new transport routes and introducing a new degree of flexibility into their operations (Mark G, 2008). Logistics companies will profit immediately from the transformation of global conditions and customer behavior. The first benefit will come in the form of rising transport volumes. Some of the expected changes are as follows: 1.1 Focus: New Scopes of Responsibilities By the year 2020, the logistics industry will have massively expanded its number of corporate and private clients thanks to extensive
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n bChapter 1: Introductory Parts 1.1 Introduction Insurance is essentially a collective endeavor under which a large number of individuals agree to share the loss which a few of them would incur in future. This means insurance protects those unfortunates who suffer heavy financial impact of anticipated misfortunes by distributing the loss among many who are exposed to the risk of similar misfortunes. The process insurance has been evolved to safeguard the interests of people from uncertainty by
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Ademulegun Street Central Business District Opposite Arewa Suites Abuja e-mail: centralinfo@nou.edu.ng URL: www.nou.edu.ng National Open University of Nigeria 2006 First Printed 2006 ISBN: 978-058-434-X All Rights Reserved Printed by Goshen Print Media Ltd For National Open University of Nigeria iii CSS 105 COURSE GUIDE Contents Introduction......................................................................... Aims.................................................................
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concern here. No matter what the source, this heart-felt beckoning and fulfilling framework almost defines the religious person’s existence. There are many in our group who are religious persons. Religion informs and inspires the values and visions that are part of one’s existence. It provides a backdrop for one’s life, present and future, terrestrial and beyond, real and visualized. The spiritual yearning has taken concrete forms in human history as different religions with deep historical
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The Boundaries of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Geoffrey P. Lantos Professor of Business Administration Box D-55 Stonehill College North Easton, MA 02357 June 2001 Phone: 508.565.1205 Fax: 508.565.1444 E-mail: glantos@stonehill.edu 1 The Boundaries of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Keywords Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Roles of business, Stakeholder theory, Ethical CSR, Responsibilities and duties, Altruistic CSR, Strategic CSR, Abstract Reviews
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Alternative Plan Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science In Sociology: Corrections Minnesota State University, Mankato Mankato, Minnesota Spring 2013 Final Draft 4/20/2013 1 This Alternative Plan Paper has been examined and approved by the following members of the Examining Committee. _____________________ Dr. Leah Rogne, Advisor _____________________ Dr. William Wagner _____________________ Dr. Penny
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Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership – Level 7 Unit 3 Strategic Change Management CONTENT Introduction Understand the background to organisational strategic change 1.1 Discuss models of strategic change 1.2 Evaluate the relevance of models of strategic change to organisations in the current economy 1.3 Assess the value of using strategic intervention techniques in organisation Understand issues relating to strategic change in an organisation 2.1 Examine the
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GM614 Global Advertising Professor Christin Walth Jenessa Carder, Chia-Ying Chen, Fango Lin, Yi-Hsuan Su, Ya-Ling (Claire) Wang, Winette Yee May 5, 2010 Swatch: The Global Watch The IMC Plan in Brazil, Japan, and Switzerland 1 Statement of Purpose Swatch (‗Swiss‘ + ‗watch‘) watches, created under the management of Nicolas Hayek, are fashion statements and pop-culture icons. They feature witty, outlandish designs that use intense colors and are youthful, provocative, stylish, and unpredictable
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2001 2 Contents Page Numbers 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Aims and purposes 1.2 Approach taken and areas covered 4 2.0 A summary of the research and literature on creativity 2.1 Historical overview 2.2 The early part of the twentieth century 2.3 More recent directions in creativity research 2.4 Lines of study stemming from the 1950s 2.4.1 Personality 2.4.2 Cognition 2.4.3 Ways to stimulate creativity 2.4.4 Creativity and social systems 2.5 Background to creativity in education 2.6 Broader
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Is the use of technologies, such as "cookies", strategic to marketing goods and services online? What is the impact, if any, on consumer privacy? A few years ago, the combination of technology and marketing was not a common term. Even a very successful marketing model that was followed by software giant Microsoft, was neglected in many top ranking business schools. According to them what Microsoft was doing was a fad. But time has proved that they were wrong. Marketing guru Kotler has agreed
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