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  • Organizational Structure

    Organizational Structure

    Dan Zuck Concepts in Organizational Behavior MGT322-0605A-11 Unit 4 IP Organizational Structure Abstract: If Mr. Daily from FMC Green River is going to change the structure of the organization, there are several things that I think he will need to consider and want to implement in order to ensure a successful organizational change and foster the kind of culture that will thrive and encourage a family like atmosphere where communication is key to the success

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Artur
  • Machiavelli’s Conception of Virtu and Fortuna

    Machiavelli’s Conception of Virtu and Fortuna

    Machiavelli's conception of virtu and fortuna Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the father of modern political science. Living in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century's, Machiavelli was a citizen of the city-state of Florence where he served as a secretary to the city council and as a diplomatic envoy for 14 years. The Prince was published five years after his death and is regarded as his most famous work. The Prince is an articulate and precise

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Conception of Happiness

    Conception of Happiness

    Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is an expression of Aristotle's view of what happiness is. Aristotle's "happiness" relates to the Greek word "eudaimonia", which refers to flourishing and living well. Aristotle believes that eudaimonia is the highest end, or telos, in life. Aristotle uses the word telos when he refers to an end or goal. He also believes that we, as humans, automatically aim for happiness. Book I of Nicomachean Ethics starts with, "Every sort of expert

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: regina
  • Concept of Justice

    Concept of Justice

    Philosophy couldn’t explain it, physics can’t touch it, morals can’t define it and religion just can’t put its finger on it. Justice might be one of the most expressions used but all of us agree its one of the most difficult one to explain. So before I start giving my regards about what I understand justice is I’d like to remind it’s only my opinion and solely mine, so no offence is intended. If

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Impact of Diversity Characteristics on Individual Behavior

    The Impact of Diversity Characteristics on Individual Behavior

    The Impact of Diversity Characteristics On Individual Behavior Individuals deal with diversity on a daily basis. This diversity can effect how an individual behaves within the workplace organization. Workplace diversity is defined as the presence of individual human characteristics that make people different from one another (Hunt, J.G., Osborn, R.N., & Schermerhorn, J.R., 2005, p. 88). Diversity and demographic characteristics are what make each individual different. Although diversity is not a bad characteristic in an

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Human Behavior - How Alcohol Affect Critical Thinking

    The Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Human Behavior - How Alcohol Affect Critical Thinking

    Running Head: ALCOHOL VERSUS CRITICAL THINKING The Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Human Behavior: How Alcohol Affect Critical Thinking The Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Critical Thinking: How Alcohol Affect Human’s Perception Introduction Critical thinking is our ability to apply the law of logic on our everyday decision making processes based on the information and evidences that we have (Furedy & Furedy, 1985). Previous studies showed the strong relationship between alcohol and negative behaviors such

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Organizational Conflicts

    Organizational Conflicts

    Organizational Conflict has been defined in different way by different writers. The common key words which are used in these definitions are frustration, incongruence, incompatibility and mismatch. There are six levels of conflict: Intra-individual conflict, Inter-individual conflict, Intra-group conflict, Inter-group conflict, Intra-organizational conflict and Inter-organizational conflict. Another important organizational concept is the "Organizational Commitment". The four approaches to study and conceptualize OC are: Attitudinal approach, Behavioral approach, normative approach and Multidimensional approach. This paper focuses

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Vika
  • Self-Concept of Father-Absent Children in Middle Childhood

    Self-Concept of Father-Absent Children in Middle Childhood

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Man’s individuality embodies numerous traits and self-concept holds the predominant of these traits according to Rogers. It helps the person understand personality and social development, for it is through the developing self-concept that man form increasingly stable picture of their selves, partly, reflected by others in their surroundings (Craig;1996,p.367). As the person interacts with his environment, such as peer groups, school, community and most especially the family, these concepts are constructed. Many

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: regina
  • Applying Supply and Demand Concepts

