An article analysis “The Eternal Coffee Break” The headline of the article is “The Eternal Coffee Break”. The topic of the given article is about the idea that the office of the future may become more like home due to computers and electronic communications. The first paragraph deals with the advice from Frank Becker‚ a professor at Cornell University who studies the pattern of office work. His advice is connected with the idea that companies need to devote more office space to creating places
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precise and distinctive. These three articles focus on the application of cognitive‚ social and psychosocial theories and their implications within an effective classroom. Each individual psychologist puts into practice learning practices that can be executed within a classroom to increase student’s success and achievement. Piaget’s article stresses the educational practices of peer learning‚ and depicts possible outcomes from this strategy. Vygotskys article highlights the importance of developing
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NUS rolls out “grade-free” system for its freshmen By Ong Hwee Hwee‚ The Straits Times‚ 23 January 2014 In this article‚ the author addresses the issue of having a grading system in the National University of Singapore (NUS) where alphabetical grades will not be given anymore; instead‚ the only “grades” given will be a distinction‚ pass‚ or fail. A similar approach has been taken by the Singapore University of Technology and Design‚ and in certain modules in Nanyang Technological University and
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Management a true profession is an interesting article. It is written by two authors‚ Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria. Rakesh Khurana is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School in Boston while Nitin Nohria is also a professor of business administration and senior associate dean and director of faculty development at Harvard Business School. Both authors have written informative books on the subject of business. The purpose of this article is about revolutionizing the training
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they will have strong effects. By Maureen Glabman Contributing Editor In 1995‚ Harvard business school professors Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower put “disruptive technologies” in the business lexicon by introducing the term in a seminal article in the school’s journal. The phrase described what happened in 1960‚ for example‚ when an unknown company‚ Sony‚ began selling an affordable transistor television that eventually replaced RCA’s vacuum tube. Soon it became apparent the transistor
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company needs. Some of them identify with the company and are motivated in helping reaching goals‚ while others see the company as a vehicle meant to satisfy their own targets. This paper touches upon the importance of retention of the employees and human capital investment. This paper will highlight the impact of these issues based on the employee’s performance‚ motivation and the ultimate benefit for the organization. This discussion paper is based on a research conducted in “Telecommunication sector
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his is funny to admit at this stage of my pre-registration year‚ but I do not fully understand the role of a pharmacist. Those of you who read my blogs may be thinking – “why?” Surely after four years at university and four months of pre-registration training I should understand the role of the pharmacist. But the truth is I don’t‚ and here’s why. Throughout my pharmacy degree I gathered experience in four sectors that pharmacists can work in which included; academia‚ hospital‚ community and the
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Ability is a mental and physical capacity to perform various tasks‚ Skills Dexterity at performing specific tasks‚ which has been acquired through training or experience As this quotation suggests‚ people differ greatly with respect to their abilities the Capacities to perform various tasks and also differ greatly with respect to specific Skills dexterity at performing specific tasks‚ which has been acquired through training‚To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what
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development and progression of many types of human cancers. Before the published work concerning ROR1 was available it was unknown whether other cancers besides leukemia expressed ROR1 or whether its expression had functional and clinical significance. This paper investigated whether ROR1 had any consequence to breast cancer. Using a high-affinity mAb specific for ROR1 (4A5) to examine human breast cancers‚ this study demonstrated that ROR1 is expressed in human breast cancers and is indicative of potential
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Outline of the Article Review Please include the following categories in your article review. 1. Full Bibliographic Reference (-3 if missing) 2. Introduction: Objectives‚ Article Domain‚ Audience‚ Journal and Conceptual/Emprical Classification (8) 3. Very Brief Summary (4) 4. Results (8) 5. Class Readings (4) 6. Contributions (8) 7. Foundation (4) 8. Synthesis with Class Materials (12 +8 extra credit) 9. Analysis & Additional Analysis (4 +8 extra credit)
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