history of childhood and education in england
According to James et al (2001) new childhood studies (p4) view children and adolescents as a social category whose lives are on equal terms with all other social categories. This view is clearly in conjunction with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Bainham, 2005) th....
A Study on the impact of Dams on 18th-19th in New England
Americas landscape of today was shaped by dams and their constructive and destructive forces over the past ten thousand years. Dams in America have been both natural and man made. Beavers were the first to do this; they built dams here in America as long ago as 10,000 years. Before the Europe....
A Survey of Gambling Statistics
Gambling in the United States is a growing concern and this issue is more serious than ever in The State of Alabama at this time. Gambling has become a highly discussed topic in Alabama because many believe that it will increase revenue in the state. At the current time many casinos are open that ....
A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material, with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is appropriately titled, as the novel is the story of England and Revolutionary France; as a result it can b....
Abortion. Right or Wrong?
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing in between (Andrews,1993).Despite the arguments about abortion, abortion is a personal choice, and its not to harm the child inside you, bu....
Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Behavioral Problems
Introduction
This paper shall examine the field of child psychology in respect to the topic of conduct disorder (CD). In child psychology, conduct disorder is an extremely difficult subject to accurately address and clarify, due primarily to the need to distinguish between normal childhood behavi....
Advertising
In today's society, one must consider - Is there any advantage of advertising? In many cases, it is only disadvantage - an annoying hindrance in our daily lives. It gets on our nerves, distorts the truth, and adds to the cost of the product. Advertising is designed for one purpose - to sell. To ac....
Assess the impact of conflict on Arab-Israeli relations in the period 1956 to 1973
Assess the impact of conflict on Arab-Israeli relations in the period 1956 to 1973
The period of 1956-1973 saw much conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Egypt, Jordan and Syria. However, all the conflicts were vital in its impact on Arab-Israeli relations, both in a negative and also ....
Assess the impact of immigration on American social, economic, and political life from 1865 to 1914.
During 1865 to 1914 immigrants had a staggering impact on America that forever changed her. Over the years, millions and millions of immigrants came to America to better their lives by finding jobs and living in America; however, the immigrants did not know that they would be the target for social,....
Business Regulation Simulation
This paper will discuss the basic concepts of regulatory law on an organization. It will assess the impact of the regulatory environment on industry and organization risks. It will evaluate the legal decision in the context of the organization's values and ethics, and finally show the risk analysi....
Can marketing can be taken seriously if it is not know how to measure the impact of its action.
INTRODUCTION
Linking marketing performance with financial results of a company has never been easy for marketers. However, marketers live in times where showing the results of their work become necessary. Examining impact of marketing actions can be beneficial not only for marketers but for compa....
Cause and Effect Essay: Impact of Computers
Cause-Effect Essay
Impact of Computers
Computers are the most popular device in the world. Everyone around the world know how to work with computers. Computers are also consider as one of the most important tools in peoples life. Many people in the United States use computers as a main imple....
Child Abuse In the World Today
Child Abuse II
Abstract
As a parent, have you been victim to disciplining your child in public by spanking or yelling at them, and received dirty looks from those around you? Or have you been the one to witness a parent disciplining their child in public and just not agreed to the way they h....
Childhood and Adolescent behavioral problems
Childhood and
Adolescent Behavioral Problems
This paper shall examine the field of child psychology in respect to the topic of conduct disorder (CD). In child psychology, conduct disorder is an extremely difficult subject to accurately address and clarify, due primarily to the need to distingu....
Clash Of Civilizations
Huntington Article
Clash of Civilizations, by Samuel P. Huntington, makes the
Argument that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will be primarily ideological, the ideas or manner of thinking characteristic of an individual or group especially the ideas and objectives that i....
Cloning: A Short Report
Cloning: A Short Report
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Four Areas of Cloning:
i) Recombinant DNA Technology
ii) Vegetative Cloning
iii) Therapeutic Cloning
iv) Reproductive Cloning
3. The Impact of Cloning on Society
i) Hazards
ii) Benefits
4. Conclusion
5. Glossary
6. Bibli....
Cultural globalisation
1) Introduction to Cultural Globalization
Cultural globalization refers in essence to the growth in international exchange of cultural goods, services and practices since the 1970s. This is the best definition agreed on by our group, but by no means the exact definition since there are as many defi....
Dehumanization of Atlantic Fishery
This essay contends that the Atlantic Canadian small boat fishery is being systematically dehumanized as the socio-economic and organizational conditions in which fishers work become ruled by capitalist-industrial formal institutions and their rationalities. More specifically, small boat fishers, la....
