Essays Tagged: "common purpose"

Examination of the Declaration of Independence as both a historical document and as revolutionary propaganda

he Declaration of Independence was as revolutionary propaganda. It instilled the sense of unity and common purpose that the Albany Congress and various other assemblies had failed to solidify. The Pat ... France and Spain to ally with the colonial rebels. America was a much more formidable foe with the common purpose and foreign aid that the Declaration helped to secure.In later years, the grand rheto ...

(2 pages) 159 0 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Gangs and Gang Psychology: Written as an essay on "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton

GangsThe definition of "a gang" is a group of people organized for a common purpose, often criminal. There are many types of gangs in the world. Some from way back are n ... or feeling.What types of organized gangs are there?Most organized gangs revolve around one idea or common goal. Occultist gangs, also known as cults, are organized around a religion and worship this ...

(4 pages) 95 0 3.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Discusses the main message of John Neihardt's book "Black Elk Speaks"; uses specific examples and Black Elk's experiences.

in this power has the ability to unite people from all societies, cultures and backgrounds for one common purpose.Black Elk's visions made him fearless and brave in the conquest of anything that woul ...

(4 pages) 102 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

High performance teams

WHAT IS A TEAM?A team is a group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountabl ... ance goals and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable and interdependent.A common purpose allows a team to build an identity, to give itself a direction. A common purpose give ...

(5 pages) 691 0 3.9 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What problems faced the nation in the post Revolutionary period?

tution, however, only lasted ten years until fifty-five delegates met in Philadelphia with the same common purpose: to preserve the American union, protect the American democracy from abroad, and curb ...

(2 pages) 38 1 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Organizing

in management is the process of building relationships among functions, materiel, and people for a common purpose. The reason why this function is created, is to help distinguish things like, who is ... in management is the process of building relationships among functions, materiel, and people for a common purpose. Each business has a purpose or goal and using this function to organize within, can ...

(4 pages) 379 1 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Decay of tribal culture in South Africa is analyzed partially using the novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton.

ersity, South Africa fought, and still fights, towards the creation of a single nation of unity and common purpose. The tribal culture predominant in the early 1900s began slippingaway as industrializ ... gan arresting those who spoke out and even fired on one group of black youth(A short). It was not uncommon for a Johannesburg morning newspaper to thus carry dire warnings to its readers considering t ...

(7 pages) 89 0 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The Different Forms of Tragedy. This tragedy essay is about different forms of tragedy and how it can be in the classic form, melodramatic form, tragicomedies, etc.

anonymous authors. Though these three plays exhibit different elements of tragedy, they all share a common purpose.Medea is a key example of the traditional idea of tragedy. The protagonist of the pla ... Medea's wrath. Had he stayed faithful to Medea, he would never have lost so much. This is the most common form of tragedy. Others have comical elements.Hedda Gabler is an example of a dark comedy. So ...

(5 pages) 94 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

All Ye Faithful

overed that solves the problem of conflicting orthodoxy. Each very diverse religion is unified by a common purpose-- and that is one of a search for something beyond the physical world. And each one p ...

(4 pages) 46 0 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Discrimination in England and Wales

990's to prevent uncontrolled and entrenched prejudicial attitudes and practices. In the 1960's the common law had developed no restrictions on discrimination and while the law itself did not discrimi ... ct 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability discrimination Act 1995. Both acts have the common purpose pf eradicating discriminatory practices, and make it a tort apposed to a criminal off ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Team Functioning

single person."A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. ...

(8 pages) 505 0 3.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Teams In Organizations

order to get the best results possible.Teams are groups of people who share a common purpose, who depend on each other to accomplish their purpose, develop relationships with eac ... ment.Generally, there are three main characteristics for a team to be successful; they must share a common goal, each member must play their own particular role, and each member must be willing to mak ... er must be willing to make a few sacrifices (Hambrick, 1994). The most important aspect must be the common goal of the group. Even though the members of the team have different views, even though they ...

(10 pages) 839 1 4.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What are the qualities of a successful leader in a business or in public life?

The success of an organization depends on people working together and sharing a common purpose. The leaders of today need to focus on the workforce, in order to identify their indi ... ore than the call of duty. A leader bearing this quality has the ability to get people to embrace a common purpose and to implement a visionary idea that will excite, stimulate, and drive other people ...

(2 pages) 110 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Teamwork and Communication

teams inorganizations is an important topic to organizations.Teams are groups of people who share a common purpose, who depend oneach other to accomplish their purpose, develop relationships with each ... ement.Generally, there are three main characteristics for a team to be successful; theymust share a common goal, each member must play their own particular role, and eachmember must be willing to make ...

(4 pages) 722 0 3.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Isolation of One's Self

rred to as a melting pot rather than a salad bowl. This is because all cultures melt together for a common purpose of learning whereas a salad bowl is a group of individuals all fighting for a differe ... was formed. This unique type of bond that was formed is filled not necessarily with love but with a common interest of loneliness. Since it is apparent that love cannot survive with loneliness present ...

(5 pages) 110 1 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Groups and Teams

ODUCTIONWHAT IS A TEAM?A team is a group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountabl ... ance goals and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable and interdependent.A common purpose allows a team to build an identity, to give itself a direction. A common purpose give ...

(5 pages) 341 0 4.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Stakeholder analysis

ected by the environment.The organisation is the collection of people working together to achieve a common purpose (DuBrin 2002, p. 256). According to Jones (2004, p.2), 'An organisation is a tool use ... 2004, p. 36) 'Stakeholder satisfaction' is often used to represent the views of these groups, and a common approach to its measurement is to focus on the concept of 'satisfaction' either as an exogeno ...

(9 pages) 312 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

DISC Assessment-MGT/331

chieving a high grade. How do individuals come together to utilize their skills in order to reach a common purpose? What does it take to become a high performance team in a short time frame of just fi ... e term team is described in our course text as, "groups of people who work together to accomplish a common purpose. Teamwork involves constructive listening and responding, the exchange of feedback an ...

(6 pages) 433 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Rebecca Solnits "The Disembodyment of Everyday life"

nd has given up walking and doing things by hand, for technology.Technology can change our sense of common purpose. For millions of years, mankind has been used to doing everything for themselves. For ... perception of doing everyday chores by hand more rapidly everyday. Humans are losing their sense of common purpose. Humans are getting lazy. Almost everything must be done for them in advance. However ...

(2 pages) 10 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

High Performance teams

ined as "a small group- of people with complementary skills who work actively together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable" (Schermerhorn 2). Being coll ...

(2 pages) 98 0 3.7 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers