...My Most Important Day I had always been curious about all the things in the world. In fact, my parents used to always mention how inquisitive I was. My world got difficult when I turned five. My parents thought it would be a good idea to hire an intense tutor to prepare me for school. At first, I liked my tutor, things were going well, but soon I became so overwhelmed by the pressure of studying that I began to rebel. As it turned out, all that preparation was a big waste of time. When trying to enroll several months later, new enrollment rules further inhibited me because I was too young. The school would not accept me until age seven and as a result I spent one more year with my tutor preparing for school. When I finally entered school, I was so bored because I already knew most of the material. As the years passed, my dislike for school slowly dwindled. I always wondered why we study all that stuff in school. I knew that if I could understand the purpose, I would be more motivated to study, which finally happened one day. It was a sunny Sunday; my father had a plan to remodel his garage into a workshop. At that time, I was fourteen years old and in the seventh grade, and of course I was eager to help him. The day before, we had cleaned his jungle-like garage. We were going to start to equip the garage with table saw, jig saw, drill, and other machines, but we had a problem. There was no electricity for the light or to run all the machines which we wanted to install. There...
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...John Lukas’s Five Days in London May 1940 gives us an insight on how the five days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 played out inside and out of the British war cabinet. Lukas gives quotes from those during the time such as Churchill, Halifax, and Hitler to get his point across while using examples from the present to relate. Churchill having been appointed Prime Minister merely days before was put into a difficult position with World War II in progress and Hitler moving through Europe. The book details the problems Churchill faces including those opposing him such as Halifax and beginning what Lucas states is the “Hinge of Fate” for the British in the Second World War. On May 9th 1940, after many attempts of appeasement with Hitler and a defeat...
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...promises” (Jefferson Davis) “A Long Way Gone” was written by Ishmael Beah and published in 2007. This is a novel about a young boy who was affected by war. Ishmael Beah experienced a lot of horrible things because of the war like losing his family. He later is recruited by the rebel army. The rebel army gives drugs to the recruited child soldiers and make them addicted so they kill without feeling anything. He then gets rehabilitated with the help of the UNICEF. The three most important scenes in this story include going into mattru jong to perform dances, trying to survive day to day troubles,and his life in New York City....
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...is 6%. The trip takes 1 day by air and the air freight carrier will charge $4,500.00. The trip takes 21 days by marine vessel and will cost $300. The cost of lost interest over the length of the transit time (opportunity cost) needs to be factored into the total cost of transportation for each mode. Hint: first calculate the cost of lost interest per day. 1. What is the difference in “Total Cost” between the 2 methods excluding duty and tax which would be the same in either case? (Show your work). (2,000,000.00 x 0.06)365 = 328.77$ Interest per day 2,000,000.00 + 328.77 + 4,500.00 = 2,004,828.77$ Total Cost by Air 2,000,000.00 + 328.77 (21) + 300.00 = 2,007,204.17$ Total Cost by Marine Vessel 2,004,828.77 - 2,007,204.17 = 2,377.40$ Difference in cost between Air & Marine 2. How many days do the goods have to travel by marine vessel before the cost of the 2 modes of transport is roughly equal? 2,007,204.17 / 21 = 95,581.15$ 2,004,828.77 / 95,581.15 = 20.97 Days 3. Which transport method do you recommend? I suggest transporting the item via air, because it will take less time which is 1 day versus 21 days and cheaper for 2,377.40$ in compare to shipping it via marine vessel. Prepare a brief report to submit by the end of class formatted with an introduction, body and conclusion answering the questions above. The air and marine modes of transportation play very important role in logistics, because the most important attribute in transportation...
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...the Benefits of Day Schools over Boarding Schools Posted on January 1, 2011 There are several advantages of admitting a child in a day school and this article will help parents make up their mind. Some of the benefits of a day school have been highlighted below. Coeducation Many day schools offer coeducation facilities and this is an important requirement in terms of today’s world. Interacting with the opposite sex in the early years will enable children to be comfortable in the presence of the opposite sex when they reach a stage where they might have to work alongside them in an official environment. Children who have not had this opportunity might be shy and uncomfortable when they people from the opposite sex in the future. Most day schools encourage children to mingle with the opposite sex from their early years and this builds confidence and helps in exchange of ideas between the sexes over the formative years. This is one of the most important functions performed by a day school. Although there may be a few boarding schools that offer coeducation, day schools clearly outnumber the boarding schools doing this and coeducation in day schools is a much more accepted and existent structure in day schools, especially in India. Cost Benefit Day schools are a preferred option as they are much less expensive than a boarding school. Tuition fees in day schools are cheaper. Most good quality day schools are relatively cheaper than boarding schools and this is another...
