...(1) What strategic opportunities and risks should SZLN take into account when assessing the acquisition? Opportunities: 1. It is necessary for SZNL to make acquisition, in order to get more ore for feeding its manufacturing operations. 2. Due to consolidation of the industry by the government it is better for SZLN to acquire other companies or would be acquired. 3. Ability to provide a platform for future international expansion. 4. Becoming more safe with ore supply and thus to become more competitive as lead/zinc + metal products producer on the world market. 5. Getting the synergy effect from PEM management and operation efficiency management. Moreover, the ability to improve mining technologies from each other. 6. Purchasing of attractive mines for a cheap price and future value rise after predictable increase in resources price. In other words the opportunity of capital gain after the market recovery. Risks 1. Political risks from both sides. On the one hand, the supervision of SASAC in China, that controls the efficiency of using of foreign exchange reserves, political relationship with the investee country and following the “global strategy”. On the other hand the impact of FIRB, that can find the acquisition to be against the national interest of Australia. 2. Risk of involving in long negotiation process with possible negative result. 3. Cultural differences between countries. 4. Risk of market deteriorating that can...
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...Assessment 2. Presentation Briefing Financial and Marketing Analysis of Company Submission The presentation will take place during normal seminar hours. Attendance is compulsory. You are required to use PowerPoint for the presentation. All group members must present on the day. In addition to doing the presentation in class all students must submit an electronic version of their presentation individually online by using a separate link on the Blackboard. All group members must submit the same PowerPoint slides. The deadline for the group presentation in class is Semester 1 Week 10, Monday 30th November or Tuesday 1st December 2015 depending upon your timetable. The deadline for online individual submission of the PowerPoint presentation is Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 1:00pm. Additional instructions on submission will be posted on Blackboard close to the deadline. You may save the PowerPoint slides and their explanation notes as MS Word or PDF before submitting it. If you have a financial hold situation a hardcopy plus electronic version will be accepted via the WBS Registry Coursework Lobby before the deadline. Please do not email your module leader or your seminar leader your coursework unless you have been asked to do so. The Registry does not accept such a submission in most cases. If you are having technical difficulties on the date of submission please email Evgeniya Macleod (e.macleod@westminster.ac.uk) and call FixIt. We strongly advise that you submit...
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...ICT IN MALAYSIA: POLICY, REGULATION & INDUSTRY PROGRESS (1996-2000) AND PROSPECTS (2001-2005) Presented by Gazali Abas at ITU-Waseda University Workshop for Regulators and Policy-Makers “New Trends in ICT” 13th-24th November, 2001 Waseda University Tokyo, JAPAN CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. INTRODUCTION PROGRESS (1996-2000) PROSPECTS (2001-2005) ALLOCATION CONCLUSION 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 2 1. INTRODUCTION THE BIG PICTURE - Human Capital 23 m - Vision 2020 - Long-term Outline Perspective Plan - Five-year Development Plan - K-Economy - ICT policy, regulation and industry 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 3 2. PROGRESS, 1996-2000 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Utilization of ICT National IT Agenda Development of the Multimedia Super Corridor MSC Flagship Applications Development of Communications Infrastructure Electronic Commerce Human Resource Development for ICT Funding for ICT Industry 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 4 2.1.1 - UTILIZATION OF ICT: ICT Expenditure by Sector, 1995-2000 Total expenditure on ICT increased 9.2% p.a. in 1996-2000. Big spenders on ICT: 1995 2000 AAGR Banking & Finance 27% 15% -4% Manufacturing 13% 16% 19% Distributions 8% 10% 16% Government 10% 8% 7% Home 2% 8% 44% 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 5 2.1.2 - SELECTED ICT INDICATORS, 1995-2000 Indicator PC (units installed) PC per 1,000 pop. Tel.lines/1,000 pop. Tel.Subscribers Mobile Phones Internet Subscribers 14 Nov.2001.Gazali A. 1995 610,000 29.5 161.7 3,332,447 700,000 13,064 2000 2,200...
