article: Alex W. H. Chan.‚ Hoi Yan Cheung.‚ “Cultural Dimensions‚ Ethical Sensitivity‚ and Corporate Governance” (2011). Introduction and brief summary of the paper Corporate Governance has become an essential tool for improving corporate performance and advancing the development of market-oriented democracies. Good governance practice maintain the integrity of business transactions and in so doing strengthen the rule of law and democratic governance. Chan and Cheung’s study determines
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NUS rolls out “grade-free” system for its freshmen By Ong Hwee Hwee‚ The Straits Times‚ 23 January 2014 In this article‚ the author addresses the issue of having a grading system in the National University of Singapore (NUS) where alphabetical grades will not be given anymore; instead‚ the only “grades” given will be a distinction‚ pass‚ or fail. A similar approach has been taken by the Singapore University of Technology and Design‚ and in certain modules in Nanyang Technological University and
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Management a true profession is an interesting article. It is written by two authors‚ Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria. Rakesh Khurana is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School in Boston while Nitin Nohria is also a professor of business administration and senior associate dean and director of faculty development at Harvard Business School. Both authors have written informative books on the subject of business. The purpose of this article is about revolutionizing the training
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they will have strong effects. By Maureen Glabman Contributing Editor In 1995‚ Harvard business school professors Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower put “disruptive technologies” in the business lexicon by introducing the term in a seminal article in the school’s journal. The phrase described what happened in 1960‚ for example‚ when an unknown company‚ Sony‚ began selling an affordable transistor television that eventually replaced RCA’s vacuum tube. Soon it became apparent the transistor
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Shantell’s paper for the most part was easy to follow and got the point across about Valero Energy Corporation. One thing I noticed was a couple sentences needed words deleted or added in order to make more sense. There were some also some APA format issues that needed to be addressed. Overall‚ the paper was informative about the future of Valero as well as the making sure customer needs are addresses. Especially in the world we live in it is important to address customer needs as well as environmental
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Williams Journal Article Critique #1 December 2012 Scharfstein‚ L.‚ Alfano‚ C.‚ Beidel‚ D.‚ & Wong‚ N. (2011). Children with generalized anxiety disorder do not have peer problems‚ just fewer friends. Child Psychiatry and Human Development‚ 42‚712-723. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0245-2 Article Critique of "Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorders Do Not Have Peer Problems‚ Just Fewer Friends" Summary Lindsay Scharfstein is one of the authors of this article. She is originally
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In science explain the necessity for peer-review and why sometimes there is resistance to new scientific theories. What is scientific peer review? Scientific peer review is the evaluation of scientific research findings or proposals for competence‚ significance and originality‚ by qualified experts who research and submit work for publication in the same field (peers). Most commonly‚ peer review is used by the editors of scientific journals‚ who ask well-qualified experts to provide written
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his is funny to admit at this stage of my pre-registration year‚ but I do not fully understand the role of a pharmacist. Those of you who read my blogs may be thinking – “why?” Surely after four years at university and four months of pre-registration training I should understand the role of the pharmacist. But the truth is I don’t‚ and here’s why. Throughout my pharmacy degree I gathered experience in four sectors that pharmacists can work in which included; academia‚ hospital‚ community and the
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Ability is a mental and physical capacity to perform various tasks‚ Skills Dexterity at performing specific tasks‚ which has been acquired through training or experience As this quotation suggests‚ people differ greatly with respect to their abilities the Capacities to perform various tasks and also differ greatly with respect to specific Skills dexterity at performing specific tasks‚ which has been acquired through training‚To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what
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Report Introduction The productivity of a company is strongly related to its people and its strategies. The Employees bring along a wide range of qualifications‚ abilities and knowledge‚ which might as well be useless to the company needs. Some of them identify with the company and are motivated in helping reaching goals‚ while others see the company as a vehicle meant to satisfy their own targets. This paper touches upon the importance of retention of the employees and human capital investment
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