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- The Ambiguity Tolerance Interface: A Modified Social Cognitive Model for Leading Under Uncertainty
- This paper proposes a modification of McCormick's self-regulatory leadership confidence model by including an intervening variable referred to as the Ambiguity Tolerance Interface ATI. After a review of theoretical approaches relevant to developing a framework of leadership at the interface of tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty, this paper introduces the...
- White papers
- Real-Time Design Means Clear Skies for Aircraft Engineering Corporation (AEC)
- In aerospace, design tolerances are tight, timetables aggressive, and spec changes the rule. That means pressure and expense. At AEC, last-minute changes in tools for parts moved from crisis to control, thanks to solid-modeling design solutions. In the aerospace industry, design tolerances are tight and timetables are even tighter. That...
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- Designing Wright Products Right the First Time
- The paper mentions that Wright Products, manufacturer of storm and screen door hardware, has used dimensional and tolerance management to verify product designs before they are modeled in CAD. This step has helped the company reduce scrap and minimize change orders. Wright Products brought Cognition Corporation's Mechanical Advantage in to...
- White papers
- If You're Gay, Should You Say?
- If You're Gay, Should You Say?who is more judgemental here?Two thoughts:1) Sexuality - even in the cloak of tolerance - has no place in a job interview. 2) The writer leaps to the conclusion that because the candidate "hunts, drives a truck and did not attend college" he is...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Risk Decision Making: Whose Call Is It?
- A decision-maker will to some degree always apply his or her own personal risk tolerance to a decision. Consequently, if security leadership has been empowered to make major risk decisions, they should try very hard to be as aware as possible of business management's risk tolerances. If security leadership isn't...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Questionnaire Quest
- From the executive summary: 'Researches indicate that answers to questionnaires aimed at determining client risk tolerance can prove to be misleading at times. As a result, financial planners must re-consider their reliance on questionnaires when allocating assets. Typical questionnaires may be less efficient in helping advisers to decide on the...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Waiting Tolerance: Ramp Delay Vs. Freeway Congestion
- This paper statistically analyzes waiting tolerance at ramp meters and travel time on the freeway using subject's demographics, socioeconomic characteristics, daily travel time, and personality scores. The subject's preferences were recorded using a computer administered stated preference CASP method and a virtual experience stated preference VESP method employing a driving...
- White papers 2004-01-22
- The Risk Tolerance of International Investors
- Investor confidence and risk tolerance are important concepts that investors are constantly trying to gauge. This paper takes an alternative approach by looking at the world-wide holdings and trading of risky assets. It models global capital markets as the interaction between large global institutional investors and smaller domestic investors from...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Development of Bilayer Anodes for Improved Reformate Tolerance of PEM Fuel Cells
- The concept of bilayer anodes for improved reformate tolerance was analysed using model calculations. Experimental results are presented that show that the bilayer concept works well with reformate gas. It was found that the water gas shift equilibrium plays an important role in the mechanism for reformate tolerance.
- White papers 2003-10-10
- Generation X: Understanding Their Risk Tolerance and Investment Behavior
- The financial services industry has largely overlooked the 45 million members of Generation X—those born in 1964 through 1980. To best serve this group of potential investors, financial planners must understand their tolerance for risk. This article explains the study explores Gen Xers’ risk tolerance by evaluating their propensity for...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Assessing Risk Tolerance For Asset Allocation
- This article proposes a risk tolerance questionnaire that develops asset allocation guidelines as a dual function of risk tolerance and time horizon. Although no risk tolerance questionnaire by itself can provide a definitive answer to the asset allocation question, it can be a useful instrument for making a first pass...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Broaden Your Perspective : Through Patience, Tolerance, and Compassion (PTC)
- Successful sales professionals are well rounded individuals who work as much on their sales techniques as their personal issues. It takes an emotionally stable person to connect well with many individuals. And its very well know to all of us that connecting with many individuals from various backgrounds and behaviors...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Probabilistic Estimation of the Effect of Dimensional Tolerance for Turbine/Compressor Blade Attachment
- The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a concept of decision making and discuss the implication of results. Stress evaluation though important is secondary for this paper. Finite element technique has been employed to estimate stresses. Root attachments of rotating blades of a turbine or a compressor often have...
- White papers 2002-09-27
- RiskPack: How to Evaluate Risk Tolerance
- A common complaint against financial planners is that their investment recommendations violate suitability standards. Evaluating a client’s risk tolerance should be a primary task for financial planners, but few planners understand the basic issues involved in risk tolerance assessment. RiskPack is a simple framework propose that separates risk tolerance into...
- White papers 2001-06-01
Additional Resources
- Analysing company training and development needs: the usefulness of HRD activities to the organisation can be justified only by the effectiveness with which they meet the real needs of the organisation. The needs analysis approach to the design of specific contents of HRD activities is recommended as a means to achieving this effectiveness in meeting organisational needs
- DESPITE an upsurge in human resource development HRD activities in organisations, training departments are still hard put to justify their usefulness and importance to their employers. Part of the reason is that the proliferation of HRD activities has blurred the distinction between what is truly needed by the organisation to...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Evaluation and enhancement of transport network reliability: network equilibrium based approach
- In our daily life, we generally expect the transport system to be efficient, safe, and reliable. However, there exist several sources of uncertainties in the transportation system both on demand and supply sides. With a constant growth in economic activities most urban transport networks currently operate at or beyond their...
- Articles 2008-09-22
- Does Big Tobacco scheme on menthol?
- A new Harvard study claims that the tobacco industry in recent years has manipulated menthol levels in cigarettes to hook youngsters and maintain loyalty among smoking adults. The report could further inflame a controversy over menthol in pending tobacco legislation. The study by researchers at the Harvard...
- Articles 2008-07-17
- NEC Deutschland announces updates to NEC LX Series
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-NEC Deutschland announces updates to NEC LX SeriesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com NEC Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions, announced on Tuesday (15 July) updates to its NEC LX Series (NEC HPC 144Rc-1 and NEC...
- Articles 2008-07-16
- Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results in Prulifloxacin Phase 3 Study
- SAN DIEGO -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTR) today announced positive results from its first double-blind Phase 3 trial assessing the safety and efficacy of Prulifloxacin as a once-daily (600 mg), three-day oral therapy for infectious diarrhea. The top-line analysis of data from this study shows that Prulifloxacin met...
- Articles 2008-07-16
- Teva Enrolls Patients for a Second Large Global Phase III Trial of Oral Laquinimod
- The BRAVO Trial, Together with the Ongoing ALLEGRO Trial Will Investigate Oral Laquinimod in More Than 2,000 RRMS Patients Worldwide JERUSALEM & LUND, Sweden -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) and Active Biotech AB (OMX NORDIC: ACTI) announced today that patients are being enrolled for the BRAVO...
- Articles 2008-07-16
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