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  • Critical Issues Paper: Health and Wellness

    Critical Issues Paper: Health and Wellness

    Introduction According to workers, organizations with significant wellness programs remain a minority. Demographic evidence suggests that the current laissez-faire attitudes toward workplace wellness found in many organizations will soon need to change. It's important to understand those needs to tailor a wellness program to the organization and its people. To be successful, wellness programs must be employee driven and management supported. (Walker, 2004) For the state of workplace wellness the question has been asked, "Is

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Japanese Internment

    Japanese Internment

    Japanese Internment Today’s media coverage of the war in Iraq is very similar to the coverage of the Japanese Internment camps in respect that the government of then and now controls media coverage. The government dictates what will be said and to what extreme it will be presented. For instance, on network news stations such as CNN, MSNBC, and FOX news, the story of the war in Iraq will always look like the American government

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    Essay Length: 521 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Edward
  • Starbucks International Operations

    Starbucks International Operations

    Starbucks International Operations Starbucks started to decide on expansion by about the mid 1990’s, when the market became saturated. Market saturation is when a company or firm has covered an area so thoroughly with its presence, that it can no longer experience growth. Because of the market saturation, there were declining sales throughout stores. The company’s original marketing strategy was to blanket a region with new stores. The idea behind this was to reduce

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    Essay Length: 1,596 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • External Internal Factors

    External Internal Factors

    External/Internal Factors Organizations have external and internal factors that impact management. The four functions of management are: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This paper will explain the impact that external and internal factors play in these functions by looking at Microsoft Corporation, a large global high-tech company. Internal and External Factors There are various internal and external factors that impact the way in which the four functions of management, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are

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    Essay Length: 2,023 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Les
  • Internal Analysis - Why Does Firm Performance Differ?

    Internal Analysis - Why Does Firm Performance Differ?

    Internal Analysis 1 Why does firm performance differ? Updated: 30 Aug. 2006 ©Scott Gallagher 2004 Internal Analysis Earlier we explained differences in firm performance as being a function of their external environment. However, this is only part of the story. Obviously, each firm has some unique aspects. Internal analysis is an attempt to explain how and why these internal differences explain differences in firm performance. Resources and Capabilities. Economics generally models firms as generic black

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    Essay Length: 1,770 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Internalization

    Internalization

    Internalization is the process by which something moves from the conscious (you have to think about something to do it) to the subconscious mind (you can do it without thinking about it). I recently went through the law enforcement academy. During our firearms training we learned the steps necessary to draw, fire, and reholster a firearm. In the beginning we went step by step slowly, thinking about each step, and gradually went faster. By the

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    Essay Length: 381 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: David
  • 4quadrant Hp-Ux Memory Issue

    4quadrant Hp-Ux Memory Issue

    Memory Windows in HP-UX 11.0. White Paper page 1 Memory Windows White Paper 1. Objectives HP-UX release 11.0 is the first to support the new HP V-class machine. Targeted for high end OLTP, decision support, server consolidation and ERP, the V-class can support up to 16 gigabytes of physical memory. The current 32-bit virtual address space of HP-UX is limiting applications from taking full advantage of systems with a large amount of physical memory. Not

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    Essay Length: 4,894 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Fastserve Inc - Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce

    Fastserve Inc - Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce

    RUNNING HEAD: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce University of Phoenix Introduction FastServe Inc is a 25 million dollar 350 person-strong organization that focuses on the direct marketing of branded sports apparel. The company decided to shift focus towards the Generation Y sports-crazy segment and opened two online marketing distribution channels, one for boys and one for girls. At that time the company moved ten percent of employees to

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    Essay Length: 1,379 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Managing International Acquisitions

    Managing International Acquisitions

    In the Managing International Acquisition simulation dealt with the merger and acquisition of a foreign national bank overseas. In doing the research for this project, I found interesting examples of recent mergers of Reebok/Adidas, Nextel/Sprint, and MBNA/Bank of America. The Reebok/Adidas merger is all about catching Nike, the industry leader in market share. The objective of the tieup is clear. The two companies, which jockey for No. 2 and No. 3 slots behind Nike (NKE

