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    THE SETTING OF DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend policy is likely to be set in the form of a goal rather than a rigid rule‚ even though a definite policy has the advantage of providing the investor‚ or potential investor‚ a clear basis for choice. Investors knowing the dividend policy of the alternative companies can choose the type of company that best fits their individual investment goals. This is desirable‚ because stockholders differ in the extent to which they prefer dividends rather than opportunities

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    Goal-Setting Theory

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    Goal-setting Theory and its Effective Application According to the book Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim (2007)‚ motivation is the “forces within a person that affect his or her direction‚ intensity and persistence of voluntary behaviour in the workplace”. This means that compared to a non-motivated employee‚ a motivated one is willing to consistently (persistence) give more effort to their job (intensity) to achieve the desired goal or goals (direction). Today‚ motivating employees

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    The Painted Door Setting

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    The Setting in “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” and “The Painted Door” The setting can reveal a lot of things on the characters as well as the story. It often contains hidden meanings. In the short stories‚ “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” and “The Painted Door” the setting is key to understanding how the characters evolved. Solitude pushes the protagonist in Hemingway and the one in Ross’ story on the edge of sanity. The void of being alone will eventually drive them mad and it will prompt them to do something

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    Notes The Son S Veto

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    The Son’s Veto Background to the Son’s Veto Thomas Hardy was born in rural England. He had a modest social background. His family did not have much money. He never went to the upper class schools or the then revered universities like Oxford or Cambridge. He became an architectural draughtsman and worked as such for a living before he became a successful writer. He moved to work in London but returned to rural Dorset when he became a full-time writer. Perhaps because he never truly managed to fit

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    A Worn Path....Setting

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    A Worn Path Setting In the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ Phoenix Jackson an elderly “negro” woman‚ journeys through the woods to a town to get medicine for her grandson in the early 19th century on a December morning. As the elderly woman walked through the woods she encounters many different obstacles along the way‚ which allows the audience to notice her drive and determination upon arrival at the town. Many of the different details that go into creating the setting and atmosphere

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    Describe at least ONE important setting in the text(s). Explain how the setting helped to show the author / creator’s idea(s)‚ supporting your points with visual and / or oral language features. The film Pleasantville written‚ directed and produced by Gary Ross shows a time period in American History where life was more comfortable‚ stable and ‘perfect’ if you would generalise it. However‚ as the film ironically shows‚ this was a time when people were more ignorant‚ racist and most certainly

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    In the book‚ The Outsiders‚ life was different then it is now‚ people had hard back then! The setting in The Outsiders is small town in Oklahoma divided into the east and west sides. The main characters‚ Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ and Cherry. All live there. How does the setting in S.E Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders. Effect the storyline and characters? To begin‚ the setting in this book effects the story quite a bit. For example‚ if they didn’t have the divide of Socs and greasers

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    The Role Setting Plays

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    The Role Setting Plays The setting of a story is rarely ever just a place. The setting serves a purpose that helps add to the story being told. Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood is set in the small country town of Holcomb. He illustrates a tightly knit‚ religious‚ secluded town for his audience to identify with. Capote uses Holcomb to connect with his audience and as an ironic element‚ which in turn creates and adds to the emotional impact brought with the murders. Capote spends a tremendous

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    Study Setting of Cement

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    AIM iC BS E.c om To Study the Setting of Cement CERTIFICATE Mr. B D Kotwani iC Principal BS E.c om This is to certify that this project work is submitted by ROHIT GUPTA to the Chemistry department‚ Aditya Birla Public School‚ Kovaya was carried out by him under the guidance & supervision during academic year 2009-2010. School (Head of chemistry dept.) Kovaya Aditya Birla public ACKNOWLEDGEMENT E.c om I wish to express my deep gratitude

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    Imagined Aff Setting

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    Setting is a critical element in both fiction and nonfiction‚ as it provides the framework needed for what is being discussed. Every writer begins their own inventive process differently. While some start creating new characters‚ others focus on exploring the world in which their character lives in. To make the setting come alive the author provides significant details so that it helps readers visualize how it is important. Short story‚ Ind Aff‚ composed by Fay Weldon‚ discourses the thoughts and

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