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  • 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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    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
  • Starting a Record Label

    Starting a Record Label

    STARTING A RECORD LABEL By, Dan McAvinchey Releasing your own music on CD means that, for all intents and purposes, you've become your own record label, even if you didn't go about the administrative tasks of setting up a separate company. A record label is in the business of releasing records; since you've done that or plan to do it very shortly, you are already performing the job of a record label. It makes

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: Bred
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cost of Production Theory of Value

    Cost of Production Theory of Value

    Cost-of-production theory of value In economics, the cost-of-production theory of value is the theory that the price of an object or condition is determined by the sum of the cost of the resources that went into making it. The cost can compose any of the factors of production (including labor, capital, or land) and taxation. The theory makes the most sense under assumptions of constant returns to scale and the existence of just one non-produced

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    Submitted: May 16, 2011 By: charmar
  • Michael Porter Theory Case Study

    Michael Porter Theory Case Study

    michael porter theory case study for any company in uk and it should be atleast 2000 word for me to take a learn about that company and support for michael porter theory . and define the michael porter theory case study for any company in uk and it should be atleast 2000 word for me to take a learn about that company and support for michael porter theory michael porter theory case study for any

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    Submitted: May 17, 2011 By: galivenu8183
  • Leadership - Theory and Practices

    Leadership - Theory and Practices

    ? Toyota Automobile Corporation The Toyota motor corporation is a Japanese car manufacturer, which is the world's second largest manufacturer from general motors. Regardless of this fact it is ranked first in terms of profitability, its net worth and revenue collection. Toyota Corporation was founded in the year 1937 by a successful businessman Mr. Kiichiro Toyoda. The company is a corporation in the Toyota City in Tokyo. The company comprises of more than 317,000 people

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    Submitted: May 17, 2011 By: laetitiakalombo
  • Theory of Constraint - Introduction

    Theory of Constraint - Introduction

    Today, more than ever, change is essential to satisfying expectations. Customers expect higher product and service quality than the price they're willing to pay to acquire those products and services. More than ever, employees expect security in their jobs. Shareholders expect that today's investments will yield a higher rate of return over a shorter timeframe. Yet, "to make ends meet," management is constantly pressured to keep costs under control. In light of today's competitive pressures

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    Submitted: May 18, 2011 By: thakur.girish
  • Eleboration Likehood Model Theory

    Eleboration Likehood Model Theory

    Elaboration Likelihood Model (of Richard Petty & John Cacioppo) Richard Petty found the varied depending on which of two mental routes to attitude change a listener happened to use. He labeled the two cognitive processes the central route (message elaboration; the path of cognitive processing that involves scrutiny of message content) and the peripheral route (a mental shortcut process that accepts or rejects a message based on irrelevant cues as opposed to actively thinking about

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    Submitted: May 18, 2011 By: lidyalestari
  • Two Main Theories of How to Reward

    Two Main Theories of How to Reward

    Discuss two main theories of how to reward. Which is the best theory and why? The two main theories of how to reward are retributivist and utilitarian. Retributivist is the theory of that they ought to be rewarded for what they have done and rewarding people for their efforts. They are not concerned with rewarding people with incentives to do more work and better or the consequences it may have in the future. The other

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    Submitted: May 18, 2011 By: trewcy

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