Main air pollutants and their sources Carbon Monoxide- motor cars‚ cigarettes‚ bush‚ forest and farm fires‚ slow combustion stoves Oxides of nitrogen (NO+NO2)- combustion (vehicles and power stations) Particulates (soot)- combustion (transport and industry)‚ many industrial processes (mining)‚ bush fires‚ farms and forest burn-offs‚ backyard incineration; abets in dust from insulation and pre-1986 fibrous cement board in old buildings and from their demolition Airborne lead- lead smelters (Broken
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“Pay is a good motivator” is no longer agreed to‚ to some extent it does gives motivation but later it turns people to be greedy in all ways. Money again holds a very important place in every individual’s life because nothing is possible without money. In the beginning every individual gets motivation of being paid for the work they have done but as we get use to it we want more and more‚ which rule outs the saying “Pay is a good motivator”. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is represented in a form of
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Question: The ability of some firms to sustain longer term competitive advantage relates to their capabilities according to the resource based theory of the firm. Summarise this approach to explain why some firms perform better than others in an industry. Sustainable Competitive Advantage Within all economies there have always been firms that are destined for success and firms that are doomed to failure... or have there? Is this an inevitable outcome predestined by exterior market forces
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Soft skills are increasingly becoming the hard skills of today’s work force. It’s just not enough to be highly trained in technical skills‚ without developing the softer‚ interpersonal and relationship-building skills that help people to communicate and collaborate effectively. These people skills are more critical than ever as organizations struggle to find meaningful ways to remain competitive and be productive. Teamwork‚ leadership‚ and communication are underpinned by soft skills development
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Listening‚Speaking Study Skills Unit1 Learning and intelligence • Listening for gist Sometimes a listener may just want to get a general idea of what the speaker is saying‚ not detailed information. Listening for the general idea is also called listening for gist. • Listening for specific information Sometimes we listen for specific information‚ for example: 1. Times‚dates‚facts and figures. 2. main points in a list. 3. an argument/a line of reasoning. Important information
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Developing Management Skills‚ 8e (Whetten/Cameron) Chapter 4 Building Relationships by Communicating Supportively 1) Studies have found that productivity at work is markedly higher when relationships are positive. Answer: TRUE Explanation: This is true because positive relationships foster cooperation among people‚ so that things that get in the way of highly successful performancesuch as conflict‚ disagreements‚ confusion and ambiguity‚ unproductive competition‚ anger‚ and personal offenseare
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top employers provide listening skills training for their employees. This is not surprising when you consider that good listening skills can lead to better customer satisfaction‚ greater productivity with fewer mistakes‚ increased sharing of information that in turn can lead to more creative and innovative work. Many successful leaders and entrepreneurs credit their success to effective listening skills.Richard Branson frequently quotes listening as one of the main factors behind the success of Virgin
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UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE-RECOLETOS Main Campus Magallanes St.‚ Cebu City PARTIAL REQUIREMENT IN PSYCH 25 (Blueprint for Children Ages 4.1-5 years) Submitted by: Adolfo‚ Mary Grace G. Villagonzalo‚ Garlyn Joy D. CONTENT OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. PURPOSE OF THE EXAMINATION III. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE IV. EXAM FORMAT AND ITEM TYPES V. TEST INSTRUCTIONS VI. ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING VII. SOURCES I. INTRODUCTION All children go through different stages of
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Em English 0802 11 November 2012 College: Who Pays? Many students in America enter college with the primary goal of obtaining a pre-professional credential; which implies a fighting chance in the current job market. A college education in America has become synonymous with a flourishing middle-class and thus a stable economy. Ironically‚ the current state of the economy and America’s system of higher education are seemingly at odds; the economy‚ in its current state‚ hinders the growth of higher
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission MINIMUM WAGE SEC. 206. [Section 6] (d) (1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate‚ within any establishment in which such employees are employed‚ between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs
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