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Sample #1 (Adam Smith's life and works)
In our own time, one cannot escape the subject of the economy. Newspapers feature entire sections devoted to the machinations of the business world, and the effects that those machinations will have on our own personal wealth. Every newscast discusses the movements of the stock market; virtually every political election hinges on the way in which the current party in power has been perceived to either improve or corrode prosperity during their time in ascendancy.
Sample #2 (Social Philosophy paper)
When do the problems of society become the concern of the individual? What, precisely, creates a moral imperative for individuals to engage in protest about causes that do not directly affect them? In the United States, there is currently a debate over whether or not the military should increase its presence in Iraq, with the ostensible goal of increasing order, or start decreasing its presence and leave the Iraqis to determine their own security. For many individuals, the course that the government has chosen thus far has been so offensive, that they are actively protesting the war, and the government’s actions. For many others, the debate is still going on in their minds as to whether or not it would be right to protest; for still others, the war question has not reached sufficient priority to spur them to social action.
Sample #3 (Poems)
One of the most enduring themes in twentieth-century literature, particularly in the Western canon, has been the isolation of the individual. Perhaps most poignantly expressed is the lonely typist in T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Eliot has Tiresias, the Greek prophet who witnessed and foretold many of the heroic deeds in Iliad and Odyssey, observe this young woman, eating food taken from impersonal tins, awaiting the arrival of a lover who would not do anything approaching romance but, instead, make “a welcome of indifference” in her apathetic acceptance of his sexual “assault.” (Eliot). So far from the deeds and loves of warriors our culture has fallen, Eliot implies: the stuff of epics is no longer wars concerning mortals and immortals, but the lonely life of a woman, suffering the fumblings of a self-absorbed creep. The ideas of supernatural providence, of intense interpersonal connections, of achieving greatness, are all dead in Eliot’s work, and so are they dead in the three poems by Larkin, Brecht and Goodfellow. “The Whitsun Weddings,” “Question from a Worker who Reads,” and “The Violence of Work” all reflect people who feel isolated from their surroundings. Just as the lonely typist, home from a day sitting at a desk, working mostly in isolation, has come home to a solitary dinner and a brief bout of intimacy that is anything but intimate, consigned to another isolate night that will only lead to another day of the same, so each of these speakers evokes a sense of separation, of at least vague discontent. While there are considerable differences in the use of form and of various devices, the themes that run through all three of these works have much in common.
Sample #4 (The Three-stage Competitive Model and an Assault on Health care Cost)
It was a sore neck that introduced Janine Charles to the world of Wal-medicine. Her search for a local doctor’s office gave her an address that turned out to be a Super Wal-Mart in Orlando, Florida. She thought about giving up and trying another address, but she instead went inside the store and wandered around. Inside, she found that space formerly used to house a small video arcade had been transformed into a medical clinic. She ended up paying $90 for an examination and a shot of muscle relaxants. Had she gone to a traditional doctor’s office, the same treatment would have cost her $200. In most emergency rooms, the treatment would have cost over $500. Even better, this clinic accepted Ms. Charles’ insurance. If you also factor in the fact that Ms. Charles could do her grocery shopping in that store while she waited for the pharmacy to fill a prescription for her, you suddenly have a very convenient trip (Rowland).
Sample #5 (Truman Doctrine)
One of the issues that has been a concern with AGAAP has been the lack of standardization with international accounting conventions. As commerce becomes increasingly international, it is becoming increasingly important that investors can have uniform expectations about the ways that companies report their financial information, and the ways that financial performance can be documented. Two standards are of particular interest in the Australian system of accountability. AASB 138 implemented several key differences into the Australian accounting system. First, and perhaps most significant, is the reclassification of computer software integral to the related hardware as part of property, plant and equipment, and the classification of other software as an intangible asset. Previously, there was no regulation as to the classification of software. This is a major change because of the widespread integration of computer applications throughout all the operational sectors of a company. Most of a company’s software is not an integral part of the related hardware, and so this change was certain to have significant effects on asset reporting, and possibly on profit and loss statements. Second, all research expenditures must be expensed. This is not a significant change, because all basic and most applied research are already expensed. Third, more stringent requirements are in place that must be met before development expenditures can be capitalized. Fourth, internally generated brands, mastheads, customer lists, publishing titles, and other similar items must not be recognized. This could have a significant effect in the private sector. Fifth, revaluation is only allowed when active market conditions exist that would give an accurate determination of fair market value. This is a significant change from AASB 1041 (AASB 138 “Intangible Assets” Summary).