    Applying Supply and Demand Concepts

    Supply and Demand Simulation The week two simulation “Applying Supply and Demand Concepts” places the student into a situation regarding the supply and demand for housing in the imaginary city of Atlantis, then has the student make decisions based off of the information provided. During the course of the simulation the tasks set before the student are to identify the causes of the supply and demand shifts explained in the simulation, identify the affect the

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Jack
  • Human Capital Concepts

    Human Capital Concepts

    Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Performance-Contingent Pay “Currently, the sales force excels at demonstrating and selling product, but under the newly proposed solutions/service model, reps will be grouped into multi-functional teams prepared to support InterClean’s high-quality products with high-quality service” (University of Phoenix, 2007, p. 1). This is also the perfect time to launch a new pay structure based on performance. Base pay should

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Yan
  • Microfridge: The Concept

    Microfridge: The Concept

    “MicroFridge: The Concept” 1. Product  User benefit statement Using a MicroFridge, a unit of refrigerator, freezer and 500-watt microwave oven, the customers who have limited electronic power and small space in their accommodations, will enjoy more safe, compact, and convenient cooking in their place. • Safety: Newly developed electronic circuitry will pull approximately a half of amps of current of using hot plate with refrigerator which has high risk of getting fire. • Compact:

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    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Models for Aggressive Behavior: The Attributes of Violent Characters in Popular Video Games - Article Review

    Models for Aggressive Behavior: The Attributes of Violent Characters in Popular Video Games - Article Review

    Researches on Violent Video Games are Irrelevant Second to the movies industry, video games industry is on a rapid development with billions of dollars made. Like the movies industry, Americans are increasingly concerned about violence, gore, and antisocial behaviors feature in games. In fact, violent video games have been constantly blamed for school shootouts. For example, not long after the Northern Illinois University shooting occurred, Jack Thompson, an attorney who strongly believes violent video games

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Jon
  • Organizational Heroes

    Organizational Heroes

    ORGANIZATIONAL HEROES: COMMUNICATING WHAT MATTERS MOST EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW Who are our organizational heroes? What makes an organizational hero? And why do we need heroes in the organization? We attempted to find the answers from a group of middle-level executives in Hong Kong. They were asked to identify critical incidents showing behaviors of their bosses, peers, or ordinary employees who have acted in ways perceived as being "heroic." The respondents represent a broad sample of companies

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Anna
  • Preemption Concepts, Rhealstone Benchmark and Scheduler Analysis of Linux 2.4"

    Preemption Concepts, Rhealstone Benchmark and Scheduler Analysis of Linux 2.4"

    Simulation-supported Wargaming in MNE 4 Alexander Horstkotte, Thomas Erlenbruch Bundeswehr Transformation Center, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany Email: CDE.Technik@zasbw.de 1. Introduction The objective of this document is to emphasize the importance of simulation as a measure of complexity reduction and planner’s tool for decision support in MNE 4’s Effects-Based Planning (EBP) process. Starting with an overview of the underlying principles of Wargaming and Modeling and Simulation (M&S), the outcome of this abstract is a ‘Process for the

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Behavior

    Behavior

    As I write this, I'm looking forward to moderating today's panel on behavioral targeting at OMMA East. Whereas "Behavioral Marketing 101" panels have been all the rage at some of the other industry conferences, I'm anticipating diving into this topic to explore the new products and ad models advanced by some of the category leaders. So don't expect the intro-level course. Attend this one if you want to get deeper into the topic. Panelists will

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: July
  • Behavioral Aspects of a Project Manager

    Behavioral Aspects of a Project Manager

    The following paper is an exploration and analysis of the behavioral aspects of project management, as they relate to a business scenario, in which a new project manager takes over a failing project with the task of turning the project around. The project is behind schedule, over budget, and has lost team members along with morale. Areas that are explored include; the impact of organizational culture, project leadership, project team composition, and strategies for

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: David
  • The Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior

    The Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior

    In recent years, technological advances have introduced many new forms of entertainment, one of the most popular being video games. Since their introduction, professionals and parents have become concerned with the addictive power that video games can have on people, particularly children and adolescents. Today, concern has shifted from the addictive effects of video game playing to the possible effects that they have on players’ aggression levels. As defining aggression as any thoughts or behaviors

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Work Life Balance. What Does This Term or Concept Really Mean? What Is It Trying to Achieve?

