Essays Tagged: "case studies"

Deforestation in Canada

2-3Reducing Deforestation 3Case Studies 3-4Pros and Cons ... rn to appreciate them as places of inspiration and recreation. The following two examples of case studies represent deforestation in the U.S. and in Canada. It used to be that Northern Californ ...

(6 pages) 147 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Forestry

Communication in the Class room What is communication/ The problems with communication. Amusing story how communication can go wrong!!! 1631 words Scrotum or Sturnum??? this is the question

The task for this assignment is to produce case studies where you identify and analyse some significant process of communication encountered wh ...

(6 pages) 517 2 2.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Social intergration via Kinship

d to social integrating, or the process of interaction with other individuals. When researching the case studies we have explored, I found that two main events that utilized kinship for social integra ... es of kinship as mechanism to bring about social integration in the society, this is not always the case. The Yanomano axe fight that took place in the village of Mishimishimaboweiteri ( pop. 270), cl ...

(4 pages) 136 0 3.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Cultural Communication and the Disabled.

hampered by a lack of material dealing directly with disabled people as individuals rather than as case studies, and existing research is done from the point of view of the able bodied.Linda A. Siple ... of this. They are regarded as less able to express themselves, to communicate. Yet this is not the case. The American Sign Language is adequate and flexible, and the deaf have their own pride and ten ...

(4 pages) 188 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Sexual Harassment In the Workplace: a formal report for a sexual harassment policy for a mock-company, Sound and Vision Inc., SVI

ABSTRACTThis report will discuss three primary aspects of sexual harassment; its history, specific case studies, and practical applications. The report presents a history which provides an understand ... ast which has set the stage for the issue which concerns us today. The report also examines certain case studies, showing how the courts have modified the original definition of sexual harassment into ...

(11 pages) 452 0 4.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

3M's New Information System,

gement information system. Sources consulted included business journals and websites with facts and case studies on 3M.II. Company Description3M, internationally established in 1951, is a $16 billion ... ealthcare, industrial, consumer and office, electro and communications, and specialty markets. (IBM Case Study on 3M)3M, a company known for its innovation, constantly encourages employees to create n ...

(6 pages) 494 0 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Management functions.

e enables administrators to make decisions based upon the next fiscal period's predictions. In many case studies, that I've reviewed, planning proved it more effective when it was more long-term. Sale ...

(6 pages) 398 2 4.4 May/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Marijuana and its Medical Uses; A Call for De-Criminalization.

es. The background information will show that it is not a dangerous drug but a useful medicine. The case studies, scientific reports and experiments show that it is probably the most useful and versat ... ars themselves but where they land and what they do that causes cancer or emphysema. (Stitching) No case of lung cancer resulting from marijuana has ever been documented. Interestingly enough, THC is ...

(9 pages) 123 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Trends in the treatment of pediatric cerebral palsy.

. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate these trends as applied to the specified case. Case studies as well as developmental and family theory are used to determine an effective, ho ... tion, comprehensive neurologic assessment, and exclusion of differential diagnoses.The child in the case study has low Apgar scores at birth and a diagnosis of cerebral palsy; subsequently developing ...

(9 pages) 129 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Case Study: Issue: Insider Trading

Case Study:For those of you unfamiliar with the F.I.R.A.C Method of coming to conclusions regarding ... ted to their core business activities as a corporation, mainly real estate.Conclusion:Clearly, this case is found in favor of Jim and Joe who was not at fault.Cross and Miller. "West's Legal Environme ...

(3 pages) 130 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The subject of this essay is the empirical studies and their role when undertaking a legal research and to what extent they have priviliges in the legal research.

....................66.Quantitative Research.....................................................87.Case Studies................................................................98.Particular Issues.... ... heories.Accordingly, methodology deals with the methods and principles used in an activity, in this case research. In the methodology chapter the researcher explain how he did the research, the method ...

(16 pages) 382 2 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Perspective in Psychology - Sex & Gender

rolesPsychoanalysis was first developed by Sigmund Freud in the 1950's. He based his theory on the case studies on five middle class "mad" women, and because of these limited methods Freud's theory h ... are controlled by the environment around us, nature. Psychoanalysis was developed by Freud with the case studies on five middle class "mad" women and there was little or no scientific evidence to supp ...

(5 pages) 203 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Case Study: Schizophrenia; A Beautiful Mind

I have done case studies for numerous years but I found the case of John Nash the most intriguing. John Nash was ... cause the "Russians" had microphones and they would be able to hear her. However, what makes Nash's case so interesting was that because he was "too clever for his own good", He snapped back to realit ... was inserted into his arm.Schizophrenia occurs when other family members have it as well. In Nash's case I observed no family history of the disease, but one of his brothers was suspected of having th ...

(5 pages) 132 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Global Assignments:Pre-departure Training Program

loyee and family for relocation13Part B (1 hour) Repatriation programme15Part C (30 minutes): Three Case Studies in Point17Appendices20Session B Appendices201.Case study for Section A202.Role playing ... 7Appendices20Session B Appendices201.Case study for Section A202.Role playing game for Section A213.Case study for Section B234.Simulation game for Section B24Session C Appendix - PowerPoint Presentat ...

(26 pages) 425 1 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Downfall of Communism: Hypocrisy Destroying Credibility

Rockefeller family and Diego Rivera is more deeply rooted than what is laid out to us in historical case studies and documentaries. Either Nelson Rockefeller was a communist sympathizer who wanted to ... th his money". Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, used the walls of the Detroit Institute of Art to showcase Rivera's art and giving him a hefty $25,000 for it in the process. (Reich 559). Henry Ford was ...

(6 pages) 68 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Case Study: Blue Grocery Stores, Incorporated

d. Arthur Reed needed replacement workers to fill in for the sick and vacationing workers. Selected case studies provide a resource for subsequent methods for workers filling the temporary positions.I ...

(3 pages) 97 0 3.4 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Human Resource Management : How Groups Behave Differently From Individuals

but also by looking at the causes of behaviour. Organisational behaviour theories, experiments and case studies will be used to investigate the behaviour of first the individual and then the group in ... f this can be taken from the Organisational Behaviour and Analysis class tutorial sessions. In this case each student is given a case study to read and make an evaluation on before the tutorial takes ...

(15 pages) 186 0 4.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Affinity Orientation Discrimination Cases Study

Affinity Orientation Discrimination Case StudiesImagine that you are a department manager and you find out that a man you work with has ... would these concepts cause you to discriminate against your employees in the workplace? Analysis of case studies, understanding applicable laws, and recommending clearly defined policies for the workp ... on against discrimination for employees participating in the various types of affinity orientation. Case study analysis is a method that management can utilize to better understand affinity orientatio ...

(4 pages) 96 0 2.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Software Engineering

sting subject. In order to understand this subject we will need to look at a number of examples and case studies. And we will need to see how we can develop good software and how it could be improved ... r that they could have some problem and may not behave and perform as expected. But this is not the case with software. Software systems does not affect by the phenomenon of wear and tear. If a softwa ...

(10 pages) 130 0 4.6 Sep/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Internet Addiction Disorder...what is it?and is it really a disorder?

ental disorders in the same category as schizophrenia and depression? I think not (Grohol)." Case studies and research based on people online haven't been able to prove that people can be addic ...

(1 pages) 70 2 3.8 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders