In the article “What Your Supermarket Knows About You” Martin Lindstrom details his experience after visiting a laboratory in Chicago of one of the largest consumer goods manufacturers. He describes the different marketing techniques retailers use to get customers to stay longer and buy more. Lindstrom explains how they monitor their shoppers to see how they respond to different tactics used; such as employing speed-bumps in certain sections of the store so they stay in one section longer and increase
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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Can you say what your strategy is? - David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad The authors emphasize on the importance of having a short (35 words max) company strategy‚ and communicating it to the employees. This is important to direct the companies operations in a coherent manner. The company and its employees need to know where the road is going. A strategy is not about your values of your mission‚ but simply about what your competitive game will be: what are you doing differently to your competitors
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“You are what you eat” Did you know that 31.8 percent of the children in America are overweight‚ and 16.9 percent of that 31.8 percent is considered to be obese? Though America is not the only country with an obesity rate over 20 percent‚ America definitely takes the lead. Some seem to believe that Americans are overweight because we are spoiled as a whole. While others may believe that‚ you are what you eat. Meaning if you over eat you will be overweight. Personally‚ I have to agree with the
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Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection is one of the most iconic events in Christian faith. But what If it did not happen? What if Jesus survived the cross? There have been many theories about the crucifixion and whether Jesus survived. There are four major theories that have gained momentum over the years. The first of the four theories‚ that will be discusses in this paper is the “Resuscitation Theory”; the theory that the Roman soldiers that gave Jesus a drink of vinegar while on the cross
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What are your overall goals for taking this TESOL Teaching Certificate Course? Are these goals professional‚ personal‚ or perhaps both? Specifically‚ what do you expect to learn in the course and how do you plan to use this knowledge once you receive your TESOL certification? One of my overall goals is to travel around the world teaching English because while doing this I would have the chance to have a free reign of independence and also have the ability to go and see the world‚ understand it
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Week 11 (i) SAMPLE DESIGN AND SAMPLING PROCESS Introduction Samples are parts or potions of population. A population is the specified total of study elements. A target population‚ also known as the universe‚ includes all the members of a real or hypothetical set of people‚ event or objects to which we wish to generalize the results of our research. A study population is that aggregation of elements from which the sample is actually selected. Sampling means selecting a given
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Relationship between financial distress and phase of the business cycle Every time a financial crisis breaks there are many interpretations from economists about the reasons of it and how it is affects output. Is there a relationship between a financial distress and real output? This approach is interesting because allows the compare of impacts of financial variables and financial incidents such as banking crises‚ stock markets crashes‚ money supply‚ interest rates and credit spreads on output
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Describe the basic training process. Team building Decision making Communication skills Computer skills Discuss at least two techniques used for assessing training needs. Explain the pros and cons of at least five training techniques. On-the-job training Informal learning Apprenticeship training Vestibule training Audiovisual and traditional distance learning techniques Computer-based training DVD-based training Simulated learning Learning portals iPod-based training Explain what management
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Under tough business environment‚ your low cost carrier (LCC) is in financial difficulty. As the CEO of this LCC‚ you however believe that if the airline manages to control the cost‚ your airline can survive. You therefore decide to reduce the operating expanse including the labour cost but you would avoid lay-offs. What cost reduction measures would you implement and why? In airline industry‚ the cost can break to two parts: fixed cost and variable cost. And there is
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