...Monday-Thursday/Times online will vary each day. On-campus office visits are available by appointment only. Call 903-886-5474 to schedule an on-campus appointment. You will be required to present a valid and current TAMUC student ID at the time of your scheduled on-campus appointment. General Course Information Course Description: Examination of cutting-edge engineering and technology concepts, tools and technologies that apply to contemporary technology-intensive organizations. Course may include active study of organizational structures, effective management processes and controls, ethical practices, project evaluation, technology-oriented teams, innovation and environmental quality. Extensive reading, researching the body of literature/knowledge related to the course content and completion of original writing assignments required of the student. Prerequisite: TMGT 595 or concurrent enrollment or permission of Department Head. Textbook (Required): Management of Technology Written by: Hans J. Thamhain...
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...to its rebound height. My intent is to determine how the air pressure can negatively affect the ball with too short or high a rebound. This is relevant to basketball players because they need to maintain control over the ball. Too little inflation and the ball will not bounce high enough for them during dribbling to continue forward at maximum speed to score or they will not be able to pass the ball on a bounce because the ball may not make it to the next player. Too much inflation and the ball may become erratic and not go where it is intended during a pass and will be much more difficult to handle while dribbling. Literature Review The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the governing body for professional basketball in North America. In order for a basketball to meet regulation standards for professional games, the NBA states on page ten of their rule book in section II.f.(1) “ The ball shall be an officially approved NBA ball between 7 ½ and 8 ½ pounds of pressure” (National Basketball Association, 2013). The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) states in its rulebook in section 16, article 7 that “when [the ball] is dropped to the playing surface from a height of 6 feet measured to the bottom of the ball, it will rebound to a height, measured to the top of the ball, of not less than 49 inches when it strikes its least resilient spot nor more than 54 inches” (National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2014). It is standard for the NBA, FIBA, and NCAA to...
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...This week’s review of Establishing and Maintaining Stability and Continuity was informative as well as sparked some reactions to the literature. Reviewing the five competencies proved to be very informative and provided some valuable points of consideration however, there were some areas I didn’t fully agree with. I expected this to be the case given my many years of working in a managerial role and developing attitudes towards scholarly recommendations. Throughout my review I made many notes and will review only a few here otherwise my paper would extend far beyond the minimum requirement. The first competency, organizing information flows, echoed much of the information acquired from real time operations. The authors state that new technologies have greatly increased the amount of information we receive and the speed at which requested information arrives. In the past we could write a letter, drop it in the mailbox, and then turn our attention to other things while we waited for a reply (p.110). I can remember early in the military we would use routing slip attached to a memorandum and it would go through the distribution system. Though it was recognized at the time, this process allowed the sender time to recover from preparing document outling a program or project. Now, that same document can be sent via e-mail and received by received within seconds. The drawback to this is that sender can receive a response back within minutes to move forward with that project...
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...not commit. It can take several years and many appeals for the false confessor to have their case heard in the court system; if at all. Courts seem to have the tendency to accept the confession at face value and are reluctant to question it. I believe this happens because “law enforcement” took the confession and judges tend to believe that all rules were followed by police. I believe that if the prosecution is going to use a confession in their case, and as one of their strongest pieces of “evidence”, a hearing should be set to decide on the validity of the confession. Even when defense attorneys file motions to have them thrown out due to allegations of coercion, the courts deny the motion almost instantly, which leads to a wrongful conviction. This is the very reason new laws, and guidelines need to be implemented in regards to questioning and interrogating a suspect by police, in order to get a confession. OBJECTIVE: My intention is to show that with stricter laws and guidelines for questioning and interrogating suspects, the amount of false confessions would drop considerably, and in turn the wrongful conviction rate would drop as well. Through research of actual cases, law journals, false confession experts’ research, and the current laws, I intend to show that there is cause for better regulations. With supporting evidence I will show that the current laws are not working as they should. SUPPORTING POINTS: Innocent people are being convicted 1. People that have...
