Over the years‚ nursing has evolved not only as a profession but also a hands-on discipline. Nursing is a theory-based practice that evolves and grows continuously through research. Fawcett (1984) defined nursing’s metaparadigm as the overall overview of nursing which consists the concepts of person‚ environment‚ health and nursing. Nursing practice began to evolve in the early 18th century. I will be exploring the different major influences that have altered the practice of nursing to what it is
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Multidisciplinary Research Vol.2 Issue 6‚ June 2012‚ ISSN 2231 5780 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AS EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION MECHANISM IN SELECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN KUMASI‚ ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA DR. KOFI OSEI AKUOKO* *Vincent de Paul Kanwetuu‚ Department of Sociology and Social Work‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ College of Art and Social Work‚ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology‚ Kumasi‚ Ghana. ABSTRACT Performance appraisal system (PAS) has been viewed by academics and human resource
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On Gettier and Klein: Amending our Traditional Account of Knowledge In his paper‚ “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge‚” Gettier refutes the traditional Justified True Belief account of knowledge by providing counterexamples that show that while the conditions provided by the JTB account are necessary‚ they fall short of being sufficient for knowledge. Klein’s paper‚ “A Proposed Definition of Propositional Knowledge‚” suggests a fourth condition with which to amend the JTB account so that it provides
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Defining and Sustaining the Knowledge Management of Organizational Culture and the Role of Leadership TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES Figure 6.1: Knowledge Management Models for an organization 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE OF STUDY 4 3 FINDINGS 5 3.1 Knowledge management in organizational culture 6 3.1.1 Theories of organization and culture 6 3.1.2 Organizational Culture 6 3.1.2.1 Knowledge sharing critical success factors 8 3.1
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Data & Knowledge Engineering Introduction Database Systems and Knowledgebase Systems share many common principles. Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) stimulates the exchange of ideas and interaction between these two related fields of interest. DKEreaches a world-wide audience of researchers‚ designers‚ managers and users. The major aim of the journal is to identify‚ investigate and analyze the underlying principles in the design and effective use of these systems.DKE achieves this aim
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A mans pursuit of knowledge can lead to many different events‚ and horrific situations will arise. Having knowledge is something similar to having money‚ because if you didn’t always have it‚ it can and will change you as a person. Frankenstein described his childhood to be happy and loving‚ full of friends and family. Frankenstein states “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself ” (Shelley 33). He was an innocent man who was loved by many but suddenly all of that changed
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Uncharted Knowledge The cliché “Everything That Looks Good Isn’t Good For you” has been told for generations. But how much has that stopped the ambitious human race from conquering? Equality 7-2521 is a man of desire‚ motivation‚ and determination. Being idealistic has never been one of his qualities but one asset of his that has been most opportune is his logic. His logic has brought him into new discoveries and encounters. Although these new discoveries are looked down upon as “sinful” they are
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AASB Standard AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT (NFP) ENTITIES ONLY This compiled Standard applies to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013 but before 1 July 2013. Early application is permitted. It incorporates relevant amendments made up to and including 18 December 2012. Prepared on 10 May 2013 by the staff of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. Obtaining Copies of Accounting Standards Compiled versions of Standards‚ original
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a challenging environment to meet the needs of markets and to fulfil the stakeholders’ expectations. This essay will discuss one of the challenges of globalisation‚ specifically global competition on Proton‚ a Malaysia automobile company and to evaluate the strategy adopted by Proton in response to globalization. Proton was established in 1983 as the sole national car company. It had been monopolizing and dominating domestic market for almost 10 years until the advent of Perodua‚ another Malaysian
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outcomes of performance appraisals has become one of the most pressing concerns on the human resource managers‚ policy makers and decision makers. It is because human resource managers want to see what impacts performance appraisals are leaving on their employees and then subsequently organizations. This indeed helps them identifying the variables who positively or negatively affect employee attitudes‚ and devising their performance appraisal strategies accordingly. Performance appraisals‚ which
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