Development and Perspective of China Independent Branded Sedan
Development and Perspective of China Independent Branded Sedan
Abstract
Chinese automobile industry has achieved an astounding progress since the reform and opening up in 1978, which is obvious to all, especially after China joined WTO. In one hand, the quantity of produce and sale increased rapid....
Discuss the impact of socialization on student achievement
According to the Education 326 Textbook, the Socialization process is an all encompassing educational process from which values, goals, beliefs, attitudes, and sex roles are acquired i.e. Socialization is nothing more than the educational process by which we learn everything, a lifelong process for ....
Discuss the impact of socialization on student achievement
According to the Education 326 Textbook, the Socialization process is an all encompassing educational process from which values, goals, beliefs, attitudes, and sex roles are acquired i.e. Socialization is nothing more than the educational process by which we learn everything, a lifelong process for ....
Discuss the impact of socialization on student achievement.
According to the Education 326 Textbook, the Socialization process is an all encompassing educational process from which values, goals, beliefs, attitudes, and sex roles are acquired i.e. Socialization is nothing more than the educational process by which we learn everything, a lifelong process for ....
Distribution of Income
I. Introduction
Inequality can be evaluated in many dimensions like education, health, life expectancy, welfare etc. This paper represents the economic perspective of the distribution which is called the income distribution. Lorenz curve is the best and today the standard way to criticize the size....
Drinking Age
You've got to fight for your right to party!"
Drinking is a privilege that has been in this country since its founding. It was briefly taken away during prohibition, but society's favor of alcohol showed its strength with the repeal of prohibition. After prohibition, alcohol was legally available....
Eastern Religion on Hinduism vs. Taoism
Eastern Religion on Hinduism vs. Taoism
In this paper it will address the following Eastern Religion Hinduism vs. Taoism. It will focus on how the societal views of spirituality and religion have been influenced and how social and political life has been impacted by Hinduism and Taoism Eastern reli....
Effect Of Postimpressionists On The Next Generation
Postimpressionism
Postimpressionism was a movement in late-19th-century French painting that emphasized the artist's personal response to a subject. Postimpressionism takes its name from an art movement that immediately preceded it: Impressionism. But whereas impressionist painters concentrated ....
Effects of Seizures on School Age Children
Everyone reacts differently when finding out that they have epilepsy. When my son was diagnosed with epilepsy at two, I read the papers given to me by my sons neurologist and researched it on the internet. Looking through the resources again that were given to me by my sons doctor, I have found....
effects of the war on terror on British Muslims
Extended dissertation proposal by
On the effect of the War on terror on British Muslims
INTRODUCTION:
Terror and terrorism has been discussed very often in the last decades, but since the terrorist attacks in New York and Pentagon the issue has become an every day agenda. Innocent Muslims ....
Effects of Trade on Developing Nations
ABSTRACT
For decades, international trade has been viewed as a major catalyst for economic growth and social development and various studies have shown strong correlation between trade and economic growth. To support and expand trade, new trade agreements have been promoted since it is bel....
Employee Work Ethic
Principal-Agent Models
Principal-agent models are very constructive in understanding employment relationships. In economics, the problem of motivating one party to act on behalf of another is known as the principal-agent problem (Principal-Agent Problem, 2007). Considerable research has b....
Environment and pollution
Environment and Pollution
Introduction
The act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances is called pollution. It is the contamination of the environment as a result of human activi....
Ethics in the workplace
Workplace Ethics
Ethics in the Workplace
Importance of Workplace Ethics
Workplace Ethics is a subject that we often hear about, in fact ethics in general is something that most people are familiar with and are widely understood in our society. Yet, there a....
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation w
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation within the Bolshevik Party.
Following Lenins death in 1924, debate about Russias economic future became tangled in a leadership struggle between Trotsky and Stalin. The conflict largely took the....
Explain and evaluate the widespresd use of market share as a key market performance metric
The majority of managers identified market share as a key performance metric to measure how well they were doing relative to their competitors. If a firm gains a higher market share, sales should increase leading to higher profits. Intuitively, this positive link between a companys share and its p....
Factors That Can Affect Learning
People learn in many different ways. Even when not actively learning, your brain is still learning by taking in what is going on in the surroundings. From the time a child is born, the brain is constantly absorbing information. The human mind is always learning. But despite the fact that we are alw....
Fine art comparison - The death of the virgin
A comparison of Italian artist Andrea Mantegna and Flemish painter Hugo van der Goess works of the Death of the Virgin demonstrates a combination of influences of the early fifteenth-century Renaissance, which resulted in the improved painting techniques, development in science, and a better under....
