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Parent-adolescent conflict and the generation gap in families

When speaking about adolescence, one interesting aspect seems to be there generally met in families with adolescents.

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Ongoing leadership development as organizational competitive advantage

Leadership development needs to be agile enough to meet the changing needs of an organization, yet stable enough to be consistent with the best practices and proven frameworks.

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The Clear Skies Initiative: environmental regulation and corporate responsibility

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Commercial marketing strategies for the Thanksgiving holiday season

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San Francisco's toy ban and policy solutions to childhood obesity

At a time in the United States when obesity is an epidemic and the healthcare system is in crisis, it makes sense to consider the effect that one may have on the other.

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Welfare state models in the United States, Germany, and Japan

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Negotiating managed care contracts to maintain inpatient revenue and quality care

At present, reimbursement for Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private pay are widely divergent at the hospital, as is the case around the nation.

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Classroom perspectives on corruption and ethical values

The in-class discussion regarding the corruption in the Chagmai Corportion case was very revealing regarding the ways in which different people from different backgrounds view not only the issues of corruption at the heart of the case, but also how they perceive other individual's perceptions on…

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The history and stigma of special education labeling

The key points in the text, time and again, seem to me to center around the tendency of attributing 'special' labels to those who seem different to the norm, and the, at times, unjust and even brutal behavior accorded those individuals merely on the premise that they are outliers to the norm.

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Design comparison of Nymphenburg and Versailles palace gardens

The Nymphenburg Palace Gardens were inspired by the formal gardens at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France. The gardens began small and in the 18th century were transformed into a formal landscape setting of grand proportions.

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