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  • Dependency Theory

    Dependency Theory

    DEPENDENCY THEORY Dependency theory is the body of social science theories which suggests that the wealthy nations of the world need a peripheral group of poorer states in order to remain wealthy. Dependency theory states that the poverty of the countries in the periphery is not because they are not integrated into the world system, but because of how they are integrated into the world system. THE PREMISES OF DEPENDENCY THEORY ARE: 1) Poor nations

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Janna
  • Choose a Film or Television Programme and Discuss How Its Mise-En-Scгёne and Cinematography Operate to Create Meaning for the Audience.How Does the Visual Style Contribute to the Textвђ™s Overall Appeals and Meanings?

    Choose a Film or Television Programme and Discuss How Its Mise-En-Scгёne and Cinematography Operate to Create Meaning for the Audience.How Does the Visual Style Contribute to the Textвђ™s Overall Appeals and Meanings?

    Mise-en-scene was first used by early French critics and translates loosely into “setting in scene”. By which it means everything that appears in front of the camera and thus everything the audience will eventually see. Beyond this, the mise en scene plays the role of creating the environment in which the film’s world is set in. While making a believable world, production designers can manipulate aspects of mise en scene to create focus, contrast or

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Information Theory

    Information Theory

    1. Introduction Information theory is the mathematical theory of data communication and storage generally considered to have been founded in 1948 by Claude E. Shannon. The central paradigm of classic information theory is the engineering problem of the transmission of information over a noisy channel. The main result of this theory is Shannon's noisy-channel coding theorem, which states that reliable communication is possible over unreliable channels. It is possible to surround a noisy channel with

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Discussions on Alegoria De California

    Discussions on Alegoria De California

    Discussions on "Alegoria de California" Diego Rivera is consider by many one of the most important artist of North America. He had a post-modern style and was a classicist and simplified style. His major subjects where the earth, the farmer, the laborer. His goal was to take art to the big public. He wanted to bring social content to the people. When Most people think of Diego Rivera they attribute him to the paintings he

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: July
  • Discuss Whether Alfred Hitchcock Can Be Considered an Auteur

    Discuss Whether Alfred Hitchcock Can Be Considered an Auteur

    Discuss whether Alfred Hitchcock can be considered an auteur. Illustrate your argument with specific references to two of his films. In order to ascertain as to whether Hitchcock can be considered an auteur, the understanding of what makes an auteur and its origin needs to be explored. It is believed that a director can either be classified as a metteur-en-scene or an auteur. The classification of an auteur originates from the early 1950’s, when a

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    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: July
  • How Can the Theories and Models in Leadership and Motivation Help a Manager to Do His or Her Job More Effectively?

    How Can the Theories and Models in Leadership and Motivation Help a Manager to Do His or Her Job More Effectively?

    How can the theories and models in leadership and motivation help a manager to do his or her job more effectively? Two powerful tools a manager can use are displaying good leadership skills, and being able to motivate those around them. A highly motivated workforce is vital for an organisation seeking good results. Leadership and management although being seen as synonymous do differ, not every manager is a leader and vice versa. The emphasis of

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    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Steve
  • Personality Theories Paper

    Personality Theories Paper

    Personality Theories Paper Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) started his interest in psychology while attending the University of Wisconsin. Maslow received his bachelors in 1930, his masters in 1931 and three years after that he received his PhD in 1934. Maslow’s theory showed up during his work with monkeys. He noticed that certain needs took precedence over others such as the need of liquids over food, breathing over liquids and so forth, hence the theory of Maslow’s

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Evaluate Freuds Psychodynamic Theory

    Evaluate Freuds Psychodynamic Theory

    Evaluate Freud’s psychodynamic theory. The godfather of psychology….as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time. Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg, Morovia, to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth, his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo, women were treated as second class and children

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Jon
  • Theories in Evaluating Personality

    Theories in Evaluating Personality

    I always stumble upon one particular question over and over again- what do I think of myself? To be frank, I can never actually answer the question because I am still quite ignorant about who I really am. However, I got feedbacks from various people about what they think of me and the most repetitive characteristic is my jovial personality. May times people wonder why I am constantly smiling. They also find it amusing

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: David
  • The Characters in Donnie Darko Are Isolated, Confused and Many Are Unable to Cope with Reality. Richard Kelly Has Presented a Disturbing Portrait of Human Existence and Interpersonal Relationships. Discuss.

