Prior to the Tyco scandal, the company was one of America's largest conglomerates, with operating revenues of 38 billion dollars and 240,000 employees, worldwide. Tyco Laboratories began operations in 1960, performing experimental work for the U.S. government. The firm went public in 1964 and quickly expanded, mostly by acquisition, to exploit the commercial applications of its work. Dennis Kozlowski joined the company in 1975 as an assistant controller. The company subsequently shifted its focus from
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Australian Journal of Business and Management Research Vol.1 No.5 [44-49] | August-2011 IMPACT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ON CORPORATE PRODUCTIVITY: AN EVALUATIVE STUDY Obasan Kehinde , A Department of Business Administration, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago – Iwoye. Ogun – State, Nigeria. Email: obasankehinde@yahoo.com ABSTRACT A wide divergence of opinion exists on the source and effect of conflicts on corporate productivity and the effectiveness of the various strategies available for managing
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Module 7: Curriculum IMPLEMENTATON “Homework Must Be More Fun and Meaningful’ In Module 5 we discussed what was involved in curriculum planning and in Module 6 we looked at different techniques of designing the curriculum focusing on some curriculum design models. The next stage in the curriculum development process according to Tyler, Taba and Alexander & Saylor is the implementation of the curriculum plan. The final destination
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FAB P R A C T I C E & R E V I S I O N K I T PAPER F1 ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS BPP Learning Media is the sole ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner – content for the FIA suite of qualifications. In this, the only FAB/F1 Practice and Revision Kit to be reviewed by the examiner: We include Do you know? Checklists to test your knowledge and understanding of topics We provide you with two mock exams including the Pilot paper We provide the ACCA examiner’s answers as well as our own to
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Iranian Journal of Management Studies (IJMS) Vol 3. No.3 January 2010 pp: 91- 111 Survey of leadership styles in different cultures Gholamreza Taleghani1* , Davood Salmani2 , Ali Taatian3 1. Faculty of managemenet, Uniersity of Tehran 2. Faculty of managemenet, Uniersity of Tehran 3. Master of Arts Abstract: Leadership is in fact a process of influencing followers. Characteristics of leadership are functions of time and situation and differ in different cultures and countries. Managers
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leaderships have adopted some flexibility in their system of administration to protect themselves. The public revolt against the state leadership, popularly known as the ‘Arab Spring’ or the ‘Arab Awakening’ “took everyone by surprise not because people had no reason to revolt” (Khanfer 2012, p. 2) but because it took unprecedented scope and speed. An act of self immolation by a street vendor in Tunisia in a show of public revolt against corrupt government not just toppled centuries old dictatorial regime
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* Radical privatization * Most of the “transformatology“ literature is based on the assumption that the elimination of deformed non-market economies, a restoration of market, and private ownership, paired with a laissez-faire free market system would automatically solve all major economic/social problems of the transforming countries. * The economic crisis within the Central and Eastern Europe area started much earlier – in the mid-late 1970s when growth slowed significantly and the
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“The Facebook Revolution”: Social Networking Sites and the correlation with The January 25 Revolution. 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Information and communication technology increasing with the growing variety of Internet based applications. This new media is not only "library information" to facilitate the dissemination of information to a universal audience, but even more than that. This media is also a powerful tool for communication activities. Furthermore
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Contents 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 4 1.11 Indian weddings 4 1.12 Indian greetings 4 1.13 Indian Food 4 Introduction to American culture 5 1.14 American music 5 1.15 American religion 5 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 6 1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 7 2.0 LEVELS OF CULTURE 7 2.01 GLOBAL CULTURE 7 2.02 REGIONAL CULTURE 7 2.03 NATIONAL CULTURE 7 2.04 ETHNIC CULTURE 7 2.05 SOCIAL CLASS CULTURE 8 2.06 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 8 2.07 FAMILY CULTURE 8 2.08 GENDER CULTURE 8 2.09 AGE CULTURE 8 2.1 DETERMINANTS
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Motivating Workers Motivation Motivation is the reason why people work, and it drives them to work better. Therefore, managers try to find out what motivate workers and use them to encourage workers to work more efficiently. This results in higher productivity, increased output, and ultimately higher profits. Motivation theories People work very hard when they are working for themselves. When they work for other people, less so. Managers have been looking into what makes employees contribute
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