...The objective of this project not only targets our community members, strangers, or classmates, but it also highly impacts our fellow Phi Beta Lambda members. It creates awareness to our community, and the want to make a difference, which our world needs. It benefits how we look at different happenings around us, and makes these members want to get involved and make a difference. In a more professional aspect, Phi Beta Lambda members build their teamwork skills. Working on the project with your team is a prime example of this, but also being able to spread the word for awareness to community members, businesses, friends, fellow members, and classmates. The people that want to help spread awareness get involved, which makes the team even bigger,...
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...Theories and Leadership Styles • Energize: How Companies Innovate • Empower: Some Ideas and How to Apply Them Lambda International Consultants.LLC + York Career Development, Inc. Agenda 2 OUR CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Lambda International Consultants.LLC + York Career Development, Inc. Introduction 3 YIN YANG AND TAOIST THOUGHT 4 Lambda International Consultants.LLC + York Career Development, Inc. • Taoist concept, two complementary forces that make up all aspects and phenomena of life • Yin is a symbol of earth, femaleness, darkness, passivity/reflection and absorption • Yang is conceived of as heaven, maleness, light, activity, and penetration • There are a series of five elements that form the cosmos according to Taoist philosophy Lambda International Consultants.LLC + York Career Development, Inc. Yin – Yang: the concept 5 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653297/yinyang • Business Cycle – Dynamic Situation – Innovation is key to survival and growth • Complementary properties are important in evaluating innovations • Competition – Checks and Balances; new products vs. old • Broad spectrum of competing alternatives when selecting candidates for Innovation • When to be guided by one concept, the other, or integrate both http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653297/yinyang Lambda International Consultants.LLC + York Career Development, Inc. Yin – Yang: the concept … Applied to Business ...
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...emeraldinsight.com A Dynamic Theory of Leadership Development Abstract Purpose - The paper offers a dynamic theory of leadership development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines selected leadership literature through the lens of theory building blocks. It identifies the role of the ideal goal in leadership and its importance in developing the psychological aspect of leadership. Findings – The paper posits that leadership is a developmental process, which is based on the type of choice a leader makes. While choice implies that two good options are always available from which to select, one should make choices in accordance with his worldview, looking for affiliation (i.e. the Theta worldview), or looking for achievement (i.e. the Lambda worldview). Consequently, leaders need to recognise that the choices they make for organisational activities have to fit their own worldview. Pursuing the fit between one’s worldview and planned organisational activities ensures that leaders continuously improve their ethical behaviour. The paper concludes with the presentation of a dynamic theory of leadership, which is based on the assumption that one can only strive toward truly ethical leadership with the knowledge that this goal is beyond human capacity. 1 Research limitations/implications – Being a theory-based exploration, the paper does not provide empirical examples of how this theory might be applied in practice. Originality/value – The...
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...|Effectiveness analysis of an IMC plan – analysis on Djuice. | |Research Report | | | | | Table of Contents Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Statement of the Problem 11 Approach to the Problem 12 Research Design 14 Data Analysis 15 Results 16 Limitation and Caveats 21 Conclusion and Recommendations 22 Exhibit 23 Reference 27 Executive Summary I am going to conduct a research project on “Effectiveness analysis of an IMC plan – analysis on DJUICE”. Integrated marketing communication is integration of all marketing tools, approaches, and resources within a company which maximizes impact on consumer mind and which results into maximum profit at minimum cost. It aims to ensure consistency of message and the complementary use of media. To be an Effective brand IMC plan plays a major role. Effectiveness of a brand is measured by consumer preference. Advertising and other promotional tools, Word of Mouth, Service quality, Tariff and Offer etc are the variables for preferring a mobile phone. The objective is to identify the effect of each factor on preference of Djuice. This research project could act as the guideline to estimate what the Djuice users expect from the company and what influence...
