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31 Jul 2014
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Aristotle's ideas on civic relationships

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

In many ways, the works of Aristotle have influenced modern way sociological theories and paradigms. For example, Nicomachean ethics was an expression of civic relationships by Aristotle. In Nicomachean ethics, Aristotle defines ideal civic relationships and their dynamic. This paper will examine...

19 May 2015
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Managerial strategies

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

When the term organization is mentioned, the role played by a manager comes in mind. An organization depends highly on the skills of a manager and how he is able to carry out all the elements of management . An organization includes a group of people who are willingly cooperating and effectively...

04 Jun 2008
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Elaboration likelihood model

Essay - 5 pages - Social sciences

The American media has become quite adept at attracting the attention of consumers. Although many of the methods used to capture attention appear to be random to the laymen, in actuality, there are a host of theories that are used in an effort to motivate and persuade the observer into taking...

10 Jun 2008
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Second Language Acquisition

Essay - 6 pages - Educational studies

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is learning development in which people acquire a new or more commonly known as “second language” in addition to their native tongue. The second language is often referred as “target language” or “L2”. Moreover, a second language...

26 Jun 2008
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Human Resources Management: Challenges and Controlling Mechanisms

Case study - 10 pages - Human resources

Organizational Psychology holds that successful organizations focus not only on market realities and sustainable competitive advantages, but also on their human capital, which they consider as their most vital asset. In a sense, facts and figures are the quantitative elements of a successful...

13 Jan 2009
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Qualitative vs. quantitative research techniques in tourism

Case study - 10 pages - Journalism

Research in the field of tourism has not been very important until the early nineteen seventies; it has begun to spread only since that time. Marketing research is a broad concept including various techniques, but a main distinction should be done between quantitative and qualitative research...

15 Jan 2009
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A new type of tourism: Activity-based tourism, the examples of dark tourism and sport tourism

Essay - 8 pages - Journalism

During the last decades, we have witnessed the existence of a tourism consumption model were consumers massively colonized all destinations worldwide indifferent to quality, environment and local cultures. However, for a few years, we have noticed the appearance of new trends in consumer...

16 Jan 2009
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The building of customer loyalty and retention strategies in sports marketing

Essay - 23 pages - Services marketing

The research in this dissertation focuses on the building of customer loyalty and retention strategies in sports marketing with the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) as an example. This research aims to provide the factors which influence customer loyalty from a sports customer...

21 Apr 2009
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A study on stress management

Dissertation - 67 pages - Management

Stress is usually defined in terms of the internal and external conditions that create stressful situations, and the symptoms that people experience when they are stressed. STRESS MANAGEMENT is a very vital aspect of every organization. Stress management can be linked to our day to day...

13 May 2009
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Competency mapping in an organization

Dissertation - 43 pages - Human resources

Today organizations are all talking in terms of competence. Gone are the days when people used to talk in terms of skill sets, which would make their organizations competitive. There has been a shift in the focus of the organizations. Now they believe in excelling and not competing. It is better...

27 May 2009
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HRM training development and appraisals

Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Human resources

There is " . . . a basic human tendency to make judgments about those one is working with, as well as about oneself” (Dulewicz). Appraising is unavoidable and universal. Even in a basic work structure, people will naturally, informally tend to judge the work of others. However; this natural...

25 Jun 2009
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Performance appraisal at Acumedscript

Dissertation - 47 pages - Human resources

The term human resource is a crucial system in the process of management. The term human resource is quite popular in India with the institution of ‘Ministry of Human Resources Development' in the Union Cabinet. Human Resource Management is one of the most complex and challenging fields...

03 Jul 2009
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Education: A necessary determination

Thesis - 3 pages - Educational studies

The motivation to become well educated can be affected by many factors; however, it is an extremely essential part of everyday life. Becoming cultured and having an education (whether it be liberal or specific), although it might be challenging, is everyone's responsibility as an active...

28 Aug 2013
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Emotions

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Five theories of emotion try to give explanation to the interpretation for this occurrence; however this article will envelop the James-Lange, Lazarus, and Facial Feedback Hypothesis theories with a justification of the experimental and correlation research methods. Within a human beings...

28 Oct 2009
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The role and importance of human resources department (HRD) in an organization

Thesis - 12 pages - Human resources

Ten years ago hardly any organization had HR departments or talked about it. Today it is difficult to find organizations which employ a large number of people who do not talk about HRD. In spite of this popularization of HRD in the last few years, success experience of HRD is limited to a few...

03 Mar 2011
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The modeling of the behavior of the international commercial negotiator

Dissertation - 82 pages - Services marketing

"Most of us negotiate Every Day" are the first words of the book "Creative Negotiating" by Stephen Kozicki. Whether it is supplies or international agreements, all cases are well prepared to negotiate a better price, a convenient delivery date or more favorable terms. Regarding the idea that...

12 Nov 2013
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Communication Process

Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy

Communication has been a humanistic function that has been present since the beginning of mankind. Communication is the process on how, we as human being share, and exchange information to each other. The way we communicate is not limited to information flow, but also expresses control,...

28 Dec 2009
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Israeli police clash with Palestinians at sacred compound in Jerusalem has social implications

Thesis - 4 pages - Social sciences

JERUSALEM - a conflict arose between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters after some Palestinians threw rocks at the officers at a holy site called Temple Mount. This site is considered to be holy for both Muslims and Jews as it carries significant religious meaning for both groups. The...

09 Jul 2008
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The relationship between drop-out rates and high-stake exams

Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Educational studies

Issues on education took up a complicated level wherein the micro aspects of this pervasive social institution are given much scholarly attention. Recently, a concern about the effect of increased use of high-stake testing on students' academic performance has baffled the intellectual circle....

13 Aug 2008
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Applied criminology - How are we best to describe the actions of a serial killer?

Essay - 4 pages - Criminal law

The definition of “serial killing” has proved problematic within the confines of narrow legal definitions of murder. Moreover, serial killing adopts multifarious forms brought on by many different states of mind (D, Wilson. 2001). Holmes attempted to define serial murder as consisting...

19 Nov 2008
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The Meiji restoration and the dawning of Japanese modernity

Essay - 9 pages - Modern history

The Meiji Ishin, or Meiji Restoration culminated in 1868 in the abolition of the feudal Tokugawa bakufu and made way for the modern, Westernized Japan. The mid nineteenth century was a time of vast development around the world, and Japan was falling behind the industrialized nation states of...

15 Jan 2009
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The importance of consumer behaviour through the example of Dim's marketing: A successful French tights company

Essay - 5 pages - Services marketing

“Consumer behaviour has been described as the dynamic interaction of affect and cognition, behaviour, and environmental events by which human beings conduct the exchange aspects of their lives” (Blythe, J. The essence of consumer behaviour, p.2). In other words, marketing strategies...

05 Feb 2009
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From good to great: How to turn good managers into great leaders

Essay - 4 pages - Management

Unlike conventional beliefs, leadership today is no longer a "born with it" phenomenon. Instead management and leadership gurus believe there are natural leaders and there are leaders trained to take up their roles to lead organizations, institutions and enterprises without genetic intervention....

20 Mar 2009
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Efforts for reforms made by Martin Luther and John Wycliffe

Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history

The English reformist John Wycliffe (c. 1320-1384) was an important precursor to the Reformation movement, headed by Martin Luther (c. 1483-1546). Wycliffe attempted to rid England of many of the same problems in the Roman Catholic Church that Luther would target in Germany over a century later....

07 Jun 2023

History of Management Theory

Course material - 33 pages - Management

Taylorism has long suggested that man was just one tool among many. However, we live in an industrial society more committed to a service society where the rules are more subtle. It is no longer a tool that is put in the hands of a worker, it is individual support for the employee that is...

24 Mar 2009
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Foreign direct investment: Problems and challenges in the present corporate world

Thesis - 11 pages - Finance

In the present emerging global economy, the nature of the foreign investment has to be generally motivated by various favorable business environments accelerated by globalization, liberalization as well as privatization of capital flows which have been growing rapidly. Also the cross-border M&As...

22 May 2009
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Caring for patients in alcohol-dependent: Prejudices and attitudes against alcoholic patients

Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies

Alcoholic patients often uncomfortable caregivers in general and doctors in particular. Trigger behavior among health professionals emotional reactions that directly affect the nature of the therapeutic relationship. These reactions, called against-attitudes, are rooted in the relationships that...

26 May 2009
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A study on quality circle

Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy

The term quality circles refers to small groups of line employees (usually ten or fewer) who meet periodically outside of regular work hours to discuss ways to improve the quality of products they produce and the efficiency and effectiveness of the production processes they oversee. Although...

12 Aug 2009
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An overview of JetBlue Airways

Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy

JetBlue is quickly becoming one of the best examples of a succeeding business because of excellent costumer service. David Neeleman, pronounced (Nee - Le - Man), has been able to build one of the top grossing airlines in just 6 short years. This airline has been built around the idea that the...

27 Oct 2009
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The strategy of investment and development of the French companies in Poland

Dissertation - 75 pages - Business strategy

This paper deals with the strategy of investment and development of the French companies in Poland. In a first part, the author discusses the theory of Foreign Direct Investment, more commonly called FDI: its different types and their alternatives, their motives, benefits and risks. In the second...