1 1 A wooden block of mass 0.60 kg is on a rough horizontal surface. A force of 12 N is applied to the block and it accelerates at 4.0 m s –2. 4.0 m s–2 wooden block 12 N What is the magnitude of the frictional force acting on the block? A B 9.6 N C 14 N D 2 2.4 N 16 N A submarine descends vertically at constant velocity. The three forces acting on the submarine are viscous drag‚ upthrust and weight. Which relationship between their magnitudes is correct
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In the past 30 years‚ Porter’s five forces model has been recognized as one of the most useful strategic management tools which can be used to analysis organization external environment‚ so as to help organization build up competitive advantages. However‚ with the development of the world‚ the five forces model has been challenged that it cannot be continued use to adapt today’s dynamic environment. This essay aims to challenge Porter’s five forces model and to identify the problems which hide behind
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Culture change: Does HR have a role? Much has been said lately about culture and the impact it can have upon organisational performance. In the first part of a two-part article‚ Carolyn Taylor looks at how culture change works and details HR ’ s role in the process Recent high profile corporate disasters have moved culture to centre stage as an executive priority‚ risk management issue for the board and an opportunity for real performance differentiation. Culture was named as a primary cause
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Chapter Two – Closing Case: Five Forces in the Beauty Products Industry In the beauty product industry incumbents such as L’Oreal‚ Nivea‚ Shiseido‚ Elizabeth Arden‚ and Max Factor are leaders of the industry. Incumbents have remarkably long staying power in this industry. Their support comes from the richer‚ aging baby boomers in developed economies and an increasingly more influent middle class in emerging economies. The industry leader L’Oreal was founded in 1909 and other companies
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Topic: business ethics Questions: 1. Discuss why ethics is important in business 2. Refute the businessman’s myth that “ethics has no place at all in business” 3. Explain the phrase “ethics is unwritten law written in the hearts of man” 4. What is your concept of reasonable profit? 5. What is your personal view on profit motive Coupon bond-short Subs.20 w/ page Minimum of 5 pages 1. Ethics concern an individual’s moral judgements about right and wrong. Decisions taken within an organisation
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How does leaving ones home causing change? When I saw the topic for this paper‚ all I could think of was how much I had to say about it. I had just moved all the way across the country‚ from coast to coast‚ to a place where I know no one and had never been. I was thinking about how much I had changed‚ but when it came down to giving examples‚ I had none. I really have not changed since I moved here. What I have done is created the same good situation with all new people. Leaving one’s home
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Windows 7 is the latest release of Microsoft Windows‚ a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ laptops‚ netbooks‚ tablet PCs‚ and media center PCs.Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22‚ 2009‚ and reached general retail availability on October 22‚ 2009‚less than three years after the release of its predecessor‚ Windows Vista. Windows 7’s server counterpart‚ Windows Server 2008 R2‚ was released at the same
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* In addition‚ the ABC uses a system of allocation criteria relevant to each specific operation. These targets cost allocation for clear causal relationship between the expenses incurred for each activity and the level of participation of each activity and the production process. With the system of distribution of accurate and complete accounting can more accurately reflect the actual level of resource consumption of each product. * The ABC method accounts for costs similar to the way production
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question "how does man adapt to change?" is answered multiple times‚ but with all the same answer. The author‚ Brabury‚ takes real life situations that he was dealing with and made them into out of the ordinary times and settings‚ but with the same concept. Now he switched the answer to "how does man adapt to change?" to write his book. The answer to the question is of course‚ man adapts to change by making the unfamiliar familiar. Each character has a different train of thought to the changes of Mars
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Macbeth is a fictional character that undergoes many changes throughout a Shakespeare play‚ he loses trust and does not follow his moral values. Macbeth is loyal and devoted to others in the beginning of Act I‚ leading up to Act V he experiences some issues affecting his mental and physical health. King Duncan tells him the throne will be passed down to him and in order to succeed the king must die. Macbeth receives a prophecy from three weird sisters and they tell him that he will kill the king
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