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    1. Explain the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Efficiency involves accomplishing something with the least amount of effort‚ expense‚ or waste. Effectiveness simply involves getting work done that helps achieve organizational goals and may or may not be done efficiently. 2. What are the four management functions? The four management functions are: planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. 3. What are the four management functions? -planning: This includes developing

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    Marione Angela M. Tiongco BSBA-MM3 I was able to attend the seminar last Friday‚ July 12‚ 2013 (8:00a.m.-12:00 noon) at De La Salle-college of Saint Benilde. They invited three guest speakers two of them graduated at Saint Paul University namely Ms. Helen Reyes(General Manager‚ Galing kalikasan‚ Inc.) has the topic of Social Media Gets Integrated and Ms. Melanie Guerero(Marketing Manager‚ JobsDB Phils. Inc.) Has the topic of Hottest Trends on

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    2. Discuss and debate whether the often considered “benign” drug known as marijuana is or is not addictive. In your discussion/debate‚ consider the finding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that in 2008 for persons age 12 or older‚ 41% (102.4 million) of illicit drug users used marijuana during their lifetime‚ and past-month users of this drug accounted for 6.1% (14.2 million) of all illicit drug users. Do you think this often-considered “benign” drug is harmless

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    Sociology: Perspective‚ Theory‚ and Method LEARNING OBJECTIVES • LO 1.1 Explain how the sociological perspective helps us understand that society shapes our individual lives. • LO 1.2 State several reasons that a global perspective is important in today’s world. • LO 1.3 Identify the advantages of sociological thinking for developing public policy‚ for encouraging personal growth‚ and for advancing in a career. • LO 1.4 Link the origins of sociology to historical social changes. • LO 1.5 Summarize

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    207 1/16/14 Freakonomics Theme Analysis Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner shows that in life‚ everything has a hidden side. The book also discusses many topics‚ such as: incentives are the cornerstones of modern life‚ the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong‚ dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ “experts” often use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda‚ and knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so

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    Personal preference plays a significant part in the food choices of an individual. Widely shared preferences include: tastes for salt and sugar. Which foods best exemplify the Asian culture? soybeans‚ squid‚ rice‚ peanuts Which of the following characterizes the diet of most ethnic groups? excludes milk Orange juice fortified with calcium to help build strong bones is an example of a(n): functional food. Which statements about vitamins is true? They facilitate the release of energy from the other

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    Thesis Proposal ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM with BOOK RESERVATION BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The proposed system is an online library system with book reservation commonly established by many as E-Library. This program can help the needs of student or faculty staff to have an easier access to the library catalogs when they need to look and borrow some books. Technically the technology of E-Library is not that new however the proponents aimed to provide the needs of the students who wish to have this

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    In these days‚ approximately 90% of the student population has some type of membership or account in the various social sites‚ Facebook. It is the largest social site in the world today‚ launched February 2004 by Harvard students Mark Zuckerberg and his roommate Eduardo Saverin. Facebook was originally created for Harvard students only‚ for them to keep in touch when they were away from the campus‚ but the site has been now expanded worldwide with now having more than one billion active users‚ the

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    Paul is the author of 1 Corinthians‚ which can be found in Chapter one‚ verse one and chapter sixteen verse twenty-one. Paul wrote 1 Corinthian in Ephesus‚ near the end of his three-year ministry. 1 Corinthians is a blunt discussion about the Church and the issues that concern the Corinthian church. The Corinthian congregation was tarnished with sin on various sides‚ therefore‚ Paul gave them an essential model‚ in order for them to learn how the church should take care of the issues and problems

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    Esteemed economists and writers‚ Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner‚ wrote the book Freakonomics to delve into the inner workings of economics. Freakonomics discloses the unpredictable effects of incentives beneath ordinary situations. Levitt and Dubner sail on an informal tone by asking questions and breaking up their writing‚ in order to maintain a witty connection with the audience. Levitt and Dubner’s crackdown on human behavior begins with the common scenario of picking up kids from school. The

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