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Gunnera Manicata
Gunnera is the only genus of small Gunneraceae family and includes 30-40 species, occurring mainly in the southern hemisphere. Over the past 10 years, several cladistic studies based on both molecular and morphological data were focused on the sort, as well as with the support of the phylogenetic ...
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How Human Memory Works
Human beings are discovering all the time, saving data and then recalling it when it is required. Massive volumes of data are being obtained continually. But only some of this data is chosen and retained, and so becomes accessible for recalling subsequent when required. Selection appears to ...
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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Transformational Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Introduction
Transformational leadership is an important contemporary theory of leadership. Burns argued that all leadership behaviour is either transactional or transformational. Transactional behaviours are largely oriented toward accomplishing the tasks at hand and at maintaining good relations with those working with the leader (Bass 2005).
Discussion
Transformational leadership refers to ...
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The Problem of the Soul
There are no solid arguments supporting God's existence or that of an afterlife, according to author Owen Flanagan (2002). But that does not imply that we're doomed to a life absent of meaning. Instead, he Owen (p19) believes that there is enough meaning and thus transcendence ...
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Swine Processing
Introduction
Most pigs aren't lucky enough to live on old-fashioned farms like "Babe". Most are kept in sheds on concrete floors, surrounded by metal bars. This method is called "intensive farming", or “factory farming", because large numbers of animals are crowded into small spaces as in a factory production ...
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PROJECT COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Project Communication Management
Project Communication Management
Introduction
ASQ worked extensively on the quality components of the health care legislation that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 215-210 margin. Several of the committees of jurisdiction that produced the bill had asked for ASQ's opinion and advice.
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The legislative focus ...
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Correlation between Crime Rates and Concealed Carry Permits in the United States
Introduction
A number of studies have demonstrated that the recent increase in the crime rate of the U.S. can be partially explained by the increase in the proportion of young people in the population. The President's Commission 22 reported that ...
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TOPICS
Topics
Topics
Cross-Cultural Issues
Kluckholn (1951) described culture as "patterned ways of thinking, feeling and reacting, acquired and transmitted mainly by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts." Hofstede defined culture as "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one ...
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PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
Payroll Deductions
Payroll Deductions
This is to bring to the notice of all employees that as of now the health plan would be more comprehensive in nature and the company structure is going to be revised in order to enhance the benefits being derived by the contributors and the drawers ...
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Why people play?
Children engage in PLAY seems to be a proposition that is universally true. Whatever historical period is examined, evidence can be found of children playing. The same holds across cultures too, although the content of children's play differs across time and space. Play may also transcend species; the ...