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Organizational culture and leadership in the U.S. military

The competitive edge that the U.S. military continuously enjoy is greatly linked to its strong corporate culture in the entire nation. U.S. military was built on three fundamental beliefs of significant capabilities in both defense and power projection.

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Online marketing and social innovation in global corporations

It is clear that online marketing is becoming popular in all global corporations. Just as most things in life have shown significant progress, companies such as Wal-Mart and Apple are seeking for convenience.

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Leadership influence methods and essential characteristics of effective leaders

Leadership is a complex process involving the ability of an individual to inspire, motivate and redirect ways of thinking. It refers to the ability to bring out the best in oneself and others.

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The abortion debate: pro-life, pro-choice, and feminist perspectives

The Pro-Life (Judeo/Christian) Perspective: God is the author of life and controls how that life will be dispensed. This is true of both birth and death. It is not the responsibility of the individual to either begin their life or to end it because the life is not theirs it is God's.

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Chris Gardner's entrepreneurship in The Pursuit of Happyness

The movie The Pursuit of Happyness tells the story of a single father who runs into significant difficulty in his life and then pulls himself out of that difficulty with hard work and innovation to become a success.

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The enduring popularity and social satire of John Gay's Beggar's Opera

Why has the Beggar's Opera remained popular with theatergoers for so long? Fair enough question for something that's been around for the past 275 years. A considerable life for any play that depicted the society of when it was originally performed.

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The sacred mission of universities in developing imagination, skill, and compassion

Lawton believes, a sacred place where you find "your imagination, develop your skills, and enrich your compassion," then it has an enormous task in the world as we know it today. In the world as we know it today, the very term sacred is on the endangered species list.

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Robert Blatchford's argument that free will is an environmental delusion

In life, one of the most fundamental philosophies is the idea of freewill. This is when each person has the ability to make their own choices that will support or hurt them in the future. Robert Blatchford (1994) believes that free will is based upon the environment and hereditary factors.

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Abraham Lincoln's leadership style and management by walking around philosophy

Leadership can be defined as "a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" (Northouse, 2011, p. 6). A great leader, therefore, has the ability to get his subordinates working together towards the achievement of a common vision.

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Path-goal leadership theory and employee autonomy at J.P. Morgan Chase

Morgan Chase is the world's largest investment banking firm "with $2.3 trillion in assets, $1.1 trillion in deposits and approximately 260,000 employees" (Heineman 2013).

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