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Types and prevention of computer crimes including child pornography

As computers and the Internet continue to grow in popularity and the world turns toward globalization, computer crime has quickly become a major concern for businesses, government agencies and individuals.

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Managing employee performance decline at the Lackawanna Police Department

SCENARIO: John Jones is a long-term employee of the Lackawanna Police Department. During his first ten years on the force, John was enthusiastic about his job and was promoted quickly. Within the last year, however, John's performance has deteriorated.

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Babbitt as representative of American upper-middle-class society

Lewis Sinclair's Babbitt is anything but an ordinary character and this is evident from the fact that Babbitt is now part of our general vocabulary. As Hutchison notes, "Babbitt" has become a term in our vocabulary for the philistine businessman" (Pg. 7).

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Benefits and drawbacks of high school athletic programs

Abbott, W. Butterfield, S.A. (1990). Preparation of interscholastic coaches in Maine: A review of boys' and girls' basketball. Maine Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 3,79-90 Astin, A.W., Tsui, L., and Avalos, J. (1996).

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Cultural change at Sunflower Electric Power Corporation through servant leadership

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation certainly had compelling circumstances that motivated management to pursue cultural change. Having recently undergone debt restructuring and charges of mismanagement and corruption, employee morale was at an all-time low.

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Leadership transition and organizational change at Callaway Golf

Loosing a company CEO can be like a large family loosing a father. The driving force of the entire organization is suddenly gone, and the group is faced with discovering just how much they all relied on, and looked to the departed leader for guidance.

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Chinese identity and honor in nineteenth-century American Chinatowns

The Chinese people place high regard on tradition, honor, and the ongoing nature of personal relationships to both of these cultural imperatives in order to establish their own identity in the world.

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Japan's postwar reconstruction and economic miracle, 1945-1952

Devastated by the Allies in World War II, Japan has emerged as one of the world's most economically and technologically advanced societies today.

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Factors influencing organizational change and development implementation

This is an article on various aspects of change with special emphasis on the factors for change and subsequent OD activities. It has 11 sources.

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Ethical violations and broken promises in the Jackpot.com scandal

The letter is addressed to Mr. Gross, founder of the Idealab Corporation and therefore one of the chief parties involved in the scandal being discussed. The writer of the letter is obviously displeased with the way that Mr. Gross handled his previous ventures, namely Jackpot.com.

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