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Jack J. Phillips's accountability framework for human resources management

Phillips, Jack J. (1999) Accountability in Human Resources Management. New York: Butterworth-Heinemann In his text, Accountability in Human Resources Management, the human resources management analyst and guru Jack J.

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Taking charge in a new leadership role: lessons from Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins

Right from the Start Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role, by Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins, begins with the cautionary tale of a young man, Andy, who had been hired as president of the company and heir apparent to the CEO.

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Nellie McClung's maternal feminism and prairie ideology in In Times Like These

Nellie McClung's book In Times Like These chronicles the struggles of common, Canadian women on the frontier in a series of speeches and essays by the author that were intended for the public at large or the audience of suffrage and temperance organizations.

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Joseph Campbell's hero's journey in mythology and contemporary fiction

Joseph Campbell was a scholar who studied mythology and believed that diverse myths from all over the world tell the same basic "archetypal" story.

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Fee and Stuart's guide to biblical hermeneutics and contemporary interpretation

Fee, Gordon D. & Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. New York: Zondervan Publishing Company, 1993. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth is written as a practical, hands-on guide for persons interested in biblical hermeneutics.

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Daoism as the way of life and meditation

To those of us living in Western Culture, there is a tendency to view Eastern religious traditions as somewhat abstract and metaphysical in their traditions of ideology and worship.

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The leadership and legacy of General David Petraeus

David Howell Petraeus, born November 7, 1952, is a former American military and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012.

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Socrates' recollection theory and the problem of the soul in Plato's Phaedo

Phaedo, Plato relates Socrates' final teachings before he goes to his death, including Socrates' arguments for the existence of an eternal, immortal human soul.

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Gender stereotypes in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Rational: This is an introduction to the gender issues which were so prevalent in the Victorian era, and a backdrop to show why they still exist today and the harm they can inflict.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton's advocacy for women's suffrage and equal rights

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speech before the United States Senate in 1892 was the first major awakening of women receiving the right to vote, thus validating the equal rights for all people as written in the United States Constitution.

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