Stephen Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition Assimilação Natural -- o Construtivismo Comunicativo no Ensino de Línguas Ricardo Schütz Last revision: July 2‚ 2007 "Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules‚ and does not require tedious drill." Stephen Krashen "Acquisition requires meaningful interaction in the target language - natural communication - in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with the messages
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Business Continuity and strategic pre-incident changes the company would follow to ensure the well-being of the enterprise. Pre-Incident Planning: Good Business Continuity Planning starts with being proactive. That means taking concrete steps to plan for an incident much before it actually strikes. There is no one single approach that fits for all types of incidents as no two emergencies are identical. Much of business continuity planning varies based on the size of the company‚ company’s line of
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“MoneyGram….The best way to wire money” “With MoneyGram you’re never far away from a fast and easy money transfer.” Strategic Planning for an Online Money Transfer Service Presented to: Dr. Jean Mourani Presented by: Bassima Hazimeh Farah Yaghi Table of Content I – Introduction to MoneyGram...................................................................................... .. 3 A- History of the Organization...........................
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STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PAPER OF ALPHA GROUP (FIRST DRAFT) HR PLANNING AND STRATEGIC CHANGE FOR WAL-MART [pic] Bouffard‚ Jason Fiel‚ Zachary Kizil‚ Cevdet Pimental‚ Kristen Swihart‚ Jason Southern New Hampshire University Strategic Human Resource Management – Dr. Annette West October 29‚ 2006 CONTENTS I. Abstract II. Wal-Mart Employee Selection‚ Training‚ and Development III. Wal-Mart Human Resources Planning IV. Wal-Mart Performance
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THE MANAGEMENT PLANNING FUNCTION Planning - is determining what needs to be done‚ when‚ by whom‚ how‚ and within what cost in order to achieve an objective. It is the work that a manager performs to predetermine a course of action. * Provides the means for achieving a purpose‚ makes the best use of resources‚ makes a manager’s work easier‚ encourages teamwork‚ and forms a base for control. It is based on assumptions‚ involves change
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Contents Introduction 2 Factor 1 HIH general situation 3 Factor 2 Company issues 4 Strategy making and execution 4 Large-scale expansion 5 Acquiring FAI 7 The company management structure 7 Factor 3 Company operation 9 Reinsurance 9 Auditor 10 Finance 11 Risk management 11 Factor 4 Strategic opinions 12 Professional and concentrated expansion strategy 12 Others opinions 14 Conclusion 15 References 18
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Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Understand what managerial planning is and why it is important. 2. Identify and analyze the various types of plans and show how they relate to one another. 3. Outline and discuss the logical steps in planning and see how these steps are essentially a rational approach to setting objectives and selecting the means of reaching them. 4. Explain the nature of objectives. 5. Describe
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CHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC CAPACITY PLANNING FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES KEY IDEAS 1. Definition of Capacity. Capacity is the upper limit or ceiling on the load that an operating system can handle. Essentially‚ it is the upper limit on output. Strategically‚ capacity and financial decisions are made first‚ followed by decisions on location of the facility‚ design of the product‚ layout and work systems. 2. Expressing Capacity. If products are similar enough‚ capacity is measured in common units
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 491–517 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.314 STRATEGIC PLANNING IN A TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE OIL MAJORS ROBERT M. GRANT* McDonough School of Business‚ Georgetown University‚ Washington‚ DC‚ U.S.A. The long-running debate between the ‘rational design’ and ‘emergent process’ schools of strategy formation has involved caricatures of firms’ strategic planning processes
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PLANNING Thinking and looking ahead Process of establishing objectives and appropriate courses of action before taking action Why plan? To be: a. EFFECTIVE – being able to realize the objectives - “doing the right thing” b. EFFICIENT – being able to spend the least amount of resources in realizing the objective - “doing things right” TYPES OF PLANS: 1. Strategic Plan - focused on the entire organization - top management formulates the objectives
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