by Whittaker Associates | Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema Wal-Mart certainly is a retail giant, offering products from apparel and appliances to electronics and groceries, just to name a few. With approximately $315.7 billion in sales in 2006 and over 6000 stores worldwide, it’s hard to think of an area... by Whittaker Associates | Jul 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema On June 29, my coworkers and I had the privilege to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and help construct a home for a local Holland family. The single mother and her three teenage children were living in a house that could not accommodate the family... by Whittaker Associates | Sep 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema Until learning about organizational culture in my management class, I did not know what it was, or how important it is in the workplace environment. Organizational culture is a shared set of beliefs, expectations, values, norms, and work routines that... by Whittaker Associates | Oct 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema Recently, the U.S. population finally reached 300 million. While some might consider this a strain on our resources, others believe this growth is beneficial to our economy. Many countries overseas are struggling to find population-control strategies... by Whittaker Associates | Jun 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
by Jami Miedema I have always been the type of person to steer away from reading self-help and motivational books. I find their content not only unconvincing and unoriginal, but just plain corny. So it was to my surprise that just recently I read one from front to...