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...Identification of Selected Steps of the Research Process Participation is this Discussion Board is required and will contribute to your participation grade. Discussion Board is focused on the following Critical Appraisal Article: Cossette, S., Frasure-Smith, N., Dupuis, J., Juneau, M., & Guertin, M. (2012). Randomized controlled trial of tailored nursing interventions to improve cardiac rehabilitation enrollment. Nursing Research, 61(2), 111-120. Discussion Board Assignment Discuss 3 of the following questions or areas identified below and respond to the posting of one other student. Submit your original posts by the end of the day on Friday of Week 2. Reply to one other student posting by the end of the day on Sunday of Week 2 1. Authors qualifications Discuss research expertise, clinical experience, educational preparation of the authors. If the author information is not in the article, find it on the Internet by Googling the author’s name. 2. Discuss the article title (clear; interesting; identifying type of study, variables, and population). 3. Identify any missing elements in the abstract (purpose, framework, design, sample size, and key results and findings). 4. Problem statement: Describe the healthcare problem or issue that was the impetus for this study including significance, background, and problem statement. 5. Purpose: State the study purpose from the article, whether explicit or implied. 6. Literature review. Provide an example of...
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...Contributions from Donald O. Hebb and Robert C. Bolles Specialized research in the brain sciences has increased dramatically in recent years. Many psychologists have contributed important foundations and findings in the brain sciences. There have been many important discoveries that offer links between brain science and learning. Donald O. Hebb and Robert C. Bolles have made significant contributions to the field of learning and cognition. Donald Olding Hebb was a prominent Canadian psychologist. Hebb's work has been highly influential in the area of neuropsychology. His contributions included connections in cell assemblies, phase sequences, effects of environments on learning, and work dealing with the effects of short term and long term memory (Olson & Hergenhahn, 2013). He sought to understand how the function of neurons contributed to psychological processes such as learning. Hebb was instrumental in defining psychology as a biological science by identifying thought as the integrated activity of the brain (Brown, 2003). His views on learning described behavior and thought in terms of brain function, explaining cognitive processes in terms of connections between neuron assemblies. These ideas played a large part in his views on education and learning. His greatest achievement was to persuade psychologist that in order to understand the behavior of living organisms you must study the neural machinery responsible for that behavior (Pinel, 2009). Hebb proposed that...
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...NAT TURNER and JOHN BROWN SLAVERY There is a lot of stuff that people hate in this world one of the things that I hate the most would have to be slavery. Here are the lives of two men there names are Nat Turner and John Brown. These are the stories of the extraordinary men. Believing in signs and hearing divine voices, Turner had a vision in 1825 of a bloody conflict between black and white spirits. Three years later, he had what he believed to be another message from God. In his later confession, Turner explained "the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent. " Turner would receive another sign to tell him when to fight, but this latest message meant "I should arise and prepare myself and slay my enemies with their own weapons." Turner took a solar eclipse that occurred in February 1831 as a signal that the time to rise up had come. He recruited several other slaves to join him in his cause. On August 21, 1831, Turner and his supporters began their revolt against white...
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...FACES CHALLENGE IN FINDING RIGHT TALENT By Lt Kol Mohd Samin bin Mohd Salleh and Mej Marcus ak Phillip 1. DO YOU AGREE THAT MOTIVATION CAN BE INCREASED BY ADDING MORE PERKS TO THE EMPLOYEE? In this context, perks is defined as an informal word for perquisites which are privileges granted to employees in addition to their salaries and benefits (such as medical and pension plans). 'True' perks have little or no cash value or tax implications and may include company car, vacations, reserved parking space, spacious office, private dining and washroom facilities, etc. Motivation can divided into two categories: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to the pleasure or value of an activity itself, while extrinsic motivation emphasizes the value an individual places on the results of an action and the individual assessment of the probability of realizing the results (Staw,1977). Sujan (1986) concluded that extrinsic motivation is related to selling effort, while intrinsic motivation was linked to strategy-oriented behavior. Brown and Peterson (1994) used a different category of motivation: instrumentality and competitiveness. They found that instrumentality has indirect effect on sales performance and effort act as a mediator whereas competitiveness was positively and directly related to performance. Solcum, et.al (2008), defined Motivation as a psychological state exists whenever internal and/or external forces stimulate, direct, or maintain behaviors. In organizations...
