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  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

    Human Resource Management This module on human resource management reinforced some things that I already learned about human resource management, but more importantly, it introduced changes that have occurred since my last exposure to this topic. The technical advances in using the Internet as a resource to source for employees is a major change since my last exposure to this topic. Another area of change is the trend for outsourcing of employees. I managed

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    Essay Length: 1,744 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: David
  • Beast to Human

    Beast to Human

    In the On the Genealogy of Mortality, Nietzsche presents ideas that seem to have a difference of opinion with everything we as humans have valued for centuries. The process of questioning morality and values seems to be the most promising area of examination that any person can reveal into. It is only in the understanding of why we hold the values we do that we can have true inner peace and hopefully freedom from the

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    Essay Length: 1,080 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Human Clay - Rock Band Creed

    Human Clay - Rock Band Creed

    Human Clay Human Clay is the second album from Florida based rock band Creed. The album includes the least amount of the band's mainstream hits compared to that of their debut and final albums but portrays possibly the most intresting album cover of the late ninties. The band's biggest hit from the album, "Higher," can symbolize as part of the solution to become free and break the mold of clay. The thoughts of freedom from

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The major theme of Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans in relation to the allegoric nature of the novel's climax and to its denouement is the lesson of revenge. The antagonist of the novel, Magua, was a former soldier in Munro's army. During that time his taste for whisky, or “firewater”, causes him to be punished by a brutal horsewhipping and he looses his dignity. This dent to the pride of Magua sets him

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    Essay Length: 1,607 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jon
  • Use of Management Information Systems at Amazon.Com

    Use of Management Information Systems at Amazon.Com

    Introduction Amazon.com is the largest retailing online company with 35 millions customers and nearly $5 billion in sales. In the beginning, the CEO Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1995 by selling books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer for book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. The design of the business model

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    Essay Length: 3,340 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Victor
  • Time Management

    Time Management

    Time Management ABSTRACT Time management is about taking control of one of the most valuable resources we have, our time.It is an essential tool for stress reduction, success, and perhaps even survival, especially in today’s society of increasing demands on a much leaner workforce. This increasing workload is not hypothetical, but, is in fact, a reality. Time management also proves to be beneficial to individuals outside of the workplace, given the fact that most

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: July
  • Differences Between Management and Leadership

    Differences Between Management and Leadership

    Differences Between Management and Leadership Management and leadership are often used in the same context, yet they do not mean the same thing. Managers think incrementally, while leaders think radically. The difference in the perspectives is that leaders tend to lead with emotion and concern for their subordinates. Managers tend to follow guidelines and company policies. Managers also use management functions to achieve their desired goals. Loyalty is important amongst leaders. Team members tend to

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    Essay Length: 1,479 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Management Tools and Techniques

    Management Tools and Techniques

    Tools and Techniques Paper Decision-making and problem-solving are important skills for business and life. We solve problems and make decisions everyday. Problem-solving often involves decision-making, and decision-making is especially important for management and leadership. Decision-making is the ultimate selection of a course of action after problem-solving has been exhausted. Although problem-solving and decision-making are two separate behaviors, they complement one another. Furthermore, for any problem or issue that needs to be resolved, there are various

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    Essay Length: 644 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack
  • Cat’s Cradle: The Destructive Nature of Humans

    Cat’s Cradle: The Destructive Nature of Humans

    Everyone has heard the expression “curiosity killed the cat.” That is to say, the search for new wisdom can often have unpleasant consequences; a child curious about the kitchen stove is bound to get burned. This is exactly what Kurt Vonnegut demonstrates in Cat’s Cradle with the example of ice-nine, which is developed by the fictional creator of the atom bomb, Felix Hoenikker. It is symbolic of the atom bomb in that it has

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: David
  • Human Gene Therapy

    Human Gene Therapy

    Gene therapy is a technique which has developed in the wake of recombinant DNA technology. It is a process that results in the changing of a genetic disorder by the adding a piece of DNA into the genetic material of a living cell. Thirty years ago this concept belonged to the realm of the human imagination made manifest in the works of science fiction. Today it belongs to the realm of the human imagination made

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    Essay Length: 2,063 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jack
  • Strategic Management

    Strategic Management

    Strategic Management Wachovia Corporation Wachovia Corporation was created after First Union Corporation and the original Wachovia Corporation merged in 2001. First Union Corporation was the actual purchaser of Wachovia Corporation. First Union had started off as a one man operation operating out of the Buford Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over the years First Union grew and acquired the reputation as a strong financial performing corporation with superior customer service. Its strong underwriting performance over

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    Essay Length: 1,160 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Max
  • Managing the Managers: Japanese Management Strategies in the Usa

    Managing the Managers: Japanese Management Strategies in the Usa

    MANAGING THE MANAGERS: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE USA The article reviews one of the greatest difficulties that Japanese multinational companies face, that is integration of its subplants in other countries, where not just management is viewed as different, but also the general running of the "mother" company's, not to mention the cultural changes which may be faced when attempting to integrate into another country. The article reviewed attempts to do two things. Firstly, the

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    Essay Length: 1,805 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Management Communications

    Management Communications

    It has come apparent to this office that greenhouse gases are increasing to new levels. The temperatures of the earth are increasing, and the polar ice caps are melting. In response to this we are all challenged as leaders to quickly slowdown this increase. Since vehicles are the major contributor to greenhouse emissions, we need to change this source of pollution first. This is not an easy task, and there are many suggestions for a

