[117.18.231.3] On: 28 December 2012‚ At: 09:35 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Journal of Development Effectiveness Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjde20 Why do we care about evidence synthesis? An introduction to the special issue on systematic reviews a Howard
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http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Identification as a Mechanism of Narrative Persuasion Communication Research 39(6) 802–823 © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0093650211408594 http://crx.sagepub.com Anneke de Graaf1‚ Hans Hoeken2‚ José Sanders2‚ and Johannes W. J. Beentjes1 Abstract To provide a causal test of identification as a mechanism of narrative persuasion‚ this study uses the perspective from which a story
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journals from 2001 to 2010. Findings – Benchmarking remains an important strategic tool of business in turbulent times. Five research dimensions for benchmarking are discussed in terms of the following: strategy-based benchmarking; operational effectiveness-based benchmarking; technical efficiency-based benchmarking; and micro-macro integrative benchmarking. For sustainable competitive advantage‚ benchmarking goes beyond the operational level and moves into a wide range of value chain‚ strategic
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TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS The process of training evaluation has been defined as “any attempt to obtain information on the effects of training performance and to assess the value of training in the light of that information.” Evaluation leads to controlling and correcting the training programme. Measuring Training Effectiveness: The training costs are significant for any business. The employers mostly incur these costs because they expect and anticipate their business to benefit from
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Health and fitness advertisement has become one of the top topics on television‚ newspapers and magazines. Fitness companies are creating new products that promise to improve an individual’s work out with half the time and effort. In a society with little time for exercise the ads grab people’s attention. The advertisement at hand depicts athletic-fit men and women performing the “Shake Weight” ideal motion‚ and mentioning the “Dynamic Inertia Exercise” concept. The Shake Weight is an object like
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The Effectiveness of Organizational Culture Abstract Discuss the effectiveness of organizational behavior in organization. Data was collected from secondary data management book‚ magazines and management journal research by researchers regarding organization behavior. 1.0 Introduction Organizational culture is complex and complicated it has a significant influence on the performance of an organization. Organization culture also has significantly affected the process and operation of
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The mechanism behind questionnaire design The questionnaire has been designed to determine if a satisfactory level of customer service is being achieved within the Devonshire spa hair salon booking and reception areas. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative questioning techniques the questionnaire hopes to gain varied feedback from the clientele as Sherman and Webb (1988) as cited in Blaxter et al (2001‚ p.64) state; “Qualitative implies a direct concern with experience as it
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Efficiency and effectiveness were originally industrial engineering concepts that came of age in the early twentieth century. Management theorists like Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth designed time and motion studies primarily to improve efficiency. Work simplification efforts again focused primarily on questions like "How fast can we do this task?" Work simplification also led to terminology like streamlined processes and efficiency experts‚ but the emphasis was still on time and
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 1 Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: 1. Match each of the definitions in Column A with the appropriate term in Column B. Column A Column B __E__ term used to describe a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution _G___ term used to describe a solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution _A___ the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of
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An important task of marketing research is the evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of marketing activities. Management companies require marketers increasingly rigorous reporting and substantiation of expenses. Tired of the high and steadily increasing marketing costs‚ executives are naming the following as marketing : failed new products and failed advertising campaigns‚ too many phone calls and expensive campaign that are created to stimulate sales but fail to do so. Marketing research
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