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Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture by Clifford Geertz
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The author of the paper "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture by Clifford Geertz" argues in a well-organized manner that the main theme of Geertz is to create an understanding of what culture really means and how it affects those who are in education.... .... ... ... The question of culture is one which is often regarded with specific definitions but isn't analyzed in terms of how it affects individuals in an educational setting....
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The Scientific Revolution
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This paper "The Scientific Revolution" tells that The Scientific Revolution, which evolved out of the Renaissance period that swept through Europe into the 1600s, is one of the most transformative periods.... It paved the way to an entirely new way of life compared to lived during the Medieval period....
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Data Structures in Programming
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The paper "Data Structures in Programming" highlights that we have discussed arrays, where it is identified that how the arrays are beneficial and used in certain conditions.... The last section has outlined the modular design, where I have identified the potential advantages of the modular design....
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Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer
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Planning Target Volume (PTV) The other volume of radiotherapy is planning target, a geometrical concept.... The planning target volume takes into concept the net impact of all possible geometrical changes thus explained to select relevant beam arrangements (ICRU 50) [2].... The concept has been modified to include the personalization of doses by the normal tissues in collaboration with either hyper or hypo-fractionation of the treatment.... The measure is faced by several issues one being that it does not take into concept the degree of spatial intersections of the volume or even their shapes....
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High-Performing Positive Culture
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This paper seeks to critically analyze the extent to which these factors contribute towards the creating and sustaining a high performing positive or happy culture within an organization.... The paper will begin by probing the meaning of these factors as well as the rationale to practice them.... ...
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Why is knowledge of literary theory important for teachers in their role of helping children to develop as readers
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The importance of literacy theory in imparting education is now universally accepted.... Teachers need to have a sound grounding in pedagogy even for simple tasks of teaching such as reading and writing.... .... ... ... Reading and writing text may be considered as just one part of the many practices which denote full literacy, but it is no doubt one of the most important one....
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Data Envelopment Analyze to GP's Super Clinics
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This report "Data Envelopment Analyze to GP's Super Clinics" discusses the results of the case study conducted to assess the medical care level in Australia.... The Data Envelopment Analysis model has been in discussion by relating itself to many managerial contexts.... ... ... ... In the field of health care, there have been many other additions for the applications of Data Envelopment Analysis that have used the various measure for measuring the output....
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A Study of How Donations to Non-Profit Organizations Contribute to the Financing of Terrorism
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The current paper is an attempt at highlighting the issue and explores the concept of such funding through charities from several perspectives.... People have been fighting since times immemorial in an effort to settle rivalry, gain territorial advantages as also in the quest for material and monetary wealth....
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The Sources of the Financial Information for Managers
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By considering existing financial circumstances of a company, their existing competitors or new entrants of the market may calculate an approximate possibility of their success or failure in doing a business.... Financial Information also establishes a drift of the market that act as a guide for new comers of the business. ... The healthcare market is increasing and relying more on clinical evidence for reimbursement even if problems with bad debt expenses are present....
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Leadership and Management of Change in Primary Health Care Service
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This paper examines the influence of leadership and management of change on the Primary Health Care services of developing countries with a special reference to the United Arab Emirates.... In this context, the presentation of general rules of management is combined with statistical data in order....
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Good Faith and Consistency in International Agency Contracts
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In this essay, efforts have been made to take a look at the present laws, particularly binding on United Kingdoms, and how this country overcomes constraints and difficulties encountered during interacting with trade partners, particularly other EC trading partners.... ... ... ... With the use of decided case laws and impinging legal statutes that bind, or exonerate trading partners from responsibility and rights, this study seeks to throw light on the present scenario surrounding the directives relating to the coordination and management issues, that arise in a multinational milieu....
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Oil and Gas Sector in Qatar
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he production, distribution, and sale of oil and gas are some of the fundamental factors that have seen Qatar and its economy develop from a frontier market status to emerging market status.... The research proposal "Oil and Gas Sector in Qatar" discusses how Qatar has become a dominant player on a global front, and its economy continues to grow at an alarmingly fast rate; it has seen a large influx of expatriates to the country because of the attractive remuneration packages on offer and the tax....
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The Relationship between the Services Provided by HR Managers and Other Leaders
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The paper "The Relationship between the Services Provided by HR Managers and Other Leaders" describes that the participants will be aware that their views will remain confidential and the researcher assumed that every participant would have permission from the superiors to take part in the survey....
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Ethical Code of Shell Company
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The paper "Ethical Code of Shell Company" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in the ethical code of Shell Company.... Ethics can be described as a system of moral principles.... The theory, principle, and practices of ethics provide significant effects on the decision-making processes....
