AGAINST THE GODS The Remarkable Story of Risk By Peter L. Bernstein I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by Against the Gods. I expected this book to be a typical dry book on a given financial subject‚ detailing use‚ application‚ and theory. I completely took for granted the fact that math‚ particularly risk‚ has history. The author did a fantastic job of painting a picture and explaining how‚ why and when concepts we use today came into being. While reading this book I became excited
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BA9203 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT L T P C 3 0 0 3 UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY MANAGEMENT 9 Definitions – TOM framework‚ benefits‚ awareness and obstacles. Quality – vision‚ mission and policy statements. Customer Focus – customer perception of quality‚ Translating needs into requirements‚ customer retention. Dimensions of product and service quality. Cost of quality. UNIT II PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT 9 Overview of the contributions of Deming‚ Juran Crosby‚ Masaaki
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Agenda setting theory (Maxwell McCombs and Donald L. Shaw) Media influence affects the order of presentation in news reports about news events‚ issues in the public mind. More importance to a news-more importance attributed by audience. Media Priorities It says what people should think about and how people should think about. These are the levels of agenda setting theory: First Level: Mostly studied by researchers‚ media uses objects or issues to influence the people what people should think
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Effect of working capital management practices onfinancial performance: A study of small scale enterprises in Kisii South District‚ KenyaSmall scale enterprises (SSEs) are acknowledged in Kenya as significant contributors to economic growth. Despite this‚ it is estimated that up to 40% of the start-ups fail by year 2 and at least 60% close their doors by year 4. Working capital management is credited as one of the causes of these failures. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of
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I’ll be presenting the case: L Shaddock & Associates case v Parramatta City Council. First‚ I’ll provide a brief summary of situation that resulted in the court case‚ followed by the case itself‚ which brings up issues of duty of care and negligent mis-statement‚ and concluding with the judgement that was passed. The CASE: Shaddock proposed to purchase a property for the purpose of redevelopment. A telephone inquiry made by Mr Carroll‚ Shaddock’s solicitor‚ as to whether there was any local road
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European Validation of Slavery . In Jennifer L. Morgan’s article titled‚ “Some Could Suckle Over Their Shoulder”‚ the author says‚ “This article focuses on the way in which racialist discourse was deeply imbued with ideas about gender and sexual difference that‚ indeed‚ became manifest only in contact with each other.” From analyzing the article‚ we see that the author argues that even before the European travelers made any contact with Native American or African people‚ they already had the perception
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In the article The Changing Culture of Childhood: A Perfect Storm by Joe L. Frost‚ the idea that a “perfect storm” in the educational system is brewing due to standardized tests. By implementing“teach to the test‚” it’s affecting the time in a child’s life to play and increasing the poverty rate worldwide. According to Frost‚ standardized testing has taken the “individuality‚ creativity‚ cooperative learning‚ community involvement‚ and the balance of academics and other activities‚” out of our
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Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas Karamchand. Gandhi by Martin L. King Jr. In the Sermon on Mohandas Karamchand‚ there were several points of interfaith dialogue such as humility‚ hospitality‚ empathy and commitment. According to what Jesus said‚ "I have other sheep that is not of this fold." Gandhi was the other sheep of the modern world who was not a member of the Christian church‚ but his love and understanding goodwill in his heart led to achieving for his people the liberation of exploitation
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CASE STUDY : YAKKATECH. INC. (Steven L. McShane‚ The University Of Western Australia. 1. What symptom(s) in this case study suggest that something has gone wrong? In this case study‚ the symptoms that suggest that something has gone wrong are the customer complaints regarding the poor quality services continue to increase with growth of Yakka Tech’s customer service business that has nearly doubled over the past five years‚ the increasing rate of voluntary employee quit in the contact center
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Title of report: Developing Yourself as an Effective Human Resources or Learning and Development Practitioner Table of Contents S Subject: Developing yourself as an Effective Human Resources or Learning & Development Practitioner Introduction 1.1 The Human Resources Profession Map (HRPM) – Knowledge‚ Skills and Behaviours 2.1 HR Customers – Meeting Their Needs 2.2 Methods
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