1) At the end of book 5‚ the two trees Odysseus sleeps under have two important meanings. The wild olive tree is a straight up tree with no fruit present on it. This tree represents physical attraction for love. The cultivated olive tree is a tree that has grown wildly with fruit all over it. This tree represents timeless love. The two trees are intertwined with one another which represents how physical and timeless love are relate to one another. Odysseus has a desire to get back to his homeland
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Case Study: Dubai Sports Complex Project Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex (Dubai Sports Complex) Main Contractor : Saudi Bin Laden Client : Dubai Municipality Products Supplied Material: 1. Porcelain tiles (10x10) 2. Unicroma Series (60x60) 3. Technocroma Series (60x120) Estimated tiles quantity : 12‚000 sq.m. Estimated project value : $300 million Completion date : 2010 Background Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid
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Read the following two case studies and answer the questions that follow: Case Study 1: 25 Marks Charisma Corporation (CC) has recently embarked on a new kind of training. The corporation is teaching many of its employees—especially those in marketing and sales—to make decisions on the basis of non-verbal communication cues. For Malini Varma‚ Vice President of CC‚ focusing on non-verbal communication has become an important part of her inter-personal dealings. Several years ago‚ Varma
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Cor porate Social Responsibility in Supply Chain Management: A Case Study on NTUC FairPrice Cooperative Ltd Singapore Written by Chua Ker Sin Senior Executive Singapore Compact for CSR With contributions from Ms Evelyn Sue Wong Advisor‚ Research and Publications Singapore Compact for CSR Case Study: Singapore The case was developed with the cooperation of Singapore Compact for CSR solely for educational purposes as a contribution to the Project entitled “New Corporate Procurement
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Real Cases Project: Teaching Guide for Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1 Real Cases Project: Human Behavior in the Social Environment Rozetta Wilmore-Schaeffer‚ PhD Associate Professor Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work 2495 Amsterdam Avenue NY.‚ NY 10033-3312 wilmores@yu.edu INTRODUCTION A. Overview of this Course within the Social Work Curriculum This course sequence‚ Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) aims to use the context of the child
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Case studies James is 26 and was born with Down’s syndrome and has learning disability as well as a visual impairment. He has to go to the health centre for blood tests and to complete a questionnaire about his general health. People may discriminate against James because of his condition. They may assume that he doesn’t matter and not give him the care he needs because he will not understand what is going on. They could make him complete the questionnaire and get cross with him if he is
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A teaching case study is defined as a narrative that describes a specific event within the school environment that allows professionals to investigate critical issues that impact the learning of students. Creating a case study can be seen as a form of professional development‚ educators learning from real examples. A case study is a powerful way for educators to reflect on the actions of other professionals. “Case studies force individuals and groups to think somewhat differently then they have
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a variety of obstacles‚ primarily due to the high product mix‚ which explains why extensive utilization of lean is not reported in the journals for this industrial sector. Most of the reported applications and documentations are discussing lean in cases where there are a few families of high volume products and processes involved. The reports mainly fail to detail the ways waste is removed. The recommendations are far from applicable when thousands of parts in low quantity and several nonlinear processes
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CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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What Is Opportunity Recognition? Opportunity recognition is a process used by entrepreneurs. * Opportunity recognition‚ a theory based on entrepreneurship‚ suggests that people use a specific cognitive process to recognize the potential in a new business opportunity. The idea is based on considering past experiences‚ risks and market trends to recognize the potential in and make a decision about a business venture. There are many different theoretical models of opportunity recognition process
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