Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Categorical Variable Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical
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for (a*X^2) + (b*x) + c: >> syms a b c x % define symbolic math variables >> f = sym(’a*x^2 + b*x + c’); From now on we can use the f symbol to represent the given function. Evaluation of Symbolic Expressions The keyfunction subs (which stands for substitute) is used to replace symbolic variables with either new symbolic variables or with acutal values.
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Post graduate Diploma in Human Resources. TITLE : Motivating and rewarding employees Introduction to Motivation At one time‚ employees were considered just another input into the production of goods and services. What perhaps changed this way of thinking about employees was research‚ referred to as the Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted by Elton Mayo from 1924 to 1932 (Dickson‚ 1973). This study found employees are not motivated solely by money and employee behavior is linked to their attitudes
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that when buying services customers tend not to be simply buying the elements of service‚ but something much greater: consumers buy the whole concept (Slack‚ Chambers‚ Johnston‚ 2005). In terms of its elements‚ employees can be a weak or a strongest link in this service chain. Employees can influence the association a customer makes with a corporate brand‚ they act like an ambassadors of the organization even if they don’t have a direct contact with the customers: and the main aim of them is to
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*Background on the company: -AIRTEL‚ is a major cellular service provider. -AIRTEL comes from Bharti Airtel Limited‚ India’s largest integrated private telecom service provider. -The businesses at Bharti Airtel have been structured into three strategic business units (SBU’s) - Mobile services‚ Broadband & Telephone services (B&T) & Enterprise services. -AIRTEL is changing the way India communicates by offering innovations that not only add value to people’s lives but also deliver an unmatched
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Running head: PAY FOR PERFORMANCE Pay For Performance Tais Dominguez 08 June 2014 HRMD 640 Turnitin: 30% The purpose of this paper is to prove that higher compensation yields higher performance and profitability. It’s important to begin this paper by stating that compensation is a very significant human resources tool that is used by organizations around the globe to manage their employees. For an organization to receive its money’s worth‚ and motivate
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Employees Benefit Maribel Ochoa Ms. Swift Heald College January 10‚ 2013 Bernie Marcus‚ Arthur Blank‚ Ron Brill‚ and Pat Farrah. The Home Depot’s proposition was to build home-improvement warehouses‚ larger than any of their competitors’ facilities. Investment banker Ken Langone helped Marcus and Blank to secure their necessary capitol. In 2007 the Home Depot sold its $13 billion revenue wholesale division‚ HD Supply‚ to a consortium of three private equity firms‚ The Carlyle Group‚ Bain
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extraneous variables by using random assignment to experimental conditions and sometimes also by incorporating direct control and/or blocking into the design of the experiment. Each of these strategies—random assignment‚ direct control‚ and blocking—is described as follows; A researcher can directly control some extraneous variables. In the calculus test example‚ the textbook used is an extraneous variable because part of the differences in test results might be attributed to this variable. We could
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motivating employees through job characteristics model: job characteristics model Definition A theoretical concept concerning how the fundamental features of an employee’s assigned tasks affect mental states and yield different workplace outcomes. The job characteristics model applicable to a business identifies the job characteristics of skill variety‚ autonomy‚ task significance‚ task identity and feedback‚ and the outcomes of high job performance‚ high job satisfaction‚ high intrinsic motivation
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negotiation for reducing emissions must be based on four principles: the precautionary principle‚ the principle of sustainable development‚ the polluter-pays principle of equity. The strength of ‘contraction and convergengce’ is that it satisfies all these principles. * Sir John Houghton The paper starts with the basic knowledge of the Polluter Pays Principle and proceeds with the Historical evolution of the principle. The paper also deals with how the International and national development of the
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