and Stanford Lyman‚ although it can be traced as well to J.L. Austin’s 1956 essay "A Plea for Excuses‚ in which he used excuse-making as an example of speech acts. Communications scholars have extended this work through the examination of strategic uses of excuses‚ justifications‚ rationalizations‚ apologies
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Formalising ERP Selection Criteria Xavier Burgués Illa Univ. Politècnica Catalunya Edifici C6 Campus Nord Jordi Girona Salgado 1- 3 08034 Barcelona. Spain +34 934 017 006 diafebus@lsi.upc.es Abstract We present a proposal for selecting ERP products from a formal description of their relevant characteristics. The work is based on a previous and successful collaboration with a midsize company in the field of software package selection. An ERP was selected following a systematic methodology called
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During the launch‚ I saw the Earth from very high up as I launched into space (though the fire emitted by the rocket blocked most of the view). We reached very intense speeds as we left the Earth’s atmosphere. We used a new rocket from SpaceX called the Dragon. This rocket will also be taking us back to earth as it is capable of making a launch and return trip. Our first stop on the trip was to the Apollo 11 landing site‚ as it was the place of the first lunar landing. It is also a relatively smooth
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System Administrator The IT Systems Administrator is responsible for all aspects of systems administration including networks‚ applications‚ databases‚ and telecommunications. This includes implementation‚ configuration‚ coordination‚ control‚ maintenance‚ troubleshooting‚ security‚ usage monitoring and the development of specialized system procedures. He is also performs basic systems security administration functions‚ including creating customer profiles and accounts‚ monitors and manages system
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resources and to ensure that employees act in a manner that is beneficial to their organization. Effective managers can use control systems as a tool to make sure activities are carrying on as planned. Starbucks is a nationwide coffee house specializing in variations of coffee. Starbucks implements control functions like budgetary‚ financial‚ market‚ and clan. Control Mechanisms Starbucks‚ like most major corporations have many control methods‚ one method used which is typical with almost every
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Quality Water Quality Criteria are levels of individual pollutants or water quality characteristics‚ or descriptions of conditions of a body of water that‚ if met‚ will generally protect the designated use of the water. For a given DU‚ there are likely to be a number of criteria dealing with different types of conditions‚ as well as levels of specific chemicals... Water quality criteria must be fit the use of water. Only scientific considerations are taken into consideration when determining the water
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ITT Technical Institute IT113 Structured Cabling Onsite Course SYLLABUS Credit hours: 4 Contact/Instructional hours: 50 (30 Theory Hours‚ 20 Lab Hours) Prerequisite(s) and/or Corequisite(s): Prerequisite: TB143 Introduction to Personal Computers or TB145 Introduction to Computing Course Description: This course provides the study of industry standards and practices involved in wiring a computer network‚ including media and protocol specifications‚ connection topologies‚ installation‚ testing and
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Lipitor-X Product Launch Plan Pfizer Inc is the largest research based biomedical and pharmaceutical company in the world. Headquartered in New York‚ Pfizer has major research and development locations in England and the United States. Since its inception in 1849‚ the organization has remained dedicated to discovering and developing new and better ways to prevent and treat disease‚ while helping to improve health and well being for people around the world. In November‚ the Pfizer
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Act To Protect Vulnerable Children Be It Enacted By The Princeton Model Congress 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Preamble: Whereas in recent years more and more people have been coming out as victims of sexual abuse‚ when they were children. Whereas the publicity centered on Jerry Sandusky of Penn State University as a child molester has encouraged many other victims of abuse to come forward. Whereas
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product launch should be evaluated using a business case that is built around the future expected cash flows. However‚ from a portfolio perspective there are some factors that must be considered in forecasting the future expected cash flows. • Cannibalization As new products arrive‚ the revenue and costs involved should not be looked at in isolation. There can be ripple effects across the business where a new product cannibalizes sales from existing products. For example‚ the launch of a new
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