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Self-Efficacy
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The concept has evolved from the society and thus activities of an individual can be affected by the environment.... According to Bandura's theory self efficacy is at the center of the social cognitive theory and it has been described as a concept related to those who believe in performance in a particular manner so that they can perform well towards a goal.... Thus the concept has evolved from the society and thus activities of an individual can be affected by the environment....
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Sports, Entertainment and Media after the 2nd World War
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The last part will assess, to which extent; taking part in physical sport has changed the concept of female physicality, subjectivity and gender relations in relation to the existing social norms.... The concept of women being fit for light exercise is also central in oppressing women within the context of sports and physical activities, having taken on a gender disposition, considered only to be associated with men.... To assess the concept of physicality within sports in general and netball in particular, is to embrace and articulate the lived bodily experiences of women....
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The Principal Rules of Evidence in Criminal and Civil Trials and Their Legal Basis
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19 Recent case law shows that in the light of the recent post PACE decisions, the concept of fair and unfair has become rather vague and it seems that the court does not have a consistent approach in this regard.... One writer Professor Richard Stone has argued that this term in its judicial context indicates fair play which is the main aim of the protection afforded by section 7820 The criticism that often emanates from this proposition is whether this would take the concept of fair play or procedural correctness too far and ultimately damage the ideals of justice....
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Managing Projects
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Can Euthanasia Be Ethical Euthanasia: the Debate
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However, after Hippocrates many of his scholars refused this concept.... fter World War I, Germany experienced a period of economic difficulties, social and political unrest, which drove scientists and philosophers to revive Alfred Ploetz concept of racial hygiene.... Recently, the European Association of Palliative Care has seriously challenged this concept based on four arguments; first is the contradiction in terms between passive and euthanasia (act of ending life)....
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Golden Age of Spain in Fernando de Rojass La Celestina
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Larson states that the "most unusual feature of the concept of honor that prevailed in Spain in the seventeenth century [is] namely, the dependence of the honor of the male on the chastity of the female.... La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas is a piece of Golden Age literature from Spain which duly reflects the society of those times....
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The Critical Incident: A Challenging Communication Encounter
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This would help me learn and be proactive in subsequent interactions at my workplace Thirdly, I have been impressed by the concept of single-loop and double loop learning especially as it applies to reflection (Greenwood, 1998).... In this the author has attempted to interpret the concept in terms of a continuous process of learning.... In practical situations, this theoretical concept can be applied with good results....
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Neuroscience: Theory and Practice in the Legal and Ethical Perspectives
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In this paper, we will look at the beginning of the concept of neuroscience and its ethical considerations.... In this paper, we will look at the beginning of the concept of neuroscience and its ethical considerations.... However, she thoroughly discussed as well that an angle of this dilemma could be due to the perspective we have over our concept of “free will”.... She emphasized that we have high regards over the concept of free will because it translates into moral responsibilities and the implications when people come to believe that we are not free individuals but pre-programmed by chemical processes in the brain could be disastrous (Roskies, 2002)....
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Do We Live in a World of Media Infotainment And Melodramatic Reportage
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The combination of these roles can lead to a dynamic media concept, being able to attract the interest of people of different ages and social classes.... The increased credibility of blogs, as sources of information, compared to TV news, has been another reason for the initiators of infotainment to choose blogs for promoting the specific media concept (Atkin 2007, p.... New Delhi: concept Publishing Company Atkin, D....
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Cross Cultural Management
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“Impact Of Culture On Performance And Training And Development: Is Cross Cultural Training A Solution To The Cultural Differences In The Organization?... ?? Culture plays an important role in influencing how people behave and act.... Culture is defined as the shared values and beliefs of people and cultural differences can create conflicts if they are not managed appropriately....
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Personal meaning of friendship
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Friendship is seen as being practiced and not formally learned, and this indicates how friendship is totally a unique concept.... Friendship is seen as being practiced and not formally learned, and this indicates how friendship is totally a unique concept (Tolman, 1996).... Friendship is a concept that exists in different forms and perceived differently across cultures, age, social status, religious, and so on (Tolman, 1996).... Conclusion Friendship as a concept can be regarded to be relative with its definition being largely contextualized....
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The Meditational Practice of Deep Breathing
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This moves beyond the concept of living in the moment to being intimately aware of the moment even as it passes and becomes nothing more than memory.... Meditation is a process of calming the mind and the body enough to focus on one particular concept.... “Connecting to Inner Guidance: Mindfulness Meditation and Transformation of Professional Self-concept in Social Work Students....
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Comparison of The Red Wheelbarrow and Winter Night and Their Authors
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While the Red Wheelbarrow and Winter Night are different in form and structure, they may express similar meaning, concept, or interpretation. ... hile the concept of sacrifice is eminent in the poem, Winter Night prevailed in conveying its message.... The Author's Motivation, concept, and Struggle in Writing. ...
