published_or_final_version / English Studies / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

published_or_final_version / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

by Yeung Kai Tat Richard. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / PREFACE --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Organization of The Hongkong Bank in USA --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Background to the study --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objective --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Methodology --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CENTRALISATION OF PURCHASING --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Advantages of Centralization --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Disadvantages of Centralization --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Comments / Chapter 3. --- PRESENT PURCHASING SYSTEMS IN THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL BANKS WITHIN THE GROUP --- p.9 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Marine Midland Bank in New York --- p.9 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong Kong --- p.11 / Chapter 4. --- PURCHASING OF OFFICE STATIONERY AND FORMS IN HONGKONG BANK NEW YORK --- p.14 / Chapter 4.1 --- Findings --- p.14 / Chapter 4.2 --- Recommendations --- p.21 / Chapter 5. --- PURCHASING OF COMPUTER AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT --- p.38 / Chapter 5.1 --- Findings --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2 --- Recommendations --- p.45 / Chapter 6. --- PURCHASING OF OFFICE FURNITURE --- p.59 / Chapter 6.1 --- Findings --- p.59 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations --- p.63 / Chapter 7. --- APPROVAL/AUTHORIZATION PROCESS --- p.66 / Chapter 7.1 --- Findings --- p.66 / Chapter 7.2 --- Recommendations --- p.68 / Chapter 8. --- STAFFING FOR PURCHASING --- p.71 / Chapter 8.1 --- Present Staff Performing Purchasing Functions --- p.71 / Chapter 8.2 --- Proposed Staffing for Centralised Purchasing --- p.73 / Chapter 9. --- PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE --- p.75 / Chapter 10. --- CONCLUDING REMARKS --- p.77 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1. --- Examples of Stationery purchased by Petty Cash and Travel Expenses / Chapter 2. --- Warehoused Documents and Forms / Chapter 3. --- Standard Stationery List / Chapter 4. --- Sample of Office Supplies Requisition Form / Chapter 5. --- Sample of Stationery Usage Report / Chapter 6. --- Stationery Vendor Comparision / Chapter 7. --- Proposed Requisition Form for Non-standard Stationery / Chapter 8 . --- Present Purchase Order Form / Chapter 9. --- Cost Comparison for Computer Paper between Vendors / Chapter 10. --- Stationery Costs for Branches Outside New York / Chapter 11. --- Cost Comparison for PC Software and Hardware Vendors

Thesis (doctoral)--Hochschule St. Gallen, 1994.

 The main goal of this paper is to study the difficulties Hong Kong secondary school students have using adjective patterns correctly in their writing. It also aims to explore the effectiveness of teaching strategies employed to improve their use of this aspect of English and to test the hypothesis that learners who are taught the concept of linking meaning and pattern in adjectives will be better able to use adjective patterns correctly in writing. 　　A case study of 60 Hong Kong Form 5 students’ writing was carried out. The data come from their exam essays, pre-test, post-test, questionnaire and interviews. To assist them in improving their use of adjective patterns in writing, workshops were run for the students who were divided into a control group and an experimental group of 30 students each. The findings suggest that the students had three main difficulties using adjective patterns correctly in writing: not knowing which grammatical structure to use, blending or mixing up two adjective patterns and not knowing which preposition to use. The findings also suggest that the teaching strategies had a beneficial effect on the correct use of adjective patterns in the 60 Form 5 students’ writing. In addition, the hypothesis posed seems to be somewhat tenable. 　　This paper ends by summarizing the main findings and pointing out the limitations of the study like time and logistic constraints. Also, it suggests possible implications for classroom teaching and for future research such as the need for larger-scale research on other aspects like underuse of adjective patterns in Hong Kong secondary school students’ writing. / published_or_final_version / Applied English Studies / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

The majority of scholars proved that the explicit and implicit instructions could measure the rules complexity however the explicit instruction has more centered on the complex rules and since there is no available equivalent criteria of rule complexity; therefore the issue that whether teachers’ perceptions are trustworthy on rules complexity is still questionable. My research seeks to fill the gap in Pawel Scheffler’s (2011) research Rule Difficulty: Teachers’ Intuitions and Learners’ Performance by including both explicit and implicit instructions in Chinese teaching to indicate whether there is significant consensus between the teachers’ perceptions and students’ performance. In this study, 14 teachers were asked to assess the difficulty of ten language points, while 38 students were tested on sentence making for their explicit knowledge and on the timed Grammaticality Judgment Test (timed--‐GJT) for their implicit knowledge. The results of both tests were compared with the teachers’ assessment and the Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient was calculated. My hypothesis is that there is a significant negative correlation between the teacher’s perception of rules difficulty and the students’ performance, that is, the language points that the teachers found difficult were indeed troublesome for the students too. The Spearman’s rank order correlation of teachers’ perceptions and students’ learning were found -0.59 and ‐0.34 respectively, however, the results of their p‐value were 0.07 and 0.34 respectively, the hypothesis was doubted. The implication of the conclusion on the selection of teaching method is discussed. / published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Diss. Nr. 2979 Wirtschaftswiss. St. Gallen, 2004. / Literaturzverz.

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 70-71).