The Conceptual Blender The findings shown from the theory of conceptual blending‚ also known as the blending theory‚ described in The Way We Think‚ by Giles Fauconnier and Mark Turner‚ allows students and researches an opportunity to better understand both the general and comprehensive organization of linguistic and conceptual occurrences. What is conceptual blending? Conceptual blending is a theory of cognition or the way we think. Conceptual blending‚ also called conceptual integration‚ can
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journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0969-6474.htm A conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations Structures‚ processes and performance ¨ Goran Svensson Oslo School of Management‚ Oslo‚ Norway‚ and Corporate and business ethics 21 Greg Wood Deakin University‚ Warrnambool‚ Australia Abstract Purpose – The objective of this paper is to introduce and describe a conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations in terms of
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Performance management and rewards system for ClearEyes clinic is extremely important. Dr. Connors needs to develop a methodology and system that align the clinic strategies with performance measurement and management. To manage and measure the performance efficiently‚ ClearEyes has to adopt a performance indicator system such as balanced scorecard (see Appendix1) which will give Dr. Connors clear idea about the clinic’s performance and the progress to meet the targeted quality‚ operational‚ and
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ARMSTRONG ’S HANDBOOK OF REWARD MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Improving performance through reward 3RD EDITION Michael Armstrong KoganPage LONDON PHILADELPHIA NEW DELHI Contents Introduction 1 Parti Essentials of Reward Management 3 An Overview of Reward Management 5 1. Introduction 6; Reward management denned 6; Characteristics of reward management 7; The reward management framework 9; Aims of reward management 9; Achieving the aims in general 11; Achieving
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Conceptual skill Modern management has been trend globalization and improve constantly. A manager’s job is complex and a range of skills are used by different level management. Although some management theorists propose a long list of skills‚ the necessary skills for managing a department or an organization can be summarised in just three categories: conceptual ‚human and technical (Katz‚1974) .The application of three skills changes as managers move up in the organization. Although the degree
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© The Journal Contemporary Management Research 2010‚ Vol.4‚ No. 2 THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN ON FAMILY PURCHASING DECISIONS IN OTA‚ NIGERIA S. T. Akinyele* Abstract Children constitute an important target market segment and merit attention from a marketing perspective. The role that children play in making decisions concerning the entire family unit has prompted researchers to direct attention to the study of influence of children. This research focuses on the influence of children on family
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(2001) DOI: 10.1002/smj.170 STRATEGIC REWARD SYSTEMS: A CONTINGENCY MODEL OF PAY SYSTEM DESIGN BRIAN K. BOYD1 and ALAIN SALAMIN2 * 1 2 College of Business‚ Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ Arizona‚ U.S.A. Ecole des HEC‚ University of Lausanne‚ Lausanne-Dorigny‚ Switzerland‚ and Compensation Development‚ Firmenich SA‚ Meyrin‚ Switzerland A limited number of studies have addressed the idea of ‘strategic’ reward systems—the matching of compensation systems to a firm’s strategy. Prior research on
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The Conceptual Age Society has gone through stages‚ each one spurred by the want or need of improving life. At the beginning of time‚ society was based on hunting and gathering and then it advanced to the agricultural age. Then we moved into the industrial age‚ and recently‚ the information age. But now we are heading into a new stage‚ the Conceptual age. To adjust to and prosper in this age‚ people will need to develop skills in creating artistic and emotional beauty‚ in detecting patterns
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Metaphor in cognitive linguistics is a two-way affair: it can go from linguistic metaphor to conceptual metaphor or from conceptual to linguistic metaphor. For instance‚ cognitive linguists have used the abundant and systematic presence of metaphors in language as a basis for postulating the existence of conceptual metaphors‚ which illustrates the move from language to thought. Here is a whole series of conceptual metaphors which capture our thinking about “ideas” below. IDEAS ARE FOOD
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BACKGROUND ON REWARD SYSTEM 13 2.1. The concept of reward system 13 2.2. The supporting components 14 2.2.1. Business Strategy 14 2.2.2. Reward strategy 14 2.3. The elements of reward system 16 2.3.1. Financial Reward 16 2.3.1.1. Base Pay 16 2.3.1.2. Variable Pay 17 2.3.1.3. Employee benefits 20 2.3.2. Non financial reward 22 2.4. The aims of reward system 28 2.5. Factors to assess the reward system 29 CHAPTER 3: CURRENT REWARD SYSTEM AT VID PUBLIC
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