...middle number is to take the number of members and add one. Then divide that value by two. In our case, there are 9 numbers in the series. 9+1 = 10 and half of 10 is 5. The fifth number in the series is the median or 14. If the number of members of the series was even, the average of the two middle numbers would be the median. Mode: The mode is the number in the series that appears the most often. If there is no single number that appears more than any other number in the series, there is no value for the mode. The number 12 appears twice in the series. The mode of this series is 12. Quintile: The first quartile of a group of values is the value such the 25% of the values fall at or below this value. The third quartile of a group of values is the value such that 75% of the values fall at or below this value. The first quartile may be approximately calculated by placing a group of values in ascending order and determining the median of the values below the true median, and the third quartile is approximately calculated by determining the median of the values above the true median. For an odd number of observations, the median is excluded from the calculation of the first and third quartiles. The distance between the first and third quartiles is known as the Inter-Quartile Range (IQR). Min/Max: The five number summary, i.e., the minimum, Q1, Q2 (median), Q3, and maximum, give a goo indication of where data lie. For...
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...Guide to Assessment 2 for MKC1200 Principles of Marketing Due to space constraints, the Unit Outline contains the bare minimum of information needed for this assessment task, so I have put together a few notes here to guide you through. I hope it helps you and results in better quality assignments for us to mark and more rewarding results for you! 1.0 Format and style Basically, you are writing a report on some marketing issues. Make sure you use a consecutive numbering system throughout the report, and an appropriate heading/sub heading for each section – probably somewhat as I am doing in this paper. Your assignment must be submitted in Times New Roman size 12 pitch with 1.5 spacing. Any smaller and it’s very tiring to read after about 25 papers; and with single spacing there isn’t any room for feedback. Remember not to use any personal pronouns: we, us, I, our, your and so on. This is a formal paper and must be written in the third person. Please don’t use slang, either. Sometimes I see phrases such as ‘heaps of…’, and ‘a great idea…’ - this informal style of writing is OK when you’re writing to your friends, or when we’re having an informal conversation, but doesn’t belong in an academic paper that you submit for assessment. Use marketing language wherever you can – think in terms of the core concepts. Abbreviations are also inappropriate in a formal document: hasn’t, doesn’t, won’t, can’t, ad, advert, advt’g. Remember to give words their...
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...Fredrick Donaldson Nov.5, 2014 NT1110 Unit 5 Assignment 1 Video Summary 3 CPUs In today’s market there are 2 main manufacturers of CPUs: Intel and AMD. There are also some smaller competitors that manufacture CPUs, but they tend to come and go. The way a CPU is organized varies, but here are the basics: The motherboard system bus carries information into and out of the CPU. When the system bus enters the CPU, it’s called a Front side bus. The Front side bus usually uses a 64-bit wide data path. On the side of the CPU you will find a controller. A controller manages the basic functions of the CPU, and controls communication between the motherboard and other components within the CPU. These other components includes one or more ALUs and internal cache. An ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit), is responsible for solving complex calculations. Having multiple ALUs in a single processor is what gave the early Pentiums their multi-processing capabilities. Communication between the controllers and the ALU uses a 32-bit wide internal data bus. The bus system that supports communication between the cache, the ALU, and the controllers is referred to as the backside bus. The most important thing a person needs to know about a processor is the speed at which it processes information; (CPU speed). There are several ways to gauge CPU speeds. This may sound like an advantage, but oftentimes, these multiple ways are misleading. The speeds differ inside and outside the processor. Internally...
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... ABSTRACT Sexual Harassment in the workplace can be very critical for an employer. Not only can it ruin the company’s reputation but also it can be left in debt due to lawsuits for cases left unattended. The employer must open their eyes that sexual harassment in fact can happen in any workplace and we should take steps to prevent this from happening. “Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating hostile or offensive working environment” (Wikipedia 20012). Although I personally feel you see it more in men then in women. Certain laws have been placed so that employees could keep the company in a positive and comfortable environment. In order to keep the workplace comfortable everyone must know exactly what sexual harassment is and threatening it could be not only for the individual but also for the employer. TABLE OF CONTENT Title page 1 Abstract 2 Table of Content 3 What is harassment in the workplace 5 Types of harassment 6 Ramifications of Harassment 7 Surveys 9 Conclusion and Solution 10 References 11 Executive Summary The Purpose for my report is to make you aware of what exactly sexual harassment is and how it can hurt the company in general. I understand that certain situations are going to happen and as a company we will look...
