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Climate and Culture within a Professional Organization, 2007.
This paper assesses and explains the concepts of climate and culture within a professional organization.
3,439 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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In this article, the writer provides a detailed explanation of the concepts of climate and culture within a professional organization. The writer notes that doing so will help familiarize the reader with how these separate processes both impact the status of the organization. This paper also demonstrates how an effective leader can change these processes and therefore help improve the quality of the work environment for his or her employees.
Outline:
Introduction
Explanation of Climate and Culture
Climate
culture
Development of Climate and Culture
Changing the Climate and Culture
Conclusion
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"The climate of an organization is manifest by its workers. As such, climate research predates culture research as there has traditionally been a strong psychological component of attempting to assess job performance through exploring the perceptions, attitudes, preferences, and motivational drive of employees. Ashanskay et al. find that the early research on climate was done with a focus on Gestalt psychology, suggesting that the study of a climate in an organization was similar to the study of field theory on any population set."
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Korean History: The Climate and Culture of Foreign Business, 2002.
The rich history of Korea and how it is relevant to the country's modern business climate.
4,458 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 116.95
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This paper examines Korean culture through its earliest history to its present state through modern demographics, religion, education, housing, leisure activities, climate, politics, language, currency and the recent developments associated with the division between North and South Korea. Both the very serious and the socially intriguing are discussed in a brief overview of the cultural climate of South Korea.
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"Korean history is rich in culture and fable, a history as independently rich as any nation. The foundations of culture and government are traced through a series of dynasties, monarchical families. Each dynasty is associated with a time of change. The focus of each individual dynasty might run the gambit of all cultural and political development, some dynasties were known for their great contributions to literature, art and science while others were associated with more political focuses. The stories and the rich imagery of Korean Cultural History are often rejected by rationalists and often discredited as fable yet the need for understanding is evident regardless of the impetus. Korean Cultural history is ancient and rich and just as any ancient history the difficulty of proof or disproof through archeology or any other means is present. Yet, regardless of the secular identity or focus of today's world economy the validity of culture requires not only knowledge but also respect of a strong cultural character."
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Ethics Codes, Membership, and Function of Three Professional Counseling Organizations., 2002.
This Masters level paper is a brief analysis of the differences and similarities in the ethics, membership, and function of three professional counseling organizations.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This Masters level paper is a brief analysis of the differences and similarities in the ethics, membership, and function of the American Counseling Association, the Christian Association of Psychological Studies, and the Association of Pastoral Counselors.
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Professional Employer Organizations, 1999.
An examination of employee leasing companies including their history, advantages and disadvantages of use and their effect on employees and benefits as well as on human resources and the future.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, $ 79.95
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This research paper presents information regarding professional employer organizations (PEOs). The content will discuss what a PEO is and its history, advantages and disadvantages of using a PEO, legal implications of PEO use, how the PEO affects employees, employee benefits, and Human Resources (HR) staff, and the future of the PEO.
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" Professional Employer Organizations
Introduction
This research paper presents information regarding professional employer organizations (PEOs). The content will discuss what a PEO is and its history, advantages and disadvantages of using a PEO, legal implications of PEO use, how the PEO affects employees, employee benefits, and Human Resources (HR) staff, and the future of the PEO.
Definition & History
A PEO is a new type of leasing company that provides a range of outsourced HR services. The PEO sells benefits and expertise to organizations that cannot afford them independently. PEO's have long-term relationships with clients with one-year renewable contracts; they are named as co-employers. The PEO assumes..."
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The World Trade Organization: Its Structure and Organization, 2001.
A personal paper arguing for the need of the World Trade Organization.
1,546 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 50.95
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This paper looks at the World Trade Organization, or WTO and debates whether or not the WTO has a positive effect on the world. The author takes the position that one needs a place to take disputes and set regulations for the international economy.
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"The World Trade Organization, which was created in 1995, was the biggest reform of international trade since 1948. During the previous years, international commerce had been organized under GATT, which established a multilateral trading system. However, by the 1980s major restructuring was needed. The Uruguay Round brought about that overhaul. It was the largest trade negotiation ever."
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Professional Associations, 2008.
This paper analyzes the role of the Royal Institute of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) as a professional association.
2,696 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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The paper explores the function of professional associations and shows how they establish a baseline of expectations, training and industry skill-sets upon which companies can rely on to establish the competency levels of their workforce. The paper focuses on the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a leading professional association in the property and construction industry globally. The paper discusses how the role of RICS and other professional organizations has expanded greatly from their original function as more of a social organization for professionals to a more encompassing function with deeper economic ramifications.
