Software Industry: Investigating the Role of Human Capital Ashraf Bany Mohammed Faculty of Information Technology‚ Middle East University P.O. Box: 383‚ Amman 11831‚ Jordan Tel: 962-777-588-997 Received: November 19‚ 2010 E-mail: abany@meu.edu.jo Accepted: December 22‚ 2010 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n5p217 Abstract Software industry is realized as one key opportunity for socio-economic development‚ especially for developing countries. Human Capital heavily plays a critical role in such knowledge-based
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Whole Wheat Bread: A Whole lot of Lies As young impressionable children‚ parents and doctors always try to do what is best for us‚ including and possibly most importantly‚ the food we eat; what is healthier‚ what has less sugar‚ what has more nutritional value‚ etcetera…Even as adults‚ people tend to look for the product that has health benefits‚ such as the popular wheat bread. Wheat bread has always be thought to be the better choice over white bread‚ considering it has whole grains‚ fiber‚ oats
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CHANGES IN SOCIETY‚ CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON HUMAN CAPITAL 2. The changes in society specifically are transformations in society‚ culture and technology. Social changes include any alteration in the society in terms of cause and effect of intra social relations‚ or the institutions of family and marriage and other such cultural aspects. Change is absolutely inevitable and it is largely unplanned. The four major factors encompassing the social changes are:- (a) Change is
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Capital Punishment Capital punishment should be introduced into Australia for unspeakable crimes My first decision for supporting the death penalty is it’s correlation to the crime rate in a country where it exists. the United Nations currently has one hundred and eighty nine countries in its membership and among them one hundred and eight is already joining the list of the countries to abolish capital punishment and the United States is not part of it and we should not be. Is banning capital
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY READING ASSIGNMENT – FAST FOOD NATION INTRODUCTION to Fast Food Nation (Amazon.com excerpt) On any given day‚ one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant‚ without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American‚ and harmless‚ as apple pie. But the industry ’s drive for consolidation‚ homogenization‚ and speed has radically transformed America ’s diet
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Assignment Title: Research Proposal on Flawed Management Theories throw negative impact on good management practices Module Code: BE4S32 Assignment No: 2 Alan Protheroe Student No: 11058196 Glamorgan University – Option Question 1 Final Submission Date: 11th November 2011 1 Table of Contents Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3-4 Agency Theory research methodology 5 Porter’s Five Forces research methodology 7 Value-Based Management research
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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a very controversial issue‚ that when looked at from the belief of moral and immoral‚ there is no true right or wrong side. However‚ when capital punishment is looked at from the point of view of real subjects and numbers‚ it actually is an inexpensive and fast form of punishment‚ decreases crime‚ and promotes equal treatment. Thus‚ capital punishment benefits America as a whole and should be used on individuals who commit first-degree murder. There are
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CHAPTER 1 Background to the Study Ghana‚ a West African English speaking Republic covers an area of approximately 238‚540 km2. It is bordered on the north and north-west by Burkina Faso‚ on the east by Togo‚ on the south by the Gulf of Guinea‚ and on the west by Côte d’Ivoire. Ghana gained independence from Britain in 1957 and thus became the first independent majority-ruled nation in sub-Saharan Africa. Its education system in the first one and half decades after independence had been described
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Case Summary Human Capital Consultants (HCC) is a consulting firm provides consultancy services regarding HR issues and specializes in strategic alignment and corporate change. The firm has a fairly friendly culture. As a result the employee turnover rate is considerably low. John Yeoung‚ the lead senior partner of HCC recruited Kay Johnson to join the firm. Though initially Kay was skeptical but after a lot of consideration along with pressure from Jhon and a lucrative compensation package Kay
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“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” – Mahatma Gandhi. For many centuries there have been several debates at various levels of society regarding the moral authority of the state to execute a member of that society under prescribed conditions. The ethical dilemma involved‚ seeks to unearth whether it is ever morally correct to deprive a human being of life. There are several aspect of capital punishment that has changed throughout history‚ including the popularity of the death penalty
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