Sample #6 (Napoleon Bonaparte)
As being a greatest ‘dictator’ of his times, his major fixations are only for his military campaigns. Corsica had a few prior months been yielded to France from Genova, so this has shown that how this juvenile Napoleon with a mighty new land of his origin to serve. One voluntarily envisage, that the military had an allure to him even at such an early age, military was one of those lines of work, in which you had no requirement for ‘special gifts’, and youthful Napoleon had them, though... His father directed him joined the military academy at Brienne, from where Napoleon moved to the military academy of Paris. His career had started. And then he had altered his name from Buonaparte to Bonaparte.
Sample #7 (Business Ethics Decisions)
There are those who joke that the term “business ethics” is an oxymoron. While the ideal outcome of a free market economy is a collection of businesses whose owners who have earned every penny by honest, hard work, there are plenty of business owners who have made their way to the top of their particular market by cheating others, by sacrificing all ethical questions on the altar of the bottom line, or by making the difference between right and wrong a distinction that is subservient to the profit margin. For every one of these corporate villains, however, there are scores of questions that fall into a grayer category. This sort of question involves companies that either intentionally, or effectively, push the envelope of legitimate business ethics to its limit in pursuit of profits – or are at least perceived as having done so.
Sample #8 (Psychosocial Theory with Psychosis)
Psychosis is a generic phenomenon referring to the mental condition during which an individual senses a detachment from reality and realistic events around. As described by Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, psychosis can be defined as a severe mental disorder characterized by distorted personality along with loss of contact with reality in association with decline in normal social performance. It may occur with or without any evident organic damage. Individuals suffering from psychosis may report having hallucinations or delusions with split personality and disorganized communicative signals along with shambolic thinking pattern. This is also accompanied by reduced insight along with exhibited bizarre nature and difficulty in social communication as well as prominent impairment is observed while carrying out daily activities. A wide array of nervous system stressors can result in a psychotic reaction both at organic as well as functional level. However, the first line treatment for psychosis is generally associated with the administration of antipsychotic drugs and in some cases hospitalization, but there is increasing research evidence that suggests cognitive therapy; family therapy can be effective in the management of psychotic symptoms. This paper critically reviews on psychological intervention with patients affected by serious and prolonged mental disorders and the strengths and weaknesses associated with such types of therapeutic interventions.
Sample #9 (Significance of Belongings in Young People's lives)
In simple terms, belongingness can be defined as a form of relatedness, contributing to a basic human motivation illustrated as a desire to develop social relationships. A positive sense of belongingness is thus resulted from the experience of positive social interactions as considered in social and developmental psychology as a necessity for human being to move forward in life. Belongingness is a phenomenon that is characterized with a central feature called identity – be it a individualized or community based, but identity is the core factor governing the sense of belongingness. Identity attributes the exaggeration of outsider versus insider barriers due to polarization, so is happened with nationalism to the larger extent. Identification with one’s own ethnic group occurs at the cost of estrangement from the larger societal framework. Belongingness as a manifested form of identity influences the fundamental structure of personal identification at its basic level, whereas, at its most complex level, it articulates the complex involvement with other individuals within the social network, featuring a range of potentially contradictory identity factors contributing to adherence such as gender factor, attitudinal factors, sexual orientation factor, ethnicity factors, ethnic preference factor and so on. When the development of the sense of belongingness is deprived, it may result in increased anxiety, stress and emotional distress along with various forms of psychopathology and physiological malfunctioning (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Anderman, 2002).
