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SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORK PLACE
Sexual Harassment In The Work Place
Sexual Harassment In The Work Place
The Problem
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) describes sexual harassment as a form of gender discrimination that is in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 1998, the U.S.
Supreme ...
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MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Background of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958 to an African-America n family, one of eight children. He endured a traumatic relationship with his father Joseph Jackson who acknowledged to beating his son Michael regularly with a whip to attain better performances in ...
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BUDGETING
Budgeting
Budgeting
Introduction
Budgeting is the process by which the goals of an organisation, and the resources to attain those goals, are quantified and communicated. Specifically, budgets are used to plan and control operations and to make long-term investments (Van Stede, 2008, 93). Planning entails coordination, marshaling, and allocating resources, and ...
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FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND INSTRUMENTS
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Introduction
This paper develops a model of a self-fulfilling credit market freeze and uses it to study alternative governmental responses to such a crisis. We study an economy in which operating (nonfinancial) firms are interdependent, with their success depending ...
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BUDGETING
Budgeting
Budgeting
The choice of budgeting process may vary with differing conditions such as the financial situation of the organization, the political situation, the expertise of stakeholders, and leadership style (Hartman, 2008, 89). The process may also change with whether the projections are for revenues or expenditures or if there is a ...
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PAIN MANAGEMENT
Pain Management
Pain Management
Introduction
Although pain management has been an area of interest for psychologists for some time (Waldman 2006, 22-38), it was only recently that pain in children and adolescents was recognised as a legitimate medical and psychological concern. Before then, pain in children was seen as a fleeting, behaviourally ...
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ELECTRIC CARS
Electric Cars
Electric Cars
Early electric vehicles may have appeared as early as 1830. Scottish inventor Robert Davidson constructed the world's first prototype electric vehicle in 1837, but historians generally credit J.K. Starley, an English inventor, and Fred M. Kimball of Boston with building the first practical electric cars in 1888. ...
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LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE PROJECT
Poor planning results in poor performance
London Ambulance Service Project
London Ambulance Service Project
The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is the largest "free at the point of contact" ambulance service in the world. It responds to medical emergencies in Greater London, England with the 400 ambulances at its ...
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Fashion Industry and Anorexia
Fashion Industry and Anorexia
Fashion Industry and Anorexia
Introduction
The fashion industry's use of emaciated models and tiny clothing sizes is constantly coming under fire. The subsequent impact of the fashion industry's messages that its images convey to viewers has resulted in tense debate between health authorities and the ...
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MANAGING CROSS-CULTURAL STAFF
Project Report 1: Managing Cross-cultural Staff
Project Report 1: Managing Cross-cultural Staff
Introduction
Berry, Poortinga, Segall, Pandey & Kagitcibasi (1997) display that while in nations distinguished by high power expanse, power tends to be centralised as well as decision-making, nations distinguished by doubt avoidance have an emotional need for rules. (Berry, ...