By Kirk A. Johnson‚ Ph.D. Few would argue that advanced teacher training does not make a difference in student achievement. In fact‚ Professor William Sanders of the University of Tennessee argues persuasively that "the single most dominant factor affecting student academic gain is teacher effect."1 However‚ little statistical research is available for evaluating which type of training and teaching degree has the best effect on student achievement. As the demand for higher academic achievement and
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Financial Management: FIN 534 Diversification in Stock Portfolio Diversification in Stock Portfolio Background As a risk averse investor‚ I am considering investing in one of two economies. The expected return with volatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy‚ all stocks move together‚ in good times all prices rise together and in bad times they all fall together. In the second economy‚ stock returns are independent; one stock increasing in price has no effect
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exploited and to ensure that they were being paid adequately. In the United States‚ the number of unionized people has been consistently decreasing over time. Previously‚ approximately a third of the employees in the private sector had been unionized while an even larger portion of employees in the public sector was in unions. With time‚ reports showed a steady decline in the percentage of unionized people and attributed this to several factors. These factors included corruption in unions and the benefits
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1. What are some of the financial decisions that people face? What are trade-offs? What are some of the trade-offs that you may face? Some financial decisions that people face are whether they should go to college or buy a house‚ or whether they should buy something expensive instead of cheap. A trade-off is a balance achieved between 2 desired but incompatible features‚ or a compromise. 2. What is the cost of something? The cost of something is how much something is worth but it usually costs more
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Reflection Paper: What is Strategy? Porter invalidates “Operational Effectiveness” as being strategy. As he puts it‚ oftentimes‚ businesses concentrate on productivity‚ quality and speed. These concepts lead further down to total quality management (TQM)‚ benchmarking‚ time-based competition‚ outsourcing‚ partnering‚ reengineering and change management. Although these principles may sound ideal‚ these do not lead to the ultimate goal of the company and that is profitability. Strategy rests on the
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Virtually Face-to-Face: Technology vs. People Between the two articles‚ “Frequently Asked Questions About eLearning” by eLearners.com and “The Sensuous Classroom: Focusing on The Embodiment of Learning” by Suzanne M. Kelly it is easy to gather the differences between a face-to-face school environment and a “virtual classroom”. Although one seems to be neutral to which is better the other clearly states that face-to-face learning is more beneficial. The two articles also look at both sides of the
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Analytical Exposition – Research Report 1. Introduction Volleyball is a common sport and is played throughout schools in Australia; at a professional level‚ the athletes of volleyball have to perform a strict training résumé. To maintain their level of fitness an athlete must train specific components of fitness indiviualised for the athlete. The purpose of the essay is to analyse a training program set for a volleyball player and see if it fits requirements for the athlete. It will discuss
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Automotive Supply chains risks and mitigation strategies The auto industry has been a global business for a long time. This year has made it clear just how much a problem in just one of those regions‚ however‚ can affect everyone in the product chain (Miel‚ 2011)… Lall (2009) classified supply chains risk into different types depending on their origins. These include demand risk‚ internal risk‚ and external environment risk. External Environment These risk elements are external to and uncontrollable
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Why does financial performance matter? Knowing the financial performance of the company is important because it enables you to see where the company stands‚ what direction it should go‚ what decision should be made for its future‚ and where the company should set its goals. In order to measure the financial performance of the company‚ we can use different tools for analysis. By analysis we mean a set of measures that helps us to analyze company’s financial results. Financial performance analysis
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Discussion Questions 1) How is Googles mission statement related to its business strategy? The mission statement of Google is to collect‚ organize as much as information in the world and make it useful and available globally. Every strategy commences with a mission and strategy is a group of well-planned actions to achieve the goal. Organization and IS strategies are derived from Business strategies. Google appeals customers by allowing free search and earns money from advertisements and publishers
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