BALAncEd ScorEcArd BAckground The balanced scorecard is a set of financial and non-financial measures relating to the company’s mission‚ strategies‚ and critical success factors. The balanced scorecard puts vision and strategy at the center of the management control system. Vision and strategy drive performance measures‚ as opposed to the traditional performance measurement systems that provided their own‚ limited measures to management whether they were needed or not. The goal is
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the Oregon Country. Located near the mouth of the Columbia River this site served as their camp from December 8‚ 1805 until their departure on March 23‚ 1806. Fort Clatsop is located along the Lewis and Clark River at the north end of the Clatsop Plains approximately 5 miles southwest of Astoria‚ the fort was the last encampment of the Corps of Discovery before embarking on their return trip east to St. Louis. Now the site is known as the Fort Clatsop National Memorial. The Historical Site Upon
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(or cirque): fill bowl-like depressions that may be a few square kilometers B. Valley glaciers: flow through valleys and may be enlarged by cirque glaciers C. Piedmont glaciers: valley glaciers that flow out of the valley and onto the adjacent plain D. Icefields: massive collections of glaciers E. Ice sheets: largest accumulations of glaciers F. Rock glaciers III Formation of glaciers A. Latitude B. Elevation: each 1000-foot change in elevation causes a 3˚ change in temperature
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people eat and survive. 9. Egypt and Nubia are related because Nubia has granite rock. The granite rock was wanted by Egyptians to build temples for there gods. 10. The Huang River is important because it cuts through the North China Plain. The North China Plain is where the settlement and culture of China was traced to. 11. Levees or dikes wall in the Huang River within its river banks. 12. The Great Wall of China was built to protect China from nearby invaders. 13. Daoism- is the belief of finding
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Cheyenne and Sioux to the region near the Arkansas River in the early nineteenth century. At this time the Kiowa numbered around 2‚000. Plains Indians being more dispersed‚ had a lesser chance of infection and greater chance of survival‚ but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ epidemics of smallpox struck the Indians of the West hard. Up to half of the Plains Indians may have died in the smallpox pandemic of 1779-81‚ which had advanced along trade routes that the Indians followed to trade horses
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Mount Abu ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of Rajasthanstate in western India near the border with Gujarat. The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1‚722 m (5‚650 ft) above sea level. It is referred to as ’an oasis in the desert ’ as its heights are home to rivers‚ lakes‚ waterfalls and evergreen forests. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 1.1 The
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childlike build of Hobbits gives an air of youth despite that the person may be middle aged‚ they are also a sheltered group that remains in their home’s reach and care not of adventures as noted by Bilbo;”I should think so- in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late to dinner‚ I can’t see what anybody sees in them.” (Tolkien‚ page 6) However‚ later in the text Bilbo contradicts this statement and joins the party
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the low number of craters and both are similar in size‚ and their chemical compositions are similar. The surface of Venus has many features‚ which are similar to the Earth such as canyons‚ volcanoes‚ lava flows‚ rift valleys‚ mountains‚ craters‚ and plains. The comparisons basically end there. Venus differs from the Earth in many ways. The one big difference that I noticed was the surface temperature of the planet. It reaches a surface temperature of 900° F. This is hotter than Mercury‚ which is closer
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for an amazingly diverse natural environment. In this chapter‚ we will focus on physical features and how they affect the natural environment of Washington. Geologists classify landforms into five different categories: mountains‚ hills‚ plateaus‚ plains‚ and river valleys. Landforms‚ no matter the type‚ are constantly eroded by the forces of nature. As was discussed in Chapter One‚ volcanic activity‚ glaciation‚ and erosion have changed and shaped Washington’s physical terrain. Physical Terrain
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land. In addition‚ they were to discover if the area had any natural resources which could make the land beneficial to the economy. What they discovered in the Louisiana Purchase was massive; numerous Indian tribes‚ plant and animal species‚ and the Rocky Mountains. Thomas Jefferson had long wanted to explore the western lands. The Lewis and Clark expedition was not the first attempt at doing so‚ either. In 1793‚ while Secretary of State under President George Washington‚ $128 was raised to send French
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