INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT 6 : FORECASTING TECHNIQUES Dr. Ravi Mahendra Gor Associate Dean ICFAI Business School ICFAI HOuse‚ Nr. GNFC INFO Tower S. G. Road Bodakdev Ahmedabad-380054 Ph.: 079-26858632 (O); 079-26464029 (R); 09825323243 (M) E-mail: ravigor@hotmail.com Contents Introduction Some applications of forecasting Defining forecasting General steps in the forecasting process Qualitative techniques in forecasting Time series methods The Naive Methods Simple Moving
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Two major approaches to contemporary social theory are the Marxian materialist approach and the structural functionalist approach. The materialist approach was developed from the work of Karl Marx‚ who believed that the economic order shapes society. The functionalist approach was developed from the work of Comte and Durkheim‚ stating that is the combination of all of society’s institutions that shapes society. An organic analogy is most often used to explain structural functionalism
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Motivational Techniques Motivation‚ everyone who has a desire to succeed in life and in business usually has some form of it. Motivation represents those psychological processes that cause the arousal‚ direction‚ and persistence of voluntary actions that are goal directed (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2008‚ p. 210). But one must ask‚ what makes a company successful? Is it the products they make? Is it the marketing they use? Or is it the people that work for the organization that makes them successful? After
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seem allow both interviews to return to subject matter that Noel had perhaps not been as forthcoming about beforehand. Parkinson leads more to towards the style that would be beneficial to those in organizations; he uses a selection of questioning techniques. He tends to use more reflective questions in order to register interest and to try and get more information from Noel followed by probing questions to ensure that he does indeed get a more well-rounded answer. Ross on the other hand is a fan of
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industry’s numerous public platforms for dialogue‚ and the best you are likely to hear from an artist is a mumbled apology as their work heads for the garbage at the conclusion of an installation”. As Jason Workman stated this quote in his “Breathing Contemporary Art” article‚ people and society never considerate “art as pollutants” because most people don’t see it obviously in public and some of it are imperceptible. Though‚ some of the artists wanted to voice out their uneasiness of this wastes and pollutions
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Questioning techniques Questioning techniques are the skills to help a person get information from another person or a group of people‚ these formulas will give you the directions and paths appropriate to use depending on how much information you want from the answer. They can influence the outcome of the answer‚ you can ask a question intending to get a long or short answer‚ can avoid the explanations this way you would be just cutting long stories short. Through questioning you can make a
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Analytical techniques Introduction * The analysis technique chosen is gas chromatography‚ I’m going to talk about it and I am elected chromatography studies to identify and quantify known materials do. * The principles of gas chromatography * The functions of gas chromatography * Theories of instruments and techniques etc. PRINCIPLES Gas chromatography (GC) was first demonstrated for analysis of liquid in the classic paper by james and martin (1952). It was quickly recognised
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demonstrated the effect of it on training and learning process. Because of this remarkable effect‚ several theories on the definition of it and motivation types have been presented by the scholars. This study provides an overview regarding the contemporary motivational theories in industrial psychology and learning which have theoretically illustrated the research studies on motivation. Keyword: Motivation‚ motivational theories. Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Motivation
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25 Sales Techniques to Increase Sales? BY ADARSH THAMPY Everyone wants to start a business and increase sales as their business grows. Most people prefer online business as it is the most cost effective way to get started. In this article‚ I will list out 25 of the most effective sales techniques anyone can implement in their business to increase sales and make more profits. Increasing sales volume is not just enough. You need to increase profits as well. Increase Sales: 25 Sales Techniques That Work
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APPLICATION: THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES The redecision therapy model of the Gouldings (1979) is grounded within the framework of TA theory‚ yet their methods are a combination of TA‚ Gestalt therapy‚ interactive group therapy‚ cognitive behavior therapy‚ family therapy‚ and psychodrama. Realizing the importance of combining the affective and the cognitive dimensions‚ the Gouldings draw heavily from TA theory for cognitive structure‚ and they use Gestalt techniques to provide the
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