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...Literature Review (800-1000 words) The literature review is appropriate and conveys an understanding of academic literature that will inform the proposed project. The literature review has already begun. * What other people say or know? * Read reference, use own language and relate to our issue or project subject. * Focus on answering project issue / aims of project; * 15 references in own words; paragraph; * how to reflect to own project, what issues; 1 Article one * The warning by Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler in February that the nation's housing market -- particularly in Auckland -- was at risk of a "sharp correction, leading to financial instability" (a polite way of saying banks might get into trouble) didn't appear to alarm many. * As Charles P. Kindle-berger says in his seminal Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises: "Speculative manias gather speed through expansion of money and credit or perhaps, in some cases, get started because of an initial expansion of money and credit. Easy credit. Q1 * Risk-weightings at the "standardised banks" such as Kiwibank, TSB, SBS and the Co-operative Bank start from 35 per cent, but a Reserve Bank spokesman told North & South that risk weights for the Big Four's housing loans "are generally between 26 and 31 per cent". Consequently, a $100,000 mortgage maybe counted as only a $26,000 loan on their ledgers -- meaning banks can hose the housing market with money since they have...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH Discussion Questions 1. Research in general involves the investigation and analysis of an issue in question. The researcher usually applies reasonable and reflective thinking to develop an answer to the issue or problem at hand. Research requires a clear definition of the problem, using professional databases to search the authoritative literature, reviewing and evaluating the data collected, drawing conclusions and communicating your results. 2. Accounting, auditing, or tax research involve a systematic and logical investigation of an issue or problem using the accountant’s professional judgment. Furthermore, accountants approach this problem using critical-thinking skills to obtain and document evidence underlying a conclusion relating to an issue or problem currently confronting the accountant or auditor. 3. Accounting, auditing, or tax research are necessary in order to determine the proper recording, classification, and disclosure of economic events; to determine compliance with authoritative pronouncements; or to determine the preferability of alternative accounting procedures. 4. The objective of accounting, auditing, or tax research is a systematic investigation of an issue or problem utilizing the researcher’s professional judgment to arrive at appropriate and timely conclusions regarding the issues at hand. 5. Research plays an important role within an accounting firm or department. It is critical...
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...CAUSES OF DROPOUT RATES AT THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY AS PERCEIVED BY THE FIRST YEAR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES ________________________ A RESEARCH PAPER Presented To: Rhea Benzon, MAME Statistics Instructor ________________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the 1st Semester 2012-2013 In Statistics I __________________________ Presented by: Genafril Mae A. Benzon Danna Marie B. Tabuada Jaidee M. Rosario Kim L.Umnas Reynaldo B. Deocales Jr. Virgette B. Lavanar Ruthleen Jane A. Castro Karen R. Jaramillo CERTIFICATION This research entitled “CAUSES OF DROPOUT RATES AT THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY AS PERCEIVED BY THE FIRST YEAR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES” in the COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES, TAMAG, VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR prepared and submitted by Genafril Mae A. Benzon, Danna Marie Tabuada, Jaidee M. Rosario, Kim L.Umnas, Reynaldo Deocales Jr., Virgette Lavanar, Karen Jaramillo, Ruth Jane Castro in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the 1st Semester of Statistics I, have been reviewed and recommended for acceptance and approval for final defense. Novie Ada Urbis, MAT-Eng Critic Rhea Benzon, MAME Statistics Instructor APPROVAL SHEET Approved by the Panel of Examiner on...
