Critique # 2 4/14/10 Focus group discussion: a tool for health and medical research Wong‚ L P Singapore Medical Journal 2008 volume 49 issue 3 p. 256-261 The general purpose of the article is to inform readers of how beneficial focus groups can be to healthcare research. The author seeks to convince the audience that focus groups are better for healthcare research than other methods of research. The author also outlines the methods in which a successful focus group is conducted. The
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Focus of the Final Paper You’ve just been hired onto ABC Company as the corporate controller. ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The company currently has annual sales of around $1.2 million‚ a 25% increase from the previous year. The company has an aggressive growth target of reaching $3 million annual sales within the next 3 years. The CEO has been trying to find additional products that can leverage the current ABC employee skillset
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Written Assignment (Focus on Learner) Background The learner I have chosen for my focus assignment is a woman of Nepalese origin‚ she is in her early 30’s and she came to this country over 2 years ago as an economic migrant. She lives with her with family in London and is currently studying ESOL a Greenwich Community College. Educational Background The learner I have chosen has a general level of education from her native country‚ having attended nursery‚ primary and secondary schools. In
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Assignment: Focus on Learning Student: xxxxxxxxxxx – Nationality: Nepalese Background xxxx has been in England for about 4 months. She followed her husband to the UK with her children. Her husband is doing a PhD. at Oxford University and has a couple of years further study before he finishes. xxxxx is currently working at Primark as a shop assistant. She learnt some basic English while at school‚ however much of this was listening‚ reading and writing based and the opportunity to speak
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Quality philosophies Evolution of TQM philosophies The Deming Philosophy Definition of quality‚ ³A product or a service possesses quality if it helps somebody and enjoys a good and sustainable market.´ Improve quality Decrease cost because of less rework‚ fewer mistakes. Productivity improves Long-term competitive strength Stay in business Capture the market with better quality and reduced cost. 2 The Deming philosophy 1. ³A System of Profound Knowledge´ Appreciation for
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CELTA ASSIGNMENT 1 – FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Part One Background The first part of the assignment focuses on the general overview of Entry 1 group who are majority females of South-Asian origin; also a Chinese‚ African & Arab learners are also enrolled in class. Learners of this group are housewives with little or no previous education background. They would have learnt Urdu or Gujarati in their country. The ages range between 24 and 45. The majority of learner’s first language speaks
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Does classical music really help you study better? Many recent research studies show that music indeed does in fact improve thinking. In 1993‚ researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so-called Mozart Effect - that college students “who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major K448 before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher” than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies have also indicated that it doesn’t
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FOCUS ON NUTRACEUTICAL - An Opportunity for Healthy Pakistan MEHBOOB ALY MANJI President: Manjis-Vita Pakistan Limited ‚ Nutri-Fresh Limited and Em5 Nutraceutical LLC-USA Presiding officer: Advisor Board of Authentic Shariah Compliant Trade and Industry (PVO) Provost: Lahore American University – Pakistan (Proposed Joint Degree Program with WSU) Chairman: Children Health Education & Nutrition Education Foundation – Pakistan Chapter (CHEN Foundation) Editor-in-Chief: South Asian Journal of Therapeutic
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“During its 125 year history‚ the core concern of the people management function has varied from employee welfare‚ to industrial relations‚ to manpower planning and more recently organisational effectiveness. What do you think should be the central focus for people managers and the HR function over the coming 10 years and why? How would this change the nature of HR activity in contemporary organisations?” Human Resource Management is a strategic approach to managing employment relations which
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Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Syndrome Head & Neck March 20‚ 2012 Temporomandibular joint also known as TMJ is a disorder of what is referred to as the chewing bones‚ a ball and socket joint that is positioned in front of either ear. Torabi (2012)‚” The exact cause of temporomandibular joint disorder is still unknown although a number of factors do contribute to its onset‚ namely: poor relation of the upper‚ and lower jaws‚ crooked teeth‚ tooth grinding‚ bad or poor bite‚ poor posture‚ and
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