THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION UCU 103:CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING DATE:THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009 TIME:2.00 P M-4.00 P M INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO Q.1 a)Define critical and creative thinking (10 marks) b)Distinguish "just thinking"from "critical thinking" (10 marks) c)What characteristics would you associate a critical thinker with (10 marks) Q.2 Discuss the branches of philosophy and show their relevance to critical and creative thinking (20 marks) Q.3 Using
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ESSAY 1: ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE It has widely been established by both modern and ancient historians that the administrative basis of the Persian Empire was introduced by Cyrus the Great‚ where it was later revised and stabilised by Darius I around 519BC. According to Herodotus‚ Xerxes had inherited his father Darius’ perfected system of satrapies‚ satraps and economic and communications improvements which enabled Xerxes to continue the running of the Achaemenid empire. Modern historian
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Assessing Recruitment‚ Selection and Onboarding Processes MGT 509: Human Resources Management Session Long Project – Module 1 Trident University International Anthony W. Thomas November 23‚ 2011 When assessing the strengths and weaknesses of my company’s recruiting‚ selecting and onboarding processes‚ there are definitely good processes and areas that need some significant improvement. As with most companies‚ they have to deal with a large number of applicants so it is
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Transparency in Public Administration in India Siddharth Singh The demand for transparency in the functioning of government agencies is a popular and democratic reaction to the arbitrariness and secrecy that surround the working of most government offices. Traditionally‚ a citizen aggrieved by the decision of a government servant either approaches a senior controlling officer of the civil servant or a public representative to get a redress of his grievance. If the latter shows indifference or fails
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Veteran interview My grandfather‚ Larry‚ served in WWII. He enlisted and stationed at Camp Polk. He went through places like New Guinea and the Philippines during the war. When I asked him if he experienced any combat he said; "yes‚ I experienced some combat. But most of the time I spent in combat was in a tank. Not too much action there." A typical day in my grandfathers’ life at the time was to wake up at the crack of dawn and get ready for a full day of combat‚ well at least for
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Public Administration With In Bureaucracy Curtis Richardson North Carolina Central University Abstract This paper focus on why bureaucracy’s top managers cannot have face to face relationship with all their subordinates‚ as well as‚ the principles of organizational orthodoxy of bureaucracy’s. In addition this paper will look at the time spent interacting with different systems. Identify two systems‚ how are they arranged? Who holds the authority? Identify what type of public servants are
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Near misses and errors in medication administration is a trend that may occur more frequently than perceived‚ mainly due to the fear of reporting. Medication administration errors occur due to a plethora of factors including staffing limitations‚ knowledge of pharmacology‚ miscommunication‚ and the inevitable ’human’ factor (Durham‚ 2015). Nurses may fear the repercussions of reporting or not be clear on what events need to be reported. To improve incident reporting‚ clarification is needed of which
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12 Strategy development processes 1. Intended strategy: strategies come about as the result of the deliberations of top management. - the rational/analytic view of strategic development. 2. Emergent strategy: strategies do not develop on the basis of a grand plan but tend to emerge in organisations over time. These two views are not mutually exclusive. 12.2 Intended strategy development Intended strategy is deliberately formulated or planned by managers. This may be the result of strategic
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Introduction Mgt provided us with a good basis for understanding organizational behavior by exploring the most essential elements of organizations and how they function. In Week Two our exploration of organizations will become more specific by examining the most basic working elements of the workplace: people. This course will eventually ask us to contemplate the complexities of people working together in groups and teams but‚ in order to get our studies off to the best start we will begin by considering
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There are 5 stages which a consumer often goes through when he/she around their Purchase. These stages also exist because of normal human psychology. These 5 stages are : Problem/Need Recognition- This is in general the first stage in which the consumer recognizes that what essentially is the problem or need and hence accordingly a consumer can identify the product or kind of product which would be required by the consumer. Page text.[2] Information Search- In information search‚ the
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