Results In each condition‚ Appearance Evaluation and Body Areas Satisfaction Scale scores was transformed into Z-scores before summed and averaged into a single measure of appearance evaluation in accordance with the MBSRQ Users’ Manual (Cash‚ 2000). Checking for univariate outliers in the numeric rating scales (BAS-2‚ MBSRQ-AS‚ RSES) and subscales (AE‚ BASS) was done separately on the condition 1 and condition 2 dataset. Outliers was defined as scores above the sum of the interquartile range (IQR)
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DTD 5 ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Business Research xx (2004) xxx – xxx The SERPVAL scale: a multi-item instrument for measuring service personal values Luis Filipe Lagesa‚*‚ Joana Cosme Fernandesb‚1 a Universidade Nova de Lisboa‚ Faculdade de Economia‚ Campus de Campolide‚ 1099-032 Lisboa‚ Portugal Ericsson Telecommunications Portugal‚ Edifıcio D. Henrique‚ Quinta da Fonte‚ 2780-730 Paco de Arcos‚ Portugal ´ ¸ b Received 14 October 2003; received in revised form 1 June 2004;
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acknowledged as the live wires through which the developmental aims of developing nations can be realized. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are found in both urban and rural areas‚ and cover a wide spectrum of economic activities which includes Small Scale Manufacturing Enterprises (SSMEs). According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD‚ 2005) survey‚ estimate has it that‚ SMEs contribution to total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is at about 22 per cent. Ghana has a relatively
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Bombardier is the world’s only manufacturer of both planes and trains‚ it is present in more then 60 countries and is headquartered in Montreal‚ Canada. Both Bombardier Aerospace & Bombardier transportation employ over 70 000 and posted a revenue of over 18.3 billion in the fiscal year ended December 31‚2011. The case presents the implementation of an ERP system in Bombardier‚ along with all the major changes the corporation undertook for a successful transition. In the analysis I will address
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What are the current challenges facing Bombardier? Bombardier has grown substantially via acquisitions since 1989. These acquisitions allowed Bombardier to expand operations‚ however‚ in doing so they inherited multiple different information systems‚ processes and business practices. Bombardier‚ had become a textbook silo company. Bombardier quickly realized that their aggressive acquisition strategy had become a much more expensive endeavor. By creating a silo environment‚ they created inefficiencies
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Causes of Large-Scale Native American Deaths Between 1500 and 1700 Between 1500 and 1700‚ most of the original Native American population vanished. After European conquest‚ the ways of living for the Native Americans had forever changed‚ and few had survived large-scale deaths to carry on or learn to live in harmony with the Europeans. Deaths in such great numbers did not result from a single cause. Rather it was a combination of many different causes that led to a near extinction of the Native
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The data reported has been collected from senior risk stakeholders within the selected organisation using the HEXACO Personality Inventory Revised (PI-R) scale questionnaire. Permission for the study of the personality profile of senior risk stakeholders within the selected organisation‚ through the use of the HEXACO PI-R scale questionnaire‚ was obtained from the selected organisation’s Corporate Affairs office and the permission is available in appendix A. Emphasis was placed on anonymity of
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scholarly article is to aid us in understanding and solving some of the problems that we have observed in the performance management system of the company that we have visited and studied( Aarush Metal castings limited). Our company is a medium scale enterprise catering to the requirements of its sister concern by providing it with pre machined parts in accordance with customer specification. Some of the key success factors of our company are low cost‚ higher quality and on-time delivery. Some
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Role of Information Systems in Small Scale ‘Ready To Eat’ Food Business Assignment 1B COIS20024—Systems Management Overview Term 1‚ 2010 Prepared and Submitted by Jessvin Roosevelt D’Souza S0189717 Tutor: Asif Syed Due Date: 18 May 2010 Date Submitted: 18 May 2010 Executive summary <Briefly describe the purpose of the report and the date on which it was requested‚ a brief summary of your major findings‚ conclusions‚ and recommendations > Contents Introduction 1
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Information Flow and Decision-Making in Production Scheduling Jeffrey W. Herrmann Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park‚ MD 20742 Abstract Although often studied as an isolated optimization problem‚ production scheduling in practice is a complex flow of information and decision-making. This paper discusses this perspective and presents ways to represent production scheduling systems. The paper uses a case study of a manufacturing
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