US ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Common Core C100: Foundations C171: Argumentative Essay Module C160- American Civil-Military Relations Submitted by MAJ David Nicoll The purpose of the argumentative essay is to assess written communication skills. The challenge is to persuade the reader of the validity of the thesis presented and convince the reader of the argument. It is also to argue why it will assist students in their duties
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Theory Z: The In-Between and Grey Area Name Here Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne 3/24/2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the popular Theory X and Theory Y made famous by Douglas McGregor in the 1960’s which offers a very “hard” and “soft” view of leadership and addresses the grey area that is not addressed in his theory. We will take a look at the theory that is relatively new and in many respects attempts to blend the best of both of McGregor’s theories
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venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 1997 to describe Hotmail’s e-mail practice of appending advertising for itself in outgoing mail from their users.[3] Among the first to write about viral marketing on the Internet was media critic Douglas Rushkoff in his 1994 book Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture. The assumption is that if such an advertisement reaches a "susceptible" user‚ that user will become "infected" (i.e.‚ accept the idea) and will then go on to share the idea with
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is that the legalization of recreational drugs‚ debases life‚ which will increase medical issues‚ and eventually lead to large sums of money towards health care (Wilson 2014‚ 310). Just to end my introduction‚ Mills liberty principle states that coercion can only be justified if it prevents direct hard to others. Since there is no direct harm caused by drugs‚ the government should not justify by making recreational drugs illegal (Mill 2014‚ 295). John Stuart Mill‚ in his essay “Freedom of Action”
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Backgrounds Douglas McGregor was a management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He introduced a new motivational theory in his book ‘The Human Side of Enterprise’‚ stating that all workers were divided into two groups: Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X workers were lazy‚ irrational and unreliable‚ and were only motivated by money and threatened by punishment. Theory Y workers were able to seek and accept responsibilities and fulfil any goals given. The Human Side of Enterprise‚ written
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regarding childhood vaccinations? Using original data from a recent nationwide Internet survey of 1‚213 American adults‚ this research seeks to explain differing public opinions on childhood vaccination policies and related issues of governance. As Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky’s grid-group cultural theory of policy preference formation suggests‚ cultural biases have a significant impact on the
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MCGREGOR’S THEORY X AND THEORY Y DOUGLAS MCGREGOR (1906-1964) • Management professor at MIT Sloan School of Management • Earned his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology • Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University • Professor at Harvard where he helped to set up the University’s Industrial Relations section • His book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise made his mark on the history Enterprise‚ of organizational management • Proposed
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Parenting Styles Abstract This paper analyzes various parenting styles based on research by developmental professionals. The four basic patterns of behavior discussed here are authoritarian‚ authoritative‚ neglectful and indulgent parenting with the latter two being classified as permissive. Characteristics typical to each of these styles and their effect on parent and child will be explored in detail. Cultural differences will be discussed and what influences parenting has on education. Behaviorist
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unimportant; they provide their employees with money and expect performance in return. Managers using this style also pressure their employees through rules and punishments to achieve the company goals. This dictatorial style is based on Theory X of Douglas McGregor‚ and is commonly applied by companies on the edge of real or perceived failure. This style is often used in cases of crisis management. Path-goal theory: According to the original theory‚ the manager’s job is viewed as guiding workers
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sexual exploitation. Ratican (1992) defined childhood sexual abuse in the following manner: “any sexual act‚ overt or covert‚ between a child and an adult (or older child‚ where the younger child’s participation is obtained through seduction or coercion). Irrespective of how childhood sexual abuse is defined it generally has significant negative and pervasive psychological impact on its victims” (p. 33). It occurs at
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