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Jack Welch's organizational transformation of General Electric

Jack Welch used a number of techniques to overcome the impossible and reshape General Electric's culture. The company had been a management innovator for much of its existence, and Welch was given a mandate in the fact that he was selected over safer candidates for the CEO role.

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Anselm's claim that faith enables understanding of God's existence

The purpose of the present paper is to discuss four issues. The first one that we will be addressing refers to a statement that Anselm of Canterbury has made, that is: "For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand." This has sometimes been interpreted as…

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Civil obligations law in Australia, Germany, and China

This module discusses the nature of civil obligation law in three different countries: Australia, Germany and China. The module begins by explaining what civil law entails and then describing the specifics of civil obligations in the three countries mentioned.

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Worker exploitation in the United States Bracero Program

These issues include things such as human trafficking, especially of children, the seizure of privately owned land by governments, and populations that exhibit large disparities of income, amongst others.

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Social construction of risk categories in the HIV/AIDS epidemic

How has the HIV / AIDS epidemic contributed to the production of certain sexualized social categories and identities? How have different categories of risk been constructed and what have been the consequences of these constructions?

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Michael Stanislawski's analysis of the 1848 Lemberg rabbi poisoning

Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History by Michael Stanislawski is not at all what one would think by just reading the title.

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Threat perception bias and anxiety in Chinese school children

The study conducted by Lu, Daleiden, & Lu; "threat perception bias and anxiety among Chinese school children and adolescents," considered the relationship between threat perception bias and anxiety among children and adolescents in China.

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Cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in U.S. aircraft accident investigation

The accident investigation standards of the U.S. follow the regulations mandated by government agencies such as the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

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Verizon's financial performance and competitive positioning in telecommunications

Verizon is a telecommunications company that is focused on voice, data and wireless communications services. The company was formed ten years ago and in that time has expanded its network and business to become a national player in telecommunications.

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Alfred Crosby's analysis of the Columbian Exchange's biological consequences

Crosby, Afred W. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 1972. Print.

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