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"How do you capture twenty years of changing thousands of lives? How do you find the highlights of half a generation? How do you give God glory for how He used the Life Changers of New Life? You do it One page at a time! One memory at a time! One year at a time! One page at a time and take your time to look at where the Lord has brought us from. As you look, laugh, cry, and let this memory book take you on a journey, that now thanks to this 20-year record, you can never forget!" Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr., Ph.D., D.Min. - Senior Pastor In January 2001, Bishop Dudley shared a vision of beginning a wholistic ministry to meet the spiritual needs of the O'Fallon area and its surrounding communities with those who God had brought together for such a time as this. Shortly thereafter, he began teaching Bible Study classes in the home of Herman and Deborah Williams of O'Fallon, Illinois. This group of believers became known as the Core Group.In September 2001, they began planning and sowing finances to support the establishment of the ministry. The same year, God gave Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr., D.Min. the name of the church, New Life. In January 2002, the founding Core Group had established a Business Planning Committee to begin laying the foundation for the vision. In August 2002, Bishop Dudley and the Core Group leased several office spaces at 1400 South Lincoln Avenue, O'Fallon, Illinois to serve as an office and teaching/learning facility. With the help of the Lord, in November 2002 NLC purchased 11.5 acres of land (West of Troy-Scott Road O'Fallon, Illinois) for $446,000.00 to serve as the future home of NLC. Bishop Dudley opened the Bible Studies to the public in January 2003. By April 6, 2003, approximately 225 LifeChanger Covenant Partners were aligned with the vision of NLC.On April 20, 2003 (Resurrection Sunday), NLC held it first worship service at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Over 812 individuals were there to witness the beginning of God's work.By January 2004, there were over 1000 LifeChanger Covenant Partners (adults and children). Good Friday, April 9, 2004 NLC celebrated a Groundbreaking Ceremony to build the church. As of 2005, there were 1500 LifeChanger Covenant Partners and the church was preparing to march-in to the new church building. June 25, 2005 was the first worship in New Life Church at its new home on 689 Scott-Troy Road which is a $4.3 Million Facility (30,000 square feet with a 450-seat sanctuary, gym, Christian Education classrooms, administrative offices and child care center).Senior Pastor Dudley was consecrated as a Bishop in the Lord's church in October 2009. New Life continues to grow the kingdom through winning souls for Christ; mentoring young people; ministering to young families; becoming more diverse and 50% male. The church continues construction of Charles & Deanne Rayford CDC (TeenCity). LifeChangers at NLC are committed to laying the foundation for the New Life Community Campus in order to meet its obligation to this generation and generations to come. As of today there are over 2500 LifeChanger Covenant Partners connected at the main campus. New Life changed the name to simply New Life in 2020. There are two church plants in Africa; Ivory Coast and Monrovia, Liberia and one church plant in Columbus, GA - New Life Columbus. What a Mighty God we Serve!

Baksheesh or Bribe: Cultural Conventions and Legal Pitfalls is about bribery, international business, and cross-cultural business practices. Specifically, this book examines one major anti-corruption law - the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which makes the payment of bribes to foreign government officials a legal wrong. This book seeks to raise awareness of the FCPA in the international business community and to demonstrate that the FCPA is a general and vaguely written law, as well as a statute without the benefit of precise judicial interpretation or regulatory guidance. Moreover, the FCPA is a law with very serious legal consequences; and also is one that now is being very aggressively enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, this book: [Examines Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, focusing on its anti-bribery provisions and their legal implications for global executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and their companies. [ Seeks to differentiate legal payments to foreign government officials from illegal bribes. [ Provides strategies and tactics for the international business person to avoid legal liability under the FCPA. [ Discusses bribery in a variety of cultural contexts and from different ethical perspectives. [ Presents a case study based on a noteworthy actual bribery prosecution by the Department of Justice along with discussion questions. [ Provides a series of short case problems of typical bribery scenarios which can be used for legal analysis, discussion, and training purposes. The book is intended for use as a resource for international business executives, managers, and entrepreneurs, expatriates, and attorneys, as well as an academic text for usage in international management, business law, ethics, and government regulation of business courses.

Managing Your Future: An Educational Guide is highly readable, engaging, and succinct. This comprehensive book will help you:  Get into the best colleges.  Decide on a major.  Achieve the most academically.  Balance your time and money.  Start your career. The author analyzes the educational system of the 21st century and offers practical advice for each step of the way. More specifically, this book prepares a student for high school, an undergraduate program, a graduate program, a post-graduate program, and much more. In each chapter, professionals from different fields share their stories and describe their experiences. This empowering educational guide will be your life-saver.

