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MICRO WORLDS - THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

MICRO WORLDS - THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

... Imagine, then, that you are the manager of a claims adjusting office, sitting with your partner, another claims office manager, in front of a personal computer screen displaying the status of the ... become one of the significant business trends of the 1990s. Microworlds like that at Hanover offer a unique way to break out of the trance imposed by unquestioned industry standards. They do ... quences of our decisions are in the future and in distant parts of the organization. While the computer-based microworlds described below are new, the principle of learning through microworlds...

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Advances in Relationship Marketing Thought and Practice: The Influence of Social Network Theory

Advances in Relationship Marketing Thought and Practice: The Influence of Social Network Theory

... and Practice: The Influence Thought and Practice: The Influence of Social Network Theory of Social Network Theory Presented at the Presented at the Networks and Complex Systems Networks and ... Influence ã Efficient use of Efficient use of ã network resources network resources ã Inertia of Social Structure Inertia of Social Structure The socio-cognitive perspective inserts cognition The socio-cognitive ... the value of information moderate the effect How does the value of information moderate the effect of social structure on relationship outcomes? of social structure on relationship outcomes?...

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The Genealogy of Social Phobia

The Genealogy of Social Phobia

... one’s neighbor. With the secularization of life, the eighteenth century witnessed the beginning of the medicalization of the abnormal experiences of fear. The Genealogy of Social Phobia 17 having ... the appli- cation of its psychometric methods to the study of social phobia. The first scale for the measurement of social anxiety À the psychological construct at the heart of social phobia À ... comparison to the normal, the social phobic response is exaggerated, over-generalized, and chronic. The issues raised by these incompatible points of view attending the inception of the notion of social...

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The Treatments of Social Phobia - Their Nature and Effects

The Treatments of Social Phobia - Their Nature and Effects

... indirectly, by means of correcting deficient social skills or problems in the structure of the social behavior of social phobic patients, deemed necessary for proper social function- ing. The structural ... on the part of the patients foreseeing failure in achieving their social aims. The second approach by contrast, de-emphasizes the formal/struc- tural aspects of the proper performance of social ... in the social functioning of social phobic patients to take place, for similar gains were obtained by a therapy promoting better social functioning without the benefit of SST. Moreover, 60% of...

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the structure of central banking and the bank of canada

the structure of central banking and the bank of canada

... 15 The Structure of Central Banking and the Bank of Canada Copyright  2011 Pearson Canada Inc. 15 - 4 Formal Structure of the Bank of Canada I ã Responsibility for the operation of the ... operated by the CPA ã acts as the holder of deposit accounts of the federal government, the directly clearing members of the CPA, international organizations such as the IMF, and other central ... with a Board of Directors, which consists of fifteen members: ã the governor (currently Mark Carney, who is the chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Directors) ã the senior deputy...

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Tài liệu Gravitational Physics: Exploring the Structure of Space and Time pdf

Tài liệu Gravitational Physics: Exploring the Structure of Space and Time pdf

... as the circular structure in the lower half of the dewar. The rest of the internal components are structures for cooling the bar to 4.2 K, for bringing out the signal from the transducer on the ... properties of the geometry of space in the vicinity of black holes that are predicted by general relativity. ã The measurement of the dragging of inertial frames due to the rotation of Earth at the ... some of the important achievements of the past decade illustrates this point: ã The confirmation of the existence of gravitational waves by the observed shortening of the orbital period of a...

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Tài liệu Inequalities in Higher Education and the Structure of the Labour Market pdf

Tài liệu Inequalities in Higher Education and the Structure of the Labour Market pdf

... especially฀ those฀who฀hold฀general฀bachelor’s฀degrees,฀their฀qualifications฀serve฀only฀as฀a฀signal฀ of their฀potential฀to฀employers.฀In฀many฀cases,฀they฀take฀longer฀to฀realise฀employment฀ and฀when฀they฀do฀their฀entry฀level฀jobs฀do฀not฀necessarily฀require the years of schooling฀ they฀possess.฀They฀start฀at the bottom of the job฀ladder฀and฀have฀to฀prove฀themselves฀ in the labour฀market฀to฀reach฀higher฀income฀levels.฀A฀combination of their฀potential฀ and฀training฀will฀determine฀their฀progression฀up the ladder.฀As฀will฀be฀seen฀in the next฀ section, the field of study,฀which฀signals the type of skills฀acquired฀through฀education,฀ plays฀a฀significant฀role฀in฀employability of university฀graduates฀in฀this฀case. Percy฀Moleke Free ... 4 Percy฀Moleke 5 Inequalities฀in฀Higher฀Education฀and the Structure of the Labour฀Market Despite the observed฀significant฀increases฀in the number of senior฀certificate฀holders฀ in the past฀decade, the proportion of learners฀who฀actually฀sit฀for the exam฀remains฀ low. The quality of the senior฀certificate฀exam฀also฀continues฀to฀be of concern. The large฀majority of learners฀still฀opt฀to฀write the senior฀certificate฀exam฀on the standard฀ grade฀rather฀than฀on the higher฀grade.฀Consequently, the proportion of those฀passing฀ with฀ ... 14 Percy฀Moleke 15 Inequalities฀in฀Higher฀Education฀and the Structure of the Labour฀Market in฀education฀or฀in the labour฀market,฀have฀done฀little฀to฀address the inequalities of the past. The lack of labour฀ market฀information฀...

