Hong Kong Baptist University Language Centre GCLA1009 University English II (2013/14) Assessment 2 – Synthesizing information (15%) ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: Monday 24 March 2014 PROCEDURES: Submit to Turnitin on BU Moodle for plagiarism check. If Turnitin report shows over 20% similarity with other sources‚ re-do the assignment and re-submit (you can do this as many times as you wish). Do NOT copy the instructions as these will count as being “copied”. Print the Turnitin report along with
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includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society. It sets the framework for individual behavior. It functions by setting loose boundries for individual behavior. These boundries are called norms. Simply put‚ they are rules that prohibit certain behaviors in specific situations. But what happens when someone breaks one of their cultural norms? I went to Walmart last week and observed three people doing just that. The
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of the biggest problems scholars face at the end of the high school is choosing the right university. We are all aware how that is a decision that determines our future life. First problem that we face is choosing the most suitable major‚ and than our decision gets stuck on choosing the university that would provide it in the best way. You have often heard dilemmas and discussions about foreign universities and state ones. Webster University as a representative of a foreign university is similar to
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Q1. Why is Amazon’s cash cycle so much shorter than that of competitor Barnes & Noble? How does this comparison affect financial management decisions of other retailers? The market value of Amazon is much higher than Barnes & Noble. They are also in better marketing position then Barnes and Noble. Barnes & Noble has been on the rocks for a long time and failed to make headway in international markets with their Nook ereaders. The best answer I can give is because Amazon is a much larger company
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Executive Summary: Par‚ Inc has developed a new coating designed to resist cuts and provide a more durable ball. One concern for Par‚ Inc was the effect of the new coating on driving distances. Par would like the new cut-resistant ball to offer driving distances comparable to those of the current-model golf ball. To compare the driving distances for the two balls‚ 40 balls of both new and current models were subjected to distance test. The testing was performed with a mechanical hitting machine
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Ethical leadership is the process of influencing employees through standards‚ philosophies and beliefs that are based on established standards in the organizational behavior ( Hasan‚ 2013; Buble‚ 2012). Additionally‚ it holds the responsibility of dealing conflict of followers by directing them right (Frank‚ 2002: Hesselbein & Goldsmith‚ 2006). Contrastingly‚ Cumbo (2009) focuses on leader when defining ethical leadership thus consider a leader ethical when inner virtues direct the leader’s decision
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Organizational Behavior Organizations have been described as groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. This definition clearly indicates that organizations are not buildings or pieces of machinery. Organizations are‚ indeed‚ people who interact to accomplish shared objectives. The study of organizational behavior (OB) and its affiliated subjects helps us understand what people think‚ feel and do in organizational settings. For managers and‚ realistically‚ all employees‚ this
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The following case study is a moral dilemma in which a doctor must chose a course of action with respect to patient’s case. In this case‚ the doctor must consider the morality‚ criminality‚ and ethical implications of killing‚ abortion‚ farmed organs‚ and allowing a patient suffer when there is a cure. Then and only then‚ can the doctor to determine what actions are morally permissible and allow to make an informed and proper decision as to what course of action he should take. The case study reveals
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University wits The University Wits were a group of late 16th century English playwrights who were educated at the universities (Oxford or Cambridge) and who became playwrights and popular secular writers. Prominent members of this group were Christopher Marlowe‚ Robert Greene‚ and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge‚ and John Lyly‚ Thomas Lodge‚ George Peele from Oxford. Thomas Kyd is also considered sometimes as one of the University Wits but Kyd did not read in any university. Nevertheless‚ the plays
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