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy Measures are the tools used by the Government to keep the economy moving toward its long-run potential output or income. Policies implemented by the Federal Government are essential in the economies Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and aggregate income of the economy. Some Federal G....
Future Market Conditions
4 Kids Entertainment: Company Overview
Introduction
Every parent today should have an awareness of Pokemon and Yugi-Oh. These are cartoons shown on television and have card games for both. The company that provides these and other childrens programming is a company named 4 Kids Entertainment....
Gambling: History, Techniques, Casinos, and Their Impact on Native American Affairs
Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to communities that have embraced legalized gambling. Gamblers who come to casinos with the intention of winning money are habitually disappointed. As casino crime lord, Meyer Lanskys univ....
GAP ANALYSIS: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Global Communications is a telecommunications company that has gone from having its stock traded at $28 per share three years ago to stock valued at $11 today. Faced with pressures to become global in order to keep up with other telecommunication companies and ca....
Gasoline Economics
The demand for gasoline is a derived demand mainly for use in combustion engines in cars and airplanes. The US is responsible for 44% of the worlds gasoline consumption. The demand is linked to the use of vehicles for transportation and fuel for flying. As the price of gasoline increases, it in....
Global Communications Gap Analysis
GAP ANALYSIS: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Davin Ramsaroop
University of Phoenix
Gap Analysis: Global Communications
In an increasingly global economy, superior leaders demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly by reducing barriers to com....
GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS:
GLOBAL WARMING - A TRADGEDY OF THE COMMONS:
AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE
December 20th 2006
Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The major g....
Global Warming: A Change is in the Air
Global Warming: A Change is in the Air
Carbon dioxide in the air is a serious environmental issue. As an industrial society we have become familiar with terms like smog, radon, lead, asbestos, ozone and carbon monoxide. Global warming is caused by many of these things. When fossil fuels are bu....
Globalization and its effect on national innovation systems
As of 2006, there exist 25 member states of the EU. Therefore, twenty five cultures, twenty five innovation systems and twenty five different sets of political and economic strategies exist. A key determinant of a countrys ability to establish a national competitive advantage is its ability to i....
High School History or Stab At Ethnicity?
The United States is a country where all are welcome and very few are turned away. Each year since this beautiful country has been established, more and more people have traveled from all over the world to live in a country that offers unlimited freedom and provides equal rights to all.
Due to th....
HOW MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ADDS VALUE TO ORGANIZATION
HOW MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ADDS VALUE TO ORGANIZATION
1. INTRODUCTION
Management accounting provides accounting and related information to support the management of an organization in its internal decision-making. It includes product costing, relevant costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, cap....
HR Management Simulation
Most organizations have encountered similar situations as Cartwright-Porter Regional Airport. In this simulation, the company asked that the current baggage handlers' compensation structure be reviewed, that an issue regarding sexual harassment be addressed, and that the current performance standard....
HR Roles and Responsibilities
In today's competitive business world knowing how to react to change has become an excellent tool for success, not only for individuals but also for companies across the globe. In an effort to stay competitive and up to date with trends in globalization, technology, diversity, e-business and ethics....
Human Capital Development MBA/530
Human Capital Concept Worksheet
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University of Phoenix
Human Capital Concepts
InterClean is a very profitable monster that, if can create the products and services that its clients need, could be at the top place in the market. The company is facing the problem that clients ne....
Human Motivation
Motivation has been described as the set of psychological processes that cause the initiation, direction, intensity, and persistence of behaviour (Klein 1989, p150). McShane and Travaglione (2005) describe motivation as a persons drive and the way it affects their voluntary behaviour. Taking....
Hurricane Impact of Household Finance
The impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita will go far beyond the life of the tropical storms. In late August, we saw the most devastating Hurricane to reach the Gulf of Mexico in years. Hurricane Katrinas immediate impact caused massive flooding, destroyed buildings, and loss of powe....
Immigration into the USA
My essay is a nation of immigrants in the United States which is about German, Irish, Jewish immigrants in the 1800’s or early 1900’s. I’m a Asian so I know about Asian immigration. But I didn’t know about Europe immigration very well. So I chose it among many topics. I know ....
Impact of advertisements on consumers purchase decision in Bangladesh
Introduction:
Is there anyone in the whole world who has never been exposed to any advertisements? Not a single person. Everyday we are bombarded by thousands of ads and by millions in a week. Now the question is what is/are the reasons behind this abundance of advertisements. Why everywhere ever....
