...Human Resources for SME Competitive Advantage: A Pakistan Survey Questionnaier 12/18/2014 Abdul Salam Khan - 10657 Sara Salim - Amber – Hina – Faiza Naeem - Daniyal Hassan - Course Fascilitator: Dr. Naveed R. Khan Introduction: By Amber Problem Statement: The intention of this report is to focus on the comparative analysis of Human Resources for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Pakistan. Past researches have primarily focused on the relationship between individual human resource (HR) practices and firm performance, but the recent research studies are based on different factors of Human Resource practices and their impact on performance outcomes. In Pakistan, Human Resource Management is in developing stage & most of the companies are trying to adopt the best practices of it. Research Objective: The objective of this report is to highlight the comparative research of Human Reources factors in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. Research Question: In view of the above discussion the following research question have been constructed: Q1. To what extend do the firm’s apply Human Resource Practices in SMEs. This research question examines the comparative analysis of adoption of HR practices in SMEs. Conclusion: SMEs played a vital and significant role in the development of the country’s economy. Most developed countries provide facilities to...
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...Executive Summary A new idea has been developed to create a new product. The name of the proposed product is Multipurpose Paper shredder. This product is an upgrade version of paper shredder which is used in the offices for shredding purposes. This ‘Multipurpose’ Paper has upgraded into double functions such as shredding and briquetting.. The main target market of this product is adults.. One of the objectives of using Multipurpose Paper is to encourage Malaysian Citizens to work in the safe and convenience environment and to use at home and office. Problem Statements, idea generation, product concept description, idea evaluation are made to defining problems in specific ways and how to develop idea to generate a new product. The idea evaluation also helps to maximize the supporting factors and minimize the restricting factors (scribd, 2014). Part 1 A. Problem Statement In today’s office, a lot of sensitive information handling daily from one hand to another hand.. One of the problems that will be faced by the employee is their fingers will be shredded together with the paper in the shredding machine. Cleanliness and maintenance are also an issue because they found difficulties to clean after the shredding process. Another constraint which faced by the employees is maintenance. The employees should send to the authorized technical center to repair this shredder machine. The negative impact is, employees work will be delayed and the secret data will be stole by unauthorized...
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... Separate h rm, finance, marketing literature review sessions taken by faculties who are specialized in that subject so that students are able to understand and appreciate the nuances in a better way . 2) If the specialization faculties can take classes for gap identification , developing research questions in their particular field only it will be very beneficial for students. Eg Finance faculty can take 2 examples in the field of finance of how to do gap identification , to develop research questions, how to write problem statement it shall be helpful. 3) As it happens in other university in every management subjects , selected readings of specified articles can be done by students which can be discussed in class by faculty and students to find out the latest trends in those areas . I have attached a sample for Organisational Behaviour followed 4) 5) If the students are given training in spss on a continuous basis from November –december session during the core paper time .they will be better able to understand it since they will have time to practice. 6) If the students are given a names of companies which can be approached forr interviews or questionnaires filling it shall be nice. 7) If a 4 days workshop can be conducted of how to develop and make a research paper and present it , it shall be really nice . which can be made payable by students .for this a sample brochure has been attached 8) Once we make a paper in the 4 days...
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...Classical Film Forever--- Titanic “Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you that is how I know you go on. Far across the distance and spaces between us …….” Every time when I hear this song, it makes me think of the film --- Titanic, the most classical movie in 20th center. Titanic is not just a love story, it also connects with the big history disaster ---Titanic sink in the ocean. Titanic no doubt is a commercial as well as the future of the film and the development trend of trends. Her highest grossing and the excellent graphics technology make the film into the classic of classic. Leonardo Dicaprio plays Jack, Kate Jools plays Ross is an eternal remembrance of the people and yearning. Titanic was one of the highest grossing films which had made almost $2,000,000,000 in total. It had also picked up 11 academy awards including the best picture, best director and the best original song and so on. According to the Wikipedia, the file received steady attendance after opening in North America on Friday December, 19, 1997. By the end of that same week, theaters were begging to sell out (Wikipedia). The film earned $8,658,814 on the opening day. By March 1998, it was the first film to earn more than $1billion worldwide. The film stayed in theaters in North America for almost ten months. Titanic made double its domestic amount overseas, generating an interactional gross of $1,242,413,080 and accumulating a grand total of $1,843,201,268 worldwide...
