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  • Selecting Critical Business Processes: A Case Study

    Selecting Critical Business Processes: A Case Study

    HEADNOTE Organizations often struggle with assessing the impact their critical business processes makes on their overall competitiveness. Often, critical processes that perform at acceptable levels can be enhanced to improve the competitive advantage. We present a methodology to assist managers in determining not only a critical business process through comprehensive selection criteria, but also its impact on the vision of the firm. The methodology has been tested in several organizations. One firm's results are presented

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    Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Critical Analysis of the Virgin Suicides

    Critical Analysis of the Virgin Suicides

    The Horror of the Mundane Honore de Balzac once said, “We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.” Americans are so obsessed with happiness they would do anything to get to that point of bliss. In the book “The Virgin Suicides” by Jeffrey Eugenides, we are introduced to the men whose lives have been changed forever by their awkward obsession with five fated

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    Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Artur
  • Program Evaluation and Review Technique (pert) and Critical Path Analysis (cpa)

    Program Evaluation and Review Technique (pert) and Critical Path Analysis (cpa)

    INTRODUCTION; Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Analysis (CPA) are tools that are used to schedule and manage large complex projects. These tools help to simplify the planning and scheduling of projects to plan most importantly during the management of a project, they enable companies to monitor achievement of project goals and assist to identify where remedial action needs to be taken to ensure project is completed within the time frame. PERT

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    Essay Length: 655 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Counterfactual Thinking and Its Effects on Well-Being, Satisfaction, and Self Efficacy

    Counterfactual Thinking and Its Effects on Well-Being, Satisfaction, and Self Efficacy

    Abstract Studies are examined in relation to counterfactual thinking and how it can ultimately have effects on various self-perceptions and emotions. Satisfaction among students and their grades have been linked with counterfactual thinking (consideration of "might-have-been" alternatives to reality). Movement of direction is also considered, specifically when considering rape victims and their thoughts of what they could have done to prevent the outcome, presumably leading to self-blame. Self-Efficacy is addressed in terms of how it

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    Essay Length: 2,031 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Edward
  • Two Critical Analyses of Hemingway’s "hills like White Elephants"

    Two Critical Analyses of Hemingway’s "hills like White Elephants"

    Two Critical Analyses of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" In "Hills Like White Elephants: The Jilting Of Jig," Nilofer Hashmi explores the many different layers of symbolism, the role of the American male, and the possible outcomes of the story. The use of symbolism is great in this story; therefore Hashmi uses the words of many critics to get through the various layers that the symbolism poses. Hashmi uses Doris Lanier's argument for support in

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Victor
  • Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use

    Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use

    Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use Since the dawn of society there have been people whose behavior differed from the rest of society. There are many different theories and perspectives on why people do things like abuse drugs, and although we my never have all the answers, sociology still help us to understand the problem better. In order to understand the theories of deviance, and apply them to drug use in our society one

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    Essay Length: 1,575 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Applied

    Applied

    636 Applied Management: Project Agreement Wellington Regional Training and Technology Centre (RTTC) Transmittal Project Definition and Scope Objectives The organisation RTTC objectives of its establishment are listed in its business plan in hierarchical order as follows. RTTC objectives according to the 2008 Business plan are • RTTC is to provide information, guidance and advice on careers in the trade and technology sectors. • To enhance the organisations relationship links with potential employers and graduates. •

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    Essay Length: 1,978 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Critical Analysis of the Impact of E-Banking on the Customers of the Banking Sector in the United Kingdom and Their Future Behaviour

    Critical Analysis of the Impact of E-Banking on the Customers of the Banking Sector in the United Kingdom and Their Future Behaviour

    Critical analysis of the impact of E-banking on the customers of the banking sector in the United Kingdom and their future behaviour Chapter 1-Introduction 1.1 Internet Banking in the United Kingdom and Europe In the United Kingdom, Internet banking services are available and provided by twelve Internet banking services providers. The Egg, for example, is an Internet banking service provider (exclude current account features) that has more than 150,000 customers visited their web site during

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    Essay Length: 1,875 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Shawshank Redemption: Rhetorical Criticism

