is not about an idea being or bad‚ sometimes change is not fair to all the people. But why did the Athenian democracy fail in about 100 years if it was a government made for the people. Before democracy the people in ancient Greece were run by the people on top of the wealth and power pyramid. Everything from laws to ideas were given by the wealthy which means that everything was to their benefit. To the poor this idea was not fair‚ and if they tried to say something their voice wasn’t heard since
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percent rule‚ no freedmen could be part of a state government. Also‚ it did not address land reform‚ an economic weakness of Lincoln’s strategy. Finally‚ under Lincoln’s plan‚ no federal military occupation was required in Southern states. This left the freedmen at the mercy of the states for protection. Congress viewed this plan as far too lenient‚ and in 1864 passed the Wade-Davis bill. This bill required the majority of voters in each Southern state to take an oath of loyalty; only then could
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The ever-changing global economic situation is one such factor that does affect the way people live their lives from day to day since survival has now become the order of the day. We now have to be better able to evaluate our absolute advantages versus our comparative advantages. Governments‚ businesses and people can no longer solely rely on the many traditional methods in trying to cope with the many complex issues that we do face in today’s world. Because of this fact‚ there has been an increasing
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Case Study The Layoff Robin Astrigo‚ CEO of Astrigo Holdings‚ has recently discovered that his business is beginning to suffer financially. Profits are significantly decreasing despite company promotions‚ inventory cuts‚ and expense adjustments. In addition‚ Astrigo Holdings is losing sales to other competitive retailers with more reasonably priced products. The business needs to make a change in order to pick itself up from this recession. Mr. Astrigo has come to the conclusion that multiple
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Does Economic Wealth Lead To Well-being? In 1974‚ USC Professor Easterlin put forward that within a country the rich have higher average subjective well-being (SWB) than the poor. Nevertheless‚ the average SWB is uncorrelated with income between rich countries and poor countries. For example‚ the Gallup poll of 2012 well-being from Livescience website (2011) shows that Panama has 61% of people who said they are thriving‚ which had a greater score than the USA. The modern economy based on the opinion
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Why Total Quality Management Fails: Perspective of Top Management Even total quality management (TQM) was applied in organizaion‚ one 1990 survey shown that more than 36 percent employees do not participate in and dissatisfied with quality improvement programme. Also‚ the companies often fail to utilize employees and customers. The principles of TQM presume full commitment from all levels of management and the TQM is responding to changing market conditions. There are some reasons listed as follows
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Why Do Financial Institutions Fail? Do you remember that there was an extremely important historical event‚ which is the worst financial crisis since the Second World War. The most serious result was that all the investment banks in Wall Street failed‚ which was a block of healthy development of the world economy. Here is a reason why these investment banks failed. Was it resulting from the wrong policy made by American government or investment banks themselves? Although many people subscribe
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In a job interview‚ how does a person answer the question "why do you want to work for this company?" This common interview question is phrased in a simple manner‚ but this it encompasses a range of sub-questions that you must be aware of. Interviewers ask this because they want to know the following: * What do you know about this company? * Why have you chosen to apply in this particular company? * Do you have a specific job in mind? * How do you intend to use your skills in
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distributing their political power‚ or even losing their political and economic privileges that absolutism grants them. Examples of these case include the Communist Party of North Korea‚ and sugar planters of the colonial Barbados (Acemoglu et al‚ 2012). Others‚ such as the Soviet Union‚ established extractive institutions to further their political agenda of the Cold War—the Soviet Union was able to attain sustainable economic growth in 1960’s and 70’s by transitioning from agriculture to industry
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Alternatives to Layoffs Layoffs‚ a short term fix‚ detrimental to the company‚ should be the last resort Layoffs are done to save money. Unfortunately‚ they are usually a short term fix‚ detrimental to the company. So why do so many companies persist in using layoffs as a first choice for cutting costs‚ and what are some of the alternatives. Sometimes things don’t work out as forecast. Clients delay purchases. Suppliers raise prices. Competitors steal market share. Quarterly‚ at least in
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