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Environmental Impact Assessment as a Design Tool
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dentifying mitigation measures for the adverse environmental impacts of a development project may be said to be the most useful and probably most important aspect of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), at least in concept.... As the concept of mitigation permeates throughout the entirety of EIA application, it may come as a surprise that nowhere in UK's EIA regulation or even the parent EU directive (Directive 85/377/EEC as amended by Directive 97/11/EC) was the term “mitigation” used....
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Athenian Democracy and Its Citizens
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In regards to democracy, Aristotle believed that it is based on the principle of freedom, which translates into the concept of citizens ruling and being ruled in turn, since in a perfect democratic state all citizens are considered to be equal (Aristotle, Politics 1317b, Book 6, part II).... Here the word ‘demos' has many meanings, each one relevant to the Athenian concept of democracy....
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Europeanization of Islam in European Countries
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Now what is this concept of Euro-Islam or Europeanization of Islam?... Here, we find that Bassam Tibi provides us with certain characteristics of this so called concept of Euro-Islam or Europeanization of Islam.... As per Tibi, this concept highlights the “laicité, cultural modernity, and an understanding of tolerance that goes beyond the Islamic tolerance restricted to Abrahamitic believers (ahl al-kitab)....
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Manchester - its Cultural Diversity
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00) express their concern that “this process of residential dispersal and domination results in a kind of de facto apartheid of different ethnic groups”, which opposes the liberal concept of a multicultural community of people sharing the same resources and spaces of the city.... At the same time, the self-concept of British identity was not concurrent with conditions of ethnic equality.... The author believes that the famous American melting pot concept works no better in Britain than it does in America....
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Film Analysis: Victim Film
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?? The film's characterization of Kim innocence and naiveté borders on kitsch at times; despite frequent declarations of her age as 17, at all instances she appears to be a much older woman almost parodying the concept of youth.... Similar to Taken, the anti-hero concept is explored.... Within this trope there is great room for experimentation; as Law Abiding Citizen demonstrates the extent that the protagonist is morally justified is his quest for justice is not always an agreed upon concept....
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The Security of Payments in E-Commerce
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However, there are many security threats prevailing in the e-commerce environment which pose threats to the authenticity and reliability of the whole concept.... The authors promote the concept that data documents should not be taken as entities, rather focus on parts of a document.... he fifth paper chosen is [32]; which supports the concept of geo-location to stop credit card fraudulent activities regarding online transactions....
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How Negative Void Complements the Positive Object
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But the concept of spending just as much money on a slim volume, rather than a heavy tome, might seem ridiculous to the inexperienced.... This highly debatable concept is visible in a number of genres and disciplines: even music albums with tracks intentionally left blank are bought and sold.... Negative space photography is a well-known concept that illustrates the importance of distances in art: the distances between objects, and the distance between the viewer and the object....
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The Mysteries of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Phenomena that Confounds Cognitive Neuropsychology
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The results of this scientific field continue giving humans a great deal of knowledge about the processes of the brain, and how that mysterious organ plays an important role in our concept of the mind.... The vast range of symptoms found in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) attests to cognitive neuropsychology's weaknesses to explain why individuals with the disorder have no concept of their thoughts and the state of their mind opposed to another, why they cannot interpret facial expressions, and why there appears no one specific brain anomaly to account for the psychological detriments presented....
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Management by Objectives
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concept: Peter Drucker ... The concept of evaluation on the basis of competency and comparative criteria are alien to the French culture and regarded with despise.... concept by Peter Drucker.... The case study entitled "Management by Objectives" states that The truly Transnational or Multinational corporations are organizations that have incorporated both national and global functions and perspectives....
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America's Juvenile Justice System
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The concept of youth as a separate stage of life did not develop until the latter part of the 19th century, and as a separate system of justice for juveniles until the 20th century. ... The incompatibility of urban conditions conflicted with the ideals and concept of childhood (Binder et al.... n the beginning of the 1900s, the rehabilitative ideal was a popular concept and helped direct the reformation of the correctional system such as the carrying out of the indeterminate sentence, parole and a separate juvenile system (Cullen & Gendreau, 2000)....
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Can Cyber-Love Attain Genuinely and Divinity
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The ultra modern generation uses internet for their love affair and thus the concept of cyber-love came into vogue.... Cyber love was once a very novel concept and not socially accepted.... Cyber-love is not a negative concept at all.... This essay discusses cyber-love: genuinely and divinity....
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Evaluation Design of London's Congestion Pricing Program
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The paper 'Evaluation Design of London's Congestion Pricing Program' appreciates concept introduced in the capital to regulate the amount of traffic entering the certain designated areas.... he London Congestion Pricing Program is a concept that was introduced in the city in a bid to help regulate the amount of traffic entering the certain designated areas.... his concept was not new by the time it was introduced in London, but it was an undertaking that demanded a lot of goodwill from both the political leaders and the public for successful implementation....
