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California's employment-at-will doctrine and its statutory exceptions

A lot of controversy surrounds the question of whether California is still an at-will state given all the exceptions it has made to the doctrine over the last few decades.

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Ethical dimensions of the 2008 financial crisis and corporate culture

The 2008 financial meltdown has been rated as the worst global economic crisis after the Great Depression of 1930. It shook the financial fabric of all the nations regardless of their economic status. It also led to the closure of most of the world's renowned banks and other financial institutions.

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Corporate culture messaging at BP, Chevron, and ExxonMobil

I decided to look at the corporate culture at BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil. The corporate culture at BP has come under fire for emphasizing cost-cutting over things like safety and the environment (Hays, 2013), so the company has had to take a look at how it defines its corporate culture.

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The PIVOT Initiative and six sigma implementation at Midwest Bank

Finding the basic problem was easier said than done. As an example, initially, not much significance was attached to the errors caused by manual strapping. There was no evidence of a pattern until multitudes of graphical analyses were performed.

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Starbucks' tax avoidance strategy and UK headquarters relocation

The United Kingdom is one of the largest markets in the world for Starbucks, with over 700 stores, by far the largest in Europe.

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Competitive strategies of Apple and Samsung in the global electronics market

Apple is the global trendsetter in the electronic industry with its tablets, smart phones and computers. The computer manufacture were their core strength for a long time, but it gained momentum in other tech segments later as well.

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Uber's employee classification dispute and contractor staffing problems

Strategic Human Resource Management explains the purpose and strategies that an enterprise leverages, to accomplish objectives through individuals. It incorporates that human capital is a prominent source to have competitive advantage in a market.

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Four leadership models and their theoretical frameworks

In statistics, probability is the chance of prediction and tells how likely the event will happen. This is determined by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the number of possible outcomes.

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Oren Harari's analysis of Colin Powell's leadership principles and practices

Collin Powel is considered to have been one of the most successful leaders at his level. It is rare to find parallel leadership models among the military. However, according to an exposition by Harari, Collin postulates that leadership has more to do with responsibility than privilege and rank.

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Baldrige core values and their impact on organizational performance

Baldrige vales have driven the performance, productivity and excellence agenda for many American businesses for over a decade now. The quality program from Baldrige called Baldrige Quality Program has given the public sector the model for self-assessment and improvement strategies.

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