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Motivating low-performing customer service employees through trust

As the supervisor of a team of six employees, my responsibility was to ensure the highest levels of customer service were delivered to each customer, regardless of their request for service over the telephone, Internet or via e-mail.

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Ohio corrections reform through multi-agency just deserts collaboration

The orientation of our government is essentially a composite of agencies whose capacity to function both independently and in concert with one another serves as a key determinant of the effectiveness of the policy implementation of our public officials, the dexterity of the government in engaging…

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Elderly voting patterns in the 2008 presidential election

Elderly Voting Trends and the Current Election There is an election in the United States which is fast-approaching and which bucks the trend of recent history wherewith it can be said that the two candidates are virtual mirror images of one another.

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Executive compensation in cases of corporate failure: Pfizer, United Health Group, and Exxon

Corporate governance refers to the way in which directors and auditors manage their responsibilities towards shareholders.

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Breast ironing in Cameroon: cultural practice and health consequences

Sexual mutilations have a long and controversial history. Sexual mutilations include a diverse variety of practices, including male circumcision, breast removal, clitorectomy, female genital mutilations, castration, cosmetic surgeries targeting sexual organs, and breast ironing.

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Declining fertility rates and population aging in twentieth-century developed nations

An insight into the declining fertility rate in the Twentieth Century can be gleaned from a report from the New York Times in 1987; "Births totaled 3,731,000, down 18,000 from 1985.

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How cell phone service providers can appeal to baby boomers

Advertising creatives frequently distort representations of Boomers and other "real" people in TV commercials.

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Ronald Reagan's leadership development and influence on America

Specifically it will study this leader and describe his development, methods of influencing others, values, traits, and behavior. Ronald Reagan, motion picture actor, politician, one of the best-loved presidents in recent history, was known as a great leader and political leader.

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Dick Grasso's NYSE compensation and executive character in leadership

Dick Grasso was paid compensation that was deemed to be excessive. Grasso's compensation at one point was in the same ballpark as what the NYSE made. The scandal had poor optics - it looked bad on the NYSE to have paid their top executive so much.

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Ethical leadership failure in the subprime mortgage crisis

The foundation of the American financial system is home ownership. Spending on the construction of a home, furnishing it, maintaining and reselling it is the most valuable asset the majority of Americans have in their investment portfolios, in addition to being an essential catalyst of the American…

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