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...gay marriage and an increase of 1% support annually, our American society is changing at an astronomical pace. Before the 1980’s, practically nobody supported homosexuals or their beliefs. Today, it’s mainstream; and through marketing, we’re going to find out why. Members, participants, and supporters of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) movement are influencing every single one of us whether we realize it or not. According to a Williams Institute review conducted in April of 2011, approximately 4% of Americans identify themselves as belonging to the LGBT community. The number of same-sex couples grew by more than 30 percent from 2000 to 2005 (from nearly 600,000 couples to 777,000). There are over 10 million declared gay individuals in the United States with California having the largest population, and Washington D.C. having the highest percentage among population. The homosexual community enjoy nightly outings, parades, and most similar events heterosexuals do. The most globally recognized and perceived symbol of the LGBT community is the rainbow flag. The flag represents sexuality, life, healing, the sun, nature, art, harmony, and spirit. Another main symbol LGBT has derived their name from is the Lambda; which is a Greek letter that represents unity under oppression. Many other symbols such as labrys, the purple hand, freedom rings, as well as overlapping color schemes of pink and blue in shapes like triangles and moons, represent something greater. They represent...
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...Sergio J. Ibáñez1, Raúl Martinez De Santos2, Nuno Leite3, Jaime Sampaio3 The aim of the present study was to identify basketball game performance indicators which best discriminate winners and losers in regular season and playoffs. The sample used was composed by 323 games of ACB Spanish Basketball League from the regular season (n=306) and from the playoffs (n=17). A previous cluster analysis allowed splitting the sample in balanced (equal or below 12 points), unbalanced (between 13 and 28 points) and very unbalanced games (above 28 points). A discriminant analysis was used to identify the performance indicators either in regular season and playoff games. In regular season games, the winning teams dominated in assists, defensive rebounds, successful 2 and 3-point field-goals. However, in playoff games the winning teams’ superiority was only in defensive rebounding. In practical applications, these results may help the coaches to accurately design training programs to reflect the importance of having different offensive set plays and also have specific conditioning programs to prepare for defensive rebounding. Key words: Performance analysis, game-indicators, win/lose, basketball. Introduction Traditionally, preparing basketball teams to succeed in competition was a complex process that was based on players’ fitness levels and anthropometric characteristics (Sampaio et al., 2010). Nowadays, coaches prepare the competition and training process using notational analysis with the...
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...People with disabilities represent a significant minority population in the United States; however, they are relatively underrepresented in the American workforce, in spite of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Many experts agree that the continuing unemployment of people with disabilities is due in large part to the fact that potential employers and co-workers still maintain negative attitudes toward them as a group. These negative attitudes appear to be rooted in a lack of knowledge about people with disabilities, as well as the perpetuation of erroneous stereotypes about them. Some scholars and advocates (e.g., Lee and Rodda, 1994; Unger, 2002) assert that training designed to challenge existing beliefs is the key to changing these negative attitudes. Our research sought to test that assertion by determining the effects of a brief educational intervention on individuals' knowledge about and attitudes toward people with disabilities in the workplace. Using a Solomon four-group quasi-experimental design, undergraduate students were placed into one of four conditions and completed a survey that included a knowledge assessment and the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (Yuker and Block, 1986). Results indicate that the educational intervention had a significant impact on both participants' knowledge levels and their attitudes, even after controlling for gender and prior experience with people with disabilities. Implications of the findings are discussed...
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...profits. The study has a comprehensive perspective and provides a bird’s eye view of the online marketing practice in Bangladesh. This discussion is extended with an examination of the studies that compare conventional marketing practices with the principles and rules of the online marketing world particularly the four major components of the traditional marketing mix in an online context. To understand the online marketing environment in the country a greater sense of the study has extended its overall views from both the consumers and business perspectives. This study provides an effort to understand the relationship between online marketing exercise and the area of business operation (international vs. domestic) as well as gives an idea why marketers use Internet in the country. And this paper concludes with the prime exercise of online marketing which is centralizing mostly for leveraging international business operations in Bangladesh. Keywords: Online Marketing, Online Marketing Mix, E-commerce, Click and...
