Franklin University: Plagiarism Issue

This paper will define what plagiarism is and highlight the problems regarding the increasing incidents of the practice which is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with especially in the context of the increasing influence of the World Wide Web is enabling the availability of information that can be easily accessed...

Portfolio Theory and Wise Investments

Portfolio theory is an investments theory that seeks to explain how investors can minimize investment risks while at the same time maximizing returns on their investments (Elton, 2007, Markowitz, 1952). Under the same concept fund managers have a chance to make rational decisions to prevent them from running their organisations...

Scientific Ways of Thinking Meaning

The scientific revolution profoundly changed the ways in which people thought. It was difficult for many to accept this change. Today scientific ways of thinking are as accepted and taken for granted as traditional ways of thinking in the sixteenth century. What might a future change in the ways of...

Rocky Horror Picture Show: Letting Go of Life’s Little Horrors

The film Rocky Horror Picture Show was first released in 1975 in the UK and in America shortly afterward. Directed by Jim Sharman, it had an all-star cast including Tim Curry, Richard O’Brien, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell and Meat Loaf. Officially classified as a comedy, the...

“Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” by Luis J. Rodriguez

The autobiographical story told by Luis J. Rodriguez in his book “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” has been regarded as a masterfully written, trustworthy and honest book. It has received unanimous critical acclaim. The reason for this high appraisal is that the book is an intimate...

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London: Literary Analysis

Jack London, in his short story, To Build a Fire, narrates the tale of a lone, unnamed man who embarks on a mission of travelling along the banks of Yakun, on a treacherously cold winter morning, to a base camp where his boys are waiting for him. He is comparatively...

Assessment of Leadership Capabilities

Leadership skills are the skills demanded in any kind of position from any employee: “These skills include the knowledge of how to control the performance of one’s subordinates or partners, participate in decision making, and bear responsibility for them” (Northhouse, 2004). Accordingly, a leader is to be a person with...

Influences Affecting Foreign Exchange Rates

Exchange rates are influenced by wide ranging economic factors which differ in importance attached to them from one country to another over time. The exchange values for various currencies fluctuate on daily basis or even more frequently according to Smith (2009). Money like any other commodity in the market is...

Comparative Eastern Philosophies Influences

Introduction Eastern philosophy is a terminology referring to the philosophies in the Asian continent, these philosophies have their origin in China, India, Kuwait and other countries in Asia. Unlike the rest of the world most philosophies in Asia revolve around their religion that happens to take three very dominant perspectives;...

Ignorant Bliss and Tormenting Knowledge

“Ignorance is Bliss”, is a famous saying from many different cultures. They say the more you know, the more aggravated you will be. To know whether ignorance is truly bliss is the common theme of the two readings, Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” and Voltaire’s “The Good Brahmin”. In...

Greek and Egyptian Ceramics Art Comparison

Introduction The world of art is a versatile entity of different implementations of imageries and creative thoughts fixed in a proper time, event, and epoch. This outlines art in its history as a succession of thought within artistic people so that to illustrate the gradual steps in changes. In this...

“Classmates Divided” by Elizabeth Sergent

As the title suggests, Classmates Divided is the story of a finishing military class that fought in different sides of one war after they had completed school. The finishing class of 1861 from West Point military school is detailed as the only single class in the history of the military...

“The Mall as Civic” by Victor Gruen and Larry Smith

The article “The Mall as Civic” written by Victor Gruen and Larry Smith is dedicated to the disclosure of environmental planning’s role in society; the authors demonstrated the fact that every democratic society functions by order and law based on planning aimed at safeguarding human rights. The article centralizes the...

Managing Organizational Change at Du Pont

Introduction This case study takes up the matter of how the organizational development (OD) approach to changes is enforced in Du Pont. “Organisational Development is concerned about “measurement and identification of organizational factors that encourage and inhibit performance.” (Organisational development 2009). In the context of Du Pont, it is seen...

Online Advertising: Advantages and Disadvantages

Online advertising includes advertising through the internet. There are different advertising options in online advertisement which include; searching engine advertising where keywords are used to search for product and the advertisers pay per click campaigns through the three main search engines – Google, Yahoo and MSN; and display ads which...

A World of Art: Greek and Roman Masterpieces

Introduction Art is the product of human development and is one of the human peculiarities that differentiate human beings from animals. The peak of artistic skill and talent is rightfully considered to be the so-called Ancient epoch in the history of mankind, during which two major civilizations developed and left...

Blue Star Inc.: The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Ethics and morality are philosophical concepts that are understood differently by different people. There are some rules in the society that are aimed to be the norms of the behavior. Business is the same world where norms of behavior also exist. The ethical code of behavior states some issues, according...

Stereotypes in Ortiz Cofer’s Essay

Discussion When you encounter the term “stereotype” you will remember an individual, or group of individuals being labeled in a prejudiced way either on the basis of race, ethnicity, or gender. When human beings are exposed to too many stereotypes, they make them eventually internalize and believe and conceive them...

Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats: Similarities & Differences

Introduction In this paper, our task is to compare the works of such prominent English authors as Shakespeare, Milton and Keats. Overall, we can say that in their poems they explore themes, which have always been vital for any artist, namely, the fear of death, brevity of human life, love...

The Role of Parents Within the Education System

Author’s argument From the article ‘How African American parents understand their teachers role in children’s schooling and what this means for pre-service teachers,’ the author tries to illustrate the importance of parent involvement in the transition of their children into early childhood education. This means that the education of the...

Trauma: the Main Problems and Consequences

The problems of trauma and loss, resulted from all levels of conflict, can be seen as a common theme, specifically in the context of the historical and political events of the 20th and 21st century. The apparent need in dealing with traumas and losses, in terms of providing psychological care...

Ideal Theory of International Political Economy

Introduction First of all, the definition of “international political economy” should be stated. Frieden and Lake (1999, p. 1) state that political economy has a number of meanings. It may primarily refer to “the study of the political basis of economic actions”, that is the way how the policy of...

Combat Fatigue or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Soldiers

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD is an anxiety disorder and an emotional illness after developing receiving some traumatic injury, frightening, threatening life event, and/or serious physical assault. It’s a psychiatric condition that occurs after catastrophic life events. PTSD is mostly diagnosed in soldiers after traumatic events in war. Combat in war...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Causes

In treating the psychological conditions of war veterans returning home from the battle lines psychologists began realizing that many of them had the same general symptoms that were associated with other individuals who had suffered through terrifying ordeals. These symptoms included an overdeveloped startle reflex, an emotional numbness, a loss...

Ford Motor Company Organization

The organizing function of management is a critical management activity that is closely connected with planning and leading. At ford Motor Company, organizing plays a crucial role in the manufacturing and retail sector used as a coordinated effort in order to adjust and balance its resources, and produce programs of...

Women’s Role in “Top Girls” Play by Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill is the Playwright of the famous Play ‘Top Girls’ which captures a charming and amusing approach of some of the famous women in history and the role of women in contemporary society. The story has been described on the thematic structure of feminist ideas of women’s role in...

“On Bullshit” by Harry Gordon Frankfurt

On Bullshit is a 2005 nonfiction bestseller by acclaimed American philosopher, Dr. Harry Gordon Frankfurt. A compact 67-page philosophical investigation, and emanating his distinguishable blend of philosophical acuity, wry humor, and psychological insight, Frankfurt sketches/develops a revolutionary theory of bullshit – defining the concept and analyzing its application, effect, and...

Philosophy. The Problem of Personal Identity

A possible thesis of this reading is ‘personal identity is flexible on a number of levels but remains based on a solid foundation of rarely changing principles.’ The author says, “if you are like me and you have a strong attachment to the belief that we persist through time 
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Douglas C. Engelbart: Precis of an Article

Douglas C. Engelbart was born on 30 January 1925 in Oregon. Now he is mostly famous for inventing the first computer mouse and his pioneering works in human-computer interactions, networking, graphic user interface and other IT-related spheres. During World War II, Engelbart worked as a radio technician. After its end,...

Kant’s Aesthetic Judgment and Beauty Theories

Different people have different attitude to different problems. Beauty is not an exception. One and the same item may attract these people and make feeling of disgust in others. It is impossible to say who of them is right and who is wrong. All these perceptions are personal and appear...

“School Choice: The Moral Debate” by Alan Wolfe

Introduction The book by Alan Wolfe School choice: the moral debate in chapter two provides a discussion over the governmental approach toward the education and provision of opportunities to study in school for the population. In this respect, the social irrelevance in capacities of different layers within the society is...

Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Recruiting Challenges

Introduction Mass media is considered to be the most influential and opinion-construction issue in modern society. The development of the new technologies leads to the problem that two schools have collided in the battle, the old and the new one. Young editors and journalists were brought up on Internet education,...

Business Ethics and Employees as Stakeholders

Introduction Decades ago the asbestos was the main and most likely the favorite construction merchandise among many clients. In line with Trevino and Nelson (2004), it is estimated that “over 3,000 products contained some kind of asbestos components”. This automatically shows that the management had to do what they could...

India: Country Studies. Internet Data Collection

The country chosen for discussion is India. Geographic Location: The country is located in the southeastern part of Asia. The southern part of the country forms a peninsula enclosed by the Arabian Sea in the west, the Indian Ocean in the south, and the Bay of Bengal in the east (Figure...

Higher and Lower Pleasures Mills

In the essay, Higher and Lower Pleasures Mills explain different perspectives on human happiness and possible ways to achieve it. The question of pleasure and its role in human life is one of the most important and complex philosophical issues. According to Mill, pleasure implies that a person should perform...

Personality and Leadership Assessments in Application

Introduction Before getting started, first of all, we have to define a leader. A leader is someone who can guide, has the ability to inspire others, and can lead over the people in a positive sense. The role of a leader is also based on his powerful personality. The personality...

