wanted Germany to be punished. He had seen his country invaded‚ large parts of its industry destroyed and millions of its people killed. Clemenceau was determined to make Germany pay compensation to France. He also wanted to weaken Germany so that she could never threaten France again. He knew that he had the French people behind him. Lloyd George was re-elected as prime minister in 1918 but to win votes he had gone along with the popular opinion in Britain that Germany should be ‘squeezed till the pips
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their pros and cons. It also is an attempt to ascertain whether MNCs really have the need for them. We start with the definition of expatriates and why they are needed. Furthermore‚ we have described as to why MNCs use expatriates for their international assignments in spite of the exorbitant costs involved. The advantages and disadvantages of expatriation and repatriation in today’s global world have also been pinpointed. We have also discussed whether MNCs should continue using expatriates in their
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of the past is the wisdom of the future. Throughout life and history‚ people have claimed that the older you are‚ the wiser you get or that wisdom comes with age. They have always referred in books‚ quotes and sayings to the elder but never to the young. Have they ever thought that someday‚ young children may prove to be wiser than adults First of all‚ we must be aware that a new kind of maturity seems to have taken over the youth of today. In fact‚ children too seem to be very mature and
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there a correlation between money and happiness and if so how can we use it to our advantage. Human are very sensitive to change. When we get a raise or commision‚ we really enjoy it‚ but we adapt incredible speed to our new wealth. Some stuydies have shown that in north american‚ additional income beyond 75k per year cease to impact day to day happiness. In fact people who won a lottery often reported becoming unhappy. They often spend all their money‚ going into debt and experience ruined social
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learn from Enron? Introduction Enron Corporation was one of the world ’s leading energy companies based in Texas‚ USA. Before filing for bankruptcy in the year 2001‚ Enron employed more than 20‚000 people. Its revenue in the year 2000 was more than $100 billion. It was named as "America ’s most innovative companies for six consecutive years by Fortune. Unethical and illegal business practices at Enron led to the creation of Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002. What led to the fall of Enron? Enron
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3 Evaluate how leadership styles can be adapted to different situations LO 2 Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organizational direction 2.1 review the impact that selected theories of management and leadership have on organizational strategy 2.2 create a leadership strategy that supports organizational direction Overall Result/Grade Internal Verification Report Internal Verification Done By Date Assignment Brief Assessors Decision
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Question 1 Answer saved Marked out of 4.00 Flag question Question text Who were the two authors of the book who also appeared in the film ENRON The Smartest Guys in the Room? Select one: a. McLean and McCarthy b. McLean and Elkind c. McCarthy and Elkind d. Shapiro and Mc Lean Question 2 Answer saved Marked out of 4.00 Flag question Question text ENRON executives pushed up their stock prices and then cashed in their multi-million dollar options in a process called Select one: a. mark to market
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Special Purpose Entity Enron had high levels of debt. To attract new investors‚ Enron needed to find a way to hide those debts. Andrew Fastow‚ CFO of Enron‚ turned to Special Purpose Entity (SPE). Several legal entities such as LJM and raptors were created and the poorly performing stocks were transferred to these entities. Then‚ the SPE were used to borrow large sum of money from investors with Enron’s overpriced stock as collateral. These SPEs were not reported on the financial statements. In
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Introduction The WorldCom fraud that came to light in 2002 was an example of many things that went wrong within the organization. Unethical conduct by its senior leadership beginning with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bernard Ebbers was certainly at the forefront of these problems. The question is should a CEO like Ebbers have been sentenced to prison for his liability in the WorldCom scandal? My answer is yes‚ he should’ve gone to prison as well as other CEOs who engage in
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The Eyes Are Not Here” [also known as “The Girl on the Train” and “The Eyes Have It”] is a short story by Ruskin Bond‚ an Indian writer. The story exudes irony. The story uses first person point of view. Not far into the story‚ the reader discovers that the narrator is blind but apparently has not always been. Riding on a train and sitting in a compartment provides the setting of the story. This story is an excellent example of situational irony which employs a plot device in which events turn
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