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    courage‚ and adroitness. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo clearly demonstrates the heroic trait of determination. Unlike his peers‚ Okonkwo wasn’t able to inherit his delinquent father’s land‚ title or barn. This set him back years in social and economic standing. Still‚ due to his intense tenacity‚ Okonkwo is able to become a respected man of the village completely due to his own willpower.“With a father like Unoka‚ Okonkwo

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    succeed‚ try and try again” Failure is often a better teacher in life than success. Because we go through so many things in life‚ both good and bad‚ we have to learn from our mistakes and hope we won’t have to go through them again. One may consider success as being a major influence on whom we are to date‚ but in all reality it’s our own failures that help us learn‚ encourages us to keep going‚ and prepares us for future failures that are bound to happen. Failure is by far the only way we can

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    Expatriate failure is defined as a posting that either ends prematurely or is considered ineffective by senior management. Mr. Tinu should be concerned about expatriate Failure because of the following factors resulting in Failure/ Non-completion of Cross border assignment:- Family Stress   Most expatriate managers are challenged and excited to be in their new  postings. They need to spend a lot of time at work since they are under pressure to adapt to the new culture and their overall responsibilities

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    diplomatically resolve disagreement between nations before conflicts escalate and to safe guard human rights and dignity globally. Unfortunately‚ the U.N. has consistently failed to live up to its mandate and will continue to do so because of its blatant failures to prevent genocides‚ its inability to resolve conflicts and the its dysfunctional structuring that enables the permanent Security Council to dominate the dominate the organization. Following the end of World War II‚ there was a general consensus

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    Okonkwo the Hero: A Nonexistent Character Heroes have existed all throughout history‚ whether in real life or in a novel. On the spectrum of heroes‚ they can range from epic heroes such as Odysseus and Hercules‚ who overcome many obstacles and succeed in the end of their stories‚ to tragic heroes such as Oedipus and Hamlet‚ who are brought down by a conflict or by their own weakness. Harry Potter could be defined as a hero‚ for he had faced many‚ many obstacles throughout his life and spent it fighting

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    Market Failure Government plays a vital role in creating the basic framework which fair and open for competitors in the market because competition plays a vital role in the economy. Competition is good but it also has to be fair. There are many benefits to competitions especially in the private sectors. However there are some markets that monopolise the economy which excruciating the price fixing and customer spending powers. Example; Gas and Electricity‚ Transport services and Oil and etc.

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