face-to-face meetings create a new dynamic of talk and turn taking because of the lack of body language. This article analyzes a number of the differences between these two types of meetings, using a corpus of (International) Business English, in which the multinational participants discuss an information technology research project. English is used as a lingua franca among participants from different companies and different nationalities (e.g., Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish). Features studied
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easiest because the research proposal will be tied to the overall theme of a course. In such a case, the the general subject for investigation is normally determined by a professor who is leading the class, the school's department chair, or academic advisory committee. Perform a Literature Review The next step is to read as much literature on the general subject matter as time will allow. While you read the literature it is advised to take copious notes and then summarize the purpose and findings
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bookstore (ISBN 978-0-07-802900-4) at a price of $154.00 for a new book. It is highly recommended that you read the assigned reading before the class in which it will be discussed. Additionally, chapter slides and/or outlines are available on the course website. It is recommended you review and print these, bringing them to class to help you with note-taking. We will be discussing three HBR cases. You have to download them from https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/28012946 They will be used for
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orientations motivated participants to study or continue studying French at the college level: linguistic motives or career-oriented motives. The choice to study abroad was seen as either a critical step to achieving fluency or a means of travel and cultural learning. Enhanced language-learning motivation emerged to varying degrees for participants with linguistically oriented motives for learning French who viewed SA as a languagelearning experience but not for participants with primarily pragmatic
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Article Rickard, C. M., McCann, D., Munnings, J., & McGrail, M. R. (2010). Routine resite of peripheral intravenous devices every 3 days did not reduce complications compared with clinically indicated resite: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Medicine, 853. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-53 Background Information The purpose of this article was to study if only changing peripheral intravenous catheters when clinically indicated verses every 72-96 hours was beneficial in regards to cost
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area for over 20 years and my objective is to create avenues that will keep this ministry thriving for many years to come. Please review the materials that I have included for your edification. The various parts include an abstract, which is a summary of the full report that is also contained. The feasibility study is also included and will show the different proposed solutions, and the criteria I used to choose those
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interest young potential auto buyers. Why did the cars fail to attract buyers? CNW Marketing Research studied young auto buyers to learn what really motivates them to purchase. They found that the average price of autos purchased by this group was only $15,000. The research found that young people were interested in style, but first wanted low price, good value and long warranties. Was the research correct? The South Korean company Hyundai Motors produced two cars that offered these benefits. When
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Page Table of Contents Section 1: Proposal Executive Summary Budget Itinerary Letter of Invitation Proceedings Section 2: Report Executive Summary Study Methods Graphs Results Discussion Conclusion Works Cited 12 13 16 18 19 20 21 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 2 Growth in Rural India: Children and Babies Maria Celina Hidajat Lab 4 Section 1: Proposal 3 Growth in Rural India: Children and Babies Maria Celina Hidajat Lab 4 Executive Summary Personnel My team will consist of three professional
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important as another type of intelligence – emotional intelligence. As the dust jacket of Emotional Intelligence proclaims, it is, “The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart.” In this document, I will analyze every book and article that Goleman adduced to denigrate the importance of cognitive intelligence, and even more, the tests that measure it. I will demonstrate that not one of them says what Goleman claims it says, and many say the opposite.3 No one denies that emotional
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