...Kaplan offers many different options for prep both online and onsite. Kaplan lets you take a practice test at a real Pearson center. Kaplan offers a Higher Score Guarantee -- you can get your money back or take the course again for free. Set aside about 2 to 3 months to study. Study thoroughly and take the test seriously. Let Kaplan help you! The GMAT rewards concise language. You can usually group and eliminate many wrong answers at a time on Sentence Correction problems. Ignore information that has nothing to do with the answer. Sentence = subject + verb Out of scope answers are never mentioned in the passage. They draw on outside information. Be wary of extreme/universal answer choices. Reading comp questions focus on structural, rather than factual, questions. Logic questions ask about *why*, not *what*. In Reading Comp, there are about 14 questions spread across 4 passages. Watch out for out of scope or opposite answers. When the conclusion is a plan or a prediction, strengthen the conclusion by showing that the plan will work. There are 11 critical reasoning questions on the verbal section. Do not neglect the verbal section! C(n, k) = n! / (n - k)! * k! Order doesn't matter = combinatoins P(n, k) = n! / (n - k)! Order matters = permutations Sum of the differences from the mean = 0. This is the "balancing averages" approach. Average = sum of terms / number of terms When you see proportions, think...
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...HBR AT LARGE Most companies' orientation programs were designed to help new hires hit the ground running. Trilogy's boot camp has a bigger goal: keep the company running. No Ordinary Boot Camp by Noel M.Tichy C ORPORATE BOOT CAMPS. We've all heard about tbem. Many of us have lived through them. In my case, I've even invented a number of them. It's fair to say that, while some achieve their goals better tban others, they're ail pretty mucb the same. They APRIL 2001 typically focus on knowledge transferinforming new hires, for instance, about the company's products and markets and how to access key resources in the organization. The best ones, like those at GE and Ford, do this by having the recruits work on real business problems, where intense teamwork is required to meet tight deadlines (a technique I've described elsewhere as "compressed action learning"). I've studied tbem all. I thought I'd seen it all. But then I saw Trilogy University. It was 1998, and I was traveling around the 63 HBR AT LARGE • No Ordinary Boot Camp country, studying corporate universities as part of a benchmarking research project on action learning. Within days of my arrival, I knew Trilogy University was a breed apart ~ in fact, my definition of best practice shot out to the horizon line. I've spent hundreds of hours since then at TU, documenting its unconventional approach-and its phenomenal results. (It should be stated, by way of...
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...Boot Camp Prison Boot camp prisons also known as correctional boot camps, shock or intensive incarceration, programs. Are intended to be short-term residential programs that incorporate basic military training. These programs are designed to target convicted adult offenders. The first boot camps began operation in the adult correctional systems of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983. The Boot camp Prisons are designed as alternatives to the normal incarceration. Boot camps prison were created to reduce recidivism rates, as well as prison populations and operating costs. The goal to reducing recidivism by changing inmate’s problem behaviors that likely contributed to their odds of reoffending. The idea is that behavior modification can occur through...
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...Week 4 Financing a Business Student: Christina Riggs Professor: Chad Behnke, MBA KHS394: Sports Business Career goals are in abundance when I ponder what the possibilities of finishing my degree might bring. The main one, which is the accumulation of my 5 year plan, is to own my very own fitness facility, not just own it, and operate it as well. There are many smaller goals that need to be reached in order to get to my BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). I would like to complete my state certification for personal training along with completing the Group exercise Certification. I would like to train and compete in a Figure Competition, really to prove to myself that I can do it. Another goal of mine is to start up a home boot camp class focusing on families. The more I’ve been exercising with my step son the more I feel I would love working with kids and helping them to understand the importance of healthy eating along with exercising. The business that I will be putting into action in 5 years is a Fitness Facility that is geared towards adults and children. Our goal at is to get local families back in shape through fun, education, hard work, and exercise. Unlike many gimmicks promising a "quick fix" that does not work, we have a different philosophy. Our mission is to promote a well-rounded approach to healthy lifestyle modifications as a family or individually through education and innovation. This means that we will help you develop a fun, comprehensive...
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...the latest class. That is also where they have named the classroom after Brent and they have the Capt. Brent Morel award. That award is given to a graduate to honor Brent. The thing about this award is that it is voted on by the class members to honor one of their own. We left Martin TN. at about 1400 on Wednesday, spent the night somewhere in VA. Left the next morning and arrived around noon. We had dinner that night with the class instructors and the intel students. We did the graduation the next morning, had lunch and departed again around 1400; about 1700 total miles in a few days. None the less it was well worth it to see that Brent is remembered by the Corps. Two LTs. who were mustangs said that they first heard about Brent during boot camp. One was east coast, the other was west coast. They both heard about him during TBS and officers school and then again during the intelligence school. It was an honor for us to see these bright young men. My daughter and Brent’s wife came with us. They along with several of the guys traded shots at the bar that night. The girls I will add kept up with them until Molly and I told the girls it was time to go. I don’t think anyone was feeling any pain as laughter was filling the bar area. Well I tell you this to get to this point. I want to THANK YOU and the staff for cooperating with me over the years in getting my letters to the families. We heard from a family we had written a letter from 4 years ago, two days ago, they needed to talk...
