a critical assessment of one of robinson s statements

... of chapters and issues addressed in this volume, it has many different facets and success factors Successful redesign and implementation of a cross-functional business process amounts to major ... Future, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1994 Jarvenpaa, S. L and Stoddard, D.B., “Managing IT-Enabled Radical Change,” research proposal, University of Texas at Austin/Harvard Business School, ... processes As noted by several researchers (Davidson, 1993; Venkatraman, 1994), the same notions of radical process change used to address internal processes can be applied to the basic products and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 08:20

... in supermarkets) The passive participle means the same as a pronoun + a passive verb, e.g which is/was sold But we NOT use the active participle for a single action in the past The police want ... Anna 's brother He just walked past The man who just walked past was Anna 's brother The plane was twenty-five years old It crashed The plane ………………………………………… twenty-five years old One day Tessa ... repairs are under way People who saw the accident say that the lorry hit the cars after it swerved to avoid a pile of stones left in the road The traffic chaos caused by the accident has meant...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... bomb scare last Tuesday Sarah wanted to fly to Rome, but she wasn't able to The airport was closed Laura has only met Nick once, and it 's possible she wouldn't recognize him He passed ... take a bus tour Type is less direct than type (Unit 144C) The speaker is less sure that you want to see the sights 145 Exercises Type (A- B) Comment on these situations Use a type conditional ... (= Please come this way ) As well as the past simple we can use the past continuous (e.g was doing) in the if-clause If Rachel was playing her stereo, it wouldn't be so quiet in here In a type...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... just to make sure He'll see it (4) he comes 149 Wish and if only We can use I wish or if only to express a wish Jessica wishes she was slimmer If only is stronger and more emphatic than wish ... unless I wear glasses The doctor will be here unless she 's called to an emergency Unless you can pay your bills, you'll have to leave I wouldn't say that unless I believed it D In case Look at ... better at basketball Wish and if only with a past-tense verb express a wish for things to be different We can use were instead of was (see also Unit 145B) If only I were taller, I might be better at...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... in spite of she feels afraid ALTHOUGH I'm no better, although I've taken the pills Laura wants to fly, although she feels afraid We can use in spite of the fact (that) in the same way as although ... Exercises Wish would (B) What might you say in these situations? Begin I wish ? to someone who never answers your e-mails I wish you'd answer my e-mails ? to someone who makes rude remarks about ... has a car, but he doesn't often drive it We can also use although Although the cafe was crowded, we found a table Although Nick has a car, he doesn't often drive it The clause with although can...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... things in life, which she has already mentioned B Words and phrases meaning 'and', 'but' and 'so' 'And': Sarah often works late She works on Saturdays sometimes, too/as well Sarah often works late ... defrost 152 Exercises Time words (A) Arlene Black 's new CD is now available in the shops Write the titles of her songs Use these words instead of the ones in brackets: as soon as, before, since, ... time he was driving) We're going to tidy up after everyone 's gone (after everyone 's gone = later than everyone goes) As soon as Laura had left the house, it started to rain (as soon as she had left...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... its database of books and music available to outside users as a service, and the users could choose to create processes that pull particular information out of that database For example, someone ... create a process that allows visitors to a website to search an artist name within that larger database, and the results returned would only encompass information relating to compact discs, rather ... individuals access to different aspects of the database in different manners Trainers, for example, could be given access to a thick client application that enables them to search a complete database,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2013, 12:15

... http://www.usenix.org/sage/) is a professional association for Systems Administrators SAGE has developed a job description booklet that helps describe what Systems Administrators and what they need to know A summary ... operations There are a number of tasks that must be done each day Some of these tasks are in response to unanticipated events such a new user or a system crash, while others are just standard tasks ... perform the same tasks Many of the tasks of Systems Administration are not platform specific For example a recent survey of Systems Administrators found that 37% of an administrator 's time is spent...

Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2013, 02:20

... comparisons such as metaphors and similes) You can also define difficult words in context to help your readers more readily grasp abstract concepts A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale ... the Mississippi Repetition He has refused his Assent to Laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, ... • Transitions • Pronouns • Repetition • Parallel structure A transition can be a whole paragraph of text or simply a transitional expression, a word or phrase that shows a logical relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... Flashlight and extra batteries Battery powered radio and extra batteries Matches in a waterproof container Baby supplies such as diapers and bottles Digital thermometer Trash bags Cleaning supplies An ... allergies, past and current medical problems, current medicines and dosages, medical equipment and copies of medical insurance cards Doctors’ names and phone numbers Locations of hospitals near work, ... Gatorade and Powerade Health information for each member of the family stored in a water proof container Soap and alcohol-based hand sanitizer Tissues and toilet paper Sleeping bags or blankets Flashlight...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 23:15

