Essays on Philosophy Literature Reviews

In his article what is an author, Foucault says, “The coming into being of the notion constitutes the privileged moment of individualization in the history if ideas, knowledge, literature, philosophy, and the sciences” (Foucault Reader pg 106).... Those are some of the reasons that authors are arguing that authorship is dying and killing modern literature.... The author argues that the success in feminism in the field of literature has been due to the return in circulation of women literary works that had been ignored....

The paper "Adam Smith's Theory of Profit" is a great example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... Contents Introduction 3 literature Review 4 Falling Rate of Profit 8 ... Therefore, from the context of the literature review, it can be said that Adam Smith's theory of profit was initially opposed by David Ricardo.... This analysis corresponds with the context of literature review, which states that Adam Smith's definition of profit is based on surplus value approach....

raining assists employees, as shown by reviews, by increasing their skills (Gritz, 1993), wages (Mangum, Mangum, & Hansen, 1990), and career advancement (Tharenou, 1997a).... Industrial and Labor Relations reviews, 52, 179-195.... ix Sigma as an improvement programme has received considerable attention in the literature during the last few years (e.... lthough many success stories have been reported in the literature, the ultimate objective is to understand Six Sigma and place it in an appropriate context to reap the benefits....

oshan reviews literatures in his paper and uses the information he derives from them to determine that there is strong evidence between the capital structure of a firm and its capital structure.... The paper "Financial Leverage - Understanding and Its Effects" is a great example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "Financial Leverage - Understanding and Its Effects" is a great example of a finance and accounting literature review....

The literature used supports these requirements in a wholesome way through an addressal of various issues that are met.... This has been studied in context of the literature above with an eye on legislation and various other factors that play up on sustainable tourism development within a particular region.... Sustainable Tourism in Benidorm, Spain literature Review The ment of the dissertation is sustainable tourism management in Spain, Benidrom....

These elements were used to assist in the conduct of the literature review that aids in the justification of the research and develop the information content (Da Sileira et al, 2001).... By understanding the facts, issues, challenges and allied factors uncovered in the literature review process, the research question begins to appear.... Through the investigation process under the literature review, the plan for delving into the exploration of fair value accounting and its significance as an accounting issue in cross border acquisitions developed....

Ernst is a highly regarded scholar of Islamic studies with a focus on researching the Arabic, Persian, and Urdu literature on the topic.... Religions of the world have had a significant influence on all aspects of human society ranging from politics, warfare, academics, philosophy, social systems, class divisions, geographic conquests to economic growth and development as far as human history can recall.... Ernst” Religions of the world have had a significant influence on all aspects of the human society ranging from politics, warfare, academics, philosophy, social systems, class divisions, geographic conquests to economic growth and development as far as human history can recall....

Following a critical review of various relevant literature, it is established in this paper that, although the right to education is recognised in numerous regional agreements and national constitution, some of the duties and justifications of this right have remained obscure.... 1973, Educational Judgments: Papers in the philosophy of education, Routledge, New York. ... 2011, The philosophy of Human Rights: Contemporary Controversies, Walter de Gruyster, Boston. ...

During such periods, another a genre of literature recognized as the Scar literature that portrayed the suffering of the cadres and intellectuals during post-War II, particularly with the encounters procured during Cultural Revolution.... The films from the Fifth Generation portrayed scar-literature-based adaptations (Yuan, 2012).... The integration of cinema and literature contributed to the rise of the Chinese cinema.... In the early years, Yimou adapted some of his films based on scar literature....

Moreover, reviews of such research relating to consumer impact imply how CSR influences consumer behaviour (Bhattacharya and Sen, 2004).... Such halo refers to the positive reviews which can emanate from favourable actions of corporations.... eview of related literature ... philosophy and ethical consumption....

Similarly, when people hear positive reviews from friends and peers for a particular brand or product, their buying behaviours also tend to impact considerably.... ?Review of literature 2 Overview With the transformation in the modern day business due to rapid technological advancements, the operational activities of the companies have changed significantly (The State University of New York, 2014).... The philosophy of such fashion concept is to manufacture bulk quantities of products and offers the same at low prices to the customers (ITC Infotech, 2012) or (Choi, 2013)....

The "Grief and Bereavement Support Groups" paper contains a literature review on grief and bereavement support groups as a supportive intervention for people who are facing the experience of loss.... In later stages of recovery, group support can be essential to the process of going on with life....

