...ome tough choices that we need to make. More so, if we are about to begin a new chapter of our lives, like, getting married, moving out, or deciding on which college course to take. A quarter of our lives are spent deciding on the perfect course but with all the time that we had, why is it that we still doubt the career path that we have taken? Passion. When a student finally decides to follow his own passion and not that of his parents, course crisis would start to arise. It is in man’s nature to have freedom of self-expression and so in the midst of finishing a degree, he decided to change courses, one that is more his own. True Calling. Most of us pick our courses because of influences. We are still very indecisive at this stage and would take whatever solution is presented to us. What if we finally discover what we are truly meant for? What if we realize that we should be doing something on another field. What then? Do we still continue? Just study again? Maybe this moment of thought will just go away by itself? I don’t think so. Job Market. Let’s be honest. Money is probably the most influential driving force why we choose our courses. What if right when we are in the middle of finishing our studies there’s a sudden change in opportunities. Take Nursing for example, itâ €™s the hottest trend in college education but we are hearing recent news that there is an oversupply of nurses in the country. Would you shift to a more in-demand education or try to wait it out and...
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...Business Visakhapatnam Introduction The word "risk" comes from the Italian "risicare," meaning "to dare." Developing or acquiring a mine anywhere takes plenty of daring. Undertaking a mining project overseas borders on the foolhardy - unless you understand the risks and take steps to manage those risks. Every business endeavor carries some risk, and the astute businessman, over time, develops a sense of the kinds of risk presented by a business proposition, and a set of strategies designed to deal with those risks. Mining anywhere in the world has its own particular set of risks, in the form of commodity prices, engineering puzzles, and geologic uncertainty. When a company pursues mining on a global scale, additional risks arise, and things like political risk and currency risk come to the fore. Risk can be approached systematically, indeed scientifically, with statistical modeling and sophisticated mathematics. Few businesses make decisions based solely on the inevitability of mathematics, however. At the end of the day, a company must exercise its business judgment, based on its experience, and on what is most important to it, and make the hard decisions about how (or whether) to proceed. 1. Identifying Risks: The Risk Baseline: A mining company should think about its "risk baseline" “the risks associated with maintaining the status quo. If, for example, a company has nearly exhausted its existing reserves under development, it may be required to undertake a new...
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...their parents, some are applying for the course because it sounds easy while some are applying for the course because of the big profit that the future job can offer. According to Vince Silva (2014) an engineering student, one of the major factors that have been affecting college students to graduate earlier is the shifting of courses of the college student, especially after the first to second year of experience of the student's studies. Shifting of course is a way of college students to change their chosen program to another that may have been chosen by many. In this generation many college students shift courses because of personal, social, and educational conflicts. Shifting courses became a delay for the progressing development of the country even in the Philippines. It is commonly experienced these days that a good number of freshmen students shift from one course to another every semester. It has always been a burden on the part of the student's immediate superior who approved the shifting of courses. In fact, the incidence of indecision in occupational choice among college students has become a burden to some faculty members in college level, since shifting is a product of irrational decision which is notably interferes with the educational growth of the students. According to the University of West England, one of the reasons why students change their college major or course is because the academic level is too high or low for the student. Some students like their skills...
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...very well in science and math classes ; doing this will make one appear as a better option over a student who fails math and science applying for the same college as you (Carrington College). One’s career may be a lifetime commitment, although they say money is not happiness, one must consider salary as a...
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...Outsourcing: A Positive Perspective Abstract Outsourcing has gained a lot of recognition in the recent years. All the companies that outsource need to first access the feasibility of transferring their Business Activities. This helps in getting hold of maximum benefits that are gained through outsourcing. The U.S. has been outsourcing for many years and has benefited from Outsourcing in terms of Cost reductions and higher consumptions. Thus, Outsourcing has been beneficial both to the Market as well as the Citizens, helping to achieve a competitive edge and higher growth rates over others. Outsourcing: A Positive Perspective Outsourcing can be termed as sharing an organization's work liability with another company through certain contracts which includes conditions as well as price. With the growth of larger organizations, they choose to outsource parts of their services such as call center, e-mail, and payroll. These jobs are handled by separate companies that specialize in each service, and are often located overseas. Outsourcing helps an Organization mainly in two ways: Cost reduction and Performance Improvement, both of which increase efficiency and effectiveness. Incase of enterprises across multiple industries, an added benefit is higher customer care in all aspects of the business. Off-shore Outsourcing- the selection (Brown, & Wilson, 2005) In order to gain the maximum benefits of outsourcing one must first do the following analysis: Work Definition: The work should...
