Qualities of Effective Principals Cross-posted at the Huffington Post: Effective Leadership in the Age of Reform. School improvement efforts rely heavily on quality leadership. Educational leaders are tasked with establishing a collective vision for school improvement and initiating change to spur innovation‚ ensure student learning‚ and increase achievement. On July 13th I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. James Strong‚ from the College of William and Mary‚ deliver a keynote address at the
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GSM 470 Negotiation and Conflict Management Workshop Section A Instructor: Office: Deborah M. Kolb‚ Ph.D. 3rd Floor‚ 411 Commonwealth Avenue Contact Information: 521-3871 (telephone) kolb@simmons.edu Office Hours: Thursday: 3:00-5:00 and by appointment Negotiation and conflict resolution are becoming more important in organizations today. In the past‚ you probably would use negotiation and conflict resolution skills only if your job entailed formal dealings with unions‚ suppliers‚ and customers
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Background: Southland Baking Company (SBC) is engaged in the production of baked food and instant breakfast food. One of its item named Chizzlewits is crumbly‚ full of saturated fat‚ and delicious. The other item is Mellobar which was introduce in 1975 and was best selling product. Thus the company has a solid foothold in the market. But the products like Chizzlewits have turned out to health hazard‚ hampering the health of the people. So‚ there is a protest going on from consumer activist
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Research Reports The Illusion of Transparency in Negotiations Leaf Van Boven‚ Thomas Gilovich‚ and Victoria Husted Medvec The authors examined whether negotiators are prone to an “illusion of transparency‚” or the belief that their private thoughts and feelings are more discernible to their negotiation partners than they actually are. In Study One‚ negotiators who were trying to conceal their preferences thought that their preferences had “leaked out” more than they actually did. In Study Two
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pankratz‚ Tom M. Environmental engineering dictionary and directory / Thomas M. Pankratz. p. cm. ISBN 1-56670-543-6 (alk. paper) 1. Environmental engineering--Dictionaries. 2. Brand name products--Dictionaries. 3. Trademarks--Dictionaries. 4. Environmental engineering--Directories. I. Title. TD9 .P36 2000 628--dc21 00-044356 This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with
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“Taking Back the Center” by Grillo and Wildman‚ points out the natural advantages of white dominant society. “The white‚ male‚ heterosexual societal norm is privileged in such a way that its privilege is rendered invisible”. (Grillo 337) Since‚ whiteness is accepted as the norm or privileged group‚ problems of minority groups are ignored and push to the backburner. Those in the dominant priviledged group get to enjoy the many benefits such as having their voices heard in society. On the other hand
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HOW TO BRIEF A CASE [OR–WHY DIDN’T I CHOOSE TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL] By Dana L. Blatt‚ Esq. You are just about to start law school. You buy all of your required casebooks [they are about two feet thick–only “slightly” intimidating]‚ and you receive your first assignment. You are simply told‚ “read the first 100 pages in each book and BRIEF all of the cases!” O.K.‚ you know how to read [hopefully]‚ but what does it mean to “brief” a case? You have heard of “briefcases‚” but that
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Robbery‚ rape‚ assault‚ murder‚ theft‚ and vandalism: These are just a handful of the crimes committed by children today. Whether the crime be violent or non violent‚ the crime rate of adolescents under eighteen has increased. Crimes like these have caused people to ponder the question: Should parents be responsible‚ legally and financially for crimes committed by their children under eighteen? Some believe that parents should not be held accountable for the crime their child commits. Others believe
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Lack of communication Many things could cause a lack of communication in relationships; due to this I feel divorce rate is high. First‚ when you do not communicate you don’t know how each other feels. You are not able to display and open up to one another‚ whether it be to get a point across or sharing how you feel emotionally. When you get into a fight and you do not talk about it by means of communicating how you would know that maybe there are parts you both would agree‚ maybe what you were
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Running Head: TAKE NOTES Take Notes Geana Gordon Kaplan University Take Notes Using the Outline Method SQ3R and PRR Reading Techniques I. Introduction A. This document is about two reading strategies. 1. SQ3R: Survey‚ Question‚ Read‚ Recite‚ and Review. a. Good strategy for long time-frame studying. 2. PRR: Preview‚ Read‚ and Recall. a. Good strategy for short‚ fast studying. B. Determine the reason for your reading.
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