PART A CHANGE is unavoidable in order to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced market environment. Management guru‚ Tom Peters puts it that ‘change or die’ has been the bottom line for countless firms (Jick & Peiperl‚ 2011). Change can be large or small‚ evolutionary or revolutionary‚ sought after or resisted (Hayes‚ 2010) and is a general feature of organisational life‚ both at an operational and strategic level (Todnem‚ 2005). Burnes (1992) expressed that ‘change management is not a distinct
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Literature Review Outline Motivation of employees and creating harmony in the workplace Three issues that considerably add to higher levels of employee motivation and performance‚ Nemerov (1993) Supervisors should enhance the motivational climate in the workplace‚ Atwood (2004) Employees Motivation and Theories and their Implication for Employee Retention within Organizations‚ Ramlall (2004) Management style of managers in Sierra Leone is based on autocratic-democratic approach Employee can
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The Evolution of the Automobile The official definition of an automobile is “a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine” (Merriam-Webster 51). There is no one person accredited for the invention of the automobile‚ but rather a collection of advancements that evolved into the modern-day automobile (Smith 12). Today‚ there are approximately 600 million passenger vehicles in existence worldwide
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Gender and Leadership Literature Review 1. Introduction Leadership theories and literature describe what leaders should do and on the other hand literature also exists on what leaders actually do‚ the former are prescriptive and the latter are descriptive (Bratton et al; 2005). Leadership style is a relatively consistent set of behaviours that characterise a leader (DuBrin; 1995). The main leadership theories encompass the trait‚ behaviour‚ contingency‚ power
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Literature Review The Literature Review represents relevant literature and theories which this research focuses on. Social media is defined as “the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value” (Jantsch‚ 2008). It is an emerging channel for marketing around the globe. In the modern days where social media is widely used‚ what needs to be communicated to the customers is‚ in a way‚ determined by them (Kietzmann‚ Hermkens‚ McCarthy‚ & Silvestre‚ 2011‚ p. 242)
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prosecuted and/or convicted. Most of the sample were drawn from the minority group. The study shows that sexual deviancy and anti-social orientation contribute to sex offending. The second portion of the study was comparing the sex offending treatment literature. The
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Literature Review Numerous studies confirm the benefits of using graphic organizers in the classroom in terms of helping students develop and process information. The mere fact this is a method that has been backed by such a strong body of evidence has imbued me with confidence that this intervention will yield positive results. Graphic organizers are a way to help students "grapple with core ideas of the content and develop sophisticated relational understandings of it" (Ellis 2004). They
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1800’s. By the 1900’s‚ it was uncertain which type of engine would power the automobile. At first‚ the electric car was the most popular‚ but at the time a battery did not exist that would allow a car to move with much speed or over a long distance. Even though some of the earlier speed records were set by electric cars‚ they did not stay in production past the first decade of the 20th century. The steam-driven automobile lasted into 1920’s. However‚ the price on steam powered engines‚ either to build
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Types of Discipline Problems 2.1.1: Vandalism According to article ‘What is vandalism’‚ written by Dye1‚ she defined vandalism as a crime that generally involves the destruction‚ disfigurement of public or private property. A person does not have to destroy a property to be charged with vandalism. This crime can include acts that simply demise a piece of property. For example‚ a person may rip the seats of a school bus. The bus is still operable‚ but its value
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