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... ABSTRACT Sexual Harassment in the workplace can be very critical for an employer. Not only can it ruin the company’s reputation but also it can be left in debt due to lawsuits for cases left unattended. The employer must open their eyes that sexual harassment in fact can happen in any workplace and we should take steps to prevent this from happening. “Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating hostile or offensive working environment” (Wikipedia 20012). Although I personally feel you see it more in men then in women. Certain laws have been placed so that employees could keep the company in a positive and comfortable environment. In order to keep the workplace comfortable everyone must know exactly what sexual harassment is and threatening it could be not only for the individual but also for the employer. TABLE OF CONTENT Title page 1 Abstract 2 Table of Content 3 What is harassment in the workplace 5 Types of harassment 6 Ramifications of Harassment 7 Surveys 9 Conclusion and Solution 10 References 11 Executive Summary The Purpose for my report is to make you aware of what exactly sexual harassment is and how it can hurt the company in general. I understand that certain situations are going to happen and as a company we will look...
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...Introduction - Director’s duties Even though the law recognizes corporations as separate and distinct entities from the owners, it nevertheless recognizes that corporations act through people. Such people are referred to as directors and manage the activities of a corporation. In Lennard’s Carrying Co. v. Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd, the court observed that directors are the directing mind and will of the company. Accordingly, directors of a company act for and behalf of the company, and as such owe several duties to the company. These duties are at common law and also statutorily provided for. In the U.S., there is no single statute codifying these duties, and as such states are given the latitude to legislate on the issue (Clarke, 2007). Majority of other commonwealth contries however have a codified statute dealing with such issues. From a general perspective and subject to state law, director’s duties at common law apply to all states. It is imperative to note that these duties are owed to the company and not to the owners or shareholders. In Percival v. Wright, the court held that directors are not agents of the shareholders, but rather agents of the company as a whole. Importantly also, these duties also bind any person lawfully authorized by the directors, to act on behalf of their behalf. At common law, the duties of directors fall into two categories: the duty of care and skill in the conduct of the affairs of the company; and fiduciary duties of good faith and loyalty...
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...India-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement: Gains and Future Prospects Preface India signed a two-way Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (‘CEPA’ or ‘the Agreement’) with Japan on 16 February 2011. CEPA would provide a framework for enhanced cooperation between the two countries and is aimed to facilitate trade in goods and services and increase investment opportunities, besides protecting intellectual property rights. The Agreement is likely to be implemented from 1 April 2011. The highlights of CEPA have been provided below. CEPA The CEPA aims to reduce or eliminate tariffs over next 10 years on over 90 per cent of goods traded between the two countries. The Agreement inter alia provides ‘schedule for India’, a list detailing product wise plan for reduction/ elimination of duties for imports into India and a similar ‘schedule for Japan’. The quantum of duty reduction under CEPA will vary from product to product. Therefore, some products may see a complete elimination of duties on 1 April 2011 itself (or any other day on which the Agreement comes into force) while others may see a gradual reduction over years. Sensitive sectors for India and Japan are fully protected and will not see any tariff change. An illustrative list of goods for import into India and the time period over which basic customs duty would be eliminated is given below: |Description of goods |Period in which tariff to be reduced...
