Hazards are anything that could cause damage to humans or buildings. Many volcanic and seismic events happen that cause hazards to humans. Often the world’s poorest people are hit the worst‚ however wealthier countries can also be adversely affected. The Kobe earthquake in Japan 1995 struck at 5.45am. Many people were asleep in bed‚ causing the hazard to be increased because the people were unaware. Although many Japanese buildings were of aseismic design‚ the roofs of their houses were designed
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What skills do you think a manager requires to effectively motivate a team? Management and Organisations HR1014 Aron Karri 20615240 Word Count: 943 Motivation is the desire and willingness to do something to achieve a positive outcome for an individual or a group of people. ( Lai‚ R. (2011). . Motivation: A Literature Review . p1) There are various different skills managers use to motivate employees a couple of examples are‚ the skills used when communicating with employees and rewards and
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Long Term Effects of Breastfeeding 3 For many years mothers have been told that breastfeeding their children is ideal‚ that it is in the best interest of them as well as their children and will not be regretted. However there is not much insight as to why. Why is breastfeeding so ideal? The main reason for this is the positive effects breastfeeding has in early childhood‚ even into adult life.. Breast milk “contains many complex proteins‚ lipids and carbohydrate” (Andreas‚ N. J.‚ Kampmann
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Do you have a well designed organization? (Goold‚ Campbell – 2002) 9 tests of organization design: framework to guide the evaluation of an existing organizational structure‚ or to create a new one. The organizational design of most companies is the result of an haphazard evolution rather than a systematic‚ methodical planning: as a consequence‚ strategic initiatives fail because responsibilities are unclear‚ and opportunities are not exploited for lack of managerial attention. This framework
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Group: An Outsourcing Journey - Assignment #5 Question: Why do you think Lego’s outsourcing “failed”? (What factors explain the short-lived outsourcing relationship between Lego and Flextronics?) To answer this question‚ I want to state the fact that short-lived relationship between Lego and Flextronics was not a total failure. And to begin with‚ I want to list some of things that Lego learned through this outsourcing. From this list‚ we can also see why their relationship was short-lived.
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BAKHTYAR Topic: Does a business have any social obligation beyond profit motive? Sources Used: Arthur Miller‚ All My Sons‚ Ferdinand Tonnies‚ The Argument The Ethics of Business‚ The Economist Profit Motive‚ The Guardian Consideration of social responsibility is an important concern for the successful operation of a business. A business can be structured with the sole intention of maximizing profit‚ or it can be structured in a way in which social obligation beyond profit is considered. The
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abuse that can have long-term effects on both youthful victims and older individuals. We are now realizing the long-term effect bullying has not only the victim and/or offender but on our society as a whole. What the justice system once consider a normal part of juvenile behavior‚ starting in their early childhood‚ and continuing on into their adulthood has now taken on proportions of which is being handled and addressed by the court systems. In this paper I intend to address what we
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Do you agree that UK manufacturers need to operate on a global scale in order to succeed? Globalisation is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. UK manufacturers should operate globally because offshoring and outsourced labour‚ especially overseas labour often includes technically skilled‚ highly educated and multilingual workers who are willing to work for much less than typical UK wages. The advantage
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Why do you think the thief was an outcast? Suggest reasons why his fingers had been cut away. Why do you think the thief responds to the boy by surrendering? Explain the man’s punishment of the thief. Do you think he did the right thing? How does the boy feel about his father’s action? The thief was an outcast because he was by himself without anything but the butcher knife and the clothes on his back. The fingers on his right hand had been cut away most likely because he was an outcast probably
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in the need for Long-Term Care (LTC). LTC is defined as a set of activities and relations at the intersection of state‚ market and family that aims to meet the health and social needs of older persons. There are two main (often parallel) systems of LTC: 1) informal care providers‚ such as unpaid family members and paid home care workers employed by the family and 2) formal care providers‚ such as nursing aides and support workers employed by regulated bodies. Chapter 3 in this report shows that
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