Business Leadership Name Institution Business Leadership Abstract This research examines developments made in the leadership studies, beginning with the early theories made to try explaining the concept of leadership in business. Secondary materials were used as the main sources of data in this research paper. The objective of this research is to discuss leadership literature, the success of different writers work on the topic and its impact on business organizations. The literature review
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Portland State University School of Business Administration MGMT 446 – INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Fall, 2011 Dr. Sully Taylor Office hours: 3-5 Tuesdays and by appointment. SBA 560C; email: sullyt@sba.pdx.edu Phone: 503 -725-3761 COURSE CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION AND PREREQUISITES: Study of the managerial functions and problems related to international business activity. The focus of this course is on the management of foreign trade, direct investments, and international operations
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Running head: GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS: JAPAN Global Business Cultural Analysis: Japan Albert G. Rodriguez Liberty University Abstract Japan is very similar and very unlike the US. It was amazing to research so many different aspects of one country. The major elements of this country are its culture and how these affect the country itself. How the people process these elements is very important and this is how the Japanese culture develops. From here we move on to see how this compares
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WorldCom: The Scandal that Shocked the Nation By: Eric Dixon FSAAC_624_OL2 November 23, 2011 Professor Stephen Oliner Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………Page 2 Corporate Environment……………………………………………………...Page 4 Types of Fraud Committed.…………………………………………………Page 5 Board of Directors Responsibility…………………………………………...Page 6 Internal Auditors Responsibility…………………………………………….Page 7 Conflicts of Interest………………………………………………………….Page 7 Collusion……………………………………………………………………
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JAPAN’S CULTURE JAPAN’S CULTURE History Japan has a very colorful history filled with rulers such as samurai warriors and emperor kings. The samurai warrior ruled Japan in the twelfth century and was a distinctive social class. The samurai tradition was mainly about war. The samurai tradition consisted of singling out a worthy opponent for a challenge. They would wait until enemy lines were broken and then enter into single combat. People began to develop battlefields to fight and would
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and manage their enterprises. The reasons that motivated women to take this approach in the business world will be interrogated, the challenges that face them and the means used to mitigate those problems will also be investigated. This thesis will look at the internal and external barriers that are faced by female entrepreneurs. The factors that form the conventional support network for women in business around the globe will be analyzed in a bid to show the to which they have been applied in Saudi
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Nanotechnology Daniel Aguilera Evelyn Ortiz Sheng Huang Geraldy Jean Louis Week 7 Course Project LAS 432 Technology, Society and Culture Professor Michael Gooch March 28, 2015 1. Introduction 3 2. Description of the technology (Dan) 4 3. Historical development (Dan) 4 4. Political and legal (Sheng) 6 5. Economic Considerations (Sheng) 8 6. Psychological and Sociological effects (Evelyn) 10 7. Cultural and Media Influences (Evelyn) 11 8. Environmental
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in five years. To achieve that growth, productivity will need to increase at a similar rate. Therefore, this proposal provides a suggested business model update. Further, the functional areas updates are indicated to assist the business model to predict, plan, and implement future growth and profits. This proposal describes ideas for McCray’s updated business model. Executive Summary Here In Alabama today there are approximately
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Journal of Economics, Business and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility to Reflect Organization‟s Corporate Identity: A Content Analysis Musdiana Mohamad Salleh, Nabsiah Abdul Wahid, and Malliga Marimuthu Abstract—The authors propose corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a useful element in reflecting an organization’s corporate identity (CI) to its target audiences. The inclusion of CSR highlights organization’s role as a ‘good’ citizen in society and is
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institutional backgrounds, and that individuals from secretive cultures were more accepting of both types of earnings management activities. Our findings provide evidence of the anticipated perceptual differences across countries with respect to earnings management and suggest the need for further research linking perceptions to reported earnings management measures. I. INTRODUCTION constant pressure in accounting and business across the globe is for companies to report stable, if not growing, financial
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