...Typically british and norwegian Manners British children learn formal politeness from an early age. Even the youngest toddler is taught to say “please” when asking for something, and “thank you” when getting it. Anything else would be considered very rude. Another example of politeness is the way people hold the door open for the next person; you will rarely have the unpleasant experience of a door being slammed in your face. Norwegians on the other hand are very straigt forward and doesn't use small polite phrases after every sentence. It is also uncommon to hold the door open for strangers. The thing with Norwegians and manners is not that we do not have any, but that they are somewhat different than outside of Norway or Scandinavia. The Norwegian "politeness" lies more in being friendly with people than in correctness. Traditionalism The British tend to stick to their old traditions, and are not very keen on making changes to adapt to European standards. F.exs: Driving on the left remains the rule in traffic and british judges are still wearing old-fashioned white wigs in court. Maybe this traditionalism comes from the isolated geographical position of the British Isles? Britain has tended to export its own culture rather than pick up new habits from others. Humour The British are famous for their well-developed sense of humour. Their humour tends to be verbal, with the use of puns and irony. Making jokes and teasing someone is often a sign of approval. There...
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...Autistic and Typically Developing Individuals Julie Sackett The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in cognitive and executive functioning between autistic and typically developing (TD) children. The articles used assess different forms of cognitive function and executive function. It is hypothesized that individuals with autism will show impairments in executive function, prospective memory, inhibitory function, cognition, sensory-motor, and language when compared to TD individuals. Multiple measures were used to assess participant’s abilities with working memory, executive function, development, memory, awareness, and cognitive function; some of these measures were self-reported. One study by Rosenthal et al. (2013) found that older children with autism spectrum disorder show executive function impairments with age, meaning that different impairments are noticeable at different ages. In contrast, Iwanaga et al. (2000) found differences in cognitive function between Asperger’s syndrome and high functioning autism. The results of some studies found specific impairments are related to age. The findings from these studies suggest that children with autism show executive and cognitive function impairments, have difficulties with prospective memory, and show lack of awareness; children with autism are unfamiliar with familiarity. Differences in Cognitive Function between Autistic and Typically Developing Individuals ...
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...1 . 1 . Building long-term relationships with customers A company's success in establishing long-term customer relationships typically requires close working relationships with many different companies. The act of developing long-term profitable customer relationship will not only create wealth for the company but is also another good way of ensuring the retention of customers and thereby the survival and profitability of the company. Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation with $1000 when he was a college student at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984. Today, Dell is the worlds leading direct Computer Systems Company with annual revenues in excess of $31 billion and over 34,000 employees. The major reason is that Michael Dell revolutionized the computer industry by introducing the direct model. The basic direct model aims to deliver a superior customer experience through direct, comprehensive customer relationships, cooperative research and development with technology partners, computer systems custom-built to customer specifications, and service and support programs tailored to customer needs. Marketing has traditionally been viewed as the sales generating business function. This sales orientation sometimes leads firms to focus too much on generating sales in the short run, with little consideration for customer retention or profitability over the long term. Luckily, the short-term sales orientation is being replaced by more of an emphasis on developing,...
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...This case deals with the changing of the guards for Bob Scanlan. After 8 years of service, Bob was promoted to small business accounts at the corporate office in Dallas. Bob’s previous work experience were typically in high pressure areas lacking the challenges he desired. However very interested in the travel industry and after several request, Bob accepted the supervisors position vacated by his supervisor whom retired. Bob reported directly to Beverly Sadowsky, then 1st V.P. now C.O.O. of Adventure Plus. Beverly and Bob’s working relationship worked perfectly. Beverly’d hands off management style and delegation of responsibilities, gave Bob the challanges he was looking for at corporate. Bob pride himself on making his Beverly and his department look good. Not to mention how effective his own management style was with his employees. However after Beverly’s promotion to C.O.O., her replacement George Fishman and Bob routinely bumped heads on task once handled by Bob along. George was from auditing with a successful professional track record at work and in the community. George was the complete opposite of Beverly which drove Bob to his boiling point. Diagnosis Failure to appropriately transition from Beverly’s hands off management style to George’s deeply involved hands on style provide to be a negative and stressful experience for Bob. Not having the autonomy to supervise his department as he saw fit was not the challenge Bob wanted. “Post-It” notes citing Bob’s failure...
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...The problem that seems to affect my day-to-day life the most is having enough energy to complete my day. On most days I find myself starting my day at 6:00 a.m. By 6:30 I am sitting in front of my computer at work, completing school assignments and gathering information that will help me with my papers and discussion questions. At 8:30 I start my work day, which typically requires more research into developing plans and procedures that will help when disaster strikes our area. At 4:30 p.m., I will normally find myself leaving work and heading to some type of ballgame that I will be officiating. Whether it is football, basketball or baseball; I spend the next 3 – 5 hours on a field running around and using up what energy I have remaining. When this typical day is over I head home for the night. I always like to spend a little time with my son and wife before going to bed, so I may not find myself in bed and asleep before 11:00 p.m. Just to get myself up 7 hours later and do it all over again. Even when it comes to weekends when I should be recuperating, I will still typically have some type of ballgame which leaves me with little energy when it is all said and done. When it comes to gathering information to help me solve this problem, there are many different areas I can research. For one, I can search the internet for ideas on how to keep my body healthy and able to withstand the abuse that I put it through. I can also seek help from my physician, who...