Impact of Alcoholism on a Family
Alcoholism is a disease that can happen to anybody--rich, poor, or in-between.
In fact, approximately 100,000 deaths transpire each year due to the effects of alcohol. Of these 100,000 people, 50% are due to injuries of some sort. The United States spends over $130 billion yearly on problems r....
Impact of Business on Sport and Society: From Industrialism to the Present Day
Louis
Patrice Louis
Dr. Collins-Cavanaugh
ENGL 011 10
May 13, 2005
Impact of Business on Sport and Society: From Industrialism to the Present Day
For years, athletic competition has been a mainstay in western civilization. In todays world, sports, business, and commerce go hand i....
Impact of business scandals on auditing profession - Adelphia scandal
INTRODUCTION
Code of ethics and professional conduct of auditors are major principles that have been directed by guidelines of independence, integrity, disinterest, objectivity and by a fear not to do anything that might cause ill repute of auditing as a profession (Flint, 1988). Even though ....
Impact of computers
Impact of computers
Year 1951 was the of the most recent breakthrough in our civilization. It was a year when the first modern age electronic computer was invented. Ever since, computers have gradually entered peoples lives more and more. Today we are affected by computers everyday, but the....
Impact of digital communities
Digital communities are rapidly replacing traditional mediums as the preferred means of communication. An April 2006 survey conducted by The Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that 73% of Americans age 18 or older use the Internet, indicating a 66% increase from January 2005 (Mihelich, 200....
Impact of Globalization on Rural America
The discussion on the effects of globalization in the rural regions of the United States focuses mainly on agriculture. It generally refers to policies that support international deals that serve the best interests of corporate agribusiness. These policies are created in the boardrooms of companies....
Impact of Isolation in Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman is the story of a man, Willy Loman, gone deaf to the outside world. Though many try to help him, he shuts them out and creates his own reality in which he is successful and loved by everyone. In Death of a Salesman, Willy has many influences both good and bad....
Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Business
A merger takes place when one company takes on another company�s assets and liabilities. The identity of the company that took over the other company�s assets and liabilities remains the same, whereas the acquired company no longer exists. Mergers are just one form of acquisitions. I this ....
impact of Olympic Games 2008 on China
The Olympic Games is a biggest event which many country wish to be the host, and China has succeed in winning Olympic bid. By holding Olympics in Beijing in 2008 is a historical chance the world gives to the Chinese national capital and will surely advance the city's modernization by a big margin....
Impact of Physical Apperance on Peoples Perceptions of Leadership Capabilities
Does physical appearance affect people's perception of leadership capabilities? We make judgments on other people all the time either subconsciously or purposely but where does our initial judgment or first opinion come from? We would all hope that we would be judged on our education, experience, s....
impact of population trends
POPULATION
Analyse the environmental, social, economic and political impacts of the changing size and distribution of the worlds population.
It is believed that overpopulation will primarily impact the planets ability to deal with the pressures on its natural resources such as fresh wat....
Impact of Priming and Psycholinguistics on the Behavior of Humans
We are influenced by not only the physical changes in the world around us but also the subliminal messages we get from the tone of a voice, a turning of a shoulder or even a blink of an eye. Psychologists have given their lives to understand language and how it affects thought and more importantly a....
Impact of setting on EAP's House of Usher
In the story Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poes use of setting is very important. The story is about a guy, the narrator who goes to visit his old childhood friend as he and his sister are dying. Roderick Usher, the friend, and his twin sister Madeline are the last remaining members of t....
Impact of Stability in the Family and Home on Violent Juvenile Convictions
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Criminal Justice
Proposal for Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
Sacred Heart University
The Impact of Stability in the Family and Home on Violent Juvenile Convictions
....
Impact of Technology on an Organization
Technology is increasingly playing a crucial role in the success of organizations in the information age. The impact of Information Technology on business has been enormous. Computers and the information they process and store have permeated every aspect of the business world. The fundamental ro....
Impact of Telecommunications in the Modern Administrative business environment
The convergence of computer and telecommunication technologies has created a potent new force within the administrative business environment, and is redefining long-held concepts of work and the workplace (Field 1996). This purpose of this essay is to focus on the impact telecommunications has had ....
Impact of the Anti-Federalists
The drafting of the U.S. Constitution involved days and days of debate and compromise between the delegates. The task at hand was to repair the Confederate government and institute a system that would comply with the needs of the newly found country. After its completion, the representatives divide....
Impact of the atom bomb on the people and enviroment of Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States of America dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. This was the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city in all of history. The atom bomb, or a-bomb, obtains its explosive energy from the discharge of nuclear energy from fission. The use of a new technological w....