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...Moving headquarters overseas has been a growing trend since the 1990s as more and more countries become open to the idea of relocation. In our case, we saw examples of big multi-national companies moving headquarters across continents, like Nokia moving from Finland to the United States, IBM from the United States to China and HSBC from London to Hong Kong. This report will examine the reason behind this phenomenon and what are the consequences as a result of that. There are some key reasons that lead to this trend. i) Moving closer to the Asian market As Asia continues to charge ahead in its development, many companies want to fight for a slice of the pie and are moving into Asia to take advantage of the growing demand there. For example, Procter & Gamble (P&G) has this year moved its global headquarters for their beauty and baby-care business, including its biggest brand, Pampers, from Cincinnati to Singapore. They have expressed that the move to Singapore was motivated by a need for P&G brands to be closer to the growing number of consumers in Asia. As we can see from this, multi-national companies see the importance of the Asian market and believe that in order to take advantage of the potential there, need to relocate their headquarters. It is no longer enough to just have operations in Asia, but it is also helpful to have headquarters within the region to facilitate development. ii) Moving away from heavy corporate taxes The next trend is that of...
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...Module 2 - Case Introduction to International Business; Global Marketing December, 20, 2013 Starbucks Global Expansion Strategy with a Focus on China. Who doesn’t like great tasting Coffee? One must contend that when it comes to a good cup of coffee, Starbucks has it figure out. The company has come a long way from when it was first founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. Starbucks vision to become a global player in the coffee business has been at its forefront. The company went public in 1992 and hasn’t looked back since. It seems that anywhere you go; you are a few minutes away from a Starbucks. The company aggressively campaign to become the coffee leader in the United States. It’s not hard to imagine that Company executives believed in market saturation in order to dominate the market place. Now, there is a much need for Starbucks to span outside the United States and it is looking into global markets to keep its expansion plans. The best choice is the overpopulated country of China. China seems to be a hot destination for many U.S. based businesses. Starbucks sees the vision of huge profits if it becomes successful in penetrating the Chinese market. When Starbucks looks at China as a new venture, it has to think of many different variables. The Chinese government can be a very difficult partner. The Chinese culture is much different from the Western culture Starbucks officials are used to. The geographic barriers that it faces must be...
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...The concept of ‘cut-offs’ almost exclusively been dealt with as a form of repair (Jaspersen 1998, Schegloff 1977) where we find ‘a compression or foreshortening of words (or syllables) in ongoing talk’ in order to attend to a trouble source (Local &; Walker. 2004. 1394). What the literature lacks, however, is an observation of such forms that do not attempt to’ repair’ any notion of linguistic trouble. Such instances of these ‘cut-offs’ are evident in the language, and also appear to share common contextual and sequential properties. When we claim that something is an instance of repair we mean that speakers are adhering to ‘problems in speaking, hearing and understanding’ within the conversation (Schegloff, Jefferson & Sacks: 1977: 362). Importantly, however, it must be acknowledged that repair can appear without an overtly observable ‘error’. (Schegloff, Jefferson & Sacks: 1977: 362). Laasko and Sorjonen claim that ‘cutting off’ is a form of self-repair that features within an ongoing turn-constructional unit and as a result ‘the utterance is heard as prosodically discontinuous and incomplete’(2010). In most cases speakers cut off a word in progress, although alternatively the speaker may cut off after the completion of a word. One of the ways we find non-repair cut offs are those that acknowledge ‘topic-external factors’. These include disjunctional observations or subjects that are disconnected from the topic and most often linked to contextual issues or...
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...energy is a large source of their work ethic. When used for the right purposes, high energy becomes one of the strengths of ADHD. The strength of focus is typically paired with a passion in specific things. If a child has a high interest in the task they are doing, they will give their undivided attention to the specific task. Being able to lose oneself in a task is important for the discipline of solving problems, being creative and accomplishing work. Another positive characteristic of ADHD is multitasking. Being able to focus on several activities at once can often lead to people with ADHD holding leadership positions (Reynolds, Vannest, & Harrison,...
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...above the wall, and human images and shapes of animals as well, wrought in stone and wood and every material, some of these bearers presumably speaking and others silent.” “A strange image you speak of,” he said, “and strange prisoners.” “Like to us,” I said; “for, to begin with, tell me do you think that these men would have seen anything of themselves or of one another except the shadows cast from the fire on the wall of the cave that fronted them?” B “How could they,” he said, “if they were compelled to hold their heads unmoved through life?” “And again, would not the same be true of the objects carried past them?” “Surely.” “If then they were able to talk to one another, do you not think that they would suppose that in naming the things that they saw they were naming the passing objects?” “Necessarily.” “And if their prison had an echo from the wall opposite them,...
