Essays Tagged: "external sources"

The Meaninglessness of External Causes

gfulness does not depend upon matters temporary.We all share the belief that we derive meaning from external sources. Something bigger than us - and outside us - bestows meaning upon our lives: God, t ... e, a social institution, an historical cause.Yet, this belief is misplaced and mistaken. If such an external source of meaning were to depend upon us for its definition (hence, for its meaning) - how ...

(4 pages) 34 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Stress.

sion that is created when an individual responds to pressures that come from work, family, or other external sources as well as those that are internally generated from self-imposed demands, obligatio ...

(7 pages) 220 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Discuss the sources of evil in "Macbeth", in detail.

n to usurp the throne, yet it seems that these desires are left as a mere dream. However, two other external sources of evil - the Three Witches and Lady Macbeth - ignites Macbeth, and manipulates the ... ero; thus classifying the play as 'tragedy'. It seems that although many forms of evil exist in the external world - macrocosm -, it is the individual's own ambitions and desires that drive the victim ...

(4 pages) 17 0 4.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Choose a form of literary Criticism to which 'Paste' by Henry James can be giving a succesful reading.

feel it relevant to bring up early on the omission or avoidance of relating Paste to other texts or external sources as a good literary text contains its own meaning within itself. Whether or not Jame ...

(8 pages) 32 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Human Resources - Company Incentives

0). When recruiting it is important to look at and use both internal sources and methods along with external sources and methods. Human Resource managers must find the most appropriate way to encourag ... urrent employees. If a company needs to expand the search beyond its own boarders, the most popular external method is advertising. Advertising communicates the firms' employment needs to the public t ...

(6 pages) 262 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Rentier states

Rentier states depend on external sources of income for a large proportion of revenue, as opposed to domestic taxations. Toda ... n the distribution or utilisation of it" and, (4) 'the government is the principal recipient of the external rent in the economy' . All of the characteristics described above are argued by some to enc ... izens with a non- welfare state consisting of no infrastructure and just about protecting them from external threats. Successions were decided through family councils, as the single most influential p ...

(7 pages) 30 0 1.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Management Information System

A Management Information System (MIS) converts data from INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOURCES into information in an APPROPRIATE FORM to managers at DIFFERENT LEVELS in an organ ... ISIONS or to MONITOR/CONTROL the performance of their employees.Information comes from internal and external sources. Internal information includes data from transaction processing. External informati ... dia or by industrial espionage. In some large organisations, a whole department can exist to gather external information. An important feature of the MIS will be to put this information into a form th ...

(9 pages) 498 1 4.8 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Human Beings And Conditioning

ditioning: Hand-Out We all have natural signals in our nervous systems. There are both internal and external sources that give us these signals. An internal signal would be your stomach signaling your ...

(1 pages) 11 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Total Security Concepts

viewing assistance, employer screening and drug testing will be coordinated using both internal and external sources.In order to facilitate the development of Total Security Concepts (TSC), the foundi ...

(8 pages) 93 0 5.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Organizational Structures

d deal with people and issues directly and avoid hidden agendas from both within the group and from external sources. (Harmon-Jones & Mills, 1999) Planning and creating a team without a definite p ...

(6 pages) 406 1 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Change Management Plan Paper and Defense

forces of change. "Organizations encounter many different forces of change. These forces come from external sources outside the organization and from internal sources" (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2003, ... rom either internal sources such as human resource problems or managerial behavior and decisions or external sources such as demographic characteristics, technological advancements, market changes and ...

(12 pages) 494 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Business Management questions and answers

is it used?The purpose of a management information system is to obtain data from both internal and external sources to create information that is easily accessible and structured for user-friendly co ...

(3 pages) 56 0 5.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

2.3 Sources of Funds + Business Summaries

operate business•it is divided into 2 categories, internal sources such as equity finance and external sources such as debt finance2.Internal sources/Equity finance•the money the owner has ... ntribution•retained profits is the money kept by the business after it has paid off its taxes3.External sources/Debt finance•money obtained from people other than the owners•it is divid ...

(2 pages) 39 0 2.5 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Video Conferencing and Security Issues

onals know that contrary to popular belief, most security violations come from internal rather than external sources, which means that protecting your network environment from outside intruders is sim ... ons because of office politics. Through what can only be described as a perfect storm of events the external attackers gained access to our corporate development database server by an external secure ...

(5 pages) 39 0 3.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Personal Values Summary

rinciples and standards take many forms and provide a foundation for the manner in which I react to external stimulation every day. Some of the primary principles and standards that guide my life are ... n extent dictate, my personal contentment and happiness, however, they are all far more impacted by external sources than those main principles and standards. I believe these values are evolutionary, ...

(6 pages) 125 0 0.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Organizational Change in todays business environment

ay, businesses are bombarded by incredibly high rates of change from a large number of internal and external sources. (Nadler, 1981) Internal pressures tend to come from top managers and lower-level e ... me from top managers and lower-level employees who push for change. (Goff, 2000) On the other hand, external pressures tend to arise from changes in the legal, competitive, technological, and economic ...

(13 pages) 400 0 3.7 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Define Marketing

ions for marketing, starting with the writers own definition. Two definitions will be included from external sources. The importance of marketing for a business will be discussed. Finally, three examp ...

(3 pages) 101 0 4.5 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The IPO Process

internal sources are not large enough to finance the expansion. The company must therefore look to external sources to raise this capital. The company can raise sources through debt, equity or a comb ...

(20 pages) 102 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts Worksheet

e from numerous sources both within and outside of the company. They come from non-technology based external sources such as your competitors, the marketplace, demographic changes, and social issues. ... an also signal a need for change. It is important that a company's internal environment aligns with external factors. For example, Kreitner & Kinicki states that, "The emergence of a global econom ...

(17 pages) 231 0 3.0 May/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Environmental Stressors

an individual responds to pressures that come from self-imposed demands, obligations, work, family, external sources as well as internally generated pressures (Butcher, Mineka & Hooley, 2007). In ...

(7 pages) 36 1 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology