The Era of Stagnation (also called the Period of Stagnation‚ Stagnation Period‚ Stagnation Era‚ the Brezhnevian Stagnation‚ or the Brezhnev Stagnation) was a period of economic‚ political‚ and social stagnation in the Soviet Union‚ which began during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982) and continued under Yuri Andropov (1982-1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1984-1985). This period ended when Mikhail Gorbachev‚ who succeeded Chernenko‚ introduced his policies of glasnost‚ perestroika‚ uskoreniye
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THE GREENSPAN ERA In October 1979‚ as Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was imposing adverse supply shocks on the world’s economies for the second time in a decade‚ Fed Chairman Paul Volcker decided that the time for action had come. Volcker had been appointed chairman by President Carter only two months earlier‚ and he had taken the job knowing that inflation had reached unacceptable levels. As guardian of the nation’s monetary system‚ he felt he had little choice but to pursue
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The Nehru Era (1947-64) British rule in India: India was a subcontinent of many different states with multiple regions‚ rulers‚ political systems and languages = v diverse Until 1947‚ the area that now forms India‚ Pakistan and Bangladesh was under British colonial rule. 1857: ‘First War of Independence’ 1900-47: India ruled by a Viceroy and London civil servant officials who acted as government (Indians had little representation) Princely states ‘independent’ but run by British crown Political
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The Role of Family in Early Modern England During the early modern period of England’s history‚ the role of family played an important part in society. This was the same for both governed and governing classes. The nuclear family (father‚ mother and children) as opposed to extended family was central to the residential and emotional affairs of most people. Patriarchachal society was the style of the time‚ males dominated in all aspects of life. The male was always the head of the household
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Modern History Modern history‚ or the modern era‚ describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the Great Divergence. Contemporary history describes the span of historic events that are immediately relevant to the present time. The beginning of the modern era started approximately in the 16th century. Many major events
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ROLE OF MODERN COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECRETARIAL PROFESSION abstract many modern business organization has spend huge amount of money to equip their offices with modern equipment. some of them do so in order to approve the efficiency of their workers and reduce the time spent in doing office jobs. the facts is that‚ this has brought fear for technologies will soon throw them out of job‚ this implies that they do not clearly understand the roles this modern equipment have came
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MODERN TIMES Firstly‚ i would like to say that Modern Times‚ which is romantic comedy film in 1936 by USA‚ is one of the best film i ve ever seen.The film’s leading players are Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddrad. The movie stated in a factory. In this factory‚ I see the type of manufacturing process is repetetive because of i ve seen the assembly line in the film.The factory maybe produces car or some kinds of machines because i saw Charlie Chaplin screws nuts onto pieces of machinery
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live under this dull inexpressible culture? Well‚ the early Puritans were part of this "Age of Reason" and many a good man came out of this era. Anyway‚ it was time for change. People wanted to start believing in themselves more and having a greater sense or nationalism. This is where Romanticism came in and replaced classicism. It was the beginning of a new era and initiated a whole new way of thinking. Romanticism basically dealt with three attitudes: Nature‚ the past‚ and the inner world of human
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The History of Management Thought The Beginning of Management It is highly probable that the management process first began in the family organization‚ later expand to the tribe‚ and finally pervaded the formalized political units such as those found in early Babylonia. In these organizations‚ a type of financial control and record keeping was invented which usually took the form of clay tablets with inscriptions. The recognition of the concept of managerial responsibility
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4 Eras of Mass Communication and Features of Eras Identify and explain the 4 eras of mass communication theory development. 1. mass society era (audiences are passive and easily manipulated -focused on a one way message; late 1800s-1940s) The Era of Mass Society and Mass Culture Theory. Begun at the 2nd half of the 19th century. Mass society theory: Perspective on Western‚ industrial society that attributess an influential but often negative role to media. Media was feared because it was regarded
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