Online and On-Ground Education Comparison

When a person attends an online educational program, he is given the opportunity to set his own learning hours since the classes are done by module packets and classroom discussions are accomplished via forum method. He can learn his lessons at his own pace without having to play catch up...

Life in the Army of the United States

Life in the army is much more than drilling on the parade grown and firing the musket. It is a unique transformational experience that teaches an individual how to fit into a robotic system of rules and regulations with higher values instilled in him during training. A new recruit has...

Economic Boom Factors of the 16th Century

Introduction The historical analysis of the development of the economy may be useful for the understanding of the current problems and challenges faced by contemporary society. In this relation, the sixteen century was a remarkable period in world history. It was the period, which gave birth to geniuses and brought...

Emily Dickinson’s and William Carlos Williams’ Poems

The focal point of the paper is to present a Comparison and Contrast essay between the poems, “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain“, by Emily Dickinson and “The Widow’s Lament in Spring Time“, by William Carlos Williams. The paper would look into the parameters of the inner world of...

“Charter School: A Primer to the Issues” by S. Vergari

Introduction The article by Sandra Vergari Charter School: A primer to the Issues promotes an innovative idea about a new type of school with more privileges for the students. The article finds out the solution in a wide discussion of the problem related to the charter school, as one more...

A Throw-Away Society and Green Consumption Trends

Introduction A society, such as our own, which produces excessive amounts of disposable products and is in the grip of consumerism, is commonly referred to as a throw-away society. Although there have been several attempts to move towards Green Consumption (Hardliner and Rice 89), the average person in a Throw-Away...

Jim Jones and Jonestown Cult Massacre

Introduction The tragedy of Jonestown, which took place in 1978 and left more than nine hundred people dead, immediately attracted attention of many sociologists, psychologists, because to a certain degree, this event reflected the tendencies in American mainstream culture (Chidester, p 11). Thus, it is of the crucial importance for...

Media and American Judicial System

The reference work Media and the American Courts by S L Alexander provides the reader with both the necessary historical perspective to understand the increased media coverage of the court system and access to landmark cases in which additional rights were awarded to the media. The concern over the conflict...

Framers of the Constitution: Alexander Hamilton

Introduction The creation of the US Constitution was linked with essential progress in the legislation sphere of the country, and the attainment of independence from the British Empire. The US was longer a dominion, but, it was regarded as the independent State, able to perform all the decisions independently. Surely,...

Information Systems vs Manual Systems

Introduction An information system at large is the system of data collection, data keeping, processes, people, and activities of an organization. In the management theory, Information system is an off-the-shelf software application that is specially designed for the streamlining and integration of various business processes. In simple words, the information...

Social Sciences and Organizational Behavior

The field of organizational behavior (OB) deals with the behavior and impact of the interaction of individuals, groups, and structures within an organization, in order to apply the knowledge to improve the effectiveness of the organization. Effectively an applied science, OB, draws from various social sciences. The predominant subjects, which...

FruitRich Private Limited’s International Marketing

FruitRich Private Limited to be established in Australia is manufacturing natural fruit juices in different flavors. “FruitRich” juices are ultra-premium nutritious fruit juices, 100 percent natural sold in attractive 250 ML, 1Litre, 2 Litres, and 3 Litres pet bottle containers. The word “Fruit” in the brand name of the product...

Hearing “Sonny’s Blues”, by James Baldwin

James Baldwin spent most of his adult life living in France, but is widely recognized as an essential American writer. Through the experiences of his youth in Harlem and the distance of his adulthood in France, Baldwin was able to both illustrate the unique nature of the black community as...

“Dunkin’ Donuts Is Ditching the Microwave” Article

Introduction This is an interesting article to analyze. We have the case of a company that wants to make a great change which will be accompanied by a considerable cost. Dunkin’ Donuts is managing to change its menu and as a result, the way to prepare the food. The company...

Art, Nature and Emotions as a Part of Human Life

Everything in the world has its practical value, destination and purpose. There are some genuinely beautiful things whereas others do not represent any aesthetical or practical preciousness at the first sight. People utilize ones on the everyday basis and neglect others that they may not even notice during their whole...

African Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights

Booker Taliaferro Washington’s principles comprised the incensement of economic opportunity for African Americans. Providing the economical opportunities he wanted to improve the life of African Americans at the expense of their equality with Native Americans. These ideas were later called the Atlanta Compromise. W. E. B. Du Bois contradicted such...

Analysis of HBS Suzanne de Passé at Motown Production

Introduction The story of a man is an additional experience for the history of mankind. This statement is rather grave and emphasized when talking about a successful person who left very deep steps afterward and made the followers be inspired with the idea of constant extent of a dream and...

The Success of Michael Jordan

Success is the term better understood by those who achieved it rather than by those who have it. Success is achieved when the odds are defied and when the critics are proved wrong. The odds are defied when we improvise our effort. The efforts can be improvised when the job...

Reality Is an Illusion and Illusion Is Reality

Introduction Reality and illusion have intrigued philosophers and the common man alike since times immemorial. Years of education, superstition and increase in scientific knowledge and perspectives have led us to directly or indirectly oppose the validity and truth behind illusions. They seem to be undesirable deviances from the more acceptable...

