Essays on Performing Arts Literature Reviews

The article entitled “The Perils of Presidentialism,”1 which was first written in 1990 and reprinted in several collections later, is an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of two forms of democratic government: parliamentarism and presidentialism.... Using the.... ... ... sh parliamentary system and the American presidential system as the best known examples, Linz argues that both can be successful but that the parliamentary system is both more widespread in the modern world and more likely to lead to a stable democracy....

Book Review “All You Need Is Love” by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman This book All You Need Is Love explores the background of American idealism.... Since America was founded it has been declaring itself as a crusading nation and promises to be a democratic nation with the goal of doing well for other nations....

Researching Drama and arts Education: Paradigms & Possibilities, London, Falmer Press. ... om/k-12-subject-areas/the-arts/effectiveness-of-drama-in-the-english-classroom.... Drama is a performing art that can be used in various situations.... rama is a performing art that can be used in various situations.... Drama or role play is a branch of performing art in which many actors work and play together on a stage to create some experiences and situations for the viewers....

Comparing the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results on Care Provision in the National Health Service Hospitals to Private and Community Care Satisfaction Outcomes from Patients a literature Review ... omparing the Patient Satisfaction Survey Results on Care Provision in the National Health Service Hospitals to Private and Community Care Satisfaction Outcomes from Patients a literature Review ... The purpose of this report therefore is to identify and review the literature that examines patient satisfaction and complaints within the national care and the private and community care to come up with the best methods in order to improve the level of care....

The paper 'Faulkner as One of the Important Writers in American literature' focuses on William Cuthbert Faulkner who was an American novelist and short-story writer, a Nobel Prize-winner in literature and a two-time winner of Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction.... ... ... ...

The movie titled One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a motion picture directed by Milos Forman is an outstanding film because the director got so many things right.... A novel with the same title inspired the movie, although Forman altered the plot, making the film different in some.... ... ... The movie focuses on McMurphy, who is the main character and his outstanding personality that influences the behavior of other patients in a mental institution....

The paper "The Behavior of Earnings" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "The Behavior of Earnings" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... Firms that realize non-persistence in earnings should take a step of coming up with special items that are likely to reflect as an outcome on the balance sheet statement so that such firms might revive their abilities of performing well again in future....

The following discussion focuses on the literature review on ethics in financial institutions.... literature review According to Goodpaster (84), financial institutions are out to service customers and therefore must abide to the moral ethical principles.... Name Professor Course Date Introduction Ethics in financial institutions is a social phenomenon that many organizations in the world grapple with....

The author of the review "How Norfolk Southern Corp Affects the Hampton Roads Area" comments on the significance that the Norfolk Southern Corp has on residents of the Hampton Area.... Reportedly, the company has major railway freight roads that are very important in the transportation of raw materials....

reative Problem Solving in Architectural Design Students, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the arts, American Psychological Association ... The paper "Creativity and Creative Thinking and Entrepreneurship" suggests that entrepreneurship is a holistic and economic function that conjures up certain images of heroic efforts put in by entrepreneurs to transform their ideas and vision to a real business organization by making changes....

This paper critically reviews various literatures in form of books, journals, articles, etc.... Review of literature Businesses rely on its marketing plan to promote their products which vary depending on their budget.... Review of various literature show that agencies are targeting urban area for poster advertising....

As the paper "Strategic Review of the Mad Max Creative MovieArt" tells, in the film, Mad Max of 1979, the sequence that will be analyzed is the beginning part of the opening sequence of Mad Max.... It consists of 10 shots that start at timeline 1:13 and ends at 17:10 and it just lasts under 16 minutes....

"Aggressive Child Behavior in Playgrounds" paper conducts a thorough review of the literature which includes general observation techniques and specific research on studies that observed aggression on the playground and research findings as they relate to the difference in gender-related activities.... Running Head: AGGRESSIVE CHILD BEHAVIOR Aggressive Child Behavior in Playgrounds literature Review Aggressive Child Behavior in Playgrounds ... This researcher will conduct a through review of the literature which will include general observations techniques and specific research on other studies that have observed aggression on the playground as well as specific research finding as they relate to the difference in gender related activities. ...

