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| nomadic agarian, agrian, industrial, service phase, information phase. |
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| hunted wild animals for meat and gathered wild plants for food. |
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| corresponding with the domestication of animals and lants |
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| characterized by the development of powered machinery, first in textile industr and later in many other forms of manufacturing. |
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| emphasized the use and transfer of knowledge and information rather than manual skill. |
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| where information is stored, ideas are described and communication takes place in and through an electronic network of linked system. |
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| saw the development processes and systems to enable organizations and people to navigate through the expanding amount of links and information available on the internet. |
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| is a technological application that uses biological systems or living organisms to make or modify products or processes for specific use. |
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| a legal doctrine that means that employees are hired and retain their jobs at the will of that is at the sole discretion of the employer. |
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| companies thave a moral obligation to pay workers enough to achieve a decent family standard of living. |
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| women and persons of color on average receive lower pay than white men do. |
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| inaequitable concentration of a group, such a minorities or woemn, in particular job categories. the large pay gap for hispanic workers partly reflects their concnetration in several low paid occupations. |
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| fewer opportunities to move sideways into jobs that lead to the top. Female and minority managers are often found in staff positions such as public relations or human resources, rather than in line positions in such core areas as marketing, sales or production where they can acquire the broad management skills necessary for pormotion. |
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| a group of managers and employees responsible for developing and implementing specific action plans to meet an organization's diversity goals. |
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| describes the active involvement of business and individuals in changing and improving communities. |
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| a relatively new theoretical concept, has been defined as the norms and networks that enable collective action. |
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| community reinvestment act |
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| requires banks to demonstrate their commitment to local communities through low income lending programs and to provide annual reports to the public. |
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