The Tower of London: Outstanding Place of Interest

Great Britain is well-known for its marvelous history and all things which contemplate the spirit of British culture and presence on the whole. This flow of grave events and historical data can be read out of the art masterpieces and architecture, in particular. I would rather describe this approach to...

The Diversity of Family Structures

It is well known that the life of a person does not only revolve around his work. Family life has significant bearing on life and during one’s lifetime a person experiences the creation of a number of family structures which are transformed over time and eventually each one changes to...

Fiat and General Motors’ Corporate-Level Strategy

Introduction The strategic problem discussed in the case of Fiat & General Motors Corporation refers to the considerations of the corporate-level strategy. The problem is such concerns the controversy surrounding the fulfillment of contractual obligations and rights of both sides to a large corporate alliance between Fiat and General Motors...

Business Communication in Egypt

In the modern world globalization is exerting immense influence on the development of business situation. The market is expanding at an unprecedented rate, thus requiring proficiency at making business contacts and establishing international bonds. Consequently, a profound knowledge of mentality and cultural peculiarities is of vital importance for a successful...

Truman’s Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Bomb

Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was right under the prevailing conditions. Japan was engaged in an expansionist strategy using the means of violence. It was also being ruled by the army which was prepared to fight to the bitter end rather than surrender unconditionally. As a...

The Court of Law: Merits and Difficulties

The court of law is one of the pillars of the democratic system. It is that important part of the system from which people expect to deliver justice. This is why it is very important that the judges and other court members deliver the most justice they can. In order...

Global Benchmarking as Modern Economics Principle

The variety of the modern world requires improved approaches to the economical sphere. The scope of information does not allow finding the appropriate one without any analysis and evaluation of received data. Modern world in the world of competition and the work under improvement of any company facilities becomes the...

Short Stories by G.G. Marquez and I. Singer

The well-known short story writer Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1928, in Aracataca, Colombia. He had written a collection of short stories and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a very famous one among them. It is considered a supernatural story with a realistic...

India’s Economy: The 1991 Reforms and Caste System

Introduction The Indian economic system is unique because of an interaction of social and political factors that have occurred there. The 1991 reforms, as well as the caste system, are key factors in understanding India’s economy and they shall be examined below. How the economic policies of the Indian government...

The UK Education System: Differential Patterns of Attainment

The purpose of this paper is to examine the UK education system and how it distinguishes amongst children as being an integral element of the social procedure and what makes them to be differentially absorbed into the broader sections of society. Although such a differentiation is important, the established processes...

Government Bailouts of Private Sector Firms

Introduction The main aspects that have crippled the economy have been the subprime mortgage loan crisis which eroded the credibility and capital base of many large financial and lending institutions. Many firms like Lehman Brothers went into liquidation and some companies like Goldman Sach and Morgan Stanley were bailed out...

Uncertain Business Environment: Managers’ Responsibility and Skills

In today’s society change is inevitable and must be viewed positively as a necessary transformation. Organizational changes or restructuring, for many people, may be a cause for anxiety and worry, fear about the unknown, uncertain future, new reporting relationships, and new challenges. However the issue we are faced with is...

Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Introduction Aristotle, a well known and generally recognized dramatic tragedies pioneer, highlighted his vision of the true tragic hero which can be analyzed through the work ‘Julius Caesar’ by William Shakespeare. The story is considered to be a masterpiece of the world literature disclosing the era of ambitious political leader...

The Significance of Bill of Rights

Introduction To begin with, it should be stated that the Bill of Rights is generally regarded as one of the most important documents, stipulating the rights and freedoms of US citizens on the territory of the United States of America. The significance of this act is emphasized by the statement...

The Cold War: Reasons and Lessons

The six fallacies advocated by Schlesinger are: “the fallacy of over-interpreting the enemy, fallacy of over-institutionalizing the policy, fallacy of arrogant prediction, fallacy of national self-righteousness, reduction of the Cold War to a bilateral game between the US and the Soviet Union, and the fallacy of a zero-sum game” (p.364-367)....

Pamperzhou Day Spa Business Plan and SWOT Analysis

Summary Pamperzhou Day Spa is a newly opened spa service provider located in Freeway County, CA. The services it offers include the whole range of day spa experience including the “seven ultra-chic, ultra-comfortable treatment rooms with the finest spa linens and equipment,.. massage in a variety of styles,.. facial and...

The Political Change in Modern China (1949 – Present)

This paper will outline the political changes in China from 1949 to the present day. The political developments since the takeover of the country by the People’s Republic of China after the Chinese Civil War of 1949 will be examined in the context of the rapid economic success of the...

“The Crystal Frontier” Analysis

The story “The Crystal Frontier” of Fuentes is a wonderful narrative about the meeting of two people from different countries with different life situations – the way they found an ideal they imagined in each other and could not overcome the crystal frontier, which was not just a glass but...

