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Patrick Lencioni's five temptations of the CEO analyzed

With the proliferation of social networks, instant celebrity from Facebook, Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets, these temptations are for many CEOs never been stronger.

~14 min read

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3,611 words

General Motors' recovery strategy following its 2009 bankruptcy

General Motors was taken over by the United States government in the spring of 2009 after filing the second-largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States.

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Using sociograms to identify leaders and popularity in group dynamics

As we observe different people in different positions to determine their interaction with each other we can clearly determine who the leader of a group is, who the person most others go to is, and who the person to whom nobody relates to is.

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Principal hiring practices and superintendent selection criteria

Within contemporary American public education, there are many variables that determine the nature and quality of educational instruction and institutional management. Undoubtedly, one of the most important is the school principal.

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Root causes of Chattanooga Ice Cream Company's sales decline

The Chattanooga Ice Cream Company is one of three divisions of the Chattanooga Food Corporation, founded in 1936 by the grandfather of its current division president, Charlie Moore (Sloane, 2003).

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Dell's business model and competitive challenges in 2008

For its entire existence, Dell has operated with the same strategy. The company is a differentiated producer of personal computers. The focal point of Dell's differentiation is that it custom-builds the computers to order.

~10 min read

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Disney Pixar and the third renaissance of animated film

The Disney name has both enjoyed periods of immense success and widespread acclaim and has endured stretches of quality decline, reputation tarnishing and management shakeup.

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Evaluating the credibility and authority of the AONE Institute website

Being a company-owned Website, the AONE information is not credited to a single author. However, there are two links under "About the Institute," which include lists of names for the staff and advisory board associated with the institute.

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Comparing Lewin's, Bridges', and Bennis's models of organizational change

Innovation and change are threads that run through all organization in spite of industry, size, and age. With today's globalization, organizational change is inevitable.

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Factors in the increasing empowerment of American non-commissioned officers

The objective of this work is to analyze the three most important factors that have led to the ever-increasing empowerment of the American Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) over time.

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