    The Characters in Donnie Darko Are Isolated, Confused and Many Are Unable to Cope with Reality. Richard Kelly Has Presented a Disturbing Portrait of Human Existence and Interpersonal Relationships. Discuss.

    In Richard Kelly’s controversial cult classic, Donnie Darko, the characters are isolated, confused and many are unable to cope with reality. The film presents a potentially disturbing portrait of human existence in terms of a dual reality. The interpersonal relationships displayed in the film are complex and present a disconcerting view on such relations between people. The characters in the film all share this inner confusion and inability to cope, and yet, on the outside,

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Management Theoris

    Management Theoris

    The Many Theories of Management For hundreds of years there has been a mystery on how managers can receive the best performance from their employees. Many "management experts" have based their careers on developing, researching, and testing the theories related to management. To properly define management a person needs to look at the origin of the word which is manage. Manage is defined as "to exercise executive, administrative, and supervisory direction of a business." (Merriam-Webster)

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    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Who Among the Twelve Great Economists Discussed in the Course Would You Rank First, and Who Second?

    Who Among the Twelve Great Economists Discussed in the Course Would You Rank First, and Who Second?

    All the twelve great economists had great contributions to economics and they all showed great enthusiasm in studying economics. There were some differences between their concepts of economics, but all of these concepts built up the basic ideas of the economics we studied today. There were several criterion employed in ranking the economists. First of all, the economist should have great influences in economics. He / she should have substantial theories which could be applied

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Artur
  • Emotional Intelligence and How Its Relationship to McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

    Emotional Intelligence and How Its Relationship to McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

    EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND HOW ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MCGREGOR’S THEORY X AND THEORY Y Inttroducttiion “When dealliing wiitth peoplle,, remember you are nott dealliing wiitth creattures of llogiic,, butt creattures of emottiion” (qttd.. iin braiinyquotte).. Thiis quotte from Dalle Carnegiie presentts a conceptt tthatt iis very iimporttantt tto tthe worlld of busiiness managementt:: our emottiions.. Riichard S Lazarus,, an expertt on emottiions,, defiines emottiions as “compllex human reacttiions tto personall achiievementts and settbacks tthatt may be

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: July
  • Cognitive Learning Theory’s Impact on Curriculum

    Cognitive Learning Theory’s Impact on Curriculum

    Nicole Phillips Learning Theory Paper Curr 558/Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction University of Phoenix Dr. Ginger Lewis Jacobs April 4, 2008 Cognitive Learning Theory Introduction Cognitivism focuses on an unobservable change in mental knowledge. Cognitivism came about as a rejection of the behaviorist views. Psychologists believed that mental events, or cognitivism, could no longer be ignored. According to Blanton (2007), there are many general assumptions of cognitive learning theories such as some learning processes being

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Bred
  • Eaquity Theories of Accounting

    Eaquity Theories of Accounting

    Following is an income statement calculated based on the different equity theories of accounting. Entity Theory Proprietary Theory Orthodox Unorthodox Residual Equity Theory Revenues $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 Less: Operating Expenses Cost of goods sold $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 Depreciation $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 Salaries and Wages $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 Operating Income $ 30,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 Less Bond Interest $80,000 $80,000 $80,000 Dividend on Preferred Stock $30,000 $30,000 Dividend

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Victor
  • Apply Counselling Theories to "the Orange Coat"

    Apply Counselling Theories to "the Orange Coat"

    Introduction The orange coat is a story told by a girl that has repressed a painful memory from her childhood. Ruth fears the full orange coat with sleeves shaped like cornucopia and has no idea why. She is absolutely terrified of the coat and no one that knows of her fear understands. This paper will discuss how psychoanalytical/psychodynamic, humanist/existential, systems, and narrative therapy might apply to Ruth's story. Psychoanalytic Theory The "journey" is often the

