“Horse Sense: The Key to Success is Finding a Horse to Ride” by Al Ries and Jack Trout
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A 5 page book review of this business marketing text that was first published in 1990. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGhorsense.rtf

“HRM in the transport industry over the next decade”
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A paper which looks at the way in which business organisations have changed as a result of new developments in global technology, and the ways that this is likely to affect human resource issues in the air transport industry over the next ten years, with reference to changes in organisational structure and methods of increasing competitiveness to protect employees’ interests.
Filename: JLHRMair.wps

“Industrial tribunals and pay disputes in Australia”
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An eight page paper which looks at the relevance of the 1907 Harvester decision regarding the definition of the basic wage to pay and productivity disputes in the present day, in particular the way in which disputes are handled by arbitration at industrial tribunals. Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLIndtribs.wps

“Leading Minds” by Howard Gardner and Stories of Leadership
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This 10 page report discusses the idea that leadership has certain key components that determine the characteristics and qualities of a leader. Howard Gardner demonstrates this fact through the use of the stories of great leaders in modern history. Then the report takes advantage of Christopher Vogler’s “The writer’s journey : Mythic structure for writers,” and Robert Brawer’s “Fictions of business: Insights on management from great literature,” to demonstrate how such stories support what Gardner is saying regarding the role of a leader and his or her story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWleadin.wps

“Managers not MBA’s”
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This 4 page paper is a review of the recent book by Mintzberg “Managers Not MBA’s” where he argues that MBA courses are out of touch with the needs of businesses and attract the wrong kind of candidates into management. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEmanMBA.rtf