Title: Trurl’s Machine Author: Stanislaw Lem As a boy Stanislaw Lem showed an early interest in science as well as in the imaginary worlds of fantasy and science fiction. The young Lem’s interest in tinkering mechanical devices of all sorts was put to use by secretly damaging the German vehicles during the Nazi occupation. Later on‚ he became a full time writer establishing himself as leading science fiction writer in Eastern Europe. This writer from Lvov Poland (now Ukraine) worked on serious
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The problem with today’s youth is their addiction to technology. We have an undeniable hunger for entertainment. The hunger must be fed and sustained or we cannot function properly‚ yet it is never filled. We yearn for more and more. This‚ in turn‚ produces new technology to meet consumer needs. MP3 players‚ cell phones‚ and laptops are all objects to entertain our dulled minds. Rarely do we cure our boredom with a book or another form of "intellectual" entertainment. We would rather let the screen
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The Colomber Dino Buzzati‚ translated by Lawrence Venuti When Stefano Roi was twelve years old‚ he asked his father‚ a sea captain and the owner of a fine sailing ship‚ to take him on board as his birthday gift. “When I grow up‚” the boy said‚ “I want to go to sea with you. And I shall command ships even more beautiful and bigger than yours.” “God bless you‚ my son‚” the father answered. And since his vessel had to leave that very day‚ he took the boy with him. It was a splendid sunny
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from economies of scale Improved online experience Heavy reliance on EU markets Quality concerns Store experience‚ sometimes lacking Lack of click and collect Gross Margin Decreasing Does not own any factories Only has transactional website in 9 countries Opportunities: Threats: First store in India in 2013/14 Company opened 356 net stores globally in the year with plans to open a further 375 stores by the end of the coming year. US and China biggest expansion plans in 2014-15 Australia
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matters The “resource-based view” of the firm What are some kinds of “resources”? What is a competitive advantage? What factors contribute to making resources valuable and that‚ in turn‚ give companies a competitive advantage? Study of 968 firms regarding their HRM practices conducted by Huselid (1995)‚ Know the results - specific amounts/percentages. What is psychological contract? HR Challenges The two general HR challenges that we discussed Strategy as an organizational
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Ulrich_FM.qxd 4/5/05 10:59 AM Page iii The HR Value Proposition Dave Ulrich Wayne Brockbank H a r va r d B u s i n e s s S c h o o l P r e s s Boston‚ Massachusetts Ulrich_FM.qxd 4/5/05 10:59 AM Page iv Copyright 2005 Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in or introduced into a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form
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| |FTH105 Travel‚ Tourism & Hospitality Human Resources | |Assignment title | |Travel‚ Tourism & Hospitality Human Resources | |Lecture/Tutor
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Resource Management Strategies Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction The strategies refer to the process of executing a strategy for implementing essential management objectives for managing and allocating resources. The strategies involve approaches and move patterns devised by a grouping to produce achieving organization performances. As such‚ it is a resource commitment to accomplishing precise objectives for justifiable benefits in the market. An outstanding strategy
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application of online examinations among its students. The Development if online examination had simplified the preparation of examination and assessment of learning achieved by the students. 2. LAN BASED EXAMINATION By Kimberly V. Alvarez‚ December 2003 This study is about a Local Area Network(LAN) Based examination that tries to eliminate the use of manual processing into a computerized system by developing a software product. It has been found that the study helped lessen the work of the instructors
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SECURITY ANALYSIS OF ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL MODELS WITH TEMPORAL AND SPATIOTEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS Samrat Mondal SECURITY ANALYSIS OF ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL MODELS WITH TEMPORAL AND SPATIOTEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS Thesis submitted to Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur For award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Samrat Mondal Under the guidance of Dr. Shamik Sural SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR AUGUST 2009 c 2009
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