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...The Socialization of Caregivers The socialization of caregivers is a rite of passage into the ability to practice licensed medical care. It can take up to seven years for a doctor to become licensed and able to open a medical practice. During the first stage of socialization the subject experiences a loss of identity. The hierarchy in medical school has been compared to that of military boot camps. The lower levels of the medical school hierarchy are constantly reminded of their placement and status by being given the lower tasks and the most menial labor. As a subject experiences this and works on rising to the higher levels they got a new feeling of their self as the shed off their prior lives and develop a new sense of self-worth. The subject encounters high demands of their time and has to develop excellent time management issues in order to deal with his or her future work experiences. Chains of command are established just like in military institutions in order help the subject learn how to interact and function properly in their medical situations in order to properly address major medical issues or trauma conditions. Subjects develop a sense of companionship and group membership that will carry on through their career. The next stage the subject enters into is the privileged status state. Doctors are entrusted with large amounts of money, sense of power, and the trust of their charges. The subjects are emerging as medical professionals and while not licensed have...
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...there are many young adults that are starting out in life with the wrong concept. The legal system’s answer to our errant youth was the development of boot camp programs. These camps are designed to make sure the attendees never want to get in trouble again. The young people who are sent to boot camp can look forward to rigorous activities. Our judicial system believes that their hardcore military type punishment will work. Many participants do leave with a new direction in their life. Upon completing the program they come home ready to get a job and earn a honest income. However, once the business find out that they have a criminal record their application is denied. Where are the jobs and educational financing for those who want to attend college? Our government should support those who have successfully completed the program by offering them hope in the form of rehabilitating them back into society. The authors of Youth Justice in America state that these institutions are based on the theory that bad kids need more discipline, physical rigor, and more time outdoors. (Ahranjani 281). According to the National Institute of Justice, boot camps were born in the late 1980s and early 1990s. By 1995 state correctional agencies operated 30 camps. (Ashcroft par. 4). In my opinion somewhere on the boot camp road the judicial system forget about the graduates life after the program. Let us assume that the programs were established to teach the values of...
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...One day long ago (about a year) there was the most dreaded day ever, the first day of boot camp. Going into 6th grade at stem means you are required to go to boot camp and learn about what to do and where to go, horrifying, right? Let me set the scene, I was walking down the cold fluorescent hallway and I started to speed up and then I quickly turned the corner then bam i ran right into this really tall eighth grader luckily I wasn't carrying anything at the time so, I just kept on walking, Walking down the hallway, to my locker, to the the lock turning it aggressive till click,click,click,ding, it opened. I grabbed my IPad my notebook and my pencil case then bam I slammed it shut, then ding the lock was closed. Almost late I raised across...
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...subculture involved with Dr. Martens in UK and China and compare the marketing activities in those two countries. Second part will tend to find out the motivation and core value of UK customers toward Dr. Martens, then tries to in depth to understand its influence on the marketing activities of Dr. Martens. In order to narrow the scope of this report, the analyze of the first part will focus on China market, and the second part will focus on UK market Origin of Dr. Martens (Streething, 2012) 2. History of Dr. Martens The origin of Dr. Martens can trace back to 1945 during The World War II, when a German army doctor Klaus Märtens injured his ankle, and he could not wear his army boot because it was terribly uncomfortable. In order to recovered from injury, he decided to remade his army boot with more soft leather and tyres. After the war, Märtens started to produce his...
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...made a prototype of the boot spending his own money and time working so hard on this boot, which changed the industry completely. He created this boot because back in Australia when he was coaching the younger generation of footballers. He told them what they needed to do to strike the ball better. But the kids could not do anything because the boots were made of leather and it was too slippery. That was then he had one of the greatest ideas of his life. He went home he tore off the rubber on his tennis racket and glued it on to his football boots, he went outside and tested the boot and it seemed the rubber worked a lot better than the leather. Adidas found out about his Idea and called it the Adidas Predator. The first and Original Predator was made in 1994 with the use of rubber in front of the boot. The rubber is for the shooting based on curve and accuracy, this design was never seen before and so this boot caught the attention of football fanatics and it resulted in a very innovative and creative boot the color of the first Predator was the color of black. A year later in 1995 the Adidas Rapier was released with a different color of red/black/white. The structure of the rubber fins were re-created to have better ball control and also had more kangaroo leather to make the boot more comfortable. It was a long time before the next Adidas Predator was created, but two years later the Adidas predator touch made its breakthrough in 1997 with the boot now having the rubber fins...
