Behaviourist approach This approach refers to behaviour being mainly influenced by the environment also by reinforcing rewards for positive behaviour and punishments for negative behaviour. B.F. Skinner investigated Operant Conditioning of voluntary and involuntary behaviour. He explained that behaviour occurs for a reason‚ and the three main behaviour shaping techniques are positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement and punishment. Behaviourism has been criticised in the way it under-estimates
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1. Why is GM worried about the level of Japanese Yen? * The primary reason for GM to worry about the level of Yen is the fact that depreciation in Yen will give the Japanese automakers a cost reduction in manufacturing operations. From the case we know that the average Japanese car had between 20% and 40% Japanese content‚ A Yen depreciation‚ therefore‚ had the potential to reduce cost of goods sold substantially. This would allow Japanese automakers to pass cost reductions to end-customers in
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Risk Management Problem Set II Risk Management Problem Set II 17-1 (Spot exchange rates) An American Business needs to pay (a) 10‚000 Canadian dollars‚ (b) 2 million yen and (c) 50‚000 Swiss francs to business abroad. What are the dollar payments to the respective countries? A) 10‚000 ( Canadian $) x .8437 ( U.S. $/Canadian $) =$8‚437 B) 2‚000‚000 (Yen) x .004684 ($/Yen) = $9‚368 C) 50‚000 (Swiss franc) x .5139 ($/Swiss franc) = $25‚697. 17-2 (Spot exchange rates)
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Risk assessment and risk management Introduction There are many hazards associated in an industrial workplace. With new technologies‚ new machinery and constant updates with regulations it is more important now than ever before to produce efficient risk assessments. Good risk assessments reduce hazards and fatalities in dangerous areas in the workplace. A good risk assessment will make workers feel safer and therefore happier and promotes a good business structure within the company. A good risk
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popular support” (1). With Elizabeth’s rule‚ England united as a nation‚ and became a great European power with a strong navy‚ and notable figures such as William Shakespeare‚ Francis Bacon and Francis Drake. There was a vast expansion of trade and a significant development in the arts. During her reign‚ Elizabeth established Protestantism to be the official faith‚ supported new social and economic developments‚ and created short term peace between the neighboring countries (1). However‚ Elizabeth
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1. Comparative analysis of the impact of mergers and acquisitions on financial efficiency of banks in Nigeria In Nigerian‚ mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector decided to reform the tactics and change the position of banking sector. Okpanachi Joshua (2011) write this paper use many ratios such as gross earnings‚ profit after tax and net assets of the selected banks to compare the pre-mergers and acquisitions’ index number with the post-mergers and acquisitions’ index number during the
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Balanced Scorecard was developed in the early 1990s by two guys at the Harvard Business School: Robert Kaplan and David Norton. The key problem that Kaplan and Norton identified in the business of the day was that many companies tended to manage their businesses based solely on financial measures. While that may have worked well in the past‚ the pace of business in today’s world requires more comprehensive measures. Though financial measures are necessary‚ they can only report what has happened in
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Why is strategic management important to a corporation? For many years‚ businesses have been failing and this failure has been attributed to the inability of managers to strategically manage business processes and operations. As a result of these failures‚ more business managers are paying keen attention to strategic management because of its importance to the continuity of a business. Strategic management is a strategy that is focused on long-term planning within an organization that takes into
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of its operating locations are running outdated hardware and software‚ which greatly increases the risk to the network in relations to confidentiality‚ integrity‚ and availability. Because of the outdated hardware and software‚ the company suffered some network compromises through their JV internet site and it led to disclosures of sensitive and strategic information. In order to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities of each location‚ we must implement access control to ensure confidentiality‚ integrity
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