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    Taylorism: Response Outside the USA

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    INTRODUCTION Scientific Management was found in US by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) who has been accorded the legacy of Scientific Management system by most scholars (Wren, 2005). According to Wren (2005), Taylor was aspired to bring out an effective management system due to no formal management at that time and were characterizes by various anomalies. Sullivan (1987) stated that Taylor’s effort not only symbolized the beginning of managerial era in industrial production but also indicate

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    country (at least the coastal regions) created new demand that could not be entirely satisfied by the Western firms that rushed to enter China. The imbalance between supply and demand gave opportunities to local entrepreneurs to create new business enterprises that would help fill the new demand. Many new, Chinese-controlled firms grew up in the foreign-dominated enclaves (mainly in and around the city of Shanghai) that provided relatively stable business environments during those turbulent times (Bergere

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    Introduction There is one very important topic in Human Resource that this paper will discuss which is minimum wage. The first thought that comes to my mind when hearing those two words should be the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. The 1938 Act provides for minimum wages, maximum hours, overtime, and child labor protection. The law amended many times, covers most employees (Dessler, 2013). I believe this is a Human Resource topic because it deals with employee compensation. Employee Compensation

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    criminality of drug use was when President Richard Nixon coined the term ‘War on Drugs’ in 1971 (Provine, 2011, p.45). This essay focuses on the disproportionality of incarceration rates between African and Anglo Americans, and illustrates the unequal operation of law enforcement on African-Americans (Provine, 2011). This essay applies Marxist criminology to argue

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    the way things are looking with this year’s election, the Electoral College is not benefiting American citizens. People fight both sides of the system, but the truth of the matter is that although the Electoral College has been in place for over 200 years, Americans are still not sure how it works or if it is the best method. Our country is supposed to be a symbol of democracy, but to this day, American elections are not truly democratic, for there are no direct Presidential elections. The Electoral

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    Battle of the Philippine Sea just months before, the state of Japan’s naval forces was limited. The USS Enterprise, the most revered and decorated ship in World War II, and 216 battleships were central to the American forces. Through an analysis of the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war, it is evident that although both American and Japanese forces lacked unity of command, American victory was a result of their adherence to the principles of war, including offensive, maneuver, and mass

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    technology through medical research and by the innovative spirit of its faculty. An example of necessity meets innovation through Health informatics was published online. In May 2013, Mount Sinai Hospital became the first major Hospital to implement an "enterprise-grade mobile care-coordination mobile app which employs a special HIPAA-secure group text messaging system that improves communication between team members who coordinate care of patients with complex medical conditions" (Leventhal, 2013). The app

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    Most know the Torah for being the Judaism’s holy book, the first five books of the Bible, and the laws. More advanced Jewish scholars may be familiar with the Talmud. But, few Jews learn the Kabbalah teachings. Traditionally, adults of the age of forty would begin to start learning about the Kabbalah and read from the Zohar (Slick). The Zohar from Hebrew directly translates to splendor or radiance. The Zohar is one of the most important works of Kabbalah or Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary

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    The Mexican Peso Crisis

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    On December, 1994 the government of Mexico announced the devaluation of its currency which was a surprise to the financial markets. Mexico had followed an “exchange rate policy of maintaining the peso within a well defined band against the US dollar” (Truman,1996.199). As the current account deficit rose this policy had come under pressure. The devaluation on December 20 fail to stabilize peso and two days later was forced to let it float, causing its external value to plummet. In this paper I

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    Formal and informal institutions’ lending policies and access to credit by small-scale enterprises in Kenya: An empirical assessment By Rosemary Atieno University of Nairobi AERC Research Paper 111 African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi November 2001 © 2001, African Economic Research Consortium. Published by: The African Economic Research Consortium P.O. Box 62882 Nairobi, Kenya Printed by: The Regal Press Kenya, Ltd. P.O. Box 46116 Nairobi, Kenya ISBN 9966-944-52-4

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