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...Opening paragraph, needs edits but Greece, officially known as The Hellenic Republic, is a mountainous country in southern Europe located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula bordering Bulgaria, and surrounded by three seas, the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian Seas. Greece is one of the most popular places in the world for tourists to visit due to both of it’s ancient and modern tourist attractions. The Greek population consists of over 11 million people. Language, history, tradition, and religion play an important role in the culture of the Greeks. By maintaining respect and sensitivity to the cultural influences and traditions of the Greek people, our military would be able to take advantage of more respect from the native people...
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...Online Shopping Customer Experience Study Commissioned by UPS May 2012 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Susan Kleinman comScore, Inc. 212-497-1783 skleinman@comscore.com © 2012 comScore, Inc. Contents Introducing the Online Shopping Customer Experience Study..................................................................... 3 Key Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Online Shopping Industry Snapshot ............................................................................................................. 4 Online Shopping Experience and Satisfaction .............................................................................................. 5 Discounts and Specials ............................................................................................................................. 7 Comparison Shopping ............................................................................................................................... 8 Retailer Recommendation ......................................................................................................................... 9 Check-Out Process ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Delivery Timing .......................................................................................
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...Bibliography 11 Appendices 11 ABSTRACT Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity. Everyone must learn how to manage their time. In order to do so, one must plan each day or schedule activities, set priorities, and organize. Time Management is nothing but managing time well and doing the right thing at the right time. It is essential for individuals to allocate specific time slots to tasks as per their importance and urgency. Time Management plays a pivotal role not only in organizations but also in an individual’s personal life. Students aspiring for management courses or for that matter any professional course need to value time to reach the pinnacle of success and stay firmly entrenched at the top. Of all the topics, why choose time management? It is important to every individual, student or professional, to learn how to manage and use time wisely. INTRODUCTION Time management is the ability to plan and control how you spend the hours in your day to effectively accomplish your goals. Poor time management can be related to procrastination, as well as problems with self-control....
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...contribute to their success in their daily routines. c. To only name a few out so many there are three key habits they have. Pre-planning the night before, setting priorities before the start of the day, and completing the most important tasks first. II. Body a. First, a minute of planning the night before can save 10 minutes in execution. Sit down before bed and write down everything you need to do the following day on a post-it or piece of paper. Writing down a list clarifies your thinking goals. i. According to Charles Duhigg in a Harvard Business interview, he says that 40-45% of we what we do is habit. ii. You want to be able to work from a list to get things done and not wing the day as usual. b. Second, set priorities on your list before you start the day working from the 80/20 rule. If you have 10 things on your list make two of them the most important than the other eight. i. Ask yourself, “if I there are two things I need to get done before the end of the day, what would it be?” and those are your two to prioritize for your day. ii. According to Atanu Dey’s article on Economics, Policy and Government, prioritizing is important because we have limited resources, all of which have alternative uses. c. Finally, begin and focus on it and only it until complete the most important task first. All success in general comes from project completion and establishing good habits to do so will help you finish what you start always. i. A lot of people emphasize and praise on...
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...Role of Candidate 1. What issues are most important to you? • Salary , 6000 points, range $110,000-$90,000, decrement of $5000 or 1500 points. • Signing Bonus, 4000 points, $25,000-$5,000, decrement of $5000 or 1000 points. • Moving Expenses Covered, 3200 points, 100%-60%, decrement of 10%=800 points • Division, 2400 points, A-E, decrement of 600 points • Starting date, 2400 points, Aug 1-June 1, decrement of about 15 days=600 points • Vacation time, 1600 points, 25 days-5 days, decrement of 5 days=400 points • Locations, 1200 points, ( Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven), decrement 300 points • Insurance covered, 800 points, A-E, decrement 200 points. 2. BATNA: take another offer 3. Bottom line: 2000 points 4. Target: 12000 points 5. Other sources of power besides BATNA: 1. Scarcity of similar candidates (extensive experience in medicine PhD plus MBA degree) 2. Flexibility on issues potentially important to the employer: location, vacation and insurance. 3. Going to work for their competitor. 6. Opening move/other info: Tell that I have an offer from another prestigious corporation, but I like their company and would really like to work there. Tell that I want to reach the most beneficial agreement for both sides. Ask what issues are the most important for them, then see if any of them are not important to me so that I can use them as negotiation points. Stress what is really important to me and see if they are willing to yield...
