DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Uppsala University Thesis Work Economics D Author: Jonathan Mårtensson Tutor: Lennart Berg Term and Year: Autumn 2005 Portfolio optimisation - improved risk-adjusted return? Abstract In this thesis‚ portfolio optimisation is used to evaluate if a specific sample of portfolios have a higher risk level or lower expected return‚ compared to what may be obtained through optimisation. It also compares the return of optimised portfolios with the return of the original portfolios
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HW#2 Name: Eser Can Perçin Number:1477086 Course: Human Resources Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. F. Tunç Bozbura Date: 24.05.2014 HW#2 MITRE Q1. What overall HR strategy do you think MITRE is pursuing? Is its recruiting focus broad or targeted? Does it primarily use internal or external sources? The MITRE is an American not-for-profit organization based in Bedford. MITRE manages Federally Funded Research and Development Center’s (FFRDCs) for the government. The organization
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NAME: SCHOOL: Happy hill secondary REGISTRATION #: TOPIC: Human resources office TITLE: investigation into the procedures for recruiting employees in Bryden and Minors Grenada Ltd Teacher: NAME: SCHOOL: Happy hill secondary REGISTRATION #: TOPIC: Human resources office TITLE: An investigation into the procedures for recruiting employees in Bryden and Minors Grenada Ltd TEACHER: Mrs. Cambridge Table of Content Criteria # 1……. (1) Topic…………………………………………………………………………
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Human Resource Management Arab World Edition Gary Dessler & Akram Al Ariss Adapted by Dr. Victor Sohmen Drexel University Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ USA. With Translating Strategy Into HR Policies and Practices: The KAMCO Case model answers provided by Dmytro Roman Kulchitsky‚ Ph.D. and Mr. Ramsey Awwad American University of Kuwait PART ONE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER T One Introduction
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Globalization:The following will elaborate on globalization‚ and some theories on traditional trade. AlsoGlobalization as defined by Charles Hill‚ of the University of Washington"… refers to the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy. Globalization has several facets‚ including the globalization of markets and the globalization of production". Free trade is an example of a situation where government makes no attempt to influence what its citizens can buy from other countries
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because First Bank & Trust Company’s profit was based on personal and real estate loans‚ and Northeastern Bank & Trust Company was less developed on this part. Q2: Are there human resource issues other than those listed by the Human Resource Steering Committee that emerge when two companies merge? Except the listed human resource issues‚ there are some issues the two banks may face. 1. Salary system: it needs to be redesigned‚ because the salary system of two companies may have differences. 2.
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people believe that the life of the child starts as soon as it was conceived (O’ Brian‚ 15). The other side that people can argue is that there are circumstances where abortion should be allowed (15). There are many positive and negative aspects of abortion. Abortion has a huge effect on today’s society. Abortion was first practiced by the Hebrews (O’ Brien 15). The Hebrews did the procedure only when the mother’s health or her life was at risk (15). At first‚ the Christian church was against
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NATURE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT In simple terms‚ training and development refers to the imparting of specific skills‚ abilities and knowledge to an employee. A formal definition of training & development is… it is any attempt to improve current or future employee performance by increasing an employee’s ability to perform through learning‚ usually by changing the employee’s attitude or increasing his or her skills and knowledge. The need for training & development is determined by the employee’s
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Finance Office Cash Handling and Banking Procedures 1 Contents Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Accountability 3 3 Payment methods 3 4 Receipt of income 4 5 Cash handling 4 6 Reconciliation of income 5 7 Banking preparation 5 8 Security company – collection of cash 8 9 Safes and insurance 8 10 Petty cash 9 11 Banking of unused foreign currency 11 12 Print credit machines 11 Appendix 1 Extract from GCU Financial Procedures Date of preparation: April 2011 Date of updates:
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INTRODUCTION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Training and development is the field concerned with organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings. It has been known by several names‚ including employee development‚ human resource development‚ learning and development. An organization which aspires to grow must be in tune with the changing needs of the society. Training become relevant in the context since it is only through training that the
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