DE2-106-I DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY Original written by professors David Allen and Arnaud Gorgeon at IE Business School. Original version‚ 21 May 2002. Last revised‚ 20 December 2007. (R.L.) Published by IE Publishing Department. María de Molina 13‚ 28006 – Madrid‚ Spain. ©2002 IE. Total or partial publication of this document without the express‚ written consent of IE is prohibited. INTRODUCTION We are all familiar with the concept of diversification in finance. In this context‚ diversification
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policies and protocols. Intelligence must be incorporated into the planning process to reflect community problems and issues. Information sharing must become a policy‚ not an informal practice. Most important‚ intelligence must be contingent on quality analysis of data. The development of analytical techniques‚ training‚ and technical assistance needs to be supported. It was the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001 that revealed a life-and-death importance of enhancing U.S. intelligence operations. There
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1. Introduction HRM is the process of managing people in organizations in a structured and thorough manner.HRM encompasses the management of people in organizations from a macro perspective. The most important tasks of the Human Resource department are to make sure that the people working in an organization 1) feel happy 2) are in the right job‚ and 3) get the opportunity to upgrade their skills when necessary. Therefore employee/labor relation is a very important factor of Human Resource Management
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Matrix and Plato’s Republic Plato is known to be one of the greatest philosophers of his time‚ and even still considered to be one of the greatest of today. Many of his works have been used to analyze and answer important philosophical questions and are even used today as the basis of different stories and movies. One example of the use of Plato’s philosophy is the movie The Matrix directed by the Wachowski brothers. The Matrix is a reenactment of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave with
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TEST of Reliability | Application and APPROPRIATENESS | Strengths | Weaknesses | Internal Consistency | This measure of reliability is appropriate when trying to determine the difference in reliability from shortening or lengthening a test (Cohen & Swerdlik‚ 2010). Here I am specifically referring to the Spearman-Brown formula being used to determine internal consistency. A researcher could also use other measures of internal consistency meant for heterogeneous test items‚ such as Inter-item
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Composition I 3 October 2012 The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave What if one were living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist? The prisoners in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie The Matrix. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them. They believe what they are experiencing is not all that really exists. Plato‚ the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory
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Melissa A. Reeves Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Essay 02/14/2014 Phil 201-B15 Liberty University Professor Ronald Kuykendall In comparing the movie The Matrix and the readings from Plato and Descartes‚ the major similarity found among the three is deception. It is the deception of the mind that these excerpts deal with. The idea of being in an illusion or reality is addressed. All three take into account sense perceptions. Also‚ all three have an outside influence that is controlling the
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demanding‚ in spite of the fact that the penance of not knowing the truth is too high. The cruelty of reality might be hard to manage however in the meantime it can also be magnificent and wonderful. In The Matrix we encounter two characters; Neo‚ who wants to discover the truth about The Matrix and Cypher‚ who sells out his own companion so he can overlook reality and retreat to living in unmindful rapture. In life‚ we at times get the decision either to go out and find more about the world‚ or be
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The model defines the situation of business through the market growth and their competitive position in the market. There are four quadrants that the business can be categorized into. Quadrant I indicates that the firm is in rapid market growth and strong competitive position. Firm can continue concentrating on their current business. However‚ firm with excess resources may consider vertical integration. Quadrant II indicates that the firm is in rapid market growth and weak competitive position
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Stakeholder Issue/ sub-issues Stand/ Expressed Interest on the Issue Power/Influence Remarks/ Comments Actor (Real character in the film) Group/ Sector 1. Mr. Pesales (Father of farmer who was killed) Farmers or Rural poor sector Death of his son‚ lack of justice Investigate the death of his son‚ Human rights violation Low influence‚ has potential power if he unites and works with farmers’ group 2. Col. Tabora Philippine government; Philippine military Men accused of violating human rights Farmers
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