Outline:
Overview
Target Association
Professional Development
The Construction Workplace
Conclusion
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"The role of professional associations within the contemporary business environment and global economy has grown over the last several decades. While in the past professional associations have served to augment professional licensing services as well as to provide professional licensing services, they were often marginalized at the periphery of the particular industry with which they were associated. Bennett describes professional associations as, "collective bodies that are intermediary between individual business action and state action...they are one of a number of organizations that may influence the development of individual businesses and the wider competitiveness of a nation"(244). Viewed in this manner, the role of professional organizations is much more expansive than that of merely a supporting role to industry in general or a licensing body that contributes professional competencies to an industry."
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Climate Change, 2006.
A historical look at climatic changes in parts of the U.S. and its effects on human culture.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper analyzes various studies of climate change and its effect on human culture in the Great Plains area of the United States, citing climate change on prehistoric cultures in southern high plains of Texas and New Mexico, determining what the climate change in the region of the Southern high plans may have been and examining changes in the culture of the native population that resulted from this change.
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"In this era of concern about global warming, more and more research has been conducted into climate change in the past. One area of such research has been into the impact of climate change on prehistoric cultures in southern high plains of Texas and New Mexico, determining what the climate change in the region of the Southern high plans may have been and examining changes in the culture of the native population that resulted from this change. From such research, certain patterns have emerged and have engendered further study."
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American Culture, 2006.
A discussion on the difficulty of defining the American culture.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper claims that defining American culture is very difficult as America is a vast nation that encompasses a wide diversity of geographic, climatic and sub-cultural regions. Despite these difficulties, the paper describes some characteristics of American culture that are present throughout the nation and which are generally representative of the nation as a whole.
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"Defining American culture is no easy task. After all, the United States of America is a vast nation that encompasses a wide diversity of geographic, climatic, and sub-cultural regions. The heavy incidence of immigrants in the United States not to mention a relatively short history also contribute to difficulty that some individuals have in pinpointing what qualifies as American culture. Worse, we must remember that culture as a term includes all the "characteristic activities and interests of a people" (Spengler par. 2). This means that defining American culture could be a massively broad affair that consists of little more of a description of pop culture items. Despite these difficulties, it is nonetheless possible to describe some characteristics of American culture that are present throughout the nation and which are generally representative of the nation as a whole. There are a number of characteristics that we can superficially ..."
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The Well-Managed Organization In The Year 2010, 2002.
Contends that the major challenge of management of organizations in the future will be for the Human Resources professional to be able to handle both information workers and the information they create.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 10 sources, $ 47.95
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Contends that the major challenge of management of organizations in the future will be for the Human Resources professional to be able to handle both information workers & the information they create. Historical function of personnel manager (human resources manager) as goods oriented.; responsibilities. The new skills needed for information services from workers & Human Resource managers; changing responsbilities & duties. Need for future Human Resource professionals to work toward the vision and goals of the organization.
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"THE WELL-MANAGED ORGANIZATION IN THE YEAR 2010
Human Resources Skills Needed
Bolman and Deal (1997) devote their entire book, Reframing Organizations, to a discussion of this concept. Rather than predicting radical change, they see the reframing as coming in subtle variations. Life's daily challenges rarely arrive neatly categorized or clearly labeled. Instead, they flow over us in a murky and turbulent stream of experience. The art of reframing, and of leadership, uses knowledge and intuition to make sense of the flow and to find sensible and effective ways to channel the current in productive directions (Bolman & Deal, 1997, 355).
For proof of this concept, we can look at the history of a unique organization, the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works ..."
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Angolan and North American Culture, 2004.
A cross-cultural comparison of Angolan and North American culture.
1,546 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines how Angola is an interesting nation with complex cultural issues and how, in comparison with the cultural climate found in North America, there exist many similarities, as well as differences. It looks at how the complexity of Angolan culture is largely due to its large ethnic and linguistic diversity within a relatively small country and how, by comparing cultural traits specifically related to art, music, language, and linguistic environments, religious and social structure, as well as racial and political characterizes and trends, interesting insights can be gained. It also shows how, by comparing these cultural characteristics with those found in North America, the individual can gain a greater insight into Angolan culture as a whole.
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"Within the boundless field of cultural anthropology, the cross-cultural comparison is a staple of classroom discourse. This is simply because one of the best ways in which to become aware of cultural differences and nuance (indeed, many would say the only way), is through the comparison of another culture with one's own. With regard to the extremely complex cultural landscape of the African nation of Angola, one can see that specific cultural traits not only differ from those found in the United States, but, in other instances, are strikingly similar. Indeed, these similarities and differences can be noted in the areas of art and music, language and linguistic practice, religious and social structure, as well as racial and political characteristics and trends."
