What’s the Problem? Local Officials’ Conceptions of Weaknesses in their Municipalities’ Crisis Management Capabilities Jerry Nilsson Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety‚ Lund University Centre for Risk Analysis and Management (LUCRAM)‚ Lund University‚ PO Box 118‚ SE-221 00 Lund‚ Sweden. E-mail: jerry.nilsson@brand.lth.se It is becoming increasingly common for local-government officials (civil servants and political appointees) to take part in vulnerability analyses
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Screening and identification of rhizobacteria isolated from heavy metal contaminated soils INTRODUCTION As a result of human activities such as mining‚ agriculture and industrial activity‚ heavy metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems today. Elevated levels of heavy metals not only decrease soil microbial activity and crop production‚ but also threaten human health through the food chain. Soil microorganisms can degrade organic contaminants‚ while metals need
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Understanding the Management Role to Improve Management Performance I.L.M. Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management Candidate Name: Paul Mendes Candidate Number: 0000000 Centre Name: RBHFT Centre Number: R31648 20 August 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Section 1 Understand the specific responsibilities of middle managers in enabling the organisation to achieve its goals. My organisation is the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
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Creative Capabilities Shad S. Morris Cornell University Scott A. Snell Cornell University Patrick M. Wright Cornell University This paper is posted at DigitalCommons@ILR. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/284 CAHRS at Cornell University 187 Ives Hall Ithaca‚ NY 14853-3901 USA Tel. 607 255-9358 www.ilr.cornell.edu/CAHRS WORKING PAPER SERIES A Resource-Based View of International Human Resources: Toward a Framework of Integrative and Creative Capabilities Shad S. Morris
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BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION CAPABLE OF GOOD STRATEGY EXECUTION: PEOPLE‚ CAPABILITIES‚ AND STRUCTURE 1. Gain command of what managers must do to execute strategy successfully. 2. Learn why hiring‚ training‚ and retaining the right people constitute a key component of the strategy execution process. 3. Understand that good strategy execution requires continuously building and upgrading the organization’s resources and capabilities. 4. Recognize what issues to consider in establishing a strategysupportive
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lots of different brands of door locks‚ and a reputable one is crucial for the privacy or security required like Dexter‚ Skulthai‚ Schlage‚ Chubb and Yale‚ but the researchers envisioned to make a network based door lock utilizing radio frequency identification device. This would be specifically used for the multimedia rooms in St. Paul University Surigao. Multimedia room is typically used for presentation of reports or class discussion. It uses projector or television‚ computer and other device for
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Business Module Master NHTV 14.12.2012 Summaries: Tripsas‚ M. and G. Gavetti (2000). Capabilities‚ cognition‚ and inertia: evidence from digital imaging. This paper investigates the case study of Polaroid Corporation. Examining the historical development of this firm‚ Tripsas and Gavetti are giving attention to the changing capabilities and beliefs in the evolution of Polaroid. This firm was once a very successful company‚ they owned a lot of patents and a strong market position‚ but with
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INDIGENOUS TOURISM: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF APPROPRIATION‚ RE-IDENTIFICATION AND RE-PRESENTATION Tourism is an industry: its structures exist solely because profit can be generated. However‚ it offers a paradox because by offering employment and income by capitalising upon and giving value to arts and crafts previously thought unimportant‚ it then threatens to gain ownership of those designs and the ways of thought of which they are an expression. Ryan‚ C 2005‚ Indigenous tourism: commodification
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Oxford Brookes University Research and analysis report Project Topic 6 The identification of key factors or indicators in the motivation of employees in an organization of your choice. By: ACCA Student No : April 2006 4‚867 words 1 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Reason for choosing the topic Aims and objectives Company background Definition of motivation Key factors of motivation Motivation models and theories Page No. 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Isolation of Eugenol from Cloves by Steam Distillation and its Identification by Infrared Spectroscopy Eim A. Chemist CHEM 303 June 16‚ 2005 INTRODUCTION “Essential oils” are the volatile components associated with the aromas of many plants.1 In this experiment‚ the essential oil eugenol (the main component of oil of cloves) will be isolated from ground cloves using the technique of steam distillation‚ which is often used to isolate liquid natural products from plants.2 The principle
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