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The leadership style and influence of Jack Welch at General Electric

The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way in which they motivate the people who work or follow them. Leaders have management jobs, but they realize that they cannot buy loyalty, especially to get people to follow them down a difficult path, and so they act as leaders too.

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Evidence-based practice and nursing staff retention and efficiency

Develop a nursing research question. In what ways can the use of evidence-based practice help to reduce low morale, high turnover and personnel shortages amongst nurses?

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Thucydides' Histories and the ideology of war

Thucydides' "Histories" -- the making of ancient history, the making of modern historical objectivity before contemporary eyes

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Invisible imaginary companions and preschool child social development

During the preschool years, many children create imaginary companions that become a regular part of their daily routines. Imaginary companions are surprisingly commonplace, and research shows that as many as 65% of preschool children have imaginary friends (Mauro, 1991).

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Racial bias and discrimination in death penalty sentencing

The United States is one of only a handful of developed nations that still readily imposes death upon those found guilty of a crime (Kurtis 200). Killing as a function of the state raises a number of moral questions, and makes a number of moral assumptions.

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American Girl Company's market segmentation strategy for children's clothing

Market Segmentation in Clothing Advertisement: American Girls Spring Line on the Internet: "Outfits and Extras for Girl's Splash!" (http://store.americangirl.com/pls/ag/ag_gr_splash?catid=73908)

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Jared Diamond's environmental theory of cultural and technological divergence

Jared Diamond's book - Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies won the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.

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Nurse-to-patient ratios and their effects on patient mortality and nurse burnout

Clarke, Sean P., Ph.D., RN, CNRP, CS; and Aiken, Linda H., Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FRCN. "Registered Nurse Staffing and Patient and Nurse Outcomes in Hospitals: a Commentary." Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 4:2, May 2003. pp. 104-111.

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Barber and Levine's interpretations of social meaning in Shakespeare's comedies

Shakespearean Social Comedy -- Saturnalian inversion or soulful exploration of social outsiders? Barber's book, Shakespeare's Festive Comedy argues for a socially harmonious interpretation of Shakespeare's comedic plays. In contrast, the scholar Richard A.

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Marxism and existentialism in Richard Wright's Native Son

Richard Wright's Bigger Thomas is a Black man who commits a violent act, not of his own volition, but because of the prejudicial constructs of the White society Bigger is located in, as a Black man.

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