The current literature was published online on March 2011with the open access at Springerlink.... With this in mind, I feel the current literature falls within a range of contemporary literature and the outcome can be effectively used.... In addition, the literature reviewed is logically organized to help the readers effectively follow and determine whether the literature review supports the purpose of the study....

reviews ... This literature review "Building Successful Brands on the Internet" focuses on social corporate responsibility that has got positive impacts rather than negative impacts.... literature Compass, pg.... They have listed a number of gains that the business is able to get out of undertaking social corporate responsibility....

It is within this context that the researcher shall endeavour to conduct a literature review in the following section, with the aim to outline how managerial styles affect organizations performance, strategy, and structure in the global environment, especially in the United Kingdom.... The dynamic nature of leadership and its literature, therefore, allows one to evaluate leadership from multiple perspectives.... n the above literature review, the researcher has attempted to look at the different managerial styles in the UK and Asian managerial styles, and see how effective both are from different authors views....

The author reviews current literature about this topic, United Kingdom government health policies, and World Health Organization viewpoints on physical activity and the issue of obesity.... 2008, ‘Systematic review of school-based interventions that focus on changing dietary intake and physical activity levels to prevent childhood obesity: an update to the obesity guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence', Obesity reviews, vol....

The influence of the Tao accompanies the writer during his expedition as a pupil from the Chinese Cultural Revolution times to lecturer in an American arts university.... Physical exercises have developed partly from Taoism and from aggressive arts to stabilize energy.... Shamans are spiritual individuals performing varied religious practices....

It is about his life in slavery.... The book displays his experiences and those of his fellow slave mates.... Brutality and marginalization were the order of the day.... The slave masters.... ... ... Douglas was born on Colonel Lloyd's plantation as a slave.... While young he saw Aunt Hester get beaten, but at this time Douglas was too young to be whipped instead he suffers unknowingly....

For decades, the world has been talking about how alienation from nature could hinder the healthy development of our children, does Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods say anything new?... A columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, Richard Louv has written several books on child rearing.... ...

The paper "Critical Overview on Innovation and Knowledge Processes" presents a critical analysis of the literature provided in the chapter entitled Innovation Dynamics & Knowledge Process by C.... Critique of the literature Review relating to Innovation Dynamics and Knowledge Processes and Section # of Name> ... his paper is intended to critically analyze the literature provided in the chapter titled Innovation Dynamics & Knowledge Process. ...

his section reviews what past literatures have had to say about job insecurity generally and its impacts on the performance and commitment of employees.... The paper "Impact of Job Insecurity on Employee Performance and Commitment" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Impact of Job Insecurity on Employee Performance and Commitment" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... IMPACT OF JOB INSECURITY ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND COMMITMENT: literature REVIEW ...

ntroduction & literature Review 2 ... ntroduction & literature Review 3 ... ntroduction & literature Review ... The paper "The Movie Moneyball that Based on True Story of the Oakland Athletics" states that one of the main lessons learnt from this story is the idea of good leadership whereby Billy has been depicted as a brilliant leader who understood the various leadership styles....

The paper 'International Human Resources Management Practices in Chinese Companies' is a meaningful variant of the literature review on human resources.... The paper 'International Human Resources Management Practices in Chinese Companies' is a meaningful variant of the literature review on human resources.... Drawing on the case study from the Chinese MNCs, the paper aims to explore the literature review on international HRM and application to the Chinese MNCs that operates in the UK....

his paper reviews literature on the various welfare models that have been adopted in seven countries: The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, USA, Canada, Japan, and Singapore.... Title: International literature Review ... nternational literature Review ... n summary, each of the seven countries explored in this literature review has a unique policy framework for the elderly and disabled people.... Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: a systematic literature review....

This paper critically reviews literature surrounding these areas and subsequently presents a personal plan on how I as an aspiring clinical leader would develop the qualities of effective clinical leadership discussed during the interview.... The paper 'Professional Practice Improvement Episode' is a worthy variant of literature review on nursing.... This paper presents a review of literature on five key areas discussed in an interview with a critical care nurse working in a public tertiary referral health center which offers services such as; mental health care, aged care, rehabilitation, etc....