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Fredrick Taylor and Theory of Management

    Fredrick Taylor and Theory of Management

    Frederick Taylor Scientific Management Through Taylor's view of management systems, factories are managed through scientific methods instead of the use of the "rule of thumb" so widely used in the late nineteenth century, when Frederick Taylor devised his system of management and published the book "Scientific Management". The main elements of the Scientific Management as described by Taylor are; Time studies Functional or specialized supervision Standardization of tools and implements. Standardization of work methods separate

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Theories of Mass Extinction

    Theories of Mass Extinction

    Scientists have found the first evidence that a devastating meteor impact in the Middle East might have triggered the mysterious collapse of civilisations more than 4,000 years ago. Studies of satellite images of southern Iraq have revealed a two-mile-wide circular depression which scientists say bears all the hallmarks of an impact crater. If confirmed, it would point to the Middle East being struck by a meteor with the violence equivalent to hundreds of nuclear bombs.

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Theories, Models, and Decision Making

    Theories, Models, and Decision Making

    Theories, Models, and Decision Making There are many theories, models, and principles in describing the ways that people make decisions. The expected utility theory is based on a normative theory of behavior. It describes how people would behave if they followed certain requirement of rational decision making (Plous, 1993, p. 80). Further studies showed that paradoxes such as framing effects violated the principles of expected utility theory which made researches turn to alternative models of

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    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied - Family Systems Theory

    Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied - Family Systems Theory

    1 Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied Godzilla Family Systems Theory Monster University 2 Aspects of Experiential and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy Applied Family therapy has traversed a varied and undulating path, while being influence by a multitude of psychological models. Ally& Bacon (1998a) describe various aspects of psychodynamic and humanistic theory, other individual psychology approaches, marriage counseling, child guidance, social psychology, group dynamics, and more in-depth foci on family structures and processes. Two

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • Management Theory & Practices (contemporary Approaches)

    Management Theory & Practices (contemporary Approaches)

    Management Theory & Practices “CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES” I. QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT Although Taylor introduced the use of science as management tool, but most organizations did not adopted the use of quantitative management until World War – II by military planners for defense & logistic problems. The approach helps managers make decisions by developing the formal mathematical models of the in hand problems. Computers have facilitated the development of scientific quantitative methods. EXAMPLES: - Statistical decision theory, breakeven

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    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Monika
  • Offender Theories

    Offender Theories

    Probation Parole And Community Corrections Changes to probation and parole and Community Corrections system As the 20th century ends, probation as a correctional practice is in search of a philosophical and ideological foundation. There is a growing awareness both within and without the field that probation is not all that it could or should be. Administrators and practitioners sense that their profession faces a crisis of legitimacy and suffers from a lack of public support.

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Top
  • Adidas Case Discussion

    Adidas Case Discussion

    Adidas: Will Restructuring Its Business Lineup Allow It to Catch Nike Case Discussion Assignments Assignment 1: Prepare a competitive strength assessment for adidas-Salomon’s four business groups prior to restructuring. Use the table below to summarize your assessment. Feel free to add to the list of competitive measures. Assign weights to the importance of each measure (remember the sum of the weights should equal 1.0). Assign each business a strength measure using the scale below. If

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Application of Schema Theory in Consecutive Interpretation

    The Application of Schema Theory in Consecutive Interpretation

    Abstract Schema theory, since firstly proposed in 1932, initially originated in cognitive psychology. It lays foundation for human beings to apprehend the outside world. In the past two decades, many researches have been done in the L2 learning from the perspective of schema theory. Inspired by the previous studies, this author decided to penetrate into the topic of the application of schema theory in consecutive interpretation. The findings of this thesis demonstrate the importance of

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    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Features of Money

    Features of Money

    Features of Money Functions of Money: Money is something which people generally accept in exchange for a good or a service. Money performs four main functions: • a medium of exchange for buying goods and services; • a unit of account for placing a value on goods and services; • a store of value when saving; • a standard for deferred payment when calculating loans. Properties or Characteristics of Money Any item which is going

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    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Stenly