2.1 INFORMATION RETRIEVAL 2.1.1 What is Information Retrieval? The construal of the term information retrieval can be very broad. Just getting a credit card out of your wallet so that you can indite in the card number is a form of information retrieval. However‚ as an academic field of study‚ information retrieval might be defined thus: Information retrieval (IR) is finding material (customarily documents) of an unstructured nature (conventionally text) that satiates an information need from within
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Drive -Through Tips for China: STRATEGY OF McDonald’s CORP Summary McDonald opened its first restaurants in china in 1990 but it’s been facing stiff competition from KFC. The Chinese restaurants industry comprises of indigenous firm and Multi nationals firms such as KFC and McDonald but KFC possess the largest Market share with 1600 store across the country. The cases focus on the strategy of MacDonald in trying to improve and increase the market share in China. The strategy employed by
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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New Testament Research Paper Luke 6:46-49 Scott Carter [pic] But why do you call Me ‘Lord‚ Lord‚’ and do not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to me‚ and hears My sayings and does them‚ I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house‚ who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose‚ the stream beat vehemently against that house‚ and could not shake it‚ for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing
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1. Describe what a positive environment looks like. What are the outcomes associated with a positive workplace? The organizational environment -positive culture and climate -strong leadership -effective communication -decision-making principles implemented -organizational values Components of the job -adequate tools -clear goals -clear roles -opportunity to use abilities and skills Understanding individual differences -attitudes -values -personalities -perception -emotional
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Case study: Value line publishing According to the case‚ Lowe’s management said that the growth rate of next two years would be 18% to 19%. So I prefer to use this rate as the growth rate of the first two years. The growth rate of the first two years would be 18.5%. The growth rate from 2004 to 2006 is estimated by the number of new stores‚ sq. footage and the historical sales. The following exhibit will show this result. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Number of stores 477 520 576 650 744
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Case 4: Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale vs. Sam’s Clubs vs. BJ’s Wholesale 1. Competition in the North American wholesale club industry is mildly intense. The players in the wholesale club industry try to achieve lower prices by reducing throughout the store by using pallets or inexpensive shelving to display items. They also incur very low costs for store decoration and light fixtures and a relatively low labor cost because of the use of fewer works and
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Title: Case study 1-1 Promotion to administrative management. Question 1: What important problem(s) would you anticipate in this case? Response: Mr. Gomez tends to over analyze potential problems. The problems I foresee are Gomez takes extra care to see all invoices are checked twice‚ he monitors for neat desks‚ he takes twenty minutes of his morning to check punctuality‚ and he even tries to make his employees feel he cares by remembering birthdays and anniversaries. It seems to me as
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calculation of profits] is Rs.10‚000 p.a. You are required to compute the value of goodwill on the basis of 2 years purchase of average profits of the last three years. 3) The following is the Balance sheet of the Excellent Traders‚ a concern owned by Rama as at 30th April‚ 2009: Balance Sheet LIABILITIES AMOUNT ASSETS AMOUNT Creditors Capital Reserve 76‚080 3‚28‚000 80‚000 4‚84‚080 Fixed assets Currents assets Investment in Shares 1‚80‚000 2‚44‚080 60‚000 4‚84‚080 The following net profits
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Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49 is his second novel‚ and its his shortest novel‚ and many even consider it more of an experimantal novel. This novel is about a woman named Oedipa Maas and her quest for the secret behind a hidden and a shadowy organization known as Trystero ( it is also sometimes spelled as Tristero ). This novel was written in 1960s which was a very turbulent time in the history of the United States. Many things happened during this period‚ many of them had a dramatic
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