IMPACT OF THE INTERNET IN OUR DAILY LIFE
THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET IN OUR DAILY LIFE
There is a big influence of technique on our daily life. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with everyday.
Especially the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the n....
Impact of the Proposed Devolution for Scotland
Britain has never relished doses of constitutional reform, although they have accepted the drip-feed of frequent, unpalatable and ill-fated local government changes. Ambivalence to reform was reinforced in recent decades. The 1974 Labour government proposed an ambitious program of devolution for Sco....
Impact of the taiping rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion
3rd August
O7
A Case Study on Rebellion and the Impact of Rebellion
Chua Hsieh Li (10)
3.14 Obadiah
....
impact of the vietnam war with australias relation with asia
Vietnam War 1962 - 1972
Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stem the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repea....
Impact of Trade on Western Civilization
Trade is one of the main factors concerning the development of Western Civilization. The cross-country trade routes were almost solely responsible for introducing separate cultures to each other. With the caravans of tradesmen came new ideas and beliefs and they also presented the idea that the....
Importance and Impact of Faith in the Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver is the author of many widely known, well-written pieces of literature; one of her pieces is entitled The Poisonwood Bible. Kingsolvers novel investigates the exquisiteness and the destitution that exist
in the Belgian Congo during 1959 ( Neely 3). The Poisonwood Bible, n....
Industry analysis: uranium mining
The University of Calgary
Haskayne School of Business
MGST 797.10
Personal skills and Business Acumen
Industry Analysis
URANIUM MINING
1 Executive Summary
During the next 50 years, global population will likely grow from six to nine billion people. With energy demand expected to d....
International Trade Simulation Paper
As the trade representative for the government of Rodamia, I have been appointed by the President to expand upon a rather nonexistent international trade campaign within my country. The president believes in open market and international trading and, as such, has appointed myself and others to deve....
Internet Addiction
Research Paper Theme: Social Impact of the Internet 8 October 1997 ABSTRACT The Internet is the largest source of information in the world today. With its web sites and chat rooms, it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth. Since its conception in 1973, the ....
Is Divorce Always Detrimental to Children?
Nowadays, divorce has come way far from being a taboo to even talk about to doing it without serious considerations of the ill effects on children in our society. According to statistics of 2002 on divorce among Hong Kong couples, for every 1000 people, 99 of them get divorce. Many critics might arg....
Jesus & Mohammed
Introduction
According to world religious statistics, of the monotheistic religions 33 percent of the world are Christians; and 21 percent of the world are Muslims. (Bruce, 2006) Combined, this means over half of the worlds population is either Christians who are followers of Jesus, or Muslim....
Jesus and Muhammad: Comparison and Contrast of Christianity and Islam
Jesus and Muhammad
Comparison and Contrast of Christianity and Islam
July 22, 2006
Their Lives
The Lives of Jesus and Muhammad have influenced billions of people throughout the world to know God, Christianity and then Islam. Their lives are being compared and contrasted, with highlights of ....
Kudler Fine Foods Business System
Kudler Fine Foods (Kudler Fine Foods, 2009) is a small chain of three stores operating in the San Diego, California Area. The three stores are located in La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas. Kudler fine foods has several business systems that support their day to day operation, these include human resou....
Learning Disabilities Literature Review
SPECED 688
Literature Review
March 6, 2003
The first of the ten articles to be discussed examined a training program that consisted of an individualized, classroom-based social skills intervention. In the study, there were 45 children with learning disabilities 9-12 years old. These....
Life and Impact of Carl Rogers
On January 8, 1902, Carl Ransom Rogers was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Rogers was born to Walter and Julia Cushing Rogers as the fourth of six children. Early on, Rogers became closer to his mother since his father, as a civil engineer, was gone often working on projects, (Feist & Feist, 2009)....
Life Cycle Analysis
"A buildings environmental impact extends from global factors, such as ozone depletion, to the quality of the environment inside the property. These impacts arise from decisions made at all stages of the buildings life, including materials manufacture, site selection, design, construction, occupatio....
Literary Impact of Symbolism Used in Sophocles Oedipus the King and Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House
Oedipus the King by Sophocles and A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen are revolutionary works in literature. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus is an over-confident character who is greatly affected by the hubris that he suffers from. Oedipus, throughout the story, is on a quest for truth on who murdered....
Man with a Movie Camera vs Run Lola Run
Andre ParfeniukStudent # 10260974December 3, 2001The Impact of Dziga Vertov on Film" The main and essential thing is : the sensory exploration of the world through film. We therefore take as a point of departure the use of the camera as a keno-eye, more perfect than the human eye, for the exploratio....
