UNIT-I PSYCHOLOGY DEFINITION: The word Psychology derivesfrom Greek word ”Psyche” and “Locus” which means Psyche → Soul Locus → Science or Knowledge The Psychology literary means “the science of the soul”. A science that systematically studies and attempts to explain observablebehaviour and its relationship to unseen “mental” process that go on inside the organism and to external events in the environment. GOALS: Description Explanation Prediction Control of behaviour Methods of Psychology:
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Understanding Your Student’s Learning Style: The Theory of Multiple Share on email Share on favorites More Sharing ServicesMore All children have unique learning styles. Students gain strong benefits when their teachers and Learning Coaches recognize their strengths and weaknesses as learners. Howard Gardner‚ a psychologist and professor of neuroscience at Harvard‚ developed one theory in 1983. Gardner defines “intelligence” not as an IQ but‚ rather‚ as the skills that enable anyone to gain
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related administrative activities to the development of people as a resource of the organization (Sims‚ R. 2006). Thus‚ here comes the field of Human Resource Development (HRD). The term HRD started out first simply as “training”‚ then involved into “training and development”（T&D）‚ and finally into HRD. Therefore‚ some confusion arise relating to the difference between Human Resource Development and “training and development”. In order to differentiate HRD and T&D‚ the author illustrates this essay
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Nowadays many organizations like to emphasize on gaining a competitive advantage in the market. The advance equipments‚ new technology‚ good marketing strategic‚ excellent customer services and many other elements can be the factors to build up for the advantages. However‚ human resource is still the most important element to determining the success or failure of an organization. Without their support‚ the organization daily business function will not be done well and ready. Human resource is always
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Report No 55 Gender and Development: Concepts and Definitions Prepared for the Department for International Development (DFID) for its gender mainstreaming intranet resource by Hazel Reeves and Sally Baden February 2000 BRIDGE (development - gender) Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RE‚ UK Tel: +44 (0) 1273 606261 Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202 Email: bridge@ids.ac.uk Website: http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/ © Institute of Development Studies ISBN 1 85864 381
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New Product Development Process The new product development process is the second strategic elements of product development. It is important for company to manage their new product into the market. As stated by Cooper (1994)‚ “a formal blueprint‚ roadmap‚ template or thought process for driving a new product project from the idea stage through to market launch and beyond” (p.3). Crawford and Di Benedetto (2011) also mentioned that the new product process is the way from idea to the period of establishing
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Training‚ development‚ education and learning: different or the same? Thomas N. Garavan Lecturer‚ Department of Personnel and Employment Relations‚ University of Limerick‚ Limerick‚ Ireland Attempts to discuss the concepts of training‚ development‚ education and learning with regard to employees in terms of their substantive differences. Discusses how these concepts have evolved historically within human resource management and development (HRM/D) literature. Provides an analysis of how alternative
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Introduction Over the last 40 years‚ organization development has been widely applied in organizations settings across the world since it emanated from United States (Rees‚ 2008) and has progressed from a limited conceptual and practice base into a comprehensive‚ global approach to organizational improvement (Glassman and Cummings‚1991)‚ so it seems that understanding organization development’s content and its relations to organizations has become more and more critical for OD professions. Therefore
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anniversary of the demise of the old Department of Education and the birth of the Department for Children‚ Schools and Families. Now names themselves‚ especially names of Whitehall departments‚ are far less important than what goes on in their name – Titles‚ as Lord Mandelson could tell us‚ are far less important than the substance of policy. But the renaming of the old Department was no idle exercise in empty rebranding – it reflected a philosophical shift in how Government sees its role. Under Gordon
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LONGITUDINAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY RECENT PAST INTRODUCTION Virgin Group limited is a venture capital conglomerate founded in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson with interest in transportation‚ travel‚ mobile‚ financial services‚ media‚ music and fitness. It employs about 50‚000 people in more than 30 countries‚ comprising of 300 companies and brand‚ with 11.5 billion pounds in revenue as at 2009‚ (Virgin website)
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