IB Environmental Systems and Societies Unit 1 Systems and Models “Nautre Does nothing uselessly” Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Assessment statement 1.1.1 Outline the concept and characteristics of systems. Apply the systems concept on a range of scales. Teacher’s notes The emphasis will be on ecosystems but some mention should be made of economic‚ social and value systems. The range must include a small-scale local ecosystem‚ a large ecosystem such as a biome‚ and Gaia as an example of a global
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An Investigation into the Impacts of the Engineering Management Training Programs in Saudi Arabia by Raed M. Othman B.S. in Architecture‚ 1989‚ King Saud University‚ Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia M.S. in Civil Engineering‚ 1992‚ Case Western Reserve University‚ Ohio‚ USA A Dissertation Submitted to The Faculty of The School of the Engineering and Applied Science of the George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science December 31‚ 2004 Dissertation
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White‚ W. (2004). The historical essence of addiction counseling. Counselor‚ 5(3)‚ 43-48. The Historical Essence of Addiction Counseling William L. White‚ MA What distinguishes the profession of addiction counseling from the array of helping roles that have preceded and have followed it? What would be lost if the specialized knowledge and functions performed by the addiction counselor disappeared? This essay will explore these questions by attempting to define the historical essence of addiction
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY YEAR CONCEPT TOOL ORIGINATOR 1910s - Principles of scientific management - Industrial psychology - Moving assembly line - Economic lot size Formalized time-study and work-study concepts Motion study Activity scheduling chart EOQ applied to inventory control Frederick W. Taylor (U S.) Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (U.S.) Henry Ford and Henry L. Gantt (U.S.) F. W. Harris (U.S.) 1930s - Quality control - Hawthorne studies of worker motivation. Sampling
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Historical Perspective of Management Max Weber Sally Rogers March 29‚ 2012 Historical Perspective of Management Max Weber was a German sociologist that pioneered the term bureaucracy. Weber founded six major principles of bureaucracy Formal hierarchical structure‚ Management by rules‚ Organization by functional specialty‚ An "up-focused" or "in-focused" mission‚ Purposely impersonal
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History 122 – American History to 1877 Jason Dickson Historical Movie Review: The Patriot The movie‚ The Patriot‚ is the story of a South Carolina plantation owner‚ Benjamin Martin‚ who leads a local militia against British troops in the South during the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Martin‚ who is a widower with six children and a veteran of the French and Indian War‚ wants nothing to do with the war until a brutal British Colonel‚ William Tavington‚ kills one of his sons
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Education for Digital Natives The article “Digital Natives‚ Digital Immigrants” by Marc Prensky discusses the changes in information processing by the students of today due to the rise in digital technology of the last few decades. He argues that because of digital technology‚ students learn in a drastically different way than the generation before them‚ leading to a disconnect in how to successfully teach them. I agree with Prensky and support this claim by noting popular and successful vloggers
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My ideal career is becoming a lead game designer at a mid sized company. I’m a visual and details oriented person. I thrive in an open creative workplace where I can make a product‚ like an animated film or game. I love to play games and I’m always drawing and taking things apart to see how they work. I want to answer why even thou only 1% more gamers are male than female‚ why most games have a male protagonist. When the main character is female why does she have to be a over sexed stereotype in
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1. Using the date of onset for each case from Table 1‚ construct a simple ‘cases against time’ chart of the outbreak. From THIS data suggest when common exposure to infection may have occurred and explain your reasoning. Table 1. Cases against time. Date | Number of cases by area. | Total number of cases | | Town A | Town B | Village Y | Farm K | | 5th July | | | 1 | | 1 | 11th July | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | 12th July | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13th July | 5 | | 3 | | 8 | 14th July
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I hypothesized that the helmet that would have the best results would be Ashley’s helmet. From judging the materials that she had used‚ I had estimated that her helmet would provide optimal protection for the egg. Her helmet was made of a very hard material for the main frame – which I thought would reduce any force. In addition‚ her helmet had a clear plastic covering for the front of the egg‚ which I thought would withstand all outside forces. The only vulnerability seemed to be the underside of
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