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Project management history across twelve periods of Western civilization

This involved the exploration of six topic areas that would provide insight into the history and evolution of project management. These included the following areas: cultural environment; scientific environment; general management; construction technology and the Master Builder Tradition

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Susan Baskin's merger and change management communication crisis

Change in the workplace is never an easy paradigm for either managers or employees. Often, as in the case of Susan Baskin, change results in anxiety, which exacerbates into stress when there is no mitigation of these anxieties.

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Employee motivation and culture at Enterprise Car Rental

What practices at Enterprise Rent-a-Car demonstrate that they value their employees?

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Establishing communication and task norms in virtual teams

Team Norms," author Karten (2003) discussed the importance of social norms in improving performance in teams within a business organization. Technically, Karten defined it as a concept "that concern(s) how team members will interact, communicate, and conduct themselves as members of the team" (par.

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Managing resistance to change in a production maintenance department

Often the conflict between part-time managers and full-time employees can be challenging to overcome, especially when a series of significant changes need to be made across a business.

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Women's roles and equality in modern Islamic society

This report intends to show the extent and reality of women's roles within the Islamic realm. There are various theories that coincide between the written word, perceived notions, and actual realities for women in Islamic society.

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Liberal arts education and business hiring practices

There has been a huge debate roaring in Canada and the U.S. On the virtues of a broad education system as compared to a practical education system Carr, 2009.

~28 min read

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Nazi persecution and Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

Chaim Kaplan, a Jew in World War II-era Poland, discusses the escalating restrictions on the freedom of the Jews in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland after Nazi occupation.

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Cathy Cohen's analysis of AIDS and fragmentation in Black politics

The latest presidential elections once again highlighted the importance of how different racial minorities. The different political candidates and parties spent much time studying and wooing the various racial votes. Much discussion was also devoted to the status of the 'black vote.'

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Contrasting Jesus's teachings with Machiavelli's political philosophy

Anyone who is even vaguely familiar with the teachings of Jesus and theories of Machiavelli would see just how starkly different are the two in their approach to everything especially leadership.

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