ARTICLE Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders Journal of Peace Conflict & Development Issue 11, November 2007 available from www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk ARTICLE The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders By Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler1 1 Celina Del Felice is a PhD student at CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen), University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands (www.ru.nl/cidin)
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3 I. Introduction In today’s world, a lot of organization has put much effort and focus on how to make their workforce be as much as efficient and effective as they can be. Organizations across the globe has developed structures and programs that help them get the best from their employees and in return they align such structures with their objectives and goals. Thus came the introduction of Performance Management. Organizations as a whole initiated this system of appraising and
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Identifying Rivals and Rivalries in World Politics Author(s): William R. Thompson Source: International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Dec., 2001), pp. 557-586 Published by: Wiley on behalf of International Studies Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3096060 Accessed: 20-11-2015 13:22 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today ( OPENING CASE: SMART SYSTEMS AND SMART WAYS OF WORKING HELP TOYOTA BECOME NUMBER ONE Toyota has flourished in a highly competitive environment because it has created a set of finely-tuned business processes and information systems that simultaneously promote agility, efficiency, and quality. It can respond instantly to customers and changes in the marketplace as events unfold, while working closely with suppliers and
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Self-Assessment Tool offers managers and leaders in every sector—nonprofit, business, and government—a useful guide to figuring out what’s needed, why it matters, and how to make it work. At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership are the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker’s common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone who cares about doing things right and doing the right thing.” —Ira A. Jackson, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION The role ICT play in the educational and learning environment cannot be over emphasized. The use of ICT in modern learning environment ranges from slice use of computers in practical aspects to an online learning experience which enhances and improves students’ intellectual and learning behavior. With the introduction of computers, the precursor of our modern-day ICT, and the promising potentials of computer-based instruction and learning, many researchers and funding
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A review of studies on luxury hotels over the past two decades by Yin Chu A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major: Hospitality Management Program of Study Committee: Liang (Rebecca) Tang, Major Professor Tianshu Zheng Fatma Baytar Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 Copyright © Yin Chu, 2014. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES .........................
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9-300-001 REV: JULY 25, 2001 CHRISTOPOHER A. BARTLETT Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A) In the summer of 1999, a front page Wall Street Journal article was attracting attention on the Redmond campus. Under the headline “As Microsoft Matures, Some Top Talent Chooses to Go Off Line,” the article reported: “Tired of grueling deadlines, frustrated by the bureaucracy that has accompanied Microsoft’s explosive growth, or lured away by the boom in high-tech start-ups, dozens i of the company’s most capable
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Gosling and Henry Mintzberg Manage ^ ^ -^ T HE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of a major Canadian com- pany complained recently that he can't get his engineers to think like managers. It's a common complaint, but behind it lies an uncommonly important question: What does it mean to think like a manager? Sadly, little attention has been paid to that question in recent years. Most of us have become so enamored of "leadership" that "management" has been pushed into the background. Nobody aspires to being
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Business Strategy United Parcel Service (UPS) Overview United Parcel Service, Inc. was founded in 1907 as a private messenger and delivery service in Seattle, Washington. Today, UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, a leader in the U.S. less-than-truckload industry and the premier provider of global supply chain management solutions. It deliver packages each business day for 1.6 million shipping customers to 8.2 million receivers ("consignees") in over
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