Glossary of Research Terms This glossary is intended to assist you in understanding commonly used terms and concepts when reading‚ interpreting‚ and evaluating scholarly research in the social sciences. Also included are general words and phrases defined within the context of how they apply to social sciences research. Acculturation -- refers to the process of adapting to another culture‚ particularly in reference to blending in with the majority e.g.‚ an immigrant adopting American customs]
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bank. But because of various reasons and apprehensions like financial burdens‚ risk of failure‚ marketing inertia etc.‚ many banks are still following the traditional ways of marketing and only few banks are making attempts to adapt CRM. It is with this background‚ the researcher has made a modest attempt towards the idea that CRM can be adapted uniformly in the banking industry for betterment of Banking Services. The lack of understanding on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is always a concern
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2012 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Overview of the current state of technology The manual system has many flaws. It is considered as an outdated system. But some schools are still using this kind of system‚ thus problems on human errors‚ data lost and time consuming had always been a problem. Modern day technology makes life simple and easy in many ways. The Internet‚ for example‚ is a very helpful tool for the students for research purposes. It also features online applications that help individuals to
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has both short-term and long-term effects on the function and development of a person’s brain. The drug produces an intense high immediately upon use then as the effects of the drug start to wear off‚ people suddenly feel intense edginess and depression and an insatiable craving for more of the drug. Cocaine use and the Long-Term Effects Cocaine takes a tremendous toll on a person’s brain. However‚ the effects vary based on the amount of cocaine a person uses and how frequently. This is not to say
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approaches and techniques used for trauma survivors. However‚ Brailsford (2007) goes on to discuss that some practitioners use a combination of various treatments depending on their expertise and knowledge regarding the therapeutic approach. Contrary to what many therapists might believe to be best treatment options for trauma survivors it is of utmost importance to keep in mind the client’s needs‚ culture‚ social background etc. in order for a therapeutic process to be successful as discussed by Brailsford
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the problem and its background. Introduction Fast food industry has been in existence for the past years. The growing popularity of the industry gave way for many businessmen to put up many branches or chains in different parts of the country. This leads to birth of fast food chains‚ by which Jollibee‚ McDonalds‚ KFC‚ Mang Inasal‚ Chowking‚ and WOK Express and Greenwich are few examples. People prefer to go into fast food chains
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Financial Analysis on Smrt 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND SMRT Corporation Ltd ("SMRT") is incorporated on 6 March 2000 and listed on the Singapore Exchange since 26 July 2000. It is the second largest multi-modal public transport service provider in Singapore‚ offering a range of integrated transport services‚ as well as the leasing of commercial and advertising spaces‚ engineering consultancy and project management services. SMRT operates two out of the three MRT lines in Singapore (81
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Term Sheet BUS605: Venture Capital and Private Equity Term Sheet “A term sheet is a non-binding agreement setting forth the basic terms and condition under which an investment will be made. The term sheet serves as a template to develop more detailed legal documents. Once the parties involved reach an agreement on the details laid out in the term sheet‚ a binding agreement or contract that conforms to the term sheet details is then drawn up” (Investopedia‚ 2013)
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or ambiguous terms that need to be defined and or clarified? “Vague or Ambiguous Terms” * In dealing with the situation given‚ I had come up that there are terms or words that are not clear or too obscure on me. And these are: * “Jenny became heavy with a child” * “Rheumatic Heart” * “Mitral Valve” * “Medical Predicament” In regards with the ambiguous or vague terms that I’ve encountered in the given situation‚ I had able to scrutinized the 1st term or phrase wherein
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An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements‚ 1996. Oxford: Oxford University Press / United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. 1 1 Britain became the first society in history whose urban population exceeded its rural population.”2 This is a key distinction: urbanization refers to the process by which a rising share of a society’s population lives in cities. Growing cities are not necessarily a sign of urbanization‚ and indeed there have been many periods when city growth was simply
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