Introduction This case is about Linda White‚ a supervisor in a publishing and editing company called Orion. Approximately one year ago‚ she was promoted to her present position because she was hard-working and expernced. However‚ productivity and morale in her department are low. There have been problems with the quality of work‚ as well as with meeting the deadlines. Consequently‚ staff have complained‚ some staff have left the company and others are thinking of leaving. Linda is stressed. This case study
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Abstract Harriet Ann Jacob is an African-American writer‚ who absconded from slavery and was later disenthralled. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiographical novel. She portrays herself as Linda Brent‚ the Protagonist of the novel. Harriet writes of the horrors of slavery‚ dwelling on the theme of mothers being cut apart from their children and humanity
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other professionals. Linda‚ a team member‚ is very close is a very close personal friend of the boss. With the boss’s approval‚ Linda took a two-week vacation to go on a cruise during the team’s most difficult month of the year. One team member‚ Jason‚ had to work 16-days nonstop‚ without a day off during Linda’s vacation. Other team members soon began complaining and resenting Linda for the unbearable workload that vacation caused them. A few weeks back from vacation‚ Linda began to notice that
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complex and female mating preferences in mice. Anim Behav 38: 48-50. Engen T. 1982. The perception of odors. New York: Academic. 202p. Hendrick PW‚ Thomson G. 1983. Evidence for balancing selection at HLA. Genetics 104:449-56. Hudson M‚ Plynik T‚ Hogan M. Theories on coevolution of parasites and host MHC (Internet). Hamilton‚ ONT: Mcmaster University. Available from http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/biology/CBCN/genetics/hud_coevol.htm (Cited 2002 Mar 4) Jordan WC‚ Bruford MW. 1998. New perspectives
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Language: Reading Linda takes ‘My Family’ book from the library and sits on the table. She looks at the cover page and says‚ “Family”. She turns page by page and looks at the pictures. She looks at a picture and says‚ “Papa‚ mama‚ baby” smilingly. Linda turns to the next page and says‚ “They play in water”. Looking at another page she smiles and points her finger to the cake and says‚ “Birthday”. While she reads the books she mentions‚ “Bicycle‚ bubbles. I like bubbles”. Once she finishes
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strategy used by McDonnell-Cummins is by providing compensation. As a B2B company‚ Linda is required to do direct marketing in order to introduce their products to large consumer goods companies. Therefore‚ as a motivation‚ offering an incentive in the form of compensation for staff such as providing a new car and expense account is to enforce desirable sales performance. At McDonnell-Cummins Company‚ they hired Linda Stephens who has a background in chemical engineering as a sales engineer. This
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The external relations section of Universal Fabrics is a rather small unit. Mr. Stanford is only responsible for the two attendants and a secretary. It is important to understand that the unit is allocated a substantial budget‚ and thus although Linda and Louise are only ‘attendants’‚ they are close to the top of their organisational world. Zaleznik (1963) describes a main pattern of inner conflict called competition anxiety. This anxiety refers to the feelings generated in people who are climbing
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let it be known to the public what life was like as a slave girl. Written in first person by Linda Brent‚ Jacob’s pseudonym‚ she writes through her life chronologically starting from her early experiences as a "well-off slave" to what life is like in the hands of a cruel slave owner. Followed by her escape and road to reach her goals of freedom. Throughout the novel Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Linda Brent struggles between a desire for her own personal freedom and a feeling of responsibility
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the sun set. Mrs. Wade beat slaves herself with the strength of a man in her favorite place to torture them‚ her barn to the point that many of her slaves wanted to die. Linda also tells us of her own mistress‚ Mrs. Flint who hated her immensely with a great deal of jealousy due to her husband‚ Dr. Flint’s fondness of Linda. Linda details a sit-down she had with Mrs. Flint whom had become enraged
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penname Linda Brant to narrate the story in first person. Harriet writes about the struggles of being a female trapped into slavery and how she fought to protect not only herself but her young children too. She also highlights her darkest and happiest moments and how in instants she could have easily given up but chose not to. Harriet Ann Jacobs wrote this story to not only help the antislavery movement but to also educate people on how hard slavery was on a person‚ especially a woman. Linda argues
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