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Oncken and Wass's monkey-on-the-back theory of managerial time management

Oncken, W. & Wass, D.L. (1999). Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey? Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 1999. Many are the times managers find themselves overwhelmed by tasks, responsibilities, and duties in the workplace.

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Local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that swept the entire Caribbean world across the Coastal towns of America in October 2012. This storm led to early deaths, massive loss of power and thousands became homeless. Damages occasioned by this storm can be estimated in billions of dollars.

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Cincom Systems' social media strategy and executive targeting approach

Cincom Systems, a privately-held enterprise software company who is very active on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and has an extensive blog network relies on social media sites to share customer success stories and the latest updates on events the company is participating in.

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Economic tradeoffs of outsourcing: Wal-Mart and American jobs

Outsourcing is generally conducted for the benefit of the individual firm, but often creates negative outcomes for the economy at large. The best way to understand the economic issues surrounding outsourcing is to understand the economic tradeoffs at play.

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Tibetan Buddhism's ethical orientation and political resistance role

Buddhism is a major world religion which has proliferated throughout the globe across its roughly 2500 years of existence.

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Kennedy's inaugural address and Cold War tensions

On January 20, 1961 newly elected president John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address to a nation in the midst of an ongoing "Cold War" with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

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Team-building challenges with skilled contract workers in organizations

Moore (2007) argues that contract workers are a growing trend in business, even for skilled jobs. This presents challenges for team-building, for a number of reasons. This paper will outline some of those reasons and will discuss ways to address this problem.

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Professional accomplishments at Zenith Bank Plc, Lagos

It was Anatole France who once said, "to accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act" (Claybrook-Lucas, 2003, pp.118). It is through hard work, sacrifice, and sheer determination that I have managed to achieve some of the accomplishments I will detail in this text.

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The four components of emotional intelligence for effective management

The most effective leaders are able to transform their organizations by defining a compelling vision that is challenging yet attainable.

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Characteristics of effective joint staff officers in military command

Within the structure of the military, there are a group of trained officers and personnel that have the responsibility for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of the unit.

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