aware of my time-wasting; I have learned to cut and balance my schedule to help me succeed as an individual and as a student. Effetely adjusting my student-life to my life at home has helped me understand the important of priorities with-in my schedule. Reviewing my weekly calendar helps me understand what is priority; with my assignments and any other appointments. For my success as a student; it is highly important to manage my time with prioritizing activities in to a seven-day calendar. Scheduling my study-time to a seven-day calendar will give me an understanding of prioritizing. Using your time to have a successful study-time is highly important. It is also important to eliminate all distraction. Every student would like to succeed in a higher level of education. Giving yourself a distraction free-zone; by eliminating my distractions, I have noticed that my studying time has shortened. Taking good notes has...
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...schedule helps prevent forgetting tasks as well as rushing through other tasks. A schedule helps allot time for school work and business activities and leaves an individual in charge of what they want to do and when they want to do it. As a student, one should be reasonable about business growth by prioritizing and designating only a few hours a week for business activities. It is practical to begin by establishing a small scaled business while in school, with the intention of expanding later when more time is available. Ways to Create a Schedule There are a number of different ways a schedule can be created and many tools that make it a simple task. Many online websites can generate a schedule once input is entered such as Google Calendars which can instantly create a schedule that manages your time. If you are an owner of a Smartphone, applications, such as Tungle Me and Smart Time, can also be useful. However, the most effective schedules are made personally by an individual since they have consideration of activities that take place in their own lives. Research on working effectively shows that most people work best by working intensely for...
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...Number York U Graduation Sitting (York U, Schulich School of Bus, Dec 15, 2014) The Sitting fee is $25 payable in cash at the time of your sitting. The photographer supplies the gowns, sashes, caps, and all props. Please arrive 10 minutes before your appointment for registration. A white collared shirt/blouse always looks best under the grad gown. Gentlemen, ties always look good. Please prepare your appearance before your sitting time. We also offer casual photographs and/or photographs with friends! Thank you, and we'll see you soon. New Paramount Studios Appointment Taxable Date and Cost Total Amount Time Thursday 04 December 2014 03:15 PM $25.00 $25 $25.00 Thursday 04 December 2014 03:27 PM $25.00 CANCEL BOOKING Back to Calendar PRINT version 08.04.19 #7403441 7679595 $25 $25.00 Terms & Conditions...
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...Bombshells Benefit Calendar Business Plan Executive Summary SSSAMM Inc. plans to create a benefit calendar called, Bond’s Bombshells. The calendar will contain photographs of female Bond University students who have been selected to be the Bombshells from Bond Uni. The calendar will include advertisements from local vendors that appeal to the target population along with information on upcoming events on campus. The calendar will not only be functional, to keep up on action on campus, provide coupons and deals with local businesses but the photos of the Bombshells will also be enjoyable to customers’ visual desires. The calendar will be created for the target audience of male students that attend Bond University. This group includes men ranging the age of 16 to 25. Another segment of the population at Bond University that could be potential customers but are not included in the target audience is male faculty and staff. Although their patronage is welcome it is not counted on. No special advertising such as posters or commercials will be used to reach customers. SSSAMM Inc. merely plans that through word of mouth and visual sales will attract customers. Sales will take place at the busiest hours of the weekday in the busiest area of campus, under the arch. SSSAMM Inc. has strong confidence that their product will be very successful. Through market research, a market for the product was established and continuous verbal...
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...Purpose: To inform the audience on the Mayan theory of the “world ending”. Central Idea: To give information about the Mayan’s and their calendar and to show that according to them the world in fact is not ending. Introduction: Waking up in the morning you roll over look at your cell phone to see what time it is and while checking the time you also glance and the date and what date do you see but December 12, 2012. They day that many people believe will be the end of world because of one popular belief that the Mayan’s Calendar will end today and you will not wake up to see tomorrow but just wait all day in anticipation to see what happens. Preview Statement: That is what I am going to talk to you about today is the belief of the world ending according to the Mayan’s calendar that has become a very popular way to predict this. First I will you who they Mayan’s were and why they are of importance. Second I will give an overview of the three major calendars that are used to predict and what they mean. Third I will explain the solar galactic and what happened at each time this has occurred. Fourth I will explain what the Mayan’s believe will happen in 2012 so you can make your own belief’s on the Mayan’s version of the world ending. I. Who are the Mayan’s? (http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm) A. The Mayan’s were an Indian civilization that first began between the times Period. Of 250 A.D. to 1500 B.C. and were Mesoamerican’s. 1. They were Mesoamerican’s...
