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The four functions of management and managerial effectiveness

It is often said that a manager is what one does and a leader is who a person is (Underdown, 2010).

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Browning's analysis of Reserve Police Battalion 101 and ordinary men

In Ordinary Men, Christopher R. Browning tells the story of a non-descript German military unit during World War II called the Reserve Police Battalion 101.

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Hannibal's strategic failures and Rome's manpower advantage in the Second Punic War

The Roman Republic won the war against Carthage for a number of reasons. Narrowly, Rome's victory was due to the inability of Carthage as a whole to consolidate the gains won by Hannibal.

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Penwick's market entry strategy for El-Pais

In deciding a course of action for El-Pais, Penwick must take a number of factors into consideration. These include economic factors, cultural factors, and a variety of factors directly related to the conduct of business in a Latin country.

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Planned giving advantages and non-profit evaluation strategies

Planned giving, simply put, is the bequeathing of certain funds and/or non-cash assets to a charitable or non-profit organization upon ones death, typically as line items in a persons will and set up with their attorney or other executor (Fritz 2010).

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General Motors' recovery strategy following its 2009 bankruptcy

General Motors was taken over by the United States government in the spring of 2009 after filing the second-largest bankruptcy in the history of the United States.

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Centralization and decentralization in public administration

There exists a great tension within the field of Public Administration, those that view authority has having its central purpose within a consolidated matrix vs.

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Bowne & Company's competitive strategy in financial reporting and XBRL technology

Bowne & Company NYSE: BNE) is the global leader in providing marketing communication services, investor and shareholder relations and communications services, and capital markets communication guidance to many of the world's largest corporations.

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Contemporary Australian social movements: from radicalism to compromise

The intercession of information technology proliferation (i.e. internet, cellular phones, handheld mobile communication devices) with the intensification of globalization has had the impact of transforming the way in which states relate to one another.

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Economic impacts of midterm elections on U.S. and global markets

New York Times 'Shift in Washington stirs economic jitters abroad' examines some of the impacts of the mid-term elections on the U.S. And global economies, including the financial markets. The article details some of the expectations that the markets have with respect to the financial climate.

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