INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK (ISW) HRU 07106 – DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 COURSE OUTLINE 1. Introduction Development studies is a multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries. It has historically placed a particular focus on issues related to social and economic development. Its relevance may‚ therefore‚ extend to communities and regions outside of the developing world. A development studies is offered as a specialised
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a mirror of society and its norms. Why and how should we punish wrongdoers in our society? The course aims to explain punishment and society in a multi-dimensional context‚ entrenched in disciplines including criminology‚ penology‚ sociology‚ psychology‚ ethics ….. Punishment‚ in other words‚ is far more than a technical problem linked to certain institutions of crime control and prevention. The course will look at the different functions of punishment‚ like retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation
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had a realization that terrorism was a continuing danger in America after September 11‚ 2001. That alertness amplified in the years after. American travel was changed by new security policies. New government guidelines changed immigration policies and influenced the character of international banking. Cautions of likely new terrorist attacks created extensive tension and nervousness. In the aftermath of September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States government unleashed what President Bush named a “war on
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Far Eastern University Institute of Accounts‚ Business and Finance Revised Action Plan: Amigo Segurado Submitted by: Submitted to: Advertising Plan Date Activity Person-in-Charge Budget All year round 2015 Advertising in Social Media (Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram) Ad Personnel No allotted budget because social network is free of use. January-June 2015 Bus Advertising 5 Buses with Fairview-Alabang Route 5 buses with Fairview-Baclaran Route Ad Agency (Everlasting Transit Corporation)
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Action Learning is essentially a theory of learning through experience‚ primarily for work-based problems and is underpinned by a belief that the potential of individuals harnessed in a group dynamic can create knowledge‚ solutions and change (Weisnstein‚ 1999). This means working and learning simultaneously‚ or learning from what we do. While the experience may suggest this self evident in all that we do‚ Action Learning is defined through a cyclical process of experiencing‚ reviewing‚ concluding
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CITY COLLEGE Don Andres Soriano Ave. Centro‚ Mandaue City Tel. No. 236-5520 COURSE SYLLABUS NAME: JEZEVYL S. PILOTA EMAIL: jezevylpilota@yahoo.com CONTACT NO.: ROOM: COMPUTER LABORATORY TIME: 5:30-8:00 MONDAY-TUESDAY COURSE CODE: IT 8 NO. OF HOURS PER WEEK: 5 COURSE TITLE: DATABASE MANAGEMENT I NO. OF WEEKS: 20 CREDIT UNITS: 3 PREREQUISITE: NONE I. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course emphasizes the importance of database design‚ use and management of Information
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What was the main reason for Italian Unification? In 1815 after the battle of waterloo and the end of the Napoleonic wars‚ the victorious powers met to discuss what to do to at what became to be known as the Congress of Vienna. To ensure that war on the same scale never broke out again they decided to make very little changes to the current map of Europe‚ except strengthening all of France’s neighbours. I was agreed at the conference that the ruling powers should meet in the future whenever
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Course Description This course applies economic concepts to make management decisions. Students employ the concepts of scarce resources and opportunity costs to perform economic analysis. Other topics include supply and demand‚ profit maximization‚ market structure‚ macroeconomic measurement‚ money‚ trade‚ and foreign exchange. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: •
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ACTION PLAN Things Learned in this Class: New Information I learned that sometimes self-awareness may be unpopular from the article by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Many self-help advisors want to improve self-esteem rather than self-knowledge and urge people to ignore negative thoughts‚ in particular about themselves. I always thought it was good to acknowledge negative thoughts in order to obtain self-improvement. I also learned how to prepare to have difficult conversations and that compromising
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questions for case studies: Spring 2013 Week 1: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? 2. Wal-Mart’s average return on equity for the 1997 fiscal year was 19.7% while Sears’ average return on equity over roughly the same period was 22.0%. Don Edwards was puzzled by these numbers because of Wal-Mart’s reputation as a premier retailer and Sears’ financial difficulties not long ago. What is driving the
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