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    The World Trade Center Effect Jamorn D. Driver Columbia Southern University The World Trade Center Effect On the morning of September 11‚ 2001‚ one of the world’s scariest terrorist attacks happened. This attack resulted in the destruction and extensive death killing over 3‚000 people‚ which 343 were New York City firefighters. “The World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. Once the floor collapsed where the aircraft entered into the building‚ the collapse progressed and

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    Economics Bi-weekly essay #1 Religions role in economics and the Medici’s role in banking Economics Word Count: 533 In the early years of economics religion played a major role in banking. The Medici as well were a big part of establishing the modern world of banking as we know it now. Religion in economics played the role of determining who a person was able to lend money to. The Medici were a big part of establishing the modern world of banking as we know it today

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    spatial distribution of world cities: Increasing globalisation has had major impacts on the world urban system. As a result a group of cities has emerged as key nodes in the organisation and functioning of the world‚ known as World Cities. World cities‚ such as London and New York are a product of cultural and economic globalisation and act as nodal points for the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections that sustain the functioning of the world economy. These cities have developed distinct

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    Leadership Role in Globalized World From the outset of people living in the world‚ the attitude of one as a leader and the other become followers intensify in tremendous way. No matter where we are or who we are‚ every one of us has an instinct behavior to lead and control the environment with sprit of leadership. The environment we live‚ from small village to inter-continental level is networked and interdependent with globalization effect that has to be governed by regional and global leaders

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    with Pro Golf Company. An agent’s authority can be either actual or apparent. Actual authority comes in two forms express and/or implied. On page 918‚ it states that express authority is actual authority the principal has manifested onto the agent in very specific or detailed language and the agent has implied authority to act in a manner in which he believes the principal wants him to act. Apparent authority‚ on the other hand‚ is when an agent lacks actual authority‚ however‚ due to the principal’s

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    ROLE OF VALUES IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD Values lie at the heart of who we are and what we do. Values shape cultures‚ organizations‚ politics and policies. Values are more often described at the individual‚ religious‚ tribal or national level. A question arises as to whether there are sets of global or universal values and‚ as we move to a more interconnected and globalized world‚ whether they are sufficient in scope and detail. To some extent‚ the answer is clear: Universal values‚ rights and freedoms

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    Socio-economic cultural and environmental . Issues in Pakistan Social problems: 1. Poverty 2. Illiteracy 3. Corruption 4. Unemployment 5. Child Labour 6. Health Problem Poverty: Sacracy of lack of basic necessities. A large chunk of population lives below poverty line. They live in miserable conditions. Poverty itself gives rise to various other social problems. Illiteracy: Inability to read and write is called illiteracy

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    Describe the social‚ economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people. As a practitioner our role is to be aware of any issues that may have a positive or negative affect on a child or young person. Every Child Matters (ECM) helps us to improve the outcomes and life changes for a child or young person‚ Every Child Matters has five outcomes that we can help children and young people to achieve‚ we want them to be healthy‚ to stay safe‚ enjoy and achieve‚ to

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    ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The entrepreneur who is a business leader looks for ideas and puts them into effect in fostering economic growth and development. Entrepreneurship is one of the most important input in the economic development of a country. The entrepreneur acts as a trigger head to give spark to economic activities by his entrepreneurial decisions. He plays a pivotal role not only in the development of industrial sector of a country but also in the development of

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    Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority‚ as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree that some degree of authority in certain individuals or groups (and their obedience by other groups) is desirable for the proper

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