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...Devin Capuani History 103 Book Report September 28, 2014 Raising Holy Hell The novel Raising Holy Hell at length discusses the madness of John Brown and his life leading up to his famous raid on Harper’s Ferry. John Brown was a radical abolitionist from Connecticut who believed in the violent overthrow of slavery as opposed to law .The raid was just the beginning to rising tensions between the North and South upon the issue of slavery. The raid on Harper’s Ferry lasted only three days until Robert E. Lee had a garrison of marines storm the engine room at Harper’s Ferry and capture all of the raiders. John Brown was captured as a result, put to trial where he was found guilty and executed by hanging. On page 31, there is a piece from John Brown Jr., which talks about the death of his mother. In the passage, the boy talks about how the death of his mother was explained to him and his siblings in religious terms. His father told them that their mother was now with God in heaven but the boy chose not to believe such things. The part of the passage that is the most interesting is the last bit, the boy was fearful of incurring his father’s wrath so never told him the truth. This signifies that John Brown was a very violent man, not only to slave supporters but for his own children to fear speaking their minds due to their father’s anger is a big clue into his personality and in the case of this book, his insanity. The next section that stands out is on page 37. The section...
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...college s tudents” (M.A thesis Philippine Normal University) * Rosemary Thompson, “School Counseling Renewal” (Indiana, USA: Accelerated Development Inc.,1992). * Richard S. Sharf, “Applying Career Development Theory in Counseling” (Pacific Grove, California: Brooks Cole Publishing Company,1992),pp.254-273, Citing Ann Roe, “Personality Development and Career Choice” (New York: D.Browe&Brown, and Association, 1990) pp.68-100 * Ibid., Citing L.S. Gottfredson, “Consumptions and Compromise A. Development Theory of Occupational Operartion” Journal of Counseling Psychology. 28 (1981), pp.548-579 * Andrew J. Durbin, “Human Relations for Career and Personal Success” (New Jersey: Vrentice Hall Inc.,1992),p.25 * 8.Davis Mener And Duane Brown, “Predicting the Occupational Aspirations, Occupational Expectations, and Career Maturity of Black and White Female 10th Graders” Vocational Guidance Quarterly XXXII, No.1 (Sept.1983),p.29 * G.C. Ironico , “Testing Interest and Vocational Adjustment in Vocational Guidance”, Filipino Teacher (September 1991),p.127 * Gloria Roberts, “Choosing a Career”, Health and Home (March and April 1992),pp.8-10. * C.Arce, “The Decision Making Patterns and Factors Influencing Career Choice of Assumption College Sophomores” (UnpublishedMaster’s Thesis, Colegio de Santa Isabela, Naga City,1980) * Teresita M. Malabuyo, “Factors in the Choice of Vocations of High School Seniors at Pedro Guevarra...
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...they do have an effect. I can tell the difference in myself in motivation, productivity, and overall comfort in different types of rooms. Personally, for me, the color blue does not work; I am not as focused, I create tension not only within myself but with anybody who happens to have to work with me. Brown, I hardly think so; red/orange, I get rather anxious; pale green is best for my work product and concentration. This is why I allow everybody to have their office the way they want it, I certainly cannot tell them what is best for their work environment. The text discusses “flexible space” and “hoteling”; neither of which appeals to me, at all (Tubbs, 2009). Not that I mean to harp on this issue, but OCD creates some challenges in the way you perceive your environment. I want the same chair every day; the same phone, and I certainly do not want anybody else using it; I definitely do not want anybody to touch my pens, light switches or closet doors, etc. These concepts may very well work for some offices, but this is mine, and we will have traditional office space; however, the overall décor in each office is completely up to the occupant. Although not thought of frequently, the intricacies of physical environment and its effect on people absolutely amaze me. References Tubbs, Stewart L. (2009). A systems approach to small group interaction (10th ed.) New York: McGraw Hill. Perrin, Robert (2009). Pocket guide to APA style (Updated 3rd...
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...What Makes up the Basics of Personality Theory? Linda Wray Liberty University Abstract Since the 1960’s personality theories has emerged as a major field of specialization. There have been many studies completed outlined by literature on a variety of theories of personality. The importance of individual differences and distinctiveness of the individual are the most frequently studied of personality theories. Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two comprehensive areas: One understands individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other understands how the various parts of a person come together as a whole. Some scientists think that your personality is based on genetic predispositions or nature. Other scientists think the way you act stems from life experience, the way you were taught, and the environment in which you grew up or nurture. Personality can best be described as personal qualities of an individual. There are no two people have the same personality, however, all the different personalities in the world can be characterized into four main theories. The four psychologists that thought up the four theories are Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Abraham Maslow. Each man based his theory on a different part of a person’s personality development. The study of personality traits is...