MANAGEMENT THEORY & APPLIED OPERATIONS MGT.
MANAGEMENT THEORY &
APPLIED OPERATIONS MGT.
*This Section Contains All Papers On Business (General), Business Management,
Operations Management, Training, Management Science Theory, Business Industry & Issues
(Case Studies & Article Reviews Listed at Bottom)
*See also subcategory entit....
Media Impact On Children And Television Violence
Studies show that the average American child will watch about 21 hours of television in a week, this is at least 50% more than the time they will spend on any other after school activity, including homework, being with friends, or reading. By the age of 18, they will have seen about 16,000 murders a....
MERGERS
Mega Mergers
Today's business environment is being dominated by mergers and fast growth. In order to be a player in the highly competitive markets, expansion of firms is necessary. It is almost impossible to achieve high profitability all alone. This growth is achieved through new product devel....
Mergers and Acquisitions
In todays business world, a merger is defined as a combination of two firms into one, with the acquirer assuming assets and liabilities of the target firm (Brealey, Marcus, Myers, p. 589). An acquisition is defined as a takeover of a firm by purchase of that firms common stock or asset (....
Mergers and Acquisitions
In todays business world, a merger is defined as a combination of two firms into one, with the acquirer assuming assets and liabilities of the target firm (Brealey, Marcus, Myers, p. 589). An acquisition is defined as a takeover of a firm by purchase of that firms common stock or asset (....
Mixed Feelings About Sarbanes-Oxley
Mixed Feelings About SOX
The Cost, the Benefits, and the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Finance for Non-Financial Managers (MSM 9015)
Eric Pendleton
February 18, 2007
The Sarbanes-Oxley statute (SOX) is one of the most powerful and controversial pieces of corporate legislation....
Money and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice
Money and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice
Abstract: Among all the novels written by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice has been valued as the most successful and popular masterpiece. It deals with trivial matters of love, marriage and family life between country squires and fair ladies in Britain in ....
Negative effect of a positive innovation - Cell Phones are bad
The Negative Impact of a Positive Innovation
Theres nothing more annoying and distracting than someones cell phone ringing in the middle of class. Schools around the country have put into effect policies that ban cell phone use on school premises. Since the mid 1990s the cellular telephone h....
Obeistiy and its growing affects on America
Obesity and its growing affects on America
Obesity is a growing problem that has greatly affected America. Obesity has become a major issue concerning our children and America as a whole. The obesity rates have grown rapidly due to many changes in Americans lifestyles. Many of the causes ar....
organ donation
Organ Donation
There are over 79,000 people waiting for transplants in the United States waiting for transplants and 3, 000 are added to the list every month (Facts 1). Some people believe that organ donation is a grat act of charity and can save many lives, while others believe the body is....
Over-representation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System
Over-representation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System
The rate of incarceration of African Americans has soared to unprecedented levels. The United States prison population has risen to nearly 70%. One out of every 21 Af....
Parents vs. Potter
Parents vs. Potter: The Parental Outcry
Potter mania has caused a lot more than crowds at the local Barnes & Noble. Many parents as well as Christian leaders are protesting the existence of these books in schools and libraries, because of their forceful occult themes. Sighting, a track record o....
Price and Income elasticity - Analysis of AT&T DSL
Introduction
Broadband high-speed, always-on Internet connectivity represents the next phase in the evolution of the Internet. Most experts predict broadband will enable applications and services that transform our economy, education, health-care, R&D, homeland security, military effectiven....
Price Wars in Australia's grocery Retailing Sector
Australia's grocery retailing sector, dominated by Coles and Woolworths, has recently attracted widespread criticism concerning a 'milk price war' sparked by Coles (ERC 2011:5). The low-pricing of generic milk is likely to be beneficial to both Coles and Woolworths, by fulfilling the dual objectives....
Prisons
The prisons in America seem to cause more problems than assistance in todays society. The countries penal system is overcrowded, expensive, and some argue that is ineffective as well as inefficient. The costs to staff and support these facilities increase dramatically every year. Prisons, which....
Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing
Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing
Since the industrial age, employee motivation is an issue that all organizations wrestle, and those who dont are at a disadvantage, as they are faced with lower job satisfaction and increased turnover. In the past few years, organizational strategy factors,....
professional knowledge and abilities paper
Every child had a dream to become something in life: doctor, actor, engineer, lawyer, business person, and astronaut, whatever the mind can perceive. As children grow up, they realize that in order to make these dreams a reality; they need to work hard, acquire knowledge, stay motivated and have the....
