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Difference Between Hard Skills and Soft Skills

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Hard Skills refers to the skills which a person must possess to perform a specific kind of job. For example: To get the job of the programmer, a person needs to have coding skills. On the other hand, Soft Skills are not associated with a particular job, rather it includes the basic skills, i.e, communication skills, leadership skills, work ethics, professional skills, adaptive skills, etc. as it determines the ability of the candidate to gel up in the working environment. To get a decent job, … [Read more...]

Difference Between Internal Check and Internal Audit

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The basic difference between internal check and internal audit is that internal check is a routine checking procedure, which involves cross-checking of every aspect of the work performed, at the time when it is performed, and recording the same. On the contrary, in internal audit, each and every component of the work is examined, by an independent staff, specially recruited for the purpose. The aim of internal audit is to provide an independent and objective assurance that the company's risk … [Read more...]

Difference Between Measurement and Evaluation

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Measurement is a systematic process of determining the attributes of an object. It ascertains how fast, tall, dense, heavy, broad, something is. However, one can make measurements of physical attributes only and if one has to measure those attributes which cannot be measured with the help of tools. That is where the need for evaluation arises. It helps in passing value judgement about the policies, performances, method, techniques, strategies, effectiveness, etc. of teaching. Measurement … [Read more...]

Difference Between Journal and Magazine

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Reading a journal or magazine, often help us in becoming more up to date, with news, events, developments, etc. Basically, journals are used to report original research and experiments, as well as to convey information about the recent developments in the concerned area of study. Contrary to this, magazines tend to inform as well as entertain the reader, while providing a broad overview of the topic of interest. Articles presented in the journal is a systematic and detailed account on a … [Read more...]

Difference Between Percentage and Percentile

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The term 'percentage' is widely used to express anything, from changes in the tax rates, to the rate of unemployment, to the number of people using smartphones, to resource allocation by the government, to the change in price or quantity of a product or results of an examination. It is a form of writing any digit with denominator 100. The terms 'percentage' and 'percentile' often confuse us, especially to the students appearing in different examinations. For a given dataset, percentile … [Read more...]

Difference Between COO and CEO

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The Chief Executive Officer or CEO has a unique set of roles to play and responsibilities to fulfil in the organization, that can't be delegated to the subordinate staff. It is the CEO of the company who identify the resource requirements, researches sources to raise funds, formulate strategies to approach the lenders, presents proposals and submits them. He/She administers the entire operations and effectively manages human resources. On the other hand, Chief Operating Officer or COO is the … [Read more...]

Difference Between Journalism and Mass Communication

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Whether we recognize or not, we are surrounded by ideas, news, information, messages, etc. that come to us through different channels, in different forms such as stories, articles, memes, posts, etc. Its aim is to acquaint, entertain, persuade and influence us. This process is termed as mass communication. It is all about spreading of a message or information to a large segment of the population by an immediate means of reproduction and distribution. Mass communication is an umbrella term, … [Read more...]

Difference Between Internationalization and Globalization

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Globalization is that process which accelerates the flow and exchange of products and services, capital, technology, information, jobs etc. across the globe. It does not just encourage but also improves the interaction amidst different countries and audiences around the world. It has transformed the world economy into a more open and autonomous system. Globalization is commonly contrasted with internationalization, but the two differs in their meaning, in the sense that internationalization … [Read more...]

Difference Between Sale and Hire Purchase

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Hire Purchase, as the name suggests, is the system of trade in which one party pays for the cost of the asset in a number of instalments while making use of that asset. In this system, the ownership of the asset is transferred by the hire vendor only on the full-fledged payment of the remaining balance. On the other hand, the sale represents the actual sale of goods, in which the ownership and possession both are transferred to the customer, instantly by the seller. Nowadays, people want … [Read more...]

Difference Between Complaint and Grievance

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An organization is a group of people, coming from different walks of life, having different values, culture and perception. So, while pursuing the organizational objective, differences in opinion often take place, leading to inconvenience and conflict. If this continues for the long term, it results in "Complaints". Further, when these complaints are not attended and resolved properly and timely, it can cause dissatisfaction. The main reason behind dissatisfaction are expectations, which are … [Read more...]