HSCI 160 Instructor: Mandana Salajegheh Some Important Concepts Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: Health Education Living Standards It is calculated for 177 countries and areas for which data is available. 2 Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi/ http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/ 3 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddX4n30sXY&feature=PlayList&p=B85108E4B2D56890&index=0
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celebrated on 5th June worldwide. In order to explain the importance of World Environment Day‚ we would like to discuss the history of this special day. In 1972‚ United Nations introduced this day in order to mark the opening of Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. Environment Day is celebrated in different countries. Moreover‚ this special day is introduced by United Nations in order to encourage awareness of the environment. We would like to mention that Environment Day is celebrated in different
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COURSE DESCRIPTION Provides a foundation in business operations through a survey of major business functions (management‚ production‚ marketing‚ finance and accounting‚ human resource management‚ and various support functions). Offers an overview of business organizations and the business environment‚ strategic planning‚ international business‚ and quality assurance. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Kelly‚ M.‚ & McGowen‚ J. (2012). BUSN (4th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western
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What is HDI? The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development"‚ taken as a synonym of the older terms "standard of living" and/or "quality of life"‚ and distinguishing "very high human development"‚ "high human development"‚ "medium human development"‚ and "low human development" countries. HDI was devised and launched by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq‚ followed by Indian economist Amartya Sen in 1990. The HDI is a comparative measure
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Impact of Training Practices on Employee Productivity: A Comparative Study Rohan Singh Faculty of Management Studies‚ Siksha O Anusandhan University Bhubaneswar‚ India rohansingh@khalsa.com Abstract — The paper studies the effects of training on employee productivity. This paper provides a review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further investigation. An extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying
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Society‚ or human society‚ is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations‚ or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory‚ subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Human societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent
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The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential® THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ORGANIZATION OF THE BRAIN Glenn J. Doman Copyright © 1964‚ 1977‚ 1989‚ 2004 “....It must then be considered as a basic principle‚ that when a lesion exists within the confines of the brain‚ treatment‚ to be successful‚ must be directed to the brain wherein lies the cause rather than to that portion of the periphery where the symptoms are reflected. Whether the symptoms exist as
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and monetary policy on business organisations and their activities. In doing so you may consider the impact of the fiscal policy (e.g. UK budget) and monetary policy (e.g. setting interest rate‚ currency rate). Both fiscal and monetary policies influence a business organisation in many ways. When an organisation is influenced automatically stakeholders will be affected as well. The Fiscal Policy: The measures that are taken by the government to stabilize the economy by increasing or decreasing the
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2 АВГ. 2011 Г. One Stair Up by Campbell Nairne The book “One stair up” was written by a Scottish novelist Campbell Nairne in 1934 and describes the life of a working-class family from Edinburgh. The great advantage of this novel is that it shows the life with great realism‚ fine style and good sense of humour. It the short fragment of this novel the scene takes place in one of the Broadway cinemas. Two young people – Andrew and Rosa – decided to watch some movie. Andrew supposed some comedy
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“Did you know?” Some interesting facts about the environment This is a News item written on July 30‚ 2007 by admin This week’s blog will be a little different than the rest‚ to keep you (and myself) entertained. Here are some things that you may or may not have known about the environment—ok‚ some of them are fun but some of them are scary. What did you expect?? 1. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. 2. During the time it takes you to read this
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