initial budget. There are several research have been carried out around the world on Quantity Surveying profession in non-construction sectors‚ such as oil and gas‚ insurance company‚ bank‚ and others. Search on the potential areas for QS to venture has become a trend due to the change of economies and increasing number of QS in construction field. It is done to provide more choice to QS especially those undergraduates and fresh graduates in this particular course in their future career.
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Joint-Stock Company: A joint-stock company is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion to his or her ownership of the company’s shares (certificates of ownership). This allows for the unequal ownership of a business with some shareholders owning a larger proportion of a company than others. Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern corporate
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Taiwan‚ slowed down in consequence. Giordano management decided to continue its multi-region development strategy and‚ as a result‚ the Group made its debut in Germany through a joint venture in March 2001. Germany is an important gateway for the Group to enter into the European Union (EU) consumer market. Through this venture‚ the Group also wishes to tap into the increasingly important East European apparel-manufacturing base. By the end of the fiscal year‚ there were 23 Bluestar Exchange outlets
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CHAPTER 3: THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM Three Types of Muscle * Muscle tissue is a collection of cells that shorten during contraction which create tension that results in movement * Tendons are touch bands of connective tissue that join muscle with bones Skeletal muscles * Muscles that are attached to bone (by tendons and other tissue) * Comprise 30 to 40% of human body weight * Humans have conscious control (conscious muscle) over these muscles (the brain can tell them what to do)
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My cultural event is The Color Purple. Not only did I see the show but I was involved in the production. I was assigned to be a crew member‚ which allowed me to view the show from back stage. As an African American I felt as though this play was a great example of some of our cultural background. From the script to the scenery‚ this show dealt with many dynamics of African American’s (Black people) around the early 1900’s. The play also explores how life was in Africa during this time period.
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INTRODUCTION Cultural Adaptation explores how creative ideas are packaged and nationalised to meet local taste‚ maps the cultural economy of adaptation in entertainment media ranging from motion pictures to mobile phones‚ and even probes the role of cultural recipes and formats in mutating participatory experiences of theme parks and sporting spectacles. Written in a lively and accessible manner‚ the book also provides insight into remaking in lifestyle and consumption cultures
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Cultural Barriers to the Use of Western Project Management in Chinese Enterprise: Some Empirical Evidence from Yunnan Province The Western project management (PM) approach is basically different from the traditional vertical management method. To adopt that approach‚ an organization needs not only to use PM techniques and tools‚ but also to develop shared cultural values among the organization’s members that support adoption of PM (Kendra & Taplin‚ 2004). Culture can be studied at the levels
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Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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HR Issues Handled By Japanese Organizations Based On Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions There are several different challenges for Human Resource Management teams in organizations throughout the world. The HR strategies of these various organizations are very dependent on the culture of the country in which the organization resides. Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions is a great way to distinguish between the traditional HR aspects of organizations in different parts of the world. Although both
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What are the differences between “cultural assimilation” stance and the “cultural pluralist” stance as defined by Ting-Toomey and Chung? Which stance do you subscribe in consideration of immigrant issues? Why? According to Ting - Toomey and Chung (2012)‚ the "cultural assimilation" stance is an attitude towards the adaptation process in which individuals demand that strangers conform to the host environment. While the "cultural pluralist" stance is one that encourages a diversity of values‚ emphasizing
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