...embedded in an organization’s systems and structures. relationship capital The value derived from an organization’s relationships with customers, suppliers, and others. high-performance work practices (HPWP) A perspective which holds that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital. stakeholders Individuals, groups, and other entities that affect, or are affected by, the organization’s objectives and actions values Relatively stable, evaluative beliefs that guide a person’s preferences for outcomes or courses of action in a variety of situations. ethics The study of moral principles or values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad corporate...
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...configuration for high performance, emphasis on organizational learning and ability to satisfy the needs of key stakeholders. 4. Open Systems – A perspective which holds that organizations depend on the external environment for resources, affect that environment through their output and consist of internal subsystems that transform inputs into outputs. 5. Organizational Efficiency – The amount of outputs relative to inputs in the organization’s transformation process. 6. Organizational Learning – A perspective which holds that organizational effectiveness depends on the organization’s capacity to acquire, share, use and store valuable knowledge. 7. Absorptive Capacity – The ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it and use it for value-added activities. 8. Intellectual Capital – A company’s stock of knowledge, including human capital and structural capital and relationship capital. 9. Human Capital – The stock of knowledge, skills and abilities among employees that provides economic value to the organization. 10. Structural Capital – Knowledge embedded in an organization’s systems and structures. 11. High Performance Work Practice (HPWP) – A perspective which holds that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital. 12. Stakeholders – Individuals, organizations, and other entities who affect or are affected by the organization’s objectives and...
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...inputs in the organization's transformation process. Organizational learning- A perspective which holds that organizational effectiveness depends on the organization's capacity to acquire, share, use and store valuable knowledge. Intellectual capital- A company's stock of knowledge, including human capital, structural capital, and relationship capital. Human capital- The stock of knowledge, skills, and abilities among employees that provide economic value to the organization. Structural capital- Knowledge embedded in an organization's systems and structures. Relationship capital- The value derived from an organization's relationships with customers, suppliers, and other. Absorptive capacity- The ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and use it for value- added activities. High-performance work practices (HPWP)- A perspective which holds that effective organizations incorporate several workplace practices that leverage the potential of human capital. Stakeholders- Individuals, organizations, or other entities that affect, or are affected by, the organization's objectives and...
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...3 ------------------------------------------------- Objectives and Goals: Students will be looking at a picture. Based on what they see, they will write sentences using verbs either ser & estar, with at least 75% accuracy. ------------------------------------------------- Anticipatory Set (approximate time): Teacher along with students will evaluate each use for both verbs (ser: time, profession, origin, identifying people and things. estar: health, location, well-being). Then teacher will introduce sentences leaving out missing either verb ser or estar. Students will have to choose which verb fits. ------------------------------------------------- Direct Instruction (approximate time): Students will get the information from textbook and references from videos. ------------------------------------------------- Guided Practice (approximate time): The verbs ser and estar will be evaluated again. Using the smart board students will filling out the blanks left on sentences. Students seated will compare their answers and go over any discrepancies. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Closure (approximate time): From a piece of paper drawn from a basket indicating instructions that students will read in Spanish, students will now review the verbs ser and estar orally. -------------------------------------------------...
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...Skeleton Structure Scope Strategy 6 The Skeleton Describes Screen Layout and Functional Compartments in the Screen Surface Skeleton Structure Scope Strategy 7 Structure Defines Navigation from Place to Place in the User Interface Surface Skeleton Structure Scope modal wizards task panes modal dialogs Strategy 8 The Places in the User Interface are Built to Support User Task-Centric Scope Surface Skeleton Structure Scope Strategy user tasks: • enter numbers • enter text • enter formulas • format cells • sort information • filter information • aggregate information • graph data • save data • import data • export data • print • ….. 9 Business Goals Drive User Constituencies and Contexts Supported To Form Strategy Surface Skeleton Structure Scope Strategy business goals: • displace competitive products • motivate sale of other integrated products • establish file format as default information sharing format • … user constituencies: • accountant • business planner • housewife • … usage contexts: • office desktop • laptop on airplane • pda in car • … 10 Understanding the Relationship Between Goals, Tasks, & Tools is Critical Software Product Features Tools Tasks one or more users engaged in many tasks in support of a common high level goal is often referred to as workpractice...
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...divided it into four divisions called Amun, Ra, Set, and Ptah. To support this force he also recruited a force of sherden mercenaries. Marching north, the Egyptian divisions traveled together along the trade routes they sought to defend while he had some troops along the Syrian coast. As they approached the city of Kadesh, Ramses received false information about the Hittites locations. This lead to an ambush but Ramses was able to gather what troops he had left and fend off the Hittites. Ramses II showed good military leadership because demonstrated some of the characteristics of a military genius discussed by Carl Von Clausewitz such as courage, presence of mind, and strength of character when they were ambushed by the Hittites. However he is not a military genius because he lacked the high intelligence to suspect he received false information about the Hittites location in the first place. In the bulletin and poem for the battle of Kadesh, Ramses was repeatedly compared to gods such as Mont, the god of war. Since the people of ancient Egypt would attribute victories to the intervention of gods, this is actually describing characteristics of Ramses that they did not understand. For example, in the bulletin when the Hittites began their ambush it says “when his majesty caught sight of them he rose quickly, enraged at them like his father Mont. Taking up weapons and donning his armor he was like Seth in his moment of power. He mounted ‘Victory-in-Thebes,’ his great...
