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Obama's proposed revisions to No Child Left Behind legislation

As President Barack Obama -- along with his advisors in the Department of Education and elsewhere in the national educational leadership -- reviews the plusses and minuses of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), it is apparent that major changes in the legislation are in the offing.

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Global business challenges in culturally diverse markets

Business today moves in a globally integrated world. From corporate executive leadership, business support staff, to product production, marketing, and distribution, the business plan must incorporate the concept of a globally integrated business world.

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The United States as sole superpower after the Cold War

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world experienced a fundamental crisis of leadership: the world moved from a bipolar balance of power to a unitary balance of power.

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The principal's role as a human resources liaison in schools

The Florida Department of Education Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and Retention -- Principal Leadership Standards state that the school principal "…recruits, selects, nurtures, and where appropriate retains effective personnel as well as developing mentor and partnership programs and…

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Ideology and reform in Mao's communist China

Chinese politics has been heavily dependent on ideology and the prevailing ideology is clearly manifested in the political leadership and subsequently in the economic and social policies implemented by the government.

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Group development stages and facilitator responsibilities

Forming - the group first comes together and gets to know one another. Storming - vying for leadership and trial of the processes that will be used. Norming - reaching agreement on how the group is actually going to operate.

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Hobbes's social contract theory and the concentration of power

A cursory definition of power might quickly pose the argument that such is founded upon the strength of leadership.

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Government corruption and the media: the Watergate scandal

As globalization leads us towards a world economy, it becomes necessary to consider leadership in the world community. One of the most prevalent problems associated with leadership today is the problem of government corruption at every level of the spectrum.

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New product development in the Bank of Scotland's SAM vehicles

The factors for success in new product development range from large-scale macroeconomic considerations to specific organizational values and even individual leadership capabilities.

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Catherine Wallace's theory of women's spiritual growth at midlife

Women, Midlife, and Leadership. In Gleanings: Readings at the Intersection of Culture and Faith, Catherine Wallace suggests that several factors in contemporary society combine to make midlife a pivotal period in the lives of women today, much more so than in previous generations.

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