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  • Ohs for the Artist

    Ohs for the Artist

    OHS for the Artist In the past occupational health and safety was only learnt from the mistakes that were brought upon its victims. Pigment paints for example are a hazard to people’s skin on contact and gradually an artist would die from this. Because of lack of knowledge people have leant from these mistakes and we learn to avoid deadly incidents such as these and find ways to keep people safe whistle working on studios.

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • Proposal for Performance Review Training

    Proposal for Performance Review Training

    Proposal for Performance Review Training Many companies today use performance review programs that are ineffective. There are several reasons for the ineffectiveness. Lack of training, a constantly changing business economy, and performance measurements that are subjective are just a few. In recent years companies have searched for ways to improve productivity without creating excessive expense that may not bring a return. I would submit that a cost effective way to increasing productivity is through a

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    Essay Length: 1,149 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Kafka's Hunger Artist

    Kafka's Hunger Artist

    Kafka's Hunger Artist Kafka, in his masterpiece "The Hunger Artist," suggests that humans can never satisfy their desires. This is illustrated through the metaphorical hunger artist for whom nourishment is not being nourished at all. The viewing public's interest is derived from their desire to see the hunger artist cheating, but to view this would put an end to that desire. Finally, Kafka presents this idea while the artist is at the circus and describing

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    Essay Length: 608 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Aspects of Performance

    Aspects of Performance

    ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE In the following report I will focus on two factors of performance, they are  PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS ON PERFORMANCE Nerves / stress, including manifestations Relationships between members Communication with audience Audience response  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL GROUP Choice of members Program selection Rehearsal strategies Setting up Venue / audience Final performance Each of these aspects effects performers and to deal with all these things will ensure a successful group who

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    Essay Length: 1,159 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Fonta
  • To What Extent Is Nucor's Historical Performance a Result of the Structure and Characteristics of the Steel Industry?

    To What Extent Is Nucor's Historical Performance a Result of the Structure and Characteristics of the Steel Industry?

    1.) To what extent is Nucor's historical performance a result of the structure and characteristics of the steel industry? An undeniable correlation exists between the historical performance of Nucor and the structure and characteristics of the steel industry. Nucor struggled in a variety of industries before consolidating operations to focus on the company’s most profitable steel joist business. The inflexibility of the major integrated steelmakers provided Nucor the opportunity to horizontally integrate by building a

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    Essay Length: 1,011 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Jack
  • Internal Analysis - Why Does Firm Performance Differ?

    Internal Analysis - Why Does Firm Performance Differ?

    Internal Analysis 1 Why does firm performance differ? Updated: 30 Aug. 2006 ©Scott Gallagher 2004 Internal Analysis Earlier we explained differences in firm performance as being a function of their external environment. However, this is only part of the story. Obviously, each firm has some unique aspects. Internal analysis is an attempt to explain how and why these internal differences explain differences in firm performance. Resources and Capabilities. Economics generally models firms as generic black

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    Essay Length: 1,770 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Stenly
  • 4 Disciplines of Visual and Performing Arts

    4 Disciplines of Visual and Performing Arts

    Visual and performing arts enrich our lives in a variety of ways. They entertain us, educate us about the world, let us see our world in a different way, and help us record our world for future generations. There are many different forms of visual and performing arts. In this essay, I will discuss painting, music, theater, and dance. Painting is the art of putting a medium on a flat surface with a brush. The

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    Essay Length: 1,286 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Performance Appraisal

    Performance Appraisal

    After employee selection, performance appraisal is arguably the most important management tool a farm employer has at her disposal. The performance appraisal, when properly carried out, can help to fine tune and reward the performance of present employees. In this chapter we (1) discuss the purpose for the performance appraisal, (2) introduce the negotiated performance appraisal approach, and (3) talk about the steps to achieving a worthwhile traditional performance appraisal. Strengths of the negotiated performance

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    Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: July
  • Managing Individual Performance

    Managing Individual Performance

    Managing Individual Performance Work teams are vital to many companies’ work structure. Some companies’ success relies on excellence in team performance. A high performing team is well designed in its selection, development and management. While there is no perfect formula or recipe for the best possible team, there are guidelines or criteria by which a team leader can select the team members. In identifying strategies to be used to develop the most effective teams, Nurick