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Tài liệu High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector docx

Tài liệu High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector docx

... to the intensification of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area. The pricing of risk in the repo market has become more dependent on the geographic origin of both the counterparty and the ... maintaining the integrity of the single market. Finally, Chapter 5 draws together the analysis of the previous chapters. It reiterates the importance of banks in the EU economy, summarises the key ... mandate, the Group also expects the on-going fundamental review of the trading book by the Basel Committee to improve the control of market risk within the banking system. The Group sees the Commission's...

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Tài liệu The Basics of Social Marketing - How to Use Marketing to Change Behavior docx

Tài liệu The Basics of Social Marketing - How to Use Marketing to Change Behavior docx

... grand- mothers as the appropriate source for the intervention. The grandmothers who participated in formative research developed the chitterlings cleaning method for their peers. Having the grandmothers ... during the process. The six phases of the planning tool are outlined in detail on the CD-ROM CDCynergy — Social Marketing Edition (see the Appendix and the More Resources for You sections of this ... missing? ➤ Are there any red flags? ➤ Ar e there any serious omissions? PHASE 1: DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM ➤ 7 The Six Phases of the Social Marketing Pr ocess” is reprinted from the computer software program...

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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Insights into the structure of plant a-type phospholipase D Susanne Stumpe, Stephan Konig and Renate Ulbrich-Hofmann ¨ ppt

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Insights into the structure of plant a-type phospholipase D Susanne Stumpe, Stephan Konig and Renate Ulbrich-Hofmann ¨ ppt

... [20,21]. In the present study, the first insights into the secon- dary and tertiary structure of PLD a2 from cabbage are given. The surface structure of the enzyme was investigated by small- angle ... constants in the range of 0.5 mm were estimated from isothermal titration calorimetry [36]. The C2 domains of other proteins showed cal- cium-binding affinities in the range of 1–50 lm [37,38]. As the ... preparation of the PpNp. The financial support of the Kultus- ministerium des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt and the Graduiertenkolleg 1026 of the Deutsche Forschungsge- meinschaft, Bonn (Germany), and the support...

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Tài liệu The Effect of Social Trust and Economic Growth pdf

Tài liệu The Effect of Social Trust and Economic Growth pdf

... Who does trust others? The thesis is structured as follows: The first chapter gives an overview of the existing literature and the current state of research. The concept of social trust is ... Finally, the average temperature of the coldest month of the year is applied. There is a consensus that norms develop the best where their payoff is the highest. This means that social trust ... confirms the validity of the trust question. Another study by Sapienza et al. (2007) gets to the same result under the condition that the stakes of the game are sufficiently high. By the same...

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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The structure of the carbohydrate backbone of the lipopolysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii strain ATCC 19606 docx

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The structure of the carbohydrate backbone of the lipopolysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii strain ATCC 19606 docx

... 269) 427 [26,27]. Then, the biosynthesis of the core region of LPS from A. baumannii strain ATCC 19606 should proceed with the introduction of a third Kdo residue to O-5 of the second Kdo. This ... [19]. The mechanism of the transfer of the third Kdo residue has not yet been identiđed. In addition to the work on the determination of the chemical and antigenic structures of O-speciđc polysaccha- rides ... genus which obviously allows novel insights in structure, genetics and biosynthesis of LPS. Here, the structures of the carbohy- drate backbones of the LPS from A. baumannii strain ATCC 19606 are...

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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "The Structure of User-Adviser Dialogues: Is there Method in their Madness?" pdf

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "The Structure of User-Adviser Dialogues: Is there Method in their Madness?" pdf

... to some extent the task structure (but see the next section). The first structure of the dialogue, the structure of the sequence of utterances, will actually be examined with the pronominal ... questions about the nature of dialogue structures, about the validity and usefulness of the concept of a dialogue structure, about the role of the task structure in determining dialogue structure, ... mainly the second structure and will attempt to find evidence linking the dialogue structure to the task structure. The main point is that the structure of the intentions conveyed in the discourse...

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Tài liệu Learning 2.0 - The Impact of Social Media on Learning in Europe ppt

Tài liệu Learning 2.0 - The Impact of Social Media on Learning in Europe ppt

... Abstract Over the last few years, the Internet has had a profound effect on the private and professional lives of European citizens, offering them an increasing number and range of opportunities ... According to the 2009 Youthnet report (Hulme, 2009), 75% of 16 to 24 year olds claimed they could not live without the Internet; 82% of the young people surveyed said they had used the Internet ... The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the...

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The Structure of Physics pptx

The Structure of Physics pptx

... definition of probability to the 20 2 The system of theories from the standpoint of the general laws. Mathematically these are the specifi- cations necessary to determine the solution of the equation, ... ur theory). If the ur hypothesis is correct, the symmetry of urs must play a distinguished role in physics. At this point the second pillar of the ur theoretic structure comes in: the quantum theory ... about the structure of time, for experience entails applying lessons learned from the facts of the past to the open questions of the future. The use of time as parameter- time—i.e., within the...

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