Chapter 7: Living in the Environment: environmental factors and their influence Questions Introduction 1. Why is a Polar bear found living in a cold icy place and a fish found living in water‚ but not in other environments? Because it is their habitat in which they are adapted to. It has certain adaptations to allow it to survive in that environment and resources are available in the environment. 2. Give the definitions for the following words (the glossary at the back of the book may help
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Overall‚ three macro factors that influence teenagers to associate themselves with gangs are the community‚ education and poverty. Using the social disorganization we can see how these causes actually aid in criminal behaviour. The four aspects that were particularly looked at from social disorganization theory were; low income status‚ which can be associated with poverty and the community‚ and if people tend to grow up in a neighbourhood with low income status or have low income families‚ they are
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The internal environment: * Strategic competitiveness and above – Average returns result when Internal organization (What a firm can do : function of resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies) matches External environment ( What a firm might do : function of opportunities in the firm’s external environment → Competitive Advantage * Competitive advantage key points: * No competitive advantage lasts forever. * Over time‚ rival use their own unique resources‚ capabilities‚ and
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There are many factors that influence children for the rest of their lives and how they will interact and fit in to society. Some children embrace their cultural heritage‚ while some may resist it and want to adopt the cultural aspects of the culture they currently live in. Depending upon how much culture is influenced and how each child receives it can only be looked at on an individual basis as each child is different. The primary factors that make up a person’s culture are religion‚ beliefs
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Pay for Performance Park University Overview Incentive pay‚ also known as "pay for performance" is generally given for specific performance results rather than simply for time worked. While incentives are not the answer to all personnel challenges‚ they can do much to increase worker performance. (Billikopf) Performance pay has various names: merit pay‚ pay for performance‚ knowledge-and-skill- based pay‚ or individual or group incentive pay. (Delisio) Pay for performance systems have
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Factors that influence an employee to stay with an organization Support Values Organization is encouraged to share their values with their employees. This is important because shared values can help to keep staff motivated and loyal. Normally people will feel comfortable in an environment that matches their attitudes and values. So by sharing company’s value‚ it helps to influence an employee to stay longer with the organization. Seeing the big picture A clear organization’s goal‚ direction
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Factors and Motivations That Influence Biological Warfare Maham Ahmed November 11th‚ 2010 Modern World History Katie Ehrlich Many troops during the years of World War I met their demise in what is arguable the most terrifying and inhumane of all military tactics - biological warfare. Soldiers inhaled a deadly acidic gas that burned them from the inside out‚ suffocating them in an excruciating and unimaginable pain. Kurth Audrey‚ a professor of strategy at the U.S. National War College in
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM What factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in Fairview Park? RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are factors that influence juvenile delinquency? (Causes) How are persons affected by the juvenile delinquent? (Effects) What measures can be implanted in stopping these juvenile delinquents? (Solution) REASON FOR SELECTING THE AREA OF RESEARCH This topic ‘factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in the community ‘was chosen because
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How Internal And External Factors Effect The Levels Of Management For a company to be successful in the long term today‚ they must be diverse. The company needs to be able to adapt to changes. The need for these changes can present themselves from many angles. Some would include changes in the economy‚ marketing‚ or even a change in the target audience. A company has to look at more than just the four levels of management. Organizations must look at how internal and external factors can affect
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opted to deviate from industry standards and build their own custom technology that would better suit their needs. When is it a good idea for companies to take this alternative? What issues factor into that decision? Provide a discussion and some examples. 3. Although the new system has been quite successful‚ Pay-Pal has chosen not to license this technology to others‚ forgoing a potentially important revenue stream given the lack of good solutions to this problem. Why do you think PayPal chose not
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