...Chapter 1: Management Today Take Away 1: What are the challenges of working in the new economy? * Globalization means we can work from anywhere but competing with from from everywhere (pg 4) * Long-term employment can’t be expected in today’s workplace- jobs have to be continually earned and re-earned through performance and accomplishments (4) * High performance companies are better than their competitors at getting extraordinary results from their employees (4) * Intellectual Capital= competency x commitment (4) * Intellectual capital: combined brainpower and shared knowledge of an organization’s employee * Competency: personal talents or job-related capabilities * Commitment: how hard you work to apply your talents and capabilities to important task * Knowledge workers are dominating workplace; someone whose mind is a critical assets to employers (5) * Whole mind competencies will soon dominate the workplace * People who are creative and good with ideas (high concept) and also joyful and good with relationships (high touch) * Technology continuously tests or talents and infiltrates every aspect of our lives (5) * Tech IQ: the ability to use current technologies at work and in your personal life (6) * It is important to keep oneself updated with technology as it continues to evolve * TECH IQ is the baseline foundation for succeeding in a fast-chaining world of technological innovation ...
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...the activity and try to figure out how they did it and why it happened. VTech states that this toy will help the child learn animal sounds, colors, and fine motor skills. One of the features that is unique is when the cube is moved it will play sound which will grab the child’s attention. This feature will also increase motor skills just like the other parts that can be pressed, turned, and slid. Another feature that this toy include is when the buttons on the top are pressed they make different animal noises. This will help them develop perceptually, however it’s not the only way; the activity block also lights ups, and teaches the child textures. For only $19.99 normally and on sale for $15.99 it is very durable, can be used for either geneder and efficient with cognitive...
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...Impact of Media Messages on Children’s Perception of Race and Gender Student’s Name Institution Impact of Media Messages on Children’s Perception of Race and Gender Introduction Children are sensitive to what they see and hear. The contemporary world exposes children to all sorts of audio and visual media. These media contain various messages concerning race and gender. Out of such media messages, children are in a position to create perceptions on various races and gender. Disney movies are an example of the media that are consumed by children. The movies impact a lot on how children understand the meaning of race, class and gender. The continued consumption of such media by children would only serve to further shape their various perceptions. This paper sets out to show that there are numerous media messages that can impact on the understanding of race and gender by children. The media is powerful in terms of the messages it relays to the audiences. The social judgments of viewers can be greatly influenced by what they see on television news (Mastro, Lapinski, Kopacz & Behm-Morawitz, 2009). According to Mastro, Lapinski, Kopacz & Behm-Morawitz (2009), the Whites in the United States of America perfect in racial prejudice against their fellow black countrymen and women. The Whites perceive the Black as being aggressive and overly violent. This negative depiction of the Black Americans by the White Americans is hugely contributed to by media exposure. The ethnic...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the study Davao has never been left behind in the latest bubble craze,thirst quencher, stress reliever, tea forever. Tea addiction that’s what some people called it, finally it’s here and its now viral all over Metro Davao. If you haven’t tried dringking milk tea, you better try drinking it, its worthy to spend a little penny for it. Milk tea it’s not just a simple tea. It’s a gift to us people during our bad days or the not-so-bad-days (stressful days). The “ancestor” of bubble tea originated in the early 80’s from a tea shop called Chun Shui Tang (春水堂) in Taichung, Taiwan. Unlike the fully loaded pearl milk tea, the oldest form of bubble tea was made by mixing cold black tea with fructose syrup using a shaker. According to Liu Han-Chieh (劉漢介), the founder of the tea shop, his wife named it bubble tea after seeing the layer of foam that ended up on top of the tea. After successfully marking a turning point for Taiwanese tea culture, Liu introduced the pearl milk tea in 1987. In the beginning, other ingredients were added to the milk tea such as fruits and sugar coated yam. (http://recultured.com/fooddrinks/09/the-history-of-pearl-milk-tea). Milk tea is a very sweet tea that is often used in boba. Milk tea/ Boba is a drink consisting of tea and balls of tapioca/pearl and honey. Milk tea is really good for the health because of its natural vitamins that we can get by drinking it, that is because of the added ingredients, this...
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