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Textile Mills In The South
2,738 wordsWhy did the textile workers union in the southern United States spread so rapidly? The textile industry was, at one time, one of the largest industries in the south. Starting in the late 1800 s with small local looms and spreading to become corporations controlling the south and whose influence stretched internationally. One of the souths first textile corporations originated in Gaston County, North Carolina, and its huge success led to the opening of mills across the Carolinas and Virginia. As ...
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Made Me Feel Sense Of Humor
1,727 wordsTHE POWER OF COMEDY! Mark What is Comedy? Some people have the misconception that comedy is the actual opposite of drama. However under closer examination it is apparent that Comedy is that of a dramatic work. Dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of a conflict. Comedy keeps the world in motion, it allows people to shrug off rude comments, laugh at one another, and it creates a casual environment. There are many types of ...
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Political Agenda Black Men
1,228 words... motivation and their will to compete with the "regular" society. And it seems planned! One of the kids we interviewed said, "We " re going the way of the American Indians. They killed our spirit, our self esteem. " (q. in Reynaud 330) All that many young black men have to model themselves after is the media's definitions of who they are, and a cycle of destruction of the black family is allowed to propagate. Jo Nina Aaron writes in The Black Scholar, "In most cases, the media's portrayal of ...
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Walt Disney Company Cast Members
1,649 words... the operational errors made by Euro Disneyland involved the computer stations at the hotels. Euro Disneyland executives assumed guests would stay at the park for several days (Treichler, 1991). This in fact did not happen. Many guests arrived early in the morning, spent the day at the park, checked into the hotel late that night, and then checked out early the next morning before heading back to the park. Since there were so many guests checking-in and checking-out, additional computer stati...
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Wal Mart Aid
1,438 words... es outstanding. ) Target monitors profits extremely well. Few retailers apart from Wal-Mart keep such tight control over their business, from selecting the inventory to ringing up a sale. Its basic premise -- that customers first must be happy if they are to buy anything -- means telling clerks in the sprawling stores to be ''fast, fun and friendly'' and watching them, electronically and otherwise, to make sure that they are. Target managers grade store employees regularly -- green is good, ...
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Unethical Behavior Mutual Fund
1,447 words... , it is absolutely certain that the SEC frowns on this kind of activity and that market-timing harms long-term investors. Therefore, even if Janus did not break the law, they still violated the ethical and fiduciary duty owed to existing shareholders. Once news of these activities and Spitzer's complaint hit the press, Janus Capital shares tumbled. Wall Street had big concerns about the fund companies named in Spitzer's report, and for good reason. The mutual fund industry is built on trust,...
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Amp Amp Core Competencies
1,815 words... motorola is a main supplier of wireless infrastructure products, the support equipment that makes pagers, two-way radio systems, and cellular phones operate. The main source of revenue is typically from major telephone companies that place large orders to update or expand their network infrastructure. These customers seek innovative technologies that require significant investment in R& amp; D. Economies of scale provide the bigger equipment manufacturers with a competitive edge in prici...
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Time The Mayor Captious Mr Auditor
618 wordsCharlatan The play Charlatan is a comedy about the inhabitants of a small provincial town where the bureaucracy was catholic and all the people would put all their efforts only to please the enclave of bungling representatives of local government. The addiction of complacent higher echelons of local society was to live an affluent and careless life instead of working and caring about the town inhabitants and the town itself. Among the main characters of the play is the mayor of the town - a quit...
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Consumer Electronics Technological Progress
1,641 wordsIntel pins hopes on new chips The company is aiming at consumer electronic devices, set-top boxes and digital gadgets. By Clint Swett -- Bee Staff Writer Published 2: 15 a. m. PDT Monday, September 22, 2003 The article focuses on the new economic plan developed by Intel Corporation aimed on broadening the range of products the company produces. The Intel top executives informed the attendees of annual gathering of hardware and software developers about the attractiveness of consumer electronics ...
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Ethical Leadership In Public Sector
2,059 wordsEthical Leadership in Public Sector Why do some organizations compliance and market conduct efforts succeed, while others fail? Why is it that compliance is part of the culture of some organizations and not others? Why is it that some organizations are succeeding in solving their compliance problems, while others are fighting a losing battle? A careful analysis will show that the missing ingredient for success is ethical leadership. The starting point to understanding ethical leadership is value...