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...Since 1912, when the Titanic sank on her inaugural voyage, there have been many theories behind the mystery of how this unsinkable ship ended up on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Up until now, the theory has been that an iceberg tore open a 300-foot gash in the side of the 900 foot-long luxury liner. Even after 1985, when Robert D. Ballard founded the Titanic, the expeditions mainly focused on the beauty of the ship and not the damage it had sustained from the iceberg. Of course the Titanic is submerged in many feet of mud so searching for the damage has been impossible. Just Recently researchers were able to determine the damage to the ship by imaging the sunken liner with an acoustic device known as a sub-bottom profiler. They examined the ship’s starboard side, finding a series of six thin openings along the hull. This implied that the iron rivets along the plate seams probably popped open creating small gaps for the water to come in. Two wrought-iron rivets from the Titanic’s hull were recently hauled up for scientific analysis and were found to be riddled with unusually high concentrations of slag, making them brittle and prone to fracture. From the observation, researchers concluded that since these seams were roughly 20 feet below the waterline, there was an enormous amount of pressure from the seawater, which made it’s way into the compartments very quickly. Navel Architects and marine engineers claim the Titanic was moving at an estimated speed of 22 knots...
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...My name is Elizabeth. I am 25 now and it has been 10 years since the horrendous night when the Titanic sunk. I stepped out of my car to a sunny spring day. The sky was a clear crystal blue and there were no clouds to be seen. I looked ahead and there it was, ‘the Ship of Dreams’- as they called it. I always heard that it was big but I wasn’t expecting it to be that big! All I could hear were little children screaming with excitement: and all I could see were the thousands of people saying (what they didn’t yet know) their last goodbyes. I walked slowly and anxiously to the ship. A sudden chill of anticipation washed over me as I became just a few steps away from entering the ship. I was going to New York to visit my older sister who was soon to be married. The next thing I heard was my mother calling for me to hurry up onto the ship. I didn’t realise that I had stopped half way up the stairs daydreaming, and was holding up all the contented passengers. I was inside now and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was incredible, like something I’ve never seen before! Everything was so clean and tidy. I could even see my own reflection in the floor! I looked up and it seemed as if there was no ending to the ceiling. The bellboy escorted us up to our deluxe suite, shortly along with our luggage. The room was astounding, far beyond anything I’d ever expected. My four-poster bed sat in the middle of my room with the bathroom and living room on each side. As my mother turned...
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...enjoyable for a very short period of time, it was not unsinkable. On April 15, 1912 the RMS titanic sunk to the bottom of the atlantic ocean. Many people drowned, froze to death, and suffered. It was a very devastating time. They went out thinking they were going to have a great time, but ended up dying.. One reason the titanic sank is because of an iceberg. They ship was headed in the same direction as the iceberg, and no one knew until it was to late. They told the captain but he refused to turn the boat around, and said that they could just try to miss it. Some say the ship sunk because of the steel plates splitting when it hit the...
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...Erik Larson’s books The Devil in the White City, In the Garden of Beasts, and Dead Wake, are all about major events of history. The Devil in the White City is about the Chicago World’s Fair, Dead Wake is about events leading up to the sinking of the Lusitania, and In the Garden of Beasts is about Berlin in a Germany that was approaching World War II. Each of these topics is interesting enough to begin with, but with Erik Larson’s style of writing, they are even more enjoyable to read about. Each of the books focuses on a few people who were alive during the event that Larson is describing, and follows them throughout that event. Larson’s stories are more relatable, and interesting to read rather than a summary of an event because they not only tell what happened in history, but how it affected people. The Devil in the White City focuses on the Chicago World’s Fair, and focused mainly on a two people that were influential to the fair. The reader learned of the story of Daniel Burnham, an extremely talented Chicago architect who was tasked with building the World’s Fair. As the story progresses, the leader learns of his struggles and all of the effort that went into planning and building the fair. The other person that the reader learns about is H. H. Holmes. He came to Chicago just a few years before the fair, and using his cunning skills and charm to deceive people. He eventually opens up his own hotel to lure people into a trap so that he can murder them. Both of these people...
