The main mission of Berkeley City College is “to promote student success‚ to provide their diverse community with educational opportunities and to transform lives” – this is what exactly required Edmundson during the process of teaching his students (Edmundson‚ 1997). As he puts it in his work that he did not wanted to hear that student enjoyed his class and discipline‚ but he needed to know that his classes challenged the students and changed their lives. He also points out that students needed
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Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge. Found in the 1800’s From Old Greece forward‚ Plato‚ Socrates‚ and developmental ideas. Rationalism means the knowledge can be acquired through the use of reason and empiricism is obtained through experience. Externalism‚ empiricism‚ constructivism‚ and etc. Rene Descartes Immanuel Kant Aristotle Plato Locke Berkeley Spinoza The kind of knowledge of how can we know what we know‚ the reason why? How is knowledge
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Customers will buy from the firm that they see as offering the highest perceived value . Customer perceived value (CPV) is the difference between the prospective customer’s evaluation of all the benefits and all the costs of an offering and the perceived alternatives. Total customer value is the perceived monetary value of the bundle or economic‚ functional‚ and psychological benefits customers expect from a given market offering. Total customer cost is the bundle of costs customers expect to
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Ten principles of economics HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS #1: People Face Tradeoffs There is no such thing as free lunch. To get one thing that we like‚ we usually have to give up another thing that we like. Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another. #2: The Cost of Something Is What You Give Up to Get It The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to get that item. When making any decision‚ such as whether to attend college‚ decisionmakers should be aware of the opportunity
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University of Phoenix Material Risk Identification Scenarios Review each of the following scenarios and identify the risk events‚ the probability of those risks‚ and the impact of the risk events. Some scenarios may have more risks than others. Scenario One A retail firm has a project that is focused on expansion into third-world countries to sell pharmaceutical products. The project timeline is‚ as always‚ aggressive. The scope is well documented and understood by the project team and key members
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Case Background George Lassiter makes t-shirts for special events such as concerts. The upcoming concert presents another opportunity for George to make and sell t-shirts; however the question is how many t-shirts to produce. There are two fundamental case questions that must be answered: 1. What are the possible financial outcomes if Lassiter orders 5‚000 T-shirts? 7‚500? 10‚000? As shown in the Exhibit‚ a rather simple but detailed decision tree has been made which represents the various options
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GEORGE SMITH PATTON JR. ( 1885 – 1945 ) INTRODUCTION George Smith Patton III was born on Nov 11‚ 1885 in San Gabriel‚ California‚ USA. He was known as “Old Blood and Guts “and “Georgie “. In 1909‚ he graduated from the U.S Military Academy at West Point and descendant of a Virginia family with a long military tradition. Patton became a keen student of the American Civil War (1861-1865)‚ especially its great cavalry leaders ‚ an interest that likely contributed to the strategy of bold ‚ highly
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Afro Eurasian Studies‚ Vol. 2‚ Issues 1&2‚ Spring & Fall 2013‚ 56-71 Measuring the Perceived Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Islamic Bank Windows in Libya Based on Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Ali Joma Khafafa* Zurina Shafii** Abstract The growth of the banking sector is vital for a country’s economic development as it provides most of the financing sources for businesses. Customer satisfaction is one of the most important factors in determining the feasibility of a banking operation
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Physical characteristics from asymmetry to weight to hair color all have an impact on people ’s perception of attractiveness (Clayson & Klassen‚ 1989; Rhodes‚ Geddes‚ Jeffery‚ Dziurawiec‚ & Clark‚ 2002). Previous studies have shown that obese people are viewed with a negative stereotype and as more unattractive with an absence of personal responsibility (Clayson & Klassen‚ 1989). Levels of attractiveness have also been studied in several terms of facial characteristics. Some researchers questioned
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Amber August 30‚ 2012 Comp 112 03 Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient In “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient” by Norman Cousins‚ the author discusses an illness he caught from a trip he took abroad‚ called malaise‚ a serious collagen disease of the connective tissue. This made it difficult for him to move his neck‚ and limbs. Norman discusses what type of treatment and tests they ran on him while in the hospital‚ commenting on how they sent four different departments
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