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JC Penney's strategic restructuring and multichannel retail challenges

In the retailing industry, it is challenging an organization to break down all its previous designs, advertising plans, and store environments to make a new beginning. Nonetheless, that is precisely what JC Penney did, and has done several times.

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Employee retention and motivation strategies at JC's Casino

Organizations face a challenge in retaining workforce whose knowledge has a high competitive merit. This challenge is as a result of the increase in job mobility and occurs in all types of organizations across all management levels.

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Historical misinformation in traditional Christian teachings and practice

Moreover, I was struck by the notion that most other people in the Western world receive this same degree of intentional misinformation, so much so that I have even heard people defend the idea that knowledge of the historical church is irrelevant to modern Christianity.

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Competitive advantage strategies in globalization and regionalization

Globalization strategies are formed on a competitive advantage. A competitive advantage is defined as the manner in which companies distinguish themselves to establish a customer base and acquire a market share.

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Comparing peer coaching and clinical supervision for school principals

Peer coaching for principals and clinical supervision are the two strategies to be compared and contrasted in this paper.

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Career goals and human resources aspirations for MBA study

While I currently work in the Human Resources department of a non-profit organization, it is my wish to eventually rise to the position of Director of Human Resources, either with the current organization or a different one.

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Power and organizational structure: types and applications

The term power generally originates from authority or position through which people can be influenced both positively and negatively. The first type of power practiced in an organization is coercive power.

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Frederick Taylor, Peter Drucker, and the evolution of management theory

The first prominent theory in the history of modern management studies was that of scientific management, as espoused by Frederick Taylor. Taylor was attempting to render human beings as productive as possible in a scientific fashion. Workers were treated like cogs in a machine.

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Implementing an organic growth strategy through customer-centric organizational change

Determine customer needs, desires, and values. "The success of the program is rooted in managing the culture change and creating a hunger for a new, customer-centric approach" (Anonymous, 2009).

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James Collins' "Good to Great" and organizational success principles

Good to Great is written for those who want to achieve greatness. Described as a "researcher and management guru," James C. Collins has authored or co-authored six different books all hinging on the same concepts related to leadership and organizational development.

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