Briefly discuss what education claims to do for us. What do sociologists show it often does? Illustrate with examples from the Caribbean Education begins the day we are born and ends the day we die (Ballantinee and Hammack). According to Haralambos and Holborn education involves the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Although this is may be seen as the most appropriate explanation for what education is regarded as universally‚ education in modern developed and developing societies is
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Table of Contents Introduction Generally people think that an entrepreneur is a visionary‚ somebody with great ideas who is eager to take huge risks. However having a radical innovation from the nothing is overwhelming but very rare. To be successful‚ it is essential to think differently from the casual thinkers. The aim of this paper is to show how we‚ a study group of five students could come up with an idea in an entrepreneurial way and go through an elaboration process toward the realization
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Operations Marketing 1-3 Introduction to Operations Management What Do Operations Managers Do? • What is ‘Operations’? • • a function or system that transforms inputs into outputs of greater value What is a Transformation Process? a series of activities along a value chain extending from supplier to customer • activities that do not add value are superfluous and should be eliminated • • What is Operations Management? • design‚ operation‚ and improvement of
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How do the economies of scale affect break-even analysis? In the video on leverage‚ leverage is compared to a fulcrum in that you need just the right balance of leverage. That would seem to indicate that there is a point where the leverage is just right and that too little leverage may be just as harmful as too much leverage. Do you think this is true? The book discusses the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Which one do you think is the most important in business and why? Answers:
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How Does the Stock Market Affect the Economy? This article examines how the stock prices affect the GDP. “According to the Federal Reserve Board’s model‚ a 20 percent decline in stock prices lower the GDP by about 1.25% after one year.” For only one year‚ we can conclude that yes‚ the stock market in some ways does effect the economy. Many economists agree that stock market affects the economy‚ while there are still others that think there are many other influences that affect the economy and not
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CFS – BS408 ESSENTIALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Yoosuf Naeem Project Director: Dr. Ahmed Anwar Rector Villa College Yoosuf Naeem Villa College Prof Dr Abtar Kaur Feculty of Education and Languages Open University Malaysia Centre for Foundation Studies Villa College Module Writer: Editor: Developed by: First Edition‚ First Printing‚ May 2012 Copyright © Villa College‚ May 2012‚ CFS – BS408 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
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1. What role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? Write about at least three of the poems‚ describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom‚ the lack of it‚ or the desire for it. Answer: Type your answer here. They left the land of their slave past and moved toward the promise of freedom in the north‚ but the people of the “Great Migration” met with the cruel reality that their struggles were not over‚ that although a war had been fought and won‚ emancipation was only
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slave owner for all 45 years of my life I have seen my plantation grow and the United States economy get more and more dependant on cotton from my plantation. Over the past 40 years the ability for me to buy slaves at auctions has made me capable of doubling by plantation size. Now I own 100 slaves‚ all either working the cotton gin or picking cotton in the fields. These slaves have made me and many other plantation owners in the South rich. They have also promoted westward expansion for many of my
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Effective Role Playing in Sales Training Posted on September 25‚ 2012 by John Asher Top salespeople approach their careers in a similar fashion as professional athletes. They practice‚ drill and rehearse all of their skills so that they can execute them without even thinking about it‚ and do not ignore any area of the sales process. It is useless for a salesperson to make a great presentation if she does not know how to close. And closing and getting the money will not lead to referrals unless
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Third Party Logistics (3PL): Benefits and Issues ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Abstract Third-Party Logistics have continued to play a strategic role in the management of supply chains most especially in the developed world over the past years and has seen a consistent increase in its usage in the world. In Malawi the concept is still new and has also been adopted by the public sector. There are clearly benefits associated
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