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Racial and cultural diversity in Coos Bay, Oregon

I am a Caucasian and I live in Coos Bay, Oregon, a coastal community of about 16,660 people. In our rural county, we have about 62,795 people. The lure of the Pacific Ocean brings many people to visit our community.

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Productivity in healthcare organizations: motivating employees and measuring performance

Why is high productivity essential in health care organizations? Unlike some industries which have busy seasons and slow seasons, healthcare is constantly subject to the demand for high levels of productivity all year 'round.

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Robert Bellah's critique of American individualism and social commitment

Today, America is at a crossroads. Americans must ask themselves the question: do we as a society attempt to use government intervention to create a more equitable America, or do we trust the capitalist system to improve individual American's lives?

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Southwest Airlines' expansion strategy and implementation planning

As the only major airline to remain profitable following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Southwest Airlines is clearly doing something better than its competitors.

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Applying Lewin's change model to nursing workforce reduction

Economically, this government initiative will reduce the demand for nurses, as many aides will be hired to perform the tasks formerly relegated to nurses.

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Virtue ethics and ethical communication in organizational decision-making

According to my test results, my predominant ethical style is an orientation to perceived moral duty or obligation.

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How the internet is disintermediating cultural production and distribution

Identify the significant catalysts for change. Once upon a time, so-called 'middlemen,' such as professional agents, retailers, publishers, and other disseminators of products and culture were seen as cultural innovators.

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Building trust in globally distributed virtual teams across cultures

Globalization has already changed the conduct of modern business tremendously and in myriad ways.

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Managerial accounting and cost analysis in garden ornament production

Designing, conceptualizing, and computing the costs of production involved critical thinking at each step of the project. From the time we developed the idea of a garden ornament, we had envisioned our target market and determined most of our fixed and variable costs.

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The United Society of Believers: Shakers in revolutionary America

Who were the Shakers? What did they believe in and why did they leave England in the late 18th Century and relocate on the North American shores in the middle of the Revolutionary War? These issues and others regarding the controversial Shakers will be reviewed in this paper.

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