as ZHONGHUA ZHU (Logout • 窗体顶端 Question 1 Correct Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The president of Mountain Home University has been asked by her board of trustees to set up a mechanism for the commercialization of technology developed at the university. Such a mechanism is typically called a Select one: A. business department. B. royalty department. C. commercialization office. D. technology transfer office.[pic]correct Difficulty: Moderate Schilling -
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Leadership lessons from the Great Rail Yatra: Indian Railways In 2006‚ when the then Railway Minister rose to address the parliament with the rail budget‚ he said “Mr. Speaker Sir‚ I rise to present the Budget Estimates 2006-07 for the Indian Railways at a point in time when‚ there has been a historical turnaround in the financial situation of the Indian Railways.” The sheer size and scale of the Indian railways in terms of the volume of passengers and freight it carries to the number of trains
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Journal of Policy Modeling 35 (2013) 1103–1123 Macroeconomic consequences of terrorism in Pakistan Zahra Malik‚ Khalid Zaman ∗ Department of Management Sciences‚ COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad‚ Pakistan Received 28 May 2013; received in revised form 17 July 2013; accepted 23 August 2013 Available online 7 September 2013 Abstract The objective of the study examines the macroeconomic consequences of terrorism
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A SMALL STEP TOWARDS CONSERVING ELECTRICITY In response to the task given to me‚ regarding fans and lights being left unshut when not in use and a small survey to analyse student mentality and behaviour‚ I had taken the following steps Informed people in my hostel to gather in the common room for 5 minutes after dinner (on Sunday‚ 24-08-2104). Met people who did not turn up to meet in person Contacted some of them through WhatsApp I stay in SR14 hostel‚ it has 120 rooms (approx. 120 students
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Chapter 12: Managing Diversity in the Workplace The Chancellor’s Committee on Diversity defines Diversity as: "The variety of experiences and perspective which arise from differences in race‚ culture‚ religion‚ mental or physical abilities‚ heritage‚age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ gender identity and other characteristics." So why is it when many people think of diversity‚ they think first of ethnicity and race‚ and then gender? Diversity is much broader. Diversity is otherness or those human qualities
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REVIEWED ARTICLES What is managing diversity and why does it matter? Sharon Mavin and Gill Girling University of Northumbria at Newcastle Abstract: In the UK‚ human resource practitioners and academics alike are becoming more aware of the emergence of managing diversity. But what does managing diversity actually mean‚ how does it translate into practice‚ and what does it matter? The following paper brie y debates the rhetoric of managing diversity and considers whether managing diversity is a distinct
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Section 1 Internal environment and external environment Internal environment • Manager: On one hand‚ in order to understand a management situation of a company‚ the organization structure is the key issues which should be involved. Xin hua bookstore is being a traditional organization has the traditional structure that functional organization structure. This type of organization always has many layers including senior management‚ middle management and base management level in the pyramid
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reading this paper. Supervisors and managers are the targeted audience because they need to recognize the ways in which the workplace is changing‚ evolving‚ and diversifying. Since managing diversity remains a significant organizational challenge‚ managers must learn the managerial skills needed in a multicultural work environment. Supervisors and managers must be prepared to teach themselves and others within their organizations to value multicultural differences in both associates and customers so that
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There has been a gradual change in the mode of packaging for last years.For instance‚ earlier fruits and vegetables were used to be transported in wooden boxes but today cardboard crates are used .This is mainly to reduce the cost. Obviously‚a cardboard crate would cost less than wooden crate. Moreover‚using cardboard crates is more eco friendly than cutting trees and making wooden boxes and supporting an environmental cause helps firms improve their goodwill and eventually their sales. Similarly
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Think back to the first time you ever heard of nature. At one stage or another‚ every man woman or child will be faced with the issue of nature. Remarkably nature is heralded by shopkeepers and investment bankers alike‚ leading many to state that it is impossible to overestimate its impact on modern thought. The juxtaposition of nature with fundamental economic‚ social and political strategic conflict draws criticism from global commercial enterprises‚ many of whom blame the influence of television
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