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Essays 1981 - 2010

Therapeutic Uses of Laughter and Humor

that this may not be far from the truth (Provine, 2000). There are clearly two parts to the view of laughter as a therapeutic t...

Differential Association Theory of Sutherland and Rape

stigma attached to elements of their personal development may find that no matter how they work to dispel this stigma, some of the...

Economically Explaining the Levi Strauss Factory Closures

the companies output, and is putting 1,980 people out of work (PR Week, 2003). The basis of this decision has been one...

Post Second World War Success of Japan Explained

administration was under pressure to stem the loss of American manufacturing jobs from Japanese imports and in 1985, Secretary of ...

Economic Theory and the Marginal Cost Concept

In six pages this paper examines economic theory in a consideration of the uses of marginal costs. Three sources are listed in th...

Right to Die Issues of Public Policy

In eight pages this paper considers 'right to die' issues of public policy and includes group and elite theories as well as increm...

Structuration Theory of Anthony Giddens

the notion of "the duality of structure" or the fact that structure constitutes rules and resources which orients individual actio...

The Problems at Segway

the public were just not ready for such a different product (Kher 48). However, there are many revolutionary products introduced t...

Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Darwinism

Hardy presents the tragic story of a young dairymaid, descended on her mothers side from rough peasant folk and on her fathers fro...

EXPLAINING POSITIVE, NEGATIVE AND CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT

Before moving on to the different types of reinforcement and whether theyre positive, negative or continuous, it would be a good i...

Gender and Early Language Abilities

all environments. For example, children who do not live in homes where there is a lot of conversation and where there is little di...

Karl Marx and His Contributions

its paid wage- labourers" (p.21). One can see that this idea is timeless. Even in contemporary society, doctors have been reduced ...

The Presence Of Financial Crises In The Global Economy

has taken place the global nature as a result of the interlinked economies appears to be able to enhance the potential for the cri...

Does Organizational Change Need to People to Change?

in an environment that is constantly changing. If organizations are an open system they cannot be controlled in a logical manner (...

Branding for Sony in the International Environment

they are and how they compete. Sony was originally called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyp (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company), wo...

Connolly, Hall and Philosophical Differences

asks whether pluralism "is a philosophy for wimps," that is, "for those whose beliefs are too saturated with uncertain and ambival...

Employee Involvement; Theory and Practice

others, such as Brown and Cregan (2008) argue that employee involvement is not only desirable, it can be essential for organizatio...

Lifespan Developmental Psychology; The Case of an Elderly Bereaved Patient

from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...

Media Stereotyping of Race and Gender

freedom that I am today had I not begun to oppose that gendered notion of learning that suggests that politics is the realm of mal...

Explaining Rising Profits But a Fall in Return on Capital Invested

have been deducted (sometimes this may be before tax, it may also be after tax), and dividing this by the revenue and presenting i...

Motivation Surveys

it. On a scale of 1 to 100, West African cultures scores are: IDV = 17; PDI = 82; MAS = 41; UAI = 50; and LTO = 11 (Hofstede,...

Adolescent Observation And Developmental Analysis

the teacher did not see it. This is interesting because Tyler achieves As and Bs in all this classes. This particular class was Wo...

Marketing a Hospital

business plan, the role of different stakeholders all decision-makers, and the way that the leadership should be involved with the...

Budgeting

addition to a full company budgeting each individual stalls also have a budget. This will be tied in to unexpected level of sales....

SFAS 5 and Accounting for a Public Liability Insurance Policy

impact on the current, year, there will not be an increase in the premiums if there are a lot of claims, nor will there be any adj...

History Of Leadership Models

considers the times, the Dark Ages, brutality was a common thing. The Hebrew leaders, Abraham, Joseph and Moses are well known to...

Recruiting and Reward Strategies to Attract Good Candidates

an interdependence with many other areas of human resource strategies, including the way employees are treated and motivated and t...

Second Language Learning

contrastive analysis studies in the 1950s and 60s consisted of "comparing pairs of languages" in order to find their areas of diff...

Homeless & Mental Illness/A Vulnerable Population

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

REALISM, LIBERALISM AND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFLICT

of realism, the state is the unitary actor, the number-one gun, the only one that matters3. Autocratic models, and dictatorships t...