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...It's Black Friday, one of the busiest days for most businesses. There are people everywhere in the store. The lines are long and people are either gleaming with Christmas joy or impatiently waiting to hurry up and check out to move on to the next store. All these customers don't even stop to realize how much preparation and cleaning up is involved in this one day. There is shipment to be processed, advertisements to be made, signage to go up, and even scheduling of the right people. So many things have to be done for this big day and it is up to one person or sometimes a team of people, these people are called managers. All managers must have various traits to be successful, but the most important three are; leadership skills, problem solving skills, and honesty. It was hard for me to pick which three skills where the most important, because they are all so important. I decided to do a survey and asked five people that I knew where managers and five people who where sales associates what they thought where the three most important traits of a manager (see figure 1.1.). Seven out of the ten said leadership skills, and I also agree with leadership being one of the most important. Organization came next with four votes, and honesty came after with three votes each. Problem solving skills came next with two votes then there where a lot of traits with one vote each like; responsibility, prioritizing, understanding, fairness, flexibility, time management, and loyalty. This survey didn't...
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...WHAT IS THE BEST WAY to drive innovative work inside organizations? Important clues hide in the stories of world-renowned creators. ItturnS out that ordinary scientists, marketers, programmers, and other unsung knowledge workers, whose jobs require creative productivity every day, have more in common with famous innovators than most managers realize. The workday events that ignite their emotions, fuel their motivation, and trigger their perceptions are fundamentally the same. The Double Helix, James Watson's 1968 memoir about discovering the structure of DNA, describes the roller coaster of emotions he and Francis Crick experienced through the progress and setbacks of the work that eventually earned them the Nobel Prize. After the excitement of their first attempt to build a DNA model, Watson and Crick noticed some serious flaws. According to Watson, "Our first minutes with the models…were not joyous." Later that evening, "a shape began to emerge which brought back our spirits." But when they showed their "breakthrough" to colleagues, they found that their model would not work. Dark days of doubt and ebbing motivation followed. When the duo finally had their bona fide breakthrough, and their colleagues found no fault with it, Watson wrote, "My morale skyrocketed, for I suspected that we now had the answer to the riddle." Watson and Crick were so driven by this success that they practically lived in the lab, trying to complete the work. Throughout these episodes, Watson and...
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...numerous problems, time management is the most crucial problem I face in my day-to-day life. Time management is the range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects, and goals. From waking up in the morning, to falling asleep at night, managing time efficiently has been a nightmare to render. Possessing excess time to perform a task and not using it wisely is my nemesis because I always find myself unprepared and complete the task at the last minute. Some examples of not using time management effectively in my daily life are: arriving to work late, not preparing what to wear to work the night before, overextending my lunch break, and turning in homework late. Knowing how to prepare and plan ahead of time for any event will help overcome this problem. Finding a solution requires strategic planning using either a daily planner or an organizer found in most smart phones these days. Electronic organizers have more of an advantage because they can sort, organize and store more information than paper and pencil planners. However, if technology is not user-friendly, the idea of pen and paper will always remain available to use. Identifying the order of daily events and when they should take place is critical in managing time efficiently. For example, setting an alarm clock at five o’clock in the morning is a daily routine that is the first step toward the rest of the day. However, more important is setting the alarm at a time that...
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...Unsuccessful, unskilled workers and procrastinating students are present oriented and unorganized. When current needs demand your attention, whether that is because the family must be fed or you "must" have a good time with friends, it becomes harder to carefully plan for the future. Our situation and needs influence our time orientation however, our time orientation (and needs) can be changed. The first step is to admit that time utilization problem exist, scheduling your time may not be as difficult as you might think since several hours are already "filled" with sleeping, eating, showering, working or classes, and other essentials. You only have to schedule the "unfilled," available hours (for college students that's about 10 hours per day). If you don't plan how to use those hours, it is easy to get involved in unproductive activities. He who fails to...
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...Tea has a rich culture in Pakistan from the decades and part of our daily lives. People love its aroma, color and especially the most important is taste. Tea is becoming social day by day as it is offered to guests as a minimum. Results were compared with the previous researches and questionnaires were given to students who were also from other provinces than Punjab. So, mostly respondents think that tea is easily affordable and accessible. Consumption of tea increases as population increases day by day. Introduction Tea is a beverage that with a huge diverse aroma and taste, commonly prepared by pouring hot and boiling water over curd leaves of tea plant. Different regions throughout the country have their own different flavors and varieties, giving Pakistani tea culture a diverse blend like doodh chai patti in Punjab and masalah chai in Karachi. In present day tea is consumed in morning, at lunch time in office hours and evening time at home with snacks like biscuits and cakes. Tea is going to become a social symbol day by day. It is served at both professional and social gatherings. Tea is a part of a culture in a sense that it is offered to guests as a minimum. Tea is symbolically a drink that has been used by upper, middle and lower classes and commonly available everywhere easily in Pakistan. Tea is a symbolic representation in Pakistan. There are several different occasions...
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