Managing Organizational Change of Arthur Anderson

Introduction This essay shall be taking up the case study of Arthur Anderson, the accounting major, who was adversely affected due to fraudulent practices and the subsequent closure of Enron, the public energy company. Arthur Anderson was held guilty of corporate misfeasance and obstruction of justice and had to finally...

Animal’s Point of View

Most of us own pets and at some point in time have tried to train them in certain ways. But we have never thought how it would be if the animals tried to train their human masters according to their own needs. Say, a cat, for example, may want its...

The Significance of the Ethical Pillars of Jainism

The non-Vedic native Jainism religion has an origination in India and Mahavira is the most prominent tutor of the doctrine of this religion. The main belief of the religion is that Universe is forever it is not affected by time, there is no commencement or an end and it is...

Informational Privacy in the Execution of Employment Contracts

Various companies need their new workers first to sign with them an agreement sooner than they commence the work. These may be important in the sense that they might act as a basis for ensuring a binding commitment from both parties. This commitment has legally binding and is therefore recognized...

Political Science. Naomi Klein’s “Don’t Fence Us In”

The article by Naomi Klein “Don’t Fence Us In” responds to the world’s significant problems concerned with economic and financial instability in the world. The survey is full of arguments and details about the problem of limits or “fences” which surround vital for life domains of peoples’ everyday life. The...

Banksy and Scott Wade: The Impromptu Artists

Most official art aficionados do not consider graffiti to be a recognized form of art, but they are missing something important and energetic that is occurring among the populations of the world as some graffiti is definitely qualified art. A case in point is the graffiti art of an artist...

Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Society

Cultural diversity can be characterized through ethnical, gender, religious, and national features differing individuals from each other; this notion covers their customs, values, beliefs, thoughts, actions, and communications. Cultural diversity is not only referred to the uniqueness of different persons, but to the fact, that human beings make social groups...

Adolscents and Drunk Driving

Mention any holiday or party and what comes to mind of many a youth are thoughts of alcohol. A party in the mind of these youths is a chance to consume lots of alcohol, which as a result, increases the chances of tragedies one of which is fatal accidents due...

Other Voices: Literature Review

Literature has a lot of different aims: to entertain, to inform, and to convince. The works of Judith Sargent Murray, Samson Occom, and Phillis Wheatley are very convincing, as they try to implement their ideas in society about religion and gender. Judith Sargent Murray is an American writer whose literary...

The Newspapers Place in the Media World

Newspapers have been the method by which countless generations have learned about the comings and goings, stories that affect daily lives, and important historical events unfolding in our world. Even with the advent of the internet, newspapers have not lost their importance. In fact, it has evolved into an ever...

Psychology: A Child’s Cognitive Development

Introduction Cognitive development is related a child’s development process. It focuses on the child’s memory, development, problem solving skill development, thoughts and language development and social and meta cognition. Cognitive development is mainly related to human’s brain growth. It can be discerned as the development of intellectual abilities in a...

Teaching Percussion and the Middle School Band Organization

Music is one of the parts of the people’s life. The modern world is rather fast and depressive, and people need some relax after a busy day. It is a common knowledge that instrumental music is the best in term of relaxation. Every field of knowledge has its classification. Instruments,...

Personal Narratives of J. Edwards and E. Ashbridge

People should care about their personal spiritual development. Life without God is impossible as people should believe in something, as people should know that there is somebody who cares about them. People’s faith in God helps them to lead a normal life or to cope with problems that appear. There...

IKEA Supply Chain Analysis

The performance of every business company that deals with the production of goods from raw materials is greatly dependant upon the supply chain, i. e. the cycle of getting the raw materials, their processing, and production of goods, storage, and distribution of the latter. IKEA, as one of the world’s...

The Book “Nothing but the Truth” by Avi : Review

The problem of the behavior of the teenagers is the problem of the schools and their teachers, who should follow and correct this behavior. The book “Nothing but the Truth” by Avi is a good example of the conflict between teenager, whose behavior was awful, and a teacher who wanted...

Literature’s Judgment Different Issues

The world of literature is the sphere of entire features and prospects that never die in peoples’ minds. The fact that the literature comprises the wholeness of the experience gained during thousands of years is apparent and presents many themes for discussion. The paper is dedicated to three works by...

“A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by G. G. Marquez

The title refers to the angel in the story and how he made such a difference in the life of a small town couple. Marquez injects a great dose of whimsy by portraying his angel as an old man, frail and seemingly defenceless, except that he had very large wings....

Do These Media Affect How People Perceive Reality?

We have been raised in world where perception is key. It is the basis by which we judge everything we see, taste, or feel as being real or imagined. Everything we see and hear influences our way of thinking and method of life. Of all the existing influences in our...

Muslim Holidays in the United States Schools

Muslim groups in New York have asked the city council to have schools closed in observance of two Muslim holy days–Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha. The governments have complied with similar requests that are made in other parts of the country. But there has been an argument on whether these...

