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MacIntyre, Dependent Rational Animals

the fact that humanity discounts its relationship to the natural world, but then MacIntyre shows how "even someone as perceptive a...

Rational Decision-Making

from problem identification through to a solution" ("Group/Individual Level," 2000). There are a variety of methods one can use. T...

Peplau and Orem/Core Concepts

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

Decision Making Models

of their own limited abilities or because of the conditions that exist in the organization (Lahti, 2003). Other assumptions includ...

Morgan’s Home v. Martucci, et al

this sales force sign this agreement, Morgan was protecting this valuable asset. This agreement explicitly stated that the employe...

Hayes v. Jackson (1893)

represents the fact of the sale, but Holmes argues that it is not the place of the court to consider this question. He bases this ...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

Theories of Organizational Change

The process of successful change was observed by Lewin as occurring in three stages; unfreezing, change and refreezing (Lewin, 195...

Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

choice will be made between the alternatives (Elton et al, 2002). There may be situations where there is certainty of outcome. Thi...

Stop H-3 Ass’n., et al v. Coleman

historic site by the State Historic Preservation officer and the rock is considered sacred in the traditional Hawaiian belief syst...

5 Business Dilemmas

retain quality and control, they may be encouraged by the fact it was a lack of control that was ultimately responsible for the fa...

Performance of Employees and Motivation

attempting to induce others to accept certain goals and/or standards (Accel-Team.com, 2004). There are important caveats managers...

Arguing in Favor of Stem Cell Research

culturing of human embryonic stem cells (Gottweis 444). The research was hailed by the scientific community as revolutionary, as i...

Decisions at Virgin Atlantic

high level of publicity, sing both Branson himself and many other well known names (Virgin, 2007). There were initial prob...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Strategic Management Model

In six pages this research paper considers strategic management in a historical overview that includes the pros and cons of a rati...

Subgrouping, Quality Control, and Statistical Process Control

In five pages this paper discusses control charts and their effects in an overview of the rational behind quality control subgroup...

Empirical and Rational Philosophies in Candide by Voltaire

This is a direct attack on Leibniz, who was regarded as a scholar in the fields of metaphysics, theology, and the cosmos. The phi...

Different Types of Attention Models

In five pages Deutsch and Deutsch's theory of response selection, the attenuation theory of Treisman, and the selection filter the...

The Basic Concepts Related to Chaos Theory

8 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic concepts related to the chaos theory. This paper outlines the...

Theories of Motivation and Leadership

and Mazur 823). Obviously, Stogdills "Great Man" theory was the foundation of what has become known as the charismatic leadership...

God's Existence and Reason

In eight pages this paper examines God's existence in a consideration of philosophy's rational arguments. Four sources are cited ...

Sigmund Freud versus Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper contrasts the perspectives of Freud and Nietzsche regarding how human lives are impacted by instincts tha...

Kindleberger on the World Economy

the overall health of a nations citizens can be used as an indicator of economic primacy is certainly debatable; however, the Worl...

Overview of R.E.T.

In eleven pages Rational Emotive Therapy is presented in an overview that considers its prison system applicability. Seven source...

Models of Leadership

that the organization performs, financially and in other ways, such as satisfying stallholder needs, this makes it a very relevant...

Rational, Natural, Open Systems Organizations

created and designed to accomplish specific goals (Baum, 2002). The government is a good example of the rational model. There are ...

Joint Ventures, Knowledge Acquisition and Strategy Theory

as Asker, argued that the two may be compatible (Thompson, 2007). To understand what is meant by each of these strategies ...

DEFINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL PARADIGM

Systems The rational systems school of thought specifies that organizations are deliberately designed to attain specific g...

Comparing the Prose of J.S. Mill and Thomas Carlyle

In two pages this paper examines the style of prose employed by John Stuart Mill in a comparison with that of Carlyle and analyzed...