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...Elementary School- 1st grade Joey talks out of turn, loudly, and off topic. A1. Joey is a first grade student in my class, he talks out of turn, he is very loud, and talks off topic often. This is very disruptive to both myself, as I am trying to teach a lesson, and other students, as they are trying to learn. When he talks out of turn, I then have to stop my lesson to get him refocused. While I am trying to get Joey refocused other students become off topic and cannot properly concentrate on their classwork. Joey’s actions tend to monopolize my time and this is both disruptive and unfair to the other nineteen students in my class. A2. Before Joey starts to talk out of turn, loudly, and off topic, I had announced that we were going to move in to a new subject, reading. A3. By Joey talking out of turn, being loud, and off topic, it causes the entire class to become disruptive and start talking, laughing, and become of topic themselves. When this happens it causes me to have to spend time that should be spent teaching and learning to get the students to refocus; thus having less time for our reading lesson and more work to be sent with the student’s home to be completed. A4. One instructional intervention that I could use on Joey to help mitigate his behavior is to give him praise when he is staying on task, waiting his turn to speak, and/or talking quietly. Also when we start the transition to reading I have appointed Joey to be my reading helper...
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...Today many hospitals are forming integrated health systems that consist of a main hospital, outpatient services, and nursing homes. This causes challenges for hospital executives to align the organizational strategies and main principles with performance measurement and management indicators within all areas of service. The balanced scorecard (BSC) is an option for hospitals to measure not only a company’s financial performance but how the company is satisfying its customers and employees. The BSC is designed to manage strategy not tactics (Kocakulah 2007). As of the year 2000, only about 70 of the country’s 6,000 hospitals were using the BSC method. Part of the reason for lag in adoption is hospitals have always used nonfinancial statistics and believed that they were using measures similar to a BSC already. Unfortunately, this is not the case in terms of effectiveness ( ). How to implement an effective BSC is the most important question. The single most critical condition in implementing a BSC is the involvement and ownership of the executive team. The approach is usually top-down. A top level BSC is created for the board of trustees, and then is cascaded down the organization to the department level. This is done with a team-based collaborative approach that consists of an “organizational change expert” as the leader (Kacakulah 2007). This “organizational change expert” should be the head of human resources. A HR manager is best suited for this role in many ways...
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...Markus Christen, Ganesh Iyer, & David Soberman Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, and Effort: A Reexamination Using Agency Theory The objective of this article is to clarify ambiguities in the literature regarding the relationships among three key constructs of work relationships: effort, job performance, and job satisfaction. The relationship between job performance and job satisfaction is of central interest to research in organizational psychology. However, empirical research in that area finds that the link between these constructs is weak at best. A negative effect of effort on job satisfaction is consistent with agency theory, but there is limited empirical evidence to support this assumption. Moreover, some studies have found a positive effect of effort on job satisfaction. Using a model that incorporates the main constructs from agency theory and organizational psychology, the current study finds a negative, direct effect of effort and a positive, direct effect of job performance on job satisfaction. The authors show that conflicting findings in the literature are the result of inconsistency in both the measurement and the definition of constructs across studies that do not fully account for all the relationships between constructs. The current findings emphasize the need to distinguish clearly between factors that represent employees’ inputs in a work relationship (i.e., effort) and those that represent their outputs (i.e., job performance). The article also demonstrates...
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...What is the difference between Realism and Neorealism? Is the latter an advance on the former? In the words of a leading critic of Realism, “there is no single tradition of political realism, but rather a knot of historically constituted tensions, contradictions and evasions. The realist thought embraces a view that international system is anarchic and states are principal actors driven by currency of power and competing self-interest. Many exponents and critics, describe Realism as tradition of thought, which signifies an approach to international relations, describing the world as it is, and not as it ought to be. In this essay, I will highlight differences between two strands of Realism dominant in the 20th century i.e., classical realism and neo-realism and also assess if neo-realism is an advance on realism. While there are numerous denominations to the realist theory, there are no. of essential core elements which all Realists subscribe to. Prescribing to Hobbes view, all realists be it classical or neo-realist believe that international system is a state of nature where individual exist in an ungoverned environment, “without a common power to keep them all in awe”. Hobbes equates state of nature as state of war, which pits “every man, against every man”. To escape this intolerable condition, individuals agree to enter a civil society and install a sovereign power. Therefore, Realist theory operates in the assumption that domestically; the problem of order and security...
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