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Review of “Partners for Profit”
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A 3 page review of “Partners for Profit: From Limited Partnerships to Corporations, Forming a Successful Business Alliance Takes Time, Planning and Research,” an article published in 1998. The article is reviewed in 2 pages; the third assesses the usefulness of the article’s advice for forming business alliances in 2004. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSmgPartArtR.rtf

Review of “Retiree Health Insurance: Recent Trends and Tomorrow's Prospects”
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A 7 page paper critiquing the report of a study conducted to determine the degree to which current retirees have access to employer-paid healthcare benefits. One of the most persistent and troublesome issue facing policymakers and legislators today is that of managing Medicare and ensuring that the nation’s elderly population has sufficient access to healthcare. The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) has made changes in facility reimbursement procedures intended to make Medicare function more efficient, but of course the realized effect has been to further complicate the entire process without providing any real benefit to those needing healthcare services. The paper finds the study to be well-designed and well-executed, and makes recommendations for future research. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSfinHlthCareRev.rtf

Review of “The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding” by Al Ries and Laura Ries
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This 5 page paper is a book review of Al Ries and Laura Ries book “The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand”. The paper looks at the contents and application of the book, assessing its’ value to the marketing environment and to businessmen without a marketing speciality. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TE22rules.rtf

Review of "An Alternative Approach: The Unfolding Model of Voluntary Employee Turnover"
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A 6 page paper reviewing and discussing this study of why nurses chose to leave their jobs in the mid-1990s. The paper discusses the general focus of the study but concentrates on assessing the authors' use of statistical analyses for appropriate tests, reliability and validity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSstatArtRevEmp.rtf

Review of "Delivering the Goods - The Art of Managing Your Supply Chain" by Damon Schechter and Gordon Sander
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This 6 page paper gives an overview of Damon Schechter and Gordon Sander's book "Delivering the Goods - The Art of Managing Your Supply Chain". This book, which is heavily based on military logistics presents a range of lessons which can be learned from the history of supply chain management and the useful tri-level view for the analysis of logistics and supply chain management. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TElogdeliver.rtf

Review of "How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight"
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A 5 page paper reviewing the article named in the title. While conflict is not necessarily bad, there are ways of handling it that are. Psychologists say that without conflict, there is no reason to change and that conflict provides opportunities for making improvements in both processes and relationships. The key for conflict management is to ensure that everyone concerned "fight fair" and stay focused on the issue at hand rather than attack the individuals involved. This paper reveals some of the characteristics of the most successful executive conflict resolution management teams. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Review5.doc

Review of "Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business"
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A 3 page book review. Author Alex Hiam refers in the title of his book Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business to the old adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." The author maintains that astute managers not only can "make horses drink" – it's their job - but must do so if their companies are to be successful over time. In the end, "making horses drink" is a function of being honest with employees; communicating with them fully and frequently; and treating them as valuable assets rather than necessary evils. The author and the paper uses Southwest Airlines as a primary example. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSmgStratHorses.rtf

Review of "Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business"
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A 3 page book report listing all of the chapters of the book. Author Alex Hiam refers in the title of his book Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business to the old adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." The author maintains that astute managers not only can "make horses drink" – it's their job - but must do so if their companies are to be successful over time. In the end, "making horses drink" is a function of being honest with employees; communicating with them fully and frequently; and treating them as valuable assets rather than necessary evils. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSmgStratHorses2.rtf

Review of "Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society"
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A 3 page review of Peter Senge's book on seeing and perceiving. Senge's The Fifth Discipline took several years to sink in, and to date it appears that people find Presence equally as daunting. Likely the book's discourse on seeing and perceiving will prove to be as valuable to business as The Fifth Discipline has been to organizational learning. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSmgmtRevPresc.rtf

Review of "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"
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A 5 page paper discussing Stephen R. Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Covey.doc