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The political decision-making model and organizational mission in strategic planning

The political decision-making model entails a company's relationship with its stakeholders. The aim is political rationality; a consensus that is acceptable to both stakeholders and the company involved.

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Consolation and loss in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess

Chaucer's earliest poem, the "Book of the Duchess," was believed to have been written for Chaucer's patron John of Gaunt after the death of his wife, Blanche, the Duchess of Lancaster.

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General Mills' total rewards program and employee benefits

General Mills (GM) offers Total Rewards, a benefits program which "covers basics such as medical and dental insurance, stock options and a 401(k) retirement plan." As well, they entice the optimal workforce with a "Competitive salary and annual bonus," as well as "reward hard work with competitive…

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Selection methods for naval aviator training and performance prediction

Williams (1999) discusses the overall selection process for naval aviators. As they have been using the ATSB, since 1992 to determine who has the proper mental and emotional attributes for the career field.

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Merck's product liability in the Vioxx litigation case

Products Liability and Negligence: With the evidence that Vioxx leads to an increased heart risk of heart attack and stroke, Merck is facing the issue of product liability. Product liability, a tort of negligence, holds manufacturers liable for negligently made goods that harm consumers.

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Internal struggle for anonymity in Waiting for the Barbarians

Anonymity saturates J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians. From the nameless narrator (the near-to-retiring magistrate of the novel) to the very-limited-in-description time and place and people (such details as race are not immediately apparent), Coetzee attempts to create an Everyman in an…

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Deepa Mehta's "Earth" and the partition of India

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's 1998 film "Earth" about the 1947 partition of India is a topic that had long been neglected by Western filmmakers, even though this event, which was a devastatingly violent event between India and Pakistan, has been described as India's Holocaust and accounts…

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How smartphones are transforming small and medium business operations

Smartphones are quickly revolutionizing business systems, strategies and the way people and companies communicate and collaborate with one another.

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Organizational congruence in the HP and Palm merger

Nadler-Tushman congruence model suggests that the success of a corporation is determined by the fit between the organization's different inputs. The four categories of inputs -- environment, resources, organizational history and strategy -- combine to deliver outputs.

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Saul Griffith: inventor and environmental activist

Over the last several years, a host of individuals began to become more concerned about the impact of climate change. In some cases, you would see various people contribute mass amounts of financial resources to addressing the underlying problem.

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