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The role of fear and benchmarking in project management

No matter what role you are playing in an organization, allowing fear to play a major part in your decision-making process is never a good idea. On the other hand, fear can also be a useful tool. For project managers, finding the best balance between healthy and unhealthy fear is necessary.

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University internal governance through corporation, collegium, and community

Internal government is based upon the structure of the university as a corporation, collegium, and community. This "trinity" is addressed by James Downey (1996, p.74), in its capacity as contributing to the central "idea" of the university. This is a particularly important aspect of my University.

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Treacy and Wieresma's value disciplines and Porter's generic strategies

Treacy and Wieresma characterize corporate strategy along one of three lines that they term "value disciplines." These are operational excellence, product leadership, and customer intimacy. Operational excellence refers to superb operations and excellence.

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Group cohesion and maintenance roles in families

The study of group dynamics reveals the tremendous importance of individual social roles of group members.

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Leader-Member Exchange theory and organizational bias

Help or hindrance in organizational improvement? Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX) or Vertical Dyad Linkage Theory analyzes group relations in terms of how the construction of an inner circle generates power within an organization.

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Gender barriers and the double bind for single mothers in the workplace

The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard" Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century).

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Balancing mistake tolerance and organizational innovation success

Innovation requires allowing people to make mistakes. However, being wrong too many times can be fatal. Do you agree? Why or why not? What are the implications for nurturing innovation? Answer all parts of the question.

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Cross-cultural communication skills development through international cooperative work

Coming from the Middle East to study and work in the United States, I have come to appreciate how much of an impact cultural background and cultural norms in communication.

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Cultural sensitivity and globalization in international business

As the year 2009 is ushered in by violence in Gaza and a struggling global economy, the importance of globalization and the global civil society cannot be emphasized enough.

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Cultural differences in American and Japanese managerial styles

Managerial styles reflect the culture in which they developed. It is not surprising that the work experiences and values of American and Japanese managers differ in a number of aspects. This has become an important issue as the multinational company becomes more common.

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