... its database of books and music available to outside users as a service, and the users could choose to create processes that pull particular information out of that database For example, someone ... create a process that allows visitors to a website to search an artist name within that larger database, and the results returned would only encompass information relating to compact discs, rather ... individuals access to different aspects of the database in different manners Trainers, for example, could be given access to a thick client application that enables them to search a complete database,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 06:18

... inductive arguments based on past experience, unless one can distinguish the broad reasons why past experience was what it was." Only if we can distinguish the reasons why the past was what it was, ... have gone out of business! We can assume that it was not the best performers that have gone to their well-earned demise Almost certainly, it was the losers that disappeared; funds whose managers ... turnover costs, and, say, another 0.5 percent in sales charges, marketing expenses, and other small add-ons Result: the total cost of equity fund ownership can easily double, to as much as percent...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... register is a variety of language related to a particular subject matter or area of activity, a set of words and expressions as well as syntactical features that may be said to characterise that specific ... English is the language of school-based learning and extended, reasoned discourse Writing academic English refers to a formal style of expression, namely a formal tone, use of the third-person rather ... important language skill at university because students’grades are largely determined by their performance in written assignments, tests and examinations or graduation thesis (Leki and Carson [4])...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... expectations are not as an estimate of the NRR This method assumes that the readily available for alternative measures of inflation, we also Taylor rule, as specified above, gives an unbiased estimate ... expectations, and 5.4 ‘Cyclical’ factors As discussed earlier, the central bank adjusts nominal interest rates to lean against inflationary pressure This means that the problems of measuring ... estimates of the NRR for Australia and the United States 23 Table Estimates of New Zealand s NRR NRR estimate Average NRR estimate Method 1: Estimates based on historical real interest rates over...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... the size and the shape of the craft A slow-moving boat or airplane encounters less friction than fast-moving boats or airplanes Wide boats and airplanes must push aside more fluid than narrower ... simple relationships of all right triangles Ancient mathematicians found that all right triangles are proportional by ratios of their sides and angles These ratios times the angle are known as ... resistance vehicle Cars increases as the made from wood speed of an object increases, faster need to be sanded smooth Sanding moving mouse-trap cars will have more will remove any unwanted air...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 12:20

... state of happiness These moments appear to us as fleeting and unpredictable, though Csikszentmihalyi s research shows otherwise Certain pursuits and activities lend themselves to reaching a state ... Drucker has no qualms about hiring the prima donnas and geniuses, saying any managerial discomfort is simply a part of the deal Contribution is the only measurement of success that matters To that ... a state of flow Csikszentmihalyi describes the common characteristics of these activities as including a sense that one s skills are adequate to cope with the challenges at hand, in a goal-directed,...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 17:50

... colonies—had already imported writs of scire facias, lawsuits for trespass de bonis asportatis and other similarly mysterious creatures Judges took on kingly airs, throwing out cases if the papers misspelled ... UNCONTESTED NAME CHANGES, ADOPTIONS, DIVORCES AND PROBATES, ARE PRESENTED TO AMERICAN JUDGES THIS IS AS NEEDLESS AS IT IS COSTLY COURTS ARE A MISERABLE PLACE TO HANDLE ROUTINE PAPERWORK Courts are ... romantic belief that the law was a learned profession —THOMAS GEOGHEGAN, ATTORNEY estate A number of states still have such percentage fees enshrined in statutes; unsuspecting clients are rarely...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 14:05

... middleclass Americans—because of a loophole that treats this income as capital gains The ostensible reason capital gains are taxed at a much lower rate than ordinary income is to reward investors for ... its swap contracts that were supposed to insure big Wall Street banks against losses on their bets American taxpayers had to bail out AIG as well as the big banks One of the many ironies surrounding ... totally guard against small chances of every potential accident Inevitably, there s a trade-off Reasonable precaution means spending as much on safety as the probability of a particular disaster occurring,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2014, 08:50

... ROBERT basic sales process Project Planner Thursday, September 24, 2009 ROBERT basic sales process Project Planner Dialogue & Follow Up Thursday, September 24, 2009 ROBERT basic sales process Project ... 24, 2009 DAVE Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring Established Communication, Mutual Trust and Respect Home made muffins, ohh so warm & tasty Change to planned technical assessment deliverable Altered project ... principles, and process Talk is cheap: share ideas freely One to one (or small group) conversation is priceless Thursday, September 24, 2009 ROBERT client vendor chemistry Thursday, September...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 09:25

... Harvard Business Review Media Asia 2004, ‘Counterfeit warning amid praise for China 's potential’, Media Asia, 12/17/2004, p10 Sender, I 2006, ‘U .S Brands Storm the Asia "Beachheads"’, Business ... through success and ostentation” Face consumption is defined as “the motivational process by which individuals try to enhance, maintain or save self-face, as well as show respect to others’ face ... their social group has done so, known as 'consumptive anxiety' And they must be either name brands or expensive, otherwise they cannot stand for ‘face’ This can appear irrational to Westerners, as...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20