Answer: a. Meaning of Buying Motives According to Wit. Stanton: “A motive can be defined as a drive or an urge for which an individual seeks satisfaction. It becomes a buying motive when the individual seeks satisfaction through the purchase of something.” Motive is thus inner urge that moves or prompts a person to some action. Motive is an effectual desire that prompts one to a definite action. A motive is the inner state that energises‚ activates or motives and that directs or channels behaviour
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In the late April 1996‚ Bill Lancaster‚ president of Black & Decker – Eastern Hemisphere‚ faced a difficult decision. He must choose one of two performance appraisal and management development systems for Eastern Hemisphere. One was introduced by Anita Lim‚ manager of Human Resources or ADP‚ US – who designed the Appraisal Development Plan (ADP) which provided each employee with feedback from subordinates‚ peers and supervisions. ADP had the positive impact on Black & Decker in the US‚ but some of
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Issues and Problems. Bill Lancaster‚ president of Black and Decker’s Eastern Hemisphere‚ was facing a difficult problem regarding the implementation of a new performance appraisal system. He had three choices to accept the modified ADP system developed by Anita Lim‚ manager of Human Resources to implement the ADP system adopted in the U.S. or to continue allowing the different sites to use variations of (MBO) Management by Objective plan. (ADP) Appraisal Development Plan‚ also called the 360 degree
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UPHOLDING UPRIGHTNESS IN FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY AND IN THE NATION Uprightness…? Uprightness‚ according to the Merriam- Webster’s dictionary‚ is something that is marked by strong moral rectitude. A morally upright person is one who has a strong set of personal values. He has high moral principles and he cannot be pressured or persuaded to abandon them. To be morally upright in today’s world can be very challenging with so many immoral things happening around us. In films and television
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make decision on Poland and eastern Europe‚ the “Pandora Box of infinite troubles” Finally decided eastern European governments would be freely elected but pro-Russian The Yalta compromise over eastern Europe broke down almost immediately Even before the conference‚ Bulgaria and Poland were controlled by communists who arrived home with the Red Army - Postwar Potsdam Conference of July 1945 o Long-avoided differences over eastern Europe finally surged to the
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10/5/2012 Reebok & LA Gear Analysis of two very different companies 1. Looking at both companies Return on Equity is pretty comparable between the two in 1990. However‚ we can see that LA Gear had a much better performance in the previous two years with a precipitous RoE in 1990 as compared to the previous two years. Reebok on the other had has reported a stable RoE in the last three years. Looking at the component ratios of RoE we can see some some differences why LA Gear has had a huge drop
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Larry Wolff. Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment. Stanford‚ Calif.: Stanford University Press‚ 1994. xiv + 419 pp. Maps‚ notes‚ and index. $45.00 (cloth)‚ ISBN 0-804-72314-1. Reviewed by Thomas J. Hegarty‚ University of Tampa. Published by HABSBURG (July‚ 1995) In a book based on an extraordinarily rich array of fascinating sources‚ including eighteenthcentury Western European travelers’ accounts of trips to Eastern Europe‚ maps and atlases drawn
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IGNOU ESO-11 Free Solved Assignment 2012 Presented by http://www.IGNOU4U.Blogspot.com Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) Programme Code: BDP Course Code: ESO-11 Assignment Code: ESO-11/ AST/TMA/2011-2012 Section – I Answer the following in about 500 words each. 1. Describe the major concerns of Sociology and discuss its nature and scope. 20 Solution: Sociology concentrated heavily on society and its major units and their dynamics. It has been striving to analyse the dynamics of the society in terms
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(Harik and Marston 11)”. For women in the Middle East life is faced with great and unequal odds‚ as their human rights are limited‚ due to Islamic beliefs and that of patriarchy. From their daily actions at home to their physical appearance‚ Middle Eastern women are portrayed as quiet‚ faceless women veiled from head to toe. While this image is just another stereotype‚ women in the middle do face many obstacles and challenges of creating their own identity as they are frequently denied a voice in their
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(strict version of Koran) make cases where women are raped and murdered considered acceptable. For Example‚ in Egypt if a woman is caught or even thought to have an affair with someone outside their marriage she could be killed by her family‚ this is called honor killing (Armstrong 27-30) In Saudi Arabia‚ the Koran (their Islamic holy book) is the law and says that sexes should be kept apart as much as they can. (Armstrong 222) The newly innovated religion of the Middle Eastern people‚ Qur’an‚ is believed
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