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...In this paper I will be discussing the four characteristics of a well-written report. As well as what makes them critical to writing a report. The four characteristics are completeness, conciseness, clarity, and accuracy. As stated in the textbook “A report may contain all the necessary information, but if it is poorly written, points may be lost in the prose” (P.189). Simply put, if it doesn’t contain all the key elements your report could otherwise become useless. The first characteristic of a well written report is its completeness. “Completeness means that the report contains all pertinent information” (P.190). Officers have a series of questions they should ask themselves before handing in a report to make sure that it is complete. Reports should contain any and all relevant information so that your report leaves no open questions whether it by a fellow officer or the court. Having all the necessary information in the report will show what actions were taken and it helps to avoid wasted time and effort of having to do it all over again. E-mail addresses have become important in report writing since it is the easiest way to deliver a statement to an officer. “An Added Benefit is that e-mail interviews can be printed out and attached to the supplementary report” (P.190). The importance of the completeness of a written report is crucial due to it needing every detail that was crucial to the investigation. The next characteristic of a well written report is its conciseness...
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...guideline and SAC 2 there are few objectives that GPRF should be met: OB1. GPFR should be able to provide useful financial information to potential and existing investors, capital providers and lenders in order to assist them in making investment decision on a certain entity (IASB 2010, p.27). Potential and existing investors are mainly interest in entity’s ability to generate positive cash flow, for example dividend payment or market price increases (IASB 2010, p.27). Similarly, potential and existing lenders and creditors will provides capital provision to entity, only if they can expect return through interest payments and other form of returns (IASB 2010, p.27). This has shows that potential and existing investors, creditors and lenders relies on GPFR to help them assess the future prospects of entity net cash inflows. OB2. Existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors are also interest on information regarding management’s ability to protect and improve entity’s resource and their capital investment in an efficiently and effectively manners (IASB 2010, p.27). For examples submit to laws and contractual provisions, and ability to manage the business during economic downturn (IASB 2010, p.27). OB3. The primary users of GPFR are existing and potential investors, lenders and other creditors as they cannot directly ask entity to provide information directly to them. This shows that existing and potential investors, lenders and...
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...Running head: LEARNING DISABILITIES Learning Disabilities Yadira M. Cesena Grand Canyon University SPE 526- Educating Learners with Diverse Needs April 19, 2011 Abstract This paper was written with the intent to define, describe the characteristics and causes of learning disabilities, communication disorders and giftedness. The author discusses the curriculum that is necessary for the students with learning disabilities, communication disorders and giftedness. The author summarizes in a short concluding paragraph that brings the topics together. Learning Disabilities There is so much known about learning disabilities, but yet so little. As a teacher it is important to understand the various types of learning disabilities, communication disorders and giftedness. In reality what does that all mean? Teachers should be well informed about the definitions of these as well as what characteristics to look for and what causes them. It is estimated that approximately six to ten percent of school-aged children are learning disabled. Many times students are mistakenly diagnosed having a learning disability. That is the reason why it is important for teachers to understand the difference of having different learning styles or needs than having a disability. Teachers need to know what to include in the curriculum, or how to make accommodations, or modifications to cater to the needs of the individual student. The ultimate goal is to understand these students and to give...
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...constantly." (Page 546) Said, being Palestinian himself, tells us this story in what was called a "hybrid" type of writing. He does this by letting the pictures take precedence in telling his story but then describes each picture by going back and forth from a history point of view, to his own recollections of his childhood. The way he describes each picture makes you feel as if you were at one time in that picture and can feel an emotional connection to it. Through each photo, we get a really sense of what it is like to be Palestinian, to have it all taken away and how they started new. The way Said puts the story together without any time frame, is an example of why his writing style was described as a hybrid. He will start with describing a picture by telling us facts about his country and then interrupt himself, like he's actually have a conversation with the reader and tell us a memory, or how that particular photo makes him feel. By writing like this, he makes the reader able to feel comfortable enough and be able to really relate to what Said feels and thinks. It's almost as if he chose all of the photographs first, photographs that really portray his country, and write his story from there. Most stories are written the...
