Abstract
This paper discusses the need for companies to provide an organizational culture which motivates employees to share their information. The paper cites various studies that have been carried out that show the importance of managing change so that there is always detailed access to information.

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"It is the job of human resource management to build an organizational culture which motivates employees to share their information so that it can be captured by the knowledge management system. This is a critical consideration when managing change because the management would need to have detailed access to information in order to conduct the strategic alignment process. According to Dess 2007, this process is conducted in respect of four areas: business strategy, IT strategy, organizational issues and information systems issues. IT strategy must be aligned to business strategy in the form of cost control. Unless these costs are controlled, the company will have lost its strategic focus and change will have done more harm than good. Organizational issues are defined in terms of whether employees have the necessary skills to operate the new system while information systems issues are related to systemic strength."

Tags:quality, consumer, strategy

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During the administrations of both Jimmy Carter and George Bush, clean air legislation was strengthened and, in 1990, the inclusive Clean Air Act (CAA) became law. This paper shows that it is the relaxing of many of the CAA's requirements that has dozens of action groups fighting the adoption of President George W. Bush?s Clear Skies 2003 measures. The paper discusses how the Act differs from the 1990 CAA and shows the points of view of different interest groups.

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"While the DSP values the natural environment as a resource, the ASP values it intrinsically. While the DSP promotes domination over nature, the ASP promotes harmony with nature. While the DSP values risk and reward behavior, the ASP emphasizes public safety in public activities. But perhaps the most important difference, and one that can be seen by following the threads of the CAA and Clear Skies and the responses by government and activist groups to the latter, is this difference: the DSP values science and technology, separation of fact and value, thought and feeling. On the other hand, ASP advocates limits to science and believes in the integration of fact and value, and thought and feeling. (Jimmerson 1989)"

Tags:NAAQS, EPA, truckers

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This is an analysis of one of Clear Channel Communications' strategic business units, Critical Mass Media, a marketing firm specializing in radio broadcast media. The paper looks closely at marketing strategies such as nest marketing, web presence, listener relationship-building, and matching format to listener identity, that radio management cannot afford to neglect. 10pgs, bibliography lists 4 sources.

Tags:BUSINESS / CASE STUDIES, strategic business units

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This paper is a research proposal to determine whether a communication skills training class (The Clear Communication: Breaking Down the Barriers Program; CCBDB Program) can be used to decrease employees' levels of work stress. The subjects are 30 males and 30 females who volunteered from a large local organization. The study examines differences due to participants' ages, gender or number of years working for the company. It looks at how the study uses a pretest-posttest, matched groups design and how pretest stress scores will determine assignment to either the experimental or treatment group. It examines how subjects will be post-tested for stress at two weeks and four weeks following the experimental group's exposure to the treatment program.

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"Research reports poor communication to be a factor related to occupational or job stress. Poor communication can include a lack of communication or a lack of the right kind of communication at the right time (Timm & Peterson, 1992). Communication between managers and subordinates has been shown to cause job stress. Communication messages are not clear and concise and are therefore misunderstood. Studies recommend that improved communication skills would result in job stress reduction (Flett & Briggs, 1992; Miller, 1991; Beehr, 1990). Empirical research is needed to ascertain if job training to improve communication skills would lower job stress."

Tags:pretest, posttest, work

Abstract
This paper discusses DNA testing, including varies types of tests such as mitochondrial and Y chromosome testing in the context of crime solving. DNA testing has become vital due to the fact that many crimes, especially violent crimes, leave behind hair, fibers and fluids which can be traced back to the offender. The paper relates that most states have DNA databases which keep profiles on past offenders on hand, however, relatively few states require that crime scene evidence be kept on hand which can be a hurdle in cases where people are in prison or on death row for crimes they may not have committed.

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"Scott McDonald was twenty-seven years old on October 31, 1990, when he disappeared from his home on the southern coast of Alaska. Opal Fairchild was killed, and her purse was rummaged through on March 20, 1985 at her home on East Poppy Lane by the Red Diamond Center of Soldotna, Alaska. James Spence was shot and killed in the course of a robbery of the country foods store of Soldotna, Alaska sometime late in the evening on May 15 1993 or early in the morning on May 16. All of these cold cases- older unsolved crimes- are described on the..."

Tags:science, dna, criminal justice

Abstract
This paper examines steroid use by athletes. It discusses the history of steroids and their negative effects, both physical and otherwise. The paper discusses the long term and short term effects and provides examples of athletes who were caught using steroids. The paper also discusses how negative public perception due to steroid use has tarnished the reputation of many sports.

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"Perhaps most encouraging is a recent public education campaign that aims to show young people and those who care about them exactly what steroid use does to the body and why it is so dangerous and unhealthy. Among the most effective is a commercial featuring a group of balls, include a baseball and a basketball, slowly deflating. Other ways the message will be put across is via posters, and also through advertisements in newspapers and on the radio. The campaign is meant to reach not only young athletes but those who work most closely with them, such as teachers and coaches."

Tags:anabolic, drugs, doping, competition

Abstract
This is a report on Barbara Freed's article "Talking to Foreign Versus Talking to Children. Her study represents an attempt to remedy this gap in the critical literature by comparing two registers that have often been considered to have similar features: baby talk and foreigner talk.

Tags:report, barbara, freed

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This paper explores the paradigm shift that needs to occur in order to shift public perception from one method of thought to another in respect to scientific theory.

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This paper considers the corporate Web site of Clear Channel Communications, their ethical/corporate responsibility stance and how well they meet that objective with three examples. The paper concludes that the company does a good job of meeting their ethical objective, at least as self-reported.

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"Clear Channel Communications includes radio stations, television stations-soon to be divested-and outdoor advertising billboards both in the United States and around the world. Outdoor advertising including traditional and digital billboards are found on every continent including Australia and Africa. Revenues in exceeded ... billion down slightly from but a slight increase from Net income in ... was nearly ... billion. This followed a net loss of ... billion in and a netprofit of ... billion in Clear Channel. This research considers the ethical framework..."

Tags:Clear Channel Communications, corporate governance, ethics

Abstract
An ethical dilemma that many face today is not as clear-cut as some would claim. In the digital age, it is very easy to copy a wide variety of material without paying for it. This issue is raised most often today with reference to music, but that is only one example. It is relatively easy to see how downloading songs from the Internet would be a violation of copyright, but copying a CD that you have purchased is not as clearly right or wrong, just as copying other kinds of material might also not be as clearly right or wrong.

From the Paper
An ethical dilemma that many face today is not as clear-cut as some would claim. In the digital age, it is very easy to copy a wide variety of material without paying for it. This issue is raised most often today with reference to music, but that is only one example. It is relatively easy to see how downloading songs from the Internet would be a violation of copyright, but copying a CD that you have purchased is not as clearly right or wrong, just as copying other kinds of material might also not be as clearly right or wrong. This was brought to mind a few days ago when a friend was using a computer scanner to scan a book he borrowed from the library into his computer so he could refer to it for the next several

Tags:ethical, dilemma, scanner