ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT 10th MARCH 2013 Examination Paper Candidates should answer any FIVE (5) questions from this paper. Clearly cross out surplus answers. Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes Any reference material brought into the examination room must be handed to the invigilator before the start of the examination. ANSWER ANY FIVE (5) QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 a) Briefly explain what is meant by the term efficiency. Marks 2 b) What is the name given to a type of managerial role that involves people
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The book begins with "The Author’s Apology for his Book." This portion of the book‚ written in verse‚ aims to explain the author’s purpose. He wrote the book‚ he writes‚ not for the benefit of his neighbors: "I did it mine own self to gratifie" (5). He acknowledges that people had differing opinions about whether he should publish it and what he should include‚ but he decided to proceed and instructs those who aren’t interested to refrain from reading it. He then defends the style in which he has
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Core Conditions Essay (1682 words) Carl Rogers‚ often described as the founding father of person centered therapy (previously known as patient then client centered therapy)‚ identified 3 major factors (or core conditions) that must be present within a therapeutic relationship for it to develop successfully‚ these are: congruence (also known as genuineness)‚ acceptance (also referred to as Unconditional Positive Regard) and empathy. Congruence (or genuineness) can be described as “the degree
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Political parties have existed for many years and support societies in achieving goals and objectives. It is hard to imagine what like would be like without them. G. Bingham Powell found that: Political parties are the institutions that link the voting choices of individual citizens with aggregate electoral outcomes in the competitive democracies. The parties set the alternatives offered to the citizens in elections and their organized activities can encourage both registration and election-day
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Section 3 1- The word "utility" means a) quantity demanded. c) demand. b) benefit or satisfaction. d) goal. 2- The benefit that John gets from eating an additional grape is called the a) quantity demanded. c) demand. b) total utility. d) marginal utility. 3- Marginal utility is the change in total utility that results from a) an increase in the consumer’s income. b) a one-unit change in the quantity of a good consumed. c) a decrease in the price of the good. d) an
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The types of economic systems used all over the world differ from country to country. In this day in age Australia needs good management in production‚ distribution and consumption; a good economic system. Everyone has wants and needs but as scarcity is the fundamental economic problem facing all societies the wants and needs of everyone is limited. The factors of production and resources are land‚ labor‚ capital and entrepreneurship. How efficiently these are used determines the measure of success
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Sociology 101 Language is essential Humans have an innate capacity for language and it ’s quite remarkable. Ever wonder how you learned how to talk‚ or how you transitioned from "goo-goo gaga" to "please pass the potatoes?" Turns out that we are born with a mental module called the language acquisition device which allows us to be open to languages of our culture. While we are just babies‚ our parents are talking and carrying on about their business and we are listening intently
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ESSENTIALS OF ECOLOGY (Chapter 9) 1. Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter on p. 184. What factors led to the premature extinction of the passenger pigeon in the United States? Factors that led to the premature extinction of the passenger pigeon are uncontrolled commercial hunting and habitat loss. Passenger pigeon in the 1858 became a big hunting business. Weapons like shotguns‚ traps and artilleries were used and even the burning of sulfur in suffocating the birds. These threats
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Water is an essential element for life. Many people must confront daily the situation of an inadequate supply of safe water and the very serious resulting consequences. The intention of this paper is to present some of the human‚ social‚ economic‚ ethical and religious factors surrounding the issue of water. The Holy See offers these reflections on some of the key issues in the agenda of the 3rd World Water Forum (Kyoto‚ 16th-23rd March 2003)‚ in order to contribute its voice to the call for action
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doctors‚ lawyers‚ graphic designers‚ etc. Through these new practices we not only improved ourselves as working individuals but as inventors as well‚ applying our skills on massive projects never before imagined. From the development of an irrigation system to the designing of the wheel and furthermore the airplane‚ train‚ and many other forms of transport‚ our society has grown greatly in past centuries however today development has been enclosed in a different definition. Development today is just
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