Reading Response: Through the Tunnel——by Doris Lessing Meaning: In the short story Through the Tunnel‚ Jerry and his mother spent their holidays near the sea. Jerry‚ the eleven-year-old English boy‚ was trying to become more independent and be accepted by the local boys so he left the safe beach where his mother stayed and turned to a more dangerous one. The main conflict appears when Jerry was convincing himself to practice holding a longer breath and dive through a long underwater tunnel made
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Effect of Cultural Differences on Software Development A culture could be defined as the predominating attitudes and behaviour that characterizes the functioning of a group or organization. Through this paper we would like to address the effect of culture in the field of software development and one of the most commonly used model for development of a software Rapid Action Development (RAD). No matter what culture you are a part of; to develop software‚ a development model has to be followed.
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PROJECT BASED PRODUCTION IN A SOFTWARE COMPANY The article presents a Greek company that develops pioneering software systems for multidisciplinary CAE processes and specially provides the appropriate technical support to the customers in order to use appropriately the specific programmes. The purpose of the current presentation of the company is the understanding of the idea of Project based production through the structure and the way of working in the company. Based on the deductive research
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Developing Professional Practice 1. Professionalism The Oxford English Dictionary states the following meanings of the word ‘professional’: 1. ‘a person engaged or qualified in a profession’ 2. ‘a person competent or skilled in a particular activity’ In other words‚ an HR professional needs to have the necessary ability‚ knowledge and skills in the field of people management. However‚ that is not enough. One also has to be able to apply them in a consistent manner‚ i.e. one has to be professional
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geography: mr youngs | Brazil: Developed or developing? | A handbook into the country of Brazil | | By Courtney Duffin-Hall | 12/10/2012 | | INTRODUCTION Brazil is situated in South America‚ and is home to the Amazon River. It is bordered by several countries including Uraguay‚ Paraguay‚ Chile and Bolivia. It has a population of approximately 198‚739‚269 and is home to 13 cities containing a million people in all of them together. The main capital is Brasilia; however it used
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NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KNUST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Topic: Changing An Accounting Software Package AGGREY AFUA NKUMAH ALLOTEY LILIAN ADORKOR AMOAKO JULIET DOGBEY FELIX MAKAFUI NKRUMAH FLORENCE QUARSHIE GEORGE November‚ 2009 Possible ways of replacing the existing accounting package Accounting software is designed in such a way that you can easily take care of your business expenditures‚ profit‚ employee and pay rolls along with a range
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Developing a Definition of Justice In Book I of Plato ’s The Republic a definition of justice begins to develop in Socrates ’ conversations with Cephalus‚ Polemarchus and Thrasymachus. Through these conversations we‚ as readers‚ come closer to a definition of justice.Three definitions of justice are presented: argued by Cephalus and Polemarchus‚ justice is speaking the truth and paying ones debts; Thrasymachus insists that justice is the advantage of the stronger; Socrates suggests
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During my professional life as an airline pilot‚ passengers sometimes visited the cockpit of my aircraft. They asked about the many switches‚ instruments‚ systems‚ and procedures and how all this technical equipment would help such a huge and beautiful airplane fly. I would explain that it takes a great aerodynamic design‚ many auxiliary systems and programs‚ and powerful engines to make such a flying machine equal to the task of bringing comfort and safety to those joining the flight. To simplify
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On Developing Students’ Communicative Competence Lou Ruijuan Most Chinese students‚ especially those with low foreign language levels‚ are used to memorizing the language but reluctant to speak in the target language. They may be familiar with the sentence patterns but do not know how to start and end a conversation and how to express themselves in a particular situation. So it is a main task for a teacher to develop students’ communicative competence. I. Obstacles in Communication While it is difficult
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Developing the ‘Advertising Campaign’ Today‚ advertising has become the most integral part of our society. It is the most accepted medium and has a wide spread impact over its viewers. Before we jump over about how to formulate different types of campaign‚ let us first look the definition of advertising. “Advertising is the non-personal communication of the information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about the products‚ services or ideas by identified sponsors through various
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