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    by the cognitive bias and the risk control of the decision- making while learning this course. Having been engaged in the financial industry for years‚ I am deeply aware of the fact that most individual investors tend to perform those bounded rationalities for characteristics of decision-making while making investment‚ but I can’t find out the reason for their existence. After learning this course‚ however‚ I feel suddenly enlightened. The phenomenon that has bothered me so long is caused under the

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    Rationality is all around us but what is it? Rationality is defined as is the quality or state of being reasonable‚ based on facts or reason; it implies the conformity of one’s beliefs with one’s reasons to believe‚ or of one’s actions with one’s reasons for action. George Ritzer has many suggestions to increasing rationality; some of his suggestions although trying to be helpful are less than par. One suggestion presented by Ritzer is to do as many things as you can for yourself. This idea at first

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    Max Weber believes that every day of our lives‚ we are living within "an iron cage of rationality". Weber believes that we are greatly trapped in this rationality and it is almost impossible to get out of it. When it comes to rationalization‚ Weber says "the course of development involves...the bringing in of the calculation in to the traditional brotherhood‚ displacing the old religious relationship" (Weber pp. 356‚ 1927). What he meant by this is that many of the social actions taking place were

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    reason using superstition and rationality. Jonathan and Seward are both British men and subsequently express a more rational mindset. As the text continues and Dracula plays a larger role‚ the characters are forced to use a superstition to describe his role. By the end of the text‚ Jonathan and Seward use spiritual reasoning to defeat Dracula. Yet these characters use spiritual reasoning‚ scientific reason becomes the successor because throughout England‚ rationality is the more adopted method. Stoker

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    Defining Technical and Generic Skills The skills agenda have been widely debated for more than a decade (Holmes‚ 2000; Kavanagh & Drennan‚ 2008). The environment in which accountants operate today is rapidly changing due to increased competition from globalization; developments in information and communications technologies (ICT) enabled through the use of the internet (Howieson‚ 2003; Chang & Hwang 2003: 441; Pan & Perera 2012: 92). These have heightened industry and workplace expectations of professionals

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    DIFFERENT CULTURES‚ DIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft

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    HW0210 Technical Communication TUTORIAL 1 COURSE INTRODUCTION Your Tutor Aileen Ng Lecturer from Language & Communication Centre 6592-1556 asccng@ntu.edu.sg Consultation Hours: Thursday: 9 – 11 a.m. Friday: 9 – 11 a.m. How is this course different from HW110?  Much of your time will be devoted to project-based learning.  This involves working on a science/engineering research project in groups of 4/5.  The outcome is an academic product comprising:  Research

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    [pic] (How can we develop technical skill in our young men?) Outline :( Only Main Points) 1 Introduction 2 Advantages and Importance 3 Limitations 4 Condition in Pakistan According to human needs‚ education can be divided into three parts: Social or Political education; Spiritual education; Vocational or Technical education. Education that teaches us how to live in a society is called Social or Political education. Education that develops

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    | |Surfing |Computer |Frame | Normally‚ texts which contain technical terminology will incorporate definitions and explanations. This is particularly the case if the text is aimed at non-experts or students of technical subjects. A term should be defined if the word or phrase used 1: is unfamiliar to the reader 2: has multiple meanings 3: has a specific meaning

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    competitiveness of technical manpower and by ensuring high quality technical education to all sections of the society. Technical education Academic and vocational preparation of students for jobs involving applied science and modern technology. It emphasizes the understanding and practical application of basic principles of science and mathematics‚ rather than the attainment of proficiency in manual skills that is properly the concern of vocational education. The goal of technical education is to

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