into products and manufacturing processes (e.g. aerosol products with no fluorocarbons or using environmentally-friendly technologies)‚ adopting progressive human resource management practices (e.g. promoting employee empowerment)‚ achieving higher levels of environmental performance through recycling and pollution abatement (e.g. adopting an aggresAddress for reprints: Donald S. Siegel‚ Department of Economics‚ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute‚ 3506 Russell Sage Laboratory‚ 110‚ 8th Street‚ Troy
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Lifestage Development Theories of Ageing For this part of the assignment I am going to be describing two theories of ageing. Firstly I will be describing the Disengagement theory and then the Activity theory. I will then be comparing the similarities and differences between the two‚ and also writing up two case studies of older people and explain the development that occurs in older life‚ relating back to the theories I will have discussed. Firstly the theory of Social Disengagement‚ disengagement
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CHAPTER 1: Auteur theory in the context of Film theory Although the term auteur dates back to the 1920s in the theoretical writings of French film critics and directors of the silent era‚ it is worth pointing out that in Germany‚ as early as 1913‚ the term ‘author’s film (Autorenfilm) had already been coined (Hayward‚2000: 20). Hayward believed that the Autorenfilm emerged partly as a response to the French Film d’Art (art cinema) movement‚ which began in 1908. Film d’Art was particularly successful
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The stakeholder theory is a theory of organizational management and business ethics that addresses morals and values in managing an organization.[1] It was originally detailed by R. Edward Freeman in the book Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach‚ and identifies and models the groups which are stakeholders of a corporation‚ and both describes and recommends methods by which management can give due regard to the interests of those groups. In short‚ it attempts to address the "Principle of Who
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“The theories we use to help us understand standard-setting in national arenas (such as Australia) don’t work so well at the international level where the . . . International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) is taking a leading role. We will have to modify them or expand our theoretical repertoire” Discuss the above statement‚ clearly indicating your agreement or otherwise about the basis for your views. Abstract: The theories that are presented in this paper all assume the importance of a
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deeply reflect and analyze ourselves‚ our beliefs and what we perceive as either right or wrong. This is the power behind persuasive speech. According to the University of Pittsburg‚ Persuasive speech is the most commonly used type of speech. The speaker should be able to connect with his/her audience. Therefore‚ the speaker should be aware of what the audience likes or prefers. The following paper seeks to explore some of the main theories surrounding persuasion. The three that will be discussed
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Bullet Theory The magic bullet perspective‚ also called the hypodermic needle model‚ is a model for communications. Magic bullet theory has been around since the 1920s to explain “how mass audiences might react to mass media‚” reports Media Know All. According to University of Twent in the Netherlands‚ the theory states that mass media has a “direct‚ immediate and powerful effect on its audiences. History Several factors‚ including widespread popularity of radio and
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During 1950 and 1960‚ some small group decision making developed the idea of contingency theory. At the end of 1950s‚ academic schools began to utilize the contingency idea into organization theory. The term “contingency theory was created‚ it challenged the traditional management notion: finding the one best way to organize. Together with special and united notion of subsystems‚ the contingency theory drew theorists’ attention and obtain acceptance. Then more and more researchers took part in studying
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discrimination within our society that leads to more crime among minorities today? There are many theories on why‚ how and even if race discrimination plays a significant role in explaining the current arrest and incarceration rates of minorities
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authorship is arranged stratigraphically with the most recent author listed first) Basic Premises: Cognitive anthropology is an idealist approach to studying the human condition. The field of cognitive anthropology focuses on the study of the relation between human culture and human thought. In contrast with some earlier anthropological approaches to culture‚ cultures are not regarded as material phenomena‚ but rather cognitive organizations of material phenomena (Tyler 1969:3). Cognitive anthropologists
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