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    Selection

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    Recruitment and selection of a sales and marketing manager ABC biscuit company is a very profitable company which has achieved a remarkable growth during the last two years. They had 55 local customers and 5 foreign customers. One of their objectives were to increase their sales turnover in 20%.in order to do this they were focusing to expand their international customer base. This company has 60 employees and mr.de Silva the finance manager is handling all recruitments. Most of the employees whom

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    Is Altruism Possible

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    Is Altruism possible? Altruism is defined as “A selfless concern for other people purely for their own sake. It is considered to be a motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self-interest.” The question then is‚ is Altruism possible? Personally‚ I believe that altruism is possible. Of course most people would say that it is not ‚ basing their conclusions on the fact that we as human beings tend to be more selfish and would help others only if we can gain something

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    evaluating a claim

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    Evaluating A Claim Bullying is a major problem in schools everywhere around the nation but nobody really knows the effects that bullying has on children in the future. Well‚ Louis (2013) takes a look into the lasting effects of bullying in her article “Effects of Bullying Last Into Adulthood‚ Study Finds”. Louis (2013) claims that children involved in bullying whether it be the victim‚ the bully‚ or both are more likely to have psychiatric problems going into adulthood. However‚ the question

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    Interracial Bias

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    of racial bias during interracial interaction. The study began off of the basis that individuals that have high levels of racial bias tend to regulate them selves when around others of another race. They often do this to make sure that their racial bias does not show. Individuals with low level of racial bias tended not to regulate themselves as much because they were more comfortable in their situation. Interestingly‚ researchers believed that individuals with high levels of racial bias were favored

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    Cognitive Bias

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    Cognitive Bias When I think of cognitive bias‚ I think about people making assumptions about others base on either what they have heard from other people or something they have experienced themselves. In order to figure out what biases I have I had to ask my wife. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that I have a couple of biases. The two that we came up with can be very controversial‚ religion and race. I wouldn’t say that I’m a religious freak or that I’m racist‚ I just have my own

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    Making a Claim

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    Making a Claim Worksheet Turn each of the following statements into an arguable claim—i.e.‚ a point that is debatable and shows (or implies) your analysis of or opinion about the topic of your essay or a particular paragraph. To be an effective thesis statement‚ the claim must be narrow enough to allow you to fully support it within the context of the essay and broad enough to enable you to write more than a paragraph or two about it. Topic sentences work in a similar way‚ except your claim needs

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    Representation and Bias

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    Representation and Bias By Deborah Callaway Herzing College Online W4A1-Reflection Assignment November 26‚ 2009 Representation and Bias When creating or reviewing a research study‚ we need to consider the information and decide if it is representative or biased in order to make clear decisions. When the information or sample is representative‚ it means that the people studied are like the people who you wish to generalize and it must have the same significant

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    Bias in writing

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    Bias in writing Writing has many goals. Those goals can be to inform or persuade the reader. The key here is to be objective. Complete objectivity is not possible because bias is inevitable. Bias is when a person prefers an idea and he or she does not give an equal chance to another idea. By not giving the opposing idea a chance‚ the topic is being clouded. Bias can occur when certain language or stereotyping or one sided opinions are used to convey a message to the reader. The reader would get

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    Is Advancement Possible?

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    Amogha Dalvi Prompt #4 Is Advancement Possible? Progress and growth has always been the underlying cause for our existence. We define progress‚ in terms of material growth‚ by the option of affording better or more cars‚ or to a luxurious lifestyle. We appreciate technological advancement in the field of science that we once thought was impossible to explain let alone exist. Advancement holds a very important place in history and science. However‚ understanding advancement is difficult because

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    Internal Selection

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    Chapter 10: Internal Selection Preliminary Issues The Logic of Prediction -indicators of internal applicants’ degree of success in past situations (previous job/current job in an org.) should be predictive of their likely success in new situations (internal vacancy via org’s transfer or promotion system) -Most valid selection measures: Biographical Data‚ Cognitive Ability Tests‚ Work Samples -Although logic of prediction & likely effectiveness of selection methods are similar for both

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