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...individual dimensions, quantitatively, they have the same overall work ethic. Variances within the dimensions of work ethic may have important implications for corporate managers. Keywords: Work Ethic, Work Values, Dimensions of Work Ethic “Work Ethic: Do New Employees Mean New Work Values?” INTRODUCTION The concept of work ethic has evolved from the writings of the early 20th century scholar, Max Weber (Weber, 1904-1905), who has been frequently credited with contributing to the success of capitalism in western society with what became known as the Protestant work ethic (PWE) (Hirschfeld and Field, 2000; Hill and Petty, 1995; Kalberg, 1996; Chusmir and Koberg, 1988). Weber highlighted the value of work commitment and raised questions as to why some people place a greater importance on work and appear more conscientious than others. For many years, this remained one of the most dominant themes in the psychological investigation of occupational behavior (Pryor and Davies, 1989). However, in recent years applied psychological literature has provided decidedly little clarity to this issue, even though practitioners express a growing concern about the waning commitment to the value and importance of work (Miller et...
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...Southern Cross University ePublications@SCU Southern Cross Business School 2003 The generation gap and cultural influence: a Taiwan empirical investigation Huichun Yu Peter Miller Southern Cross University Publication details Post-print of: Yu, HC & Miller, P 2003, 'The generation gap and cultural influence: a Taiwan empirical investigation', Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, vol.10, no. 3, pp. 23-41. Published version available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527600310797621 ePublications@SCU is an electronic repository administered by Southern Cross University Library. Its goal is to capture and preserve the intellectual output of Southern Cross University authors and researchers, and to increase visibility and impact through open access to researchers around the world. For further information please contact epubs@scu.edu.au. Post-print of: Yu, HC & Miller, P 2003, 'The generation gap and cultural influence: a Taiwan empirical investigation', Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, vol.10, no. 3, pp. 23-41. The authors Hui-Chun, Yu is a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) candidate in the Graduate College of Management of Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia. Dr Peter Miller is a senior lecturer in the School of Social and Workplace Development at Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia. Contact details: Southern Cross University Division of Business PO Box 42 Tweed Heads NSW 2485...
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...MONEERAH INTEGRATED SCHOOL Merila, Ubaldo Laya, Iligan City S.Y. 2013- 2014 A Requirement in Mathematics IV: Calculus Controversy: Leibniz vs. Newton by Noronsalih Ali, Jra Submitted to Ms. Moneerah A. Bint- Usman Dedication I would like to dedicate this research to my adviser, teacher Monie. And to all of the people who inspired me, especially my parents for their support and to God for giving me enough knowledge to make this study successful. Acknowledgement Abstract This research explores more about the history of the two Mathematicians and how did they invent calculus with the same idea. This is a study about a controversy in Mathematics where Sir Isaac and Gottfried von Leibniz were involved. It tackles about who was the real father of calculus and who gets the credit of inventing it. Inside this paper, the researcher will also discuss a brief summary about Calculus, and short biography of the Mathematicians that were involved in this matter. Many people debates about this matter and we will also tackle some of it in this study. Introduction: So who really invented calculus first? Was it Sir Isaac Newton or Gottfried von Leibniz? Well let's do some investigation. There is no doubt about it that Newton and Leibniz made great mathematical breakthroughs but even before they began studying Calculus there were other people such as Archimedes and Euclid who discovered the infinite and infinitesimal. Much of Newton and Leibniz's work...
