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Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda leaders' motivations for anti-Western violence

top al-Qai'da leaders, living or dead, and determine the reasons why they chose to participate in violence against the U.S./West

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Improving supervisor-employee communication at Kongsberg Automotive

Bono, Foldes, Vinson and Muros (2007) performed an experience sampling study, examining how organizational leaders affect the emotional experiences of their employees. Health care workers were surveyed four time per day, for two weeks, in this study.

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Biblical approaches to personal crisis intervention and counseling

There are numerous ways to define a crisis. It may occur on an individual level, a community level, a societal level, or in the worst cases in a regional or country level, even on the global level, although thankfully rare.

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Weber's bureaucratic model in contemporary organizations

Many scholars have criticized the bureaucratic form of organization as originally outlined by Max Weber. Give an example of each of the key elements of bureaucracy as you see them reflected in contemporary organizations.

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Communication methods of only children in China under the one-child policy

"the family is an extraordinarily rich context or gathering information on human social behavior" (Floyd & Haynes, 2005, p. 79).

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Western scholarship's portrayal of Prophet Muhammad before September 11, 2001

Prior to September 11, 2001, few Western observers might have given more than a casual look at the Islamic faith because the religion and its prophet, Muhammad, had little bearing on their personal lives.

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Self-directed work teams: implementation and organizational impact

Self-directed work teams are becoming increasingly popular in both manufacturing and service organizations, because of their positive characteristics of focusing on team contributions and solutions, collaboration, continuous improvement, competency and positive results to productivity.

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American perceptions versus global views of the United States

People Hate America? At the heart of this book seems to be not so much why people actually hate America, but how the American people are not as in tune with the reality of life in other countries as they claim to be.

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Authorship and purpose of the Letter to the Hebrews

The Letter to the Hebrews culminates the beliefs of Christianity. It established Jesus Christ as the author and founder of the Christian movement. It establishes Christ's position as a divine entity that humbled himself to become human.

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The stigma and social consequences of mental illness labeling

Mental Illness: What's in a Label? In a civil society, everyone is expected to adhere to certain set of "norms." Those that do not adhere to the prescribed norms are labeled and abnormal. Public knowledge about mental illness is at a level never before experienced in any society.

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