Innovation: Championing 3M’s Post-it Notes by Knowledge@SMU‚ 13 April 2010 Go ahead and experiment with your idea. But what if I fail‚ you may ask. It is okay‚ said Geoff Nicholson‚ a former senior executive with multi-product manufacturer 3M‚ famous for its wide range of innovative products for both consumers and businesses. In fact‚ that is the trait you should look for in your employees – people who are not afraid to make mistakes – if you want your company to go far in innovation‚ said
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Travis Sheflin Timeline 1) The Corporation is legally defined: 2 Feb 1819 After the case between Dartmouth College V. Woodward‚ the Supreme Court made a decision by legally defining a corporation. This now meant that private corporations were fully compliant with the law. A corporation meant that people could invest in a company without being held liable for the outcome of the company. 2) The Steam Engine is created: 1 Jan 1820 Early on these ’fire engines’‚ as they were called then‚ were
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“With reference to a dualism of your choice (e.g.‚ bureaucracy/post-bureaucracy‚ Fordism/post-Fordism‚ hard HRM/soft HRM)‚ evaluate critically its validity as a tool for understanding the changing nature of work organisation” Introduction The definition of work is “ the application of effort or exertion to a purpose‚” (Noon & Blyton 2002‚ p3) Though this does provide a reasonable definition a clearer one can be provided by Thomas (1999‚ xiv) who highlights three essential components to work:
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------------------------------------------------- Post Office Protocol From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2007) Find sources: "Post Office Protocol" –news · books · scholar · images | Internet Protocol Suite | Application Layer | BGP · DHCP · DNS · FTP · HTTP ·IMAP · IRC · LDAP · MGCP · NNTP
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Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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Imperialism is when a mother country takes over a smaller nation or colony for political‚ social‚ and/or economic reasons. Imperialism has been a major force in shaping the modern world. The effects of Imperialism have been interpreted from a variety of viewpoints. Imperialism could have possibly played a role in industrialization because some of the causes of imperialism was: * search for new markets for European manufactured goods: overproduction and * under consumption ! new markets‚ new
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Living responsibility – a case study of Deutsch Post DHL Nguyen Thi Van Ha‚ PhD‚ TU Darmstadt‚ Germany Abstract: In recent years‚ there has been a growing concern in sustainable development‚ social responsibility due to the increasing attention to environmental problems. Companies in the world both in developed and developing countries have been trying to take their efforts of following their business strategy with growth and sustainability. With the objectives‚ many companies have been implementing
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For Europe the 19th century was a rise of industrialism‚ it brought about new technology and transportation that led to a shift towards industry. Industrialization and increased urbanization lead to changes in social classes. Although industrialization was exciting‚ there were environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural consequences. The western part of the world was able to industrialize first due to the growth of commerce. The growth of commerce had people making more goods and selling them
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Ex post facto laws Name: Course: Institution: Tutor: Date: Ex post facto laws refer to laws that apply to acts committed before the enactment of such laws and are‚ therefore‚ disadvantageous to the affected persons. The United States constitution in article I‚ section 10 prohibits the state from enacting such retroactive laws. This prohibition protects individuals from unjust legislative acts. However‚ the ban on ex post facto laws applies only with regard to criminal and not civil laws
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“The sentiments that Ex post facto laws are against natural rights is so strong that‚few‚if‚any ‚of the state constitutions have failed to proscribe them.The constitution indeed interdicts them in criminal cases only ;but they are equally unjust in civil as in criminal cases ‚and the omission of the caution hich would have been right‚does not justify the doing what is wrong.Nor ought it to be presumed that the legislature meant to use a phrase in an unjustifiable sense‚if by rules of construction
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