The 4th edition of Business Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager introduces the reader to fundamental principles of the laws regulating business as well as their practical application in the United States. The various chapters cover such topics as the law and the basic legal principles impacting entrepreneurs and managers, the foundational business laws that entrepreneurs and managers in the United States must become aware of and understand, as well as other important legal topics such as constitutional law, administrative law, torts, products liability, crimes, contract law, sales and agency laws, commercial paper, various forms of business organizations, and debtors and creditors laws. The study of this legal material will be very beneficial to entrepreneurs, managers, and human resources professionals.This edition to this book seeks to make the reader more legally knowledgeable and astute. The book attempts to identify as many legal challenges as possible in establishing, operating, and managing a business in today's very competitive global business environment. The book recommends strategies and tactics to overcome these challenges and to achieve a successful business in a lawful and moral manner. Yet overcoming business law challenges is not the only goal of this book. The authors naturally want the reader to be able to more clearly foresee legal problems so as to avoid them; but the authors also want the reader to learn how to use the law and the legal system to more effectively establish, manage, and develop the business. Accordingly, an important objective of this edition of this book is to focus on "preventative law," that is, making the business person aware of the law, its applicability to business, and the legal consequences of business decision-making. The goal is to proactively avoid legal problems before they materialize, as opposed to the "trials and tribulations" (and "trials" perhaps literally) of reactively dealing with them when they occur. One major purpose of this book, therefore, is to help business people recognize legal risks and thus avoid legal liability.The authors are most grateful for all the support and encouragement to publish the 4th edition and particularly for the many most helpful suggestions for improving the book from colleagues, managers, human resources professionals, students, friends, and readers from across the globe. Furthermore, by using this book, you are contributing to the Business Ethics and Global Social Responsibility Scholarship, which has been established at the Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University to support scholarly research and coursework by students, which will advance the fields of business ethics and global social responsibility. This scholarship was conceived and created by the authors of this book, and Huizenga Business College professors, Dr. Frank J. Cavico, J.D., LL.M., Professor Emeritus of Business Law and Ethics, and Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, M.B.A. / D.B.A., Professor of Management and Human Resources. Professors Cavico and Mujtaba are co-funded this academic scholarship initiative with the support of the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and Nova Southeastern University. Thank you for exploring and leading discussions, and advancing knowledge on legality, morality and ethics, as well as social responsibility, in the world of management, entrepreneurship, and leadership!

Stress and conflict are realities of life. Most workers feel stressed on a daily basis. Perhaps this stress is due to the recession in the economy, job losses, more work, going to school while working, job change, more responsibilities, uncertainty, conflict, and/or too many things to achieve in a short time period. People are living in a constant period of transition, and the shelf life of solutions keeps getting shorter since what works today can become obsolete a few months later. Where is all the stress coming from in today's life? Stress is often coming from or caused by people, technology, new information, and globalization trends. Some of the commonly addressed sources of stress for businesses can include changes in nature of the workforce, economy, social trends, politics, leadership, management, organizational structures, products, services, customers, changing and conflicting demands, and location of where the firm produces or offers its products. Managing Workplace Stress and Conflict amid Change is about helping people effectively manage stress, conflict, and change in the workplace. The topics covered in this book include change management, conflict management, time management, stress management, and effective problem-solving. The book emphasizes that stress, conflict and change are realities of life in every organization. They are a natural part of evolution and human development. They have been handled for thousands of years and should be positively managed so that professionals may maximize their productivity and success in life.

In this book, discussions have been made regarding the roles of management and leadership in Afghanistan to deal with such challenges, and recommendations for workforce training and rehabilitation have been explored and provided for future development through effective leadership. The people of Afghanistan are doing what they can to develop the country; however, lack of proper education related to management skills and leadership training as well as lack of proper resources make it extremely difficult to have a speedy progress. This material is prepared for managers and leaders to provide explanations, inspirations, and work for perspiration. The word perspiration is used to describe the skill-based topics as they need to be implemented in order for them to become useful. So, application of this knowledge is what delivers results and managers need to make these skills a habit or a way of life for themselves and their workforce. The various chapters in this book highlight effective management and situational leadership as the main component or tool for all political, non-profit, and corporate leaders in Afghanistan as they attempt to influence their colleagues, superiors, employees, and others in the community to bring about appropriate changes in the workforce. The book is written for the general population around the globe as it goes through the turmoil of war in the past years, the current situation, and some suggestions for the next twenty years for economic recovery and workforce development. So, it briefly discusses the realities of war, factional conflicts, and what the current administration is doing with the assistance of officials from the United Nations and other foreigncountries such as France, Germany, Canada, the United States, and Turkey (just to name a few) to bring about some relief to the injured and maimed people of Afghanistan. The book covers several management functions and characteristics and it purposefully discusses the concept and skills of situational leadership as the main remedy for making the country prosper through the appropriate capacity development of each individual. The book is written for workforce development and training of Afghans as well as for use by colleges and government officials in Afghanistan. Some of the international colleges and universities may also adopt this material for cross-cultural discussions, anthropology, understanding developing economies, and workforce skills needed in such labor markets. Universities, colleges or professors adopting this book or any of its chapters may contact the publisher or the author for receiving the available supplementary facilitator's materials such as test banks, exercises and/or Power Point slides for presentation.

