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  • Management and Operations Management Theory

    Management and Operations Management Theory

    ABSTRACT This paper defines the four functions of management and the operations management theory. It then provides an analysis of how the functions of management the operations management. THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Planning: It is an act of formulating a program for a definitive course of action. The management defines a goal and puts forward its strategies to accomplish the objectives defined. Organizing: To divide the work force into specific groups and giving each

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    Essay Length: 1,262 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Jack
  • Theories of Atheism

    Theories of Atheism

    Atheism is defined as the denial or disbelief in the existence of god. (Houghton Mifflin, 2000) This may be true to believers, those who believe in the existence of god, but to non-believers this is incorrect. Atheism is better described as an absence of the theistic belief due to different and non-compatible belief systems. (Smith, 2000) Throughout history Atheism has been a highly discussed way of thinking. We know that it exists but how did

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    Essay Length: 882 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Jon
  • How Might In-Depth Knowledge of Motivational Theory Help Someone Become a Better Manager?

    How Might In-Depth Knowledge of Motivational Theory Help Someone Become a Better Manager?

    HOW MIGHT IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF MOTIVATIONAL THEORY HELP SOMEONE BECOME A BETTER MANAGER? The word motivation comes from the Latin word "movere", which means to move. Motivation is defined as an internal drive that activates behaviours and gives it direction. The term motivation theory is concerned with the processes that describe why and how human behaviour is activated and directed. It is regarded as one of the most important areas of study in the field

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Artur
  • Psy 250 - Personality Theory: Abraham Maslow

    Psy 250 - Personality Theory: Abraham Maslow

    psy 250 Personality Theory: Abraham Maslow In the discussion of the theory of personality, it would be ideal to have a brief introduction on what theory is all about. Initially, a theory is a reality model which helps to explain, predict, control and understand reality. In personality study, theories or models are commonly verbal. Ever since, anyone comes up with a graphic model along with symbolic illustrations, or a computer or mathematical model, but simply

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    Essay Length: 1,272 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Attachment Theory

    Attachment Theory

    Theory Analysis ЎV Attachment Theory Background Origin 1. Founder: John Bowlby (1969) 2. Theoretical Background: Attachment theory is originated from psycho-analytical, combined the wisdom of ethology, biology and developmental psychology. The central theme of the theory is the essence of an infantЎ¦s tie to his/her primary caregiver which is vital to current and later psychological functioning. It is an individualistic theory as it describes the interaction between an infant and one person (e.g. mother) or

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Artur
  • Feminism Theory

    Feminism Theory

    The goal of feminism has changed from an idea of equality and fairness within society to defeating the patriarchal society. In the book, Who Stole Feminism, Christina Sommers vents against the transformation of feminism that she believes has betrayed the roots of feminism. To separate from society and magnify their radical ideals of oppression, gender feminists have used a historical tool of influence, education. Abusing education as a tool has allowed them to influence

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Steve
  • Herzberg and Drucker - Management Theories

    Herzberg and Drucker - Management Theories

    After the end of the Industrial Revolution, large corporations were beginning to grow in size and power in order to satisfy what seemed the endless demands for new goods and services. As corporations and labor forces grew, there was a need to develop a more systematic study of organization and management, known as management theory, the significant being Frederick Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management which involved the development of training workers through special incentives and

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Tasha
  • The Trait Theory and the Social Cognitive Theory

    The Trait Theory and the Social Cognitive Theory

    The Trait Theory and the Social- Cognitive Theory differ in several ways. The Trait Theory suggests that people are who they are born with certain traits or characteristics. Inherited traits determine who you are and what you are. There are five trait clusters that are used to categorize a person. This suggests that people belong to one of the personality types; however the traits are measured in different degrees. This all probably means that you

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    Essay Length: 334 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget was born on August9, 1896, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. At an early age he developed an interest in biology, and by the time he had graduated from high school he had already published a number of papers. After marrying in 1923, he had three children, whom he studied from infancy. Piaget is best known for organizing cognitive development into a series of stages- the levels

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Anna
  • Marxist Theory and Sport

    Marxist Theory and Sport

    This essay will be an attempt to bring together the ideas from our class readings about the Marxist sociological perspective as well as insight from other readings to further my understanding of Marxism and its applications to sport. I will lay the groundwork for the theory then proceed with how his theory is applied to accessibility issues in sport, distribution of power in sport and commercialization of sport. Basics of Marxist Theory The most widely

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    Essay Length: 1,538 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Janna
  • Attachment Theory Developed by John Bowlby

    Attachment Theory Developed by John Bowlby

    Attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby presents a set of organizing principles for understanding various facets of human psychological aspects. The theory offers a wide spectrum, which encompasses comprehensive theoretical paradigm for understanding diversities amongst relationships. Bowlby rejecting the old theories of attachment highlighted that attachment is not merely an internal drive to satisfy some need. This paper will focus on the seminal work and the principles on which the attachment theory is based. A

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    Essay Length: 1,431 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Bred
  • Expectancy Theory

    Expectancy Theory

    wo simple eyeblink conditioning experiments with random intermittent reinforcement schedules were performed. In Experiment 1, subjects had to rate their expectancy for an unconditioned stimulus (US) on a seven-level scale prior to each trial. As anticipated, expectancy for US increased with a successive conditioned stimulus (CS) alone, and decreased with successive CS-US pairings. However, Experiments 1 and 2 showed that the frequency of eyeblink conditioned responses (CRs) evolved in a direction opposite to that of

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Max
  • Grounded Theory Study of Unethical Labour Practices Associated with Global Brands in Developing Countries

    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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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Vika
  • Applying Motivation and Emotion Theories

    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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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • War in Iraq and Just War Theory

    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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    Essay Length: 254 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Janna
  • Understanding Germ Theory with Kuhn

    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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    Essay Length: 1,341 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Steve
  • Coevolutionary Gaming Theory Can Facilitate Decision Making

    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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    Essay Length: 534 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Jack
  • Drinking Status, Labeling, and Social Rejection

    Drinking Status, Labeling, and Social Rejection

    Drinking Status, Labeling, and Social Rejection Drinking has been, for a long time, a very debatable topic. In the 1920s, drinking was seen as something so bad that it needed to be prohibited completely. Alcohol consumption is still often seen as distasteful, especially in large quantities. In this study by Keith M. Kilty and Thomas M. Meenaghan, researchers looked at the drinking status of fictional people along with other factors such as age and

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    Essay Length: 431 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Theory of Leadership

    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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    Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Top
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory

    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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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Mutually Assured Destruction: In Theory and Practice

    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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    Essay Length: 4,961 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Janna
  • Immigration Theories

    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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    Essay Length: 767 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Guns Germs and Steel, Theories Explained.

    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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    Essay Length: 769 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Monika
  • Schutz’s Theory

    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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    Essay Length: 350 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ethics Theories Table

    Ethics Theories Table

    When I began thinking about enrolling into college, I was sitting in my office at work, contemplating whether I should make the phone call. In my younger years, when people would ask me if I was in school, I would become irate because I thought that was not the only thing important in people’s lives. Now, I think differently and have become that person who asks others if they are in school! Being in college

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Edward

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