... developed to replace the Technological and Organizational Enablers 29 traditional hierarchy with the aid of IT A hand-held computer is given to each ofthe 10,000 salespersons to record sales data on ... example, took only a total of 39 months, rather than the usual or more years, from the initial product conception to actual production By enhancing collaboration between participating functions, ... implementation effectiveness Drawing upon structuration theory, the metaforces are both an antecedent to, and consequence of, organization actions This BPR innovation dynamic involves interactions among...
... who saw the accident say that the lorry hit the cars after it swerved to avoid a pile of stones left in the road The traffic chaos caused by the accident has meant long delays for people travelling ... Combine the two sentences into one ► That man was Anna's brother He just walked past The man who just walked past was Anna's brother The plane was twenty-five years old It crashed The plane ………………………………………… ... in the centre of town and hit two cars Ambulances called tothe scene took a long time to get through the rush hour traffic The accident happened in Alfred Road, where road repairs are under way...
... any money Daniel would have bought the book if he had had any money ? Rita often goes to concerts at the town hall, although not to every one There was one on Saturday, but she didn't know about ... we took the car, we'd have to pay for parking Here both sentences refer toa possible future action But in the type conditional, the action is less probable If we took the car may mean that we ... unreal If I had a million pounds means that I haven't really got a million pounds, but I am imagining that I have Compare these examples Type 1: If we take the car, we'll have to pay for parking Type...
... complain to your college Conditionals (A- B) What might you say in these situations? Use a conditional sentence ► You think Emma should book a seat onthe train The alternative is having to stand ... reserve a seat today in case the train is full tomorrow Laura took two photos in case one of them didn't come out We use in case to talk about doing something to avoid a possible problem later on ... Review of conditionals There are three main types of conditional Study the examples Type 1: if the present simple will/can/might, etc If we win today, we'll go tothe top ofthe league (We may...
... spite of taking the pills Laura wants to fly in spite of her fear/in spite of feeling afraid NOT in spite of she feels afraid ALTHOUGH I'm no better, although I've taken the pills Laura wants to ... to fly, although she feels afraid We can use in spite ofthe fact (that) in the same way as although I'm no better in spite ofthe fact that I've taken the pills > page 372 Punctuation 150 Exercises ... (4)………………………(be) a more pleasant place today.' But many people in Oldbury want their new bypass 'If (5)……………………… (they / not build) it soon, the traffic jams in the town will get worse,' said Asif Mohammed,...
... don't like classical music Look at the words and phrases too, onthe other hand, after all and for example They all make a link with an earlier sentence When Rita says There's musk, for example, she ... mean/Or rather volleyball Sarah isn't lazy Onthe contrary, she works extremely hard I like Natasha I went on holiday with her ~ Talking of holidays, what are your plans for this year? Changing the ... an ing-form to talk about a specific action I put the heater onto keep the plants warm, NOT I put the heater -on- for keeping the plants warm Exercises To( B) Complete each sentence using to and...
... to create processes that pull particular information out of that database For example, someone could create a process that allows visitors toa website to search an artist name within that larger ... be given access toa thick client application that enables them to search a complete database, including courses that are not made available tothe public The public, onthe other hand, could ... ways to access a single database Using a real-world example of service-oriented architecture, a company could make its database of books and music available to outside users as a service, and the...
... what the organisation wants A lot ofthe need for Systems Administration is to bridge the gap between what people/organisations want to and what the organisation’s computers can What they The ... Administrators have to be able to program They might have to write scripts that automate regular tasks or a Visual Basic program to help users perform certain tasks hardware maintenance and installation ... standard tasks that must be performed regularly Automate, automate and automate A priority for a Systems Administrator must be to automate any task that will be performed regularly Initially automation...
... in the superlative degreeof comparison only There was a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face onthe throne of England; there was a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair ... • Parallel structure Atransition can be a whole paragraph of text or simply a transitional expression, a word or phrase that shows a logical relationship between ideas Different transitional ... except in the case of corpses, and that always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others They require that the personages in a tale, both dead and alive, shall exhibit a sufficient...
