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The Columbian exchange and global interconnection: disease, trade, and climate

Contact between the New World of the Americas and the Old Worlds of Europe, Africa, and Asia led to a massive exchange of goods on an unprecedented scale. As Marks (2015) puts it, “most parts of the world were drawn into regular, ongoing contact in ways that had never happened in the past,” (p.

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Chekhov's Cherry Orchard: land, character, and social change

Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is one of the most controversial plays from the dawn of the twentieth century.

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Evolution, natural selection, and the role of information in genetic change

The process of evolution requires massive amounts of new information be added to an existing gene pool. What most people refer to as evolution is, in fact, natural selection.

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Netflix's separation of streaming and DVD services explained through organizational strategy

The media climate is changing rapidly, particularly the ways in which people consume media. Netflix is attempting to change with the times. One of its most recent alterations to its policy has been its separation into two business units, with two distinct components.

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Existential themes in post-war cinema: Bergman, Truffaut, and Hawks

The post-Second World War climate was that of tremendous transition and change for its people. The world was full of tension and uncertainty.

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The welfare state as a child of anxiety in postwar Western Europe

The aftermath of World War II saw massive changes in the global political climate philosophically, theoretically, and practically speaking.

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Effectiveness of voluntary versus mandatory diversity training programs

If we are to successfully change organizational members' attitudes and perceptions toward people from cultural groups other than their own, then we must start by examining how to effect that change so that it is implemented through all four layers of diversity.

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Economic globalization and the evolution of talent management practices

The modern day economic environment is the result of numerous processes of change. The end result is a complex economic climate characterized by varying degrees of governmental intervention, the promotion of markets regulated by demand and supply or by liberalization and globalization.

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Effective communication strategies in multicultural workplace environments

Communications technology has changed tremendously since the last working generation before the digital age. Two decades ago, the telephone was the primary means of business communication, with traditional postal mail relied upon for formal communications and those requiring an official record.

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Design science and organizational development framework

Organizational Design change is an important aspect of any organization. All organizations undergo time of change. Having the ability to manage and organize such changes is vitally important. Managers must be proactive as it pertains to the manner in which they pursue design change.

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