Mavericks at Work William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre Book Review Lau Wa Kwan‚ Edwin 11532323G MM511 Managing Organizations and People (2011/2012 Term 1) Introduction In the past 10-20 years‚ the environment changed vigorously due to globalization and rapid development of internet. If organizations just follow the old success formula‚ probably it will go out of business. In the book “Mavericks at Work”‚ William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre mentioned how “Mavericks” leaded their
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Theological Seminary 4-MAT Book Review: McNeal Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders A Paper Submitted To Dr. Hyun “David” Chung In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The Course LEAD 510 Submitted By Terry Michele Noonan Fitzgerald February 19‚ 2015 Table of Contents Abstract 2 Response 5 Reflection 6 Action 7 Bibliography 9 Abstract This paper will constitute a review of Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines
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The Things They Carried: Book Review By: M**** F**** Often times‚ it’s difficult for generations set apart from a historical war‚ or for those who never served in the military‚ to truly understand the consequences of being a soldier. History books spell out the political and official side of a war story but it is only through personal accounts that one can come to appreciate the reality of the unnerving terror offered by war. In his novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien creates
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Lord of The Flies by William Golding Introduction As a child I would close my eyes and dream of magical adventures in a fantasy world. With this allegorical novel‚ William Golding brought my childhood imagination back to me. Below is a review of Lord of the Flies written in 1954. About the plot In Lord of the Flies‚ the action takes place in the midst of a nuclear war. A group of British boys find themselves stranded‚ without adult supervision‚ on a tropical island of the Pacific Ocean after
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Date: April 18‚ 2012 Subject: Book Review The book “Imperial Germany 1871-1918” by Volker R. Berghahn has the under title Economy‚ Society‚ Culture and Politics and was first published in 1994 by Berghahn books. The used edition is the revised and expanded edition published in 2005 and summarizes the events in the ‘Kaiserreich’ (1871-1918). Furthermore‚ the book has 388 pages and is divided in five parts which are Economy‚ Society‚ Culture‚ the Realm of Politics‚ and World War
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Tattoos on the Heart Book Review The book I read to better understand and gain sympathy for returning citizens is Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion (ISBN 978-1439153154) by Father Gregory Boyle‚ S.J. $14 can afford this 240-page autobiography about a Jesuit priest serving one of the most troubled neighborhoods in the most unique way. Fr. Boyle‚ ordained as a priest in 1982‚ began his work in Los Angeles‚ California in 1988 after noticing how the rampant criminal activities
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Book Review: On Paradise Drive How we live now (and always have) in the future tense By: David Brooks British philosopher‚ important critical and legal thinker Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of English innovation had ambivalent feelings about the United States of America. Although he disagreed with some of the main principles of the American democracy (its profess ideology of natural rights for example or the slave trading practices of the pilgrims in the New World) he never denied his amazement
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BOOK REVIEW OF THE CHANGE MONSTER THE HUMAN FORCES THAT FUEL OR FOIL CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE AUTHOR: JEANIE DANIEL DUCK By: Rhonda Johnson MANAGEMENT 4426/G Spring 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Jeanie Duck‚ author of The Change Monster proposes a plan‚ which she calls the Change Curve‚ to deal with the emotional dynamics humans face when confronted with a major change. The Change Curve was developed by Ms. Duck after years of experiences dealing with
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韩佳利 Starry 131100024 Class A Metaphor‚ reality or illusion? ——A Book Review on The Hunger Games The Hunger Games‚ which is considered as the best science fiction of the American writer Suzanne Collins‚ won the first place of The New York Times best-seller list. The book‚ which is “brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced1”‚ is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ who volunteers to participate in the Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV and has no choice but to make
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Kite Runner Book Review By: David Ongchoco Afghans like to say: “Life goes on‚ unmindful of beginning‚ end…crisis or catharsis‚ moving forward like a slow dusty caravan of kochis [nomads].” This quote was fully embodied in the story of Kite Runner‚ where despite all the difficulties‚ hardships‚ sorrows‚ devastating events‚ the world didn’t pause for Amir‚ it simply continued. Kite Runner is a story that was able to successfully cook into one melting pot a plethora of riveting plots together
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