...6 Research Instrument Measurement of items before initiating the study’s main data collection and information gathering is important, it ensures the results are valid and reliable, as well as ensuring the data not being artifacts of instruments used for measuring (Hair, 2012). The guiding concept in developing the questionnaire was used in measurements as well to scale whether it was validated by previous research. The used of variables and measurements from previous studies is always recommended, rather than creating new variables. Existing variables have already been tested empirically, rendering the process of determining their empirical validity easier and simpler. This also provides stability amongst different variables in different samples and how they affect dependent variables, in different words, determining their relative importance to the research. The questionnaire consists of four main sections: Part A to Part D. Part A gathers demographic data of the respondent and his/ her organisation and the status of ABC in organisations; Part B focused on the factors ( Top management support , Training , Non accounting ownership, Information technology , and Organisational...
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...Sports and Recreation Management 1.) CHARACTERISTICS OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY • Intangibility Tourism products are services and, as such, they are largely intangible though with tangible, concrete elements. The importance of the abstract elements is such that we must make them tangible in order to apply marketing techniques to the services we provide. A direct consequence of intangibility is that the properties of tourism products cannot be transmitted, displayed or tested in advance. It is their use what is transmitted. This implies that the purchased product is unique and, in contrast to tangible products, tourism products are fundamentally experiences. Besides, intangibility implies that buyers are not sure about what they buy or about what they will get. This is why those who are planning to contract the services of a tourism package will look for information about it in advance in order to reduce uncertainty to the maximum. • Limited life-span Tourism products cannot be stored so, unless consumed when planned, they are waste. This affects hotel industry in such a way that we must choose between selling at the market’s pace and selling in advance (through agents). In fact, overbooking is a consequence of this limited life-span, an inherent feature of tourism services that we must try to counterbalance. • Aggregability A tourism product can be formed by aggregating various products, and this makes its commercialization and quality control more difficult...
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...Music 360 Research Paper: Ancient Greek Instruments and Performance Practice The ancient Greeks have always been knows from their innovations. They revolutionized agriculture, architecture, education, and music (to name just a few of the advances they made). The philosophers and educators made music one of the main focuses in education, and with this focus came progress. The musical instruments that were made were both unique and new to the world. From new stringed instruments to winds to instruments that use water the music of ancient Greece was truly something new to the world. Unfortunately, not much about the performance practices is known due to the effects of war, time, and most of the music was passed down through word of mouth....
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...changes influencing your current objectives? This is going to require for the bakery to carry and change the products that they carry to serve these many cultures that are now living in the area, it will change the objective of doing more research to acquire the information of the current demographics of the area through the city census and U.S. census, find out how and what people shop and where for the most of their snacks, breakfast and breads. It is a good idea to find out how many shoppers have heard of the DiVito’s Bakery and how many have shopped there and if so how recent do they stop in this store. What do you already know about these changes? I already know that we have to make changes to perform survey’s to find out more information about the different cultures and what types of bakery foods are the types that they eat the most. It is important to know this so that we can change and supply these products so that they will come to this bakery and become regular customers it might be a good idea to have coffee and tea to allow people to stop in and taste the many products to make decisions on if it is somewhere that they would frequent to buy the products that they use the most. Develop effective research instruments- Instrument is the generic term that researchers use for a measurement device such as a...
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...The Iconic Human Ancestor Lucy Have you ever wonder where we come from? Who is our ancestors? When did human species got created and from what? I think our ancestors are monkey or ape. When I see then I feel like we come from them as we look a lot like. They are our look alike or I can say we are their look alike. They have many human features like their hands and actions. Monkeys also love bananas like us. There are many species in the world like ape, homo, and many others. Lucy the famous human ancestor she from a specie called “Australopithecus afarensis”. I believe she is our ancestor. Lucy was founded by Donald Johanson and Tom Gray on the November 24, 1974, at the site of Hadar in Ethiopia. Lucy is 3.18-million-year-old human ancestor....
