...Argument Essay The everyday “sins” of typical college students are not of great severity at first, but by consistently repeating the “sins”, they could possibly become habits. Thomas H. Benton’s essay “The Seven Deadly Sins of Students”, describes the seven “deadly sins” that a typical college student makes in everyday life and how the recurrence of these “sins” could lead to habitual behavior. The seven “deadly sins” explained in Benton’s essay is: Sloth, Greed, Anger, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, and Pride. Constantly repeating these “sins” will eventually become habits. Most people try to take the quick, or easy way out of most situations. This ideal is no different than what college students believe they have to do to “express their unique talents” (Benton). Typical students “take the path of least resistance” with hopes of creating an easier life upon themselves when “they don’t understand that those choices will eventually cause more unhappiness than the more difficult paths they chose not to walk” (Benton). The “path of least resistance” may have some happy and successful people emerge from its walkways, but more often than not, the repetition of the “deadly sins” will consequently bring one down to unhappiness and sorrow. Pride, first in the order of the seven deadly sins settled on by the church, could be defined as being very conceited about one’s self. I believe that pride could get out of hand because it is easy to say that you are more successful, better, and smarter...
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...The odds of a meteor landing on your house is 182,138,880,000,000 to 1 (source - funny2.com). So, you can assume it probably won't happen, ever. I mean, you have far better chances of winning the lottery. Or getting struck by lightning. Or even winning an Olympic gold medal; three for that matter. Unfortunately, I do not have a story concerning my house being hit by a meteor to tell you. Nor have I been struck by lightning or have won the lottery, if that were the case, I wouldn't be typing this essay. An event that did happen to me, though, has an even smaller chance of occurring than all of the ones listed above combined. The chances of it happening twice in one lifetime? Zero. It’s happened to you as well. What is this incredible event you might ask? Simply existing. Being born. And I'm here to make the most of it....
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...Motivation Theory Essay Maurice Flowers Jr. MGMT 317 August 21, 2012 Person A is the most likely answer. Having filled managerial positions in the Navy, I have had the opportunity to experience and use many types of motivational techniques. Satisfying employee needs seem to be the easiest and least resistance path to motivating employees. Unhappy employees are definitely not good for business. They tend to deliver poor service and poor results, and are unlikely to feel committed to company objectives or motivated to go the extra mile. They also create missed opportunities, which can undermine the success of your organization. Companies have several options that can result in increasing employee satisfaction. Every business, large or small, has a great deal to gain from investing in employee satisfaction. When you make employees feel happier with their work, the odds of an employee badmouthing your policies-or worse, your products-to customers, potential buyers, vendors, or competitors will be reduced. Even more important, a satisfied staff will be much more motivated to put in the extra effort required to make the company more productive and profitable. Happy employees become loyal employees, which can dramatically reduce attrition rates and lower the associated hiring and training costs. While you can invest in a wide variety of formal and often expensive initiatives to boost job satisfaction, the most powerful tool is one...
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...managed to complete ESL classes, which many people doubted. I feel that through my experience of this English course, I have gained the knowledge and confidence it takes to step out into the real world. My writing strength is the ability to use rhetorical strategies in a narrative essay to develop an academic prompt, but I still need to polish on how to demonstrate the facilities like improve my tone, how to persuade my reader, and how to organize...
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...Project 1: Essay about the use of Physics on Sports. Date: 07/12/2015 Write an essay of 1500 words, giving credible references on the use of physics in a sport of your choice. Remember to follow the APA style and give at least two references. Physics in sport Looking coverage of the Olympic Games repairs itself in the physical characteristics of the athletes different modalities. Note, for example, that the marathon runners are usually slim runners, while the short-distance runners are usually well built. Also look how the gymnasts are small, and so on. Every sport favors and helps develop certain characteristics. Runners at distances as short as 100 and 200 meters need to develop enough leg muscles. You have to quickly getting evidence requiring physical effort and a lot of speed. Per Therefore, these athletes do a lot of weight and have a diet rich in proteins - found in the meat (red or white) and eggs, among others. Most of the energy of our body is a type of sugar called glucose, which is transported by the blood. In order the muscles to perform movements, they need power, which is produced from many chemical reactions in which the primary (but not sole) components are oxygen and glucose. This is the aerobic metabolism (which needs oxygen). However, athletes run short distances have developed an anaerobic metabolism, i.e., they are capable to produce energy quickly without having to wait for oxygen. To this end, the store muscles substances that help in this...
