The Need for Life-Cycle Assessment in Buildings Although LCA has been widely used in the building sector since 1990‚ and is an important tool for assessing buildings [29]‚ it is less developed than in other industries‚ including perhaps the engineering and infrastructure sector. The building industry‚ governments‚ designers and researchers of buildings are all affected by the trend of sustainable production and eco-green strategies. The importance of obtaining environment-related product information
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Psychoeducational Assessment of Children with Special Learning Needs 2 THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS: A Proposed Model Excelsa F. Buan INTRODUCTION Just like any other assessment procedure‚ certain questions need to be answered before the assessment of special children could be initiated. In assessing children with special needs‚ one of the questions that need to be addressed to create a basis for an assessment model is WHY ASSESS? Any
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1.0 OBJECTIVE Our objective of this report is to highlight the importance of Training Needs Analysis in an organization. The study is based on BKK Co. Pte Ltd‚ a major trading company in the Asia Pacific Region. Although there is an existing Human Resource (HR) Department in place‚ there isn’t much emphasis on the employees’ Training and Development program. Recently there has been an increase in the overall rate of staff turnover‚ especially noticeable in the Sales & Marketing Executives from
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1. Describe how the challenges in the Simple Getaways RFP affect key stakeholders. The current technological solution employed by Simple Getaways impacts three key groups of stakeholders. Human resources personnel‚ travel agents‚ and management are all negatively impacted by the current design. All stakeholder groups are affected by the version control challenges caused using multiple regionally based file servers and the lack of an integrated file management system. Multiple versions of files
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Employment at Will When we are dealing with the employment relationship between employers and employees‚ ethical issues are most likely to emerge. Especially‚ if a manager fires a worker without a proper reason‚ critics will follow this employer’s behavior. In Patricia Werhane’s paper‚ “Employment at Will and Due Process”‚ discusses two doctrines which are Employment at Will (EAW) and Due Process. It also addresses some justifications and objections for EAW‚ and shows Werhane’s supportive view
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MCI SOCIAL SECTOR WORKING PAPER SERIES N° 22/2011 GENDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR KADUNA METROPOLIS‚ NIGERIA Prepared by: Chinwe F. Olisemeka and Ahmed Salim August 2011 432 Park Avenue South‚ 13th Floor‚ New York‚ NY‚ 10016‚ United States Phone: +1-646-884-7422/7418; Fax: +1-212-548-5720 Website: http://mci.ei.columbia.edu NB: This needs assessment was researched and written by MCI intern Chinwe F. Olisemeka and MCI Social Sector Research Coordinator Ahmed Salim. The report was edited
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Employment-at-Will Eric Tompkins Prof. James Vricos LEG500 - Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corp. Governance 24 January 2013 Strayer University As a manager and supervisor of an accounting division‚ examine the following issues in relation to the employment-at-will doctrine and responsibility of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s conduct and actions. Jennifer‚ a recent graduate‚ has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon
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Literature Review - Health Needs Assessment Tools currently in use Josephine M Green (Professor of Psychosocial reproductive health) Mother and Infant Research Unit (MIRU) University of York June 2008 PREview planning resources © 2011 ChiMat www.chimat.org.uk/preview Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 3 Common Assessment Framework (CAF) ..........
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/employment-at-will_doctrine This refers to the presumption that employment is for an indefinite period of time and may be terminated either by employer or employee. This is the historical approach that courts have taken in interpreting employment relationships. Given the unequal bargaining power between employees and employers‚ critics of this doctrine have noted its overly harsh results and have looked to unions‚ acting as certified representatives of employees‚
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Total Quality Management Survey In order for any organization to survive the fierce competition in the business world‚ the organization must be aware of opportunities to grow and reduce costs and be supported by Total Quality Management Process. The TQM process helps the company create new products ensuring the utmost standards of quality and customer satisfaction is achieved‚ which is the main goal of TQM process. In addition‚ the TQM process also helps in improving a company ’s bottom line profits
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