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Violin Acoustics
History of the Violin
The violin is one of the oldest and most respected instruments that exists today, often considered the centerpiece of the orchestral musical ensemble. The violin is not simply an instrument complex in nature, but also a work of art. Depending on who you consult with, the violin might be considered one, the other……
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Abbott, R.B. "Response Measurements and Harmonic Analysis of Violin Tones."
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 7: 1936
Auer, Leopold. 1921. "Violin Playing As I Teach It." New York. 3d ed. 1960. In,
Kolneder & Pauly. The Amadeus book of the violin: Construction, history and music. Portland, Amadeus Press: 1998.
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Effective Habits Getting Things Done
Habit/Getting Things Done
Effective Habits and Getting Things Done:
A Comparison of Stephen Covey and Ram Charan
Both Stephen Covey and Ram Charan have written books dealing with the effective habits of individuals and how to get things done. Naturally, this type of topic is very important to businessmen and women……
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Bossidy, Larry, Charan, Ram, & Burck, Charles (2002). "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done." New York: Crown Business.
Buhler, Patricia. (1997). "Becoming more effective -- lessons from Covey." Supervision.
Charan, Ram (2004). "Profitable Growth is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning." New York: Crown Business.
Covey, Stephen (1990). "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." New York: Free Press.
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Perfect Wrong Notes
Perfect rong Notes
How can you learn to play a musical instrument by reading a book, and such a relatively short book as illiam estney's The Perfect rong Notes? How can you learn to play all instruments, moreover, by simply reading a single book, such as estney's, which gives predominance to the piano, but not to the……
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Westney, William. The Perfect Wrong Notes. New York: Hal Leonard, 2003
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Personal Organizational And Cultural Values
In instances such as this, an employee may make decisions that are totally foreign to their normal character.
It is these corporate ethical values that typically have the most impact on the decision-making process. Organizational ethical contexts are comprised of the moral ideologies adopted by the members of the organization, as well as the institutionalized philosophies regarding……
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Finegan, J.E. (Jun 2000). The impact of person and organizational values on organizational commitment. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 73(2). Retrieved November 10, 2004, from Academic Search Premier database.
Myers, C.R. (1997). The core values. Airpower Journal, 11(1). Retrieved November 10, 2004, from Academic Search Premier database.
Valentine, S., Godkin, L., & Lucero, M. (Dec 2002). Ethical context, organizational commitment, and person-organization fit. Journal of Business Ethics, 41(4). Retrieved November 10, 2004, from ProQuest database.
How Personal, Organizational and Cultural Values Affect the Decision-Making Process
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Aristotle's View Of Virtue And
rites Copper, "the Nicomachean Ethics, many hold, is the greatest work ever written on practical philosophy" (p. 126). The greatest portion of this appeal comes from Aristotle's ability to reconcile the cultivation of a pure, inner self with the promotion of the universal good of mankind as a whole (Cooper).
hile Aristotle's conception of virtue can be……
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Aristotle. Nicomanchean Ethics. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Broadie, Sarah. Ethics with Aristotle.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
Cooper, David E. World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction. Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
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Why Should Someone Attend Manatee Community College
Manatee Community College
Prospective college students have a wide variety of options when choosing a college. Not only are there hundreds of 4-year universities and colleges, but students must also consider whether to take the community college route toward accomplishing their educational goals. If community college is a student's best choice, than Manatee Community College (MCC) is……
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Manatee Community College. College website. Accessed November 9, 2004. http://www.mccfla.edu.
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Drivers Training Company
Ethics Program for a Drivers Training Company
The recognition that organizations are an integral part of society and, therefore, have a definite contribution to make in strengthening social well-being has led to an increasing focus on the question of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Modern day businesses are also acknowledging that good corporate governance is in……
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Blank, D. (2003, February). A matter of ethics: in organizations where honesty and integrity rule, it is easy for employees to resist the many temptations today's business world offers. Internal Auditor. Retrieved Nov. 7, 2004: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4153/is_1_60/ai_98009240
Newton, L.H. (1992). The Many Faces of the Corporate Code. The Corporate Code of Ethics: The Perspective of the Humanities, Proceedings of the Conference on Corporate Visions and Values. Fairfield University.
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Recruiting Plan K-12 For Selecting/Retaining
etention
Once an ethically diverse team of applicants has been identified, interviewed and subsequently hired, it is the job of all members of the K-12 staff to work hard toward retention. etention is an important aspect, perhaps the most critical aspect of any solid recruiting strategy.
Why is retention so……
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Spangler, M.S. & Wixon, C. (2000). "Strategies to achieve a diverse faculty and staff."
AAHE Bulletin, American Association for Higher Education. 4, November, 2004, http://www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/june1.asp
Webb, L.D. & Norton, M.S. (2002). "Human Resources Administration: Personnel
Issues and Needs in Education., 4th ed." Prentice Hall
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Religion Our Universe And Our
The aim of Christian faith is not to reject the truth of the universe or our individual characteristics, like some religions give, but to gratify our genuine yearnings. Christian faith gives an extremely reasonable contentment, as it encompasses the most ideal manner and justifies our encounter of the world and our own feelings of being. Christian belief accords importance to……
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Organisational Culture Of J Sainsbury
Fortress Culture: Employees don't know if they'll be laid off or not. These organisations often undergo massive reorganisation. There are many opportunities for those with timely, specialized skills. Examples are savings and loans, large car companies, etc."
According to research, Sainsbury's appears to be a fortress company, as it is struggling to find……
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Bevan, Julie. Murphy, Rita. (December, 2001). The nature of value created by UK online grocery retailers. International Journal of Consumer Studies, Volume 25 Issue 4-Page 279.
BQF (1998) The X Factor - Winning Performance through Business Excellence British Quality Foundation.
Computer Weekly. (December 12, 2002). Put the people element first. Retrieved from the Internet at http://www.computerweekly.com/Article118155.htm.
Cunningham, Ian. (1999). Learning Issues. 't' Magazine.
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