Systems thinking as a theory is a collection of ideas and thoughts spanning back to ancient philosophers such as Aristotle and Lao Tsu [ CITATION Cabnd l 1033 ]. ... Learning Organization Components and Relation to Systems Thinking Senge (2006, p. 10) identified five disciplines, or "developmental paths for acquiring certain skills or competencies" that distinguish learning organizations: (a) personal mastery, (b) mental models,(c) building a shared vision, (d) team learning, and (e) systems thinking. ... A learning organization operates at three different levels: (a) organizational...

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The term professionalization indicates a direct attempt to (a) use education or training to improve the quality of practice, (b) standardize professional responses, (c) better define a collection of persons as representing a field of endeavor, and (d) enhance communication within that field (Shanahan, Meehan, & Mogge, 1994). ... C) Group Activity Everyone participates in a brief, lively activity that fosters group cohesion and helps students practice social and academic skills (for example, reciting a poem, dancing, singing, or playing a game that reinforces social or academic skills). D) M...

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A. Introduction Because of the rapid urbanization and commercialization, the wastage of resources and excessive packaging has made the municipal solid wastes(MSW) problem difficult to tackle. In Hong Kong, 3.60 million tons of MSW were disposed of and the recovery rate was only about 50%. (EPD, HKS...

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c) The capitation-based reimbursement is defined as a method under which health care providers receive annual payments for each patient in their care, regardless of the services actually used by that patient. ... d) Note: during the whole paper, HMOs are considered to apply the capitation-based reimbursement method! ... If these differences are not picked up by a risk-adjusted premium, and enrollees are aware of the differences, plans offered by managed health care organizations have an incentive to structure their benefits to be unattractive to high-cost enrollees and attractive to low-c...

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Using English and mathematics marks and high-school scholastic average, she produced a multiple R of .746. ... c) Business teachers who teach or have taught basic business subjects have a more favorable attitude toward teaching basic business subjects than teachers who do not teach or have not taught basic business subject. ... The evidence appears to be rather conclusive that high school bookkeeping is the best predictor of success in college accounting. ... The findings indicated that high school bookkeeping was the only significant predictor of achievement in college accounting. Stu...

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So, the project manager is liken to the conductor of an orchestra producing high-quality music only if all the musicians play in unison, following the lead of the conductor. ... (c) What is the most important soft skill that a good project manager should acquire? (d) What is the frequency of the problems occur during the implementation of project? ... (d) To find out what is the most important and fundamental soft skill that a good project manager should possess. ... (c) Analysis on project management soft skills and the most fundamental soft skill that a project manager should possess. ...

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DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND INSTRUMENTS Data collection will be done by sample questionnaire and thematic analysis of focus group discussion. ... Survey method is an established, validated and proven method for data collection. ... KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION The terminology knowledge translation (KT) has gained a lot of momentum in recent times due to its high impact in medicine, public health and rehabilitation domain (Straus, Tetroe, & Graham, 2013;Sullivan & Cen, 2011;Baumbusch, et al., 2008). ...

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Also, individuals who are addicted to social media demonstrate that high levels of stress are related to internet addiction (Fatayer, 2008). ... Present knowledge displays a need for further observation, experimentation, and collection of data. ...

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Although there are still high hurdles between the Western Europe and the Eastern Europe at the national level in the integration process, the integration of the both parts of the Europe is making steady progress at the micro level. ... On the one hand, weaknesses of small countries such as Slovenia include: a weak position in international relations due to the lack of different kinds of power; lack of natural resources, labour and local factor conditions; an inability to realize economies of scale due to a small markets; limited financial funds and R&D capabilities, etc. ...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During one of his two combat tours in Vietnam, Federal Express CEO Frederick Smith got a quick lesson in survival from a crusty Marine sergeant. "Lieutenant," the sergeant told Smith, "there's only three things you gotta remember: shoot, move, and communicate."(Fortune, Nov. 1997) Some thirty plus years later, and at the helm of one the shipping industry's largest competitors, Smith has utilized that same tactical advice in the business world. His maneuvering of FedEx has incorporated an aggressive shooting strategy as the company has emerged ...

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Furthermore, high rates of learning disabilities and poor academic achievements have been identified in 30-60 percent of juvenile offenders (Hunter, 1999; Kalogerakis, 1992; Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended, n.d.) ...

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