The movie review "When Kids Get Life " states that Ofra Bikel's film When Kids Get Life explores the question youth offenders and the appropriate means of sentencing these individuals.... Filmmaker Bikel attended the University of Paris and later the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.... ....

In this literature review, various works of literature on racism in the retail industry of the United Kingdom shall be critically reviewed.... Summary of literature Review It was established that racism should not be looked at only from the point of colour of a person's skin but also from an inter-nation differentiations that exists among people who may be of the same skin colour....

The existing literature indicates that companies can be grown either through internal expansion or external development.... MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Motives behind Mergers and Acquisitions The existing literature indicates that companies can be grown either through internal expansion or external development.... According to the existing literature, companies engage in mergers and acquisitions for myriad reasons.... This was in agreement with some existing studies and literature that posit that acquirers do not typically experience any positive abnormal returns around the announcement of mergers and acquisitions....

The discussion below reviews educational journals and websites on how to develop high level thinking styles including divergent and convergent thinking styles.... It also reviews literature on the relationship between convergent and divergent thinking and creativity (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001).... literature Review on the Relationship between Convergent and Divergent Thinking and Creativity 6 ... literature Review on the Relationship between Convergent and Divergent Thinking and Creativity ...

This essay critically reviews the film.... Name of of Professor The Godfather (1972) Introduction The actual brilliance of The Godfather is that its relevance is both historical and social and, in addition, a film genre expressing wide-ranging issues.... Its portrayal of the experiences and events surrounding Sicilian-Americans in the 20th century gets in touch with the sentiments of all immigrant groups in America....

The current literature was published online on March 2011with the open access at Springerlink.... With this in mind, I feel the current literature falls within a range of contemporary literature and the outcome can be effectively used.... In addition, the literature reviewed is logically organized to help the readers effectively follow and determine whether the literature review supports the purpose of the study....

This literature review "Identifying Key Factors Affecting Degree Outcome for Students" focuses on the function of intrinsic characteristics and learning abilities that are identified by many scholars as learning outcome drivers and their influence on degree outcomes of students.... Identifying Key Factors Affecting Degree outcome for A Deterministic Study literature Review Introduction Historically, learning new lessons or being educated is associated with a definitive outcome for students (Dunlosky, et al....

9 Apr.... 2011.... God's Samurai by Gordon W.... Prange Review: Mitsuo Fuchida assumed the role of a leader in the attack made by Japanese on the Pearl Harbor.... Throughout the 2nd World War, Mitsuo Fuchida was among the most talented aviators in the Imperial Navy of Japan.... ... ... ... In the Pacific campaigns that followed, Mitsuo Fuchida became the air operations officer....

The author of the paper titled "Review of the Movie Death Wish by Michael Winner" presents the overall impression of the film, thinks of New York as a character in the film, identifies the role race and gender plays in the film, and how it is represented.... ... ... ... The general impression created is that a person can only be open-minded about issues when he/she is not directly affected, that is why we see Paul change to a limited perspective about criminals....

This literature review "Catastrophes and Turning Points in Civil Engineering and Construction" discusses the role of an engineer that is to act in response to a need by creating or building something within a particular set of specifications (or guidelines) that carries out a certain task.... Recently, there has been a lot of literature discussing about regulation of major hazard risks, particularly the philosophies of HRO, safety culture, as well as resilience management (Lekka, 2011, p....

It aims to establish whether conservative treatments of neck pains were successful through the updating of 11 randomized controlled trials' systematic reviews (Gross et al.... "Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation" paper examines the literature on TSM in order to establish the effectiveness of the therapy and show whether there exist significant differences between the application of TSM alone and combining it with other intervention methods.... Since 2004, increased literature concerned with the thoracic manipulation's effectiveness on treatment of musculoskeletal conditions through different techniques has been published....

While, an extensive range of literature that has been developed under the genre of biblical studies has influenced the readings of concerned individuals with regards to the subject matter, the scope of these texts has been deemed as rather limited and somewhat restricting by scholars who have advocated the adoption of a more comprehensive approach.... Introduction While, an extensive range of literature which has been developed under the genre of biblical studies has influenced the readings of concerned individuals with regards to the subject matter, the scope of these texts has been deemed as rather limited and somewhat restricting by scholars who have advocated the adoption of a more comprehensive approach to understand the story of Jesus Christ....