Building on the fact that the book is written through comparing a historical context with the current trends on literature, the author succeeds to illustrate the major points thus attaining success. ... and initiated a Civil Rights Movement that clamored for racial and gender equality drawing closely to the philosophy of Gandhi (Marty 58)....

As a review of related literature, recent research studies on parent and child attachment were searched to complete the five articles that will be subjected for analysis and examine whether findings can aid in improving practice of health care providers that will pave way to having healthier families with children reaching their fullest potentials.... Some of the literature focus on the parents' roles alone while the others on its effects on the children's emotional, psychological, social, and even physiological aspects (Tani, et al....

literature review – Ethical leadership and stakeholder values Some of those who argue that Abercrombie & Fitch is acting unethically by stating that overweight individuals do not (and cannot) belong in their merchandise argue in favour of social justice theory.... Fleischacker (2011) provides comparative literature addressing business values provided by Adam Smith, who suggested that so long as a business provides value to society and its stakeholders, it is justified in securing, first and foremost, the longevity and profitability of the company....

he rationale for stating that the Liberal's Party policy of employment relations is unitarist is anchored on various propositions that if critically analysed supports the overall philosophy of Unitarianism as per Budd (2008, p.... One outright implication is emergence of a stable working environment since the general philosophy of Unitarianism is to create a harmonious and stable environment (Edwards, 2003, p....

here are a number of important models to consider when reviewing the literature on this subject.... Autonomy, relationship-building, and ambition were other, unsurprising qualities found in the literature. ... A preliminary literature review is provided in the previous section.... The ideas that emerge from this literature review will assist in the understanding of how women and men differ in the management styles and what can be done to encourage more women to get involved in upper management. ...

ith its roots embedded within philosophy, analytical ability has a very major role to play in understanding triarchic intelligence vis--vis the society.... Analyse the implication of Sternberg's triachic theory both in terms of South Korea's cultural context in which you work and in terms of your own future practice as a teacher into teaching skill and teaching plan ...

literature reflected what was happening in the political and social arenas.... It becomes clear from this that even in the literature and art there was some fragmentation.... How does one go to war and maintain the Eastern philosophy How does one support themselves and live only for today and how does one realistically approach the world when their mind is affected by psycodelic drugs The sixties grew up and with it so did Utopia....

They dispense and advise us on which drugs we require in order to improve or maintain our health.... The profession has a long and illustrious tradition, reaching back millennia.... Ancient Greeks and Egyptians both.... ... ... Their knowledge was improved upon by Arabs in the Middle Ages, and eventually by Europeans over the last three hundred years. ...

literature Review This literature review delves on the findings of the existing studies and schools of thought pertaining to the topic under consideration.... The literature review deals with the Marxian, Classical and Post Classical theoretical approaches explaining the relationship between import and export and economic growth.... All the findings in the literature review will aid the determination of the research questions and the research hypothesis of this paper....

He thoroughly reviews the history of development of accounting standards in the country and presents the fact, figures and analysis of different issues in the book.... In fact, the book is an important contribution to the literature and has gain respect and good reputation in the literary and business world.... He presented the philosophy of connection between the statistics to the human lives and also explains the significance of a sound accounting system for economic and social stability of the countries....

lthough there is a myriad of factors that contribute to schools' performance, effectiveness, or success, it is evident that there is compelling evidence in the literature that suggests that leadership plays a central role in schools.... The paper "Leadership in the Educational Context" will begin with the statement that since the mid-1900s academics, educational practitioners, and policymakers have shown increasing interest in findings strategies and approaches for improving school effectiveness and performance (Harris 2004)....

CHAPTER 2 Review of the literature Two major issues in education have led to a focus on physical activity and its effects on academic performance.... The literature review will examine the effect physical fitness may have on academic performance.... The majority of the literature was obtained through the GOOGLE Internet search engine, ProQuest, ERIC and the National University online library.... While many references were found, most of the literature referred to the same six or seven studies....