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...Venture Capitalists: • To provide high rate of return to their investors, VC’s typically sold their stake in their portfolio companies either to the public through an IPO, or toanother company in a trade sale. • The partners in a VC firm typically had a substantially percentage of their net worth tied in their funds, which aligned their interests with their investors. • The main form of compensation was large share of profits (typically 20%). • II.Investment Bank Underwriters III.Sell-Side Analysts: • IV. Buy-Side Analysts and Portfolio Managers: • V.Accountants and Auditors: • VI.The Regulator – FASB: • Whose incentive is most misaligned (Wht Happ)The incentives and the intended roles of players in the investing and informationchain and the regulators were substantially misaligned thus causing a breakdown inthe effective and well functioning capital market.How incentives side tracked rational decision ---------------------------I. Venture Capitalists: • To provide high rate of return to their investors, VC’s typically sold their stake in their portfolio companies either to the public through an IPO, or toanother company in a trade sale. • The partners in a VC firm typically had a substantially percentage of their net worth tied in their funds, which aligned their interests with their investors. • The main form of compensation was large share of profits (typically 20%). • II.Investment Bank Underwriters III.Sell-Side Analysts: • IV...
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...“Geelys’s Acquisition of Volvo” This is a case study about the acquisition of Volvo by Chinese Geely motor company. This is about global and Chinese automotive industry that discuss the international market entry barriers and strategies to over come. Situational analysis Geely is a car manufacturing company. It mainly deals in automotive industry. Automotive industry is emerging in China these days. With capital growth in China the social attributes are changing and different automotive companies are holding foots in China. Geely took start in 1998 when Li Shufu diversified from motorcycle manufacturing to car manufacturing company. This company was financed by a state owned bank. Geely is full filling the need gaps of economy class cars. No doubt it is modern company but with low-tech. Strategies Geely’s Corporate strategy Geely is going to purchase Volvo with the support of Government of China who wants to develop cutting edge technology infrastructure in the country to meet the needs of near future. For this they decides to get FDIs and mergers with well known and reputed companies of the world. Ford motor took a move in 1999 and took over Volvo in US$ 6.45b. But with passage of time they could not get hold on it and company went into loss. Volvo is the best brand in the Europ with BMW and Mecedes. Now Gelly is there to get Volvo in US$ 1.8b. Geely’s Strategy Geely is focusing China and its production in 2009 was 330000 vehicles. Small and low cost...
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...GEELY’s ACQUISITION of VOLVO 1. Introduction to the Case This Case is about * The Automotive Industry of China * The acquisition of “Volvo” by “Geely” (a Chinese firm) * Geely is an automotive company in China, which was engaged in producing non-luxury cars for its local market in the country since 1998. * Li Shufu was the founder of the company, who was basically a poet and has a philosophical attitude towards life. * The time of the case is year 2010. 2. Situational Analysis Li Shufu was born in China in 1963, the son of a small business owner. He started the business from making photographs of tourists, then he shifted to making refrigerators and refrigerator parts, and from there he diversified again to motorcycle production business. At the age of 35, in 1998, he started the business of producing cars. The name “Geely” came to him in a dream. Geely was a privately owned firm, which was involved in producing non-luxury cars for its local market of China. For the acquisition of Volvo, Li obtained financing from state-owned banks and governments in China and this acquisition made Geely able to enter in the new market of luxury cars by following a “related diversification” strategy. Now Geely is heading towards lowering the costs and making Volvo more profitable in the industry and following a growth strategy in its business 3. DEEP LIST Analysis i. Demographics Volvo was a Swedish company; Geely was planning to produce luxury...
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...AMENDMENT-4 AMENDMENT-5 AMENDMENT-6 AMENDMENT-7 AMENDMENT-8 AMENDMENT-9 AMENDMENT-10 1. 2. 3. Noun 4. A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (see bubonic plague) and... | 5. | 6. | 7. Verb 8. Cause continual trouble or distress to. | 9. | 10. | 11. Synonyms 12. noun. | 13. pestilence - pest - scourge - calamity - disaster | 14. 15. verb. | 16. pester - harass - worry - bother - harry - torment - vex | 17. | 18. More info - Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary 19. 1. Noun A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (see bubonic plague) and... | | | Verb Cause continual trouble or distress to. | | | Synonyms noun. | pestilence - pest - scourge - calamity - disaster | verb. | pester - harass - worry - bother - harry - torment - vex | | More info - Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary 1. Noun A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (see bubonic plague) and... | | | Verb Cause continual trouble or distress to. | | | Synonyms noun. | pestilence - pest - scourge - calamity - disaster | verb. | pester - harass...