Supply & Demand, Price Elasticity and Shift Factors

Supply and demand are the cornerstone interdependent variables in economics theory and practice. Supply is defined as the amount of goods and services available for customers to buy. Demand on the other hand is the number of people with the desire and willingness to pay for the available goods and...

Economics for Management. The Prisoner’s Dilemma

A prisoners’ Dilemma is a situation where the parties involved are engaged in a non-cooperative game. As there is no negotiation and cooperation between the parties involved, the best option for the parties is to adopt a maximin strategy where they will be able to maximize their minimum gain. The...

Mass Communication: Term Definition

In the modern society, mass media acquire greater and greater importance with every year. The influence that mass media of different kinds have in the modern human community is difficult to overestimate as far as even the most serious political and social events are not only reported but often decided...

Same-Sex Marriage: Marriage Laws Features

In the United States, married couples receive many legal benefits that couples who live together but are unmarried do not. More and more, gay couples are insisting that they receive the same legal rights that traditional, heterosexual married couples receive. However, fierce public and state and U.S. congressional opposition to...

Set Theory and Its Application in Business

Businesses deal with different categories of people; some are regular buyers, suppliers, distributors or one-time buyers. They also have several inputs which include products, employees and capital. Some suppliers can be customers to the business as well as some employees. This implies that, in business operations there are a lot...

Review of Works Francis Bacon and Michel de Montaigne

The Renaissance is the period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world: usually considered as beginning in Italy in the 14th century. This period progressed in all countries of the European continent and made its contribution into different spheres of...

Women as Oppression Victims in American Literature

Introduction Literary works dealing with serious subjects such as woman rights, discrimination and oppression can be completely different in genre and style, but nevertheless sharing a mutual theme, each approaching it from a different perspective. In Everyday Use by Alice Walker and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell,...

Communist Manifesto Relation to Other Writers

Introduction The relations of human beings within society have always been characterized by the considerable complexity of processes and theories developed by various scholars to explain the mentioned processes. The idea of class inequality and the struggle of classes in society acquired considerable importance in the middle of the 19th...

Spotless Cleaning Services Company’s Strategic Analysis

Introduction The company chosen for the SWOT analysis is Spotless Cleaning Services and the four factors that are selected are listed below. For each of the factor, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analyzed. The overall objective is to ensure that an analysis is done of the company’s competencies...

Vikings and Chivalry History in Europe

Vikings The Vikings’ excursions which began at the end of the 8th century, in general were directed to areas of northern coast of Western Europe and east coast of England giving rich possibilities for the realization of predatory campaigns and settlements. However, in spite of the fact that most part...

My Social World and Self-Efficacy

Self-efficacy is an important variable that is characterized by a significant value in contemporary psychological research, and its definition may be easily explained with the help of the children’s story under the title “Little Engine That Could”. The little engine from the story was “smaller and weaker than the others”,...

Skunked: Crisis in New England Fisheries

Short report This case study takes up the matter of commercial fishing in the once flourishing fishing zones of Georges Bank in New England, Massachusetts. Over some time, cut-throat competition, gross commercialization of fishing rights, unethical fishing practices and , most critically overfishing in these waters caused a virtual extinction...

Genetic Engineering and Religion: Designer Babies

Introduction Since the first tube baby was born in 1978 there has been a lively debate about the ethics of assisting Mother Nature. The current Pope, Benedict XVI has opposed any scientific procedure, including genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization and diagnostic tests to see if babies have disabilities, because these...

“The Road Not Taken” Poem by Robert Frost

Introduction The poem by Robert Frost “The Rod Not Taken” tells about a man who had a situation when in front of him two roads diverged. He tried to rally his thoughts and make up his mind what way to choose. First, he made an attempt to look narrowly into...

Symbolism in “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck

Introduction Symbols are the types of stylistic devices which writers use in order to extend people’s perception of the story. Symbolism is a very frequently used way of text representation. This special type allows the writer not to express his/her ideas directly. The expression of the plot and author’s thoughts...

Throwing a Successful Party

Man is a social creature by nature. Therefore it is not uncommon for us to gather in groups for special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and other important events in our lives. Sometimes, we don’t even need a reason to throw a party other than we just feel like it. However,...

Op-ED Genetic Engineering: The Viewpoint

The debate about genetic engineering was started more than twenty years ago and since that time it has not been resolved. For a very long time, this field of science has been considered either as an ultimate remedy for many of our problems or as a direct threat to the...

Diversity Management in Canon

The fact is that the diversity management by Canon Company is regarded to be among the best practices within the large scale corporations in the world. Originally, this company cares for its workers, and the principles of HR diversity management entail a number of issues, such as: Work-life balance The...

Langston Hughes’ and Sylvia Plath’s Poetry Comparison

It is hard to think of two poets whose lives are more different from each other’s than Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Hughes was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri of mixed-race parents, and was mostly raised by his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. He worked odd jobs, including a six-month...

Leadership and its Role in the Organizational Behavior

Leadership is considered to be one of the crucial parts of the successful development of any company. The necessity of the leader in the company is dictated by the core roles and aims of the leader: to inspire, to be the innovator, to be based on the perspective view of...

