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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"needs and wants"”.
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The evaluation, adoption and diffusion of electronic data interchange (EDI) by retail firms operating in South Africa
… of the retail industry are customer service and merchandising. Customer service entails meeting customer needs and wants, while merchandising is the art of selecting the combination of goods that meets those needs and wants. One of the strategies open to retailers is to move in the direction …
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Construct Validation of a Diagnostic L2 Listening Test: An Operational Model Utilized and Multidimensionality Issues Revisited
… It argues for the meaningfulness of test users' needs and wants to raise a potential shift toward post-psychometric approach in the development of multidimensional language tests. This study can be placed in the broad project of exploring multidimensional nature of language tests.
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Beyond the Boundaries: A Sharing of Power in Processes of Public Education Decision-Making and Planning
… bureaucrats, can show responsiveness to the needs and wants of the citizens they serve through authentically including citizens in the process of decision-making. To examine this topic, this research reviews a process of public decision-making regarding how revisions were made to public …
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Evaluating the Shopping Aisles for Emotional Needs (SAFEN) Assessment: Promoting the Emotional Health Needs of Children and Youth
… of SAFEN (Shopping Aisles for Emotional Needs), a self-assessment design for youth. SAFEN engages youth in identifying their internalizing feelings, strengths, needs, and wants through a "metaphorical shopping experience" in which they pick from items within 10 Domains, referred to as …
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CAD graphics utilization in the design and marketing phases of textile/apparel product development
… of CAD graphics operators/managers in the design and marketing phases of textile/apparel product development. Additionally, the purposes were to determine the effect of CAD graphics on product development in the textile/apparel industry, and to identify future needs and uses of CAD graphics in the …
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GeoBlockchain: The Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of a Spatially Enabled Blockchain
<p>Land ownership and supply chain use cases are an enormous business challenge for both the public and private sectors. Every organization has different needs and wants, and they are researching and exploring ways to add value and impact their ownership tracing processes. Geospatial and Blockchain …
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Egoism: Arguments for and against it from western philosophy
… in cases of conflict between one's interests and those of others, acting only for self-interested reasons tends to be in one's long-term interest. With respect to conflict of interests' cases, I refer to one's best all-things-considered interests at the time. However, no one or few people know …
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Cross-cultural investigation of the relationship between personal values and hotel selection criteria
… The study was conducted both in the U.S. and Korea. Mail surveys were sent to a random sample of one-thousand business travelers in each country. Two hypotheses were tested to examine the relationship between personal values and hotel choice criteria, and two other hypotheses were tested …
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investigation of customers perception of service quality in financial institution a case of CRDB bank customers in Dar es salaam region
… employees provide quality service effectively and accurately, to find out whether customers have good perception with CRDB empathy and to analyze if tangibility facilitates CRDB employees to provide quality service to its customer. Methodological was used in order to supplement information on …
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Investigation of Customers Perception of Service Quality in Financial Institution: a Case of CRDB Bank Customers in Dar es Salaam Region
… employees provide quality service effectively and accurately, to find out whether customers have good perception with CRDB empathy and to analyze if tangibility facilitates CRDB employees to provide quality service to its customer. Methodological was used in order to supplement information on …
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A Market Segmentation Study Based on Wellness Attributes
Health and wellness are two buzzwords making their presence known in a variety of industries including hospitality, tourism, food and beverage and, leisure among others. As the obesity epidemic continues to be at the forefront of people's minds, health and wellness are topics that cannot be …
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A Theory of Formal Organization and Its Acceptance by the Business Practitioner
… of thought through the scientific management and behavioral schools and into what is currently called open system theory. In spite of voluminous writing by the academician, no school of thought or no theory has been universally accepted. This may be due to the failure to consult the …
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Public relations in University and Technikon libraries in South Africa
Public relations is the art of relating to and communicating with one's public. The study emphasizes the dualistic nature of the concept, i.e. identifying the public's needs and wants ; and, keeping the public informed. PR is a planned process and planning effective PR programmes requires academic …
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HELPING OTHERS OR HELPING ONESELF? NGO COORDINATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
… among non- governmental organizations (NGOs) and the resulting consequences of these collaborations. The presence of NGOs in the international system is recognized with scholarly works examining what they are, what they do, and what is their role. However, it is also necessary to …
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Assessment of Customer Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in the Banking Sector: The Case Study of National Microfinance Bank Ltd Arusha
… study was to assess customer service quality and customer satisfaction in banking sector. The evaluation was based on the five SERVQUAL dimensions namely; reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles. The sampling approach in this study was purposive and the populations were …
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An Interpretive Ethnography: Nursing Culture for People with Dementia and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Acute Care Environment
… with dementia (PWD) who suffer from behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in care environments that may worsen BPSD. The purpose of this study is to understand the nursing culture of care that exists for PWD with BPSD, and align this culture of care with the theory of …
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Science In The Garden: A Personal Journey of National Science Foundation Grant For The Construction and Use of a Greenhouse and Related Facilities
… in this capstone project was actually writing and submitting a national science foundation grant, the project that follows is a description of this process. The genesis of the work began as an idea a coworker of mine had. As a district, Franklin is highly limited in the resources available. Our …
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An algorithmic approach to system architecting using shape grammar-cellular automata
This thesis expands upon the understanding of the fundamentals of system architecting in order to more effectively apply this process to engineering systems. The universal concern about the system architecting process is that the needs and wants of the stakeholders are not being fully satisfied, …
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A study on the factors affecting job satisfaction amongst employees in construction industry workplace (Case Study Saudi Arabia)
… relationship between factors of job satisfaction and job/employees performance in construction project. The factors of job satisfaction that examine in this study were salary and compensation, working conditions and workplaces safety, equipment or materials are used, safety condition of the work …
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Comparative Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction and Policy Perceptions.
… of job satisfaction as defined by management and nonmanagement employees and to compare both parties' perceptions of organizational benefits to a list prepared by the organization's benefit personnel. Turnover is costly to the organization, both in money and in the impact it has on those …
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