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...Market Competitive Analysis of Texas Instruments Incorporated Richard Horner, Jaclyn Lampton, Renae' Harrison, and Lizbeth Parra ECO/365 September 9, 2013 Prof. Hank Lewis Market Competitive Analysis Businesses across the world experience the pressures of constant evolving technological changes in their industry. The recent economic recession forced many businesses to close. The businesses that survived technological advances, and economic hardship researched the market to develop sustainable marketing strategies. One company managing to stay afloat is Texas Instruments. The organization managed to revolutionize its industry, and its market research enables it to develop competitive products that consumers buy. Consumers across the world prefer companies that offer high quality products and services in a responsible manner at an affordable price. Texas Instruments invests time and money researching consumer behavior to discover what consumers want, and compares this data with other companies to remain competitive. The organization focuses mostly on technological advances and research. The following discussion details an analysis of the current market conditions for the development of a new product by Texas Instruments. History Texas Instruments is best known for its calculators, most people use these calculators in school. The company, established in Dallas, Texas, has 80 years vested in its industry. The organization experienced technological advances including...
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...Playing a Musical Instrument Effects the Brain Throughout history, many musicians have been born and some have acquired fame through playing musical instruments and creating compositions. Humans have not stopped playing music because of war. Kurt Weill, a German composer active from the 1920s to the end of his life, performed and toured during World War II. Humans continue to bring the art of music to life even when going through hardship –like Ludwig Van Beethoven, who aside from composing the well-known Fur Elise and Moonlight Sonata, was completely deaf for the last quarter of his life. It is common-sense knowledge that music is not only for the listeners, it is for the performers as well. Why a musician chooses to play music and why one might desire to listen to music is centred in the human brain. In another words, playing a musical instrument benefits the human brain. This research paper will support this thesis by discussing the brain development of a musical child, how playing music helps retain memory and hearing in aging adults, and lastly, how music relieves stress. Although Mozart may have been a musical prodigy, science now has evidence that any individual can benefit from...
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...electronics, motorcycles, predominantly musical instruments and power sports instruments. Yamaha Company was introduced in year 1887 with reed organ and piano manufactured by the Torakusu Yamaha as the Nippon Gakki Limited. This was a literally a Japan musical manufacturing company in Hamamatsu, and was later incorporated 1897. The company originated as musical instrument manufacturer and still reflected in the currents group’s logo. After the Second World War, the corporation president, Genichi Kawakami, repurposed the remains of company’s war period, the production machinery and the corporation’s expertise in the metallurgical technologies to manufacture of motorcycles (Davis, 56). YA-1, of which almost 125 motorcycles, were created within the initial year of production, 1954, and was named in the honor of the founder. The motorcycle was a 125cc, two-stroke, single cylinder, street bike that was patterned after German DKWRT125. The model was copied by the British munitions firms in post war era, and it was manufactured as Bantam and the Hummer was Harley-Davidson. In the year 1995, the success of YA-1 resulted in foundation of the Yamaha Motor Company Limited (Davis, 56). Currently, the Yamaha Company has grown tremendously, and has become the world greatest manufacture of the musical instruments that includes the following: drums, guitars, wood, winds, violins, pianos, "silent" pianos, violas, celli, brass instruments, and vibraphones. In addition, it is a manufacturer...
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...When it comes to mind to thinking of a topic for a world music album project, we all settled down on exploring the history, and culture significance of the Ukulele. The Ukulele is a four nylon stringed guitar and a member of the lute family of instruments. We want to explore more of the four stringed instrument to get a better understanding of its overall sound and feeling. The origin of the ukulele mainly resides in the Hawaiian islands. We’re going to explore how the ukulele was brought to Hawaii, and how it’s had an impact on its tropical musical scene. In addition of exploring this area, we’re going to research where else the ukulele resides in, and how it’s impacted other cultures also. For our track listening, we wanna keep the...
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...I began this assignment by reviewing and listening to the variety of musical compositions that we have studied. I was completely moved when I heard the song “ Manha De Carnaval”. This song is located in the section titled Folk Music, Art Music and All That Jazz. The composers of Manha De Carnaval are Sigman an Bonfa. My analysis of this song as a referential listener, delivers an image of street performers in Brazil playing this Latin ensemble, while surrounded by an urban culture of people dancing and celebrating. When I hear this song am taken back to my travels, where I have fond memories of this Brazilian style of music. Just as I sit here in my chair, listening to the song, I begin to salsa to the beat. I have never been a fan of Jazz...
