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Divergent paths: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine as revolutionaries

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine both came from similar backgrounds and shared much commonality during their early years, however, each embarked on life paths from different perspectives.

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Fortune and virtue in Machiavelli's The Prince

Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli [...] relationship between "fortuna" and "virtu." How does Machiavelli use this relationship to construct his idea of politics?

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Tuckman's four stages of group dynamics and team development

Group issues usually revolve around conflicts, disagreements, personality clashes and different values of the members. It is important to understand what a group is before we can focus on group dynamics in an educational setting.

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Annotated bibliography of engineering ethics and corporate responsibility

This source is the current version of the ethical code of conduct of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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Information technology's impact on competitive strategy and operations

This work seeks to answer specific key question in relation to strategy and decision making in the it organization with focus on core operations and core strategy within the company.

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Human resource management's evolving role in corporate strategy and performance

These companies have been busy recreating and expanding the functions and roles of the department of Human Resource Management.

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Similarities and differences in the lives of Jesus and Mohammed

The lives of Jesus and Mohammed have interesting similarities and differences. Both came out of relative obscurity to found major world religions.

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Pope John Paul II's courage, dignity, and faith

Habemus Papa" -- we have a Pope. In 1978, the Council of Cardinals looked upon a world that was half slave, half free -- half communist (or dominated by another form of tyranny) and half democratic -- and proclaimed in the ancient Latin phrase that 'we have a Pope.' The Vatican Council had elected…

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Resolving conflict in a newly formed work group

The department work group was recently set up to manage daily operations within the department. After several weeks of operating, the work group is in a severe state of conflict.

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Ms. Aloe Cathin and the Open Lotus Charter School's constructivist model

This case study examines the case of Ms. Aloe Cathin, the principle of the Open Lotus Charter School. This school includes grades seven through twelve.

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