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...A. Geography >China stretches some 5,026 kilometres (3,123 mi) across the East Asian landmass. China is bordered by seas and waters eastward, with the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea, and bordered by landmasses on its 3 other sides, from North Korea to Vietnam. China has been officially and conveniently divided into 5 homogeneous physical macro-regions: Eastern China (subdivided into the northeast plain, north plain, and southern hills), Xinjiang-Mongolia, and the Tibetan-highlands. Its physical features are multiples. The eastern and southern half of the country, its seacoast fringed with offshore islands, is a region of fertile lowlands and foothills with most of the agricultural output and human population. The western and northern half of China is a region of sunken basins (Gobi, Taklamakan), rolling plateaus, and towering massifs, including a portion of the highest tableland on earth (Tibetan Plateau) with lower agricultural possibilities and thus, far less populated. Traditionally, the Chinese population centered around the Chinese central plain and oriented itself toward its own enormous inland market, developing as an imperial power whose center lay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River on the northern plains. More recently, the 18,000-kilometers coastline have been used extensively for export-oriented trade, making a power shift, with the coastline provinces becoming the leading economic center. With an...
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...GLOBAL R&D GLOBAL R&D I. Introduction Many have noticed that functions previously held in Western countries are now being transferred to countries with cheaper labor such as IT support now done in India (neoIT, 2007) and the People’s Republic of China is nowadays by some referred to as ‘the factory of the world’ (Chang 2006). China’s WTO accession accelerates the trend giving hope for a greater market access and a more predictable commercial environment. In 1984, 3M established its China branch and was the first foreign-invested enterprise established outside the Shenzhen special economic zone. Then, the US multinational 3M Company developed its business and worked on developing a research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai like many other MNCS (158th set up in Shanghai by multinationals). Recently, 3M even doubled its China's R&D center size and staffing, giving birth to an important R&D hub for 3M's global business enabling the company to better supply products needed in the industries of electronics, telecommunications, automobiles, shipping, aviation, medical care, housing and leisure," company officials said. Today, 3M has 11 companies and 19 offices across the country, employing more than 5,000, showing a long-term commitment for the Chinese market. Through those trends, we can notice how R&D is now important in the globalization process. Li-Hua and Khalil (2006) argue that the international business environment is affected...
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...As the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, did you enjoy the moment that all the family members sat together, enjoyed the full moon, and ate moon cakes? Nowadays, as you can see, moon cake has developed into many different shapes and different tastes, but some people think that with the development of the moon cake, the culture of moon cake, the culture of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the culture of the traditional Chinese festival are losing its original color. Do you think so? I don’t buy it. Thinking of moon cake, what things come up in your mind? The special taste, the nice look, or the feeling of family members get together? Anything else? For me, first, it’s the lotus paste moon cake, which contains yolks, lotus, a lot of sweet, and oil which is opposite to the health views now. Second, yes, that’s money. The traditional moon cake is getting more and more expensive, because of the raw material, and the fee of the process. It’s really a burden to some extend. Third, it’s health. Every year, followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival, the concern on the quality of moon cake comes, as well as the news about the disqualification of the moon cakes. Then here comes the new born moon cake. What about this one, the fruit jar moon cake having different kind with fresh tastes, or the ice cream moon cake with pretty look and cool feel, or let’s take a look on potato moon cakes, sesame moon cakes. Above all these new moon cake, we can get the conclusion that, these moon cakes have something...
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...A Sino-U.S. Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Implications to American Managers A SINO-U.S. COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT 2 Abstract In this qualitative study, work-family conflict in China and the United States is compared and contrasted based on national culture, traditions, norms, and living standards. The analysis results in a proposition that Chinese employees will experience less work-family conflict when faced with the same work and family demand as their American counterparts, because of differences in their work and family priority, perception of work-family relationship, national culture, conflict handling style, social support, work-family communication, and economic pressure. The implications to American managers are discussed. A SINO-U.S. COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT 3 A Sino-U.S. Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Implications to American Managers Work-family conflict has been a concern of many researchers (Carlson & Kacmar, 2000; Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985). Studies showed that work-family conflict had negative impact on employees, their families, and organizations (Beutell & Witting-Berman, 1999; Burke, 1988; Frone & Cooper, 1992; Goff, Mount, & Jamison, 1990; Martins, Eddleston, & Veiga, 2002). Recent changes in demographic characteristics of the U.S. work force have resulted in greater work-family conflict. Examples of these demographic changes include the...