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...Week 4 – DQ 1 Post a 200-300 word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply In business research we often will need to create measurement instruments for the variable(s) we want to understand. Remember in Week 1 we start our research design process by trying to create a useful definition of a concept or variable we might study. Once we have a workable “operational definition” of all our variables we are ready to create the measurement system we will use. This week: (1) Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages with the following: o Rating and ranking scales o Likert scales o Unidimensional and multidimensional scales (2) Consider the way you operationalized the variable “binge drinking” in Week 1. Now, using one or more of the scales noted in (1) above, create two questions you might use in a study about binge drinking. Make sure you include the answer scale you would want the participant to use as well. Make sure if you quote or paraphrase a source that you use proper APA citation and referencing. Week 4 – DQ 1 Post a 200-300 word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply In business research we often will need to create measurement instruments for the variable(s) we want to understand. Remember in Week 1 we start our research design process by trying to create a useful definition of a concept or variable we might study. Once we have a workable “operational definition” of all our variables...
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...achievement leadership, participative leadership, consultative leadership, and entrepreneurial leadership. With strong leadership styles such as these, Hartley has led an organization that continues to be a leader in the industry by developing new products, implementing new practices and ideas to set the standard. His leadership creates an environment that fosters growth, teamwork and leads to a bright future for the Peavey team. The Leadership of Hartley Peavey The History and Birth of Peavey After 46 years of innovation, one man’s dream has become transformed into a world leading corporation in musical products. Today, Peavey Electronics is one of the largest, most diversified, independently owned manufacturers of musical instruments and sound equipment in the world. This all began with the aspirations and dreams of Hartley Peavey, the founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics. Hartley was born in the forties and experienced the explosion and growth of rock n’ roll in the fifties. In an interview with Musicians Hotline writer...
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...Africans. A 2009 genetic study in India found similarities among Indian archaic populations and Aboriginal people, indicating a Southern migration route, with expanding populations from Southeast Asia migrating to Indonesia and Australia”(Department of Natural Resources and Mines, 2005:21). These original Australians had a rich tradition which included music and dancing. Folk music and dances were very central in the day to day lives. In order to make song more enjoyable and danceable they employed several musical instruments. These instruments ranged from percussion to wind instrument. There was a percussion instrument called the clap sticks and was commonly used by these people but for this research I be will narrowing down to a woodwind instrument called a “Didgeridoo.” History of Didgeridoo Didgeridoo has outlived many traditional music instruments to remain relevant even in the present age. Didgeridoo also called “didjeridu” or “dirge” was a wind instrument developed by the indigenous Australians around a millennium ago. In the current world it is referred to as a...
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...THE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE MUSIC: PRESERVING AND DEVELOPING ((( Student Name: Phan Hong Dang ID number: K1440540 Kingston University. Plan THE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE MUSIC: PRESERVING AND DEVELOPING I/ Introduction - Music definition: + John Cage: “There is no noise, only sound” + Another musician: arts from using sound - Introduce this topic: Vietnamese traditional music: + Definition traditional music + The importance of traditional music II/ Main body - Define and explant traditional music - Explant the traditional instrument - Argument about traditional music is very important - Preserving and developing traditional music III/ Conclusion - Music advantages and explain - Traditional music is very important and all people should preserve and develop. THE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE MUSIC: PRESERVING AND DEVELOPING. Nowadays music is very popular and important in the world. However, there are some people who know the origin of music. A little people think music created by African in 50.000 years ago. In different way, some people think music came from the Greek (Wikimedia). What is the music, which can make people to think and develop in each period? John Cage (1937), who is the 20th century composer, reveals that music is the sound. He believes that any sound can be music such as voice, sound of life and he says “There is no noise, only sound...
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...daily lives. I will discuss unique handcrafted instruments used by different cultures to express traditions through music and how rhythm, melody & harmony affect how music sounds. My research will show how music plays an important part of cultural preservation and revitalization of people around the world, and although every culture has their own traditions and beliefs they all use music in their celebrations and spiritual ceremonies. | | Music in World Culture Music is a very important characteristic of all cultures. Evidence of humans making music reaches far back in time. Although the Modern American culture commonly views music as a form of entertainment, there are still many cultures who believe music is much more than that. Music is a form of verbal art, poetry and stories combined with melody and rhythm that all cultures use to display inspiration, religion, political views or emotions. Most cultures have sacred music, for religious functions, and worldly music, for nonreligious activities. I will say that before taking this class I had never heard the work “Ethnomusicology”, now I know that Ethnomusicology is the study of the music of the world. I now realize there are so many different cultures of the world and they all have their own unique traditions. What stood out for me the most is that Music plays a major part in every culture around the world. (Wikipedia) Many cultures usually handcrafted their instruments using what was available to them in their distinct...
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