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Contemporary Australian social movements: from radicalism to compromise

The intercession of information technology proliferation (i.e. internet, cellular phones, handheld mobile communication devices) with the intensification of globalization has had the impact of transforming the way in which states relate to one another.

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Management of office romance in contemporary organizations

The contemporaneous era is with any doubt the most challenging one in which to be an organizational leader.

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Sacramental life in Roman Catholic theology and practice

In the New American Bible translation issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), John 1:14 gives us the greatest mystery in the universe when it proclaims "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." How could God come and live amongst…

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Development and implementation of an evidence-based congestive heart failure protocol at Village Hospital

The site of my Practicum was Village Hospital (VH), a young hospital that recently opened in 2008. The objective of the practicum was to develop and disseminate an evidence-based practice (EBP) congestive heart failure (CHF) protocol that would support nurse-sensitive outcome data.

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Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism in Eastern Zhou Dynasty thought

The Chinese society during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was dominated by controversies regarding reform. The general public could not agree on a particular system of restructuring because people had diverging opinions, fueled by influential schools of thought that existed during the period.

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Quality management and real estate consolidation at NAVFAC

Given the large increase in the availability and reliability of communications technologies, the consolidation of real estate that has been proposed as an initial measure in the cost savings and quality management plan should not be difficult for NAVFAC to achieve.

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European settlement and statehood in Alabama's early history

The yellow hammer state as popularly known by Americans has a rich history of its inception; it's involvement in civil rights movement, the great politicians from the state, and the pride of a great university.

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Apple Inc.'s four Cs: company, competition, collaborators, and customers

Apple is one of the oracular companies of Silicon Valley that rose up as the icon of personal computing and in the recent years has seen tremendous success since the return of Steven P. Jobs who opened it up for horizons far beyond the desktop.

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Performance-based accountability systems in managing for results

Any quality improvement initiative requires some type of formal and informal monitoring process so that progress can be evaluated over time.

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Organizational change methods at DuPont: development, inquiry, and sense-making

The Organizational Development method of change is most visible in this case study in terms of the NASCAR metaphor that was used to reorganize and re-theorize each individual's role within the organization.

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