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...[pic] PROGRAMME: CORPORATE MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE: ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGER FOR 2015/2016 SEM2 (EBA 6113) Tel: 013-8119088 Unimas: tmichael@feb.unimas.my Gmail: mtinggi@gmail.com CASE STUDY Lecturer : Mr. Michael Tinggi CASE 1 1. An accountant prepared a balance sheet for a business. In the balance sheet, the equity of the owner was shown next to the liabilities. This confused the owner, who argued: My equity is my major asset and so should be shown as an asset on the balance sheet. How would you explain this misunderstanding to the owner? 2. The accountant goes on to explain that the the balance sheet shows how much a business is worth. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss. CASE 2 3.0 Valuing Brands as part of intangible product in the Balance Sheet. Millward Brown Optimor, part of WPP marketing services group, recently produced a report which ranked and valued the top ten world ranking brands for 2007 as follows: Ranking Brand Value ($M) 1 Google 66,434 2 GE (General Electric) 61,880 3 Microsoft 54,951 4 Coca-cola 44,134 5 China Mobile 41,214 6 Marlboro 39,166 7 Wal-Mart 36,880 8 Citi 33,706 9 IBM 33,572 10 Toyota 33,427 We can see that the valuations placed on...
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...Titanic Summary Rose is an American girl on her way back home on the maiden voyage of the ship HMS Titanic. the largest and fastest ship to be built at that time. She's heading back to the states with her mother and rich fiancé' Cal. We first see Rose running to the front of the ship frantically. She climbs to the railing and contemplates jumping and slips and a passenger named jack stops her from falling off the ship. Her screams brings people running and they assume that Jack has caused her some harm but she states she almost fell and he helped her. Cal doesn't like the fact that Jack touched his fiancé. Jack is inviting to have dinner at the captain's table. Soon he and Rose go down to the steerage quarters to dance and drink. Jack is a steerage passenger who won his ticket in a card game minutes before the ship sailed. Rose fall in love and she decides to leave Cal for Jack. Cal and his ego cannot believe she would rather be poor and with jack than to be rich and marry him and he smacks her but it is after the point that the iceberg has hit the ship. after many things in between Rose gets on one of the last boats leaving the ship but jumps back on the ship to die with Jack and those who are still on the ship. We see jack die and before doing so he tells her that she will not die there but in her bed an old lady. A few boats return and Rose gets rescued but doesn't let Cal and her mother know she survived and uses jack's last name of Dawson when they dock in NY. ...
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...When people think of the sinking of the Titanic, they will most likely think of the great Hollywood blockbuster movie that was more a love story then a historical movie with documentation of what happened on that cold night of April 14, 1912. Historians like to tell people what happened from the facts that are given to them, and eye witness accounts of what had happened on the ship the night it plunged to its deep dark grave. Everyone knows that the ship sank and that it is gone, but what they don't know is what had happened while people were being loaded into the lifeboats and what was occurring after the ship went down. Men played a big role in all of this; some were looked upon as cowards and others as heroes. There are different view points of what the roles of men were. Not only during the night the Titanic went down, but also the roles they played in society in 1912. For everyone who survived the sinking, should be thankful and happy because more then half the people on the ship that night passed away. The male survivors however had to justify how they survived, because the rule of the sea was women and children got on the life boats first. The men aboard the Titanic had responsibilities after the ship collided with an iceberg. They were looked at as if they knew they weren't going to live, but they had to save the women and children who were aboard the Titanic. As for the men who just wanted to save their own lives and didn't care about anyone else, these men were...