A widely substantiated finding in the literature of organizational behavior is that difficult, specific goals result in more improved work performance than simple goals, 'do your best goals, or obviously, no goals.... Critical Review of Francesco Ceresia's A Model of Goal Dynamics in Technology-Based Organisations Introduction A widely substantiated finding in the literature of organisational behaviour is that difficult, specific goals result in more improved work performance than simple goals, ‘do your best' goals, or obviously, no goals....

literature Review: Usability Testing and Heuristic Evaluation ... argett, A 2002, Nolan's Memento, Memory, And Recognition, Clcweb: Comparative literature And Culture: A Wwweb Journal 4(3).... Therefore, the basic philosophy in the film is that reality should be up to the memory but not the other way round, because memory cannot be reality.... odnar, Christopher, (2003), The Database, Logic, And Suffering: Memento And Random- Access Information Aesthetics, Film-philosophy 7. ...

This literature review "Inquiry-Based Learning" focuses on inquiry-based learning which is one of the most appropriate approaches to teaching and learning which engages the students in the knowledge-creation process.... Despite this mode teaching being into existence for all these years and the fact that most literature tries to approve it as seen in the examples of (Weaver, 1989; Alford, 1998; Lee, 2004; and Bateman, 1990) the inquiry-based learning literature has not been well covered regardless of its long history....

Charles proved to be a highly motivated and disciplined self learner who studied German, Greek and English literature, with little help from anybody else.... Charles W.... Chesnutt bears the honor of being America's first Afro-American writer of fiction that enjoyed a more then average degree of commercial success and fan following....

Feminist literary criticism should attempt to avoid if it wants to have a serious place within the theoretical field of literature.... On the other hand Sharon Spencer asserts, feminist criticism "attempts to set standards for a literature that is as free as possible from biased portraits of individuals because of their class, race or sex"(1982, 158). ... he Handmaid's Tale also picks the tradition of a prohibition on literature and modifies it, according to the trend of the 1980s, for feminine and feminist justification....

Hot Desking Chapter 2: literature Review This chapter focuses on the evaluation and analysisof secondary research conducted pertaining to the topic under consideration in the form of journal articles, reports, statistical reports, and websites.... The literature review further explains the causes and circumstances in which the practice should most appropriately be implemented.... The management literature indicates that flexibility in an organization has two aspects; the functional perspective and the temporal perspective (Bulent 2011)....

This essay "Humans as Product of Society" will examine the premise that we or our children are 'products of society' (MacLachlan, Fleer, and Edwards, 2010, p.... 28).... By coming to an understanding of why this is so, the idea is to have a better idea of how to bring about change.... ... ... ... The focus of the text by Alden Le Grand Richards is, on the one hand, on the biological-psychological growth of the student while on the other, it also takes in the societal variables which influence the distinctive nature of each person....

This thrilling era was marked by a multiplicity, owing to the concurrent existence of graceful art deco (which restrained the powerful impacts of the.... ... ... sic modernism” that was marked by the Bauhaus), and what had a deep upshot on well-liked experience in Hungary, the pseudo-rustic and eclecticism trends....

08 October Book Report/Review: The book “Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World” authored by Carl Ernst is indisputably considered by many to belong to a premium class of literature of the modern times owing to its thought-provoking and acutely insightful nature.... Very importantly, it is emphasized by the author that the readers should not be hard on themselves thinking they are in any way personally responsible for the many twisted prejudices they have inherited for Islamic philosophy and Muslims....

The paper 'Parenting Style and Pragmatism' is a controversial example of a literature review on sociology.... The paper 'Parenting Style and Pragmatism' is a controversial example of a literature review on sociology.... ragmatism contributions, and especially Dewey's, go beyond the borders of philosophy (Hildebrand 2003).... ?John Dewey and Continental philosophy....

The paper "Current Issues in Financial Accounting" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "Current Issues in Financial Accounting" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... Their article has from a critique point depicted three perspectives; critiques with regard to problems of technical research methods, the current philosophy of issues in science, and the limitations involved in economics-oriented forms of accounting research....

These authors suggest creating bi-monthly reviews, especially in a change scenario that will endure for over eight weeks (Sirkin et al.... The paper "Change Management: The Irish Defence Forces Re-Organisation 2012" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Change Management: The Irish Defence Forces Re-Organisation 2012" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... Theoretical literature on change management strongly indicates such dimensions as establishing shared decision-making, social and professional inter-group consultations, and attempting to inspire motivation through leadership practices....

Chapter 2 - literature Review ... This paper ''The Origin of Fire Engineering and Current Developments'' tells that In general, fire engineering can be viewed as a discipline to protect people, property, and the environment from the destructive effects of fire using science and engineering principles....

