QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY QUEEN’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS Dr. Shawna O’Grady Winter 2013 Goodes Hall LL152 613-533-2328(w) sogrady@business.queensu.ca or shawna@teammatters.ca MODULE DESIGN/OBJECTIVES This introductory module provides students with a set of practical sessions aimed at helping to build effective teams within the Queen’s Accelerated MBA Program. Students are introduced to a five-step team building model that is based on ongoing
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Behind Closed Doors at WorldCom: 2001 Zekany‚ Kay E;Braun‚ Lucas W;Warder‚ Zachary T Issues in Accounting Education; Feb 2004; 19‚ 1; ProQuest Central pg. 101 Behind Closed Doors at WorldCom: 2001 Kay E. Zekany‚ Lucas W. Braun‚ and Zachary T. Warder ABSTRACT: WorldCom was a large telecom company that enjoyed an almost meteoric rise during the 1990s but ran into trouble in the early 2000s. 2001 was particularly difficult. This case gives future generations of accountants the opportunity
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Where many themes from compassion to ruthlessness exist. Bernard is an example of ruthlessness. In the story Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ the character Bernard is an antagonistic character that hinders Enter throughout the story. His constant bullying and attacking of others puts many other character’s down. In the novel‚ Bernard is a immoral character who makes the audience feel apathetic towards him by being a bully‚ he follows a crowd‚ and has no loyalty
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developed economies are. Enron‚ the seventh largest company in the United States‚ was declared bankrupt in December 200 1 after its investment partnership proved to be masking a colossal mountain of debt (around $1.2 billion). Similarly‚ Madoffs company‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities‚ was associated with a $65 billion fraud ’ that affected around 4‚800 clients worldwide‚ includíng investment banks (e.g.‚ Banco Santander‚ UniCredit‚ HSBC)‚ hedge funds (e.g.‚ Ascot Partners and Man Group PLC)‚ charities
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when considering the additional insurance benefits‚ as well as the lack of employment opportunities in Jackson‚ Vinson felt very fortunate to have such a position at WorldCom. Aside from Betty Vinson‚ the two other main players in the case are Bernard Ebbers‚ CEO‚ and Scott Sullivan‚ CFO. Ebbers lacked technological expertise or experience and‚ admittedly‚ stated his only real qualification was “being the meanest SOB they could find” (Kaplan and Kiron‚ 2007). However‚ Ebbers was the right man
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Bernard Lewis is a distinguished author‚ political commentator and historian that has dedicated his carrier to observing and reporting about the current tensions plaguing the Middle East. In his novel Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East Lewis introduces his readers to the various problems this region faces both religiously and politically by using a collection of essays to express these problems and how it has continued to create tension in the region. Throughout the novel Lewis
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In Bernard Williams’s article “Induction”‚ he introduced several versions of the induction problem‚ including Hume’s original statement of the problem and Goodman’s “new riddle” of induction. In this essay‚ I will explore the differences and similarities between these two versions of the problem of induction. Both Hume and Goodman seek to address the uncertainty human face while trying to predict the future or making a generalization statement‚ given our limited knowledge. Hume approached via the
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Understanding God‚ knowing God‚ and understanding humanity are many of the topics that Augustine‚ Bernard of Clairvuax‚ and Julian of Norwich discuss in their writings. Each writer has a different opinion on how humanity knows and understands God‚ also how they understand humanity. How is one supposed to understand God? According to Augustine humans are dependent on God‚ so if they do not understand God their lives are meaningless. Augustine believes that humanity is dependent on God because without
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There isn’t many black students in university due to the fact that they make a small part of demographic in the UK. Black students are under-represented‚ even if they were equally represented there would be a few of them comparison to other groups. Bernard Coard (1971) published a book “How the west Indian child is made educationally subnormal” he argues that this was preventing black Caribbean children from reaching their potential. In his book he highlighted how the word ‘white’ was associated with
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Bernard Bragg is a skilled director‚ artist‚ and writer. He is known for writing and directing plays such as That Makes Two of Us‚ which debuted at Gallaudet College in 1982‚ and True Deaf. Bragg is also known for devising a work of art known as “Night Study (ASL Writing)” in 1990. He is too known for publishing books such as Meeting Halfway in American Sign Language: A Common Ground for Effective Communication Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing People and Lessons in Laughter: The Autobiography of a
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