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  • Motivational Theories

    Motivational Theories

    Motivational Theories On October 1st, 2003 Mergers, Inc.’s shareholders approved an acquisition of 123 Insurance. With the upcoming merger the management has expressed concern about the employee’s morale and motivation. The management has assigned a team to do a study of our current morale and motivation status here at 123 Insurance. To get an idea on how to address our employee’s motivational needs, a survey was created and given to all 123 employees. The survey

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    Essay Length: 1,643 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Role of Attachment Styles in Leader Member Exchange Theory

    The Role of Attachment Styles in Leader Member Exchange Theory

    Running head: THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT STYLES IN LMX The Role of Attachment Styles in Leader-Member Exchange Theory Will A. Gibson Kansas State University Abstract Leader-member Exchange Theory (LMX) deals with the quality of a work relationship between a leader and a member. A higher quality LMX places members in an in-group with their leader and therefore benefit from increased communication, attention, and consideration. When there is a lower LMX, members are in an

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    Essay Length: 1,281 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Theories Related with Incepta

    Theories Related with Incepta

    Company Structure The organization structure is basically the form of an organization that is evident in the way divisions, departments, functions, and human resources link together and interact with each other and reveal vertical operational responsibilities, and horizontal linkages. Organizations are structured in a variety of ways, dependant on their objectives and culture. The structure of an organization will determine the manner in which it operates and it’s performance. Structure allows the responsibilities for different

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    Essay Length: 5,238 Words / 21 Pages
    Submitted: June 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Kant’s Theory

    Kant’s Theory

    Immanuel Kant criticized previous ethical theories, as moral obligations do not come for humans, their cultures or God. Moral obligations are not from any other source but reasons, according to Kant. We have duties to perform which shows we have common sense. Kant states when something is done out of inclination to yourself, it is not considered moral. For example, when you go to the bank to cash your check in the amount of $350.00.

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    Essay Length: 656 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • No Behaviour Is Really Altruistic - Based on Theory and Research in Social Psychology, Critically Discuss This Contention

    No Behaviour Is Really Altruistic - Based on Theory and Research in Social Psychology, Critically Discuss This Contention

    Altruism is a subcategory of helping behaviour, and refers to an act that is motivated by the desire to benefit another rather than oneself (Batson & Coke, 1981; Berkowitz, 1970, cited in Hogg & Vaughan, 2005). The main issue with determining whether a helping act is truly altruistic is one of motivation; if we cannot determine whether an act stems from a desire to benefit others or some kind of ulterior motive, altruism is difficult

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: July
  • Putting Theory into Practice

    Putting Theory into Practice

    Running Head: PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE Putting Theory into Practice: Utilization of Henderson’s Nursing Theory in Everyday Nursing Practice Health care around the world and especially in the Western world, has undergone extreme changes over the past few decades, however, the basic principles of nursing such as caring for the sick and elderly have remained the same. Many of those principles come from the teaching of Virginia Henderson. Her interactional theory of holistic care has

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Top
  • Cognitive Development

    Cognitive Development

    According to Jon Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, there are four stages of cognitive development. These stages are all assigned to a specific age where Piaget, after observing and interviewing both his own children and other children as well,he concluded these stages were to begin and end. These four stages begin with the sensorimotor stage that begins at birth until about age two. During this stage an infant observes his or her environment through his

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    Essay Length: 736 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Prospect Theory

    Prospect Theory

    Prospect theory Prospect theory was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979 as a psychologically realistic alternative to expected utility theory. It allows one to describe how people make choices in situations where they have to decide between alternatives that involve risk, e.g. in financial decisions. Starting from empirical evidence, the theory describes how individuals evaluate potential losses and gains. In the original formulation the term prospect referred to a lottery. The theory

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    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Monika
  • Mass Society Theory

    Mass Society Theory

    History of Mass Society Theory Comprised a vast workforce of people who lived isolated and unfulfilled lives. They were slaves to jobs, bosses and living in crowded urban settings . Their lives were consistent with Marx’s “alienated masses” Scholars blamed the media for the rise of fascism History of Mass Society Theory During the 1920’s, Hearst and Pulitzer changed their ways and became serious about reporting the news The American Society of Newspaper Editors formed

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Victor
  • Analysis of the Uncertainty Reduction Theory on Interpersonal Communication

    Analysis of the Uncertainty Reduction Theory on Interpersonal Communication

    Analysis of the Uncertainty Reduction theory on interpersonal communication Through this paper I will conduct an analysis of the uncertainty reduction theory and will then apply it to my own experience here in Colorado university. This theory has been subject to many articles and studies in the communication and social departments. Indeed, studying this theory can help us understanding human relations in interpersonal communication. Each of us has been one day confronted to uncertainty, whereas

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • To What Extent Are Advances in Cognitive Development Influence the Expression of Primary & Secondary Emotions?