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...vidya: A Transgenders Journey by Living Smile Vidya Sajna Hameed Assistant Professor, Dept. of English St. Aloysius College, Elthuruth Introduction “There exists no prohibition that cannot be transgressed.” - Georges Bataille “Concern over a rule is sometimes at its most acute when that rule is being broken, for it is harder to limit a disturbance already begun.” - Georges Bataille Blurring the boundaries of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality has become a common denominator in defining personal identity in the twenty-first century. Exploding previous notions of these categories as fixed and static, artists today are taking an active role in exposing them as mere constructions. Nevertheless, transgressing these boundaries is still a delicate dance, and individuals who succeed in walking the line between identity categories occupy a precarious position. The purpose of this study is to explore the resistance strategies that trans-genders utilize when met with adversity and the ways that trans-genders see their trans identity as providing them with a form of strength and resiliency. Trans-genders are often analyzed from a pathologizing lens within the sociological and psychological literature. I wish to investigate the ways that trans-genders are currently pushing back against the oppressive forces that they encounter every day in hopes of increasing awareness of trans-genders resiliency and strength within the sociological and psychological fields. ...
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...Process Evaluation DRAFT Report School Community Liaison and Security Programme Prepared for the National Committee for Families and Children (NPA M&E Sub-Committee);and Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports John D. Flowers Table of Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.0 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.1.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.3 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.6 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Project Description and Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of the Consultancy ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Key Activities and Main Deliverables .................................................................................................................... 4 Evaluation Design and Framework .....................................................................
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...KTH Homework assignment ME2028 Behavioral Management Control Andreas Torbiörnsson 09 How could each of the control problems at Leo´s Four-Plex Theater be solved with the use of Cultural control? Cultural control is a type of control that encourages mutual monitoring1 and it builds a lot upon group pressure. The main idea of cultural control is to get the employees to watch over each other and to create a culture that has certain things that you specifically do or don’t do. It aims to set up shared beliefs and norms in that company, rules of behaving that everyone abides by. The case of Leo’s Four-Plex Theater has a number of control problems that I can identify. They are as follows: Discrepancies in the cash counts of the ticket booths. Most likely caused by a lack of motivation that leads to employee theft and neglecting of duties. The employees working in the refreshment stand sometimes do not collect cash from customers or doesn’t register the sale on the cash register. This is also most likely caused by a lack of motivation, it can’t be lack of direction since they know what they should do and neither could it be a personal limitation since they know how to operate the machine and how to collect payment. The problem seems to be that they don’t know why they should collect the cash. Test counts reveal that the number of tickets sold or put into the stub box isn’t equal to the amount of customers entering and leaving the theater. This seemed to be caused by three...
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...Management control systems rk assignment ME2028 Behavioral Management Control Andreas Torbiörnsson 09 How could each of the control problems at Leo´s Four-Plex Theater be solved with the use of Cultural control? Cultural control is a type of control that encourages mutual monitoring1 and it builds a lot upon group pressure. The main idea of cultural control is to get the employees to watch over each other and to create a culture that has certain things that you specifically do or don’t do. It aims to set up shared beliefs and norms in that company, rules of behaving that everyone abides by. The case of Leo’s Four-Plex Theater has a number of control problems that I can identify. They are as follows: Discrepancies in the cash counts of the ticket booths. Most likely caused by a lack of motivation that leads to employee theft and neglecting of duties. The employees working in the refreshment stand sometimes do not collect cash from customers or doesn’t register the sale on the cash register. This is also most likely caused by a lack of motivation, it can’t be lack of direction since they know what they should do and neither could it be a personal limitation since they know how to operate the machine and how to collect payment. The problem seems to be that they don’t know why they should collect the cash. Test counts reveal that the number of tickets sold or put into the stub box isn’t equal to the amount of customers entering and leaving the theater. This seemed...
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...Elizabeth Ball B.S. Texas A&M University, 2002 August, 2007 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Dr. George H. Noell for all of assistance, support and guidance in the preparation of this document. I would also like to thank Dr. Frank Gresham and Dr. Kristin Gansle who served as my committee members and also helped with my study design and document preparation. Finally, I would like to thank all who assisted with the construction and management of the database used for this study. ii Table of Contents Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………… ii List of Tables...…………………………………………………………………....iv Abstract…………………………………………………………………………. v Introduction……………………………………………………………………... .1 Grade Retention Literature Review..............………………………….......1 High Stakes Testing Literature Review….………………………………5 Rationale and Purpose of Current Study……………………………........9 Methods...................…………………………………………………………… 10 Database Construction…………………………………………………. 10 Procedure.....................………………………………………………… .11 Results……....................………………………………………………………...13 Grade 4…………………………………………………………………..13 Grade 5…………………………………………………………………..18 Grade 6…………………………………………………………………..23 Grade 7…………………………………………………………………..27 Grade 8…………………………………………………………………..33 Discussion………………………………………………………………………..39 References………………………………………………………………………. 43 Vita………………………………………………………………………………. 46 iii List of Tables 1. Table 1: Summary of Multiple Regression Analysis of Variables Related to Retention Status-...
