online music players‚ recommending music that the users probably will like. This thesis will present the design‚ implementation‚ testing and evaluation of a recommender system within the music domain‚ where three different approaches for producing recommendations are utilized. Testing each approach is done by first conducting live user experiments and then measure recommender precision using offline analysis. Our results show that the functionality of the recommender system is satisfactory‚ and that recommender
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Opera Hotel Edition Hardware Sizing for Microsoft OS OPERA Version 5.0 October 4‚ 2011 OPERA HOTEL SERVER SIZING Copyright 2010 MICROS Systems‚ Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ photocopied‚ stored on a retrieval system‚ or transmitted without the express prior written consent of the publisher. MICROS Systems‚ Inc. retains the right to update or change the contents of this document without prior notice. MICROS Systems‚ Inc. assumes no responsibility
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Recommendations to Management Problem: Increase marketing of Chiropractic Services. My aim is to bring strategies that will increase the profitability of your practice‚ while at the same time improving patient satisfaction and results. In the process of achieving these aims‚ I also seek to improve the public’s image of chiropractic care. First Recommendation: To increase profits and public awareness. Rational: Increasing profit is the main goal in any business. To help you increase profits
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-]How Managerial Accounting Adds Value to the Organization (See related pages) | | | Managers need information for all of the managerial activities described in the preceding section. That information comes from a variety of sources‚ including economists‚ financial experts‚ marketing and production personnel‚ and the organization’s managerial accounting system.Objectives of Managerial Accounting Activity List and describe five objectives of managerial accounting activity. | Managerial accountants
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THE MANAGER: OMNIPOTENT OR SYMBOLIC? How much affect does a manager inflict on an organization’s outcome? There exist two traditional views about this question. * OMNIPOTENT VEIW OF THE MANAGER: According to this view‚ the manager has the ultimate power. They are held responsible for the success or failures of the entire organization. * SYMBOLIC VEIW OF MANAGEMENT: As per this view‚ the outcomes of the organizations are basically influenced by the external factors‚ whereas the
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Introduction This essay discusses about expatriates and their pros and cons. It also is an attempt to ascertain whether MNCs really have the need for them. We start with the definition of expatriates and why they are needed. Furthermore‚ we have described as to why MNCs use expatriates for their international assignments in spite of the exorbitant costs involved. The advantages and disadvantages of expatriation and repatriation in today’s global world have also been pinpointed. We have also discussed
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Letter of Recommendation for Mr. Tran Tuan Vinh To whom it may concern! Dear Sir or Madam‚ It is my pleasure to write a recommendation letter for Mr. Tran Tuan Vinh. The following information would help to introduce him as well as convey my wholehearted recommendation that he should be admitted as a PhD student. Mr. Vinh is one of the finest students that I have ever taught. He is extremely intelligent‚ hard working‚ and excels under pressure. Moreover‚ he was also my master student
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attract‚ retain and motivate high performing individuals‚ in order to fulfill its objective to make Factory A state-of-the-art factory. The process of introducing those changes is hampered by the flux in the Russian pay market and by the General Manager of Factory A‚ Wilton Winchester‚ who is rather short-sighted‚ uncooperative and is opposing the planned changes at the factory. Analysis Nadler and Tushman proposed four types of change situations: Tuning‚ Adaptation‚ Re-orientation‚ Re-creation
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Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on research completed for CIPD by The Kingston Engagement Consortium drawing on both quantative and qualitative data collected from member companies over a six-year period of study. Findings – The paper argues that managers need a deeper understanding of how employees are engaging with their work to effectively leverage performance through engagement. It finds that despite much work on engagement‚ the issues of with what and at what level people are engaging is still
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discuss the following statement. ‘An expatriate assignment is an important training and development tool‚ with international assignments being recognized as an important mechanism for developing international expertise.’ | | | 10/11/2003 | | The process expatriate assignment could be categorized as three stages. First‚ expatriate selection and given necessary information and pre-departure training for the expatriate assignment. Second‚ the expatriate serves in the international position
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