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The recent global financial crisis that hit America the hardest affected almost all industries and sectors, including the fast food industry.

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Henri Fayol and Frederick Taylor's contributions to modern management theory

It was only at the inception of the twentieth century that the fundamentals of 'modern management' were detailed by Henri Fayol and Frederick W. Taylor.

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Benchmarking opportunities and challenges in organizational improvement

The first question to be asked is what benchmarking can do for any organization. The process of benchmarking permits the entire organization to identify, share and use the knowledge that exists within the organization as also the best practices prevalent within the organization.

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Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement

The story of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is the story of America's most important civil rights leader. He was responsible for significantly raising the nation's awareness over civil rights issues and for working to have the federal government pass some comprehensive legislation over them.

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Customer service strategies and retention in modern organizations

It was during the early years of the 1990's that several important trends developed and these tended to dominate the organizations of that time. Some of them were globalization, and deregulation, and an amazingly rapid technological progress.

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Workplace conflict causes and productive management approaches

Professional conflicts are encountered quite commonly. Irrespective of its causes like owner disagreements, personal matters, issues with regard to vendor relations, client issues or competitive conditions, our professional lives provide ample opportunities to handle it.

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The decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan during World War II

During World War II, a mid-20th-century conflict that involved several nations, the United States military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Wikipedia, 2005).

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Comparing the Macheteros and Tupamaros as domestic terrorist organizations

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Charles B. Handy's organizational culture framework analysis

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The impact of quality preschool programs on child development and family outcomes

Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth, and take so little care of your children, to whom one day you must relinquish it all?" - Socrates

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