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The roles of Black women during slavery and Reconstruction

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Organizational change and cultural transformation at Arvin Industries

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Review of Getting Results: Five Absolutes for High Performance

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The Montessori Method in counselor educator training

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Task force implementation and matrix structure effectiveness

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