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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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#1 In 2019, I visited the Brayton Point coal-fired power plant in Fall River, Massachusetts. The plant had generated 20 percent of Massachusetts' electricity supply, supported hundreds of well-paying jobs, and provided $4 million in annual tax revenues to the town of Somerset.
#2 The collapse of the towers was extremely dramatic. It took only five seconds for both towers...
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#1 The death of the mp3 was announced in a conference room in Erlangen, Germany, in the spring of 1995. The technology had failed to secure a single long-term customer. Its inventors knew it was over. They were running out of state funding, and their corporate sponsors were abandoning them.
#2 The body of research the committee was dismissing went back decades,...
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It's Worth Doing is a must read for anyone engaged in cross-border dealings with Japan in the pharmaceutical industry. This book offers a wealth of insight that you will find invaluable whether you are a veteran Japan hand or new to the nation, whether you are a senior executive or a newly hired medical representative. P. Reed Maurer shares his decades of experience and expertise through brilliantly penned colums that are always interesting, frequently...
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#1 The mission of every professional service firm is to deliver outstanding client service, provide fulfilling careers and professional satisfaction for their employees, and achieve financial success so that they can reward themselves and grow.
#2 The required shape of the organization is primarily determined by the skill requirements of its work. For Brains projects,...
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#1 The flax plant is a source of linen, a fabric made from flax that is used to make cord and thread. It is grown in the ground and pulled in July when the leaves turn yellow. The inner fibers are then drawn through a hackling comb to remove smaller pieces of tow and woven into fabric.
#2 The first clothes were most likely made of animal skins. Humans began clothing...
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#1 The idea that people are beyond redemption is a common stigma, and it can be difficult to determine where stigma ends and rational thought begins. For drug users, who often hide from society because of their habits, this can be literal death.
#2 In North Carolina, the needle exchange program operates out of a double-wide trailer donated by a nearby Presbyterian church....
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#1 The Japanese Footbridge by Claude Monet is a famous painting, but Gustave Caillebotte's paintings are exquisite and less known. The reason Caillebotte is less known is because he is in the impressionist exhibit with Monet, who is more famous.
#2 Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter who was born into a wealthy family. He was friends with many of the most controversial...
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"Hidalgo has made a bold attempt to synthesize a large body of cutting-edge work into a readable, slender volume. This is the future of growth theory." -- Financial Times
What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's antidisciplinarian Cr Hidalgo, understanding the nature of...
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#1 The retail sector, along with several other industries, is being disrupted by digital technology. It allows workers to migrate to higher value-added responsibilities, and it can free up people to do things they wouldn't normally do.
#2 The goal of this book is to help you understand why digital transformations fail as a means to a more important end, which is how...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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Organizational changes/improvements and or Lean Six Sigma has become more popular in workplaces in recent years. It is crucial to understand the theories; however, it is fatal to the success of a project if we fail to get to the heart of how and what is required to implement sustainable changes within an organization. This book offers focused, practical examples on how to maximize the value that Lean Six Sigma could bring to an organization, and shows...
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La siderurgia ha acompañado e impulsado el desarrollo del ser humano. Desde la prehistórica Edad de los Metales hasta hoy, el conocimiento y manejo de los minerales ha permitido los avances tecnológicos que nos rodean. Desde la caza primitiva hasta el desarrollo de instrumental quirúrgico de precisión, la conquista del espacio o los cubiertos de nuestra mesa, la industria del metal es parte del día a día.
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Aplicar las técnicas de refinado de los aceites, operando con seguridad los equipos, para conseguir la calidad requerida en la refinería. Identificar las etapas de procesado, las infraestructuras y realizar operaciones de preparación y mantenimiento de primer nivel de los equipos de producción de una refinería para el refinado de aceites de oliva. Reconocer las operaciones de la refinería para asegurar el procesamiento del producto final desde...
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#1 By the middle of the second decade of the twenty-first century, Sony Pictures had lost its way. The movie business had fundamentally morphed and derived most of its profits from giving global audiences what they want: branded franchise films. But Sony hadn't made that transformation.
#2 When Amy Pascal joined Sony Pictures in 1996, the studio was still reeling...
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#1 Sam Hinkie, the general manager of the Sixers, was hired in 2013 to rebuild the team. In 2006, King had decided to trade Allen Iverson, one of the league's premier scorers, to the Denver Nuggets. He called Iverson and told him that he was going to be a Nugget.
#2 Brown had brought King with him to Philadelphia nine years earlier. The Sixers had a young, transcendent...
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Hitherto, industry participants and professionals have had to navigate the emerging and complex Nigerian electricity supply industry (the power sector) without materials or texts that adequately and comprehensively address the history and policy issues, as well as the legal and regulatory frameworks of the industry. In particular, before this book, there was no book written from a practical and hands-on perspective on the key issues connected with...
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This report was prepared for a conference hosted by the Asian Development Bank and the World Trade Organization entitled "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Asia and the Pacific." It seeks to bring a better understanding of contemporary trade issues in the Pacific region.