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...Budgetary Overview Dawn Hammer EDA-535 June 2, 2015 Welcoming a new board member, superintendent, or school level administrator can be a difficult task when it comes to the budget aspects of any school district. Thus it is vital for any administrator or person involved in the various aspects of the budget examine the basis for budget making decisions and the key accounting principles to be followed by all school districts. These budgetary processes can be addressed with four keystone parts. In the first area of emphasis is to understand the school districts generally accepted accounting practices on which the budget is to be founded. From there it is also essential to identify the key roles of the superintendent in the budgetary process as well as the role of those sitting on the board as school board members. This paper will also examine the methods and accounting principals in place to ensure that the budget is balances as well as coordinated accurately. Finally we shall look at generally accepted timelines for a budget as well as projections for student enrollment and all necessary funding ideals that should be included. Generally Accepted Accounting Practices Regardless of the school, if there is to be a excellence in education, there is a requirement that the leaders have a vision and process for obtaining that vision (Bernhardt, 2013). The same can be said when designing a budget and working within the confines of the generally accepted accounting principles...
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...We typically eat things such as a sandwich, which is usually a type of meat (roast beef, turkey, ham, etc) with vegetable toppings (lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, jalapenos), and a type of cheese (American, swiss, pepper jack, etc) on two pieces of bread. There are other sandwiches such as peanut butter and jelly or grilled cheese (melted cheese onto two pieces of grilled or toasted bread. People often pair a sandwich with soup, salad, or chips (Advising and Learning Assistance Center). This is not a complete list of things you can have. You could order in Chinese takeout, a pizza, make spaghetti, and so much more. It just depends on your personal needs. Lunch in Spain is a large meal, with tapas (finger foods), a vegetable dish (soup or grilled asparagus, for example), fish, a type of meat, and dessert. We don’t usually have the time to make an elaborate lunch, since we are typically at work or...
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...work and that can have positive and negative impacts on productivity. Most employers take the necessary steps to instill and maintain a harmonious and positive social environment in the workplace which also tends to instill future success. "Some key aspects of creating and fostering positive social environments include building trust, team spirit, teamwork, job satisfaction, customers, and leadership, specific details, explanations or descriptions of those." (2013, Janaury). Retrieved from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-positive-work-environment-image27087191 Teamwork Social environment affects the workplace in many ways but teamwork is one of the main ways and it happens to either inspire or discourage employee cooperation. Typically businesses with positive social environment where employees get along and are in positive relationships with each other tend to have better...
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...factors and the interaction of biology and the environment. Neurological Changes Many times the focus on neurological development is during the early childhood years of development. Such rapid changes take place during early childhood, it is many times the focus of clinicians and academics, but very significant changes also take place during adolescence as well (Rutter, 2007). One of the most interesting neurological changes that are observed in adolescents is that the connections between neurons continue to be refined through pruning (Rutter, 2007). The amount of brain matter tends to increase throughout childhood, but a decline in grey matter is found in adolescence due to pruning of the synaptic connections (Rutter, 2007). Pruning is typically discussed as a major event that occurs in early childhood after the proliferation of connections made during infancy (Santrock, 2011). Research indicates that significant pruning and refinement of synaptic connections also occurs during adolescence (Rutter, 2007). As with the pruning that occurs in childhood, the connections that are not...
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...Overview An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many american colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs (ehow.com). They are in charge of an athletic department at a high school, college or university and at some colleges, the athletic director may hold academic rank. They are usually considered to be full-time administrators instead of, full time faculty members. Although technically in charge of all of the coaches, they are often far beyond well-compensated and also less famous, with few having their own television and radio programs as many coaches now do. In this paper I plan to describe the duties of an athletic coach, career paths, educational requirements and benefits of becoming an athletic Director. Athletic Director Job Description The Athletic director oversees funding and budgets for school athletic programs and are responsible for ensuring that the various teams at a school receive a fair distribution of resources. They may have to make tough decisions about how to allocate money. They work with coaches to ensure school and division regulations are being followed but don't usually handle the direct coaching and training of athletes. However, they usually oversee the hiring and firing of trainers and coaches. In addition to managing the...
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...more isolated. Men have a more difficult time understanding emotions that are not explicitly verbalized, while women tend to intuit emotions and emotional cues. These differences explain why men and women sometimes have difficulty communicating and why men-to-men friendships look different from friendships among women. 2. Left brain vs. both hemispheres. Men tend to process better in the left hemisphere of the brain while women tend to process equally well between the two hemispheres. This difference explains why men are generally stronger with left-brain activities and approach problem-solving from a task-oriented perspective while women typically solve problems more creatively and are more aware of feelings while communicating. 3. Mathematical abilities. An area of the brain called the inferior-parietal lobule (IPL) is typically significantly larger in men, especially on the left side, than in women. This section of the brain is thought to control mental mathematical ability, and probably explains why men frequently perform higher in mathematical tasks than...
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