    Work Life Balance. What Does This Term or Concept Really Mean? What Is It Trying to Achieve?

    Work Life Balance. What does this term or concept really mean? What is it trying to achieve? It is a term commonly used and discussed these days. Places of work often refer to people having or needing to have a Work Life Balance, giving the concept a very organisational feel. But in reality, it is a term whose meaning and relevance is indeed unique to a person’s specific circumstances and needs, thus intricately personal. While

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Edward
  • Exploring the Affect Society Has on the Shaping of Human Behavior

    Exploring the Affect Society Has on the Shaping of Human Behavior

    There are numerous aspects of social interaction used in the shaping of social relationships. For the purpose of this paper, I thoroughly examined the theories of “Self-perception” and “Social perception “I decided to focus on the views given by Sociologist’s Erving Goffman and Charles Darwin throughout chapter four. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, social interaction should be compared to a theatrical performance, with the members of society playing the roles of actors or actresses. Performers

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Bred
  • Hiv and Aids Risk Behaviors Among Female Detainees: Implications for Public Health Policy

    Hiv and Aids Risk Behaviors Among Female Detainees: Implications for Public Health Policy

    Title: HIV and AIDs Risk Behaviors Among Female Detainees: Implications for Public Health Policy Author: Gary Michael McClelland, Linda A. Teplin, Karen M. Abram, Naomi Jacobs Source: American Journal of Public Health 92 no5 818-25 May 2002 This article was a correlational article. The purpose of this article was to explore the injection drug use associated with HIV and AIDs risk behavior taking place among female jail detainees. Also, to identify the main groups of

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Which Organizational Culture Fits You?

    Which Organizational Culture Fits You?

    Introduction What is organizational Culture? Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people. How important organizational Culture is? We spend 40 or more hours at work each week. Many of us spend more time with those we work with than we do our families. For us to be content and fulfilled people, that time must be valuable for more than a dollar. . .

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Performance

    Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Performance

    I. What is EI? A. EI can be divided into two dominant schools of thought. 1. "Purist" position by Mayer and Salovey consider EI an ability similar to spatial or verbal skills. a. It's the ability to perceive emotions, to access emotions to assist thought, understand emotions and emotional knowledge and reflectively regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth. 2. "Mixed" model by Bar-On and Coleman combines emotional processing with personality aspects such as

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Organizational Buying Behaviour

    Organizational Buying Behaviour

    ORGANIZATIONAL BUYING BEHAVIOUR CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter introduces the basic theory of organizational buying, an understanding of which is fundamental to business-to-business marketing. It begins by looking at the organizational buying process and a number of models of the process. It then investigates the theory of risk and uncertainty and identifies the key factors that influence behavior. It concludes with a discussion of the role of purchasing which is seen as a key area in

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Mba590 - Implementation Plan Concept Worksheet

    Mba590 - Implementation Plan Concept Worksheet

    Implementation Plan Concept Worksheet University of Phoenix Strategic Implementation and Alignment MBA 590 February 13, 2008 Implementation Plan Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Organizational Politics Robert Smith, CFO of HK feels uncomfortable with the financial projections for the e-books strategic initiative and didn’t approve of the e-book strategy from the beginning. Will Harper, a well-established and well-known author have reservations about e-books. These are some of

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Mikki
  • How Does Diversity Support Organizational Objectives?

    How Does Diversity Support Organizational Objectives?

    How Does Diversity Support Organizational Objectives? by Dawn Cooper With a grant from the Mellon Foundation, InterAction and its member organizations are looking to move diversity higher on their action agendas. The two-year grant focuses on advancing racial and ethnic diversity within the development and humanitarian sector. A question that usually accompanies the advent of a new initiative is �How does diversity support organizational objectives in OUR sector?’ More NGOs will be looking to initiate

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Steve