famous in history‚ is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s groundbreaking poem‚ “Concord Hymn”. Emerson’s poem is based upon the famous Battle of Concord‚ Massachusetts in 1775. Although based upon an important event‚ how accurate is “Concord Hymn” to the actual battle? The answer to that is no‚ in fact there are some huge dissimilarities between Emerson’s work and the Battle of Concord. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the very first battles of the American Revolution. About 700 British Army regulars
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The Case of the Fired Waitress In business it is important the a company establish some clear order of business when dealing with business ethics. Ethical business practices can build customer relationships. Unethical business practices can cause a business to lose customers. In this case study the reader will be come familiar with the ethical practice of a Red lobster store in Pleasant Hill‚ Pennsylvania. Problem/ Issue Identification A waitress at the local Pennsylvania Red Lobster served
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You’re Fired! People are fired all over the world today for many reasons. Some of those reasons are out of the hands of the person‚ but many of the reasons that people get fired are in control of the person being fired. I will be covering a few of the most common reasons people get fired with hopes to stop further firings. The number one reason people are fired from their jobs is due to being absent or tardy repeatedly. In my experience as a store manager of a retail business‚ being
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Concord Bookshop Organizational Change Leticia Gonzalez‚ RN‚ BSN University of Phoenix Creating Change within Organizations HCS/587 September 27‚ 2012 Linda G. Seale‚ RN‚ MSN‚ MBA‚ PHN Concord Bookshop Organizational Change Today’s organizations are facing many challenges such as threats of inflation‚ deflation‚ and recession resulting worsening the economy of the United States. According to Borkowski (2005) and Spector (2010)‚ they state that the economy worldwide is very difficult nowadays
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Concord Paper Deejah Klein HCS 587 December 24‚ 2012 Introduction Change is inevitable. According to Borkowski (2005)‚ “change is a very complex phenomenon involving the multiplicity of man’s motivations in both micro and macro systems and that man gets satisfied with his equilibrium and is resistant to changing his status quo.” Most organizational efforts will be met by resistance. The Concord Bookshop is initiating a change due to the store’s financial situation. The President of the bookshop
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Phases of Change and the Concord Bookshop HCS/587 Creating Change Within Organizations Phases of Change and the Concord Bookshop The need for organizational change is inevitable. Technological advances‚ variations in the consumer marketplace‚ and evidence-based research dictate that in order for an organization to remain viable‚ it needs to be amenable to change. This does not mean‚ however‚ that organizations change effectively (Spector‚ 2010). Scientists have
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an organization does not adapt to the changes it lead to crisis. Similar crisis and downturn were faced by Concord Bookshop. The store is a 64-year-old independent store and regarded as one of the best in New England. It was a successful business both financially and reputation vise. It was the unity and excellent coordination between the various members of the bookstore that earned Concord a distinct position from its counterparts and provided it leverage over others. The bookstore that was once
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essay Who fired first? On April 19‚ 1775 there was a battle that stumped people of what really happened that day for years. There are many explanations and theories of what happed but I have my own perspective of what really happened that dreadful day‚ of April 19‚ 1775. What I feel happened on that day was that when the three groups followed pretty much the same path until they came to the British patrol stopped and captured the revere and dawes group retreated back to Lexington where Prescott
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The people of Concord experienced colonial imperialism much differently than those who lived in Boston. Unlike Boston‚ Concord was not a major port city. It also did not have British regulars present on a daily basis. Concordians had many problems within their own borders they were more concerned with than the events caused by the colonies strained relationship with Britain (Robert A Gross‚ Minutemen and Their World. Page 10). This is not to say Concord did not take part in colonial activities to
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The Concord Bookstore Paper Maria Krajewska-Brown Creating Change Within Organization-HCS/587 02/19/2013 Evelyn Moorman Abstract This paper discusses the change process in the small‚ privately owned Concord Bookstore in Concord‚ New England. As much as we know about the bookstore‚ we understand that the change process initiated by the president of the company did not get a positive response from the personnel and created a cascade of undesired events with employees leaving the company and
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