the importance of communication in performance management

... levels for the public firm indicator in some of the analyses but without changing the tenor of the results. The Importance of Reporting Incentives: Earnings Management in European Private and Public ... economic performance, but they may also abuse discretion when it is in their interest. For this reason, reporting incentives are likely to play an integral role in determining the informativeness of ... rule of law, and corruption index). SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end of the fiscal year (in EUR thousands). We use the natural log of the size variable in the analysis. Financial...

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... front-line when it comes to assuring customer satisfaction (Kirsilä et al., 2007). By these definitions, and due to the importance of the role of project management in the success of projects, the ... video conferencing. The duration of the interviews lasted between 50 min to 1 h. The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose of the feedback, the purpose of the conceptual ... In this research, the authors attend to two areas of project management from nine existing areas, because of the operation of the conceptual model. One is integration management and the other...

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... prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2]. The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of 65 [4]. A two-fold increase in incidence of ... in any joint including the ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, sacroiliac joint and other joints of the spine, however most commonly occurs in the lower extremity. In this case, although the patient ... attrib- uted in part to the continuous aging of the population as well as the widespread use of diuretics for treatment of hypertension [4]. Gout is a clinical syndrome caused by the deposition of monosodium...

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... The Importance of Eye Contact in the Classroom Teachers often complain about discipline, about lack of attention, about the use of L2 in the classroom and many other problems, many of which ... largely in the context of providing clues to the nature of the learner rather than in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English language classes at the Izmir ... underestimate the importance of non-verbal communication in their own and their students' performance. One aspect of non-verbal communication is the use of the eyes to convey messages. The eyes...

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... one of the TCP entities wants to indicate the end of the session to the other TCP entity. The FIN bit is set to the value one or turned- on. The window size, sometimes just called the window, ... comparison of the error performance of the tested channels using the techniques discussed in this paper. In Network Troubleshooting Using TrueNet Test Methodologies, a discussion of the TrueNet testing methdolodies ... measure the ability of the other to accept its messages. Initial window sizes commonly used are 8k and 16k bytes. The checksum field is the field in which the sender indicates the result of its 1s-inversion...

Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2013, 16:15

... vòng chất dinh dưỡng, sự ngưng kết chất nitơ, quản lý sâu bệnh thống nhất v.v.), và đặc biệt nó sử dụng tốt hơn tri thức và kỹ năng của người nông dân vì vậy tăng cường sự tự tin và khả năng ... công việc kinh tế và việc nhà tạo ra gánh nặng cho họ, và (c) luật lệ và phong tục không cho phép người phụ nữ tiếp cận tới đất đai, tín dụng, đầu vào, việc làm, giáo dục, thông tin hay y tế. ... tập cá nhân và xã hội. Thay đổi kĩ thuật luôn là một quá trình phức tạp với các yếu tố sinh-lý và kinh tế - xã hội. Đó không chỉ là việc giới thiệu những khía cạnh mới của kĩ thuật mà còn...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 21:20

... Services. Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of progress; a report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, Office of Smoking and ... schools can improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. In the United States, chronic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy behaviors, ... sustained health education in the nation’s schools is compelling. Improved health status is of economic value to U.S. citizens. In 2006, the U.S. spent far more than any other nation in the...

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... variable is constructed using the number of all branches of each savings bank and the number of inhabitants of the particular region the bank is operating in. The underlying intuition is that a customer ... are again similar, but slightly smaller than those in Table 4, implying that there is indeed valuable information captured in the external ratings. Finally, the existence of a credit line (Model ... banks. The higher the HHI in a given savings bank region, i.e. the fewer competitors operate in that region, the lower is the acceptance of consumer loans within these savings banks. 23 The...

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... reproduce in the increase-area sample (Table 2). Breeding performance of the overwintered generation Frequency and timing of breeding in the lab In the laboratory as in the field, the overwintered animals ... important determinant of onset of spring reproduc- tion. On the other hand, since some of the voles had already started to reproduce in the increase area when they were sampled in the field, it may ... probability of becoming a breeder than those born late in the season (Fig. 8a). Frequency and timing of breeding – F 2 s In the F2 generation, four of the 21 (19%) increase-area females versus seven of the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 17:20

... form analysis of the de- terminants of labour force participation of the elderly in Europe. Nevertheless, knowing 2 In the future, there will be a link e stablished between SHA RE and the social ... living in a couple and the number of children in many of the men’s equations, this could indicate that there is some coordination going on within couples: on average men seem to specialize in ... take into account incentive measures. (Compare to the link between the HRS and the US Social Security Adminstration) . 3 Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe: The Importance of...

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... activity of the re-grown clones was deter- mined again by incubating the activated CPU at 37 °C and using the same protocol as used in the primary screening described above. Determination of the half-life ... P329 in porcine CPB (numbering according to Fig. 2). Keeping a strict orientation of the side chains, replacing P300 with a serine would leave the H-bond to the OH group of the side-chain nonsatis- fied, ... characterization. To determine if the increased thermal stability of CPU activity is connected to an increased thermosta- bility of the protein itself, we monitored the thermal unfolding of WT and YQ proCPU-CHis....

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... companies which are involved in the survey process, changing in the business environment as well as changing in the internal operation of companies. Therefore, the result of this survey might ... changes in working place. In fact, middle and lower managers refused to adopt WCM since they want to maintain the traditional working style. Therefore, to adopting WCM, involvement of employees ... establish unity of purpose and direction of the organization. They should create and maintain the internal environment in which people can become fully involved in achieving the organization's...

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... booklets, they asked all patients about their willingness to take pain medicines in general and then about their willingness to take the medicine described in the information leaflet that they read. They ... mean- ingless. Readers may then use the picture to guess the intended meaning, often incorrectly, and think that they understand the message, thereby interfering with their comprehension. They ... a video tape of animated cartoons explaining the need for a polio vaccine. The information contained in the videotape was the same as in the leaflet. Both versions were available in English and...

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