The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-7472.htm Performance measurement in facilities management: driving innovation? Michael Pitt and Matthew Tucker School of the Built Environment‚ Liverpool John Moores University‚ Liverpool‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to examine the state of knowledge of performance measurement in facilities management‚ in particular regarding the concepts underlying benchmarking in relation to its
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Analyse the impact of a range of contextual influences on classroom processes. (1500 words) In examining classroom processes it is imperative that a variety of current themes in education are identified. These factors then form the foundation of contextual influences on macro level developments‚ ideologies and discourses affecting those on a micro level. This essay will then maintain focus on the restricted views on progressivism and learning‚ with the shift towards vocational education‚ through
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Imagery is a crucial device employed in literary texts that affects how readers interpret dominant ideologies of the society represented in the text. In the case of Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens successfully enacts the stratified class structure and power relationship by employing imagery in the form of characterization‚ pathetic fallacy and figurative language. Through such imagery‚ the novel specifically conveys a critique of a society where capital indicates social position‚ where wealth
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Hierarchy of needs James Rohland 5-9-14 Dr. Andrews Hierarchy of needs Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a five stage process of motivational needs (Maslow 1943‚ 1954). The lower levels of the hierarchy are life sustaining needs‚ such as‚ food‚ water and sleep. These first levels have to be accomplished before they can move to the next levels of safety‚ relationships and friends. If one of the stages such as eating food is not satisfied enough the person will become hungrier
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comprehensive appraisal where the feedback about the employees’ performance comes from all the sources that come in contact with the employee on his job. 360 degree respondents for an employee can be his/her peers‚ managers (i.e. superior)‚ subordinates‚ team members‚ customers‚ suppliers/ vendors - anyone who comes into contact with the employee and can provide valuable insights and information or feedback regarding the "on-the-job" performance of the employee. 360degree appraisal has four integral components:
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Macbeth and great expectations Alan Voong Shakespeare and dickens are very effective at presenting the flaws and weaknesses of key characters in both Macbeth and great expectations .using different techniques‚ miss havisham and lady macbeth and lady macbeth both impact others characters and events in a negative way. Females would have been seen during that time period as passive‚ gentle and weak therefore the characters would be appealing to and acceptable to the audience to have a common stereotype
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Katerina Alexander Period 4 Knox 1/24/2011 Great Expectations Timed Write Essay In the passage provided from Chapter 37 of Great Expectations the characters of Pip‚ Miss Skiffins‚ Wemmick‚ and the Aged P use adequately calm and gentle actions to provide a safe and homely setting for Pip. This passage begins with a description of a post meal event where Pip feels “warm” and “greasy”. The Aged P‚ Wemmick‚ and Miss Skiffins moved around in a gentle manner as Miss Skiffins “washed up the tea-things
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WORK Work: An Ontological Presupposition of Essence of Social Being Many social theorists and intellectuals have argued that since his existence as a social being‚ man is continuously involved in the process of evolution. Throughout history certain countries and civilizations have glittered for a while‚ then for one reason or another been eclipsed If we observe the stage when man invented fire until contemporary so-called modern world‚ the notion of “work” is attached with
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The U.S. economy in 2013 has a projected growth increased to an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the first quarter‚ but not enough to meet the expectations made by the economists (Aljazeera 2013). The reason why all of these projections came to be was because of disappointments that came about; plans did not follow through‚ or because of accident and uncontrollable events. For example‚ part of the acceleration in activity reflected farmers filling up silos after a drought in the summer decimated their
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Negotiation is a method by which people settle differences. It is a process by which compromise or agreement is reached while avoiding argument. In any disagreement‚ individuals understandably aim to achieve the best possible outcome for their position (or perhaps an organisation they represent). However‚ the principles of fairness‚ seeking mutual benefit and maintaining a relationship are the keys to a successful outcome. www.exeter.ac.uk/employability Jon Boyes Trainer and Support Officer Careers
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