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Environmental Articles on Climate, 2008.
Compares two environmental articles about climate: A. Simms' "Why Do We Owe So Much to Victims of Disaster?" and R. Gelbspan's "Boiling Point: Nature Doesn't Compromise on Global Climate Change; Activists Must Not Either".
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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The paper explains that A. Simms in his article "Why Do We Owe So Much to Victims of Disaster?" discusses how society is living way beyond its means in relation to climate. The author then relates that R. Gelbspan elucidates in his article "Boiling Point: Nature Doesn't Compromise on Global Climate Change; Activists Must Not Either" how weather or climate is the premier issue since it threatens all of humanity. The paper evaluates the articles on moral, imaginative and emotional criteria. The author concludes that both articles were not filled with jargon which made them informative and powerful.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Moral
Imaginative
Emotional
Conclusion
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"Gelbspan does not bring the issue of global warming to such a personal level. With Simms, I feel as though he is sitting with me at my kitchen counter helping me balance my check book and showing me that I am in debt to climate just like I am to my credit cards. Although Gelbspan is a more logical article and the rationale is more intellectual the message is still the same as with Simms--the feeling just isn't the same. Gelbspan's passion and imagination come from his bashing of the American people and their representatives."
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Strategic Planning within an Organization, 2004.
This paper discusses that strategic planning within an organization is a key component to the organization's success.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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The paper explains that strategic planning, the ability to measure expected demand, structure a system to address that demand to the satisfaction of all the stakeholders, and then execute the plan, is the sign of a successful management team and a profitable organization. The author points out that, when an organization faces an operational change, the organization must undertaken four key steps through a series of operational evaluations, which can prepare the company to meet the coming demands. These include leadership, objectives identification, strategies development, and writing and executing the plan. The paper relates that, unfortunately, action-oriented managers often skim over these steps as they make their way immediately toward 'doing something'.
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"After the leadership person or committee is identified, the second step in the process if determining the objectives needed to adapt to the changing demand. Will the organization need additional resources? Will the organization need to change communication systems, or task evaluation procedures in order to meet the new levels of demands? The strategies are typically directional and topic in nature, and not specific. The specific steps are identified in the next phase of preparing for the change, which is identifying the strategies for obtaining the specific objectives.
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The Climate of the U.S.A. and Canada, 2002.
A discussion of the climate of the U.S.A. and Canada, with respect to climate classifications, its effects on farming and other activities.
2,405 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses how climate governs the entire ecological structure of the planet earth. The author examines how climate, in relation to the topography and latitudinal location, determines the vegetative types, the hydrology, soil, agriculture and various human activities.
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"Climate represents a long term average of various weather features such as temperature and precipitation. The World Meteorological Organization uses 30-year averages to define climatological "normals" for these various features. Climate determines how resources such as water and vegetation are distributed and, until the onset of technology, climate also determined where people lived and worked. Many factors, such as topography, proximity to large bodies of water, and latitude affect a particular location's long-term climate. It is important to note that because a region's climatology is a 30-year average, significant year to year variability is likely. For example, a particular location may have a dry, warm winter one year and a record snowfall the next year."
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The Climate of the U.S.A. and Canada, 2002.
The following paper discusses the climate of the U.S.A. and Canada, with respect to the climate classifications, its effects on farming and other activities.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This essay discusses how climate governs the entire ecological structure of the planet earth. The author examines how climate, in relation to the topography and latitudinal location, determines the vegetative types, the hydrology, soil, agriculture, and various human activities.
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"Climate represents a long term average of various weather features such as temperature and precipitation. The World Meteorological Organization uses 30-year averages to define climatological "normals" for these various features. Climate determines how resources such as water and vegetation are distributed and, until the onset of technology, climate also determined where people lived and worked. Many factors, such as topography, proximity to large bodies of water, and latitude affect a particular location's long-term climate. It is important to note that because a region's climatology is a 30-year average, significant year to year variability is likely. For example, a particular location may have a dry, warm winter one year and a record snowfall the next year"
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Information and Organization, 2002.
This paper discusses the value of information within the organization.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the value of information within the organization. The Information Age and the rapid development it has brought proved that information is valuable to the whole world. It is also highly valued in an organization. An information executive must patrol and channel the use of information and information technology in an organization. And when the organization goes through change, it must provide information to its employees so that they support the organization through change for everyone's benefit.
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