    To What Extent Are Advances in Cognitive Development Influence the Expression of Primary & Secondary Emotions?

    The dispute concerning the definition, presence and number of basic emotions present at birth is a controversial topic in psychology and numerous definitions and theories exist (Ortony & Turner, 1990). The aim of this essay is to discuss the influence of advances in cognitive development upon the expression of primary and secondary emotions. Most psychologists today suggest that by six months of age the following emotions have appeared: anger, fear, disgust, sadness, joy and happiness

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    Submitted: June 14, 2010 By: Anna
  • A Theory of Knowledge - Mental Constructs

    A Theory of Knowledge - Mental Constructs

    A Theory of Knowledge: Mental Constructs "This is a pen." While there are many variations between the possibilities of things being pens, this is one of them. Even if I were dreaming, or a brain in a vat, I would know that this is a pen. I know that this is a pen because I have a mental construct of what a pen is. What I do not know is if I am really holding

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    Submitted: July 28, 2010 By: Dina
  • Adolescent Cognition

    Adolescent Cognition

    Adolescent Cognition: Thinking in a New Key Throughout history, adolescents changed their styles and their location in which they associate. It went from wearing penny loafers and hanging outside of drug stores to wearing athletic sneakers and hanging around the malls. Adolescents follow the reasoning of Aristotle: all men are mortal, Socrates is a man, and therefore Socrates is mortal. The first age of reasoning was focused on concrete operational thinking. Concrete operational thinking enabled

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    Submitted: July 28, 2010 By: Dina
  • Agnew's Strain Theory

    Agnew's Strain Theory

    The general strain theory, created by Robert Agnew, was an explanation of why individuals respond to stress and strain with crime. Also the general strain theory also states that strain leads to delinquency. Strain is a result of failure to succeed at the goals set by society. Success is based upon fame and wealth, when individuals failed to achieve certain goals they experienced strain, which can lead to frustration and depression. People often compare themselves

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    Submitted: July 28, 2010 By: Dina
  • Psychology Theories and Self Reflection

    Psychology Theories and Self Reflection

    Psychology Theories and self-reflection Kathleen McKenna NorQuest College Psych 1060 & Section one Assignment One Jocelyn Beaudette-Hodsman November 9th, 2010 ? Psychology Theories and Self Reflection According to the Webster's dictionary the word psychology means "the science of mind and behaviour" (Merriam-Webster's, 2010). There are many different theories that have influenced psychology, but when I look at my life there are three that stand out from all the rest that I will be talking

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    Submitted: April 20, 2011 By: kitkat1979
  • An Examination and Application of Subculture Theories to Prison Violence.

    An Examination and Application of Subculture Theories to Prison Violence.

    Abstract Theories of prison violence and behavior are often divided into the indigenous model or importation model. This paper utilizes Irwin and Cressey's (1962) importation model and integrates it with elements of Miller's (1958) theory of a lower-class subculture explain prison violence. The paper also examines other relevant theories of violent subcultures to enhance the argument that most prison violence is not indigenous to the prison but is brought to the institution as part of

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    Submitted: April 23, 2011 By: psngai2
  • Reinforcement Theory - Obod

    Reinforcement Theory - Obod

    University of Wales SUBJECT: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. LECTURER: MR.MANJIT SINGH SUBMISSION DATE: 05.12.2008 (DUE DATE) WORD COUNT: 4115 ASSIGNMENT BY: "APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT THEORY TO SHAPE EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR." TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER TOPIC PAGE 01 INTRODUCTION 4 02 DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 2.1 OVERVIEW 5 2.2 REINFORCEMENT THEORY (reshaping behavior) 6-11 2.3 FORCES FOR CHANGE 11 2.4 WHY EMPLOYEE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 11-14 2.5 OVERCOMING RESTRAINING FORCES OF CHANGE (reshaping behavior) 15 2.6

