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Background of the Public Organization chosen for Analysis – Target Corporation

In 1902, as an American retail company, Target Corporation was founded with headquarter in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Target Corporation is the next discount retail business all across the United States of America possessing the thirty sixth rank on the Fortune 500. The very first store of Target Corporation commenced its operations in 1962 in Roseville, Minnesota. Eventually, the company grew and became one of the largest divisions of Dayton Hudson Corporation and was renamed, in August 2000, as Target Corporation. Target Corporation is one of the competitive components of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 indexes.
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Al-Meera is a retail chain that operates over thirty three branches in Qatar. In the recent past, the retail operator has lost its market position because of dwindling customer loyalty. In this respect, it is necessary to determine the requisite factors in restoring customer satisfaction, a factor that is important in not only attracting, but also retaining its customers. This paper explores the role that branding plays in attracting and retaining customers at Al-Meera. This is done through the review of literature and a survey of selected customers from two branches. The study uses the quantitative approach, and more Continue reading...

Whistleblowing refers to reporting the act of an employee reporting illegal, illegitimate, or immoral practices or actions under the employer’s control to parties with authority to take corrective action (Samuels, 2013).
Whistleblowing presents an ethical dilemma in corporate circles. On one hand, whistleblowers can help organizations curb wasteful or fraudulent practices; they may also help organizations correct unsafe products. Besides, whistleblowers may avail information critical in maintaining a complex organization’s performance (Ewing 1983, Miceli & Near 1985). On the other hand, an organization’s cohesiveness, authority structure and public image may be threatened by whistleblowers (Reynolds, n.d.). Besides, Continue reading...

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Predation is a biological association between two organisms where one organism (the predator) feeds on another organism (the prey). In this interaction, the predator may either kill the prey or not before feeding on it. However, in most cases, predation results in the death of the prey and its eventual consumption by the predator. In predation, there is transfer of energy from one organism (the predator) to another (the prey) and also from a lower trophic level to a higher one.

COMPARISON OF ANTI-PREDATOR MECHANISMS IN GAZELLES AND ANTELOPES

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Niccolo Machiavelli belonged to an impoverished family who came from among the urban nobility and played at one time a role in the political life of the Florentine republic.
His father was a lawyer, family income was modest and did not allow the young Niccolo university education. But growing up in the circle of the Florentine humanist intellectuals, he learned Latin well enough to freely read ancient authors. From a young age the predominant interest in politics, in modern political life defined the range of his reading - primarily works of historians of classical antiquity.
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In order to search for in situ minerals, robots provide more sustainable option, as compared to the same role played by human beings. In the search of either alien world, which NASA says that it happens to be closing in now, to prospecting satellites and planets for minerals, robots have an indispensable role. Robots have been researched to be deployed at moon or mars in search of in situ minerals, which can sustain an establishment of human settlement. Deploying humans for a similar role is risky and loosing an astronaut means much more than losing Continue reading...

An Insight on Police Brutality and Racial Discrimination

Police misconduct and brutality continues to generate headlines as monthly controversial cases intensified the people’s unrest. Last year signalled the height of the outrage following the consecutive deaths of three African American citizens in the hands of the police and recently, another one was shot down in a routine traffic stop.
In Staten Island New York on July 2014, Eric Garner was apprehended by the police by selling loose and untaxed cigarettes on the streets. As the police put him on chokehold, he pleaded for the officers to loosen up but to no avail. His plea for life Continue reading...

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This is a research paper especially constructed to prepare a portfolio on women in Mexico. The portfolio has been constructed on basis of the electronic resources on Mexican women to be specified. The collection of data related Mexican women have importance to analyze the status, work performance, educational level, quality of living, dynamics of several issues related to women and at the same time it is highly effective to find out the role of women in the country’s progress. There was a time in Mexico when the condition of women in the society was at its lowest Continue reading...

'The development of labor productivity and executive compensation on the backdrop of U.S. economy financialization'
Labor productivity is a key economic indicator, which is used to determine the effectiveness of employees’ work - the main productive force of industrial society. In an industrial society, increasing productivity serves as the principal means not only for economic growth, but also for improving the living standards of citizens. With the growth of labor productivity becomes an increase in wages and other income. Important feature of this process is a higher rate of productivity growth compared with the rate of increase in wages Continue reading...

One of the diseases among children with continuously increasing cases all over the world is type 1 diabetes which commonly affects children below 5 years old (Marcovecchio, et al., 2010). Childhood diabetes type I can be defined as an illness where antibodies produced by the body attack healthy cells and tissues specifically the beta cells found in the pancreas which is responsible for the production of insulin (Parslow, et al., 2001). This type of diabetes can be diagnosed among children who experience acute illness followed by excessive production of urine, excessive thirst, excessive hunger, and weight loss (Lundberg, et Continue reading...