Adding Grammar Testing to Hiring Practice After reading Kyle Wiens’s Article‚ “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar‚” in the July 20‚ 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review‚ I would like to make some suggestions on the decision of adding grammar testing to our company’s hiring practice. Wiens has suggested two reasons why good grammar is one of the essential characteristics of a job candidate: Good grammar reflects professionalism and trustworthiness of the candidate; Grammar indicates
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(2002) 419–432 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Doing focus-on-form Rod Ellis*‚ Helen Basturkmen‚ Shawn Loewen Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics‚ University of Auckland‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand Received 17 April 2002; received in revised form 14 June 2002; accepted 17 June 2002 Abstract ‘Focus-on-form’ refers to a particular type of form-focused instruction - the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing a communicative task. This article
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A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS ANTHONY E. BOARDMAN Van Dusen Professor of Strategy Faculty of Commerce University of British Columbia and AIDAN R. VINING CNABS Professor of Business & Government Relations Faculty of Business Administration Simon Fraser University June 10‚ 2003 1 INTRODUCTION: THE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK This paper presents the basic framework for comprehensive strategic analysis. The basic purpose of strategic analysis is to help
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Journal of Biomechanics 45 (2012) 2698–2701 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Biomechanics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbiomech www.JBiomech.com Short communication Beyond finite elements: A comprehensive‚ patient-specific neurosurgical simulation utilizing a meshless method K. Miller n‚ A. Horton‚ G.R. Joldes‚ A. Wittek Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory‚ The University of Western Australia‚ Crawley‚ Perth‚ Western Australia 6909‚ Australia a
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Customer Retention Customers are becoming harder to please. They are smarter‚ more price conscious‚ more demanding‚ less forgiving and they are approached by many more competitors with equal or better offers. According to Jeffrey Gitomer‚ American author & business trainer‚ the challenges is not necessarily to produce satisfied customers but the actual challenge is to produce delighted and loyal customers. It has been found that: 1. Acquiring new customers can cost five times more than the
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Executive Summary The following comprehensive strategic plan focuses on the Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG). Recommend the board of directors to adopt a diversification strategy in order to increase profitability and grow its presence in globally and emerging markets. This paper will further evaluate the company strategic direction with the mission‚ vision statement and corporate social responsibility. Follow with a SWOT analysis to identify the internal and external situation‚ financial ratios
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Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Grand Canyon University EDU-225 Instructional Technology Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan (Benchmark) Mission It is my mission to become an educator with the proficiency‚ knowledge and resources to encourage academic excellence and provide the opportunity for students to enhance their educational practice and to increase their intellectual productivity through technology. I will provide
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REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) TRAINING PROGRAMME AT The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) NAMA Headquarters‚ Murtala Mohammed International Airport P.M.B. 21084‚ Ikeja‚ Lagos Phone: +234(01)7618376‚ 2120512‚ 7767185‚ (0709)8001337 E-mail: info@namahqtr.net BY NAME: KOYA TEMITOPE ABAYOMI MATRIC NO: ACU/597 PROGRAMME: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FROM: MAY - OCTOBER 2009. AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY‚ OYO. FACULTY
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They will be able to form their lives and their relationships in a social and artistic way‚ so that their lives are thereby enriched. Hedwig Hauck‚ Handwork and Handicrafts: Part I 5 Chapter 2 Overview of the School In May of 1996‚ a small group of families joined together to form a home school cooperative. They wanted an alternative to the public and private schools in the area and they wanted
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