Quarantine
Like a bullet, pathogenic diseases are responsible for the painful death of thousands of people each year. They have no respect for age, gender, ethnicity, and borders. For centuries, pathogens have been the number one enemy for humans and all other living things on this plant. Still at war with the....
Report on the tourism impacts in Thailand
1. Introduction
This paper will identify and analyse the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of Thailand. Thailand occupies the western half of the Indochinese peninsula and the northern two-thirds of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Its neighbours are Burma (Myanmar) on the n....
Riordan Benchmarking
McDonalds top leadership initiated a high-engagement approach to improve operations leadership pipeline and employees career growth satisfaction. The approach would minimize resistance and avoid the headquarters versus field issue if the company engaged employees. Employees were dissatisfied ....
Riordan Manufacturing Benchmarking
Overview
Ten companies were benchmarked to identify problems and implement solutions facing Riordan Manufacturing. Specific areas of research include design elements of an effective employee relations program, creating a career development planning model that incorporates attention to key developme....
Sarbanes-Oxley
MDC Consulting
January 15, 2003
TO: Michael Justin, CEO Aguri Industries
FROM: MDC Consulting
VIA: Mr. James Brown
SUBJ: SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
In response to your request, our team has examined the effects that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, will have on your company, w....
SAS 70 - Statement on Auditing Standards
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 or simply called SAS 70. It is an internationally recognized auditing standard designed to show that a service organization has performed a comprehensive examination of its internal cont....
School Dropout Causes, Effects and Cultivating Teacher and Parental Support
The purpose of this literature review is to acknowledge consensus that there is a crisis in secondary education in the United States, and that the dropout rate is increasing yearly. The consequences are adverse for students, teachers, the school and the economy as a whole. For the purpose of this ....
Sir Robert Peel
The early roots of policing encircling Sir Robert Peel's nine values have a different application to modern day policing. Before the law enforcement in America by Peel, law enforcement in America had primarily been in the authority of civilians and volunteers. It was essentially unplanned, and info....
social and economic impact of the railways on Britain
How far do you agree that the economic consequences of railway development in the years 1830-1914 were more significant and substantial than the social consequences?
The arrival of the railways during the 1830s coincided with the on going industrialisation of Britains economy so by the 1840s ....
Social Impact of Digital Media
The Social Impact of Digital Media
Abstract.
Due to the development of a great number of new digital technologies in the last twenty years, an amazing variety of new media forms has emerged. Web pages, instant messaging, online games, multimedia CD-ROMs, hypertext fiction,... Many argue these and ....
Social impact of TV
Social impact of TV
Between all different media, TV is probably one of the most effective ones. Since it was invented and until now, its changing peoples lives dramatically, whether in a positive or negative way. But it didnt affect people only but also other media like radio.
Most people ....
Software Licensing, an Intellectual Property
Intellectual property rights (IPR) are components of the foundation of software industries. IPR refers to, "a collection of intangible rights of ownership in an asset such as a software program" (Freibrun, 2009, ¶ 2). Each intellectual property "right" is an asset in itself. The law provides differ....
Strategic initiatives: Amazon.com
Strategic Initiatives: Amazon.com
In order for a company to succeed that company should know the importance of developing strategic goals. Amazon.com has become very successful because of the goals set when creating the company. The strategic initiative plan that Amazon.com has taken will show to ....
Supply and Demand
Supply and Demand Simulation
The goal of this paper is to tie in economic theory to the completed supply and demand simulation. The author will review the causes and impacts of changes affecting equilibrium price, the impact of population increase on supply and demand, the impact of change in....
Supply Chain Management in the Seafood Industry
Introduction
Overview of Industry Importance and Value
The Australian commercial fishing and seafood industry encompasses the wild catch sector, the aquaculture sector and the processing and retail seafood sectors (Austrade, online). The aquaculture and wild catch sectors are found on the countr....
The changing forms of media
The Changing Forms Of Media
Over the past six years Internet News has become a serious competitor in the Journalism world. People including Bill Gates have predicted the end of traditional media within the next decade. Efficient and accurate internet news services can post up to date, controllabl....
The Digital Divide Controversy: Nothing but Hot Air.
It seems only yesterday that computers were luxury items. Today, nearly everyone views them as a necessity of life. This changing viewpoint towards technology is creating battle lines in governmental and private agencies everywhere. Research indicates a serious problem, called the digital divide,....