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Wal Mart Square Foot
1,864 wordsWal-Mart When you think of the great blue-chip growth stocks of the past quarter-century, what names come to mind? Coke? General Electric? Merck? Well, guess what. Wal-Mart has crushed them all. Since 1977, the stock has returned 35 % annually, turning a hypothetical $ 10, 000 investment into an astounding $ 6. 9 million (see the chart on the opposite page). Going forward, it figures to outstrip most of today's crop of silicon start-ups and dotcoms -- maybe all of them -- over the long term. (Ne...
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Code Of Ethics Ethics In The Workplace
1,543 wordsFostering Ethics in Organizations Business Ethics is emerging as one of the greatest recognized needs in business and government today. No other element in business life can profit so greatly for such a small investment. Lacking this, no other element can cost business so dearly. Therefore it is important for top management within organization to foster the type of organization environment that would be capable of supporting basic principles of ethics. To start, one must ask; what is ethics? In ...
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Code Of Ethics Ethics In The Workplace
1,524 wordsFostering Ethics in Organizations Business Ethics is emerging as one of the greatest recognized needs in business and government today. No other element in business life can profit so greatly for such a small investment. Lacking this, no other element can cost business so dearly. Therefore it is important for top management within organization to foster the type of organization environment that would be capable of supporting basic principles of ethics. To start, one must ask; what is ethics? In ...
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Chief Executive Officer Factors Affecting
1,919 wordsOctober 22, 1999 Term Paper Separating the Board Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer: Pro and Con &# 038; Rebecca Hundley I Introduction Numerous reports on corporate governance have emphasised the desirability of increasing the number of outside directors on boards. An equally important and related issue is a growing insistence that the role of chairman and chief executive should be separate, though on this issue there is less unanimity in the U. S. than in other countries. Choosing the rig...
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Chief Executive Officer Factors Affecting
1,987 wordsOctober 22, 1999 Term Paper Separating the Board Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer: Pro and Con &# 038; Rebecca Hundley I Introduction Numerous reports on corporate governance have emphasised the desirability of increasing the number of outside directors on boards. An equally important and related issue is a growing insistence that the role of chairman and chief executive should be separate, though on this issue there is less unanimity in the U. S. than in other countries. Choosing the rig...
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19 Th Century Tiger Woods
1,174 wordsImpact of Sports Television The mass media, particularly television, heavily influences the way in which sports are experienced in American society. For every person who is physically present at a major professional sporting event for example, as many as a thousand may be watching it at home. However, television is only the most recent medium of mass communication that has influenced sports. By the mid- 19 th century, Americans were already experiencing sporting events indirectly. At least since...
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R 038 D Success
1,811 words1. Andy Grove and his role in Intel? s Success When I think of Intel, I think of Andrew Grove. That may be due to my age, and the fact that I was too young in 1968 to know that Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, pioneers in the semiconductor industry, had left Fairchild Semiconductor to form Intel Corporation. But I believe that my association of Grove with Intel is due more to the tremendous influence that he has had on the company as the official and unofficial overseer of Intel? s internal operat...
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Arthur Anderson Financial Statements
1,173 wordsCertified Public Accountants are expected to conduct themselves at a higher level than most other members of society and are held to the highest of ethical standards. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides general accepted auditing standards and the code of professional conduct as a framework of guidance for CPAs to follow in performing audit procedures. The following audit case demonstrates potential problems that can occur when the client, Mattel, and the auditing firm...
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Pc Operating Systems Quot Microsoft
1,149 wordsViewed together, three main facts indicate that Microsoft enjoys monopoly power. First, Microsoft's share of the market for Intel-compatible Personal Computer (PC) operating systems is extremely large and stable. Second, Microsoft's dominant market share is protected by a high barrier to entry. Third, and largely as a result of that barrier, Microsoft's customers lack a commercially viable alternative to Windows, the operating system of all PCs. Microsoft enjoys so much power in the market for I...
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Communication Problems Highest Quality
713 wordsIn an article in the Friday, November 22, 1996 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Robert Berner reports that a small company called Langlitz Leathers in Portland Oregon is making one of the worlds most popular leather jackets, but they will not increase their production from six jackets per day. According to the Journal, Langlitz is the leather jacket of choice for many rebels... as well [as] people who want to look rebellious. (WSJ A 1) The executives at Langlitz seem to understand that their ...
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