Strict convexity means that consumers prefer averages to extremes‚ and again is a technical condition that simplifies the mathematics of consumer optimization. A utility function converts a consumption bundle into a number that can be used for the purpose of ranking. A person receives a higher level of satisfaction (or utility) when consumption of
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17‚ UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT‚ 2007 Roll No. ESSAY TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: Write a COMPREHENSIVE essay (4000 – 5000 words) on any ONE of the topics listed below. Make sure you use different forms of discourse; viz: exposition‚ argument‚ persuasion‚ description and narration. Q.1. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. Q.6. Q.7. ’The more developed a country‚ the more lethally it is armed
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Introduction The greatest Muslim reformer and statesman of the 19th Century‚ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi on October 17‚ 1817. His family on the maternal and paternal side had close contacts with the Mughal court. His maternal grandfather‚ Khwajah Farid was a Wazir in the court of Akbar Shah II. His paternal grandfather Syed Hadi held a mansab and the title of Jawwad Ali Khan in the court of Alamgir II. His father‚ Mir Muttaqi‚ had been close to Akbar Shah since the days of his prince-hood
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UTILITY MAXIMIZATION We will examine the nature of consumer choices by working with a simple model in which the consumer DM chooses how to allocate their income M between two good X and Y. The kinds of choices we examine with this model can be quire general with X and Y varying from subjects as diverse as income versus leisure‚ consumption today versus consumption tomorrow‚ and different classes of consumption goods. The utility model has proven quire useful in a number of real world applications
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personnel issues within organizations (Koppes‚ 2007). In one case study‚ Dr. Marion A. Bills illustrated important duties for managerial position and how essential they are to the success of the organization. MARGINAL UTILITY ANALYSIS AND HRM VALUE Marginal utility is an economic concept that is used in determining the additional satisfaction that one obtains as he consumes additional amount of a particular commodity (Samuelson and Nordhaus‚ 2001). As applied to the management of human
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1)The Principle of Utility is the belief that when a person has a number of options in a moral situation he should chose the one that results in the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. However‚ the definition of happiness is up to interpretation. I feel as though people should follow this principle in certain situations. For example‚ if you are faced with the choice of playing videogames by yourself at home or going out to dinner with your family you should chose the
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the company can justify a decision. The single most important analysis an HR professional can provide a CFO is a utility analysis for the Human Resource interventions he or she advocates. The major reason for great concern about utility analysis is that this technique ties human resource interventions to the measuring unit of the business world—dollar value. With the Brogden utility estimation equation one can avoid the laborious effect size indices developed by academic researchers and present
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Utility Programs Utilities generally reside in storage until summoned by the user or operating system kernel. Microsoft was the target of several lawsuits for allegedly incorporating utility programs developed by others into their DOS operating system. Some versions of DOS were modified because of this litigation. In light of the ever-increasing number of utility programs included with operating systems‚ will a market remain for separate utility programs? In addition to the utilities mentioned
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replied‚ "Yeah‚ but I can’t afford to go." d. "I’ll have to flip a coin to decide whether to buy chocolate chip or vanilla fudge ice cream." a. The amount of utility you derive from Nike is higher than the amount of utility you derive from Reebok. That utility might be due to a better more lasting shoe‚ design‚ or from such a things as the utility attached to wearing a brand that has created value around itself (ie. if it is cool to wear Nikes). b. Upon examination I determined that the difference
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CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Utility as defined by the oxford advanced learners dictionary is a service provided for the public. It is a service used by everyone. Utility services covers a wide range of activity including electricity‚ water‚ transportation and Telecommunication. These services impact greatly on a country’s economic growth and the living standards of the people. They affect the ability of the local industries to produce products that can compete
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