This paper will be a narrative review of literature summarizing current known information and highlighting research with significance on the effects of physical activity and diet on pregnancy.... This paper will be a narrative review of literature summarizing current known information and highlighting research with significance on the effects of physical activity and diet on pregnancy.... literature Review Incidence of obesity and an excessive amount of weight gain during pregnancy have been shown to be a major factor in adverse effects for both delivering mothers and newborn infants....

The paper "Psychological State of Consumer Behaviour - Personality and Lifestyle" is an outstanding example of a marketing literature review.... This report will review existing literature sources and determine the differences and similarities between the perspectives held by the academic community regarding the issue.... The paper "Psychological State of Consumer Behaviour - Personality and Lifestyle" is an outstanding example of a marketing literature review....

Specifically, accounting for the effectiveness of a speech is essential in passing the intended information.... An effective speech takes into account and considers the diversity.... ... ... Peggy Noonan evaluates and assesses speech presentations in her book On Speaking Well.... Noonan makes an intensive study into speeches, outlining the design and presentation of Book Review Means and modes of communication are critical in every aspect of passing and receiving information....

This literature review "Installation of Wide Area Network" presents the local technical department of the school that will handle incident management.... To troubleshoot issues related to system administration and support, a team is required for performing day to day issues within the school premises.... To troubleshoot issues related to system administration and support, a team is required for performing day to day issues within the school premises....

The paper "Nicholas Cage - Celebrity" is an outstanding example of a social science literature review.... The paper "Nicholas Cage - Celebrity" is an outstanding example of a social science literature review.... His father, August had achieved a lot in the field of academics as he was a well known professor in Comparative literature at Cal State, Long Beach.... Thereafter, his father moved with his son to San Francisco when he initiated him to a wide range of artistic pursuits that included Film, Classical music and literature. ...

is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing.... is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'What Are the Effective Ways of Managing Post-Operative Complications among Patients?... The essay focuses on the management of post-operative issues among respective patients....

POST-COLONIAL literature ... ost-Colonial literature ... ?? World literature Today 78.... urie fares better in the film more than in the novel, probably because he is the protagonist but Malkovich internalized performance and tongue tied style of performing is not depicting the true character we meet in the novel....

revious researchers examined media source credibility but their reviews relied on existing source credibility measures of traditional Internet or news media giving consideration to media users' perspectives (Entman 2004; Benelli 2003).... The paper "CNN Influence Public Opinion" presents detailed information, that the literature field on public opinion research has been dominated by different strands including the existing relationship between public opinion, electoral politics, and mass communication....

he following research questions are formulated using knowledge gathered from different literature concerning crown management and control and analysis of circumstance surrounding Hajj pilgrimage. ... literature Review ... n order to realize the aims and objectives, the research intends to conduct a literature review of the technical aspects of GSM mobile phone technology including GSM tower components.... Another stampede killed 270 pilgrims in 1994 while performing the stoning of the devil ritual....

ince twentieth century, a number of theories and literature had been introduced to prove different standpoints.... dding to this, there are some more definitions of commitment in the literature.... On the other hand, normative commitment has been a new introduction in this literature.... There are a considerable amount of literature which implies the relationship of leadership style and organisational commitment....

This literature review focuses on the major areas covered by the works published in the late 20th century and the early 21st century with regard to the learner and teacher autonomy in linguistics.... Furthermore, this literature review suggests the possible direction for future autonomy-related/focused researches by students, lecturers and applied-linguistics researchers.... This literature review will be quite useful to educators and language teachers concerned with learner training, self-accessibility and autonomous learning since it comprehensively accounts for autonomy in language learning and all the other educational practices related to the concept of autonomy....

This literature review "How Marijuana Affects the Human Brain and Cognition" explores some research articles in order to establish the effects of marijuana on cognitive processes in adolescents.... The available literature reveals that there are additional brain activities that take place in marijuana users when performing usual tasks.... Other literature reveals that marijuana has effects on the executive functions of the brain, visual and verbal memory....