The Divine Wind - impact of the threat of war on a fragile society
The Australian novel "The Divine Wind" by Garry Disher shows through a combination of damaging events in a time of war and growing self-doubt that it changed people's perceptions of life forever. One of the painful lessons of life is that the past is always with us. Hart is a complex, good-hearted g....
The Economic Impact of The New Telecommunications Legislation
Canada has been transformed in recent years into an information based society. Nearly half of thelabour force in Canada works in occupations involving the collection and processing of information. In asociety in which information has become a commodity, communications provide a vital link that can m....
The Effects of Adolescent Pregnancy
The Effects of Adolescent Pregnancy
Shafeeqah Thomas
Western International University
COM 112/ Utilizing Information in College Writing
Paul Jessen
September 17, 2006
Sexuality is one of the characteristics of human beings and it is also something that must be handl....
The effects of Endaka
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
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The impact of Constantine and the Edict of Milan.
Emperor Constantine was the most important emperor of the middle ages. His recognition and support of Christianity was one of the most important moments in world history. Constantine made many major accomplishments through out his life. Some of these accomplishments included defeating Emperor Maxent....
The Impact of Globalization on Caribbean Organizations
Caribbean organizations can be characterized as a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common or agreed set of goals. One of the key goals of any organization is to make a profit.
Today Caribbean organiza....
The Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on the Printing Industry
The intent of this paper is to perform an analysis on the key macroeconomic variables that affect The Arizona Republic daily paper, that is pricing and unemployment. There are three factors that have principal roles in deciding the constraints, opportunities, and threats that any company will ....
The impact of outsourcing
The Impact of Outsourcing
Kevin F. Dallas
Introduction
Outsourcing or contracting out is a multibillion-dollar business. The recent availability world wide of a highly qualified flexible workforce has compell....
The impact of Rock music on youth
Throughout history rock music has made an impact on the youth of America. Many teenage girls would scream their heart out for their favorite heartthrob or guys would be inspired by the sounds. But these sounds made many parents concerned. Rock music was born as a result of change in the music, broad....
The Impact of Television
The vast impact that Television (T.V.) has had on America is a vast subject. T.V. has brought historical moments directly into a familys living room. It has portrayed gruesome scenes of war and violence. T.V. has proved to be a wasteland for the minds of children, yet it also de....
The Impact of the Railroad on Nevada
The Impact of the Railroad on Nevada
The building of the Central Pacific through Nevada in the 1860s and its continued operation was very important to the economic development of the state. The idea of a railroad goes back to many years before the Civil War. Five different routes were surveyed....
The Impact of Yasser Arafat's Death
The recent event of Yasser Arafats death has definitely shaken up the world of the Palestinians, who is now unsure of who will succeed Arafat. Nevertheless, this event does not only affect the Palestinians, but many others as well.
This Israeli/Palestinian conflict began in 1300 B.C. when the Je....
The Legislative History of Title VII
At the outset of the Eighty-eighth Congress various Senators and Representatives submitted a plethora of civil rights bills. Some included comprehensive provisions relating to all areas of civic and economic life where discrimination existed, including private employment; others dealt primarily wi....
The meaning and Impact of Globalization
Although we talk and hear about it more and more since 1970s there is still a controversy on the concept of globalization. Some academicians approach to the concept with skepticism. Some say it is nothing more than a myth whereas others formulate clear-cut definitions for the term. Here I will focus....
The role of email in communication
The Role of E-mail in Communication
Heather A. Stern
Lisa Murray-Johnson, Ph.D.
Interpersonal Communication (Comm 320)
Communication is the basis for all relationships. As the pace of life appears to be constantly accelerating, technol....
Total Quality Management
Abstract
Total quality management is the commonly used term for stressing quality within an organization. Total quality management uses a systems perspective because it is not a program for one department, but a responsibility of everyone (total) in the organization. Additionally, the process for....
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Abstract
Total quality management is the commonly used term for stressing quality within an organization. Total quality management uses a systems perspective because it is not a program for one department, but a responsibility of everyone (total) in the organization. Additionally, the process for....
U.S. Monetary Policy Impact on Macroeconomic Factors
U. S. Monetary Policy Impact on Macroeconomic Factors
Kevin C. Williams
University of Phoenix
Introduction
The United States monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) uses this influence to move the economy in a particular direction. The monetary policy affects the gross domestic....
Web Enable Technology and Companies Outsourcing
Web Enable Technology and Companies Outsourcing
The idea of outsourcing has its roots in the 'competitive advantage' theory propagated by Adam Smith in his book 'The Wealth of Nations' which was published in 1776. Over the years, the meaning of the term 'outsourcing' has undergone a sea change. ....
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