to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action. General motivation is concerned with effort towards any goal‚ whereas effort towards Organizational goals reflects work-related behavior. Many contemporary authors have also defined the concept of motivation. Motivation has been defined as: the psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995); Motivation is operationally defined as the inner force that drives individuals to accomplish personal and organizational
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Marketing Concepts MAR110 Study Period 4‚ 2010 SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Research Report “Marketing’s really just selling with a posh name! What’s all this about a Marketing Concept?” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This research report aims to depict if there is any truth to the statement “Marketing is just selling with a posh name...” it also aims to illustrate the marketing concept‚ which refers to the second half of the statement “ .....What’s all this about the marketing concept”
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Historical Cost Concept What is historical cost? Historical cost is a term used instead of the term cost. Cost and historical cost usually mean the original cost at the time of a transaction. The term historical cost helps to distinguish an asset’s original cost from its replacement cost‚ current cost‚ or inflation-adjusted cost. For example‚ land purchased in 1992 at cost of $80‚000 and still owned by the buyer will be reported on the buyer’s balance sheet at its cost or historical cost of $80
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Concept of Community 1 Running head: Concept of Community Concept of Community Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of community. The paper will explore the differences and definition between community and aggregate. The author will further discuss specific identification and description of an aggregate. The paper will conclude with the writer’s personal expression regarding this topic. Community vs. Aggregate Public health nurses and other care
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around the world have been applying the “Banking concept” towards the way they teach their students; and in my perspective it is not the best way of implementing the kind of learning our children need in the future to help them succeed in life. Throughout my education teachers have expected me to memorize facts. They would narrate details without thinking about how the concepts of their teachings would relate to the real world. This “Banking Concept” prevents students from using their cognitive skills;
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Peplau’s Intrapersonal relationship plays an important role as being a nurse. Her theory sets the foundation on how to approach the patient when first encountering him or her. She specifically identified four phases in interpersonal relationships: (1) orientation‚ (2) identification‚ (3) exploitation‚ and (4) resolution. Each of these phases’ overlaps‚ interrelates‚ and varies in duration as the process evolves toward a solution. (George‚ 2011) Peplau later wrote that the nurse-patient relationship
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Essay 1 Lumley and Armstrong discuss how the origins of sustainability concepts where theorized prior to and during the 19th century‚ and that the idea evolved through a combination of factors linked together (politics‚ economics‚ environmental and social policy). Thus making the concepts of sustainability not a ‘new beginning’ in human thought. Over the time of history human thought has changed depending on the environmental influences we as a species have had to encounter causing the changes
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A Report on The Neighborhood Concept Submitted by: Ajay Kumar Ravi (Barc/1025/2008) Ashutosh Prateek (Barc/1039/2008) INTRODUCTION The term neighborhood has many meanings and uses. For example‚ neighborhood can be used to refer to the small group of houses in the immediate vicinity of one ’s house or to a larger area with similar housing types and market values. Neighborhood is also used to describe an area surrounding
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Assignments Requirements 1. Look up the definition of functional dependency. Can you find a good example? In relational database theory‚ a functional dependency is a constraint between two sets of attributes in a relation from a database. Cars Suppose one is designing a system to track vehicles and the capacity of their engines. Each vehicle has a unique vehicle identification number (VIN). One would write VIN → Engine Capacity because it would be inappropriate for a vehicle’s engine to have
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CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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