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The learning organization and managing institutional change

"Nothing endures but change." The "learning organization" is without a template. Writers have tried to give it an ideal form or a template in "which real organizations could attempt to emulate." (Easterby-Smith & Araujo 1999).

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Ethical challenges and failures in the charter airline industry

If one watches ads on television for charter vacations, one might get the idea that such jaunts are pure enjoyment, something undertaken without much thought and for relatively little cost -- either monetarily or in any other way. However, this is not the case.

~15 min read

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1,613 words

Healthcare industry lobbying during the 2009 reform debate

Drugmakers, hospitals and insurers poured millions of dollars into lobbying during 2009 hoping to limit the damage to their bottom line as lawmakers and the Obama administration wrangled over landmark health-care legislation.

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Judicial review of arbitral awards on public policy grounds

The objective of this work is to conduct a judicial review of arbitral awards on public policy grounds and specifically in terms of lessons from Middle East. This thesis is confined to public policy as an exception to the enforcement of arbitral awards, which is know as the public policy exception.

~29 min read

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Annual reports for British Airways and Ryanair analysis

This paper will analyze the annual reports of these firms in a number of contexts. The relevance of different components of the reports to different stakeholders will be discussed. The financial performance of Ryanair will then be analyzed, including a financial ratio analysis.

~13 min read

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Essential skills for success in higher education

Many students come to college and find they lack the basic study and time management skills necessary to succeed. Others seem to find the challenges of higher education a better match for their own skill set. How can we understand which skills matter the most?

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Improving homeowner assistance programs through education and industry standards

Over the last decade the U.S. housing market has been on a tremendous rollercoaster ride. Where, prices were at all time highs and lending standards were easy. Then, the inventible collapse came; that was accompanied by a financial crisis that was not seen since the Great Depression.

~6 min read

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Evolution of programming languages from machine code to net-centric computing

Computers, more specifically the hardware that allows computer to process data and the languages that have evolved to make that process more streamlined, continue to improve and evolve based on technological, cultural, and social evolution.

~9 min read

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Organizational change and conflict resolution at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

At its start in 1962, the seven founding lawyers of the company Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (MTO) had one aim in mind: to create a high-quality law practice in an environment that stimulates the creativity of its members.

~18 min read

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What happens to privacy in the age of Facebook?

In order to answer the question "what happens to privacy in the age of Facebook," we first have to understand what is meant by the "age of Facebook." This means understanding the influences and ramifications of recent developments in online technology and applications and their impact on personal…

~20 min read

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