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China's economy in 1972 and Nixon's diplomatic visit

From the beginning of the Communist takeover of China in 1949, the Chinese leadership under Mao Tse Dong had instituted a series of failed economic policies. These policies had been designed to bring China's economy into the modern world; and compete with other nations.

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Managing change fatigue in health care facilities using Beaudan's framework

Over the last several years, a number of different leadership issues have arisen in the health care environment to include: a lack of coordination and improving the atmosphere of the facility.

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Obama's proposed revisions to No Child Left Behind legislation

As President Barack Obama -- along with his advisors in the Department of Education and elsewhere in the national educational leadership -- reviews the plusses and minuses of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), it is apparent that major changes in the legislation are in the offing.

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Global business challenges in culturally diverse markets

Business today moves in a globally integrated world. From corporate executive leadership, business support staff, to product production, marketing, and distribution, the business plan must incorporate the concept of a globally integrated business world.

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The United States as sole superpower after the Cold War

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world experienced a fundamental crisis of leadership: the world moved from a bipolar balance of power to a unitary balance of power.

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The principal's role as a human resources liaison in schools

The Florida Department of Education Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and Retention -- Principal Leadership Standards state that the school principal "…recruits, selects, nurtures, and where appropriate retains effective personnel as well as developing mentor and partnership programs and…

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Ideology and reform in Mao's communist China

Chinese politics has been heavily dependent on ideology and the prevailing ideology is clearly manifested in the political leadership and subsequently in the economic and social policies implemented by the government.

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Group development stages and facilitator responsibilities

Forming - the group first comes together and gets to know one another. Storming - vying for leadership and trial of the processes that will be used. Norming - reaching agreement on how the group is actually going to operate.

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Machiavelli's concept of virtue in The Prince

Published posthumously in 1532, Niccolo Machiavelli's the Prince offers succinct if not ruthless guidelines for leadership. The treatise exposes a political culture still extant centuries later: one rooted in the acquisition and maintenance of power and the preservation of the state.

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Hobbes's social contract theory and the concentration of power

A cursory definition of power might quickly pose the argument that such is founded upon the strength of leadership.

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