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • Addressing Issues at McDonalds

    Addressing Issues at McDonalds

    McDonald's U.K. has experienced significant losses in the past years. While they recently have started to turn around their profit trends, there is still more the organization can do to exceed expectations. Improving their restaurants, customer service, and healthy options are all actions McDonald's can take to continue to improve their positive trend. 1. Identify the problems confronting McDonald's U. K. and list them from the most to the least critical. For each problem identified,

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: kaja
  • Low Employee Retention Issues

    Low Employee Retention Issues

    Low Employee Retention Issues Riordan manufacturing employs high-tech employees, and is facing for the first time the potential of higher employee turnover. Management at Riordan realizes the need to prevent this issue, and that consequences can be extremely harmful. Several American companies located within the United States (US) have had to deal low employee retention issues, as well as American companies located in Mexico. This paper will discuss methods that will help companies prevent the

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    Essay Length: 502 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Yan
  • Gender Issue in Legally Blonde

    Gender Issue in Legally Blonde

    Legally Blonde In many ways today’s society, even though women have come a long way, we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life, whether it be that there aren’t very many women CEO’s or the mere fact that we’ve yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live, there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There

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    Essay Length: 1,532 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Issues in Transportation - Port Gridlock

    Issues in Transportation - Port Gridlock

    Port capacity is rapidly becoming the No. 1 issue facing the international logistics system in North America and indeed elsewhere in the world. Torrid container growth shows no sign of abating. Ten million trailers and containers moved annually across the country by intermodal. These cargo movements are expected to double or triple by 2020 without corresponding improvements in existing infrastructure. Factor in additional security requirements atop this growth, and we could be headed for port

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Vika
  • September 11 in International Relations Theory

    September 11 in International Relations Theory

    September 11 in International Relations Theory An event as epochal as September 11 is bound to provoke theorists of international relations. Over the past year or so, there has been a race in academia to claim the first prize for the best theory to explain the events before and after September 11. The consensus is that the dominant discourse of realism has won, because it conceives of conflict and destruction as natural in an anarchical

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: July
  • Social Issues in Cuba

    Social Issues in Cuba

    The Cuban revolution was one that transformed Cuba into an independent socialist society. This revolution sent a message around the globe. The message: " Socialism can be achieved and capitalism, with its culture stripping mechanism's can be supplemented". However, the revolution did leave its mark on Cuba. This can be seen in the events that took place during the early stages of the revolution. The effects of the revolution were positive for certain sections of

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • Auditing Issues and Implication

    Auditing Issues and Implication

    Auditing Issues and Implication: Engagement Risk: Since Pentagon is government organizations, normal business risk does not apply to this engagement. The engagement risk is mainly derived from the legal consequence of our audit approaches. For example, testing the individual application controls like back up, the most effective way is to pretend a real attack, and examine the reaction of that specific control. However, such pretended attack may cause serious legal issues due to the client’s

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Japanese Internment in Canada

    Japanese Internment in Canada

    The core of the Japanese experience in Canada lies in the shameful and almost undemocratic suspension of human rights that the Canadian government committed during World War II. As a result, thousands of Japanese were uprooted to be imprisoned in internment camps miles away from their homes. While only a small percentage of the Japanese living in Canada were actually nationals of Japan, those who were Canadian born were, without any concrete evidence, continuously being

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Critical Review of the Current Issues Facing Academia or Practitioners, Answering the Dilemma: Planning Is Neither Within the Grasps of Contemporary Marketers, nor a Realistic Possibility?

    Critical Review of the Current Issues Facing Academia or Practitioners, Answering the Dilemma: Planning Is Neither Within the Grasps of Contemporary Marketers, nor a Realistic Possibility?