Funds of Knowledge, the Book for Teachers

The book “Funds of knowledge,” is intended to be useful for teachers and it will help them in formulating a set of courses for the students to make them perform well in their studies. According to researchers Luis Moll, Cathy Amanti, Deborah Neff, and Norma Gonzalez (2001), Funds of knowledge...

Weekly Journal – Week Four. Week’s Reading

The main points in the week’s reading can be summarized by emphasizing the promotion of reading in students who resist and the way such practice can be achieved. Additionally, it can be said that the reading was formed as an essential guide, through which a teacher can assess, analyze, and...

Issues in Sports: Gender Equality

Sports in our societies has contributed significantly towards unifying different nations and continents.This is where we get our cherished men and women, excellent memoirs are recalled; in these games, goals are placed and thoughts are lived. We have seen vast media coverage that make participants celebrities and legends, but women...

General Motors Structure Company

Introduction The recent global economic conditions have caused a lot of controversy in the business world and affected the global industry leaders in different ways. General Motors Corporation is one of the examples of the negative influence of both improper government policies and global economic recession upon a business company...

“Charter Schools: Hope or Hype?” by Jack Buckley

In their book Jack Buckley and Mark Schneider attempt to assess the effectiveness of charter schools. The authors try to determine whether they are a real breakthrough in American education or just the result of a well-staged advertising campaign. The major peculiarity of these institutions is that they are accountable...

Employee Benefits as a Company Policy

Introduction It is vital for great and influential company to present the points on strategic evaluation of employees’ benefits and their further going up the career ladder. The point is that many even global corporations lost their bygone positions among the closest competitors due to a lack of professional liability...

“The Management of Grief” by Bharati Mukherjee

Introduction In her short story The Management of Grief, Bharati Mukherjee describes the feelings of a person, who has lost her family. The author shows how the main character Shaila Bhave tries to overcome this tragedy. Apart from that, she compares her reaction to that of other people, who have...

Kudler Fine Foods Stores’ Strategic Analysis

Introduction To begin with, it is necessary to mention that any organization should have its principal goal, clearly stated mission, values and goals, which are planned to be achieved. The fact is that, the clearness of the goals defines the strategy for achieving the goal, and defines the process of...

Controversy on Gay Marriage in the U.S.

In the United States, married couples receive many legal benefits that couples who live together but are unmarried do not. More and more, gay couples are insisting that they receive the same legal rights that the traditional, heterosexual married couples receive. Gay rights advocates believe that it is inequitable and...

Jazz Music: Comparison to Music in Previous Eras

Introduction Music as a form of art has been heard by different people and cultures all over the world in different genres and languages. Jazz is a musical art of American origin that dates back to the twentieth century from an influence of European and American music traditions. It uses...

How Creativity Can Make the World a Better Place and How the Course Will Help Achieve This

We live in the age of technological marvel. Where product design and creativity are limited only by the developer’s imagination. Why are these things so important to product design and development these days? Consider the following; cellphones have successfully bridged the communication gap between people. It can take pictures, videos,...

“The Confusion of Tongues” by William G. Bellshaw: Article Critique

Critique The purpose of this article is to trace whether the gift of tongues is still present today and to understand if the Holy Spirit has really bestowed this gift upon some people nowadays. In order to examine the view of the Bible on this problem, the author presents a...

Stevie Smith’s and Karl Shapiro’s Poems Comparison

Introduction Stevie Smith’s “Not Waving but Drowning” (1953) and Karl Shapiro’s “Auto Wreck” (1942) differ from each other in form, style and subject. Smith’s poem relates the last thoughts of a drowned man while Shapiro’s reflects on a traffic accident. Smith’s poem is almost light-hearted in the way it reads...

“Letter From a Birmingham Jail” vs. “I Have a Dream”

Introduction The social problems in the United States f America are quite hard to prevent. The facts of quick and somehow unwilling settlement of its population are raised in the discourse of various layers of American society. The “melting pot” of the country was ignored for a long time. The...

Zinsser’s Classification-Division in “College Pressures”

Introduction A classification essay is used to find common denominators among categories, while a division essay breaks a thing into its components to find out how it works or why it does not work. William Zinsser’s 1978 essay, “College Pressures,” is a division essay which analyzes a group of students...

IKEA Company’s Supply Chain Management

Introduction IKEA is a private organization known all around the world. This organization is a home products retailer that was first to use flat-pack design furniture. Its primary business consists in selling this furniture, as well as accessories and kitchen and bathroom items. IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943...

“Unemployment Checks: Keep ‘Em Coming” by Owens and Stettner: Article Review

High unemployment rates have a great impact on the economy and purchasing power of consumers. In the article, “Unemployment Checks” Owens and Stettner underline that current unemployment affects both the economy and employers, the government financial resources, and the jobless population. The researchers found that “new jobless benefits claims have...

Low Cost Website Protection and Customer Privacy

Introduction Security to business ventures is very crucial since these ventures are prone to many crimes and risks present in the business environment. Businesses entering into the field of e-commerce should take caution on the impending risks and security threats on the internet. The cost of technology incurred by business...

