http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 15:34:00 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 15:34:00 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=225790 MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT.  This is a video lecture of a talk by Daniel Vasella, Chairman of Novartis.  As CEO, Vasella created the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research and moved the company’s research headquarters to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to be closer to top scientific talent as well as patient and hospital networks.  In this lecture, Daniel Vasella declines to discuss it in a systematic way, and instead, focuses on a case study of one of his company’s flagship pharmaceuticals, Gleevec. The discovery, development and marketing of this drug, which fights the rare chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), may point to some of the things Novartis does right, suggests Vasella. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83451 Too often, business students feel that running the "Spelling and Grammar check" feature on Microsoft Word is sufficient to ensure good writing.The professor used several poor writing examples at this site and had students submit them to Spell and Grammar check, and they passed. It was used to demonstrate the need to do more than rely on Spell and Grammar check for papers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82136 This site has directions for requesting a letter of reference from a professor. This professor has actually developed an online questionnaire that the student has to complete in order for the professor to write the letter of reference. Students must provide a great deal of information to the professor, but it makes the letter easier to write. Other professors might consider adopting a similar questionnaire. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89560 This site contains information about a variety of self oriented topics such as handling anger, enhancing self esteem, assertiveness, letting go, personal development, etc. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81959 This is a transcript of a broadcast on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in which Paul Solman examines Wal-Mart's distribution system and its productivity. Current employees explain how Wal-Mart operates, while some former associates share their discontent with the United States' largest private employer. There are also links to the broadcast in streaming video and RealAudio. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81974 This is a transcript of a segment of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in which Paul Solman looks at how the war in Iraq is impacting the U.S. economy. There are also links to the segment in streaming video and RealAudio as well as related news items.