1. Explain the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Efficiency involves accomplishing something with the least amount of effort‚ expense‚ or waste. Effectiveness simply involves getting work done that helps achieve organizational goals and may or may not be done efficiently. 2. What are the four management functions? The four management functions are: planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. 3. What are the four management functions? -planning: This includes developing
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Chapter Summary Chapter seven talked about campaigns‚ elections‚ and the media. The legal qualifications for holding political office are minimal at both the state and local levels‚ but holders of political office still are predominantly white and male are likely to be from the professional class. American political campaigns are lengthy and extremely expensive. In the last decade‚ they have become more candidate centered rather than party centered in response to technological innovations and
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2. Discuss and debate whether the often considered “benign” drug known as marijuana is or is not addictive. In your discussion/debate‚ consider the finding by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that in 2008 for persons age 12 or older‚ 41% (102.4 million) of illicit drug users used marijuana during their lifetime‚ and past-month users of this drug accounted for 6.1% (14.2 million) of all illicit drug users. Do you think this often-considered “benign” drug is harmless
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Romario Honorat Kingpin is a story about a godlike Hacker known as Max Butler a.k.a. “Max Vision”. It talks about the illegal actions of this legendary hacker‚ with help from his hacking associates. In the book kingpin it talks about one of his most famous feats‚ which was an amazing hacking takeover of four of the criminal underground’s secret credit card forums‚ all of this which took place in August 2006. It was also said that he is somehow part of the TJX data breach‚ which was the theft and
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1. Many of the institutions and customs that emerged in east Asia during this era persisted until the twentieth century or even the present. Why do you think this is so? Why does there seem to be more continuity in east Asian history than in other parts of the world? Patriarchal Family.Nomadic Threats. Mandate of Heaven. 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a form of writing that is pictographic and ideographic (like Chinese) versus one that is alphabetic? Advantages: A single
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“Big Brother Big Business” by David FaberSummary Big Brother Big Business takes a disturbing look at how the growth of the information society may be deteriorating the freedoms many people take for granted. More than ever before‚ technology is being used to monitor Americans. Driving habits are being documented‚ personnel are monitored‚ shoppers and patrons are observed and analyzed‚ and Internet queries are saved and utilized as evidence in the courtroom. It is Big Business which gathers the
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Planning: 1) What would you do if you experience conflicting priorities? 2) Tell me about a time where you had several projects to handle. How did you handle it? It is common for managers to experience conflicting priorities and having several projects to do at the same time. By asking these two questions‚ the interviewer would be able to identify the interviewee’s ability to set priorities and to establish actions to achieve the goals and objectives. Communication: 1) Here is the
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and copied with perfect precision using magic hundreds of times at the direct command of the servant himself‚ who must of somehow foresaw the great future his young master had.” -A Biography of Zion Zecronior‚ the Man Before the Archmage Chapter 1 Lines 1-5 “Dear. Help‚” whispered Henrietta as she lay still in bed. “What is it? Is something wrong? Did the baby kick again?”‚ responded her husband‚ Deother of Renmir‚ clearly flustered by his wife’s predicament. “I think my water just broke…”
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Looking For Reality A. Knowledge from Agreement Reality—as scientists‚ sociologists are able to accept as reality phenomenon they have not personally observed. However‚ scientific claims must rest on both theoretical and empirical support. 1. Ordinary human inquiry—people are naturally inquisitive‚ especially about what the future holds. Therefore‚ we often try to make predictions based on our own observations of the social world. Unfortunately‚ just because we can predict that X will
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1) Title of the book: Hattie big sky 2) Author: Kirby Larson 3) Setting (location—where does the story take place?): In the beginning Kirby reflects on his visit to Montana. __________________________________________________________ 4) Time period—what year or years does the author write about? 1900 century-many things needed plain fire to be used like the stove. 5) Characters: (who is the main or most important character? a. Hattie Are there other characters
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