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The strategic importance of recruitment and placement in HR management

Recruitment and placement are essential aspects of human resources. Human resource management's function "…is an organization's most critical source of information about employment practices….and the effective management of all aspects of human resources" (Sims, 2002, p. 20).

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Quantum Technologies' competitive position in renewable energy markets

Despite losses in market share and revenue over the past several years, quantum Technologies remains a leading innovator of alternative energy power trains for automobiles, carbon composite fuel storage vessels and other efficiency-enhancing features of motor vehicles, solar panels for use in…

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Gender discrimination and barriers to women's career advancement in organizations

Glass ceiling is a metaphor for the frustrating situation many female workers find themselves in when they aim for higher salaries or promotions to positions of power within an organization.

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Disney's international theme parks: cultural challenges in Paris and Tokyo

Though it would not be until 1985 that France and Disney would come to an official agreement on the site a conceived Euro-Disney, there had been consideration of this market roughly since the first successful years of the original American Disney theme parks.

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Defining university community as intellectual culture and shared purpose

The culture of an academic institution is much more than the buildings, books, students, faculty, programs, sporting events, and scholarship.

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Walmart, the WTO, and global economic inequality

The concept of a global community has become one of the defining features of our shared economy.

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Qualitative research methods and scientific validity in social inquiry

Not all research can be conducted, nor all data analyzed, by quantitative means, however -- that is, by the quantification of the "what" and "how" elements of a given event, trend, phenomenon, etc., and trying to establish the far more elusive and often more pressing "why" (Ereaut 2007).

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Cattell's leadership potential equation and its application to Bill Myers

Raymond Cattell, a leading pioneer in the field of personality assessment, there are several traits which make up his Leadership Potential equation. He derived this equation based upon the study of military leaders, and it is still used today to determine an effective leader.

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Talent management strategies and organizational effectiveness at Continental Airlines

Continental prides itself on a company culture that treats employees with dignity and respect and rewards employees when the airline achieves its goals. -- OC facts, 2010,

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Legal requirements for licensed nutrition counselors in Florida

Holistic nutritionists are nutrition counselors who aspire to assist their customers by examining their present health condition and finding ways to progress areas of shortage by way of diet and lifestyle alterations.

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