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Elton Mayo and Kurt Lewin's foundations of participative management

Today's international world of business is too complex and competitive for an authoritative approach to management. In order to succeed, companies need the support and expertise of its employees. Businesses are being redesigned to be flatter, so decisions are made by people close to the action.

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Career development at TIAA-CREF: fifteen years as customer service specialist

Concrete Experience. In 1991, I accepted a position as a customer service specialist with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Associated, College Retirement Equity Funds (TIAA-CREF) in New York, New York which I still maintain today.

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The magic bullet theory and its limitations in mass communication

"Agenda setting scholars corroborate the fact that our dependence on the media for news and information has shaped and reinforced our perceptions of the world around us.

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Propaganda, resistance, and human nature in Steinbeck's The Moon is Down

John Steinbeck's 1942 novel The Moon is Down can be interpreted as a propaganda piece, aimed at emboldening and comforting the conquered peoples of Europe during the Second World War.

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Spontaneous remission and natural recovery from addiction

Spontaneous remission from addiction is often referred to under different titles. These include, natural recovery, maturing out, and unassisted change.

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Arguments for capital punishment as a deterrent and justice mechanism

Capital punishment while being a deterrent against crime enables justice for the victim and society and saves costs. At the same time it does not wrongly execute minorities or the innocent, and hence capital punishment is to be implemented.

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Organizational culture and its role in successful change management

The concept of culture: What is it and how do we measure it? An extensive all-round consensus is existent regarding the broad description of organizational culture and majority of the survey describe culture as: a collection of cognitions shared by members of a social component, or more wholly: a…

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The Gospel of Mark: earliest narrative of Jesus's ministry

Often regarded as the earliest of the four Gospels, the Book of Mark was written within perhaps thirty years of the time of Christ's death and alleged resurrection.

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Corporate social responsibility in consumer advertising imagery

The last few decades have seen the emergence of two trends that have important implications for the field of consumer advertising.

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Mark's authorship and reliability in early Christian tradition

According to Christian tradition, Mark, who served as both interpreter and disciple of Peter, took responsibility to write down the teachings of his pedagogue after both his and Paul's death.

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