C Group Decision and Negotiation 13: 381–399, 2004 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands Divergent and Convergent Idea Generation in Teams: A Comparison of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication DAVID S. KERR Department of Accounting, Mays School of Business, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4353, USA (E-mail: d-kerr@tamu.edu) UDAY S. MURTHY School of Accountancy, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue BSN3403, Tampa, FL 33620-5500
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mitigate supply bottlenecks and liabilities. This paper used inductive and qualitative approaches to explore the salient factors that simultaneously enhance the “greening the supply chain” as well as maximizing the customer reach while maintaining the efficiency of the supply chain system of petroleum companies. The key indicators identified were environmental policies, supplier policies, sustainability, market orientation and commitment to human capital and diversity. A survey was conducted with key informants
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Seminar Kebangsaan Perpustakaan Akademik 2011 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN SUPPORTING RESEARCHERS’ INFORMATION NEEDS Arinawati Ayob Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800 USM Pulau Pinang ABSTRACT As one of the supporting departments of a university, the academic library plays an important role in providing essential information resources and services to the researchers. Changes in information technology have impacted libraries
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The Current Situation at Alto Company. The performance management system (PMS) is still a work in progress: Performance metrics need to be assigned for each job and linked to the position agreement in the job description. Then, employees will be able to self-monitor performance on their own dashboard displaying their contribution (Cokins, 2010), which is linked to their job evaluation. Before the PMS is finalized the following considerations are offered, followed by a plan to implement a holistic
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A national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future Preliminary Technical Risk Analysis for the Geothermal Technologies Program J. McVeigh and J. Cohen Princeton Energy Resources International Technical Report NREL/TP-640-41156 March 2007 M. Vorum, G. Porro, and G. Nix National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL is operated by Midwest Research Institute ● Battelle
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Assignment 3: Motivation, Stress, and Communication Audrey M. Wells Dr. Christopher Hase BUS 520- Leadership and Organizational Behavior Strayer University May 13, 2012 1. Create a brief job description for a position within the company you research that you would like to fill. Unilever USA is a hugely successful business, which provides product brands and services throughout the world. Currently, products are widely sold all over the world, with billions of consumers using Unilever products
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historical societies and theater groups just to name a few. However, in today’s work environment the Team concept has become a valuable tool used by various businesses to address and assess issues within those organizations leading to greater efficiency and production. As such conflicts, a common occurrence within a team, should be understood, properly managed and ultimately used as a positive method to help the team achieve its goal(s). The challenge is to take advantage of the opportunities
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AN IDEAL APPROACH TO STANDARD COSTING By Jitesh Chandak INTRODUCTION Before you start your study on standard costing you must be clear in your mind that you are going to study a chapter which wants more practice and hard work to develop a strong and sound concept. Costing can be defined as “The technique and process of ascertaining costs.” Standard costing is a technique, which uses standards for cost and revenue for the purpose of control through
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THE EFFECT OF BUDGETARY CONTROL ON EFFCTIVENESS OF NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN KENYA REBECCAH NYAMBURA KIMANI A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE FINANCE, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI OCTOBER 2014 DECLARATION I declare that this project is my original work and has not been submitted for examination in any other university. Signed………………………………………Date…………………………………… REBECCAH NYAMBURA D63/71147/2014
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