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    Essay Length: 1,646 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Brechtian Alienation in Community Performance

    Brechtian Alienation in Community Performance

    Brechtian Alienation in Community Performance Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, (b.1898-d.1956), known commonly as Bertolt Brecht, was a German poet and playwright. One of his major contributions to theatre history was the “alienation effect” (From the German, “Verfremdungseffekt”). Brechtian alienation requires the removal of the “fourth wall.” This is a term that describes the “suspension of disbelief” by the audience that takes place during a performance. It is often thought that the audience looks in on

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    Essay Length: 784 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: David
  • Mike Gemmati	intro to Theatre

    Mike Gemmati intro to Theatre

    Mike Gemmati Intro to Theatre Attending the Festival of Ten was both an entertaining and enriching experience. It gave me first hand examples of the many elements of theatre that we discuss in class. The three short plays I have decided to discuss are “Do I Look Like Your Wife?”, “The Beauty of the World”, and “Untitled 2”. When watching the performance I tried to make note specifically of the lighting, along with the efficiency

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    Essay Length: 1,111 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Quintessential Artist

    The Quintessential Artist

    The Quintessential Artist Did you know that 3,100 umbrellas spread across 30 miles of landscape could be considered art? Well it is. This project was titled The Umbrellas, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1984-91. This is just one example of the many large-scale environmental works of art, called earthworks that Christo has constructed over the past 40-50 years. The purpose of this paper is to inform people about Christo and how he uses context on very

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    Essay Length: 1,393 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Initial Performance Assessment Judgements

    Initial Performance Assessment Judgements

    Introduction Summary of Initial Performance Assessment judgements Summary of assessment scores Next steps – improvement planning Context What is TfL trying to achieve? How has TfL set about delivering its priorities? What has TfL achieved/not achieved to date? In the light of what TfL has learned to date, what does it plan to do next? Summary of theme scores and strengths/weaknesses 1 The Audit Commission has recently undertaken an Initial Performance Assessment (IPA) of the

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    Essay Length: 1,505 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Bred
  • Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drugs: Introduction The Tour de France is considered the world's most competitive bicycle race. Each summer top cycling teams from around the world compete in the three-week event, which sends riders on a grueling, multi-stage course through the mountainous countryside of Ireland, France, and Belgium. In 1998, the image of Tour de France cyclists as athletes at the peak of their natural abilities was tarnished by allegations of widespread performanceenhancing drug use among

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    Essay Length: 1,048 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Edward
  • Human Resource Functions and High Performance

    Human Resource Functions and High Performance

    Human Resource Functions and High Performance Job design One of the important elements of employee retention is making sure the job is well designed. As stated in the book, Manager's Toolkit, "Nothing is more soul-deadening for an intelligent employee than a job that is too repetitive, too isolated, insufficiently challenging, or downright unpleasant," (Press, 2004, p. 54). If a position has high turnover than it is time for the company to examine the position and

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    Essay Length: 1,807 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Kristen
  • Performance Monitoring

    Performance Monitoring

    Running header: PERFORMANCE MONITORING Performance Monitoring Introduction The task for this week’s assignment is to discuss specific common areas of concern in reporting hard drive, network, and memory issues, explaining what to look for in these areas. Overview Regular performance monitoring ensures that administrators always have up-to-date information about how their servers are operating. When administrators have performance data for their systems that cover several activities and loads, they can define a range of measurements

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    Essay Length: 543 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • What Is an Artist?

    What Is an Artist?

    What is an Artist? By definition an artist is a person skilled in one of the arts of painting, sculpture, music, or writing. Depending on your perspective someone that you believe is an artist someone else might not agree. In life an artist is someone who can create or do something that is truly inspirational and can be admired by everyone. This could be anything from a small painting or picture to one of the

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    Essay Length: 760 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Drew
  • Top Ten Most Progressive American Artists

    Top Ten Most Progressive American Artists

    TOP TEN MOST PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS The artists are not ranked according to influence or fame, they are simply listed chronologically, which I feel is the best way to exhibit the trends that they created. At first, I had intended to explain how each artist influenced the American culture, but upon beginning my research I found that sometimes it is the artist who influences the country, and sometimes it is the country that influences the

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    Essay Length: 1,673 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Assess the Degree to Which You Believe ‘the Idiots'reflects Artistically and Structurally the Intentions of the Dogme95 Project.