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...analytical tools that promise to help firms find and exploit untapped markets, the authors offer a step by step approach, comprised of six principles, on how to break away from the competition of red oceans and execute a blue ocean strategy. They show how and why a blue ocean strategy leads to a market where competition is - for a time - obsolete. Each principle is explained and supported by real world examples from such companies as Ford, Cirque du Soleil, Dell Computers, Casella Wines, and even the New York City Police Department. The chart, figure 1, illustrates both the concept of blue ocean strategies, and the organization of the book, Blue Ocean Strategies. Lady using a tablet Professional Essay Writers Get your grade or your money back using our Essay Writing Service! ESSAY WRITING SERVICE The first part of the book explains what Kim and Mauborgne call the cornerstone of Blue Ocean Strategies: value innovation. Value innovation is basically a leap in value that makes current competition irrelevant. Whereas value alone merely extends the value...
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...Essay Questions (Ch 9) 1. Identify and briefly discuss the four distinguishing characteristics of a mature (well-functioning) group. The distinguishing characteristics includes (1) a clear purpose and mission, (2) well-understood norms and standards of conduct (3) a high level of group cohesion (4) a flexible status structure. Stating the purpose in terms specific goals enhances productivity over and above any performance benefits achieved through individual goal setting. Behavioral norms for high performance and productivity set above organizational norms characterizes high performing work groups. Smaller groups tend to be more cohesive than large groups, and cohesion based on attraction results in effective control over members with respect to important performance norms. Successful resolution of authority issues within a group result in a well understood status structure. This contributes to group functioning. 2. Describe the five stages of Tuckman's Group Development Process. What individual and group issues are addressed in each stage? Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning Individual How do I What's my What do the How can I Whta's issues fit in? role here? Others expect best perform next? ...
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...wasn’t until the late 18th century that ‘imagination’ was accepted independently as the leading factor in creativity (Engell, 1981). Many psychologists believe that the imagination is limited due to both internal and external factors that I shall outline in my essay. Cognitive processes and knowledge are fundamental factors when attempting to comprehend creativity. It is generally agreed that obtainable knowledge greatly contributes to creativity, and the quality of creative thoughts are affected by a person’s knowledge and the way in which the aspects of this knowledge is processed (Munford and Gustafson, 1988). Some psychologists believe that there is a threshold level that above an IQ of approximately 120, there is a strong association between IQ and creativity, but above that level this hypothesis is not supported (MacKinnon, 1961). A low IQ suggests that a person would struggle with creativity – regarding both the generation of ideas but also the assessment as to whether the ideas are good or not. Equally, knowledge can be a constraint of creativity and the imagination (Ward, 1994). It is very difficult to conjure up an idea without using prior knowledge of the world around us. The ‘path of least resistance model’ says that, when a person is devising a new idea for a certain domain, they most...
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...that will give an individual the best chance of developing a winning reputation for themselves and the organization they work for. In a modern business environment the skill of building great relationships within and without the organization gives a strategic edge. Organizations are not only looking for renewable contracts, lower turnover of staff, and greater return on investment, they are also looking for individuals with vision who can understand what work is, and make it better. Who act with courage, competence, and commitment and yet remain themselves. The Power of Servant Leadership by Robert K. Greenleaf: The slogan “Servant Leadership” was presented by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said: "The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions. The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are...
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...In Robert MacNeil’s insightful essay that accompanies his documentary “Do You Speak American,” he discusses the ongoing war on vocal language, and presents his readers with arguments from both a “Prescriptivist” and “Descriptivist” point of view. MacNeil ultimately sides with the latter and persuades his audience of Americans reluctant to language-change to accept, or at least recognize regional dialects other than their own. He uses historical illustrations to show how language has changed in the past, expert opinions to validate his arguments, and appeals to pride to his American audience. MacNeil uses these rhetorical choices to effectively persuade his audience of reluctant Americans to at least acknowledge, if not accept, other ways of speaking English in America. Since much of MacNeil’s argument is about how language has changed in the past to become more diverse by region, using historical illustrations is an effective way to show how language has always been evolving. By referring to instances in the past where language changed for the better, MacNeil can persuade his reluctant audience to change because it is not a new idea and has worked before and therefore can work again. For example...
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...Salvation Is the story of Jesus mainly about his death and a life that leads to it, or is the story of Jesus mainly about his life and a death that flows from it? On one view, it hardly matters: these are just two ways of looking at the same thing. On a more combative view, the difference is as great as night and day. Does the cross belong on the sleeves (and hearts) of Christians, as the glorious core of their faith, or does it belong in the repair shop, in need of drastic repairs, the primary Christian embarrassment for believers and an offense to outsiders? The disagreement is not over Jesus’ death as a fact. Both sides largely agree about the reality and circumstances of the crucifixion and, for that matter, of the resurrection. At least, the disagreement within one side on these issues is as great as the disagreement between the sides. No, the conflict revolves around a theology of the cross, a theology that says Jesus’ death is the supreme saving act, and that the equation of guilt, punishment and grace worked out through the execution of the innocent, divine victim in place of a rightly condemned humanity provides the essential sum of Christianity itself. This theology is composed of many elements in scripture and tradition -- references to Jesus’ death as a sacrifice, ideas of redemptive suffering, and a deep tradition of eucharistic remembrance that Jesus died "for us." These elements appear in all branches and eras of Christian tradition. But the organization...
