“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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The thesis of this article was the Levack‚ although he made valid points‚ his primary focus of culture caused him to overlook other important factors that influence exorcisms. Edward Bever is the author of this book review that I decided to use as my source. The main focus of this piece was discussing how Levack successfully uses seven important points to discuss the history of possession and exorcism. The first point being that the early modern period broadcasted phenomena in the Christian world
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MODULE: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT TITLE: STAKEHOLDERS AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION JUNE 2013 1. Introduction 2. Company profile 3. Stakeholders 4. Stakeholder analysis 5. Corporate strategy 6. Business strategy 7. Functional strategy 8. Operational strategy 9. Strategy and stakeholders 10. Conclusion 11. References 12. Appendix 1. Introduction For any business‚ becoming and staying the market leader is a huge task‚ even for household
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Digital Divide: Focus on the United States Student Name INF 103 Computer Literacy Ernesto Messavussu March 18‚ 2013 Digital Divide: Focus on the Unites States The digital divide is the fact that some people have easy access to computers and all the benefits that they provide‚ while many other people are cut off from them because of poverty or living in underdeveloped countries or rural areas without Internet access (Bowles‚ 2010). This paper will focus on the availability
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Focus BPR from Dell Inc. In recent centuries‚ market conditions are changing all the time. Tens of thousands of enterprises are faced with severe challenges due to the increasingly fierce competition. The competition makes customers have more choices for commodities as well as higher requests to services. What should companies do for the sake of gaining a foothold and developing their own advantages? Most of them had already found the answer – business process reengineering. Business process
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Week 5: Legal Focus Paper Jamie Franklin BSA 502 April 22‚ 2013 James Francisco PhD Week 5: Legal Focus Paper The legal department of Kudler Fine Foods is very informal. The legal counsel is Anne Shousha which is Kathy’s sister in law. Kathy handles all the legal issues personally with Anne. Through telephone calls and a couple of formal meetings all legal issues are handled for a fee of $100 per hour for only the formal meetings. The phone calls are free. So far‚ there have
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Activity 4.1: How a Country’s Culture Affects Motivational Efforts Carlos J. Rivera Indiana Wesleyan University How a Country’s Culture Affects Motivational Efforts When employees and managers from the US and other countries are mixed together in any intense environment they often bring with them different expectations about workplace success factors‚ rewards and career development as well as differences in motivational wiring. Managers need to be sure they understand these differences and
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What qualities should an ideal statesman possess? The world is full of aspiring political leaders‚ but very few of them meet the requirements of an ideal statesperson. Many politicians seem to lack some of the most important qualities‚ such as integrity and accountability. And no wonder that for many people the word “politician” or “statesman” has negative connotations. However‚ we can still try to build an image of an ideal statesman. First of all‚ it’s necessary to notice that a person who
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter FROM THE JANUARY 2007 ISSUE WHAT TO READ NEXT What Every CEO Should Know About Creating New Businesses 4 Things You Thought Were True About Managing Millennials The Worst Failure of All Is Wasting a Failure Editor’s Note: Guiding change may be the ultimate test of a leader—no business survives over the long term if it can’t reinvent itself. But‚ human nature being what it is‚ fundamental change is often resisted mightily
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ABSTRACT Resource management in Kenya is a key aspect that is observed by various state organs to ensure they are well managed. These resources range from the available land for settlement to the recently discovered minerals such as the oil in Turkana region. The status of these resources is usually assessed by means of aerial photographs and intensive ground trothing. Maps are produced on GIS environment making it possible to store‚ retrieve and analyse various types of information very quickly
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