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...Answers Diploma in International Financial Reporting 1 (a) 1. Consolidated income statement for the year ended 30 September 2005 Revenue (W1) Cost of sales (balancing figure) Gross profit (W2) Distribution costs (7,000 + 6,000 + (6,000 x 35% x 4/12)) Administrative expenses (8,000 + 7,000 + (7,200 x 35% x 4/12)) Operating profit Investment income (W3) Finance cost (W4) Profit before tax Income tax expense (7,000 + 1,800 + (3,600 x 35% x 4/12)) Profit for the period Attributable to Minority interest (4,200 x 20%) Alpha shareholders (balance) Net profit for the period $’000 241,200 (176,068) ––––––––– 65,132 (13,700) (15,840) ––––––––– 35,592 1,000 (6,890) ––––––––– 29,702 (9,220) ––––––––– 20,482 ––––––––– 840 19,642 ––––––––– 20,482 ––––––––– Parent $’000 194,400 19,642 (6,500) –––––––– 207,542 –––––––– Minority $’000 18,200 840 (500) ––––––– 18,540 ––––––– $’000 250,000 11,200 (20,000) –––––––– 241,200 –––––––– $’000 62,000 3,500 (200) (168) ––––––– 65,132 ––––––– $’000 6,280 (2,000) (1,680) (1,600) –––––– 1,000 –––––– $’000 8,000 490 (1,600) –––––– 6,890 –––––– Total $’000 212,600 20,482 (7,000) –––––––– 226,082 –––––––– December 2005 Answers 2. Consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year ended 30 September 2005 Balance at 1 October 2004 (W5) Net profit for the period Dividends Balance at 30 September 2005 Working 1 – revenue Alpha + Beta Gamma (96,000 x 35% x 4/12) Sales from Alpha–Beta Working 2 – gross profit Alpha + Beta Gamma (30,000 x 35%...
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...The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes the promise of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. Yet, it is still legal in 29 states to be fired for just being gay. In 33 of the 50 states of the United States of America, one can be fired for being transgendered. These states do not have legal protections for members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community (Solmonese, 2009). So does the “American Dream” only apply to “first class citizens”? This paper explores if the Employee Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) would protect employment decisions, which should be based upon a person's qualifications and job performance, not sexual orientation or gender identity (Solmonese, 2009). For over 50 years when there has been a case of an American being denied employment or promotions for reasons that were unrelated to their skills in the workplace, Congress responded by passing laws which were aimed at designing a system...
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...Fiber Optics: The Super Highway of Information We live in an information age. Broadband is the foundation of economic growth and telecommunications is making its mark in all parts of the world. It is what enables the internet that drives e-commerce, education and universal access to information. Rapidly increasing communication density in this growing field and the ever increasing information flow is resulting in massive expansion in worldwide networks. The need for quick and reliable transmission and retrieval of ever increasing volumes of information over great distances is getting more and more important every day. This paper explains the history, the fiber optic theory, and the future of worldwide fiber optics networks already in progress. One would normally think that fiber optics is relatively new to this century, but looking back in history, there are many concepts which lead to the creation of fiber optics. The transition to optics concurred with the conversion from analog to digital transmission in the telephone network and with the growing necessity of computer data transmission. Long before fiber optics was first discovered, many signals were carried through a copper coaxial cable. Invented by Oliver Heaviside in 1880, copper conductors are used for mostly analog signals, such as high frequency radio waves, cable television signals, and power lines (Nahin 1988). He determined by wrapping an insular layer around a transmission line both improves the quality of...
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...CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction: In their 1981 book, Positioning: The Battle for your Mind, Al Ries and Jack Trout describe how positioning is used as a communication tool to reach target customers in a crowded marketplace. Regular use of the term dates back to 1972 when the same authors published a series of articles in Advertising Age called "The Positioning Era." Not long thereafter, Madison Avenue advertising executives began to develop positioning slogans for their clients and positioning became a key aspect of marketing communications. Positioning: The Battle for your Mind has become a classic in the field of marketing. The following is a summary of the key points made by Ries and Trout in their book What is Positioning? Positioning is a platform for the brand it facilitates the brand to get through to the target consumers. Positioning is act of fixing the locus of the product offer in the minds of the target consumers. In positioning, the firm decides how and around what parameters, the product offer has to be placed before the target consumers. The significance of product positioning can be easily understood from David Ogilvy’s words; the results of your campaign depends less on how we write your advertising than on how your product is positioned. Most authors define positioning as the perception that a target market has of a brand relative to its competitors. This definition raises two points. First, positioning is perceptual. In other...
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