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The Tyco fraud scandal: executives' illegal loans and corporate oversight failures

In the case study on Tyco, the author is discussing the overall scope of the fraud and the way it took place. This is accomplished through establishing a timeline of events that outlines the activities of key perpetrators.

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How personality traits and Freud's theory shape leadership effectiveness

Personality most certainly has an impact on a person's leadership style, effectiveness, and overall competence. And clearly the personality traits shown by leaders impact underlings and employees in numerous ways.

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Maintaining brand equity through measurement and advertising strategies

Brand equity has been defined as the power generated by a given brand in the market over the years. A product, which has a powerful brand name, normally experiences higher sales and profit margins than other players in the market.

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Advanced practice nursing roles and clinical responsibilities

In the last few decades, advance nursing has emerged as a healthcare system to provide better and expertise services in nursing fraternity.

~11 min read

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Factors affecting success and failure in mergers and acquisitions

It would seem, as a result of the literature analysis, that the one of factors behind the increasing number of mergers and acquisitions that may be observed today is the prospect of increasing market share and profitability via this more appealing method, rather then to rely on the sole effects of…

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The Tyco scandal: Kozlowski and Swartz's corporate fraud

The author speaks about the fall of former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, and Mark Swartz former chief financial officer who were both found guilty by a Manhattan jury on June 17th, 2005. They had both without the shareholders knowledge had taken loans from the company of around $170 million.

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David Von Drehle's Triangle: worker dignity and labor reform

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle. Specifically it will contain a commentary on the book, and discuss the theme of the book that even though the city and the country mourned the victims, it took over 100 years for them all to be truly identified, and some victim's names…

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Employee turnover in service sector organizations

All organizations require employees to make them a success and this function is considered as important as finance, machinery and land for running the organization successfully.

~49 min read

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Canadian border security and privacy rights after September 11

This paper presents a detailed examination of issues surrounding borders and customs in Canada following the events of 9-11. The writer explores changes that have taken place and the impact of those changes on the privacy of Canadian citizens.

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Building customer-centric call centers through systems and processes

The managing of customer experiences and the quantification of those strategies through SERVQUAL (Parasuraman, Zeithaml, Berry, 1991) ((Parasuraman, et.al.) for example is providing a strong, scalable foundation for ascertaining just how an organization can consistently deliver exceptional customer…

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