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Corporate governance failures at CITIC Pacific's foreign exchange loss

Exposure to foreign exchange risks that led to significant damages to the profits of Citic Pacific, which is the Hong King branch of China's CITIC Group, went unannounced for six weeks, leaving investors quite understandably angry with the company and its leadership.

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Saatchi & Saatchi's balanced scorecard restructuring strategy in the 1990s

What was the situation for Saatchi & Saatchi in the mid 1990s? The management team adopted an approach that was primarily two-pronged: the financial perspective and the customer perspective. In terms of the financial perspective, what goals did the new leadership set for the company?

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George Orwell's politicization of sports, literature, and writing

George Orwell's legacy in literature can be reflected in his great novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, two political satire novels that criticized the basic foundations of political systems prevalent during his time (mid-20th century), specifically, Stalinism/socialist-communist leadership…

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Social psychology: an empirical science and social discipline

In doing so, it applies scientific methods to measure how a variety of different factors such as group behavior, social perception, leadership, conformity, aggression and prejudice serve to affect how members of society relate to each other.

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FedEx Corporation's business segments and financial performance analysis

Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy, operations excellence, or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion?

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French decolonization and the Algerian War crisis

When France was conquered by the Germans in 1940, it had a profound effect on France's global empire. French colonies were split between the Vichy government, based in France, and the Free French under the leadership of Charles DeGaulle.

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Gender diversity and groupthink in Canadian corporate boardrooms

Having women in the Canadian boardroom has been an issue for a long time because the boardroom has been known as a man's place. For example, women are disadvantaged by gender stereo typing and hence will not get an opportunity for career advancement into more senior leadership role.

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U.S. counterterrorism strategy and bioweapon threats after 9/11

The U.S.A faces a continued security threat from countries of Arab origin. This could be the most likely reason that prompted America to particularly make a strategic decision to disarm Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein as he was seen to be pursuing the manufacture of weapons of mass…

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Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" versus Gospel representations of Jesus

Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" has afforded one of the most controversial, one might say anti-Semitic, depictions of the Israeli leadership of Jesus' nation and age.

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Managers as change agents and mediators in twenty-first century organizations

The dynamic nature of management in the twenty-first century developed with the emergence of new technologies and innovations, which has radically changed the kind of management and leadership prevalently used at present.

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