Introduction to Communication Theory: Course Summary Chapter 1: Launching your study What is a theory? What distinguishes a good theory from a bad theory? A theory is a set of systematic informed hunches about the way things work. A good theory goes beyond accepted wisdom and offers explanations and speculations about phenomena. Additionally‚ a good theory consists of a system of concepts which means that the theorist were able to make connections among his ideas. A theory tends to shape
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education. What is this rhetoric referring to? This rhetoric is referring to an economic purpose of schooling‚ particularly the Human Capital Theory. Joel Spring‚ in his book American Education (2016)‚ defines Human Capital Theory is that with investment in education within a community‚ that community will have more wealth returned to that community (p. 90). Human Capital Theory dates back as far as the 19th century‚ since then it has been used to justify political and economic goals of schooling. In this
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Problem Solution: Global Communications Global Communication (GC) is facing a significant challenge in maintaining its competitive while honoring the rights of all stakeholders. Handled improperly‚ a push to increase the bottom line can result in a worse financial situation simply due to organization behavior. To accomplish its goals‚ GC must not only keep the end state in mind‚ but also address the method by which goals are achieved. Communication between stakeholders is essential to provide
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Theories of Communication The study of communication and mass media has led to the formulation of many theories: structural and functional theories believe that social structures are real and function in ways that can be observed objectively; cognitive and behavioral theories tend to focus on psychology of individuals; interactionist theories view social life as a process of interaction; interpretive theories uncover the ways people actually understand
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LIII‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 1998 Agency Costs‚ Risk Management‚ and Capital Structure HAYNE E. LELAND* ABSTRACT The joint determination of capital structure and investment risk is examined. Optimal capital structure ref lects both the tax advantages of debt less default costs ~Modigliani and Miller ~1958‚ 1963!!‚ and the agency costs resulting from asset substitution ~Jensen and Meckling ~1976!!. Agency costs restrict leverage and debt maturity and increase yield
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EQCapj‚t Where‚ DPSj‚t refers to dividend per share for company j in year t; Dividendj‚t refers to amount of dividend paid by company j in year t; and EQCapj‚t refers to paid -up equity capital for firm j in year t.Equity capital is employed instead of the usual number of outstanding shares in the denominator as it facilitates comparison of rupee dividend paid per share by removing the impact of different face or par values Dividend payout ratio (PR) is
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Dell’s Working Capital Substantive Issues Dell manufactures‚ sells‚ and services personal computers. The company markets directly to its customers and builds computers after receiving a customer order. This build-to-order model enables Dell to have much smaller investments in working capital than its competitors. It also enables Dell to enjoy more fully the benefits of reductions in component prices and to introduce new products more rapidly. Dell has grown quickly and has been able to finance
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Part 1: The Theory Poor communication is responsible for the effectiveness of community policing. The article used for part 1 is titled _Overcoming barriers to communication between police and socially disadvantage neighborhoods: a critical theory of community policing‚_ by author Stephen Schneider_._ Research on his theory is conducted in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods‚ where community policing is needed the most. Primary research was established in the East Vancouver neighborhood‚ Mount
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Human capital theory regards education as an investment “like any other”‚ and as a generator of externalities. For example‚ individuals make individual choices concerning their education‚ but this choice has a strong economic impact through the resulting increase in total factor productivity. According to human capital theory‚ the educational level of the agricultural labour force has an influence on agricultural productivity. This relationship may take three forms: • education can improve the quality
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623–656‚ July‚ October‚ 1948. A Mathematical Theory of Communication By C. E. SHANNON T I NTRODUCTION HE recent development of various methods of modulation such as PCM and PPM which exchange bandwidth for signal-to-noise ratio has intensified the interest in a general theory of communication. A basis for such a theory is contained in the important papers of Nyquist 1 and Hartley2 on this subject. In the present paper we will extend the theory to include a number of new factors‚ in particular
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