… important with global business expansion, because of an increase in ethical and social responsibility - concerns that businesses face in different country environments. There exists, however, a wide divergence in the level of importance attached…

… of Malaysian economy in recession in 1985? A recession is usually defined as a fall of a country's Gross National Product (GNP) in three successive quarters. A recession may involve falling prices, which can lead to a depression; alternatively…

… Change General Motors, IBM, and Sears: three companies facing a need for dramatic change that have already tried, but failed, at major change efforts. Judging from what I've read about these three companies in the business press recently, I'm…

… an option but a necessity. Today's business environment produces change in the workplace more suddenly and frequently than ever before. According to Bolman and Deal (1997), organisations everywhere are struggling to cope with a shrinking planet and…

… relations (PR), and examine the impact of PR on today's society. The student is then asked to give his/her views of PR as an individual. An organization's reputation, profitability, and even its continued existence can depend on the degree to which…

… of the definition; the advantages and disadvantages; ordering systems; and decision making that goes into the Just -In-Time inventory control system. Definition and History Just-In-Time (JIT) is a process for optimizing manufacturing processes by…

… true axis of evil, where the most reprehensible and vile totalitarian regimes actually team up to provide each other with assistance in further providing suffering and horror to their people. While Kim Jung il is currently in China (the North Korean…

… University of Wisconsin Whitewater on April 11, 2005 to speak on Contemporary Issues. Throughout her productive life, she has changed many lives through becoming a professor at UCLA until Ronald Regan revoked her privilege to educate, public speeches…

… to the management of quality. Opposing strategy paradigms are used as the basis of ideologically polar views with little consideration of any alternative points of view (see for example: Firat, 1985; Shrivastava, 1986; Venkatesh, 1985). Using…

… must be taken. Fellow colonists, mother England has given a plethora of reasons for us to become independent. You might have felt the impact of her decisions on your treasury, or rights, or your essential goods. The soldiers at your house might be…