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Resolving conflict between coworkers in marketing departments

Over the last 25 years globalization has had a major impact upon the workplace. Where, it is increasing the overall amounts of competition among a variety of businesses and employees. An indirect result of this is: the increased amounts of conflict within the workplace.

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Confucianism and the rule of law in East Asian politics

When compared to the Western paradigm, East Asian politics is particularly complex as a result of its dichotomous relationship between the tradition of law and the conception of ritual.

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Sustainability and efficiency in the global chocolate industry value chain

The chocolate industry value chain is one of the most global in scope, encompassing the growing and harvesting of cocoa beans throughout Africa, Asia, South and North America, with processing centers in over 100 different countries of the world (Delfosse, 2009).

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African-American progress through reconstruction and beyond

The historical progress of African-Americans has been peppered with both successes and obstacles.

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Modern maritime piracy: Economic desperation and organized crime in Somalia

Despite the fact that maritime piracy in the modern era is no longer a problem capable of threatening international trade and commerce on the large scale in the manner that it once did, the problem still persists.

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E-commerce strategy proposal for PZE Puzzles and competitors

The intent of this e-commerce proposal for PZE Puzzles is to first compare the e-commerce strategies of their three dominant competitors in the U.K. including Accolade Publishing, Clarity Media, and Puzzler.

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Attachment and reflective function changes in transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder

Levy, Meehan, Kelly, Reynoso, Weber, Clarkin, & Kernberg have developed an empirical research work that begins with a comprehensive explanation of the various aspects of the work.

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The FDA's controversy over antidepressant drug approval and safety warnings

Ideally, medical science and health policy should be objective disciplines. They should attempt, in the words of the mission statement articulated on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the health, safety, and well-being of Americans everywhere.

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Hans Asperger's contribution to understanding autism spectrum disorders

About sixty-five years ago Hans Asperger put forward a description of a distinct profile of abilities and behaviors in young children that he called "autistic psychopathy" - which means autism ("self") and psychopathy ("personality disease").

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Long-term implications of the Yom Kippur War on Middle East peace

As forces from Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq massed around Israel's borders in 1967, Israel launched a six-day air campaign which crippled the capacity of its opponents to wage war and which expanded its borders to well beyond the tract originally awarded to Zionists with the independence of 1948.

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