book‚ Drive‚ Dan Pink argues that it’s time to get rid of the old operating system and replace it with a more scientifically accurate understanding of human behavior. Drive‚ is organized into three parts. Part One reveals how external motivations (a.k.a.‚ carrot-and-stick incentives) can do more harm than good‚ except in tasks that have straightforward solutions and that require adherence to a simple set of rules. It’s time organizations move to a new mindset that embraces what Dan Pink calls Type
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From the Field Publisher’s Notes Student Perspectives on English Language Learning What motivates people with disabilities to learn English? The reasons vary‚ but are the same for people without disabilities. Young people‚ watching relatives return from study abroad‚ see English as their ticket to the same overseas dreams or an international career. Others‚ like Angela Marin Rivera‚ who is blind‚ know the value of learning English for employability. “I liked English‚ so I registered at the Peruvian
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emphasized the problem we all face with drinking and driving. Four hundred accidents that occurred on a Saturday night were analyzed. Two items noted were the number of vehicles involved and whether alcohol played a role in the accident. The numbers are shown below: a) What is the probability that alcohol played a role in an accident from among those on that Saturday night? b) What is the probability that one accident involved more than 1 vehicle and alcohol? c) What is the probability
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Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT)‚ based in Yokkaichi City‚ Prefecture of Mie‚ Japan‚ and select DOST Regional Offices are firing up local initiatives to boost productivity yet still preserve local environment. ICETT‚ with the support and cooperation of its own national and local governments‚ industry‚ and academe‚ utilizes Japan’s collected industrial technologies and administrative measures on environmental conservation. It applies these to implement programs and projects on
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Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Shakespeare quotes “there is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” These are words of wisdom‚ as Shakespeare had discovered centuries ago that are still relative to the daily events that occur for the average twenty-first century adult. People often waste too much time thinking about small negative aspects of their day which creates added stress that is not necessary. Like over analyzing every detail of
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Science and Engineering) from IIIT-Hyderabad. Dubai/ Singapore July-2006 to Aug-2010 Hyderabad Work experience: May-2011 - Nov-2012 Belief enterprise (Web-entrepreneur): Was a part of the four member team of an entrepreneurial venture that focused on Web-based services; Also‚ facilitated web-development and robotics workshops for engineering students in central India Bhopal/ Bangalore/ Hyderabad Nov-2010 - April-2011 ZS Associates (a Marketing consulting firm) – Software Developer Associate
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Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models Portfolio Theory Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Efficient frontier Capital Market Line (CML) Security Market Line (SML) Beta calculation Arbitrage pricing theory Fama-French 3-factor model Portfolio Theory • Suppose Asset A has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent. Asset B has an expected return of 16 percent and a standard deviation of 40 percent. If the correlation between A and B is 0.6‚
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2010 Medusa Exam Syllabus Olympians 2.0 This syllabus is intended to help guide you in your preparation for the exam. It is not the be all‚ end all; there can be information on the exam which is not explicitly detailed on this syllabus. If you find other information in your research that you think should be added‚ go ahead. We want to be fully prepared for the test! This was designed by Dave Mathers & his Greek class‚ in preparation for
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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). [1] 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. [2] In modern corporate
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I want a wife Published in 1971‚ “I want a wife” written by Judy Brady illustrates successfully the role of women in marriage. Brady humorously mentions a wife’s duties which range from doing chores and tasks‚ such as laundry and cooking‚ to take care of the husband’s mental‚ physical‚ social‚ and sexual needs. The repetition of “I want a wife who will…” is used effectively to emphasis the husband’s selfishness. Brady is right when she lays out a list of what most women are expected do after
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