    Assess the Degree to Which You Believe ‘the Idiots'reflects Artistically and Structurally the Intentions of the Dogme95 Project.

    ‘The Idiots' is Lars von Trier's only movie that strictly obeys the Dogme95 manifesto. It is artistically and structurally justified in calling itself an archetypal Dogme95 film. The director avoids any generic thematic pursuits and shuns all forms of technical enhancements used in Hollywood cinema. Instead, ‘The Idiots' presents us with a visually minimalistic, thematically unclassified story about a group of people who live together in a large house, under the leadership of a fellow

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    Essay Length: 1,837 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Stephanie
  • Organizational Performance Improvement

    Organizational Performance Improvement

    Executive Summary Background and Introduction The purpose of this document is to equip the reader with general knowledge pertaining to issues related to business process reengineering and total quality management. The key issues addressed provide insight to advantages and disadvantages of inducing change into an organization. Main Conclusions Many corporations have achieved great deal of success through BPR and TQM. Either way consumers expect new and better products every year. Therefore, corporations must find new

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    Essay Length: 793 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: David
  • Using Relevant Theories and Examples, Explain How Motivation Can Affect Employees' Commitment and Performance at Work.

    Using Relevant Theories and Examples, Explain How Motivation Can Affect Employees' Commitment and Performance at Work.

    The aim of this essay is to give an in depth explanation on the effect that motivation can have on an employees’ commitment and performance at work. It will examine several different motivational theories and their criticisms. It will also look at how differing attitudes of an employee affect motivation. Finally it will examine how motivation is linked to commitment and performance at work. What is Motivation? Motivation can be described as a driving force

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    Essay Length: 1,883 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Max
  • Critical Analysis of Organisational Structure and Culture in Relation to Business Performance

    Critical Analysis of Organisational Structure and Culture in Relation to Business Performance

    Introduction From the analysis of the Phrase “Provided the underlying culture is strong, a bad patch will sooner or later end. Properly regarded, setbacks can be instructive. Enduring cultures regard them not as calamities but challenges, and absorb their lessons…..” We can hypothesise that �underlying culture �refers to organisational culture; �bad patch’ refers to a period where business performance is low or employees are moving away form the organisational culture resulting in low business performance;

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    Essay Length: 4,973 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: David
  • Steel Door’s Distribution Network and Performance

    Steel Door’s Distribution Network and Performance

    Steel Door’s Distribution Network and Performance Steel Door Technologies Inc. uses a dual distribution channels marketing. It target market is served by 350 dealers that service 150 market. Eventually, the company has established an excellent relationship with its dealers; especially the 50 nonexclusive ones. The 50 exclusive dealers supply 50 markets and get call from two sales representatives, while the 300 independent dealers supply 100 markets and get call from eight sale representatives. The company

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    Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Mgt 431 - Performance Appraisal Survey Analysis

    Mgt 431 - Performance Appraisal Survey Analysis

    Performance Appraisal Survey Analysis MGT 431 University of Phoenix Performance Appraisal Survey Analysis Employee performance is usually best evaluated by means of a standard form followed by a superior-subordinate discussion. Through feedback provided during this discussion, the purposes of the performance appraisal are served. How effectively they are served depends on how the appraisal form is designed and how the discussions are conducted. Performance appraisals have become a fact of organizational life. Recent research estimates

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    Essay Length: 905 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Mike
  • Wal-Mart's Performance Improvement Project

    Wal-Mart's Performance Improvement Project

    Wal-Mart’s Performance Improvement Project SYS/540 John Murdock August 20, 2006 Wal-Mart’s Performance Improvement Project Wal-Mart has difficulty developing and implementing a process that can improve the product material quality since there are so many vendors, manufacturers and international companies involved. They need to implement a set of standards that every company needs to adhere to by setting acceptable standards that must be met across the board whether the company is a local business or

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    Essay Length: 1,778 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Edward

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