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E-sourcing Strategy at Sun Microsystems

bidding system. Part of the art of establishing prices for customers lies in accurately forecasting future need, and the dynamic ...

Twins: Child Development

the womb together. Yet, by the time they are adults, twins may not want to be very close, despite the strong bond they shared as i...

Cigarette Smoking in Adolescence (Article Review)

things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...

“Chimpanzee Politics” and Human Behavior

because the Founders understood that "oppression ... occurs when those in power control the law for their own purposes" (Wolff). T...

Human Behavior and “Chimpanzee Politics”

because the Founders understood that "oppression ... occurs when those in power control the law for their own purposes" (Wolff). T...

Chivalry

for both of these elements are indicative of the distinction between ordinary love and that which extols virtue, honor and courage...

Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Approach to Human Interaction

is indebted to both of these predecessors. Kenny (2008) observes that "Anyone familiar with Goffmans dramaturgical approach will n...

Five Models of Personality as it Relates to Health

most advantageously. Neither is there any consistency in the types of personality and coping responses that least effectively dea...

Abnormal Behavior And Psychpathology

of abnormal behavior. Recognition and treatment of mental illness has undergone a tremendous metamorphosis over the past three ce...

Four Disciplines That Influence Organizational Behavior

concepts of the two other fields of study (Katzenstein, 2007). One area of investigation in this field is how to being about accep...

Psychological Theories

2003). Since the Gestalt therapist limits this sort of interpretation, this facilitates meeting the needs of clients who have cult...

Methods of International Expansion

Ohmae (1989) stresses that alliances are worth more than only providing an experienced partner in a foreign market, that alliances...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

could impede therapeutic progress (Martin, 2007). Beck decided it was essential to be able to identify and discuss these automati...

Organizational Behavior: Southwest Airlines

policy to be honest with its employees, that "through effective people management, the company had created the right type of cultu...

Tannen on Discourse

Lakoff looks at Luntz Republican discourse and describes Luntz as the "premier conservative linguist who helps the Republicans fra...

Le Guin/Left Hand of Darkness

eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...

Ethical Business

the government of the Netherlands began requiring businesses to improve the environmental footprint they left in the wake of condu...

Neighborhood Watch: Study Design

hall meetings, in-depth interviews and one-on-one conversations with the purpose of exploring the issue in detail. In this partic...

Thrill-Seeking and Crime

(p.229). Whether people channel this desire to engage in risk-whether that desire is normal or related to something they lacked i...

Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Organizational Culture

of its employees" (Yandrick, 1994, p.92). Such organizations have systemic patterns which encourage denial, dishonesty and crisis ...

The Music Industry

and many up and coming artists choose to have an agent represent them. The agent will help them to get work, but in exchange, they...

Interventions For Aggressive Preschool-Age Children

out of them but that is not true. Studies consistently demonstrate that at least half of the children exhibiting aggressive behavi...

Disruptive Behavior and Behavioral Interventions

reinforcer because a negative or unpleasant condition is avoided or stopped as a consequence of the behavior. A good example is ...

Venture Capital Valuation Case

return P/E ratio (a) 20 Net income at 5 years (b) 5,000,000 Total projected capitalisation at year 5 (c) (a x b) 100,000,000 Initi...

TV's Effect on Sexual Behavior

modeling and imitation (Somers and Tynan, 2006). Hypothesis in each study Collins, et al, propose that television holds the pote...

Fighting Heuristics with Heuristics

A marketing or decision-making use of heuristics reveals at least four types: "availability, overconfidence, anchoring and adjust...

Arguing the Position of the Outsider

blinker when he pulled over, exacerbating the police officers agitation over the event. John, not suspecting a problem, took ou...

Criminal Behavior and Genetics

severe form of antisocial behavior" (Liu, 2004, p. 93). Externalizing behavior can also include hyperactivity, and many hyperacti...

The Change in the Views of Stakeholders

Public relations must be concerned about the perceptions of the key stakeholders, the groups and individuals whose behaviors can h...

Monetary Policy Determination

the Fed is considering raising interest rates. Decline in output coupled with decreased consumer spending provides impetus for lo...