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Critical thinking and decision-making for managers

Critical thinking is the rationally closely controlled process of aggressively and competently conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and assessing information gathered from observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

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Just in time inventory management in manufacturing systems

Internet-based applications, commerce, financing and accounting have exposed static IT acquisitions and the operating environments involved require fresh and revised processes and procedures to tackle and solve the vigorous reflux and rush of capacity, function, service, and support conditions.

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Transformational leadership and change management at Cincom Systems

New developments in an industry are as disruptive as the fundamental re-ordering of their economics with a corresponding shift in the balance of political power that defines boundaries of influence.

~16 min read

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Marketing management strategies and evolution from the 1980s onward

This paper intends to explore the changes and shifts in the marketing environment from the 1980's to present in light of the changes and adaptations that management has been faced with in the past two decades.

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Internal accounting controls and fraud prevention in healthcare facilities

In the healthcare workplace, there are many control measures put into place that must be used in order to protect the welfare of the patients and the workers who care for them. One of the specific healthcare areas in which internal controls are seen is accounting.

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Deregulation, financial architecture, and the 2008 economic crisis

What were the immediate and long-term causes of the current political economic crisis? Today's economic and financial crisis began in the rich world particularly in the U.S.A. It has been referred to as a financial meltdown, storm or credit crunch.

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Fiscal and monetary policy in Keynesian and Austrian economic theory

There are numerous issues that governments must refer to when developing the strategy that the budget must be based on. Such issues are represented by fiscal and monetary policies.

~34 min read

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Continental Airlines' innovative approach to customer service and marketing

Continental Airline has evolved as all other major players in the aviation industry have, through the challenges and changes of a global economy.

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The author's journey from rejecting samurai philosophy to understanding her father's seppuku

I suppose I became a modern Samurai through the experience of my father's death. My father belonged to the old school of Samurai philosophy -- a way of life that I despised for one reason - he committed ritual suicide known to the Samurai as Seppuku, or Hara-kiri. I remember the day that he died.

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John W. Dean's critique of Bush-Cheney secrecy and American education

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, by John W. Dean: Implications for Modern American Education

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