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Regulation of cigarette and liquor advertising on television

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Corporate communications and cross-cultural exchange: an Alcoa perspective

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Max Neiman's defense of big government against American anti-government sentiment

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Economics and interdisciplinary understanding through retail experience

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The Enron scandal and business ethics corruption in America

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Listening and compromise: conflict resolution in organizations

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Language diversity and critical thinking in Eastern and Western cultures

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Russia's political and economic challenges under Putin's presidency

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Communicating IT value through cost-benefit analysis and organizational alignment

Although technology's importance is acknowledged in most organizational rhetoric, this does not discount the need for members of Informational Technology departments to communicate the particular vitality and integrity of IT to their specific organization's mission, values, and goals.

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