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Skimmington and rough music riots in England and colonial North America

The winds of revolution were already in the air and there was still clear evidence in the late 18th and early 19th century that when enough people believe they are being treated unfairly, they will react with a vengeance to set things right.

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Human resource management in international joint ventures: A cultural analysis

International joint ventures rise important problems for human resource management and evidence for this fact has been put forth by the recent international management literature (Geringer & Frayne, 1990; Gantinsky & Watske, 1990; Zeira & Shenkar, 1990;Bleeke & Ernst, 1991; Yuen & Kee, 1993;…

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The American civil rights movement's transformative impact on society

During the 1950s, the NAACP had to fight for the right of African-American children to go to the same public schools as white children in the South (252). It was considered a radical statement for Martin Luther King Jr.

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Alcoa's vertical integration strategy and value chain management

Alcoa is one of the global leaders in the production of alumina, aluminum and the coordination of supply chains specifically for the natural materials used for creating these products.

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Sociological causes of the glass ceiling phenomenon in workplaces

The disparities in terms of opportunities, advancement and position between men and women in the workplace are a well-known and much debated issue in sociological discourse.

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Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Challenge: mobilizing others to achieve organizational success

The book by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner - the Leadership Challenge - has launched these two management and HR consultants into a highly visible and very successful position as "experts" on leadership.

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Television and video games' effects on children's cognitive development

It is an undisputed fact that all that surrounds us have an effect on the way we think and behave. We are born in a world where every existing thing is a stimulus, a special invitation to react and explore, to respond to its more or less obvious calling.

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Humanistic and behaviorist approaches to classroom learning and education

The process of learning has not ceased to attract both researchers and educational practitioners. However, due to the fact that learning is such a complex phenomenon, no theory of learning has been widely accepted (Uljens, 1992).

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Outsourcing versus protectionism in the American economy

There is a balanced amount of research on the advantages and disadvantages of offshore outsourcing, with the experts taking the most balanced view citing the dangers of protectionism that any snap judgment of outsourcing may bring on.

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The collapse of Soviet communism: causes and contributing factors

Communism Fail? To the general public one of the greatest shocks at the end of the twentieth century was the demise of the power of the Soviet Union. "the greatest surprise of the end of the twentieth century has been the suddenness and completeness of the Soviet system's collapse.

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