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The Influence of Thomas De Quincey on Nineteenth-Century Medicine
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Berridge et al write, “The involvement of such men in the moral campaign strengthened the moral bias within the medical concept of addiction.... “The concept.... While degeneration theory lost steam in the twentieth century and was for the most dismissed, as Martindale has pointed out, the general concept may not have been “wrong” when it came to opium use....
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Major Theories of Legal Reasoning
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The ongoing abortion debate is a clear and apt example of this concept; some abhor the idea, labelling it as murder whereas others believe that women have the right to make such a choice.... Here, positivists Ronald Dworkin and HLA Hart differ in reasoning, and this is where one begins to notice the deeper concept of positivism – the distinction between hard and soft positivists.... The concept of Law....
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Contemporary Middle Eastern History
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he Khater anthology on ‘Ideas of Nationalism' traces the origin of the concept of a ‘Jewish Homeland' to a Zionist intellectual Leo Pinsker in 1882.... But beyond this, there is no concept of nationalism as such in Islam.... Instead, the Muslim ummah (nation) is recognized as the collective body of all the Muslims throughout the world irrespective of their race, colour, or the modern concept of state to which they may belong....
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
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He also examines the ideas of death and sacrifice, touching on the concept of suicide.... He examines the ideas of death and sacrifice, touching on the concept of suicide as he attempts to make a difference between a selfish death by suicide and a sacrificial death of suicide.... ?? (pg 19) The insinuation that the blame of suicide lies with the one who commits the act is a powerful concept that impacts the past and future of Hemmingway himself....
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Extent Of The Implied Obligation Of Seaworthiness And The Effects Of Breach
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In order to fully understand the concept and extent of liability for an unseaworthy vessel it is necessary to examine how the term seaworthiness is defined by the courts.... his broad concept of seaworthiness has been incorporated by Article III rule I of he Hague Visby Rules which imposes upon the carrier a duty before and at the commencement of the voyage to “exercise due diligence” ensuring that the vessel is seaworthy, properly manned and equipped and to ensure that refrigeration and holds are such that they are “fit and safe for their reception, carriage and preservation....
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Implementing the Leadership Strategies
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Recognition was a remote concept and the employee was expected to keep improving by experience and to offer his loyalty in return for wages alone.... The four dimensions explained by Lee and Koh (2001) elucidate this concept further.... (2001), Is Empowerment Really a New concept?...
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Modernism in Italy and Scandinavia
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Terragni describes his building as follows: “Here is the Mussolinian concept that Fascism is a glass house into which everyone can peer giving rise to the architectural interpretation that is the complement of that metaphor: no encumbrance, no barrier, no obstacle between the political hierarchy and the people”10 Terragni, represents this metaphor with a building that % 20 made of glass.... 2 The Office building, Piazza Meda epitomized his concept of modern technology referring to its urban context....
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Does Specialization Must Lead to an Evolutionary Dead
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As further evidence of this concept, a plausible mechanism through which transition of specialist to generalist occur are also discussed.... Another implication of this concept is that the specialists are derived from generalists and the change is irreversible.... As further evidence of this concept a plausible mechanism through which transition of specialist to generalist has been reported to occur will also be discussed. ... cological fitting concept is based on the assumption that the chief concern for the parasite or insect is the resource which it requires for its nutritional needs or completion of life cycle....
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Problems Faced By Project Managers When Attempting To Weld the Temporary Taskforce
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It would not be possible for a single individual to understand the dynamics of work function for each individual member of the construction team, thus preliminary discussion in rather informal, ideas-generating environment is the concept of the taskforce to ensure that all areas of construction are covered and there are contingency plans in place due to potential failures identified by knowledge members.... This is why knowledge management approaches are necessary which is the fundamental concept of the preliminary taskforce team....
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The Conflict Theory as It Applies in the Social Work Practice
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The concept of being a reflective practitioner will also be considered in this paper.... They sometimes do not understand and respect the concept of diversity and the fact that their clients may come from different cultures and traditions, and that their practice must be adjusted accordingly based on these particular qualities and traditions (Maidment and Egan, 2004, p.... The importance of client-centred care is a concept which has not been sufficiently understood by practitioners and in as a result, they do not appreciate the diversity of their clients....
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Critiques of Management Theories
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Barnard & Simon (inducements-contributions equilibrium and the limits of rationality) Barnard and Simons incentive to management brings in many varieties of thought about management of organizations based on the concept of equilibrium and the limits of rationality.... This concept therefore implies that for the productivity of the organization, emotions, ideas and feelings determines competency and rational thinking which directly concurs with Taylor and Weber findings (Rainey, 2011)....
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