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...Hong Kong's culture was born in a sophisticated fusion of East and West. It not only kept many Chinese traditions, but also experienced a baptism of western culture. This situation led to the diversity of Hong Kong's culture and the people there are open-minded to accept variety. To have a better understanding of this cultural phenomenon, you can give a research on the following aspects. People in Hong Kong The population of Hong Kong is formed by Cantonese, Shanghainese, British, Indians and Jews mainly. Cantonese is the majority and Cantonese culture is the mainstream there. Thus, many Chinese concepts like 'family solidarity', 'family glory', 'saving face' and 'modesty' carry significant weight in Hong Kong's culture. On the other hand, many locals adopted western ways of life. Language Cantonese is used most widely. Since Hong Kong's reversion to China in 1997, Hong Kong government has adopted the 'biliterate and trilingual' policy. That's to say, Chinese and English are regarded as the official languages; Cantonese, Chinese mandarin and English are spoken languages. Food As a culinary capital of Asia, Hong Kong boasts various delicacies in the local or from overseas. Hong Kong is influenced by western countries and some of the foods there combine the flavors of Chinese cuisine and western cuisine. Holidays In Hong Kong, people celebrate the Chinese traditional holidays, such as Chinese Lunar New Year, Ching Ming Festival (Qing Ming Festival) and Mid-Autumn...
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...Running head: GOAL ORIENTATION IN CHINESE WORK DOMAIN Study Goal Orientation in Chinese Society in Work Domain CHEN Yulin (2007937472) The Department of Psychology The University of Hong Kong June 30, 2008 Contents Abstract 2 Introduction……………………………… …………………………………………………. 3 Cultural Difference regarding Motivation 5 How to Induce Learning Goal Orientation? 6 A Distinct Pattern in Chinese Society? 8 A Developmental Pattern of Goal Orientation 9 More about Performance Goal Orientation 10 Method 11 Results 13 Discussion 15 Summary and Implication 20 Limitations and Further Research 21 References 23 Appendix A 28 Appendix B 29 Appendix C 30 Appendix D 31 Appendix E 32 Appendix F 33 Abstract The study of goal orientation is usually conducted in Western society. In attempt to extend theories related to goal orientation and Yu’s (1996) study on cultural difference in motivation to Chinese work domain, in this research, 75 working people from Mainland China were invited to complete a set of questionnaires on goal orientation, work climate, task complexity, work experience and marriage status. The relationships among these variables were examined. Contrary to hypotheses, learning goal orientation positively correlated with autonomous work climate but did not correlate significantly with task complexity. Work climate had no effect on participants’ performance approach goal orientation but task complexity was found...
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...E-commerce in China E-commerce has been greatly developed in both United States and European countries when we look at the success of eBay and Amazon. However, according to researchers at IDC (International Data Corporation), it is forecast the annual Asian sales outside Japan, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korean and India, charged ahead at 38% a year through 2007 eBay sales (Miller, 2004). E-commerce not only creates business opportunities, but also helps enterprises save money and operate more efficiently. Therefore, the potential of the market among Asian regions in recent years has been extremely large, especially in Taiwan and Hong Kong. However, many people notice that China seems to be lagging behind this trend and e-commerce is not very suitable for the culture in China as people may prefer face-to-face business. This essay argues that China has the need and potential in developing e-commerce. E-commerce is becoming more compatible with the Chinese culture of business. Although it may be argued that E-commerce is too technological that violates the traditional Chinese business culture as in the past of Chinese society, social relationship plays an important role in Chinese business and shows appropriate respect to the customers or partners. However, all the things in e-commerce are done by the systems only. Nowadays, more and more people in China have an opportunity to receive education so that they can more easily access to internet world and also different cultures...
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...10 Major Cultural Differences Between China and the United States It is always interesting to study other cultures and it is extremely important to do just that if you are going to have interactions with them. You don’t want to insult someone or embarrass yourself and your own culture. China is one of those interesting cultures mainly because what we usually know about the country is through movies or the local Chinese restaurant. What I’ve learned over the years is that that knowledge is usually useless. Sincere study of a culture is the only way to truly appreciate the differences. So, being an American what do I see as the 10 biggest cultural differences between the two countries? It took a long time to narrow it all down since we could get so detailed that an encyclopedia would be the end result. But the sweat over the computer paid off. These differences do not make either culture better or worse than the other one. It just shows their differences which has been created through centuries of history and development. China can trace their traditions and customs for thousands of years. America is still a small babe of a nation that has had very few traditions of its own but has become such a melting pot of cultures that there is almost no specific American culture that can be said is applied across the board. This makes both cultures unique and worthy of study and respect. 1. Social Structure – In China the social structure is formal and hierarchical. You know...
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