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AP Style with months in dates - ️️-March, April, May, June and JULY are NOT abbreviated when used to indicate a specific date. -(Other months are: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.) If using month by itself in body text: No abbreviation. ex: In February... BUT if using actual date + month, it's like this: Feb. 6 (in current year) July 4, 2020 (if talking in future year) Dec. 1, 1972 (if past year) use comma if past or future AP style: date numbers - ️️If you reference a...

tunica adventitia - ️️outermost layer connective tissue elastin and collagen fibers elasticity - ️️ability to return to a resting length after being stretched contractility - ️️shortening and thickening of cells controlled by SNS elastic recoil - ️️blood enters large arteries and walls expand to accomodate increased blood flow the walls move back to resting position and propel blood forward vasoconstriction - ️️SNS tells smooth muscle to contract and narrow vessel lu...

measure or bar - ️️segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value metronome - ️️a mechanical device that sounds or displays a steady pulse at varying rates of speed note - ️️sounds notation pulse - ️️the underlying beat rest - ️️silence notation harmony - ️️the vertical element of music that results from the simultaneous combination or two or more pitches hearing - ️️one of the five phy...

i. Planned - ️️INVENTIO (invention) - Discovering arguments for persuasion ii. Adapted - ️️Create links between rhetor's views and the audience's views iii. Motives - ️️Commitments, goals, desires or purposes that lead to action iv. Responsive - ️️Responds to previous rhetorical statements. We create responses and invite them v. Persuasion - ️️To accept an idea or claim and act on the idea in a consistent manner Four "A's" i. Arguments ii. Appeals iii....

interviews - opener and closer - ️️ask for their name and title. then ask a icebreaker. end with "is there something I should have asked you?" interviews- understanding - ️️ask for technical terms / jargon meanings interviews- silence - ️️let the interviewee talk interviews - tough questions - ️️be aggressive in a nice way types of interviews - in person - ️️off there best one camera sound bites types of interviews - phone email or online - ️️great for collect...

The word "mentor" is associated with which god? a. Athena b. Hera c. Hermes d. Poseidon - ️️a. Athena Polyphemus' mother a. Atargatis b. Thoosa c. Poseidon d. Thetis - ️️b. Thoosa Giants who like to dine on humans a. the Laestrygonians b. the Cicones c. the Lotus eaters d. the Phaeacians - ️️a. the Laestrygonians His island floats a. Aeolus b. Boreas c. Notus d. Zephyrus - ️️a. Aeolus

Storing the same data value in multiple places is known as: - ️️Data redundancy The amount pf data that is regularly stored increases over time - ️️True Which of the following is an operation that could be used to convert data into information? - ️️Sorting, Filtering, Formatting, Graphing (All the above is the answer) Which of the following is raw #'s and characters not very useful for decision making? - ️️Data Which of the following is the main resource for organizatio...

Describe the Hawthorne Studies - ️️- Effective Control comes from within the employee - Human relations played a key variable in increasing performance - Employees performed better when managers treated them positively What are the 3 skills companies look for in Managers? - ️️Conceptual Skills, Technical Skills, and Human Skills What is the External Environment? (Task & General) - ️️- External Environment includes outside elements that affect the organization (Task) - sectors...

Scientific Method - Correct Answer-a method of research where a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, and a hypothesis is made Hypothesis - Correct Answer-idea or explanation that you test through study and experimentation Biodiversity - Correct Answer-variety of life in a ecosystem or habitat Ecosystem Functioning - Correct Answer-Aggregate property or measure of a community that all individuals contribute to -positive relationship between biodiversity and biomass Selection ...

What is the income statement - ️️It is like a video or a movie, it moves, its over an interval of time. Over this interval of time, this is what the company had in sales, this is there cost of goods sold, this was there earnings before interest and taxes, this was ther interest. It shows over this interval, what the company made, what there costs were and net income. Basic income statement explanation - ️️How much did you sell everything for? What was your revenue, what was your sa...

UCR Part 2 Offenses - ️️all crimes that do not fall into the category of Part 1 offenses; includes both felonies and misdemeanors UCR advantages - ️️puts real crime into a consumable format; see historical perspective of crime; see how society has viewed crime over the years UCR disadvantages - ️️isn't 100% accurate; data is slow in coming out NIBRS advantages - ️️the collection of vast amounts of incident based data; ability to examine data in a variety of ways NIBRS d...

what is the goal of consumers? - Correct Answer-to maximize net gains when MB = MC - Correct Answer-optimal quantity sum of all net gain up to a certain point - Correct Answer-total net gain 4 decision pitfalls - Correct Answer-ignoring opportunity cost; comparing average costs and benefits when making quantity decisions (should compare marginal costs and benefits); considering "sunk costs"; using percentages to make purchase decisions (use dollar amounts) how a consumer can allocat...

Methods for Measuring Performance - ️️Various techniques like ranking, rating attributes, behaviors, and results 360-Degree Performance Appraisal - ️️Performance measurement from multiple sources like customers, managers, peers Total Quality Management (TQM) - ️️Assessment of individual and system performance with subjective and objective feedback Performance Management - ️️Process of observing, providing feedback, and setting expectations Criteria for Effective Performan...

critical for talent management, particularly for those with leadership potential. Which of the following is true of a protean career? - ️️It is based on employees' self-direction. Which of the following is the first step in the development planning system? - ️️Selfassessment Which of these statements is TRUE? a. Assessment refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that improve an employee's ability to meet changes in job requirements. b. Assessment center...

Differential Piece Rates - ️️incentive pay in which the piece rate is higher when a greater amount is produced. Standard Hour Plan - ️️An incentive plan that pays workers extra for work done in less than a preset "standard time." Merit pay - ️️A system of linking pay increases to ratings on performance appraisals Retention bonuses - ️️one-time incentives paid in exchange for remaining with the company—to top managers, engineers, top-performing salespeople, and info...

Delayering - ️️Reducing the number of levels in the organization's job structure. -More assignments are combined into a single layer. -These broader groupings are called broad bands. -More emphasis on acquiring experience, rather than promotions. Skill-based Pay systems - ️️Pay structures that are set pay according to the employees' level of skill or knowledge and what they are capable of doing. Pay during Military duty - ️️Some companies pay the difference between what t...

Tom works for a multi-national company. Part of the assessment of his job is how well he works with their diverse populations and demonstrates inclusion. He is being evaluated in his competency in - ️️global and cultural effectiveness. We discussed "3 Competitive Challenges Influencing HRM" including sustainability, globalization and technology. We defined sustainability as the organization's ability to make a profit without sacrificing the resources of which one of the followi...

High-performance work system - ️️Organizations that have the best possible fit between their social system (people and how they interact) and technical system (equipment and processes) Knowledge workers - ️️Employees whose main contribution to the organization is specialized knowledge, such as knowledge of customers, a process, or a profession. Employee empowerment - ️️Giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions regarding all aspects of product development o...

Type of Human capital: training, experience, judgment, intelligence, relationships, insight. High-performance work system - ️️An organization in which technology, organizational structure, people, and processes work together seamlessly to give an organization an advantage in the competitive environment. Job analysis - ️️The processor getting detailed information about jobs Job Design - ️️The process of defining the way work will be performed and the tasks that a given job requ...

Employees and customers tend to be more satisfied when... - ️️o the companies tend to... Be more innovative Have greater productivity Develop a more favorable reputation in the community Human capital - ️️• an organization's employees described in terms of their: o Training o Experience o Judgment o Intelligence o Relationships o Insight The concept of HRM implies that employees are... - ️️resources of the employer HRM and Sustainable Competitive Advantage - ️️A...