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...ESSAY: IMPROVING FIRE SERVICES IMAGE IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: THE NEED FOR CHANGE (By VIRGILUS. AKAMA.ONYEKA) There has always been something peculiar about the Fire Services in the so called third worls countries. Those of us who are older in the profession know about developments which have taken place in the past 10 years in these countries. It is very clear that generally, the image is far from good. Clichés abound. After troubling era underdevelopment of the fire service and the accompanying years of change that hurled the professional cultural furniture around and turned much of it to junk, we today are apt to think longingly of continuous changes. The purpose of this essay is not to run down the fire service of these countries. But I intend to advocate the type of commitment to change that saw the civilised world through its journey to (if you like) “professional paradise”. The consistency of the unfanciful image of the fire service today raises two related questions. Why is the situation so reminiscent in these countries? How accurate is it, that the image is at the lowest ebb? And if so, how could this be redeemed? It is my intension in this essay to try and answer some of these questions. Before answering these questions, it is pertinent to enunciate some of the reasons for prolonged underdevelopment of the fire services of the third world. This is not to undermine the changes that are taking place today in some brigades, notably in India...
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...Essay 16 Local Area Networks Marshall D. Abrams and Harold J. Podell Local area network (LAN) communications security is addressed in this essay. LANs are introduced as providing: (1) a private communications facility, (2) services over a relatively limited geographic area, (3) a high data rate for computer communications, and (4) common access to a wide range of devices and services. Security issues pertinent to LANs are discussed. For example, LANs share many security problems and approaches for their solutions with point-to-point conventional communications systems. In addition, LANs have some unique problems of their own: (1) universal data availability, (2) passive and active wiretap threats, (3) end-to-end access control, and (4) security group control. Countermeasures include physical protection, and separation by physical, logical, and encryption methods. Trusted Network Interface Units, encryption, and key distribution are also discussed. Examples are discussed to illustrate the different approaches to LAN security. The examples in this essay are a composite of several existing product features, selected to demonstrate the use of encryption for confidentiality, and trusted system technology for a local area network. Local area network technology/topology overview This essay addresses LAN security from the viewpoint of open systems interconnection (OSI). That is, we focus on the seven-layer OSI protocols (illustrated in Figure 1); in fact, we concentrate on...
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...forward? 2- Managing change and conflicts / resistance a) Organisation change management b) Resistance to change -Why does resistance occur? -Positive effects of resistance / Using resistance to generate successful changes CONCLUSION Aurélie’s dissertation Intro As my desire to grow as an educational leader continues to expand over time, I have also become more and more interested in the challenge for International education organisations to adapt to the pressure and new demands of our rapidly changing and globalized world. “Contemporary organizations are immersed in a virtual cyclone of change as they strive to adapt to the ever increasing demands of their domestic and global markets” (Chandler, 1994; Morrison, 1981). In International schools, this has naturally generated changing contexts of education. Organizational change is becoming an increasing priority and is quite clearly at the forefront of management concerns. I would like to use this assignment to broaden my understanding of the workings of educational structures in the context of international teaching. I will first attempt to analyze the theory of educational management so that - with a multidimensional perspective, I can review and reflect on the functioning and changes of organizations, including the ones in my own establishment. Secondly, I will aim to look into managing change, with a later focus on resistance. 1- Observation of organisational behaviour: ...
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...“Wahhabism” and “Wahhabis” are names, often used and given to the doctrine and followers of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab, who, annoyed by practices which he claimed were bordering on kufr, launched a campaign to purify the Islamic faith. Many have compared the Wahhabi campaign to Islamic reformation and revivalist movements in various parts of the Muslim world. Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab was the founder and first modern Islamic fundamentalist and extremists allied to the Al-Saud clan who promoted an extreme version of Salafism which is a term used to describe fundamentalist islamic thought and the jihadist movement or ideology amond Salafi Muslims (Global, 2014). Wahhab made the central point of his reform movement the principle that absolutely every idea added to Islam after the third century of the Mulsim era was false and should be eliminated. Muslims, in order to be true Muslims, must adhere solely and strictly to the original beliefs set forth by Muhammad. The reason for this extremist stance, and the focus of Wahhab's reform efforts, was a number of popular practices which he believed represented a regression to pre-Islamic polytheism. These included praying to saints, making pilgrimages to tombs and special mosques, venerating trees, caves, and stones, and using votive and sacrificial offerings. These are all practices commonly and traditionally associated with religions, but they were unacceptable to Wahhab. Contemporary secular behaviors are even more anathema...
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