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...Titanic After years of construction and work, the Titanic was finally ready for her maiden voyage. The beginning of her voyage was to take place on the morning of April 10, of 1912 at approximately 10:00am. The first of the Titanic’s passengers began to board the ship. Most of these passengers were British residents who had journeyed to the Titanic by means of transportation rather than a boat or train. People rich or poor were scattered all over Southampton's bay, attempting to find their walkway. After the second and third class passengers boarded, the first class passengers were to be escorted to their cabins. Approximately at 12:00pm Titanic was ready to set sail. After Titanic sets out into the open sea, her water displacement caused connected ropes of the New York, which was a small ship, to break. This caused the stern of the New York to swing towards Titanic’s mighty bow. Titanic official's quickly prevented a catastrophic collision. After hours of being delayed the Titanic finally sets sail into the open sea headed towards Cherbourg, France. The Titanic lowered her anchor when arriving to Cherbourg, France. The Titanic reached Cherbourg, France at about 5:30 p.m. of the same day. When they anchored in Cherbourg more passengers boarded the Titanic. At approximately 8:10 p.m. Titanic raised her anchor and sailed towards Queenstown, Ireland. She arrived at Queenstown at around 11:30 a.m. of the next morning to pick up more passengers and 1,385...
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...Rose Dewitt Bukater I remember the time I set sailed on the SSR Titanic. Remembering the famous, huge ship brought back memories of a young lady who had determination to save someone. She touched my life, and I still remember them always. The young woman’s name was Rose Dewitt Bukater. She and I were the same age. We were 17 and going on a voyage. She told me a lot about herself. Her father died, and that left rose and her mother (Ruth) with nothing. Her sad story was similar to mine. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895. She was first class, along with her fiancé Caledon Hockley, and mother Ruth Dewitt Bukater. She and I became close on the Titanic voyage. She told me all about her fiancé she really never loved. Rose never seemed happy when he came around. At times she told me her life was nothing more than marrying a guy she doesn’t even love. I tried giving her advice. She found Jack at a time she was about to give up all hope. They quickly fell in love and became a couple. The time the ship was sinking, she would not leave Jack’s side. I tried urging her to come along, but she did not want to go unless Jack was with her. Those words touched me that I stayed and helped her get Jack to safety. Sadly, he died and she lived to be 101. She died in 1997. What I will remember most about Rose is she was determined and had a kind heart. One of Rose’s greatest accomplishments, I think, was finally being happy, loving, and really wanting to marry Jack. I will always remember...
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...A. VOCABULARY 1. Detrimental (adj.) - Something that causes damage, harm, or loss; injurious Now a day, eating in fast food restaurants is advantageous because of its easy access, but on the other hand it becomes more detrimental to our health. 2. Assasin (n.) - One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person Raizo is a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his former boss. 3. Vehement (adj.) - Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction She suddenly became very vehement and agitated, jumping around and shouting without any specific reason at all. 4. Maroon (v) - To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the river Avon broke its banks. 5. Shoddy - Something done or made carelessly or badly; of poor quality or craft I’m normally quick to complain about shoddy service in restaurants or even in shopping malls. B. FIGURES OF SPEECH 1. Metonymy - The substitution of one word for another object or idea, which it suggests. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself. The mention of the word suggests the other. ✓ In falling in love, keep your feet on the ground. ✓ The pen is mightier than the sword. 2. Anthimeria - The substitution of one part of speech for another; for instance, an adverb for a noun or a...
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...The first half of the book was very interesting and at times a thriller to find out what Knight would do next. In chapter one it starts off as a normal day at Indiana University, rainy and cold. Knight didn’t want to go through another season like he did before and he was going to do whatever it takes to make sure that it would never happen again. He just got done coaching maybe the best Olympic team in history to a losing season with IU. This chapter pretty much talks about what Knight was going to do to prevent the season from going under to the interdiction of the players and how Knights practices were. This chapter like its title describes Knights ever so close ballet with the brink of going under again. Chapter two is about his coming to coach the Olympic team to the end of that and the reactions Knight got through his outburst as a coach. From just screaming at officials and players, to tossing a chair in the middle of a game that nearly cost him his career this chapter is mainly about the rise and fall of Knight before the season to come. Chapter three starts off right before the off season is about to start with the team practicing to fix what happened the year before and although Knight would never admit it that season changed him for the rest of his career. Also in this chapter the team goes on a trip to play exhibition games overseas. Chapter four starts off on October 15 and this is the most important day for college basketball because now the coaches can be on the...
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