literacy (two-thirds weight) and mean years of schooling (one-third weight). Standard of living is measured by purchasing power‚ based on real GDP per capita adjusted for the local cost of living (purchasing power parity‚ or PPP). How to Combine Indicators The breakthrough for HDI was to find a "measuring rod" for socio-economic achievement recorded in different units. The HDI sets aminimum and a maximum for each dimension and then shows where each country (or region) stands in relation
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Self. I also will conquer my Self.” (Siddhartha pg.35) Siddhartha’s goal throughout this book is to conquer himself and become one with nature. This path takes him from living rich like a king to being humbled as a poor river worker. These are the two contradictory ways he lived in his life. In the beginning he gave up being in a high place in his caste system to be part of a roaming band of spiritualists‚ called Samanas. While traveling with the Samanas‚ Siddhartha overcomes many things and gives
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The Meaning of "Everyday Use" with Characterization Analyzing characterization is the key to find fiction’s controlling idea and central insight--theme. Direct presentation--one character description technique--usually directly shows what characters are like by exposition‚ analysis‚ or another character’s description. The other way to shape characters is to use the indirect presentation by describing their actions and leaving room for readers to develop their own ideas about the characters. "Everyday
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small‚ significant actions that couples should do in order to maintain‚ improve‚ and strengthen their relationships. By the end of
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Definition of Advertising Advertising is bringing a product (or service) to the attention of potential and current customers. Advertising is focused on one particular product or service. Thus‚ an advertising plan for one product might be very different than that for another product. Advertising is typically done with signs‚ brochures‚ commercials‚ direct mailings or e-mail messages‚ personal contact‚ etc. Advertising is a paid form of non personal communication about an organization or its products
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Meaning of Risk and Uncertainty Risk: In Common Parlance‚ risk means a low probability of an expected outcome. From business decision-making point of view‚ risk refers to a situation in which a business decision is expected to yield more than one outcome and the probability of each outcome is known to the decision makers or can be reliably estimated. For example‚ if a company doubles its advertisement expenditure‚ there are three probable outcomes: i) Its sales may more than double ii)
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satisfaction of individual needs as well as the attainment of organizational goals. 2. The group: Groups are exist in all organisations and are essential to their working and performance. The organization is comprised of groups of people and almost everyone in an organization will be member of one or more groups. Informal groups arise from the social needs of people within the organization. People in group influence each other in many ways‚ and groups may develop their own hierarchies
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Tutorial 1 : What is does the term ’responsible business’ mean to you? Business is known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Corporate Responsibility (CR) (ORB‚ 2009). In the world of business‚ CSR has many definitions with some describing it as a more philanthropic activity (ORB‚ 2009). Based on ORB (2009) the definition used in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development publication "Making Good Business Sense" by Lord Holme and Richard Watts is mostly used and accepted.
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Motivation known as internal condition which derives from desire and needs. About the motivation Stephen P Robbins says‚ “The willingness to exert high levels of effort towards organizational goals‚ conditional by the effort ability to satisfy some individual needs.” Another theory about motivation Fred Luthans said in 1986‚ “a process that starts with a physiological or psychological deficiency or need that activates behaviour or a drive that is aimed at a goal or incentive.” Objective of
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All these linguistic units may be said to have meaning of some kind: they are all significant and therefore must be investigated both as to form and meaning. The branch of lexicology that is devoted to the study of meaning is known as Semasiology. Semasiology from Greek word sēmasia (“signification”) + logos (“account”).The branch of lexicology which is so called semantics semiotics‚ semology‚ the philosophical and scientific study of meaning. It is difficult to formulate a distinct definition
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