Global Cold War tensions increased as political turmoil turned to violent conflict in developing Third World nations. Responding to all of this, cinema became politicized on a scale not seen since World War II. The Third World was at the forefront of revolutionary cinema as filmmakers in those countries treated cinema as a tool of social change and a weapon of political liberation. This use of film as a social and political force emerged first in Latin America and spread to Africa and China, while
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The Reaction of Corporate Human Resources Management to the Economic Crisis Finding the ways-out in HR KINGA ILONA BÁRDOSa - ERIKA VARGAb Dobó István Grammar School Széchenyi út 19, Eger 3300, Hungary cetebe@hotmail.com b Károly Róbert College Mátrai út 36, Gyöngyös 3200, Hungary evarga@karolyrobert.hu a T he cyclical movement of the economy is a natural process but, fortunately, a global economic crisis is a rare phenomenon. The credit crunch starting in September 2008 has grown into a
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From a strategic planning perspective, the well-known Canadian fitness retailer Lululemon has a lot of factors to consider when laying the foundation for a five year plan. There are many opportunities as well as challenges that the company encounters from its external environments. Each of these is outlined in the following paragraphs and must be embraced in order for Lululemon to position itself strategically and successfully in the market. Economical environment: The economical environment that
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8/25/2013 Analog Communication MODULATION 1 8/25/2013 Introduction Topics to be covered • Need for Modulation • What is Modulation? • Types of Modulation • Amplitude Modulation (AM) • Angle Modulation • Frequency Modulation (FM) • Phase Modulation (PM) 2 8/25/2013 Baseband vs Passband Transmission • Baseband Signal:- Information bearing Signal or Message Signal. • The term Baseband refers to the band of frequencies representing the original signal obtained from the
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Death Fraud: What is it and how to prevent it? Acco 455: Fraud Prevention and Investigation D. Peltier-Rivest November 26, 2013 In 1986, fraudster James Hogue famously stole the identity of a dead infant to conceal his criminal past in order to attend high school while pretending to be an orphan with special backgrounds. Each year, nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans' identities are stolen by perpetrators (Kirchheimer, 2013). Death frauds have affected victims, companies, organizations
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The Costa Concordia Disaster Molly Howe Southern New Hampshire University Abstract This case study examines the Costa Concordia disaster in the context of organizational behavior. It will provide an analysis on the following issues: the breakdown of communication, to much group cohesion resulting in groupthink, lack of strong leadership, and the lack of good decision-making. These issues resulted in the accident and the unnecessary loss of life. This case study will also look at possible solutions
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Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, 11(2), 2009 639 THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Rodica Gherghina 1 Florin Văduva 2 Mirela Anca Postole 3 ABSTRACT: The need to reduce public spending in the developin g process and funding of public services has led to the introduction of performance indicators in the public institutions. Moreover, the need to optimize the educational activity, the implementation
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Running head: FAILURE ANALYSIS AND CHANGE STRATEGY 1 Failure Analysis and Change Strategy LDR-531 January 2014 FAILURE ANALYSIS AND CHANGE STRATEGY 2 Failure Analysis and Change Strategy In today’s business market, for a business to succeed, they have to be open to change, be flexible, be technologically savvy, and be able to re-invent themselves to reflect what is happening in the market at the time. “Over the past decade, policy makers and the public have become progressively
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Adolescent times of storm and stress revised Hanne Op de Beeck Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC) Hanne.Opdebeeck@law.kuleuven.be ABSTRACT This paper focuses on two issues regarding theories of adolescence. The first one, which has been a topic of discussion for a long time, concerns whether adolescence should be regarded as either an uncomplicated or a turbulent period. In the latter case, it is aspired in this paper to find out which factors account for such turbulence. The second issue, which
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