DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (FULL TIME) 39TH INTAKE/ SEMESTER 1 (JULY 2012) BUS001-ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS LECTURER: EMILY PAKIVATHY D/O PAUL THIYAGARAJ CA1 NAME: NWE NI HLAING FIN NO: G1157533T CLASS: D SECTION A: PARAGRAPH WRITING 1) SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 2) WORKING ADULTS IN THEIR 30S SECTION B: CRITICAL REPSONSE TO AN ARTICLE 1) EXPLAIN THE ARTICLE’S THESIS 2) CRITICAL RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE’S IDEAS SECTION A Question 1 As a secondary student‚ you may wonder
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INTRODUCTION Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore to independence and served as its first Prime Minister. He was regularly re-elected from 1959 until he stepped down in 1990. Lee Kuan Yew was educated in England‚ and under his guidance Singapore became a financial and industrial powerhouse despite a lack of abundant natural resources. Lee ruled with ultimate authority‚ and his zeal for law and order was legendary. In 1990‚ he stepped down (though he remained in the cabinet as Senior Minister and now Minister
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Singapore has the edge over Hong Kong | Evidence from Macro-economic analysis | | | | | | | Singapore has the edge over Hong Kong Both known as “East Asian Tigers”‚ Hong Kong and Singapore share numerous similarities and are often compared by people‚ especially economists. Both being metropolises in East Asia with high population density and serving as most important financial centres not only in Asia but also in the world‚ the two cities appear like twin brothers prima
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The telecommunication infrastructure of Singapore spans the entire city-state. Its development level is high‚ with close accessibility to the infrastructure from nearly all inhabited parts of the island and for all of the population‚ with exceptions. As of 2005‚ there were almost 90 million phone lines in Singapore‚ close to 47 million of which also served other telecommunication devices like computers and facsimile machines. Underwater telephone cables have been laid that lead to Malaysia‚ the Philippines
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environmental regulations in Thailand and Singapore. The legislation regarding Thailand and Singapore’s working hours and wages will also be described and discussed. I will then be explaining if I believe these regulations regarding environmental and labor laws are sufficient enough. Describe the two countries environmental regulation levels. The neighboring Southeast Asian countries of Singapore and Malaysia have very different environmental regulations. Singapore is a small city-state with a population
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Hall theory Book notes He came to the field of cross-cultural analysis from the discipline of anthropology. He argued that all peoples interpret and create messages in reference to shared values. This information includes values in the culture‚ which link members of the culture group and influence how they refer to their contexts when maintaining relationships. Members` experiences of context will influence how they communicate. And different culture groups respond to their contexts differently
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There are approximately 150‚000 migrant domestic workers (MDW) in Singapore and many of them suffer forms of abuse – physical and sexual violence‚ food deprivation‚ confinement in workplace and late or non-payment of salary. In 2011‚ an estimated 4000 MDWs ran away from their employers’ home‚ many of them frustrated‚ overworked and underpaid. (TWC2‚ 2011) The Singapore law doesn’t stipulate a minimum wage or mandatory rest days in contracts for these domestic workers. Instead‚ many initiatives
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SOCIAL/CULTURAL IMPACTS Singapore has been well known for its multi-racial society. With the opening of the Integrated Resorts (IRs) in Singapore‚ has led this multi-racial society to a greater level. By bringing people from a wide variety of places and cultures together‚ visitors and locals learn about each other‚ their differences‚ and their similarities and create mutual understanding. They also become aware of new tastes and ways of thinkingrated Resorts brings worries to the locals‚ hence
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Agency Theory A theory that explains the relationship between principals and agents in business (In this relationship‚ the principal hires an agent to do the work‚ or to perform a task the principal is unable or unwilling to do. For example‚ in corporations‚ the principals are the shareholders of a company‚ delegating to the agent i.e. the management of the company‚ to perform tasks on their behalf.) Agency theory is concerned with resolving problems that can exist in agency relationships;
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ORGANIZATION BEHAVIO R ANALYSIS REPORT ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES David Liew Weng Fai Ng Wen Tee Valerie Liang Wei Wen Organization Behavior Analysis Report on Singapore Airlines TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Company Background ........................................................................................................................... 3 Organization Structure .................................................................................................
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