What is meant by group? “The balance theory of Theodore Newcomb is a comprehensive theory of group formation.” Explain. Ans: A group may be defined as a collection of two or more people who work with one another regularly to achieve common goals. In a group‚ members are mutually dependent on one another to achieve common goals‚ and they interact with one another regularly to pursue those goals. Effective groups help organizations accomplish important tasks. In particular‚ they offer the potential
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Theory X And Theory Y? Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y have both their advantages and disadvantages‚ though many would prefer to call them their strengths and weaknesses. The biggest advantage of using Theory X and Theory Y is that they are easy to understand. In addition to this‚ they can help a manager to focus on his thoughts on the different ways in which individuals relate to and carry out work. Although the theories are not used explicitly today‚ due
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Model with Poisson Arrivals and Exponential Service Times Multiple-Channel Waiting Line Model with Poisson Arrivals and Exponential Service Times Economic Analysis of Waiting Lines Slide 1 Structure of a Waiting Line System Queuing theory is the study of waiting lines. Four characteristics of a queuing system are: •the manner in which customers arrive •the time required for service •the priority determining the order of service •the number and configuration of servers in the
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I. INTRODUCTION The emergence of humanistic learning theory can not be separated from the movement of humanistic education that focuses on affective outcomes‚ learning about how to learn and learning to enhance creativity and human potential. This humanistic approach emerged as a form of disapproval on two previous views‚ the views of psychoanalysis and behavioristik in explaining human behavior. Disagreement is based on the assumption that the views of psychoanalysis too pessimistic outlook bleak
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psychometric and experimental traditions (Butt‚2007). Trait theory is based in the experimental approach. More recently the phenomenological perspective has made headway into the study of individual differences‚ as demonstrated by personal construct theory (PCT). This essay will start by describing trait theory and PCT‚ highlighting the important differences between the two approaches. An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the two theories will follow. Finally‚ each approach will be discussed
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Theory of Demand Q. Distinguish between a normal goods & an inferior goods. Give examples in each case. Ans. Normal Goods are those in case of which a positive relationship between income & quantity demanded. Other things remains constant‚ quantity demanded increase in response to increase in income & vice versa. Inferior Goods are those in case of which there is negative relationship between income & quantity demanded. Other things remains constant‚ quantity demanded decreases
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Conflict theory cannot be fully introduced without defining two views social theorists have argued about for many years. The first is the consensus perspective. Consensus theorists state that society has a consensus of values among it members. This perspective puts a lot of emphasis on the state stating that it is organized to protect the interests of the general public‚ and has the duty to intervene when groups have differing views. The state is the representative of the general public’s values
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You say that the probability of heads in a coin toss is 12 because you have no reason for thinking either heads or tails more likely you might change your view if you knew that the owner of the coin was a magician or a con man. But we cant build a theory on something subjective. We regard probability as a mathematical construction satisfying some axioms (devised by the Russian mathematician A. N. Kolmogorov). We develop ways of doing calculations with probability‚ so that (for example) we can calculate
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Appendix D Additional problems D.1 Probability theory (Chapter 2-3) (i) If X is a uniform‚ continuous random variable on the interval [a‚ b] and Y is a uniform‚ discrete random variable on the interval [k‚ l] where k and l are integers and k < l‚ then compute Pr [Z ≤ x] where Z = X + Y given that X and Y are independent. (ii) Suppose that the number N of pages in a fax transmission has a geometric probability distribution with mean 1/q = 4. The number K of bits per page also has a geometric
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MATH1081 Discrete Mathematics T. Britz/D. Chan/D. Trenerry §5 Graph Theory Loosely speaking‚ a graph is a set of dots and dot-connecting lines. The dots are called vertices and the lines are called edges. Formally‚ a (finite) graph G consists of A finite set V whose elements are called the vertices of G; A finite set E whose elements are called the edges of G; A function that assigns to each edge e ∈ E an unordered pair of vertices called the endpoints of e. This function is called the edge-endpoint
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