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Management hierarchy and operations at Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is a titan of the managed health care industry. Established in 1945, it has grown to enormous proportions, serving approximately 9 million members through the efforts of 180,600 employees. Such gigantic proportions and wide arrays of services necessitate complex management.

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Corporate governance and financial reporting timeliness in Russian banks

Delivering a financial report in a timely manner is quite important. Financial report becomes stale quickly, so informing while the information is still new and relevant is important. The longer one waits to post financial information, the less significant it is[footnoteRef:1].

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Fear appeals in mass communication: traps and effective strategies

What traps should communicators avoid in using fear appeals in their messages? Fear is an emotion and messages that appeal to emotions must tread not so much lightly, but rather, quite meticulously, especially when calling upon an emotion such as fear.

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Parents' selection of supplementary tutoring centres in Hong Kong using theory of planned behaviour

With reference to the above discussion, it can be apparently observed that the education industry in Hong Kong is quite expanded.

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The human element in information security governance and culture

People, process and technology are three things which are involved in information security. Biometrics, passwords and firewalls are some of the technical measures and these are not enough in justifying threats to information.

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Australian media representations of bipolar disorder and mental illness

In the 21st century, the age of the digital and social media revolutions, as well as the age that demands information, media, and technological literacy from the average person, it is becoming common and respected knowledge that all forms of media have the power to influence behavior and attitudes.

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SOPA and PIPA: balancing copyright protection against free speech rights

File sharing involving copyright infringement began as peer-to-peer operations, sometimes with the involvement of a central server that acts as a search engine.

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Obesity among adolescent girls in Saudi Arabia: Sports inequality and prevention

Obesity is one of the most rapidly escalating phenomena in the entire world. It is influencing the lifestyle and lifestyle choices of both adults and teenagers specifically young females across all ethnicities and races as well as social statures (World Health Organization [WHO], 2006).

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Internet technology and the myth of cultural decline

All print media including books, newspapers and magazines are in deep trouble today thanks to new developments in technology, as are traditional methods of classroom instruction and school curricula.

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Karl Marx's labor theory of value and surplus value

Karl Marx was a prolific German social philosopher who is renowned for his exceptional theories related to modern socialism and communism. Marx strongly believed that the recent times have changed the value of man.

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