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...AACSB Table 10-1: Summary of Faculty Qualifications, Development Activities, and Professional Responsibilities Date Range: January 1, 2007 - August 1, 2012 Accounting: Professor | | | | | | | Five-Year Summary of Development Activities Supporting AQ or PQ Status | | Name | Highest Earned Degree & Year | Date of First Appointment to the School | Percent of Time Dedicated to the School's Mission | Acad Qual | Prof Qual | Other | Intell. Contrib. | Prof. Exper. | Consult. | Prof. Develop. | Other Prof. Activities | NormalProfessionalResponsibilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Som Bhattacharya | Ph D, 1994 | | 100.0 | YES | | | 12 (5) | Service: 0Work: 0 | 0 | 0 | Editor/Review: 6Other:13 | UG, GR, RES, SER and ADM | Intellectual Contributions (12) Hopwood, W., Bhattacharya, S., Premuroso, R. (2011). Tasteless Tea Company: A Comprehensive Revenue Transaction Cycle Case Study. Issues in Accounting Education, 26(1), 163-179. Cao, J., Nicolaou, A., Bhattacharya, S. (2010). A Longitudinal Study of market and Firm Level Factors Influencing ERP Systems’ Adoption and Post-Implementation System Enhancement Options. 7th Annual International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Accounting, and Logistics. Rhodos: ICESAL. Behara, R., Bhattacharya, S. (2008). DNA of a successful BPO. Journal of Service Science, 1(1), 111-118. Premuroso, R., Bhattacharya, S. (2008). Do Early Members of XBRL International Signal Superior Corporate Governance and Future...
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...Executive Summary The world is more concerned about organizations with high rate in their performance, effectiveness, employee satisfaction, organizational commitment, career development and etc. Thus, organizations want employees to go behind their day-to-day job duties and exceed expectations. Literatures suggest that these extra-voluntary behaviors, called organizational citizenship behaviors, are positively related to the indicators of organizational effectiveness. Katz and Kahn (1978) mentioned that organizational citizenship behaviors can be extremely valuable to organizations and can contribute to enhance better performance as well as competitive advantage (Jahangir & Akbar 2004). The purpose of this paper is to provide a review on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and its impacts on organizational effectiveness. The first section will define organizational citizenship behaviors and reviews some standpoints from different authors. The second section will explain the main types of behaviors. However, many behavioral patterns are likely to fall into this category, but we focus on the most important ones. Furthermore, the antecedents of the OCBs as well as its consequences will be discussed. Finally the paper will propose HR practices that can help to encourage employees to exhibit favorable behaviors and enhance effective OCBs. An Introduction to Organizational Citizenship Behavior Katz, as far back as 1964, was the one who emphasized on the need for a behavioral...
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...CHAPTER FOUR SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN In this section we present our system design following the Waterfall method of system design. The diagrams in the system were drawn by using Microsoft Office (Visio and PowerPoint). This chapter is segmented into system description, system requirement, Benefits, Project plan, risk management, context diagrams, use case diagram, use case narrative, non-functional requirement, state diagram, and the Graphical user Interface (GUI). 4.1 System Description There is no universally agreed upon definition of what aspects constitute a system description and various institution and organizations. The fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and to the environment, and the principles governing its design and evolution. The intelligent administrative recordkeeping system is a system of self-reliance which is to provide ease of accessing records regardless of the location because it’s a web application. It’s a system with portal properties as well as interactive in order to provide a record that is not only accurate but in the real-time context. Thus, in designing this system careful considerations have been assumed and presumed in order to give it that uniqueness of being able to mimic the needs of humans. Worthy of note is that this web application will be able to scan through any connecting device (computer, smart phones, etc.) for any information or records that will enhance its database...
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...1.0 Executive summary The main aim of this report is a proposal to implement managerial decisions that could enable Triton Corporation to cut costs and improve on its returns. Initially Triton Corporation went into a recession but has recently emerged as a well performing company to realize the recent $15.2 million in 2014. Having a six operating divisions, Triton Corporation management have to craft decisions that will in the future ensure better performance. Organizations in the contemporary business environment have been faced with challenges pertaining to allocation of resources that are inevitably scarce. As a rationale, any business is in place to create value for the shareholders and also be in a position to comply with the going concern principle of sustainability. This company has therefore enlisted the services of an MBA intern like me to help in formulation of strategies that could steer forward the operations ensuring the past occurrences of a recession are not a repeat. The three major tasks ahead of me is to ensure proper planning of the manufacturing processes to make sure that little waste of resources is realized and secondly, come up with processes and activities that provide high value addition. The application of managerial accounting strategies in any environment are aimed at providing proper planning in all departments to ensure that decisions are well formulated and the organizational resources are utilized to the optimal. Besides, managerial accounting...
