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Motivators beyond pay in farm work, childcare, and nonprofit careers

Common sense suggests that pay is a good motivator. The logic is: "You get what you pay for." Provide examples of three different career tracks where people clearly are not focused on earning high pay.

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1,520 words

The United States Postal Service mission, strategy, and organizational structure

United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent body of the federal government that is mandated with the responsibility of providing postal service in America. The agency was known as the U.S. Post Office Department in 1971 when it was totally managed by the United States government.

~8 min read

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Ireland's foreign direct investment boom, bubble, and austerity recovery

Ireland experienced a brief economic boom in the mid-1990s, which was a time of relative boom across the Western world. A number of factors contributed to this boom, including a low corporate tax environment, and Ireland positioning itself as a source of foreign direct investment from the U.S.

~13 min read

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Google Glass and privacy concerns in wearable technology

The digital world of communications that we are now living is not only the making of its creators; it is not without the active connivance of, if initially tentative, acceptance of we, the users.

~17 min read

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Nanotechnology as a solution for global healthcare improvements

I am looking at the use of nanotechnology as a means of helping to address many critical health issues.

~4 min read

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1,590 words

Key functional areas of human resource management

The entire aim of the human resource management function is to augment the personal and joint productivity of the employees and deliver stellar results for the organization. The key components of a human resource management are:

~8 min read

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Geopolitical conflict and cultural genocide in Tibet

Tibet has received much attention from the West. It is described as having a rich cultural heritage. It is viewed as being a victim of Communist aggression. It is hailed as a tourist destination. Each of these has some truth to it.

~17 min read

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Developing a manager selection plan for Tanglewood retail stores

One of the biggest challenges all organizations will face are issues related to employees and managers working inside different locations. This is problematic, as they have to find someone who embraces the most experience, skills and expertise.

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Financialization and the decline of productive capitalism

There appears to be a disjointed understanding concerning the functioning of a capitalistic economy and its use of money. Financializaition is a mostly new model of the use of money as a valuable resource in and of itself.

~13 min read

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Dividend policy, debt financing, and financial ratio analysis for managers

a) If a "typical" firm reports $10 million of retained earnings on its balance sheet, could its directors declare a $10 million cash dividend without any qualms whatsoever?

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