    Individually, write a critical review of the current issues facing academia or practitioners, answering the dilemma: Planning is neither within the grasps of contemporary marketers, nor a realistic possibility? Include within the report a short personal account (300 words max) of how the review changed or strengthened your understanding of the relevance of planning (2500 words) Introduction In the twenty-first century, global economic conditions create incentives for new market entry and expansion strategies, the environmental

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    Essay Length: 2,521 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Abortion: The Controvesial Issue of Our Time Reviewed

    Abortion: The Controvesial Issue of Our Time Reviewed

    Abortion: The Controversial Issue of Our Time Reviewed In America, there are some issues that seem to be of major importance that demand our attention. Of these few topics, abortion has captured America’s awareness, whether the people are pro-choice or pro-life. Almost everyone has been touched by this issue, and so it ranks among the most complex and controversial issues, arousing heat in debates for any legal, ethical, or political situation. Many people describe the

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Malaysia Contemporary Art Issues: Art as Idea-A View from Jalaini Abu Hassan

    Malaysia Contemporary Art Issues: Art as Idea-A View from Jalaini Abu Hassan

    Malaysia Contemporary Art Art as Idea A view from Jalaini Abu Hassan Introduction In this discussion, we will discuss on how the art act as an idea in Malaysia contemporary art scoop and Jalaini Abu Hassan is one of the Malaysia leading contemporary artist will be the panel for this session. Jai has been known for his aggressive and rough, energetic painting and Malay identical can always be found in his paintings. We also look

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Critically Discussed Issues, Dimensions, Benefits and Barriers Associated with Imc (integrated Marketing Communications) in Relation to Advertising Strategy and Planning in the Uk

    Critically Discussed Issues, Dimensions, Benefits and Barriers Associated with Imc (integrated Marketing Communications) in Relation to Advertising Strategy and Planning in the Uk

    “Critically discussed issues, dimensions, benefits and barriers associated with IMC (Integrated Marketing Communications) in relation to advertising strategy and planning in the UK” - by Chirag Rawal (BA in Marketing Management) Introduction We begin defining the two main aspects of this study. Even though there are many different views, descriptions and definitions of these two terms, I find it easier to adapt the one stated by Tony Yeshin (2006) in his book �Advertising’; �advertising is

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Bred
  • International Assignments Are the Hub of International Hr

    International Assignments Are the Hub of International Hr

    International assignments are the hub of international HR which makes the fact that they often fail a great concern to many corporations who make big investments in overseas assignments. As more U.S. companies expand their business overseas, the need to send employees on international assignments will increase, making the process of discovering the reasons for these failures increasingly important. Expatriate employees, meaning employees that are non-citizens of the country in which they are working,

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    Essay Length: 828 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Stepping Stone for Current Issues

    A Stepping Stone for Current Issues

    Throughout history many authors have shared their opinions on the issues of racism and persecution. These issues require the author to communicate their views using mostly symbolism and narrative tools as opposed to simple blunt statements. Harper Lee’s ideas about discrimination are evident through her portrayal of the characters in To Kill A Mockingbird. Lee communicates that when an open mind is kept it leads to realizing the need for equality. Harper Lee wants the

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    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • How Can Public Diplomacy Complement “hard Power” Tactics in International Affairs?

    How Can Public Diplomacy Complement “hard Power” Tactics in International Affairs?

    Hard power is a term used to describe power that is acquired from the use of military and/or economic force to influence the behaviour or interests of other political entities. As the name might imply, this type of political power is often aggressive, and is most effective when imposed by one political body upon another of lesser military and/or economic power. What it boils down to is: Do what we want. If you don't, we

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    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: jeremy
  • Identifying the Legal Issue in the Dispute

    Identifying the Legal Issue in the Dispute

    Identifying the legal issue in the dispute I am going to discuss the legal dispute which involves a former Burlington Industries employee. The dispute asks whether a company can be sued for sexual harassment even if a worker who rejects a supervisor’s sexual demands suffers no job-related consequences. Burlington says it is wrongly ordered to face a harassment lawsuit charging a male supervisor with implying that a female subordinate’s career would suffer unless she had

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    Essay Length: 552 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Steve