The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh Such moments are rare indeed these days when one takes a book in the hand and is completely captivated by it after reading the first few pages. That happened to me recently when I started reading "The Shadow Lines" by Amitav Ghosh. "The Shadow Lines‚" Ghosh’s second novel‚ was published in 1988‚ four years after the sectarian violence that shook New Delhi in the aftermath of the Prime minister‚ Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Written when the homes of the Sikhs were
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Self-reflection report of learning ‘The Effective Manager’ Author & Student No. Jie Guo 03072117 Module lecture: Sue Anderson Module Code: MBSP 0410 Word count: 1749 Content Page 1. Introduction 3 2.1 Time Management 3 2.2 Communication 4 2.3 Decision Making 6 3. Conclusion 7 4. Reference
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Background A. Introduction In the today’s competitive world communication plays a very important role. Communication has always been an integral part of our lives. Family relations‚ education‚ government‚ business and other organizational activities are all totally dependent on communications. It is such a common place activity that we take it for granted. Yet‚ without communications most modern human activity would come to a stop and cease to exist. To a great
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Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR CAHRS Working Paper Series Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) 4-1-1997 On Becoming a Strategic Partner: The Role of Human Resources in Gaining Competitive Advantage Jay B. Barney Ohio State University Patrick M. Wright Cornell University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Advanced Human Resource
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The Developing Manager (Unit 7) Ferdousi Uddin Introduction There are certain skills that need to be learned in order to assess the potentiality of someone in becoming a manager. This assignment aims to achieve this by understanding principles and practices of management behaviour‚ reviewing own potentiality as a prospective manager via stimulations and role plays and how to show managerial skills within a business and services context. Then finally‚ addressing and analysing a real
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE PROJECT MANAGER IN A CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (CRO)? Kim M. Boericke Senior Director‚ Global Project Management inc Research Abstract: In the clinical research setting‚ a project is a unique clinical trial. Within a contract research organization (CRO)‚ a project manager is the: Project team leader‚ primary point of contact for the team and the client‚ client advocate within the CRO‚ manager of project change‚ and internal business development representative
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provides the framework that management will use to achieve to goals through strategic‚ tactical and operational planning. When developing a strategy‚ managers answer such questions as "What products should we make?" "What markets should we serve?" What operations should we use?" "How should we compete?" To effectively answer these questions‚ managers consider four elements when they create organizational strategies. STRATEGY LEVELS Although alignment of strategic initiatives is a corporate-wide
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FUNCTIONS 7 Chapter III FUNCTIONS OF THE TRAINEE 9 A. THINGS LEARNED 9 B. TECHNICAL 10 C. PROFESSIONAL 11 D. PERSONAL 12 Chapter IV DAILY JOURNAL 12 Chapter V OBSERVATIONS 64 A. PRACTICUM SITE 64 B. HRM PRACTICUM PROGRAM 64 Chapter VI CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 65 Appendices RESUME 67 SAMPLES OF WORK 68 PHOTOS WITH APPROPRIATE CAPTIONS 70 CHAPTER I: PROFILE OF THE COMPANY A. HISTORICAL
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knowledge and motivation of their employees. Given this fact‚ the human resource (HR) management function which is responsible for recruiting‚ training‚ appraising‚ compensating‚ and motivating these employees has assumed a bigger and more significant role in the firm and its strategy. People are the most critical resource a business has‚ and effective utilization of employee capability is the focus of the concentration in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management. So there exist a strong
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The manager interviewed is a middle manager involved in Australia’s largest and longest running not for profit children’s organisation. The organisation is structured in a traditional way with clear divisions and set job positions (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2008). The manager is responsible for the operation of twenty two children’s services as well as the management of the twenty two directors and one hundred and sixty staff involved in these children’s services. The manager is responsible
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