CTE3809 Exam #2 Study Guide Chapter Four: Cultural Indicators * John Naisbitt: Megatrends * Time frame: Decades * The technique for gathering signals: Content analysis of 6‚000 local newspapers each month * The methods to interpret the signals: Check the shifting space devoted to an issue * The range of the forecasts: A critical restructuring that defines a new direction for society * The move toward an information-based economy * The dual compensations
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Explain the data collected by Zara to predict the trend. What makes the middle aged mother to buy cloths in Zara while the daughter aged in mid 20s buys Zara clothing? Because it is fashion able and up to trend. By collecting data and focusing on shorter response times‚ the company ensures that its stores are able to carry clothes that the consumers want at that time. Zara can move from identifying a trend to having clothes in its stores within 30 days. That means Zara can quickly and catch a winning
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The Problems of Technology Transfer For several years the author was involved in a research project at a major aerospace corporation. The project studied techniques for program synthesis‚ automatic code generation‚ very high-level languages‚ graphical design tools and similar topics. The goal was to simplify specification of software systems and to make code synthesis practical by working in a restricted domain. As in most industrial research laboratories there was the pressure to show practical
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The victim was a nineteen-year-old catatonic schizophrenic who was attending a religious practical training school called Oak Haven. While there‚ he was subject to disciplinary processes when he did not respond to treatments. The defendant‚ Daniel Thomas‚ was it work coordinator at Oak Haven and had been given permission from the victim’s parents to discipline their son‚ if necessary. When the victim failed to respond to normal treatments‚ Thomas took him to the edge of campus where he pulled the
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1-What recommendations do you have to improve resources for homeless all students at SAC? The only way SAC can help a homeless student is for the student to come forward and state “I am homeless or in transition to get my own place.” The student knows he/she needs help but there will be a pride barrier in the way. For some‚ they will not know his/her options. It is imperative that SAC helps the student see the available options. These are community resources and the resources here at SAC. This will
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1. Within Naperville the suburb that I live within‚ the rates pertaining to violent crime from 1985 to 2012 based on the FBI uniform crime reporting statistics is that within the majority of years up until 2012 there were no reports of violent crime occurring yet at the bottom of the chart it does mention that when cells are left empty it’s due to insufficient data which could mean that no violent crime occurred until 2010 or that there were no data available until then. The rates pertaining to violent
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period Equus Discussion Questions 1. Scene I: In Dysart’s opening monologue‚ he make a comparison between himself and a horse’s head. What is the purpose of this metaphor? How does this comparison give us insight into his Dysart’s character? The purpose of this metaphor is to show the reader that Dysart has become trapped by his education and knowledge of the world. This gives us insight to Dysart’s characters because the reader can see his struggle with life and his job after this case. When Dysart
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The two primary reporting alternatives Alcoa has in accounting for the repurchase of the shares include converting to treasury stock or formally retiring stock (Spiceland‚ Sepe‚ Nelson & Thomas‚ 2016). With either choice‚ the total shareholders’ equity would be equivalent: the cash and shareholders’ equity would decrease since cash is paid to repurchase the stock. By changing it to treasury stock‚ the cost is reported as a decrease in total shareholders’ equity. The purchase of the treasury stock
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Week Five Discussion Questions Deep-level abilities are closely related to job performance. As a manager‚ how could you use the knowledge that people differ to increase the likelihood an employee will perform his or her job well? What challenges does this pose when managing a diverse workforce? * As a supervisor it is my job to make a peaceful and productive atmosphere. I have many different types of employees that differ from age‚ knowledge‚ race and gender. Not all of my employees
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Questions for Discussion 1. Oryx and Crake includes many details that seem futuristic‚ but are in fact already visible in our world. What parallels were you able to draw between the items in the world of the novel and those in your own? 2. Margaret Atwood coined many words and brand names while writing the novel. In what way has technology changed your vocabulary over the past five years? 3. The game "Extinctathon" emerges as a key component in the novel. Jimmy and Crake also play "Barbarian
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