    The Shawshank Redemption: Rhetorical Criticism

    In 1994 Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman teamed together in Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption making one of the best duos since Robert Redford and Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Based on Stephen King’s short story Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption the film, although not popular in the box office, made its profits when released on VHS and DVD (Haviland). It is now listed as second in the top

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    Essay Length: 897 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Management Skills in a Critical World

    Management Skills in a Critical World

    Management skills in a critical world This new job turned out to be an exciting opportunity to expand my knowledge by operating a business. This business apparently has some issues that require critical thinking skills to help resolve. We will identify and work to solve the problems through the use of the tools and techniques of decision-making. Once complete, we will have a clear picture of the problem, the associated risks and expected outcome that

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    Essay Length: 713 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Critically Evaluate How the Situational Model of Leadership Can Be Used to Explain the Behaviour of Saddam Hussein

    Critically Evaluate How the Situational Model of Leadership Can Be Used to Explain the Behaviour of Saddam Hussein

    Introduction Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and during his time in office was responsible for a tumultuous period in Iraqi history. For the purposes of analysis of his leadership style with respect to a Situational model, three areas of his career will be looked at separately; his rise to presidency from Vice-President, during the Iran-Iraq War and post invasion of Kuwait. Situational model of leadership A widely recognised situational

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    Essay Length: 2,056 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Jessica
  • An Art Criticism of the Painting "flora"

    An Art Criticism of the Painting "flora"

    An Art Criticism of the Painting "Flora" In the oil painting, Flora (Carrie Mainsfield Weir), by Julian Weir, a well-dressed Victorian woman is depicted, portrait style, sitting next to a small black table. The woman, Carrie, is also holding an array of flowers in her hand and several more stems of flowers are strewn across her lap. A silvery-gray vase sits on the table next to a large bowl filled with flower buds. Behind Carrie

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Max
  • Critical Incident Management of Four Season Hotel

    Critical Incident Management of Four Season Hotel

    The Four Season's sets the bar for achieving the highest quality of service in the hospitality industry. It was founded in 1960 and still obtains the same goal: "Our objective is to be recognized as the company that manages the finest hotels, resorts, and residence clubs wherever we locate." With this is mind Four Seasons Hotels are also very particular on the employees that work for them, they need to all share the same passion

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Anna
  • Critical Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

    Critical Analysis of Young Goodman Brown

    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “Young Goodman Brown” is a story that exhibits ambivalence, but it is so much more than this. Hawthorne in his efforts to write a story based on seventeenth century events has revealed a story that has double meaning throughout. He uses theme, plot, characters and symbolism to bring forth a story that is based on human nature and the fight between good and evil. Hawthorne is interested in exploring the psychological and social

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Anna
  • Why I Think Malaysia Will Be the Best Place to Live in the Next

    Why I Think Malaysia Will Be the Best Place to Live in the Next

    by: Woo Tai Kwan (First prize winner in the STAR 25th anniversary essay competition (Category C - adults) Should a fairy godmother suddenly appear before me with a crystal ball, a magic wand and a world atlas, and give me the liberty to select the country I’d like to live in 25 years from now, without a second’s hesitation, I would point to that small nondescript, elongated peninsula straddling the equator called Malaysia. The

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Socialist/marxist Critic to “diary” by Chuck Palahniuk

    The Socialist/marxist Critic to “diary” by Chuck Palahniuk

    Chuck Palahniuk is a famous author whose works have inspired those to even make a movie. Merely for entertainment purposes motion pictures do not need to be made to decipher his messages. Through the Socialist/Marxist critic viewpoint one finds the role class plays in the work and the author’s analysis of class relations. In his novel “Diary” it clearly shows socialist/Marxist potential with how the characters overcome oppression and it proposes some form of utopian

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Postmodern Literary Criticism

    Postmodern Literary Criticism

    Postmodernism attempts to call into question or challenge the notion of a single absolute unified master narrative without simply replacing it with another. It is a paradoxical, recursive, and problematic method of critique. It encourages transcendence through or in spite of limitation, while simultaneously decentering the concept of absolute transcendence. To this end, it encourages the development of a heightened sense of self in relation to itself and the world around it. Postmodernism assumes an

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    Essay Length: 1,136 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Vika
  • Words Are More Treacherous and Powerful Than We Think”.Evaluate the Extent to Which the Characteristics Sartre Claims for Words Affect -Negatively or Positively -Different Areas of Knowledge.

