The historical value of speeches in Thucydides In writing his history as a whole‚ it is fair to say that Thucydides has always been praised for his relative historical accuracy‚ be that due to his actual presence at events‚ his use of eyewitness testimony or his noted checking of facts. In style Thucydides kept his narrative sections rather impersonal thereby allowing the story to unfold itself. However‚ to then lay bare what stood behind the narrative‚ the moral possibilities‚ the mistakes
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An ethical dilemma as defined by Wikipedia is a complex situation that involves a mental conflict between moral obligations where if you obey one it results in the lapse of the other. In the “Parable of the Sadhu” there is an ethical dilemma because the group is presented with two hard choices and they can only pick one. They had to decide how much they wanted to sacrifice of themselves to help the Sadhu‚ who was a stranger. If they took the Sadhu to the village they would be separated from the
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References: A Class Divided (Frontline‚ 1985‚ retrieved September 16‚ 1020; www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html.)
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Watch PBS’s “FRONTLINE: Young & Restless in China” in 11 segments @ www.pbs.org/wbgh/pages/frontline/view ]. Report the things that are similar to the United States & those that are different‚ also comment on things that surprise you & that you find interesting. (20 points) “Young & Restless in China” shows
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not interested in raising young people in virtue and character. Rather‚ the media exploits youth in order to make money at the expense of their moral character. To see an excellent documentary on how the media exploits youth culture‚ see the PBS Frontline documentary‚ Merchant’s of
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out a plan for developing a national career pathway for social workers in Wales‚ linked to a framework for post qualifying education and training. The proposed career pathway is intended to strengthen the retention of experienced social workers in frontline roles. It is also designed to ensure that social workers have the necessary knowledge and skills‚ and access to learning and support‚ to help them deliver high-quality services at all stages of their careers. The career pathway caters for newly-qualified
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Rhetorical Analysis Is our youth doomed? Mark Edmundson begs this question in his essay‚ “Dwelling in Possibilities.” His essay explains how the lives of young people have changed drastically over the years. Edmundson‚ professor at the University of Virginia‚ says his students are constantly “going” and that they never stop; they never settle in fear of missing something great. In lieu of this‚ Edmundson says that they are‚ “victims of their own hunger for speed” (Edmundson2). He also adds
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Critically discuss how Human Resource professionals and line management work together to manage and lead people within your organisation or an organisation well known to you Assignment In order to critically discuss how HR professionals and line managers work together to lead and manage people within my organisation it is necessary to look at 4 different components. Firstly it is necessary to define the characteristics or role of a line manager‚ secondly what does it mean to manage‚ thirdly
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strong foundation of training techniques to train their sales people to success. Here are three different companies from three different Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Ltd. The company has etched out a seven day induction module for its frontlines sales team when they join. In the first seven days they get trained about what is financial world‚ what is insurance‚ what are its various 38 ■ October 2010 www.humancapitalonline.com ■ TRAINING aspects‚ Kotak Life Insurance
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their customer service whilst still remaining competitive by: • Designing a better service system which can keep costs low but deliver service • Offer employees career development plans‚ which may contribute to employee morale • Better training frontline employees to maximize their operational efficiency‚ in order to best handle service failure situations • Monitoring what the target market needs‚ wants and values rather than making the assumption that offering the lowest fare is the only incentive
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