In the fall of 2010 Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Utah (Alpha Tau) was at a point of crisis. The chapter received a membership review in response to poor membership‚ lack of accountability and apathy. Following the membership review the house was left with dwindled membership and a group of disheartened members who remained. The following spring the remaining members of the house opted to not take on a new member class. Instead they would build a foundation within the active chapter of
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1. Evaluate Alpha Natural Resources’ (ANR) corporate social responsibility CSR) performance. Be sure to reference information both from the company’s own webpages and from the media or watchdog agencies. Alpha Natural Resources is one of the largest coal producers in the United States. It’s business ranges from extracting‚ processing and marketing steam and metallurgical coal to services related to equipment repairs‚ road construction and logistics. The company’s clients include electric utilities
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and that employing aptitude assessing ; humanity can systematically raise a superior group of people. The Alpha and Beta assessment was carried out by the psychologist Robert Yerkes during WWI. The purpose for this test was to assess the instinctive intelligence which was unaffected by culture and educational opportunities. This author will attempt to cover the historical roots of the Alpha‚ Beta testing during the first war‚ along with the impact and the advances it has made in the growth of psychological
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------------------------------------------------- June‚06 2012 To Director of Intake: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my interest in becoming a member of the Zeta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Incorporated. My desire to inspire young men and women and make a significant impact on their lives is just one of many reasons I aspire to join your great fraternity. While growing up in a family of primarily my mother and other women relatives‚ I did not have many
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Alpha Toiletries Limited is an organisation which specializes in a wide range of toiletry products. The company has been in business for over fifteen years‚ and it can be said that they are doing fairly well‚ but they would obviously do better if they adjust some of their operational strategies They need to look into the following areas; 1) Lean Production/ Just in time; This firm manufactured products ahead of customers orders‚ thereby they kept high inventory. There has been a lot of occasions
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Aldous Huxley and John de Graaf do not agree that solely society’s “alpha elites” are candidates because of philosophical enlightenment. Both writers focal point regarding society’s upper classification and how they craft the world’s financial and associative standards. However‚ some believes that “alpha elites” are the only candidates because of philosophical enlightenment while the other believes that the demand on the “alpha elites” would possibly actually damage society. Majority of the people
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ALPHA GEARING SYSTEMS MGMT 810 November 29‚ 2004 ALPHA GEARING SYSTEMS Alpha gearing systems an Illinois based gearing manufacturing company made a joint venture with China’s Kai Li Machine systems; the joint venture was called Alpha Shanghai. The Illinois based company had an entirely different method of working the western culture while Kai Li had a different method of operation that was based on the Eastern culture. In the Western culture the manufacture is more concerned about customer satisfaction
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Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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The reliability of the PKLA test in piloting calculated through Cronbach’s Alpha was .71‚ which is considered acceptable. Out of the initial 35 items each having 1 point‚ the minimum score was 6 and the maximum score was 28‚ with the mean and standard deviation of 15.78 and 5.26 respectively. The preliminary investigation showed that contrary to teachers’ claims in the first phase of the study (Table 4)‚ the majority of them had low levels of PKLA; the mean score of the participants was also low
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The Alphas of the Next generation by: Andre Tjahyana Prologue “As we look ahead into the next century‚ leaders will be those who empower others‚ Bill Gates”. In this 21st century‚ the world is changing. Globalization has revolutionized both the way we do things and whom do we do it with. Hence‚ needless to say‚ the way to lead and the kind of leader needed. Technological savvy New technologies empowered by the third industrial revolution‚ redesign the way we do things. Meetings are
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