Flannery O'Connor's story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" brings to light,the author's opinion that faith can blind individuals from the truth.... he story is narrated by a Grandmother who travels with her family for a vacation in Florida and the eventual murder of the entire family by the Misfit,an ex-murder who the family runs into by chance....

The search thus utilized the Cochrane database of systematic reviews and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).... This literature review seeks to provide insight into available research information on psychotic disorders and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in first-episode psychosis (FEP), by analyzing selected articles.... o arrive at a considerable number of articles to be used in the literature review, a wide range of articles was sought out from different sources....

The paper "Strategic Management Accounting" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... The paper "Strategic Management Accounting" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... ccording to Coad (1996), strategic management accounting is still an evolving discipline with no boundaries set so far and the literature so far developed on the subject is “both disparate and disjointed”....

The paper 'International Corporate Entrepreneurship' aims to render potential reviews on peer-reviewed journal articles and academic sources like books related to the dimension of international entrepreneurship.... International Entrepreneurship Literature Review Introduction The paper aims to render potential reviews on peer-reviewed journal articles and academic sources like books related to the dimension of international entrepreneurship.... philosophy, 80, 495-511....

This literature review "Can Universal Human Rights Exist in a Culturally Diverse World" discusses the idea of whether human rights can be regarded as universal or culturally.... In academic literature, the school of thought that who argued against universality in relation to human rights are today establishing new perspectives regarding human rights.... Scepticism related to universalism is influenced by philosophy, politics, international relations and law....

However, we may attempt to achieve a deeper understanding of this philosophy if we look at a synthesis of the various pieces of literature offered by the multitude of scholars across the world and carefully analyze their reflections on Buddhism.... But none of them, to be very honest, has been truly successful in capturing the distilled essence of the Buddhist philosophy.... And they are not to be blamed because the religion in question is not merely a religion, but a living philosophy and a way of life....

This literature review analyzes the problems associated with overworking employees and provides alternative solutions.... A company that changed its philosophy to deal with overworked employees is Motek Corporation, a Beverly Hills software firm.... This paper "Work Arrangements of Woolworth Corporation" presents the company that created a corporate culture where the employees work hard to increase the profitability of the firm....

The paper 'Leadership Theory Development' is a thoughtful example of a literature review on management.... The paper 'Leadership Theory Development' is a thoughtful example of a literature review on management.... body of literature that has explored leadership in Africa has increased calls for leadership studies, as well as leadership approaches that are uniquely African (Littrell 2011).... dditionally, while Western theories on leadership are self-serving and individualistic, African theories are more collectivist in nature and enveloped in the philosophy of ubuntu, an African philosophy which states that “I'm because we are” (April and Ephraim 2006) ...

By the end of the 19th century, no book in the history of Modern literature had spawned more translations, spin-offs and more editions than “Robinson Crusoe”.... Coetzee, a Nobel Prize winning author (2003) published a novel titled “Foe” in 1986 which is an allegorical representation of the novel Robinson Crusoe which is about colonialism, racism and philosophy. ...

This literature review "Inclusive Education and the No Child Left Behind Act" analyses the social, economic, and political status that led to the development of the act.... The national Commission on Excellence in Education in the year 1981 was vested upon the responsibility to review as well as synthesize literature and scholarly data in order to assess the then quality of teaching as well as educational standards in both the public as well as the private sector with a special emphasis on the educational experiences of the teen age youth....

The paper 'Skills and Attitudes Integral to Critical Thinking' is a forceful example of a management literature review.... The paper 'Skills and Attitudes Integral to Critical Thinking' is a forceful example of a management literature review.... hkolnik, M 2005, Project a literature review: critical thinking and critical listening, October 9, 2009, .... renner, W H 1993, Logic and philosophy: an integrated introduction, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame. ...

Building on the fact that the book is written through comparing a historical context with the current trends on literature, the author succeeds to illustrate the major points thus attaining success. ... and initiated a Civil Rights Movement that clamored for racial and gender equality drawing closely to the philosophy of Gandhi (Marty 58)....

The literature review "Motivation and Productivity in the Workplace" states that a multicultural workforce is considered as very difficult to manage by leaders.... Leadership 2 literature Review A multicultural workforce is considered as very difficult to manage by leaders.... It must be noted in this regard that the base of an organization depends on its management's values, philosophy, goals, and vision....