... each person and pet Food and Other Items Water in clean, sealed plastic containers – store gallon for each person for each day Ready to eat canned meats, fruits and vegetables Manual can opener ... school and home and their phone numbers Locations of local and state health departments and their phone numbers Pharmacy name and phone number Religious or spiritual information Someone to care ... ofthe family stored in a water proof container Soap and alcohol-based hand sanitizer Tissues and toilet paper Sleeping bags or blankets Flashlight and extra batteries Battery powered radio and...
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... in the cards for as long ahead as I can see, and almost certainly not in the coming decade A return in the range of, say, percent to percent seems a reasonable expectation, largely based onthe ... more decades it would have taken the P/E tothe lunatic level of 131.2.) So it was easy to predict a sharp reversion toward the long-term ratio of 15.2 And that’s not too far from what we have seen ... predictions to Barron’s each year, for example, are almost invariably optimistic, usually forecasting a stock return that is (of course!) a few percentage points higher than the long-term average of...
... register A register is a variety of language related toa particular subject matter or area of activity, a set of words and expressions as well as syntactical features that may be said to characterise ... means that the main emphasis should be onthe information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make, rather than you For that reason, academic writing tends to use nouns (and adjectives), ... Subtractive Bilingualism and the Survival ofthe Inuit Language: Heritage Versus Second-language Education, American Psychological Association [2] R Gersten, S.K Baker, T Shanahan, S LinanThompson,...
... compute the average forecast of all respondents We use the Consensus average one-year-ahead inflation forecast to construct an estimate ofthe real interest rate RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND: Bulletin ... real interest rates using actual data for theofthe policy response ofthe central bank at each point in GDP deflator, inflation in non-tradable goods prices, and time, so that the average of ... equal tothe which measure of inflation or inflation expectations is the NRR plus the residual, and we take the average of this term most appropriate Because measures of expectations are not as...
... down the ramp called “Force Down.” These three forces form a right triangle which has the same angle as the base ofthe ramp Knowing the angle ofthe base ofthe ramp and the weight ofthe car on ... consideration Bearing friction is actually caused by two surfaces rubbing against one another The amount of friction depends onthe materials that are doing the rubbing and the force pressing them together ... Works: The force pulling the vehicle down the ramp is equal tothe force of friction acting against the car AS LONG as the mousetrap car moves down the ramp at a constant velocity In some cases, once...
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... door -to- door sales, to auto safety, to honest funeral practices, to cleaning up the environment, hard-working, dedicated members ofthe legal profession have led the way One of these days, this same ... Lisa Goldoftas, Fred Horch, Catherine Jermany, Robin Leonard, Tony Mancuso, Kate McGrath and Albin Renauer also made creative contributions Page iv This page intentionally left blank Page v Contents ... charges a percentage ofthe value ofthe Page 12 I wasted my youth in the romantic belief that the law was a learned profession —THOMAS GEOGHEGAN, ATTORNEY estate A number of states still have such...
... declined, steady union jobs once available to them have disappeared, the economic base of their communities has deteriorated, and their share ofthe nation’s income and wealth has dramatically shrunk ... recently as the late 1980s, the top tax rate on capital gains was 35 percent But as income and wealth have accumulated at the top, so has the political power to reduce taxes The Bush tax cuts of 2001 ... the accumulation of wealth and power at the very top We are perilously close to losing an economy and a democracy that are meant to work for everyone and to replacing them with an economy and a...
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... that Chairman Mao promoted (Euromonitor International 2007b) Given the lack ofa formal definition, and the notoriously unreliable data available on China, there are different estimates onthe ... up ofthe market and the influx of multinationals has lead to Western culture, particularly relating to consumption, becoming more attractive to ‘Chuppies’ The popularity of McDonalds and Starbucks, ... (Euromonitor International 2007) Many ofthe first ‘Little Emperors’ are now in their 20’s, and their self importance has translated into rampant consumerism, instant gratification, and demand for...