Workforce Diversity Management: Inclusion and Equity Challenges, Competencies and Strategies (third edition). By: Bahaudin G. MujtabaDiversity is a reality of life along with inclusion and equity, and a necessity in today's workplace. Workforce Diversity Management is about increasing one's cultural competency, understanding people as individuals rather than groups, and building productive human relationships in the workplace by focusing on an individual's head, heart, and habits. It requires examining one's own beliefs and values as well as one's personal habits and daily behaviors to learn the skills of dealing appropriately with individuals whose personal beliefs and values may be different. - Workforce Diversity Management can help professionals and managers deal with today's diverse workforce more effectively, and to attract and retain productive associates in a competitive global economy. - The book can help managers create an inclusive and equitable work environment where all employees of diverse beliefs and values are respected and treated with dignity. - The concepts, cases, and exercises are very relevant to today's work environment, and thus can easily fit most diversity management or cultural competency courses, seminars, and employee development workshops. - The author has used the concepts discussed in this book both nationally and internationally with academic and practitioner audiences to help increase their awareness of diversity and different cultures. Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba is professor of management, human resources, and international management. He is also a certified diversity trainer, and a management consultant. Bahaudin has worked in many different countries and has facilitated diversity management workshops in the United States, Bahamas, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Thailand, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Afghanistan.

"Gender, Education, and Employment Developments in South Asia: A Review of Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan" provides updated knowledge and application of relevant ideas, concepts, and philosophies regarding gender and educational developments in South Asia. Besides the author, many other experts from around the word have contributed updated content to this book. This book explores the reality of challenges facing women, managers and leaders all over the world, but especially in Afghanistan and Pakistan which has a population of over 220 million people. The book provides cross-cultural knowledge along with recommendations regarding gender and education developments for students, academicians, business owners, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers so they can help make our society a little better every single day.

"Managerial Skills and Practices for Global Leadership" book provides literature and skill building discussions about leading people through effective management practices across cultures. The book is about building management and organizational development skills of learners according to the principles of leadership and professionalism. The book covers the foundational concepts of management, cross-cultural management, motivation, leadership, stress management, change management, conflict management, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, negotiations, employee discipline, coaching, rewards, and training skills. The book also provides relevant dilemma-based cases along with discussion questions for individual and group reflection exercises. The management skills and concepts presented in this book come from over two decades of management and consulting experiences of the author in the corporate arena.

Gunu examines the characteristics of the top five global innovative companies (Apple, Google, Toyota, Microsoft, and Nintendo). His interviews with some of the CEOs demonstrate that they believe innovation has no handbook or manual and that developing a breakthrough product is a matter of chance.

Cross Cultural Management and Negotiation Practices is about managing cultural differences throughout a country or organization, according to some basic principles of professionalism and open communication. One has to understand each individual and let people freely voice their opinion in order to maximize their efficiency and productivity toward the complex solutions we all face in today's cross-cultural work environments. Likewise, professionals need to have great management and negotiation skills while working toward the objectives of maximizing shareholder benefits in the organization. Cross Cultural Management and Negotiation Practices is divided into four parts and includes subjects that each can be a specialization of study in itself. Part I provides information on culture and management as well as ethical challenges that managers and expatriates face across the globe; Part II provides an overview of negotiation fundamentals, negotiation model, and negotiation steps which can be used by expatriates in international assignments; Part III discusses practical skills such as communication and conflict management along with expatriate, as well as repatriate, training and development strategies; and Part IV offers a variety of cases to emphasize specific concepts and reflect upon real world challenges that can be used to facilitate various topics and reflect upon their learning outcomes. Overall, this book attempts to shed some light, albeit briefly, on specific area by introducing the reader to the major topics and issues in cross-cultural management and negotiations. Understanding these subjects require examining one's own beliefs and values as well as learning the skills of dealing appropriately with those whose beliefs and values may be very different. The author and contributors have used the concepts discussed in this book both nationally and internationally with academic and practitioner audiences to help increase their awareness of management, international management, negotiations, communication, and different cultures. The concepts, cases and exercises have been gleaned from a variety of sources and professionals in the United States and others around the globe. As such, these are very relevant to today's work environment, and thus can easily fit most management, international management, or cultural competency courses, seminars, and employee development workshops. Management trainers, corporate universities, colleges or professors wishing to adopt this book or any of its chapters may contact the publisher or the author to request the available supplementary facilitator's materials such as the electronic Power Point files for presentation, chapter summaries for usage with lectures and online postings, test questions for discussions or exams, and/or other supplementary material for exercises. The Instructor's CD (resources) come electronically using Microsoft Power Point, Word, and Excel files; as such, they can be adjusted by each educator and facilitator for his or her lectures, training and presentations.