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...SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME PROJECT PROPOSAL Submitted By:Name:- Triptasree Ghosh Enrollment No:- 10BSPHH010843 Mobile No:- 09674386032 E-mail Id:- triptasreeghosh03@gmail.com I. PROJECT PROPOSED: “IMPACT OF OPEN INTEREST ON EQUITY MARKET TRENDS” II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT IN BRIEF: This project has been initiated for the purpose of acquainting me with the basics of the financial terminologies used in the stock markets along with the in-depth knowledge on how derivatives work and the impact of open interest on options. One of the most important concepts of the Derivatives Market is ‘Open Interest’. Open Interest (OI) is the total number of outstanding futures/options contracts that are not closed or delivered on a particular day. The project is mainly based on the study of the open interest and how it affects the equity market trends. OI stands to be an useful indicator of the market trends. Increasing OI indicates increased flow of money and thus strengthening of present market trend. Decreasing OI indicates reduced money flow and thus weakening the current trend. Sudden increase or decrease in the open interest position indicates higher market volatility in the near future. This project is a detailed study of OI positions of NIFTY options. The main focus is on forming NIFTY Options Strategy for investors who want to play in the NIFTY options with minimal risk. I will dedicate the initial phase of the project in knowing how the stock market functions...
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...Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers∗ Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University † June 10, 2013 1 General Tips about Writing Style When I read your term papers, I look for your ability to motivate your question using economic logic, your ability to critically analyze the past literature, and your ability to recognize empirical problems as they arise. In particular, it is important that your term paper demonstrates that you are more knowledgeable, analytic, and sophisticated about the economics of health or development economics than we would expect, say, a clever editorial writer for The New York Times to be. You should present evidence, cite literature, explain economic trade-os, and generally approach the issue from an analytic perspective. Sometimes, a student is tempted to stray into opinion-page, journalistic writing in his or her term paper. Do not do this. Teaching good economics writing is one of the goals of the departmental writing requirement and is a valuable lesson for potential thesis writers. You will get a lower grade if your writing is • ungrammatical, • unclear, • journalistic. If you have trouble writing grammatically, please leave yourself some extra time and go to a writing 1 tutor . Clarity is the rst priority in economics writing. Do not worry about being snappy if you are being clear. Journalistic writing is characterized by the lack of an analytical tone. Below, you will nd some notes about the...
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...Evidence of Discrimination Introduce material here… Start the first sentence with the purpose statement followed by your introduction. Please post case studies in Turnitin Assignment Drop Box as a MS Word document. Remember, each case study must have the heading listed below and must be answered according to instructions; each heading is worth a percentage of each case grade. This is how I want your paper turned in. The introduction is generally one paragraph. The easiest way to explain this section is to think of it like an abstract or introduction. This section, if written properly, can actually act as the abstract for this paper. It will, in a sense, set up the rest of the paper, which is the review of the case, analysis, recommendations, and the summary and conclusions sections. If there is a second paragraph, it will look like this. An interesting APA fact is that there is only one space after the period. This is difficult for many to get used to and takes practice. The paper should be written in third person narrative. I do not want to see you writing in the first person. Note: I have bolded the required headings that must be present in the paper and please keep bolded. Answer the following questions by applying the concepts learned in Chapter 1. Also, conduct literature reviews on the subject of discussion and use to support your case study answers: (1) Based on the evidence presented, has discrimination occurred? If so, which type of discrimination (i.e., disparate...
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