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    Essay Length: 633 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: regina
  • Persausive Essay - Effective Deer Management

    Persausive Essay - Effective Deer Management

    Effective Deer Management Personal, economic, and environmental damages caused by large deer populations are visible in many forms from personal injury and property damage to diseased deer. Authorities and residents alike recognize the many problems caused by deer. For the benefit of deer and humans alike, deer hunting is the most effective means to control deer population. When development encroaches on deer habitat and the deer population is increasing due to a lack of natural

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Future of Management

    The Future of Management

    Abstract Management development strategies of many organizations seemed to converge in the nineties. We thought the world would stay on a standstill when the millennium loomed. The new word on the street was “Y2K.” So what are the concerns for the current state of management development, and what we expect for the future to hold? This paper will tackle such issue. The Future of Management Companies are geared into increase in efficiency and productivity, better

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    Essay Length: 950 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Financial Manager’s Role

    Financial Manager’s Role

    In a management atmosphere characterized by a multitude of complicated financial challenges, today's chief financial officers (CFOs) must perform many vital roles. They effectively add real value to their company by supplying reliable strategic leadership, a reliable financial perspective, and involved contribution to critical executive choices. Financial managers must look at long term strategies and forgo any short term quick strategies that do not represent the long term good of the company. The significance

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    Essay Length: 648 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Perlmutter’s Models of Managing Globally

    Perlmutter’s Models of Managing Globally

    The company wishes to start its operations abroad ought to choose the character of this subsidiary and the way it is going to be managed. Perlmutter (1969) comes out with the concept of four styles of managing abroad. Ethnocentric subsidiary is managed mainly by home country nationals, with the home country language and culture. Therefore, the recruitment for majority management positions takes place in home country (Muijen et al 2000). For example, the unwritten policy

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    Essay Length: 731 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Cross Cutural Management

    Cross Cutural Management

    Introduction Nowadays, more and more companies are going globalisation. The world has become one large market for those companies do global business. Companies which are going to do global business or already became an international business company must face their competitors from other countries. Because of this, business of the whole world is getting more competitive. Therefore, a good performance and image are very important for companies to going globalisation because good reputation can influence

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    Essay Length: 1,220 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Technology and Impacts on Human Health

    Technology and Impacts on Human Health

    Technology and Impacts on Human Health Research efforts have been focused on the impacts of new technology on human health. One of the leading new factors is the technology of cell phones, which is predicted to have more than 1.3 billion worldwide users by the 2005. Cell phones have been of the fastest growing industries. Today most people have portable phones in their home, and/or cell phones. Theses devices are connecting people in convenient ways

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    Essay Length: 692 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Stress Management (children)

    Stress Management (children)

    Stress affects each of the five dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. Examples of "distressors" (negative stressors) that children and adolescents may confront within these dimensions include: illness, injury, inadequate nutrition, and low levels of physical fitness (physical dimension); pressures to excel in academic and extracurricular activities, depression, and anxiety (mental/emotional dimension); relational issues, peer pressure, and dysfunctional family lives (social dimension); and inability to find purpose in life or to understand

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Victor
  • Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper

    Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper

    Working Capital and Financial Environment Paper For every company that exists that offers a service or product to the public there is a focus on accurately measuring its current assets and liabilities in the most honest financial regulated environment possible. Brealey states that one of the most "useful summary measure[s] of current assets or liabilities" is net working capital (or just working capital). This paper will give an overview of the working capital elements for

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Managing Conflict in the Organization

    Managing Conflict in the Organization

    MANAGING CONFLICT IN THE ORGANIZATION Outline a strategy for change designed to achieve the following objectives: a) To prepare people for change, convincing them that significant organizational changes are needed. Change process starts with an awareness of the need for change. Bringing about change is easier said than done because as humans it is our nature to resist the unknown and unfamiliar. We are comfortable with the status quo, not matter how many problems lie

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: David
  • Santos the Digital Human

    Santos the Digital Human

    Santos: The New Human From Wired magazine: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70253-0.html?tw=wn_technology_13 Santos was a creation of the Virtual Soldier Research at the University of Iowa. He is one of the first digital humans, composed of algorithms combined with motion capture data, everything about him can be altered digitally. This project could save the military and corporation lots of money and lives. With the click of a mouse, Santos will engage with a digital prototype, and controllers will be

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Mike
  • Effective Management - the Innovative Leader - Skills for Effective Management

    Effective Management - the Innovative Leader - Skills for Effective Management

    Running Head: EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT The Innovative Leader: Skills for Effective Management Tiffany Anderson Submitted to Dr. Liz Lentz-Hees In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for WED 398 Special Problems Southern Illinois University Kirtland AFB, New Mexico August 17, 2004 Abstract It is understood that management, which is defined as the act, manner, or practice of managing, handling, supervision, or control directly affects almost every aspect of the workplace (American Heritage, 2000). An incompetent or careless

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: regina
  • The Effect of a Capital Lease on Operating and Net Income

    The Effect of a Capital Lease on Operating and Net Income

    The effect of a capital lease on operating and net income is different than that of an operating lease because capital leases are treated similarly to assets that are purchased; that is, the company is allowed to claim depreciation on the asset and impute an interest payment on the lease as tax deductions rather than the lease payment itself. The imputed interest payment is computed by assuming that the lease payment is a debt payment

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    Essay Length: 324 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tasha