Amazing statistics by GAPMINDER

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 1:49 pm May 31, 2010

“Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view”.
I bet there are few people who will say that they love analyzing statistical  information and huge databases. But have you ever thought that it can be interesting and amazing process?
Before going to more details here is some introduction what is Gapminder.
Gapminder is a non-profit venture – [...]

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“Don’t Eat the Marshmallow…Yet” or How to Predict Success

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 4:07 pm May 13, 2010

There is an amazing TED talk about self-discipline as one of the main components influencing to achieve a success in one’s life.
The experiment was conducted with 4-6 year old kids, to whom it was told not to eat marshmallow during 15 minutes. If they did not eat the marshmallow during that time – they get a second piece [...]

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TED: Ideas worth spreading

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 10:20 am April 29, 2010

I think, it’s time to share one of my favorite sites – TED, a small non-profit organization that began in 1984 in USA, California. It started as conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. 26 years later, TED has become a nexus for a global community of individuals who believe in the power of [...]

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Так говорил Макиавелли

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 9:06 am March 31, 2010

Source: www.elitarium.ru
Автор: Дмитрий Алексеевич Гyceв, кандидат философских наук, доцент кафедры философии Московского педагогического государственного университета.
 
Идеи Н. Макиавелли дали жизнь современной социологической теории элит (В. Парето, Г. Моска, Ч. Миллс) и повлияли на автора теории менеджерской революции Дж. Бэрнхейма. На него как авторитет и предтечу ссылаются теоретики бюрократии (М. Вебер, Р. Михельс), постиндустриального общества и политического [...]

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Recruitment “ABC”

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 3:25 pm January 22, 2010

As a first step for each company to build an attractive employer brand and to attract top talents is the Recruitment.
Here is a simple tip for those people involved in Recruitment & Selection procedure:
A-Grade people attract A-Grade people,
B-Grade people attract C-Grade people,
C-Grade people do not attract anyone.

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Best Global Brands 2009

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 11:29 am

“A brand that captures your mind gains behavior. A brand that captures your heart gains commitment.”
Scott Talgo
The Definitife Guide to The World’s Most Valuable Brands
Source: Slideshare.com (click the picture for SlideShare ppt presentation)
Find more at: http://www.interbrand.com/best_global_brands_intro.aspx?langid=1000

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Crisis: Collapse or Opportunity?

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 12:30 am January 12, 2010

In Chinese the word Crisis has two contradictory meanings: one is „danger“ and another is „opportunity“. To my mind this is the best way to present the concept of world economic crisis which we observe nowadays.

In the framework of globalization and standardization of economic drivers, political interests, education principles, environmental care and society values, local [...]

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Leaders & Followers

Filed under: Academic & Professional Blogging — Tags: — Luiza Hakobyan @ 4:19 pm December 24, 2009

Имея возможность работать в крупнейшей молодежной организации, целью которой является предоставление возможности молодым людям развить управленческие навыки и лидерский потенциал, хочу поделиться с некоторыми мыслями и выводами, к которым я пришла относительно вопроса лидеров и последователей.

Факт: лидеры и последователи – то, из чего состоит иерархия любого социума.
Вывод 1: Нет абсолютных лидеров и нет абсолютных [...]

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