Portfolio Management of Research Projects in the Public and Private Sectors Yolanda Yebra Aguado Project Management Submission date: June 2011 Supervisor: Tim Kristian Andreas Torvatn‚ IØT Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management MSc in Project Management‚ Thesis Preface This thesis work is carried out at the department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT). It constitutes the final thesis for the Master of
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Obesity: A Public or Private Issue? Imagine a world where a school aged child can step out of their school and walk into a McDonalds. A world where soda companies make millions of dollars a year by placing soda machines in schools. A world where 30.5 percent of adults are considered obese. A world where obesity is killing more people than smoking. What if I told you this world is not in your imagination but is the world we live in today? Where would you turn to seek help for this epidemic
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Authors note- I didn’t find it hard to choose a topic. I chose the topic of taxes on the rich because it is just something that I am interested. I thought it was really easy to find sources on the library database about this topic. One problem I had was narrowing down my results because I got like 20‚000 results when I first typed in taxing the rich but after you showed us how to pick databases that helped a lot. One of the things I revised after reading my paper out loud to my partners
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Non-Performing Assets of Public and Private Sector Banks The quality of Indian banks’ assets is likely to deteriorate over the next two years. This will be driven by the slowdown in the economy‚ and by the aging of loans made in recent years. The NPAs are considered as an important parameter to judge the performance and financial health of banks. The level of NPAs is one of the drivers of financial stability and growth of the banking sector. The Financial companies and institutions
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Privacy is a valuable interest and is now threatened more than ever by technological advances. Privacy is defined as the ability to control the collection‚ use‚ and dissemination of personal information (Fast Trac Course ). At one time people could once feel confident that what others may find out about them would be treated in a way that it would probably do any harm. Information technology has been beneficial for privacy. By having access to ATMs and online banking we rarely have to present ourselves
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Word Count - 766 The Diminishing Privacy by Technology People use computers on a daily basis. They are a familiar modern convenience that employers and households are accustomed to. While they offer a wealth of services that make life much easier‚ many may not fully comprehend that paying bills‚ purchasing an item‚ or even applying for a job on the computer may put their privacy at risk. Numerous hours are spent online everyday to shop‚ send emails‚ pay bills‚ download music‚ and the list
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Germov‚ J‚ ”Managerialism in the Australian public health sector: towards the hyper-rationalisation of professional bureaucracies.“ Sociology of Health and Illness 27‚ No. 6 (2005): 738-758. The article outlines the effect and impact of managerialism on the organization’s operation in Australian public health sector professionals‚ which bases on 11 qualitative case-study researches with 71 semi-structured interviews. The data was collected from government funded independent evaluation of the BPHS
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Since the beginning of radio’s “golden age” in the 1940’s‚ this form of mass media has experienced many changes from different programming‚ to advertising‚ to broadcast laws‚ etc. Beginning when the first radio station‚ KDKA‚ signed on in 1920 ‚ it was quickly being picked up as a new emerging form of mass media. By the mid-20’s radios themselves were better and easier to use‚ and by 1930‚ were being purchased by the millions. Radio not only survived but thrived through the great depression. This
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Private or Public Is your social media page appropriate for your parents views? Better yet is it appropriate for colleges or coaches to see? Colleges should use social media for acceptance eligibility for monitoring purposes‚ representation‚ and accountability. Colleges should use monitoring purposes for social media pages. One good example is to monitor the social page for drug use or suicidal post. According to Michael Martinez publisher of CNN: he said‚( “California school district hires
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GOVERNANCE OF THE SECURITY SECTOR. THERE ARE‚ HOWEVER‚ SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEGREE TO WHICH SUCH MECHANISMS COULD FOSTER DEMOCRATIC POLICING IN A SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY A LOW LEVEL OF OVERALL DEMOCRACY. WITH THE AID OF EXAMPLES FROM ANY TWO SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE STATEMENT IS TRUE. INTRODUCTION Civilian oversight of and engagement with policing are viewed as two methods of improving the democratic governance of the security sector. This is true because
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