what extent can organisational culture be managed? Is organisational culture critical to the success of an organisation? Peter Anthony (1994) asserts that the pursuit of change in a cultural sense has been considered synonymous with the pursuit of excellence for organisations. It is true that a wide variety of management practitioners view the control of organisational culture as something both possible and necessary for organisational success (Brown 1993). A survey of organisational practices of
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A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1) Michael Swan This (the first of two articles) examines some of the more theoretical ideas underlying the ‘Communicative Approach‘. These include the belief that we should teach ‘use’ as well as ‘meaning; and some attitudes regarding the teaching of ‘skills’ and ‘strategies’. A second article will deal with more pedagogical aspects of the approach‚ especially the idea of a ‘semantic syllabus’ and the question of ‘authenticity’ in materials and methodology
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT — THE NEW IMPERATIVE ABSTRACT Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change‚ both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level. A somewhat ambiguous term‚ change management has at least three different aspects‚ including: adapting to change‚ controlling change‚ and effecting change. A proactive approach to dealing with change is at the core of all three aspects. For an organization‚ change management means defining
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Multiple Scierosis in Society and its effects on individuals News on multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is a disease usually known as MS‚ and this affects the central nervous system- the brain and spinal cord. Multiple Sclerosis is when the nerves are not able to communicate with the body. The central nervous system has a myelin sheath covering the axons‚ which sends the message to the synaptic bulbs for communication to the nerves. “The myelin sheath helps the axons sends its messages
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S.I.D- 0574220 INTRODUCTION Oticon‚ a Danish company founded in 1904 was the first company in the world to invent an instrument to help the hearing impaired. In the 1970’s‚ Oticon was the world’s number one manufacturer of the "behind the ear" hearing aids. During the 1970’s and 1980’s as the market for "in the ear" hearing aid grew‚ Oticon’s fortune suddenly declined and they lost money and market share. The main problem for all of this was that Oticon was a very traditional‚ departmentalized
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MULTIPLE REGRESSION After completing this chapter‚ you should be able to: understand model building using multiple regression analysis apply multiple regression analysis to business decision-making situations analyze and interpret the computer output for a multiple regression model test the significance of the independent variables in a multiple regression model use variable transformations to model nonlinear relationships recognize potential problems in multiple
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sociological look can provide a number of unique benefits and perspectives. A way of understanding sociology can be done through sociological perspective‚ which allows us to see general patterns in the behavior of people. By having a better understanding of the world around you‚ you learn why the world acts the way it does. Not only this‚ but it also helps your understanding in day-to-day life. Besides the fact that sociology gives us an understanding of the world we live in‚ it can also help us to understand
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Signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary from each individual and are dependent on the location of the affected nerve fibers. Common symptoms include: numbness and weakness that occurs in one or more limbs and usually occurs on only one side of the body at a time‚ partial or complete loss of vision in usually one eye‚ pain with eye movements‚ double vision that lasts for a long period of time‚ fatigue‚ slurred speech‚ tremors‚ unsteady gait‚ tingling or pain throughout body‚ problems with bowel
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The Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease which affects the nervous system‚ namely the brain and spinal cord. It causes damage the myelin sheath‚ the material that surrounds and protects nerve cells (Marieb‚ 2012). This damage slows down the process in which the brain relays messages to the rest of the body‚ leading to a variety of symptoms. Some of the most common include pain and numbness; fatigue; walking‚ balance‚ and coordination problems; bladder and bowel
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Organisational Marketing Defined: Any marketing activity that occurs between two organisations can be termed as organisational marketing. Another terminology gaining‚ popularity for organisational marketing since the 1980s is called business-to-business marketing (Gross et at.‚ 1993)‚ which essentially means the same. These activities differ from consumer marketing mainly due to the fact that in consumer marketing‚ the interaction is between organisations and individual consumers. However‚ the
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