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  • Perceptual Mapping

    Perceptual mapping is an exceptional resource that marketing managers use to better understand the correlation between competitors, changing marketplace conditions, the principles that influence consumers purchasing behaviors, and can help an organization maintain an advantage over its competitors. This distinctive style of market analysis illustrates a product or service’s market position in relation to subject,…

  • Structuralism vs. Functionalism

    Structuralism was formed out of the necessity to distinguish psychology as a science separate of philosophy and/or biology. Functionalism came out of opposition to the basic premises of structuralism. Major differences among functionalism and structuralism are in the ideas of how the mind is organized. Functionalism viewed the mind by how it functioned rather than…

  • Organizational Structure:Comparison of Organic and Mechanistic Structures

    To achieve organizational goals and objectives, employee activities within the organization need to be coordinated and managed. To achieve this coordination, the organization must have a structure to it. Organizational structure is essential in specifying reporting relationships, delineating formal communication channels and in linking all activities together toward organizational goal achievement. There are two primary…

  • Strategic Project Management

    Strategic Program Management Worksheet The purpose of this assignment is to begin the process of Problem Based Learning. In this step, you will be looking at one or more realistic situations and using them, in the context of this course, to identify the key concepts involved that you will need to understand in order to…

  • Douglas McGregor’s X and Y Theories

    Introduction Throughout the history of industry, managers have tried to find new ways to motivate their workers, and maximize the utilization of each worker. Several theories were introduced and utilized throughout the years. Most of these theories faired pretty well, but had the common idea that the worker must be coerced into performing their duties…

  • FOUR MANAGEMENT FUNCITONS

    The functions of management are divided into four parts as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling in building its foundation. Organizations essentially need these four functions in order to achieve success in business. As organizations must abide by these guidelines to become successful, the managers must use these principles as well. If management does not properly…

  • The Goddess Within: The Female Divine

    The scholarly Article that I have chosen to do this assignment on is the Goddess within (Black working women) By Susan L.Taylor. This article is a great representation of how a strong black woman in today’s society can find her inner beauty, confidence and power. The women today are a very different than the women…

  • Stop the Pain: P.A.D and Euthanasia

    Should people who are terminally ill, endure tremendous amounts of pain and suffer helplessly in a hospital bed be given the choice end their own life? I feel they should. But how can someone assist a terminally ill person in taking their life and not risk going to jail for it? This provokes the controversial…

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Throughout the duration of this course we have touched on many different topics and disorders that all have been truly unique and very interesting. However, the chapter I found the most interesting was Anxiety Disorders and particularly Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Therefore, I will present a brief history of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder such as, its…

  • Decision Making: Choices and Consequences

    Throughout our lives we must all make choices which bear certain responsibilities and consequences, whether positive or negative. We go through decision making more than once on a daily basis, like deciding what to eat, what to wear, where to go and how to get there, who to see and what to say. We definitely…

  • Southwest Airlines

    The website for Southwest Airlines states “The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit” (Southwest Cares: Doing the Right Thing, para. 2). Southwest continues to excel in customer service, employee development, and profitability. Southwest has the fewest…

  • Divorce Hurts Children

    Over half of couples seeking a divorce still have kids living at home. Some parents don’t realize when they file for a divorce the damage and effect that it will have on their children. Divorce hurts children no matter what their circumstance is. Parents start fighting in front of the kids over who did what…

  • Juvenile Courts

    What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference between the procedures used in juvenile courts and those employed in criminal (adult) courts?

  • Human Trafficking

    By definition human trafficking is the commerce and trade in the movement or migration of people, legal and illegal, including both legitimate labor activities as well as forced labor. Human trafficking is now one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world, with the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons estimated to be…

  • Individuality in Sula

    Individuals are often living a routine-based life, living their lives day to day without showing their true color because society represses individuality. In Sula, by Toni Morrison, Nel is also repressed as an individual and is never allowed to show to the Bottom community who she really is. She became an individual only when she…

  • Success of Online Learning

    Different studies have been made regarding the success rate of online distance learning. Some show a significant higher pass rate versus the classical classroom approach. Example of this is a study conducted at the Riverside Community College (Anon, 2008) showing a significant higher number of achievements for mathematical courses delivered through the internet (average 66%)…

  • Dreams: Wants and Desires

    What is a dream? A dream can be described as a cherished desire. Everyone has dreams, many dream to be successful or to take themselves out of their current state and into a better one. Our dreams belong to us and it is up to ourselves whether or not to try to achieve them. What…

  • Important Federal Agencies

    In my opinion the three most important law enforcement agencies are our local law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Every law enforcement agency plays a huge role and has its importance, but these three are the most important to me.

  • The Persuasive Marketing Tactics used by Apple Inc

    Apple Computer – The Subtle Art of being Cool Apart from those who have been living under a rock for the last three years, most television audience members are aware of the recent Apple campaign aimed at comparing design features of their Mac Computers to that of their competitor, PC. This campaign is highly persuasive…

  • For Gun Control Legislation

    Discussing gun control in America Fear is in the eyes of every American citizen. Never knowing what this world can throw at you. Every citizen lives his or her own life thinking they are protected from by local law enforcement . With the numbers of them decreasing, do to the lack of funding and slow…

  • Innovation, Creativity, and Design Definitions Essay

    Innovation, creativity, and design are all very important parts of creating and keeping a competitive advantage in today’s competitive business world. Even though these words need each other in order to make business run smoothly, their definitions are both similar and different at the same time.

  • Solar Cells

    Solar cells today are mostly made of silicon, one of the most common elements on Earth. The crystalline silicon solar cell was one of the first types to be developed and it is still the most common type in use today. They do not pollute the atmosphere and they leave behind no harmful waste products.

  • Probable cause of bipolar disorder

    In the last few years, doctors find the probable cause of bipolar disorder is an inherited lack of stability in nerve impulse transmission in the brain. This biochemical brain problem causes people with bipolar disorder to be more susceptible to physical and emotional stresses. Researchers have found several genes that could be linked to the…

  • Autism and Care

    Autism 1. Description: Autistic disorder is categorized as a Pervasive developmental disorder, according to the DSM –IV TR; it is usually diagnosed in the toddler and/or early childhood years. According to Ben J. Atchison (2007), Autism falls in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) umbrella, alongside other developmental disorders such as Rett’s disorder, Asperger’s disorder and…

  • Clinical Sexual Misconduct

    Sexual misconduct is a term for variety different sexual acts. This is a problem that lies in clinical, legal, and ethical judgment of a person. One of the many types of misconduct occurs in professional relationships. When a physician advances sexual acts upon a client or patient this constitutes as sexual misconduct. This type of…