What Story Should Be told? 30 min: Did you know that the wealth that belongs to the university of Texas and Texas A & M was funded by oil discoveries? The Texas legislative set aside an original land grant of one million acres for future Texas colleges. But in 1883 another million acres was added to the land endowment. The land reserved for the university was very dry and wasn’t thought of to be worth much‚ especially not 4.4 billion dollars! Oil was first struck on this land in 1923 and in that
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To what extent is CSR beneficial to a company’s performance? Corporate social responsibilities (CSR) and its influences on business success has been a controversial topic over the last few decades but it is not until 1988 was CSR officially stated in the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence (Foote‚ Gaffney & Evans‚ 2010). Proponents point out that socially-responsible company will be more likely to be financially successful‚ while critics contend that CSR is contradictory to the
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Sikkim Manipal University Subject: Management Process and Organisational Behaviour Subject code: MB0038 Book ID B1621 Question Paper Code: Time: 3 hours PART A – 1 MARK QUESTIONS Answer all questions. Each question carries 1 mark 50 * 1= 50 Marks Max.Marks:140 1. An organisation is a __________ system of people who are structured and meet specified goals. a. Geographical b. Social c. Private d. Specified 2. Building a vision involves the joint efforts of the owner and ____________ of the organisation
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To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2‚ but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist‚ however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were‚ in many ways alike. Starting with childhood‚ Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called
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To what extent are the adults responsible for the death of Kingshaw? Parents are the foundation of a child’s happiness and security. In the novel ‘I’m the King of the Castle’ by Susan Hill‚ the impact of the lack of attention from parents are heavily emphasised‚ with the resulting outcome with the tragic death of Kingshaw. To a large extent‚ the adults are responsible for the death of Kingshaw as he lack of attention leaves a child insecure‚ isolated and in despair. The reader is aware of Mr Hooper’s
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Introduction In recent decades‚ as with the development of the economic globalization‚ the information technology has been updating constantly and the industries in the marketplace are faced with more and more stronger competition. In order to adapt to this severe situation‚ many enterprises‚ especially some hi-tech companies‚ are all trying to seek a new special organizational form‚ which in turn gives rise to the concept of ‘work team’ to restructure the work and organization process[1]. And
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What Makes A Bomb Story? Stories‚ they have been around forever and will be till the end of time. We all have stories that we remember and love. But why can we only recall a few stories and not all of them? We remember stories because of their great plot‚ style and tone‚ as well as their great theme. A well written story can draw a readers attention by having a great plot. Without a plot stories wouldn’t have any fracas‚ triumph or ending. The plot gives the author an ‘outline’ for their work
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To what extent was Germany a parliamentary democracy in the years 1900-1914? A parliamentary democracy is the power in Germany being shared amongst everybody. The positions are democratically elected by the population of the country. The way Germany was run is based upon the Constitution the power lies between the Reichstag‚ the chancellor and the Kaiser. Germany was a parliamentary democracy based on the constitution that Germany was run by. The Bundesrat being part of the constitution consisted
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To What extent was the Edwardian reformation protestant? By the end of Henry VIII’s reign‚ religion within England was stranded mid-way between the competing belief systems of Catholicism and reform. Events within Europe had begun to influence thinking within England‚ the war between Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League was one such of these events‚ with which came new influence. Edward VI was king of England and along with his protectors Somerset and Northumberland reformed the country with what
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To What Extent is Negative Heritage a Benefit to Society？ Contents 1. Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2. Background------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 3. Arguments--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 3.1 Drawbacks------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 3.2 Brief evaluation of drawbacks-------
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