Conflict Theory Essays and Term Papers
823 Essays on Conflict Theory. Documents 126 - 150
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Grounded Theory Study of Unethical Labour Practices Associated with Global Brands in Developing Countries
(2006, 2845 words, 80%) Abstract This is a grounded theory study about unethical labour practices associated with global brands’ operations in developing countries. The research paper develops a substantive theory or at least a set of propositions explaining the wider contextual underpinnings of unethical labour practices deriving from the operations of global brand companies. The grounded theory method chosen to undertake the research necessitates theoretical sampling of global brand companies that can substantiate the phenomenon
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
Book Review Analysis Part I. A “Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict” by Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall is a book that highlights revolutionary events and notable individuals in history. The book concentrates on strikes, boycotts, demonstrations, sit-ins, and civil organizations throughout a century. The principal argument of the book is that “nonviolent sanctions, if used effectively, can end oppression and liberate nations and peoples, and they can do so with less risk
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Dell War and Conflict Revolution
War and Conflict There are various factors that contribute to the stem of war and conflict. With the shit of interstate to intrastate and the capacity of non-state actors of mega-violence modern militaries have rebuild their capacities to adapt to the formation of new threats. Some examples are non-state radicals, traditional criminal elements, and rouge states that are characterized by asymmetric warfare in this new era of conflict. Dell has created a theory of conflict
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Conflict Resolution Strategies
Conflict Resolution Strategies Dera Hicks University of Phoenix September 6, 2007 Conflict Resolution Strategies Conflict is an unavoidable circumstance of human interaction. While conflict is a natural occurrence, it can often feel quite uncomfortable. Groups and teams are perfect breeding grounds for conflict because of the individual differences involved. Conflict can be either constructive or destructive, therefore it is important to understand the types and sources of conflict as well as how to effectively
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Analyzing and Resolving Conflict Essay
When working in teams, unresolved or poorly managed conflict is a major obstacle to a team performing well. While conflict can occur at any stage in team project planning, it typically occurs during the brainstorming stage. During the brainstorming stage members suggest ideas and solutions to meet the team’s goals. This can cause conflict because of the differing ideas, opinions, personalities, and backgrounds of the team members. It is inevitable that when working in teams
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Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories
Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories in an Analysis of Scrooge’s Behaviour Motivation and Emotion Theories 2 In the past many theories have been put forth in an attempt to understand the motivations of an individuals behaviour and the emotions involved. According to Reber & Reber (2001) emotional states tend to have motivational properties and the elements of a motivation will often have emotional ties. In addition, theorists have identified that physiological structures usually appear to
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The Value of Conflict
The Value of Conflict The word conflict stirs up thoughts of anger, friction, mistrust, frustration, and hostility. Rarely does anyone think of conflict as a tool for deeper thinking, better results, and communication that is more dynamic. When unmanaged, team conflict can destroy cohesiveness, but teams that use conflict resolution strategies can turn their conflict into an asset. Managed conflict can promote an exchange of ideas to generate well-thought-out results, encourage team members to think
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War in Iraq and Just War Theory
• Just cause: In my opinion, the United States had no right to go into Iraq based solely on a theory that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. According to the Just War Theory, war is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger," to protect innocent life, to preserve conditions necessary for decent human existence and to secure basic human rights. • Competent authority: Just War Theory states that “War must be declared
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Cause and Effect the Indian-Pakistani Conflict and the Prospect of Nuclear War.