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...psychoanalytic perspective suggests that there is a structure to the mind which includes the id, ego, and superego. The id is the completely unconscious, irrational component of the personality. It is not affected by logic, values, morality, danger, or the demands of the external world. The ego is the semi-conscious rational part of the personality and the superego is the semi-conscious, moralistic part of the personality. This structure is a very distinct psychological process. (Hockenbury, D.H. & S.E.,2014 pp 419-422) The humanistic perspective "represents an optimistic look at human nature" (Hockenbury, 2014). Human nature is viewed as primarily good and humanistic theorists, like Maslow, focus on methods that allow fulfillment of potential. The humanistic perspective of personality attributes human characteristics and actions to free will and the drive for self-actualization. The social cognitive perspective of personality "emphasizes learning and conscious cognitive processes, including the importance of beliefs about the self, goal setting, and self regulation"(Hockenbury, 2014). Albert Bandura was on of the major theorists of this prospective. Bandura emphasized the role of conscious thoughts including self-efficacy. Another perspective is the trait perspective of personality. The trait perspective "emphasizes the description and measurement of specific personality differences among individuals" (Hockenbury,2014). In this perspective, there are two representative...
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...the (a) “equivalence,” (b) “resemblance” and (c) corresponding “features” or characteristics” (2009). There are various ways of defining similarity the most common term shared is comparison. Accuracy and consistency are essential when providing patient care and it should be displayed within nursing practice, communication, and documentation. Institute of Medicine reports that there are over 98,000 deaths caused by preventable errors (1999). The purpose of this paper is to respond to a peer reviewed concept analysis article, describing the method of analysis, the steps of the process, results for each step and to apply the concept to a practice situation. Concept Analysis The Electronic Health Record (EHR) improves the exchange of patient data, accuracy, and quality of patient care. Poor communication and technology can impede a positive outcome for the patient. A core competence of nursing is documentation of patient’s response to nursing interventions and effectively communicating the care given. In the article Concept Analysis of Similarity Applied to Nursing Diagnoses: Implications for Educators the author uses the Walker and Avant concept analysis of similarity. In nursing, concept analysis clarifies unclear concepts and gives a mean to common understanding within nursing practice. “The purpose of a concept analysis is to describe the concept well enough so that defining characteristics can be determined and used to distinguish “likeness or unlikeness” between concepts”...
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...The MPEG-7 Description Standard1 Nina Jaunsen Dept of Information and Media Science University of Bergen, Norway September 2004 The increasing use of multimedia in the general society and the need for user-friendly effective multimedia retrieval systems are indisputable. The fact that effective retrieval is reliant on complete and thorough description (among other things) is also fairly agreed upon. Various standards for the description of multimedia are being developed and some exist already. Typically such standards tend to be specialised for certain applications or domains leaving only a few representing general-purpose multimedia description. As of today, the MPEG-7 seems to be recognised as the most complete general-purpose description standard for multimedia. Whether the MPEG-7 multimedia description standard qualifies as an appropriate general-purpose description standard and is compliant with the requirements of such a standard is a discussion beyond the scope of this thesis. MPEG-7 is an ISO/IEC (International Standards Organization/International Electro-technical Committee) approved standard developed by MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group), a working group developing international standards for compression, decompression, processing, and coded representation of audio-visual data. The standard was initialised in 1996 and it represents a continuously evolving framework for standardising multimedia content description. In the context of this thesis the proposed MPEG-7...
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...been proven to be one of the keys to success. Some of the main characteristics of good communication can be found in highly successful companies. According to Haynes and the discussion of the strategic approach to managerial communication it is compared to an onion with many layers. The main characteristics of communication are firstly the working environment or climate. A trusting and open climate allows for positive communications. At the Credit Union the relationship between the managers and employees was very important. Communication is a constant changing and evolving part of every business. At the credit union the manager communicated with his direct employee through speech when she was available. With face- to -face communication all of the elements of communication can be accomplished. . Application of Managerial Communications In today’s society communication in the workplace is seen as one of the most vital element to a successful business. Effective communication has been proven to be one of the keys to success. Good communication makes for a happier working environment and has been shown to yield higher production numbers and therefore bigger profits. Some of the main characteristics of good communication can be found in highly successful companies. In Managerial Communications Strategies and Applications by Geraldine Haynes, she discusses the strategic approach to communication by describing communication as having many layers like an onion. The first...
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...literacyworks.org. I first completed the assessment to reassure myself that I had chosen the strongest one for me from our text. After I completed the assessment it directed me to a page describing my results, which were, social or interpersonal intelligence. This web site reinforced that interpersonal was the strongest choice for me. A few thing mentioned on this site about this intelligence were, that these people love to talk, have good social skills, and like to learn from others. All of those statements fit me perfectly. The second site I visited was www.Idpride.net/learningstyles. This web site had even more information than the first one I visited. This web site had one statement that didn’t fit my personality. It said, “People who fall into the interpersonal intelligence group are great organizers.” I have a lot of skills but organization isn’t one of them. All of the other statements this site made about interpersonal intelligence fit me to a tee. One that really caught my attention was, “these people generally try to maintain the peace in group settings.” I find myself doing this a lot at work and among my group of friends. Another interesting thing this site said was that sometimes these people may resort to manipulation. I am going to have to start paying attention to my characteristics to see if I ever...
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