The Management Theory Jungle Author(s): Harold Koontz Source: The Journal of the Academy of Management‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 3 (Dec.‚ 1961)‚ pp. 174-188 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/254541 . Accessed: 13/01/2014 14:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and
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Book review Jungle love The novel‚ "Jungle love novel"‚ was written by Margaret Johnson. This story is about two girls‚ Jennifer and Lisa‚ who took a trip to Belize and they both were in love with the same attractive man‚ Ian. Jennifer enjoyed nature and reading while Lisa liked talking too long. In Jennifer’s situation‚ she had another man‚ Pete. They planned to get married and then to move to the countryside to enjoy their life. However‚ she was very confused
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The Jungle Throughout Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ the inhumane and disgusting treatment the working men and women was shown to the eyes of the American people. Although what the book is most recognized for is creating the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ an act that gave consumers protection from dangerous and impure foods‚ the many various horrors the lower working class had to go through was something that deserved more recognition. Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ gives an insight on how
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The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair
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A tropical jungle is an awesome place. I had the opportunity of visiting one recently.My friend Rahim‚ who works as a forest ranger‚ took me along on one of his trips into the jungle. I had wanted to experience for myself first-hand what he had always spoken about.The moment we entered the jungle‚ a sort of semi-darkness enveloped us. The sky was almost completely shut out by the canopy of leaves high above us. At ground level‚ thick vegetation grew in every direction. The air was damp and had a
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The Jungle‚ written by Upton Sinclair was a very touching and motivating story. Sinclair aimed for our hearts‚ but instead‚ he hit our stomachs. The Jungle is a story of hardships and trouble‚ some successes and many failures as a family tries to achieve the "American Dream." In this book‚ "The Jurgis Ruckus’ myth of failure is the other side of the Horatio Alger’s myth of success." (xxvi) Although this book was written about the hardships of a family‚ it was not just a story for one to read
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Socialism in “The Jungle” By Tyler Dobson Sinclair’s The Jungle is a novel that tends to advocate for socialism as a remedy for the evils of capitalism that has dominated a society. Upton Sinclair’s piece was written in 1906‚ at a time when many European immigrants had migrated to the United States with the hope of becoming prosperous in their lives. However‚ their expectations were not met as some of them ended up being unemployed and those who managed to get jobs like Jurgis Rudkus in
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The Gentlemen of the jungle-Essay When Jomo Kenyatta is born in Kenya which at that time was known as British East Africa‚ it was under British supreme rule‚ the native black people of the region have no right what so ever. The British minority ruled the region‚ and any attempt on overthrowing the rule is struck down hard. Jomo went to London a few times to study and lobby for more land to the Kikuyu tribe which he belonged to. In 1952 he was arrested and charged with being a member of a radical
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Essay: The Gentlemen of the Jungle The Gentlemen of the Jungle have many characters that represent the occupiers of horn Africa‚ where the British occupied the land of the east Africans. The lion that is the king of the Jungle represent the general‚ while the elephant who tricked the protagonist and occupied his hut and the Rhinoceros‚ Buffalo‚ Alligator‚ Fox‚ and Leopard represents the jury‚ that is supposed to fair and repute for their impartiality in justice. “…. For the members of the commission
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generously by Mother-Africa to her children. These were the ancestors‚ the chiefs‚ the scholars‚ the bush men and women‚ the weak‚ the strong‚ and the brave. Let us examine such work of wisdom by Jomo Kenyatta in his short story: "The Getnlemen of The Jungle." As a Pan-African and great political leader‚ Kenyatta became the first president of independent Kenya back in 1963. His wise story‚ pulsate with humor‚ for all the so called Gentlemen were animals‚ reminded me‚ at my first read‚ of the Africa my
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