THE RELEVANCE OF SHORTHAND IN MODERN OFFICE OPERATIONS For the effective discharge of their duties‚ professional secretaries must have a mastery of the basic office skills. These skills include Shorthand‚ type writing etc. of all these skills‚ shorthand happens to the most important and most challenging of all. But in secretarial departments of most tertiary institutions‚ most students believed that secretaries no longer write shorthand in business offices with theinvention and installation of
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What makes a patriot? People through the ages have carried out both horrible and wonderful acts under the banner of patriotism. How then are we to define it? The concept of patriotism is just as debated and relevant today as it was during the Civil War. If our nation is to survive its current challenges‚ the definition of a true patriot must be clear. So‚ what is true patriotism? Only 57 percent of U.S. citizens over 18 described themselves as either “extremely” or “very” patriotic in a study
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The use of Empathy as a communication technique The word empathy is a noun and means: Having the ability to imagine oneself in another ’s place and understand the other ’s feelings‚ desires‚ ideas‚ and actions. The use of empathy was an important part of the psychological counseling technique developed by Carl R. Rogers. (Empathy) Carl Rogers was born January 8‚ 1902 in Oak Park‚ Illinois and lived until1987. Carl Rogers is best known for his contributions to therapy. Rogers felt that if a
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CAT Paper T10 Managing Finance Written By: Seah CONTENTS Chapter 1 Cash and cash flows Chapter 2 Forecasting cash flows Chapter 3 Cash forecasting techniques Chapter 4 Cash and treasury management Chapter 5 Investing surplus funds Chapter 6 Working capital management Chapter 7 Managing payables and inventory Chapter 8 Managing receivables Chapter 9 Assessing creditworthiness Chapter 10 Monitoring and collecting debts Chapter 11 The banking system and financial markets Chapter 12 Economic influences
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Modern Mindset Each person develops their own perspective of life and the world based on their own human experience. However‚ no one person is completely separate from his or her society‚ consequently the mindset of a culture tends to reflect the individual’s beliefs. The Western society is no exception. Their perception is mostly consisted of materialistic mindset‚ revealing enormous influence of science and avocation for rational thinking. This modernized materialistic mindset not only
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Investment Appraisal Investment: Spending money into something with an expectation of making profit/ increasing wealth in the future Investment Appraisal: Is a process of evaluating the attractiveness of an investment proposal using various techniques/methods‚ Methods Payback period Accounting rate of return (ARR – ROCE) Investment appraisal Internal rate of return (IRR) Pay Back Period (PBP) The Payback Period (PBP) - The time taken
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The modern Olympics is an international event where both men and women participate in a certain sport to represent the country they originated from. To facilitate the modern Olympics as we know it today‚ the Olympic movement‚ which dated from 1892 to 2002‚ was shaped by many things. A few examples are nationalism‚ gender‚ economics‚ and diplomacy. Gender is an important factor that shaped the Olympic movement because it shows how women slowly progress from a lower social rank to equality between
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Modern Communication A Review of Literature November/11/2011 Modern Communication A Review of Literature In the postindustrial modern world‚ or the “Information” age‚ we as a worldwide society use communication methods as our primary medium. We as a society have evolved to a point where individuals can transfer information freely‚ and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. This transfer however needs a medium. PED’s
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United States and the United Kingdom- the Reid Technique (United States) and the PEACE model (United Kingdom). Both are used to psychologically understand the suspect’s story of the crime and to purposely attain any important information possible. However‚ the Reid technique is more aggressive than the PEACE model. The purpose of the article was to express the concern that the authors have for the techniques of these models‚ especially the Reid technique‚ which they find very aggressive and inhumane
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strategic options 2 Techniques for Exploration Focus Groups Secondary Data Analysis Experience Surveys Projective Techniques Word association Sentence Completion Storytelling…etc. 3 Techniques for Exploration Focus Group A group of 6-10 people who discuss a subject under the direction of a moderator. Focus group interviews are not a question-and-answer session‚ rather the group members discuss a topic in some detail in an open and detailed way. 4 Techniques for Exploration Use
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