1. According to Kantian theory‚ was Alan Turing’s action to ‘play God’ so that ‘Britain can win the war and more lives are saved in the long run’ ethical? Why? Justify using three key principles of Kantian theory. In my opinion it is not ethical. Turning’s actions do not conform to the Kantian theory on the basis that ‘’if a conflict between duties arises‚ the perfect duty must be followed.’’ Turing’s decision not to interfere with the passenger convoy represents a conflict between duties where saving
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Q1. Evaluate contingency theories and situational theories of leadership and evaluate the Impact of autocratic‚ democratic‚ paternalistic‚ laissez-faire managerial styles on the effectiveness of organization. 1.1 Evaluation of Leadership Theories. There are many leadership theories and the main purpose of all of them is to highlight the factors on which leadership depends to generate best performance in an organization. Two
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Economic Theories The economic theory is divided into 3 theories; capitalism‚ socialism‚ & communism. Capitalism it’s an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. For example‚ Japan & U.S. Adam smith had explained the workings of the free market within the capitalist economies and the individual freedom and choice emphasized. The second theory is Socialism and it’s a theory of social
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Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory (Two Factor Theory) To better understand employee attitudes and motivation‚ Frederick Herzberg performed studies to determine which factors in an employee’s work environment caused satisfaction or dissatisfaction. He published his findings in the 1959 book The Motivation to Work. The studies included interviews in which employees where asked what pleased and displeased them about their work. Herzberg found that the factors causing job satisfaction (and presumably
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Bibliography: 1. Organisational Behaviour- K. Aswathappa‚ G. Sudarsana Reddy 2. Modern Learning Theory – T.Tighe 3. Psychology of Learning and Behavior 4. Schwartzhttp://www.answers.com/topic/learning 5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning 6. http://www.learning-theories.com/
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The “psychodynamic theory” originated with Sigmund Freud; in modern counselling practice‚ this theory is focused on five general concepts: “the unconscious‚ mental processes‚ childhood experiences in personality development‚ mental representations and their impact on social interactions and the regulation of sexual and aggressive feelings” (Westen‚ D.‚ 1998‚ pg. 335). The hypothesis that I will be explaining will be theory that one’s personality can be formed from their exposure and interactions
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HEAD: NURSING THEORY Nursing Theory: Explanation and Relevance to Nursing Practices Katherine Lott Azusa Pacific University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing UNRS 306 Professor Cone May 20‚ 2009 Merriam Webster defines the word "theory" as "a belief‚ policy‚ or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action." There are various categories of theories accepted and practiced throughout the world and throughout professional practices today. One example of a type of theory is a nursing
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debate on what is the best way to educate the children of our nation. With many theories and perspectives‚ how do we say which one is better than the other? The variety of theories of how education is influenced‚ and how we view the learning and teaching process is what gives us the purpose and expectation of how schooling and education should be. While we compare and contrast the functionalist perspective‚ conflict theory perspective‚ and the interactionist perspectives on the desires and potential
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Theories of emotion The James-Lange Theory American Psychologist William James and the Danish Psychologist Carl Lange. James-Lange theory holds that physiological response give rise to our cognitive experience of emotion. Our body responds to a perception of an event before we experience the emotion. James-Lange Theory: 1. Event 2. Arousal 3. Emotion Example: The dog is growling; My muscles tense; My heart races; I feel afraid. The Cannon-Bard Thalamic Theory Walter Cannon a psychologist
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many different kinds of theories. In the language of Thomas Kuhn (1970)‚ no single paradigm serves as a theoretical model accepted by the entire field of personality (Cloninger‚ S.‚ 2013). There different perspective theories are psychoanalysis‚ learning theory‚ trait approaches‚ and humanistic psychology; they all work together. Researching these different kinds of perspectives will allow me to understand the perspective better and how they work. Psychodynamic Theories Psychodynamics‚ otherwise
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