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Southwest Airlines' implementation of Kotter's change management model

Southwest Airlines was started in Texas and began flights in June of 1971, with three Boeing 737 aircraft. It served the three cities of Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. "Today, Southwest operates more than 550 Boeing 737 aircraft among 72 cities.

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The evolution of the United States juvenile justice system

The United States experienced the Progressive Era from approximately 1900 to 1918 (Thomas, 1992). During that time period, there were a number of social reforms taking place, once of which was the advent of the juvenile justice system.

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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner: supply chain delays and project feasibility

Is this project feasible? Why did these delays occur? Has the 787 program met its stated objectives? Can the 787 program meet its objectives?

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Restorative justice as a criminal justice system reform

For the criminal justice system to be changed, it seems to me that its very basics need to be altered, and I therefore lean towards the philosophy of Restorative justice.

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Trade liberalization policies and their fairness for developing nations

In the convoluted world of discussion over the future of developing countries, rich nations seem to make all the decisions, regardless of whether they benefit or harm the former group, or so it seems.

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The American Civil Rights Movement and racial equality in America

American Civil Rights Movement, which garnered large support and public attention in 1960 and continued for the next decade is largely considered one of the most powerful and driving force behind significant changes that took place on both a social and legislative level within the United States.

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Differences in governance and leadership between nonprofit and for-profit organizations

A classic work that reveals a set of differences between nonprofit organizations and profit organizations, compares the characteristics of public and private organizations to find the significant differences regarding the factors environmental, the relation environment / organization and internal…

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Total quality management implementation at Ford Motors

TQM initiatives at Ford Motors. Ford Motors adopted the concept of TQM in 1980 and since then has adopted other more efficient techniques of quality and performance management such as Six Sigma. The company has however retailed key elements of TQM approach with a user-centric approach.

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Technology assessment and implementation of Blackboard for nursing education

Changes in healthcare management are really requiring that nurses to become a little more technically knowledgeable and capable to rapidly familiarize themselves to by means of tools that are technical in their exercises.

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Sampling and lived experience in authentic hip-hop

According to J.D. Williams, "DJs and producers have always used sampling in hip-hop and, as a result, it has become synonymous with authentic hip-hop" (Williams 2007:12). Yet, according to 50 Cent, hip-hop "is in a struggle of being artistic or [having] authenticity" (Conway 2010).

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