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    troublesome or struggling employees. This highlights the importance of recruitment and selection of sales people. Various practices can and should be employed to best avoid the unenviable situation of having hired the wrong person for the job. Effective recruitment processes are imperative in attracting and retaining high quality staff. As shown in the diagram in the extract in Appendix A‚ the Talent Selection Processes are an integral part of sales management. Marterella (2005‚ p. 2) describes how

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    of a people more than a never ending conflict. No evil even war at it’s worst is more painful to a culture than unresolved major conflicts. There must be resolution and once a conflict reaches a certain point no amount of talk will ever solve the problem. Force must be used‚ whether implied or actual. Conflict is a vital element of human nature. The day we cease to have conflict is the day we have died inside as a race. Conflict arises from our questing for a better way‚ our natural need to try

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    Employee Selection

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    Beginning in the 1970s‚ two developments dramatically changed in employee selections. First‚ the development of meta-analysis‚ arguably one of the most influential methodological developments in recent decades‚ made it possible to cumulate quantitatively the results of large numbers of small-scale studies‚ resulting in a quasi-massive-scale study. Second‚ the results of large-scale studies of military personnel and others also became available. The results of both kinds of studies provided strong

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    Media Bias

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    A regular viewer may not filter out any bias‚ therefore media sources often times over-exaggerate in order to persuade their audience. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech and press‚ so without any restrictions media outlet can freely express their views

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    Beauty Bias

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    The beauty bias is the notion that people who are attractive are usually rewarded socially. The idea of beauty is a socially accepted principle and although this principle has been widely accepted from the beginning of time‚ the standards of beauty have drastically changed from the past. In today’s society‚ there is a large amount of discrimination based on the physical attractiveness of a person which in turn affects them in the workplace in areas such as recruitment‚ selection‚ and performance

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    Forms of bias[edit] Actual and imputed bias Actual and imputed bias[edit] Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. Bias may be actual‚ imputed or apparent. Actual bias is established where it is actually established that a decision-maker was prejudiced in favour of or against a party. However‚ in practice‚ the making of such an allegation is rare as it is very hard to

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    gender bias

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    Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance

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    Overcoming Bias

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    A lot of people think that it is much fun and games when someone else is prejudiced and bias to another over their ethnic background. One example of someone being bias was when my whole family and I went to go out to eat at this fancy‚ elegant restaurant. When we got sat down there was a person immediately saying‚ “they don’t belong here”‚ and “who let them in here.” This is my favorite one they said “they should be cleaning houses or gardening.” My family was so disgusted and irritated with that

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    Historical Bias

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    more very different stories as to how the problem arose. Usually it is a matter of “he said she said” and depending on the situation‚ you pick the story that either sounds most accurate to you or that you want to believe. You may think that this is something that just happens at this day in age‚ but this occurs everywhere and has occurred over time. This is called historical bias. This paper will investigate ways to avoid historical bias‚ how historical bias may affect how we think about our past‚

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    Media Bias

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    Alicia US II 24 April 2013 Media Bias Research Paper When a journalist or any other media outlet reports news with a point of view and not just the facts‚ it is called media bias. Media bias can happen in several forms. These include selective reporting of facts‚ omission of facts and deliberate distortion. Media bias in America comes mainly in two forms‚ conservative and liberal. Major media outlets are sometimes known for their bias reporting. The Fox News Channel tends to have a more conservative

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