pieces of a firing mechanism‚ or the French gagée‚ a small tool or accessory. A discussion arose at the Plymouth meeting of the Devonshire Association in 1916 when it was suggested that this word should be recorded in the list of local verbal provincialisms. Several members dissented from its inclusion on the ground that it is in common use through out the country and a naval officer who was present said that it has for years been a popular expression in the service for a tool or implement‚ the exact
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S p ri n g 2 0 0 7 V O L . 4 8 N O. 3 Michael Hammer The 7 Deadly Sins of Performance Measurement and How to Avoid Them REPRINT NUMBER 48302 S P E C I A L R E P O R T: M E A S U R I N G T O M A N A G E THE OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT [and How to Avoid Them] By Michael Hammer 7 Sins DEADLY SPRING 2007 MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW Operational performance measurement remains an unsolved problem. Despite the relatively little attention it gets in the management literature
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Ilya Lukashov BUS 300 Principles of Marketing Article analyses 5 of September‚ 2011 It is surprising how Theodore Levitt was able not only to pinpoint core principle of corporation development which utterly changed the minds of managers of majority big companies of that time. “Marketing Myopia” introduced the new business reality. It is a visionary work that is still popular in nowadays. Although article was written more than 50 years ago we still see the same problems today. Let`s take for
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Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism (1869) Mthew Arnold original [iii] My foremost design in writing this Preface is to address a word of exhortation to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. In the essay which follows‚ the reader will often find Bishop Wilson quoted. To me and to the members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge his name and writings are still‚ no doubt‚ familiar; but the world is fast going away from old-fashioned people of his sort
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Speech on Future of Democracy in India Posted in Essays‚ Paragraphs and Articles by Sanjoy Roy On February 3‚ 2014. No comments Democracy refers to the system of government run by through the elected representatives of the people of the country. Democracy means that the people should rule themselves. India is a democratic country and has a well defined constitution of her own. This constitution has given us the right to choose our government. It has given us some rights like freedom of speech
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common man remains as poor as he had been. Though education has spread‚ its standard and quality have received a set - back. Not is the political scene very encouraging. While the working of democracy is not satisfactory‚ the forces of religion‚ provincialism and linguism pose a threat to the unity of the country. Our leaders lack the qualities of idealism‚ integrity and self - sacrifice‚ which were abundantly in evidence during the days of the struggle for freedom. In this bleak situation‚ it is natural
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everyone in this world is prone to dream. One always makes a plan about his future. So I have a Pakistan of my dreams which would be different fro the present one. First thing it would be a Pakistan in which there will be no racism communalism and provincialism. First of all I would root out communalism whatever its shape or from may be. All such tendencies which fan the forces of separatism and disruption would be eliminated. Unity will be celebrated. Next I want Pakistan to be scientifically advanced
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Tolerance is the Strength of Society Tolerance is a sense of willingness to accept behavior and beliefs which are contrary to one’s own. While the disagreement to one’s thoughts‚ beliefs and ideology is considered as intolerance and it leads to confrontations and rivalry. Intolerance is on the increase in the world today‚ causing death‚ genocide‚ violence‚ religious persecution as well as confrontations on different levels. Sometimes it is racial and ethnic‚ sometimes it is religious and ideological
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and allied to the criticism that this is the problem of determinism‚ the inheritance and the training are to some extent by the greater part of the characters‚ but on all of Roxana‚ Tom‚ cameras and Percy Driscoll; the problems of society‚ the provincialism and the cruelty of the small town also
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the iron man of India who wrought miracle by unifying al the numerous states of India after the partition. National integration is essentially needed to keep India alive. It is our prestige. There are forces now that resort to communalism‚ provincialism and parochialism. They have their vested interests. They do not stand for India. They want it to disintegrate. They are tools in the hands of some foreign elements. They do not like to see India united and strong. Pakistan and Bangladesh are the
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