The Upper Paleolithic was a period of great transition in the world. This was the height of technical sophistication during the Old Stone Age. The Neanderthals in Europe became edged out and disappeared by 33‚000 years ago‚ and modern humans began to have the world to themselves. Naturally‚ this will lead to what many have called a time of “creative explosion”. In the Upper Paleolithic‚ culture emerged as a stronger force than biology. Humans no longer needed to use their physical strength; tools
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Change Management Research Paper Change Models for Short-Term‚ Small-Scale‚ and Long-Term‚ Large-Scale Changes The world is in constant change and businesses are no exception. Organizations are tools for conducting business and getting things done. Many factors influence the way an organization is driven to conduct changes; technological improvements‚ new inventiveness‚ project-based working or teams‚ and increased competition to name a few. Traditional pyramid shaped organizations adhering to
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Managing change is important in seeking the final component of successfully managing strategy‚ process‚ people and culture in most modern organizations. More and more‚ staying competitive in the face of demographic trends‚ technological innovations‚ and globalization requires organizations to change at much higher rates than ever before. Few people will argue with this statement‚ but fewer still will say their organization does a good job at managing those changes. Managing change well is a continuous
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THE APPLICATION OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT THEORY TO HR PORTAL IMPLEMENTATION IN SUBSIDIARIES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Cataldo Dino Ruta HR portals are complex information technology (IT) applications that can be accessed by all employees of a given organization. By placing more applications and information online‚ HR portals reduce the reliance employees have on HR personnel. Given this relational change‚ from human to computer‚ the HR portal implementation process must take into account the
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•I E W C E M B E R EVIAL 75 DE 75 109 2001 Technological change and opportunities for development as a moving target Carlota Pérez Honorary Research Fellow‚ SPRU‚ the University of Sussex. Adjunct Senior Research Fellow‚ INTECH‚ United Nations University The Netherlands carperez@reacciun.ve This article puts forward an interpretation of development as a process of accumulation of technological and social capabilities dependent upon taking advantage of successive and different
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Ecosystems‚ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in India Summary Report All India Disaster Mitigation Institute Preparedness Pocketbook Series-29 Ecosystems‚ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in India Gujarat Council of Science City‚ Gujarat‚ India December 21-23‚ 2010 Summary Report All India Disaster Mitigation Institute March 2011 Title: Summary Report of the Twenty Third National Course on Ecosystems
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S I X T H E D I T I O N Development Through the Lifespan Laura E. Berk Illinois State University Boston • Columbus • Indianapolis • New York • San Francisco • Upper Saddle River Amsterdam • Cape Town • Dubai • London • Madrid • Milan • Munich • Paris • Montréal • Toronto Delhi • Mexico City • São Paulo • Sydney • Hong Kong • Seoul • Singapore • Taipei • Tokyo BerkLS6_ch00d_FM_i_xxvi‚001_r11.indd 1 6/21/13 2:40 PM Dedication To Annie‚ Bailey‚ and Penny in gratitude for wise counsel
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YOUTH - THE GREATEST ENFORCER IN SOCIAL CHANGE Youth‚ the greatest cohort of Pakistan‚ should be directly involved in dialogue as the key stakeholders‚ innovators‚ future policy-makers and leaders of this nation. The recent shooting of Malala Yusufzai has shown what Pakistani youth really feels and how it thinks on issues. The people have spoken in the huge rallies‚ in Karachi and elsewhere. Earlier‚ this never happened because people were scared of being shot‚ kidnapped‚ and having bombs thrown
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main character in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Macbeth goes through drastic changes throughout the play. He changes from good to evil. Many different things cause these changes. In the beginning Macbeth was such a nice guy. That changed after he met the three witches. When Macbeth first meets the witches they say two things that cause Macbeth to be evil. These two predictions told by the witches caused the changes that happened within Macbeth. When Lady Macbeth finds out about the
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Climate change Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average (e.g.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth‚ such as global warming. Terminology The most general definition of climate change is a change
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