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Book Review of Sydney Finkelstein's Why Smart Executives Fail

the book is to help others avoid committing similar errors. The book focuses on a variety of firms which are mostly American comp...

Finkelstein: "With No Direction Home"

book. She also will add to the increasing number of works "on the subjects of sub-cultural theory and homelessness" (Abstracts). F...

Second World War Participation of Japan

In seven pages this paper examines why Japan became embroiled in the Second World War conflict and its failed effort....

A Postmortem on a Project

is successful the general approach is that the project has to be delivered on time, in budget and to the right specifications (qua...

Dog Day Afternoon, Directed by Sydney Lumet

This essay uses the remarks made in Sydney Lumet's book "Making Movies" in order to theorize why Lumet featured a montage of scene...

John Morton Blum's V Was for Victory Reviewed

the culture of the times. One way in which government and politics became involved in directing cultural mores was through ...

Why did Barings Bank Fail?

the research on why businesses fail. A study by Moulton (et al, 1996) looked to identify the reasons for business failure. This st...

Lessons On Leadership By Jack Stahl - Book Review

and this is what the book is about - seven basic broad skills. Jack Stahl held top executive positions at two global corporations ...

HALF THE SKY AND EDNA’S HOSPITAL

This 3-page paper discusses why "Edna's Hospital" is an important story in the book "Half the Sky."...

Orenstein's Smart but Stuck

(2001) draws on some of the personal experiences of those she interviewed for the book, providing the reader with a great deal of ...

When Acquisitions Go Wrong - Rover and BMW

The European Union was also changing in terms of competition, with increasing levels of competition from Asian countries such as J...

Overview of the Construction and Architecture of Sydney, Australia's Opera House

Design Modern Expressionist Construction The Sydney Opera House complex is made up of two main buildings, principally of reinfor...

'Smashing Kick Fist Way' of Taekwondo

In eight pages this report examines the taekwondo martial art as a sport and examines how at Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympic Games it...

John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leaders Around You

In five pages Maxwell's book is reviewed. Two other sources are cited in the bibliography....

Studs Terkel's Hard Times An Oral History of the Great Depression

In five pages Terkel's text is the focus of this insightful book review....

A Review of Eyewitness to Power

A 5 page review of the book by David Gergen. 1 source....

Richard E. Porter and Larry A. Samovar's 'Intercultural Communication'

is titled "Intercultural Interaction: Taking Part in Intercultural Communication." It possesses three chapters, titled "Verbal Pro...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi

The civil rights movement occupies the primary focus of this book review which consists of two and a half pages....

Book Review of Free At Last by Fred Powledge

In four pages a book review and analysis of this 1991 text by Fred Powledge are presented....

Review of '1919'

points made by Asinof, one must first realize that the year he discusses was the first of about twenty that would transpire betwee...

Book Review 3 for '1919'

: Americas Loss of Innocence" suggests so precisely-- all of these events transpired during that one fateful year..and it was in t...

William Leach's Land of Desire

and leisure. Leach attempts to illustrate that the materialistic world of consumerism was around many decades prior to this time. ...

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

in the book we first examine the introduction. In this introduction Lewis indicates that there are many different types of Chri...

Freakonomics (Book Review)

is willing to give that baby up may do things in her own interests and not the babys. This could make for a different outcome in t...

JUST BUSINESS CHRISTIAN ETHICS - A REVIEW

in other words, seeks to be a type of "What Would Jesus Do" endeavor for typical problems faced by the typical owner or manager....

BOOK REVIEW: MYTHS OF INNOVATION

This 3-page paper is a book review for Berkun's Myths of Innovation....

Daily Life of the Ancient Romans (Book Review)

contrast the modern day with ancient times. If he does have an argument, it might be that people are not so different throughout h...

Book Review: “Charlemagne” by Matthias Becher

information about it, rather than trying to pick it to pieces. Becher has used primary sources where possible. He relies heavily ...

A Review of Cosmopolis by Stephen Toulmin

A 10 page essay reviewing the book by Stephen Toulmin. 2 sources....