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The HR department's role in organizational strategic planning and productivity

For centuries, organizations have functioned without placing interest on their employees, but starting with the 18th century, both companies as well as the specialized literature have pointed out the vital role of the human resource.

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Advertising's effect on consumer purchase behavior across age groups

In general, qualitative research looks to gain an in-depth understanding of both human behavior and the reasons for human behavior. In other words, qualitative research focuses on the why and the how of decision making.

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Ethical theories of animal treatment and moral consideration

Ethics and morality have consistently been topics of concern in our society. Concerns about ethics and morality also extend to matters associated with the treatment of animals.

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Pan-Africanism and decolonization of Kenya and Zimbabwe

Of the numerous and complex surrounding the decolonizing of the British empire in Africa, the influence African states under the British had on one another throughout the process is of particular interest, because it is a subject that has not been widely explored to date.

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Touring promotional association rebranding strategy through PR intervention

The organization which benefited from the PR company's services was the Touring Promotional Association (TPA).

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Anger management programs for at-risk teenagers in schools

Tom Mashberg writes about teens who meet once a week in Boston MA to address the explosive anger they have inside them in his newspaper article: "Breaking chains of anger challenges teens in therapy." (Mashberg, 2000, ¶ 1) Jesska, 13, carries Bic lighters with her and burns herself, along with…

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Voltaire, Rousseau, and Kant: philosophers of the Age of Reason

The Age of Reason is generally considered a separate movement in 17th and early 18th Century Europe, which preceded - and led into - the Age of Enlightenment; it is also commonplace to approach both eras as having overlapping boundaries - and hence, they are more often than not joined as one…

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Extreme weather events and ocean warming as evidence of global warming

Many of these weather patterns are related to El Nino or La Nina storms, which are two-to-eight-year weather patterns where changing wind streams pick up warm surface water from the oceans and increases humidity, according to Tim Flannery in his 2005 book The Weather Makers.

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Contrasting visions: John Smith and William Bradford on New England settlement

John Smith's purpose in his writing is clearly to get people to come to America from England. He describes the lands as vast and full of animals to hunt for either pleasure, food, or luxury.

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Utilitarian ethics and the greatest-happiness principle

Ethics is a moral philosophy that attempts to discover a systematic understanding of the nature of morality and what it requires of people -- which, in Socrates's words, would simply come down to "how we ought to live" -- and why (Rachels & Rachels 2009). But, who is to say how one ought to live?

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