Essays Tagged: "upward mobility"

"School Classes that aren't the Classroom".

rant all-way Private school girl, I thought Schools were the key toeverything, that is, the way to "upward mobility" for low-income children. Studentswho were "smart" and worked hard could improve the ...

(2 pages) 114 4 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Human Resources Considerations when evaluating a potential employer.

s stated, there are many factors that determine the "desirability" of a company. Company stability, upward mobility, geographic location, location within competing firms relative to market share, prof ...

(3 pages) 190 0 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Early English Lyric poetry as a medium of the poet expressing himself.

t entirely the produce of the aristocracy. Aspiring members of the middle class, who had chances of upward mobility, pursued a career of writing.The court was a major institution that dominated the po ...

(8 pages) 48 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Euducation in the black community

education, and I have always kept this philosophy of learning. You can not search for knowledge or upward mobility without education being the prerequisite.In our black community there are a lot of p ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Karl Marx and His Theory of Alienation: How It Can be Applied to Modern Society.

is a disparity between a product and the worker who contributes to its manufacture, the illusion of upward mobility merely masks society's inability to achieve an ideal "species-life" as defined by Ma ...

(10 pages) 221 1 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Educational Attainment - modern society

gh this is the statement made, studies have shown that education does not contribute to significant upward mobility, and suggests that social background is the major determinant of the amount of educa ...

(5 pages) 46 0 4.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Society Under the Tokugawa Shogunate

rowed from China and supported this ideal. In particular, they tried to protect the samurai, making upward mobility from the farming class to the samurai impossible. The Tokugawa shoguns adopte ...

(2 pages) 74 1 1.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The American Dream - "The Great Gatsby"

nism and especially material prosperity. To achieve the American Dream, a person should have money, upward mobility, cars, be married with the perfect average of 2.5 kids, and freedom. The person shou ...

(2 pages) 21 1 4.2 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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tement of Purpose The purpose of this research project is to investigate the lack of utilization of Upward Mobility Training and Tuition Assistance Program for the Maintenance Center (MC). The objecti ... ion 1.5: Importance of Significance of the Project This project is about restructuring the existing Upward Mobility Training and Tuition Assistance Program. Within the Maintenance Center, the way in w ...

(18 pages) 78 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Cultural Diversity

d to be both wage earners and homemakers. Such women have perceived that marriage is not a route to upward mobility, or a way out of poverty. Such women are more likely to complete high school and col ...

(2 pages) 88 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Preventing Workplace Discrimination Simulation

these issues. This paper will examine the factors of personality, attitude toward work, and future upward mobility when hiring and what was the simulation's focus on these issues. Finally, this repor ... d individual with disabilities.When hiring employees' personality, attitude toward work, and future upward mobility should be considered by the employers. Employers want to hire people who suit their ...

(3 pages) 412 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Socio-geographic Factors

e social class to which each employee belongs (Kottak & Kozaitis, 2003). Guaranteed merit based upward mobility is a factor that can motivate top candidates to come to work for a given organizatio ... that can motivate top candidates to come to work for a given organization. Furthermore, merit base upward mobility will go on to motivate top candidates to stay and continue working with the organiza ...

(8 pages) 238 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Irish-American Immigration in the Nineteenth Century

t have great financial resources. When they arrived in New York, they had little skills to hope for upward mobility. Agricultural methods used in Ireland were obsolete in America, and they did not mak ... ads and canals. In addition to being able to venture out west, they were finally able to accomplish upward mobility. (Griffin, "Portrait", 54). They also faced harsh racism and intolerance in New York ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Culture Artifacts and Today Scholes-Ann DuCille

s mentions an American dream, “It is the myth of America itself, of the racial melting pot, of upward mobility, of justice done without fear or favor” (372). Scholes is claiming that the Ame ...

(6 pages) 4733 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

MGT 344 Week 3 Simulation Evaluation

ogram, and a drug-testing program.Should factors like personality, attitude toward work, and future upward mobility be considered when hiring? Why or why not? How does the simulation demonstrate these ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Preventing Workplace Discrimination

the simulation demonstrate these?Should factors like personality, attitude toward work, and future upward mobility be considered when hiring? Explain why or why not. How does the simulation demonstra ... ation's culture. The hiring manager will also look at personality, attitude toward work, and future upward mobility. A good personality is important because if the applicant is hired, the applicant wi ...

(4 pages) 93 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management