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IBM's dominance and Microsoft's competition in software industry

Info: 1. As the textbook has indicated, IBM has been a dominant force in the computer industry since the late 1950s. Why do you think this is the case?

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The Branch Davidians: media portrayal and cult identity formation

The Branch Davidians, a popular religious cult at Waco, Texas, was indeed considered a religious cult because of the nature of the group's cause.

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JROTC curriculum effectiveness and student performance in high school programs

personal reflection, analysis of the program, description how effective the curriculum, student response and performance, anticipated changes in improvement, NJROTC program, 9th -12th grade cadets/students

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The Provincetown Players and American avant-garde theater

At the beginning of the 20th century, as the Victorian era ended, new forms of art, literature and theater became popular in the United States that was not as constrained as earlier forms.

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Diversity as a business strategy in General Electric

In case of Fortune 500 companies, diversity as a management style is not just a concept, but rather a reflection of their business.

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Balancing innovation and conformance in corporate risk management

In the business world today, innovation is of high importance if a company is to survive challenges in terms of competition and an increasingly sophisticated customer base.

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Wealth and power corruption in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Black Cat"

Through the creative and often garish work of Edgar Allen Poe many people have glimpsed symptoms of reality. Poe demonstrated an incredible sense of wordplay that could in fact have been describing a real scene or a real event, but that was guised in the anonymous.

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Employee development approaches for preparing future managers and call center training methods

Which of the four approaches to employee development discussed - formal education/training, assessment, job experiences, and interpersonal relationships - do you think should be used to prepare people to fill these slots and why?

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American economic inequality from the postwar boom to the present

United States in the aftermath of World War II experienced a growth unprecedented in world history. The rise of a strong middle class and virtual elimination of poverty showed the successes of industrialization in the post-war era.

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Howard Schultz's employee-centric management style at Starbucks

Starbucks has perhaps one of the best managed organizations on the planet; this has been the linchpin for its success on a global level.

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