Urban Problems in the Modern World

Introduction There are a lot of problems facing humanity nowadays. Environmental protection should be one of the greatest considerations of modern people. The growth of cities also creates problems to the environment. Urban growth has been allowed to get completely out of control. This problem is destroying a number of...

“The Telephone” by Robert Frost

Robert Frost is one of the most respected poets. He appears in his poems in different guises, but whatever character he assumes, he is very honest and provides the readers with delight and wisdom. The poem, “The Telephone” under discussion here, is a love poem, though it is open to...

Women in the UK Criminal Justice System

Introduction The analysis of women in the UK criminal justice system disclosed the attitude to females in criminology perceiving them as workers, offenders and victims. Throughout centuries the criminal justice system ignored women as offenders; the 20th century changed the situation completely impacting the place of females in criminology. (Chesney-Lind,...

Darwin’s Theory and the Scientific Knowledge

Introduction We always are inside of the nature, under influence of its forces. If, being inside of the nature, we do not feel ourselves well and conveniently, and we test every possible pressure: the internal pressure in the person, pressure of a society, the environmental problems, the nature is a...

Fashion Industry Analysis: Interview With J. Jamshed

The fashion industry is as dynamic and changing as a business could ever be. Just when one gets a firm hold on the existing trends, the fashion industry takes an unpredictable turn. To be able to evolve as an entrepreneur in this industry, one requires more than just talent for...

Gods in Homer’s “Odyssey”

Introduction Analyzing Homer’s works, an interesting concept can be examined through the role of gods in his Odyssey and Iliad. This concept can be related to the sense of contradiction in the representation of gods, where on the one hand gods can be seen from the perspective of a believer-...

Cell Biology: Cell Sizes, Types, and Theories

Abstract All life on earth is made of a fundamental structure called a Cell. They can be of two types of organisms: Unicellular and Multicellular. Unicellular are made of a single cell (Uni – one, in latin) cell and Multicellular organisms are made of many cells (Multi – many). Cell...

“Pieta” Painting by Sandro Botticelli

Introduction Art is a part of people’s life. People used to admire different pieces of art. Sculpture, paintings, architecture, music are all types of art which have different aims, main of which are entertainment and history review. All pieces of art give the viewers the understanding of the historical processes...

Supporting Students With Disabilities

Introduction Nowadays the number of students and children with mental and physical disorders is constantly increasing. Unfortunately, parents have no opportunities to provide their children with special help and education; this is a task of the government. The modern development of the educational system allows creating special institutions and educational...

Cultural Influences and Managing Organization Change and Development

Introduction Current essay deals with analysis of the process of organizational change in the context of its individual experience. The basic problems and issues which are posed in this context are what actions were realized by organizational management, whether their scope and effectiveness were sufficient and what alternative steps could...

Consumer Spending for the Households Estimate

Background and context of the situation The events of the company and then probability of the portfolios churning profits in the foreseeable future is largely dependent on the scenario for that period and the prevailing business environment. In analyzing the different portfolios, I have simplified their names in to alphabetical...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Book and Film Compared

Introduction One flew over the cuckoo’s nest is a novel that was written in 1965 and adapted into stage plays and even a movie in the 1971. Both the movie and novel are set in Oregon State in a mental hospital. This setting reveals the working of the hospital and...

Blood Pressure Device: The Direct Marketing Campaign

Product Description The product selected for marketing is a blood pressure device. The uniqueness of this medical product is that it can be used at home and by all family members. This product can help a person to control and monitor his condition and prevent possible problems caused by hypertension...

The Angel of Jehovah

Brief Introduction and Background Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered as the three Abrahamic religions and share almost the same traditions, Scriptures, and mythology. The diction, style, and theme of their Scriptures, including Old Testament (Holy Torah), New Testament (Holy Bible), and the Holy Quran and the personalities discussed in...

Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont Review

As it is well known the plot of this brilliant movie is based on Steven King’s story which he created in abundance. Unlike most of his thrilling and head-breaking works, Shawshank Redemption is not so mystique and fearsome, however, it creates a great deal of intrigue and action. As most...

“The Knight’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer

In the history of the English literature Geoffrey Chaucer is undoubtedly the biggest poetic name up to Shakespeare, where the best of his works — “The Canterbury Tales” is certainly one of the greatest literary works of the English Middle Ages in which Renaissance features are clearly breaking through. The...

Carl Jung’s Theory About the Limitedness of Stories and the Usage of Irony

Some people regard short stories as something entertaining, childish, and not serious. The size of the book cannot show its context. Short stories are even better to perceive, as you read without interruption. The reader perceives the whole information at once and can make some conclusions immediately. Short stories are...

Culture and Diversity in the Field of Psychology

The United States of America is popularly known as a ‘melting pot’ with a “foreign-born population of about thirty million” in which in about 10% of the citizens have an “immigrant background” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), as a result of “the greatest migration in history” since the year 1990 (U.S....