next big thing for smart-phones. But recent events involving the “patents war” and the blame-game being played out by the three behemoths‚ namely Google‚ Microsoft and Apple have brought a new issue to the forefront: are patents instruments to encourage innovation or to kill competition? Google claims that the recent acquisition of the wireless giant Nortel’s patent portfolio by an Apple-Microsoft consortium was “bogus” as a $1million deal was finally made at $4.5 million. Google was invited to
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the "tyranny of the shoulds." She described the "tyranny of the shoulds" as being are the forces pressed on us by parents‚ peers‚ socio-economic class‚ teachers‚ career counselors‚ pop psychology‚ opinionated relatives and friends and the elusive conventional wisdom ’ (Richardson‚ 2006) . They tell us the many things we should or shouldn ’t do. These "shoulds" can be seen in anyone ’s life‚ especially in the lives of college students. Three particular "tyranny of the shoulds" that could apply directly
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Standardized Testing Should Not Be The Standard Standardized testing can be deemed as unfair and should not be solely be used to judge a student’s academic performance. Once quoted‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that” (Obama). Standardized testing has been the go-to way to test a student’s intellectual ability since before World War II. Most tests consist of several hours filled with tedious multiple choice questions
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non-financial measures‚ defined by Moulin (2002) as: “The process of evaluating how well organisations are managed and the value they deliver for customers and other stakeholders.” According to Dearden (1987)‚ divisional financial performance measurement should distinguish between the performance of divisional managers and the economic performance of the divisional unit. Performance measurement in investment centres is the main issue of this report. There are three popular measures of investment centre
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text readings and case studies that are applicable to practical situations in the workplace. The course will provide the fundamentals necessary for many other courses in the business disciplines. PURPOSE: On completion of the course‚ the student should be able to: 1. List and describe major management theories as represented through the history of modern management thought. 2. Define and describe the planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling functions of management. 3. Describe
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atheist. They do not believe in God and religion. What guides them in doing moral and ethical behavior is because of their self-belief and compassion in them. There are a few opinions that ethics and morality should not be based on religion. The first argument why ethics and morality should not be based only on religion is because; there is a secular approach to morality called secular ethics. Secular ethics is a philosophy of moral that based on human awareness about the morality‚ why they need
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corporations such as Nike‚ H&M even use CSR? Paul: either way the community will need the company whether they give hands outs or not because how will the community get certain skills and services if the company only focuses on the CSR?‚ I think that CSR should be self-regulatory because Self-regulation and the membership of firms in such arrangements can‚ in part‚ be driven by
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Unfortunately‚ something tragic in a community happens. Should there not be a memorial service in honor of those who died? The best option would be sanctification. Sanctification is the act of making something sacred or holy. This is the most helpful because it allows the memorial to be cherished‚ where it can be set apart as special. This memorial service will commemorate those who died and hope for the best. Sanctification is the more practical option because it allows the area to become
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This students may have the problems of low self-esteem‚ unconfident in sharing ideas‚ shy‚ and others‚ As teachers‚ we should be able to recognize this type of students in class as they may need serious attention for they should not be left out from the lesson. One of the ways to make sure that they participate is by giving encouragement to them. First of all‚ teachers should tell all the students clearly of what you are expecting from the students; for example‚ we must make it clear that all students
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Many ask the question‚ "should the government provide social welfare programs to the poor?" The government already provides benefits to people that fall below the poverty line. Should the government do more? No‚ the government already provides enough social welfare for people that are considered "poor". The social welfare provided fails to reduce poverty
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