Sample #10 (Marketing Research Proposal Draft)
As the American landscape is changing, so is the wealth among consumers of all ages and ethnic demographics. Given the increase in wealth and consumption of luxury goods and services, Luxury Marketing has become a growing business. Many luxury brands and related services that cater to affluent consumers are developing products and services to meet the demands of their customers, keep up with the competition and attract new prospects.
Sample #11 (Proposal For Bed per Bay Reduction)
The following change proposal establishes a methodology for increasing quality in bed and bay assignments. Currently there are six beds per bay, which creates a certain amount of risk in injury and spread of infection as well as limits mobility of medical equipment. The tight spatial relations therefore require the development of a spatial quality review procedure. This proposal requests that communication between multiple departments be utilised to examine the issue in detail. The development of a spatial quality review procedure includes examining the legal and financial risks resulting from increased injury reporting from staff and nosocomial infections from clients. Furthermore, the medical staff team has initiated concerns towards the ability to reach necessary medical equipment including: locked medications, crash carts, and catheters/intestinal bags.
Sample #12 (Self-Assessment and Personal Action Plan)
The MSCEIT Resource Report measures emotional intelligence by categorizing responses into four dimensions. Perceived emotions are the ability to recognize facial and pictorial images of another person’s emotional state. In this, I am competent at recognizing facial expressions, but I do need to develop on my ability to recognize pictorial emotional images. Another dimension of the MSCEIT is the ability to use emotions in facilitation and sensations. This is my ability to express my internal thoughts and feelings, in these categories I should work on developing how I express myself. The third category understands emotions according to how they change and blend intrinsically. Again, I find that this is an area I can develop on more. The fourth category, managing emotions, is divided into management and relationships. In both categories the test reported that I have a competence, this allows me to understand how my emotions affect my internal self and the impact of my emotions on relationships with others. Emotional management is my greatest ability, while using emotions is an area that needs the most development.
Sample #13 (UK Chocolate Market)
There are three established confectionary markets in the U.K. which are generating fierce competition. The three established concerns are Cadbury Trebor Basset, Masterfoods and Nestle Rowntree. In trying to remain a vital and profitable force in the confectionary market, Cadbury Trebor Basset began major re-structuring in 2003 and is focusing on new and innovative marketing strategies. This is a good move as it is necessary for the introduction of new brands and further development of existing products.
Sample #14 (Religion Paper)
There are many definitions of the word religion, but one that tends to fit across the vast spectrum of cosmologies around the world is the one that refers to the human responses to experience. In ancient Egypt, the central god was Ra, or the sun god, because the very presence of light was so crucial to an agricultural, superstitious society. The gods of the Nile River were also high in the Egyptian pantheon, because the ebb and flow of the Nile was the lifeblood of Egyptian farming. Like the Egyptian religion, Hinduism and Judaism go back just about as far as recorded time, although they originated a good distance from each other, particularly in an era when the fastest mode of transportation was often on foot. There are interesting similarities and differences in their foundational teachings that show some of the elements that unite people, and some of the ways in which cultural context informs religious development.
Sample #15 (Nationalism Paper)
As China has grown into its current status as a political, economic and military power, its population has undergone an interesting transformation: the people have become fervently nationalistic. No matter what one thinks of the legitimacy of Chinese grievances against the nations in the West, Peter Gries describes the Chinese brand of nationalism as being strong with emotion, strengthened by “victim narratives [that are] beginning to influence the making of Chinese foreign policy” (Gries, p. 12). The fact that an Internet petition consisting of over 20 million Chinese signatures opposing Japan’s admission to the Security Council, combined with the huge Chinese protests concerning the use of history books in Japan that mostly ignore the Japanese atrocities in World War II, shows that there is a lot of rage in China that could be tapped and sent in irresponsible directions. There are waves of nationalism that move from the grass-roots to political leadership, and waves that move in the opposite direction. One of the major challenges for the twenty-first century will be finding ways to channel the energies of the world’s most populous nation into positive directions.
Sample #16 (Education Case Studies)
Two case studies of men from the same culture but studying at universities in different countries demonstrate how cultural differences at the university level can affect the educational outcomes for those students. This study takes into account those cultural differences and looks for ways both cultures might improve the ways in which their university systems work with their students. |
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