Nuclear war is something that we have all heard about. It seems to be overdramatized in movies. But perhaps the movies are right. Maybe we are on the brink of a chasm so dark and ominous that it drowns out all faith and light. A nuclear holocaust occurring would wipe out all of civilization as we know it. We would be essentially thrown into a dark age. Never in the history of the world has
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Understanding Germ Theory with Kuhn
Germ Theory The germ theory began in the late 1880s and began as the understanding that organisms beyond the view of man could exist. Bacteria were the first found microscopic items, and took a decade to prove. Job Lewis Smith, a pediatric doctor in the late nineteenth century began studying outbreaks of cholera. No other doctors were able to explain why the children were getting ill. He worked in the slums of New York and
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A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict
Running head: A JAPANESE-U.S COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT A Japanese-U.S Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Effects in the Management of Organizations Abstract In this study, work-family conflict in Japan and the United States is compared and contrasted based on culture, traditions, norms, values, and life styles. The paper will focus on the proposal that Japanese employees are frequently expected to use time after work to socialize with colleagues and clients at bars and restaurants
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Conflict Case Study
Confused, furious, offended, and besieged are adjectives that best describe my feelings when I was in conflict with Jessica, my boyfriend’s sister. I met Jessica about three years ago, the same time I started dating my boyfriend. We both started off on the wrong foot. After conducting my case study for our assignment, I realized there was very little chance of us hitting it off in the beginning, because we both met with negative pre-conceived
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Conflict Management
In order to have a team that is creative and innovative you must have a leader who has the ability to fulfill administrative functions, but who can also inspire and motivate the employees to strive for excellence, and at times facilitate meaningful changes in organizations. Next you will need a manager who has traditional administrative skills such as planning, helping to organize the work of each subordinate, and exerting control over their behavior. The leader
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Vietnam Conflict
The Vietnam conflict Part of French Indochina, Vietnam was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Ironically, America's first involvement in the region was in support of a Vietnamese patriot named Ho Chi Minh, the leader of a small nationalist movement which had been waging a campaign against the Japanese since 1941. At the end of the War, Ho and his "Viet Minh" movement actively resisted France's attempt to regain control of
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Coevolutionary Gaming Theory Can Facilitate Decision Making
How Coevolutionary Gaming Can Facilitate Group Decision Making Introduction: Coevolutionary war gaming is an unconventional scenario planning process put forward by Jeff Cares and Jim Miskel in their article "Take Your Third Move First" which essentially builds on the argument that planning and subsequent decision making should not be conducted in a vacuum, i.e., it is not enough to just look at the current facts and historical data to make decisions and plans and just
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Theory of Leadership
While I would like to believe I am a transformational leader, there are times I find that I demonstrate the characteristics of the transactional theory in my everyday practice in formal leadership roles. Transformational leadership theory, as I understand it as described by James Burns, "looks for potential motives in followers, their needs, values, and morals" and "involves attempts by leaders to move individuals to higher standards of moral responsibility". James Fisher describes the transformational
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Conflict Management
Conflict Management To avoid conflicts the management should develop an effective way to manage and handle the situation. The problem must be brought to the manager’s attention immediately. The manager should effectively stop all problems that are work related even before they start. If the management is well organized and there is a very stable head the problems will be dealt with successfully. Communication is another very important factor that can cause problems in
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The Good Earth - the Conflicts of Wang Lung That Are Influenced by Setting
The Conflicts of Wang Lung that are Influenced by Setting Have you every wonder how farmers were like in the past? Farmers depended heavily on the ground to produce crops. With their crops, they sold it to try and make a small profit. Toiling hard, back breaking labor on the land describes how Wang Lung, the protagonist in The Good Earth, spent most of his time until he started finding a way out of poverty.
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Conflict Resolutions
Conflict Resolutions There are many types of ways to resolve conflicts in teams. For this section, we will outline the solution and management which includes negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Another way to resolve a group conflict is to enhance cohesion within the members. In choosing the most appropriate method to resolve conflicts, the first step should be to make sure that the group conflict is clearly understood by the individual members. There are many approaches
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
The Hierarchy of needs theory is a formation of the needs of an individual person. Basically this hierarchy are based on five level which is classified into Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love/Belonging needs, Esteem needs and Self-actualization needs. It can be illustrated with a diagram 1.0 The Diagram of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. This is diagram are has been developed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper of A Theory of Human Motivation which he
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Mutually Assured Destruction: In Theory and Practice
By definition Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy in which full-scale use of nuclear weapons by both sides would effectively result in the destruction of both side. It is not a complicated concept. An elementary school child could understand that the two biggest kids in the class don’t openly brawl because both would suffer unacceptable damage as well as put third parties in the danger of the crossfire. The concept of
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The Conflict Between Stanley & Blanche in a Streetcar Named Desire
“A Streetcar Named Desire works as a drama because of the conflicts between Stanley and Blanche.” Discuss. The themes of A streetcar Named Desire are mainly built on conflict, the conflicts between men and women, the conflicts of race, class and attitude to life, and these are especially embodied in Stanley and Blanche. Even in Blanche’s own mind there are conflicts of truth and lies, reality and illusion, and by the end of the play,
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Immigration Theories
Despite on all complexity of political life in the modern world, the variety of political parties and public organizations has already been defined for couple of centuries by authority of liberal and conservative doctrines. Both liberalism and conservatism represents the complex of political principles, which have experienced crucial historical changes. These contrast ideologies not only will be defined in the essay, but also the origin of them will be explained. Some state that “all modern
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Guns Germs and Steel, Theories Explained.
The book Guns, Germs, and Steel is about how many different things attributed to the succession of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author, Jared Diamond, in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond “Why white men developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea where we black people had little cargo of our own?” Diamond was determined to
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Schutz’s Theory
In today's paper, I will be analysis personal relationship using Schutz's theory of interpersonal needs. According to Communication Making Connection by William J. Seiler and Melissa L. Beall, Schutz's theory implies that we have three needs: the need for affection, the need for inclusion, and the need for control. According to Schutz's theory, the need for affection is the need to feel likeable or lovable. If various people like a specific person, that person has
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