System 30 (2002) 419–432 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Doing focus-on-form Rod Ellis*‚ Helen Basturkmen‚ Shawn Loewen Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics‚ University of Auckland‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand Received 17 April 2002; received in revised form 14 June 2002; accepted 17 June 2002 Abstract ‘Focus-on-form’ refers to a particular type of form-focused instruction - the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing a communicative task
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Review Questions Name ___Brian Ellison _________________________ Answer the following questions: 1) What is resource overallocation? Resource leveling is the project management function of resolving project resource over-allocation. By definition over-allocation means that a resource has been assigned more work than can be accomplished in the available time as dictated by the resource’s calendar definition. In most scenarios‚ over-allocations can be remedied manually by extending tasks
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Risky Business In the 1983 smash hit Risky Business‚ director Paul Brickman takes his audience on a wild ride through Chicago. The film spans across the Chicago land area‚ and beyond. From a small high school‚ to a world famous hotel‚ it really shows what Chicago is made of. But it also holds a dark side to itself‚ when the dangerous and socially perverse world of prostitution comes into play. Joel Goodman‚ played by Tom Cruise‚ is an average high school senior. He has regrets and doubts
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Four Focus Strategies It’s not usually realistic for a firm to try to appeal to all actual or potential buyers in a market‚ because customers are too numerous‚ too widely scattered‚ and too varied in their needs‚ purchasing behavior‚ and consumption patterns. Firms themselves vary widely in their abilities to serve different types of customers. So rather than attempting to compete in an entire market‚ each company needs to focus its efforts on those customers it can serve best. In marketing terms
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STAGE 2 FOOD AND HOSPITALITY INVESTIGATION HYPOTHESIS: how have other cultures affected what we eat when we eat out? Contents Introduction- page 2 Scope of the study-page 2 Focus Question 1 Focus Question 2 Focus Question 3 Introduction What we eat nowadays is heavily affected by social context and what we eat by ourselves and when were with others‚ usually when we eat with others we head out to the town to find a restaurant or bar. But if we were to compare what it would be like going
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CONSEQUENCES OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION The consequences of not satisfying customers can be severe. According toHoyer and MacInnis‚ dissatisfied consumers can decide to: -• discontinue purchasing the good or service‚• complain to the company or to a third-party and perhaps return the item‚ or • engage in negative word-of-mouth communication.Customer satisfaction is important because‚ according to La Barbera andMazursky‚ “satisfaction influences repurchase intentions whereasdissatisfaction
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Article Review Theory of the Business In an organization “what to do”’ is becoming a challenge for managers; a company enjoying long term success may one day find itself in a crisis. It also occurs outside international businesses such as in labour unions‚ hospitals etc. The root cause for a crisis is - not that things are being done poorly‚ but wrong things are being done. There are also cases where the right thing is done – but fruitlessly. These are the assumptions that shape any organisation’s
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Unit 2 Focus Paper Karen Virgin GM504-02N Organizational Excellence and Change 11/06/2012 Professor Laurie Cure Introduction Campbell’s was founded in 1869 and it is the world’s leading marketer of soup‚ Campbell’s (2012). Their products can be found in 120 countries around the world Campbell’s brands are a staple for many around the world. They have a unique ability to adapt their products to different cultures. Their International division spans over
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service 1. Key Problems that needs to be addressed by the company are: * The complexity of the barista’s job to prepare customized beverages has been increasing considerably which is affecting the service time. This might have led to reduction in customer satisfaction which could affect the company’s brand image and revenues. * The company did not have an individual department for Marketing Strategies. This kind of structure overburdened the senior executives
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potential to be a ‘cool’ and ‘must-have’ brand? Instrument 1 – Focus Group We have decided to conduct a focus group as one of our research instruments because it will collect qualitative data which is relevant for our objectives because we need to find out opinions and ideas which may be difficult to group into close-ended questions. It will consist of 6 participants who are between the ages of 18 – 25 and own a car. The focus group will allow participants to share spontaneous ideas which they
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