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Contagion effects of for-profit colleges woes?
On the day that Americans celebrated the country’s independence day, The Huffington Post reported that one of the largest for-profit college groups in the USA, Corinthian Colleges was heading for disaster. The crux of the matter was due to Corinthian’s over reliant on federal government-backed study loans to the bulk of its 72,000 student loan…
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Article: Germany’s Beautifully Communal World Cup Win Over Argentina
I always thought that football/soccer is a team game. Germany’s win shows that only those who played as a team would win. Individualism gets you nowhere! This article depicts this elegantly. Germany’s Beautifully Communal World Cup Win Over Argentina http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/germanys-victory-was-an-argument-against-the-uss-me-first-sports-culture/374353/
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What are on-demand MOOCs?
I think Coursera has been listening to its 8.44 million MOOCians (learners) lately. It has joined Udacity in offering On-Demand MOOCs. So far only 3 MOOcs are available in on-demand mode from Coursera, I think there will be more to come. What are on-demand MOOCs? You may want to ask. Well there is one aspect of…
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Negative comments on social media ain’t that bad
A recent posting by a social media marketer, Praveen Inbarajan on Linkedin describeed a scenario where a Indian cab company’s Facebook promo advertisement was bringing more than the cab company, TaxiForSure (TFS) bargained for: a deluge of negative comments. Inbarajan went on to give a commentary on some of the more vocal feedback provided by Facebook users…
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Multitasking, smartphone and easy distractibility
As supervisors, managers or bosses if we expect our staff to multitask, we should be prepared for our staff’s inability to perform with 100% efficiency and effectiveness. Instead fast-switching between tasks should be encouraged.