period of prosperity in Hong Kong had made people more concerned with extrinsic rewards than with acquiring the necessary skills and knowledge for the job. As a result‚ people did not take initiatives to improve themselves (Hong Kong Standard‚ Sept‚ 28‚ 1998‚ p.25). However‚ owing to the drastic change in the business environment – the Asian financial crisis and the decline in companies’ performance – the past year has seen many examples of organisational restructuring and downsizing. Hong Kong’ unemployment
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Situation Analysis Teacher education is one of the professions mostly patronized worldwide due to high demand for teachers. Consequently‚ in the Asia- Pacific Region‚ in which the Philippines is a part‚ the Institute of Statistics (UIS) of the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has projected about the demand for primary teachers. According to this organization‚ Recruitment of a total of 10.9 million primary teachers‚ to include 2.2 million new teaching positions
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By Kirk A. Johnson‚ Ph.D. Few would argue that advanced teacher training does not make a difference in student achievement. In fact‚ Professor William Sanders of the University of Tennessee argues persuasively that "the single most dominant factor affecting student academic gain is teacher effect."1 However‚ little statistical research is available for evaluating which type of training and teaching degree has the best effect on student achievement. As the demand for higher academic achievement and
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Kurdish Culture Anita Palomo Anthropology 101 Mr. Steven Sager January 21‚ 2013 Kurdish Culture The Kurdish people are an indigenous ethnic minority found in the country of Iraq‚ also in parts of Turkey‚ North West Iran and smaller areas of North East Syria and Armenia. Ethnically parallel to the Iranians‚ the Kurds in the past traditionally nomadic herders but are currently mostly seminomadic. The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims. The Kurds are the most populated ethnic group in the world that
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The Killer Lung Cancer When I was 14 my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer‚ which had quickly spread to her bones‚ then brain. I was so lost and confused; my mother never smoked a day in her life. She was a healthy woman who ate right and exercised regularly‚ the doctors gave her 6 months to live‚ and I lost her at 16. Although‚ there are so many people in the world who do not smoke and develop lung cancer‚ there’s many ways a non-smoker can get lung cancer: environmental‚ second hand smoking
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FORAN LOVEN Jeg mener‚ at en person har forsøgt på at omgå loven. Forfatteren Franz Kafka‚ som har skrevet dette essay‚ blev født i 1883 og døde i 1924. Han blev født i Prag‚ Tjekkiet og han var jøde. Han var tysksproget og offentliggjorde kun få af hans værker bl.a. fortællingen ’In der Strafkolonie’ og novellesamlingen ’Ein Landartz’. De værker som han ikke selv fik udgivet‚ udgav hans ven Max Brod efter Franz Kafkas død. Alt hvad Franc Kafka har skrevet afspejler en ’pessimistisk livsanskuelse
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Banning File Sharing Sites In an article found in Just do IP (Issue 42‚ August 25‚ 2000) Talal Shamoon states‚ "People are copying music because they feel somewhat disenfranchised with the options they have at their disposal in the digital space. It’s up to the content industry to create value in the digital arena and they’ve made phenomenal steps in that direction." District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America (http://www.riaa.com/) (RIAA)
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Executive Summary The study will focus on examining the attitudes of employees towards Female Managers in ABV Business Plc. It is mainly aimed that to finding out whether unfavourable attitude towards female managers exists among management and employees in spite of the efforts being taken to ensure females equality in the plc. A sample of seventy (70) employees will be selected from branced which are found in Addis Ababa under the management of Female Managers. The selection will be based
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The Undergraduate Research Expo — Boston‚ hosted by Project Lever‚ brings together students from universities in Boston and New England to showcase exciting undergraduate research and creative projects. Students will give short TED talk-style presentations on their own contributions to a broad range of fields – political science‚ engineering‚ psychology‚ and more! Participants will get to learn about diverse subjects from their own peers and share their own experiences. Project Lever is an initiative
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including Benson & Hedges and Rothmans. BAT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. As of 6 July 2012 it had a market capitalization £65.6 billion‚ the sixth-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. 2.0 COMPANY BACKGROUND British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad arose from the merger of the tobacco businesses of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad
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