Review of the Related Literature Cucumber The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae‚ which includes squash‚ and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing"‚ "pickling"‚ and "burpless". Within these varieties‚ several different cultivars have emerged. The cucumber is originally from India‚ but is now grown on most continents
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Literature Review on Strategic Management with Emphasis on Porter’s Theories as Applied in Current Decision Making Abstract This review provides an overview of a few of the key topics that have defined the strategic management field since the later twentieth century. Strategic planning‚ strategic planning frameworks and strategy implementation issues are discussed both from a historical and modern perspective. Michael Porter’s frameworks and generic strategy provide an excellent backdrop
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PART A CHANGE is unavoidable in order to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced market environment. Management guru‚ Tom Peters puts it that ‘change or die’ has been the bottom line for countless firms (Jick & Peiperl‚ 2011). Change can be large or small‚ evolutionary or revolutionary‚ sought after or resisted (Hayes‚ 2010) and is a general feature of organisational life‚ both at an operational and strategic level (Todnem‚ 2005). Burnes (1992) expressed that ‘change management is not a distinct
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doctrine on transformational leadership and Robert Greenleaf on his philosophy of servant leaders also were influential in bringing management to where it is today. Waters (1980) This research paper written while at McGill University looks at the process of management‚ how managers do their jobs‚ the behaviors and the skill set required. This research paper although written for education professionals also covers areas of interest for business professionals. Leadership Stronge (1998)‚ notes
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Leadership Article Review What is leadership? Is there a catchall definition to describe what leadership is? For my review‚ I have chosen an article from Forbes contributor Kevin Kruse titled “What is Leadership?” In this article Mr. Kruse initially diverges from the main topic of answering what is to answer what is not leadership. Afterwards‚ he examines leadership definitions from some notable business thinkers then gives his definition. Beginning with what he states is not leadership‚ Kruse
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relationship between the psychological contract and employee motivation? At present‚ due to the dynamic changes in the organisations‚ the psychologists have interpreted the psychological contract in various views. In addition‚ it is possible that psychological contract is one of the significant factors for the organisations because it creates the sense of exchanging values and beliefs between employees and employers. Besides‚ employee motivation could be enhanced by exchanging the obligations
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how these drives affect employee motivation in organizations. One of them is the article “Employee Motivation: A powerful new model”‚ written by Nitin Nohria (the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration)‚ Boris Groysberg (an associate professor at Harvard Business School in Boston) and Linda-Eling Lee (a research director at the Center for Research on Corporate Performance in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts). This article was published in Harvard Business Review on July 1st 2008. Most of
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Nucor Case Study on Approach to Employee Motivation Starting back as early as the 1950’s and early 1960’s Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronic business. After consecutive years of struggling financial performance‚ Nucor evaluated their management structure and decided it was time for a change in leadership. As a result F. Kenneth Iverson was appointed as president and CEO of the company. Part of Iverson innovation for the company was drastically changing
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Momordica charantia The phytochemical prospection of the fresh and dried leaves extracts‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ and bark of the plant contains resins‚ alkaloids‚ flavonoids‚ glycosides‚ steroids‚ terpenes‚ cardiac glycoside‚ saponins having various medicinal importance viz. anti-HIV‚ anti-plasmodial‚ shigellocidal‚ anti-diarrheal‚ anti-septic‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-viral‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-microbial‚ hypoglycemic‚ antioxidant‚ analgesic and hepatoprotective properties. PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi
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CHAPTER 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW In pursuing this research‚ there are several studies that have made significant contribution in designing the research. The following literature reviews attempt to demonstrate and support the hypothesis. In a research article by Rhodri Thomas and Vicky Harris (2000)‚ titled ‘Teaching quality and staff researches are there connections’. It is a descriptive analysis where the author asses the idea where much energy and finance has been expended by successive governments
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