… very complex and all-encompassing software. Supply chain management (SCM) systems are no slouches when it comes to complexity and scope, either. So why would a company attempt to implement both systems at the same time? Some rationalize that their…

… numerous philosophies in marketing management that are profoundly analyzed and practiced. They are: the production concept, the product concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept and the social marketing concept (Kotler, Brown, Adam &…

… struck Europe and the Mediterranean area from 1347 through 1351. It was the first of many plagues to hit the European area. These plagues went on until the early 18th century these were much after the ones in the 6th and 8th century. But they were…

… believe Sandra's main problem is the lack of respect from the fourteen other managers and directors. I sense that possibly the other managers are resentful that Sandra was promoted and they were looked over. Sandra's authority will be tested, and…

… Stearns Eliot's most well-known poem; as the epitome of a modern poem. The poem is comprised of text which is the voice of a neurotic, paranoid modern man - Prufrock - who is obssessed with time, mortality, and social conduct. Eliot's meaning in…

… affects everyone at one time or another. Sometimes you feel isolated from everyone, inaccessible to the people you would like to have contact with. In the novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, Candy, Curley's wife, Lennie, George and Crooks are…

… that a particular combination of group characteristics can cause disastrous decisions: he labels these characteristics and their outcomeas 'groupthink', defined as 'a deterioration of mental efficiency and moral judgement that results from in-group…

… been studied intensely over many years and as a result the researchers involved have become aware of a wide variety of culturally sensitive issues surrounding specific forms of mental health problems. Greater demands than ever before are being placed…

… underlying beliefs, values, and assumptions held by members of an organization, and the practices and behaviors that exemplify and reinforce them. Some aspects of organizational culture, such as individual behavior and group norms, are very visible.…

… life, and shows the difficulties the adolescents have to go through while trying to grow up. Some of their problems are self-inflicted, some are due to their upbringing, and some of them are due to the way society treats them. Mother Lourdes starts her…