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Frame Dependence
What is Frame Dependence? Frame dependence means that people make decisions that are influenced by the manner in which the information is presented. Frame dependence manifests itself in the way that people form attitudes towards gains...
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Diffusion of Innovations Theory
What is the Diffusion of Innovations Theory? Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett Rogers in his book Diffusion of...
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Change Management
What is Change Management? Change management is a collective term for all approaches to prepare, support, and help individuals, teams, and organizations in making organizational change.
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Biases and Errors in Decision Making
What are some common biases and errors in Deicsion Making? here are a plethora of cognitive biases, also known as subconscious errors, that have been studied by psychologists, and it is important to understand that each individual will...
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Behavioral Approach to Leadership
What is Behavioral Approach to Leadership? The behavioral leadership theory focuses on how leaders behave, and assumes that these traits can be copied by other leaders. Sometimes called the style theory, it suggests that leaders aren't...
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Action Learning
What is Action Learning? Action learning is an approach to problem solving involving taking action and reflecting upon the results. This helps improve the problem-solving process as well as simplify the solutions developed by the team.
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Vision Statement in a Business Plan
What is the Vision Statement in a Business Plan? A vision statement is a written declaration clarifying your business's meaning and purpose for stakeholders, especially employees. It describes the desired long-term results of your...
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Theory of Constraints
What is the Theory of Constraints? The theory of constraints is a management paradigm that views any manageable system as being limited in achieving more of its goals by a very small number of constraints.
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Stress (Organizational Behavior)
What is Stress? How is it related to Organizational Behavior? Stress occurs when a demand exceeds an individual's coping ability and disrupts his or her psychological equilibrium. Stress occurs in the workplace when an employee perceives...
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Stakeholder Management
What is Stakeholder Management? Stakeholder management is a critical component in the successful delivery of any project, programme or activity. A stakeholder is any individual, group or organization that can affect, be affected by, or...
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Six Leadership Styles
Six Leadership Styles. According to Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, there are six emotional leadership styles – Authoritative, Coaching, Affiliative, Democratic, pacesetting
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Performance Management
What is Performance Management in an Organization? “Performance management is the continuous process of improving performance by setting individual and team goals which are aligned to the strategic goals of the organisation, planning...
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Leader Decision Making
What is Leader Decision Making? How does leader decision making fit into behavioral leadership study?
Debunked
Would A Nuclear Explosion Actually Destroy An Asteroid?
An apocalyptic asteroid is on a collision course with our wonderful little planet! What do we do?
Learn French With Alexa
Écouter (to listen) — Present Tense
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Écouter (to listen) in the present tense.
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Connaître (to know) — Past Tense
Alexa conjugates the French verb CONNAÎTRE (TO KNOW) in the PAST TENSE.
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Vouloir (to want) — Conditional Tense
Alexa conjugates the French verb VOULOIR (TO WANT) in the Conditional Tense.
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Theme and Motivation
“Theme and Motivation” will explain how character motivation impacts the theme of a story.
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Understanding Demand Analysis and Correlation in Stock Trading
In this lesson, we delve into the significance of demand analysis and correlation in stock trading. We explore how price fluctuations in different companies, such as Starbucks and McDonald's, can be influenced by varying client bases and...
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What Happens When You Get 'Knocked Out'?
A 'knock out’ occurs when a person is hit with a series of punches, kicks, elbow or knee shots, until the knockout hit is delivered and finally lose consciousness. In simple word knock out can be described as a sensation of...
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Why Bombs Make a Whistling Sound When They Fall Through the Air
You may have noticed in movies and tv shows that when a bomb falls through the sky, it makes a whistling sound. This has to do with the fighter planes and bomber planes of world war 2. During the second world war, German air force...
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Cause and Effect Text Structure
Cause and Effect Text Structure identifies the common characteristics of the cause and effect structure of informational text.
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Sensationalistic Science
Celebrated physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) highlights poor practices in both science and science journalism.