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...Why Spring Is the Perfect Time to Freshen up Your Resume April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. They may also bring with them a torrent of job postings and opportunities for those who are on the job hunt. Whether you’ve been looking for a while or are just setting out on the hunt, spring represents one of the peak hiring seasons in Canada. Even if you’re content where you are and you’re not thinking about finding a new job this spring, you might want to consider giving your resume a good spring cleaning. Why? There are a quite a few reasons to freshen things up. Keep It up to Date The best reason to spring clean your resume this year and every year is to keep it up to date. You may not be thinking about going on a job hunt...
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...by developing an effective network of distribution centers that made delivery of over 120,000 titles across the United States in one business day possible. In recent years, technology has advanced to the extent that household are rapidly shifting from renting physical DVDs to watching movies and TV shows streamed over the Internet to over 700 different devices. While the company has benefited from a phenomenal increase in the stock price, revenue and the amount of subscribers, a series of strategy changes and new initiatives in July of 2011 led to a downward spiral for Netflix. The major strategic issue facing Netflix is how to recover from its strategic mistakes that resulted in a significant plummet in stock value and revenues, disgruntle consumers and reduced customer loyalty in addition to a whopping amount of canceled subscriptions and deterred potential customers. Not to mention the deterioration of brand image and reduced operating profits. If Netflix does nothing to address the strategic issue at hand, it can be detrimental to the future of the company. In the worst case, in light of the intensely competitive nature of the industry and the oversaturation of movie rental and instant streaming rivals, Netflix may in fact become a thing of the past. Unsatisfied consumers can be very unfavorable to a company when there are numerous substitute services. It is likely that Netflix will continue to experience negative customer reaction and a continued slide in stock prices...
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...It can have a large bearing on the attitude and productivity of employees, and hence on their ability to work well. Things such as ambient temperature, the quality of lighting, personal space, noise levels, the quality of the air, the furniture and fittings, and so on can influence the overall work environment in a big way. The aim is to create a pleasant work areas for each employee, and give them their own space, as well as the freedom to set up their own work-spaces. It is also essential to minimize distractions but at the same time also promote interaction and communication – and finding the balance can be key in this regard. In addition, make the office a more bright and cheerful place to work in for everyone. The meaning of "challenging, stimulating and varied work" differs from generation to generation: Veteran employees (1900-1945) consider challenging and stimulating work to be something that makes a difference to their employers bottom line – overall success and their desire to contribute to that success. Baby Boomers (1946-1964) feel work must be meaningful. They need to know how their projects and tasks fit in and how their productivity makes a difference to the overall success of the organization. GenX (1965-1980) employees have a much different take when it comes to what they consider challenging, stimulating and varied work. They consider it to be any challenge that will enhance their skills portfolio and make them more marketable. They require opportunities...
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...the lungs of the oppressed. What was just explained was a form of art an image was painted in your imagination. The Parameters and standards for what we, as a society, consider art are constantly shifting and expanding. Trying to define such “art” to where it pleases all is like trying to nail water to a tree. Using mere words to describe such a magnificent human trait is an impossible task. However one may deliver a valid argument on what art is. Art is as natural to the human mind as thinking. Art is not merely a visual and physical representation of an idea; Art is mental representation of ideas and emotion. Art is what we as people, with independent minds, interpret of human ideas and Creations that display emotion. Art is not merely what the artist conveys it is what the viewer interprets the artwork to be. What you see is what you get is not the case with all art. Art is not a mere image; art is a thought and a feeling. While the Creator does have intentions and an idea on what his work should display, the way the viewer interprets the art using their current feelings and thoughts can completely redefine the artwork itself and this process in itself is an art. For example a creator may make a painting that is merely a blank canvas; one may consider it to be absolutely nothing while another may consider it to be a deep representation of what life really is. As Leo Tolstoy said, “Man…by means of Art…transmits his feelings.” Some people may be skeptical by saying some art...
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...* Having produced its new formula, Coke conducted 200000 blind taste tests to see how it fared and the results they got were very good. The respondents not only liked the new taste of Coke but they preferred new coke over Pepsi. * So coke decided to scrap its old coke and decided to launch new coke in the market. But after a few days, sales of new coke was low and there was public outrage that original coke was not available. Potential reasons for failure * Coke just concentrated their efforts on competing with Pepsi on improving the taste and competing with the “Pepsi challenge” but they forgot there could be other reasons why they were shifting towards Pepsi. Consumers may be buying Coke due to its originality or American roots and tradition. * Introduction of new coke contradicted with the message of “Real thing” and...
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