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...REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Design, Development and Implementation of an online workflow application for MGNREGS++ in Orissa 17-NREG-11-1016/11787 JUNE 02, 2011 PANCHAYATI RAJ DEPARTMENT (PRD), GOVERNMENT OF ORISSA Table of Contents 1 A) B) C) 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3 4 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 9 9.1 9.2 Checklist ........................................................................................................................................................................3 General Bid ....................................................................................................................................................................3 Technical Bid .................................................................................................................................................................4 Commercial Bid .............................................................................................................................................................5 Invitation for Bids ..........................................................................................................................................................7 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................
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...The books are written and edited by CIPD accredited experts and offer a wealth of experience in teaching, writing and examining, whilst covering the unit learning outcomes. They also include a wide range of learning features such as reflective activities, annotated further reading, and case studies. Reviews Studying Human Resource Management ‘Through the successful collaboration of the core modules of the intermediate qualification into one text, a valuable resource to both learners and tutors has been created. It enhances the continuing alignment of educational objectives and the CIPD’s professional development framework to deliver and develop outstanding HR professionals.’ Ian Chapman, CIPD course leader, Warrington Collegiate ‘This is a clearly written text which successfully bridges the gap between theory and practice. Coverage of the core modules of the CIPD Intermediate qualification is comprehensive and is a welcome addition to assist students in studying at this level.’ Dr. Margaret Inman, Head of Postgraduate and Professional Studies, Swansea Metropolitan University Developing People and Organisations 'With its clear overview of contemporary debates and rich in case material, this accessible book will help close the theory-practice gap with respect to people and...
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...INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Case Study Report How Starbucks Corp. should improve its business Syndicate Group Number 1 24/08/2007 The following group assignment report was prepared for a business unit at Macquarie University, Sydney. The information given does not need to be correct. The suggestions given and conclusions drawn remain (as the whole report in itself does, too) the intellectual property of the authors. Do not use this report for plagiarism. Do not copy this report. Do not print this report. Do not hand this report in as your own! Authors and Copyright: Tanya Shahi Jorge Omar Martin Aufschläger Timo Schmerling Stefan Gassner tanyashahi@gmail.com canogeorge@hotmail.com martinaufschlaeger@gmail.com timo_schmerling@web.de mail@stefan-gassner.de 2 Case Study Report: Starbucks Corp. Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Company Profile ................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Case Summary.................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Current Situation .................................................................................................
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...Elements of an Essay/Research Paper Writing Process The series of steps that most writers follow in producing a piece of writing. The five major stages in the writing process are finding a topic and generating ideas (discovering), focusing on a main or controlling idea and mapping out an approach (organizing), preparing a rough draft (drafting), reworking and improving the draft (revising), and proofreading and correcting errors. Discovering – The first stage in the writing process. It may include finding a topic, exploring the topic, determining purpose and audience, probing ideas, doing reading and research, planing and organizing material. Discovery usually involves writing and is aided considerably by putting preliminary thought and plans in writing. Organizing – The sequence in which the information or ideas in an essay are presented. Drafting – The stage in the writing process during which the writer puts ideas into complete sentences, connects them, and organizes them into a meaningful sequence. Revising – The stage in the writing process during which the author makes changes in focus, organization, development, style, and mechanics to make the writing more effective. Editing – The last stage in the writing process during which the writer focuses on the details of mechanics and correctness. Discovering Audience – The readers for whom a piece of writing is intended. Many essays are aimed at a general audience, but a writer can focus on a specific group of readers...
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