Few events in the state of Texas are as prestigious as the annual Texas Tech University Commencement. Last December‚ I was fortunate enough to be selected as one of the speakers for at the Bachelor’s ceremony. Knowing that on that day‚ I would be looked upon by hundreds of young and hard-working students‚ I pondered what message I would give them. What could inspire these young-adults‚ these graduates‚ who are brimming with the potential to change‚ innovate‚ and shape our world? The answer‚ it
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Logic is the most reasonable response to any situation. Without logic‚ how does one define intuition? Human intuition is a series of logical decisions made from prior experiences. As the phrase "experience is the best teacher" suggests‚ failure is an intricate part of the learning experience. The best preparation for failure is to have experienced it before. Without prior knowledge to fall back on‚ humans rely on instinct alone to make tough decisions. The outcome of said decisions determines the
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On the Application of Relevance Theory to Chinese-English Translation of Tourism Texts I. Introduction A. Background and purpose of this research Tourism industry has become a new highlight in the world economy following telecommunications and information industries. According to the estimates of the World Tourism Organization and many other insiders‚ China will be the world’s largest tourist receiving country with the capacity of hosting more than 1 .137 billion foreign tourists by the
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One aspect of this chart that really stood out for me was the increase and decrease section for problem solving. I found it really interesting that the chart calls for a decrease in using cue words. I remember being taught cue words for solving math problems all the way through high school. I also have been told that I should teach cue words for math problems. However‚ after reading this chapter and watching the video for this week I see a lot more support for not teaching cue words. I have always
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EKEV AKADEMİ DERGİSİ Yıl: 14 Sayı: 43 (Bahar 2010) 141 MISCONCEPTIONS ON LEARNER AUTONOMY: A METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL RENEWAL Asuman AŞIK (*) Abstract Learner autonomy emerges as the result of many methodological innovations in second/foreign language teaching over the last dec1ades‚ especially in communicative language teaching and learner-centered approaches. As the learner has become the center of the foreign language teaching‚ autonomy has been attributed to the learner as one
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I. THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL – TRICOMPONENT ATTITUDE MODEL Schiffman and Kanuk in 2007 defined attitude in consumer behavior that “is a learned predisposition to behave in a consistently favorable or unfavorable way with respect to a given object” . Similarly‚ Eagly and Chaiken‚ 1993 also defined that attitude is a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor. There are also some studies mentioned the attitude of audience towards advertising
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Discussing this‚ Coffield (2000: 3) says that professional development is characterised by “conceptual vagueness”. As a result‚ teachers’ PD can be viewed at “macro-level concerns or micro-level realities” (Guskey‚ 1991: 240). That is‚ teachers may view PD as needing to relate to their individual professional needs‚ while management in schools may view it in terms of supporting policy implementations‚ and at a national level it may be viewed as regulations for teachers reflecting greater accountability
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KM process capability and its relevance in an organization. Knowledge Management (KM) can be defined as a deliberate‚ systematic business optimization strategy that selects‚ distills stores‚ organizes‚ packages‚ and communicates information essential to the business of a company in a manner that improves employee performance and corporate competitiveness. KM caters to the critical issues of organizational-adaptation‚ survival and competence in the face of increasingly discontinuous environmental
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A Conceptual Model Of An ERP System Using UML Madhurima1(Lecturer)‚ Madhulika (Lecturer) Apeejay College of Engineering‚ Gurgaon1 Flat No.306‚ kaveri apptt.‚GH-4‚Sec-21D‚ Faridabad-121001 Mob no. 09350350814‚E-mail-10madhurima@gmail.com Apeejay College of Engineering‚ Gurgaon madhulikabhatia@gmail.com Abstract—In today’s competitive and ever changing environment every business demands paperless operations‚ a wireless communication of a result of fully transparent and automated operations of
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Organisational behaviour can be defined as study of the interaction among individuals‚ groups and the organisation. Then this knowledge is focused towards the efficient and effectiveness of the organisation. With that said‚ organisational behaviour is relevance to practising managers in giving them a greater understanding of the process and interacting of individuals‚ groups and the organisation on a whole and how each one relates to the other. Hence‚ managers need to show forth some of their skills
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