Introduction………………………………………………………………..……. Chapter 1.Text and text type: definitions and classifications……………………. Text types……………………………………………………………... 1.2 Beaugrande and Dressler’s typology………………………………..… 1.3 Longacre’s classification…………………………………………..….. 1.4 Werlich’s textual typology……………………………………….….... 1.5 Biber’s text type………………………………………………………. Chapter 2.Text Forms………………………………………………………….... 2.1 The descriptive text form……………………………………………
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Construction Management and Economics (July 2005) 23‚ 595–607 Architects and contractors: a comparative study of organizational cultures N. A. ANKRAH1 and D. A. LANGFORD2* 1 2 Research Institute in Advanced Technologies‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ UK Department of Architecture and Building Science‚ Strathclyde University‚ UK Received 9 February 2004; accepted 26 January 2005 Conflicts between project participants have been identified in various construction industry reports as being
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served as a captain in a war against the Ottoman Turks. The coat of arms also contained the phrase‚ “vincere est vivere‚” which translates to‚ “to conquer is to live.” (Lord) Their writing is very similar in some ways because of the use of typology. Both Winthrop and Smith allude to God and use
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This article tries to propose advantages of an alternative strategy of global business management for MNCs. According to the authors the previous strategies of management from the Head Quarters (centralized) or Head Quarters for most functions with regional offices and country managers (decentralized) are not as efficient as management without any Head Quarters and twenty strategically placed hubs. There are compelling reasons to follow this strategy. Firstly developing countries account for a
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Structure in 5’s: A Synthesis of the Research on Organization Design Summary The elements of organizational structuring-which show a curious tendency to appear in five’s-suggest a typology of five basic configurations: Simple Structure‚ Machine Bureaucracy‚ Professional Bureaucracy‚ Divisionalized Form‚ and Adhocracy. The elements include: (1) five basic parts of the organization-the operating core‚ strategic apex‚ middle line‚ technostructure‚ and support staff; (2) five basic mechanisms
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realism art: Portrait of a lady‚ pride and prejudice In the beginning of 19th century‚ 80% of the world was colonized. In the early 20th century‚ after WWI‚ people start to react to a delusion of reality‚ start questioning The following typologies are related to modernism (more specifically‚ to modernist literature): 1) The modernist novel asks questions such as: * How can I interpret the world? * What is there to be known? Who knows it? To what degree of certainty
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Sounding Board Psychologists and managers may be surprised to discover that the origins of the world’s most widely used psychometric instrument lie in pre-modern systems of knowledge. Astrology and alchemy – the occult roots of the MBTI by Peter Case and Garry Phillipson There appear to be no reputable investigations into the influence of astrology and alchemy on organisation and management‚ which is surprising given the continuing popularity of astrology. Aside from some research into how marketing
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form rather than process 0001312817.INDD 789 7/7/2011 5:54:24 PM 790 international settings have given a free ride to the real estate construction industry. In this chapter‚ we redefine the conceptual fault line that runs through the typologies of the high-rise building and that of the slum and propose a new planning paradigm based on neighborhood life and local economic activities‚ including the production of habitats themselves. While this chapter centers on Mumbai‚ we refer to Tokyo
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In the social sciences and life sciences‚ a case study (or case report) is a descriptive‚ exploratory or explanatory analysis of a person‚ group or event. An explanatory case study is used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles.[1][2] Case studies may be prospective (in which criteria are established and cases fitting the criteria are included as they become available) or retrospective (in which criteria are established for selecting cases from historical records for inclusion
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES SOCIOLOGY DIVISION RESEARCH REPORT AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE MICRO SOCIAL INTERACTIVE DYNAMICS OF DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHP: A CASE OF CHIKUNI MISSION HOSPITAL IN MONZE. By Nasilele NASILELE Sociological Research Project May 2012 DEDICATIONS When one decides to undertake university education they must be prepared to sacrifice so much of their time‚ energies and resources
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