    Words Are More Treacherous and Powerful Than We Think”.Evaluate the Extent to Which the Characteristics Sartre Claims for Words Affect -Negatively or Positively -Different Areas of Knowledge.

    World literature; self taught language Hungarian: After reading the two books for my world literature, of mice and men and the outsider I decided I will compare the two books on the topic choice; portrayal of society in the literature studied. This includes points such as: Meursault and Lenny not being accepted in society for who they are because they are different then others; another point would be there is a lot of violence

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Bred
  • Memory, Thinking, Intelligence

    Memory, Thinking, Intelligence

    Aptitude is defined as the talent to excel at an array of tasks. Throughout time there have been many who studied intelligence but the main two models of intelligence is Spearman’s Model of Intelligence and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. Both theories propose that people should be evaluated on the source of factors other than scores on ordinary intelligence tests. To just view though scores would cause people to overlook a person other strengths. Spearman’s Model of

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Applying Classical Conditioning Toward the Physiological Detection of Concealed Information: Beyond Native Responses

    Applying Classical Conditioning Toward the Physiological Detection of Concealed Information: Beyond Native Responses

    Applying Classical Conditioning Toward the Physiological Detection of Concealed Information: Beyond Native Responses Derek C. Tucker 6/8/2005 Psychology today is predominately concerned with phenomena which occur, “on average,” given a particular set of circumstances. Technology, however, is constantly forced to look deeper into phenomena that occur, “on average,” in order to improve the reliability of an instrument for whatever task the technology is to be used. With instruments such as the polygraph, that are applied

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • Oasis: Criticized in America, but Loved

    Oasis: Criticized in America, but Loved

    Oasis: Criticized In America, But Loved Anyone familiar with music magazines will notice a common method used by most music critics: comparing artists to one or more of their peers. In most cases this method is critical to the review, especially if the readers have never heard the artist being reviewed. It gives them a point of reference, and if they like the artists being compared, they might buy the album. Such comparisons can work

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • Applying Anova

    Applying Anova

    Applying ANOVA and Non Parametric Tests a. What are three lessons you learned relative ANOVA and Nonparametric tests? While doing the simulation; the three lessons learned are as follows: Monitor – the situation Measure – provide measurements, accumulate data Improve – provide solutions for improvement. b. As a result of using this simulation, what concepts and analytic tools will you be able to use in your workplace (i.e., how do you expect to apply what

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Bred
  • Thirty-Five Critical Days

    Thirty-Five Critical Days

    Thirty-Five Critical Days Russia seems to me to be the reason World War I became the crisis that it did. The Austrian aggressiveness obviously gave everyone involved a starting point, but the reason it blew up to the scale that it did way poor leadership on the part of the Russians. The Tsar seems to be a very weak person who knows that his peers view him that way. Also his insecurity fuels his inability

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Vika
  • Critical Comparasion of Isf and Cobit

    Critical Comparasion of Isf and Cobit

    PROBLEM STATEMENT This document serves the purpose of critically comparing the ISF Standards of Good Practise and the ISO 17799. This paper will include, amongst other issues areas of correspondence, areas of difference, usability and readability INTRODUCTION With constant reports in the media of hacked sites, denial of service attacks, computer espionage and newly discovered vulnerabilities in applications and hardware, it is impossible for the management of any organization to ignore the likelihood of a

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    Essay Length: 2,578 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Are You Who You Think You Are?

    Are You Who You Think You Are?

    Are You Who You Think You Are? Many people say that everyone in the world has a twin. Today, science and technology has the ability to make this myth reality through the process of cloning. I am strongly against cloning for many reasons. People should not utilize cloning because it would destroy individuality and uniqueness, cause overpopulation, animal cruelty, it is against morals and ethics, and it violates many religious beliefs. In order to strongly

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Bred

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