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Abraham Lincoln's leadership style and management by walking around philosophy

Leadership can be defined as "a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" (Northouse, 2011, p. 6). A great leader, therefore, has the ability to get his subordinates working together towards the achievement of a common vision.

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Indian pharmaceuticals and the U.S. drug market competition

Many Americans have responded to the high prices on U.S. pharmaceuticals by purchasing them from other countries. Several countries have built cottage industries around shipping drugs to the United States.

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Recruitment and hiring practices in a marketing department

Aaron, the VP of Human Resources runs into Recruitment Manager Jamie and Calvin, Marketing Director in the hallway. Aaron: Jamie, are you interviewing for the new Assistant Director of Marketing Position?

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Leadership and quality management in Toyota's recovery from recalls

Toyota Total Quality Management. According to management guru Jim Collins, author of the book Good to Great, "before vision, before strategy, before tactics, before organizational structure, before technology" a great company is founded upon the idea of starting with the right people (Collins 2001:…

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Path-goal leadership theory and employee autonomy at J.P. Morgan Chase

Morgan Chase is the world's largest investment banking firm "with $2.3 trillion in assets, $1.1 trillion in deposits and approximately 260,000 employees" (Heineman 2013).

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Strategic investigation of Royal Dutch Shell's operations

The Royal Dutch Shell is regarded as the second largest multinational oil organization of the world after Exxon. In addition to that, it is also one of the largest industrial enterprises of the world.

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Fortis Healthcare Ltd.: growth strategy and organizational capabilities

Fortis healthcare is among the fastest growing healthcare organization, with a state-of -- the art facilities and extreme commitment to quality and safe patient care.

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Ethical management and bribery at Wal-Mex in Mexico

Clifford and Greenhouse (2012) outline an ethical situation that occurred with Wal-Mart in Mexico. The company found that its subsidiary, Wal-Mex had commonly used bribery in order to pay off public officials in order to have their stores built.

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Vinchur's chronological analysis of psychology in employee selection practices

History of Psychology Applied to Employee Selection" appears in Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Although it is a chapter in the book, it provides detailed information and can be used as a stand-alone text in an analysis of the subject.

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Game theory evolution and contemporary economic applications

The earliest conceptualization of game theory is by Cournot in 1838 where the analysis sought to clarify choices and actions taken in a duopolistic market[footnoteRef:1].

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