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...Assessment 1- Reducing Risk, Company: R.M Williams Functional RM Williams clothes and boots are steeped in history and the company has been trading since 1932 and has coined itself as “The Bush Outfitter”. Their functionality has always been core to their business. RM Williams is unique as they manufacture, distribute and retail their products and brand. They have been Australian designed and made, with high quality materials and great cuts. At the launch of Regional Express Airlines (or REX as it is known), the staff, Pilots, and flight attendants all wore RM Williams clothing and footwear. This moved RM Williams from just country clothing consumed by country people to clothing consumed by business people, and a business. Not only was the airlines bringing country people to the cities, it was bringing their fashion too. Perhaps RM Williams was expanding their target market from predominantly rural and country people to city people, and further segmentation to the urban young professional. The target market shift may have been due to economic forces – RM Williams looking for more stability from a city market, not just from people from the land, who had good seasons and bad. What was once a utilitarian need being met, may now be a hedonic need being met – or both. Physical The distribution of RM Williams clothing and boots has also changed with the times. From its humble beginnings of a mail order business, to only in a limited amount of stores and presence in Myers...
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...started with Nathan Swartz from Boston, Massachusetts. Swartz was a determined and hard-working gentleman who worked his way up from an apprentice boot stitcher in 1918 until he owned part interest in the Abington Shoe Company in 1952. Three years later he became the sole owner, and quickly brought his kids on board. The Abington Shoe Company mostly manufactured shoes for other companies until 1965 when they introduced injection-molding technology to the footwear industry. This innovative technology fused the sole to the leather upper without stitching, enabling the production of a virtually waterproof boot. This waterproof boot gained popularity quickly, and was named the "Timberland." Due to its immense popularity, in 1978, the Abington Shoe Company officially changed their name to the Timberland Shoe Company. With their roots firmly placed in the rugged boot market, the Timberland Shoe Company started to expand its collection to include casual classics, boat shoes, and eventually, clothing. Everything in the line-up continued to display a commitment to quality, and thanks to the urban fashion community in the late 80s, Timberland began to look equally at home on the city streets as it did in the great outdoors. Today, the Timberland Shoe Company is still thriving in the footwear market. They even introduced an exclusive collection of boots and shoes appropriately named, the Abington Collection. This heritage collection is rooted in tradition and consists of classic styles with...
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...Argentine are always ready for any event. They could go from the office to a party, because of the way they dress. Even if you got to a park you should always bring different clothes to change into in case you get invited to a restaurants or for a drink. Went visiting Argentina there is some rules that you should follow as far a dress attire. You should never wear ripped or baggy clothes. You should always avoid flip flops. ("Dress Attire in Argentina", 2006-2014) If you are going to the wine county you should wear western attire: you will need a good pair of slim boot jeans a straw-hat and your best cow girl/boy boots. ("What To Wear: Argentina Wine Country", 2015). Proper Dress Attire in Costa Rica Costa Rica attire is very different then Argentina: Went hiking in the forest you want to make sure you bring the proper dress attire which includes a water resistant back pack a poncho and a good pair of hiking boots. You must bring repellants as you will get bit by the bugs. Went you are on the beach you should have a less two swimsuit so you can change if you like and be as causal as you want. ("What To Pack For Costa Rica", 1994-2015). You should not bring miniskirts, low necklines, tight blouses or strapless wear as the Costa rican court rule in 2012 ("Costa Rican Courts Decide On Dress Code", 2012 ). That it is inappropriate for women to wear this kind of attire. Jeans are out and women could only color their hair a traditional color. You should never wear tennis shoes...
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...Aniceta, Donna Faye D. TOIC PROPOSAL Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for fashion, protection against the environment, and adornment. Being barefoot is commonly associated with poverty, but some cultures chose not to wear footwear at least in some situations. Socks and other hosiery are usually worn between the feet and other footwear, less often with sandals and flip flops (thongs). Footwear is sometimes associated with fetishism, particularly in some fashions in shoes, including boots. Durable shoes are a relatively recent invention, though many ancient civilizations wore ornamental footwear. Many ancient civilizations saw no need for footwear. The Romans saw clothing and footwear as signs of power and status in society, and most Romans wore footwear, while slaves and peasants remained barefoot. The Middle Ages saw the rise of high-heeled shoes, also associated with power, and the desire to look larger than life, and artwork often depicted someone barefoot as a symbol of poverty. Bare feet are also seen as a sign of humility and respect, and adherents of many religions worship or mourn barefoot, or remove their shoes as a sign of respect towards someone of higher standing. In some cultures, it is customary for people to remove their shoes before entering a home, and some religious communities require shoes to be removed before entering a building which they regard as holy, such as a temple. Practitioners of the craft of shoemaking are called shoemakers...
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...the time the company offers and take a vacation. Where this becomes an issue for Arthur, is when the time comes to find temporary employees to fill the spots left by those on vacation. What makes this juggling act more difficult is the hours that are offered are inconsistent as they will be “on call”, the temporary employees are required to pay union dues and need costly work boots. To top it off, the position pays $6 per hour. Arthur has just a few months before the frustration is upon him and he needs a plan. Key Issues First, Arthur’s would have less pressure against him if he would not wait until the last minute and pro-actively worked on a solution. Nothing will make a task seem more difficult than a condensed time frame, especially one that is self induced. Prior planning and solid organization will be his first area of attention. Blue Grocery Stores is not making this an easy task with a less than attractive offer for those fill in spots. The fact the wage is $6 per hour, they must pay the union dues, the hours are limited and inconsistent and they will need to purchase expensive work boots creates the bulk of why...
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