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    Submitted: April 23, 2011 By: veerasweta
  • Adult Theory Eucation

    Adult Theory Eucation

    Abstract Our academic system has grown in reverse order. Subjects and teachers constitute the starting point, learners are secondary. In conventional education the learner is required to adjust themselves to an established curriculum. Too much of learning consists of substitution of someone else's experience and knowledge. Psychology teaches us that we learn what we do. Experience is the adult learner's living textbook. This article will examine accounting programs of a college and the adult education

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    Submitted: April 25, 2011 By: sheilab76
  • Cognitive, Affective, Conative/behavioral

    Cognitive, Affective, Conative/behavioral

    Q.1Take any product of your choice (suggested example: wrist watches) and explain the possible segments of market that could exist. Answer: Product Taken: Jeans Pants. For selling Jeans pant we have to find the possible segments of market that colud exist ,we have to follow the Bases for market segmentation.They are as such. Geographical Segmentation. Here we have to find out the following things. a)Region of the country:East,West,North,South,Cenral,Costal,Hilly. Today wearing Jeans pants is common in

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    Submitted: April 27, 2011 By: sandy3178
  • How I Survived Kidnapping from up Six Economic Theories

    How I Survived Kidnapping from up Six Economic Theories

    How I survived kidnapping from UP six economic theories By Robina Gokongwei-Pe UP School of Economics Sunday, May 25, 2008 (Editor's note: We stole this speech of Robina Gokongwei-Pe from the UP School of Economics website. Robina was the guest of honor during their Recognition Day last April 25.) Thank you very much, Prof. Dante Canlas, for your wonderful, wonderful introduction. Dean Emmanuel de Dios — Dean de Dios was my professor of international trade

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    Submitted: April 27, 2011 By: calvin1985
  • Game Theory in Business

    Game Theory in Business

    game theory in business is a very complicated one which is always hard to discribe here It was one of those beautiful June mornings when all of New York City seems solar-powered: bright, fast, and teeming with energy. I was walking down Sixth Avenue to the hotel where Ivan Seidenberg and I would hold the first official meeting of the management teams of Nynex and Bell Atlantic - the initial step in creating what we

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    Submitted: April 27, 2011 By: conan
  • Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Paper

    Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Paper

    Concept Comparison and Analysis across Theories The process of choosing a nursing model or theory to guide one's clinical practice, curriculum development or theoretical framework for research can be facilitated by analysis of and comparison of existing theories. The concept of care is a core concept common to many nursing theories. Caring is considered by many as one central feature within the metaparadigm concept of nursing knowledge and practices (Watson & Smith, 2002, p. 456).

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    Submitted: May 1, 2011 By:
  • Management Theory & Practice

    Management Theory & Practice

    Egypt social life he social system of Ancient Egypt is, of ancient civilisations, that of which the most is known. The ancient history of other countries is, as a rule, a record of wars, famines, conquests, invasions and other outstanding events. Records of how people lived and how society was governed and conducted are often matters of deduction rather than of knowledge. This is not the case with Ancient Egypt. Egyptologists are able to give

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    Submitted: May 3, 2011 By: imdpearl
  • Some Selected Theories and Concept of Management

    Some Selected Theories and Concept of Management

    Term paper on "some selected theories and concept of management'' Course Title: Advanced Management Submitted to: Md Mosharraf Hossain Associate professor Department of Management studies Submitted by:Md Muntasir Rafy Roll:309-16-053 4/13/2011 Department of Management Studies University of Dhaka LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 13, April 2011 Md.Mosharraf Hossain Associate Professor Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka Sub: Submission of Term Paper on ‘' some selected theories and concept of management'' Dear

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    Submitted: May 10, 2011 By: omar111
  • Social Theories Are Not Sociological Unless They Focus on Society as a Specific and Distinct Object of Study

    Social Theories Are Not Sociological Unless They Focus on Society as a Specific and Distinct Object of Study

    Social theories are not sociological unless they focus on society as a specific and distinct object of study Sociological theories are embedded and grounded in society. Society is the laboratory of sociologists where they carry out empirical inquiry to generate sociological knowledge. Basic premise of sociology is the Development of systematic knowledge about social life, way it is organized, the way it changes and the concern with social action and interaction. Social theory helps us

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    Submitted: May 14, 2011 By: charlyntawengwa

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