THE RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS 1. How can information technology support a company’s business processes and decision-making‚ and give it a competitive advantage? One could imagine how inefficient and ineffective a business processes would be without the aid of current information technology. Processes will take time to provide the output needed from any type of business. Speed is the key to all the business processes of today. The need of a business to adapt to the
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performance‚ effects of training on performance and other issues upsetting employee presentation. Chapter Four explains the study methodology and converses the measures used to obtain the data‚ the reason for using this technique‚ dependability and strength of the study. In the end the boundaries of this study will later be discussed. Chapter five gives a presentation of the study consequences and their investigation. Chapter six is the concluding chapter of the study. It discusses managerial
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Techniques of Project Appraisal ARNOLD C. HARBERGER UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO In this paper‚ I attempt to bring into focus what I believe to be some of the important practical issues that face development planners in the field of project appraisal. I shall try‚ insofar as possible‚ to recognize the handicaps under which planners operate‚ most importantly the handicaps imposed by imperfect foresight and by the virtual necessity of decentralized decision-making. To elaborate briefly on these
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COURSE NOTES Pearce II and Robinson Jr (1997) define strategic management as “the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a company’s objectives”. Critical tasks: Formulate the company’s mission including broad statements about its purpose‚ philosophy and goals Develop a company profile that reflects its internal conditions and capabilities Assess the company’s external environment‚ including both the
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Project appraisal techniques are used to evaluate possible investment opportunities and to determine which of these opportunities will generate the best return to the firm’s shareholders. Therefore‚ it is vital for the firm if they wish to continue receiving funds from shareholders to employ the best techniques available when analysing which investment opportunities will give the best return. There are two types of project appraisal techniques: non-discounted cash flows and discounted cash flows
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Research Question: In the “CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility‚ and firm performance” article‚ Nadkarni and Herrmann (2010) are trying to answer the question of how CEO personality affects firm performance through influencing the firm’s adaptability to rapid‚ impactful‚ and unexpected changes. The main aim of the study is to extend previous literature that has studied the relationship between CEOs characteristics and firm strategic choices and performance by studying the underlying relationship between
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Critical Appraisal of a research article is considered as a basic tool for the evidence based practice in the nursing profession. This assignment is intended to appraise a quantitative research article published in a peer reviewed‚ indexed journal. The article is entitled with “Oral supplementation with L-glutamine alters gut microbiota of obese and overweight adults: A pilot study” Authored by Alessandra Zanin Zambom de Souza M.A et al published in the journal Nutrition in the year of 2015 (Zambom
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Performance Concepts and Performance Theory Sabine Sonnentag University of Konstanz‚ Konstanz‚ Germany‚ and Michael Frese University of Giessen‚ Giessen‚ Germany INTRODUCTION 4 RELEVANCE OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 4 DEFINITION OF PERFORMANCE 5 PERFORMANCE AS A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPT 6 TASK PERFORMANCE 6 CONTEX TUAL PERFORMANCE 6
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IFRS: ITS RELEVANCE‚ CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS. Dr. J.Bordoloi‚ Associate Professor‚ Haflong Govt. College bordoloijyotish27@gmail.com Ms. B.Bordoloi‚ Assistant Professor‚ Lakhimpur Commerce College bohnisikha.bordoloi@yahoo.com Key Words: Harmonize‚ Convergence‚ Comparability‚ Reliability‚ Credibility‚ Understandability. Abstract: The accounting standards are the ideal and standardized practice of accounting which aims to harmonize the accounting language. However the
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English Discussion on Shakespeare „What point is there in studying a dramatist who lived 400 years ago?” Shakespeare is a British dramatist‚ lyric poet and actor who lived from 1564-1616. Today it’s the 6th of september 2010. Shakespeare died almost 400 years ago. So why should people still keep busy with someone who lived such a long time ago? Why is Shakespeare still studied today? Many pupils would answer: Because teachers love to bore us. How could someone who lived 400 years ago write about
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