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Women?s Issues in the Software Industry, 2004.
An overview of some of the issues and challenges faced by women trying to succeed in the software industry.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses how many women within the software industry have long known that if one aspires to high management it will be a tough road. It looks at how women in the software industry, in general, must work harder than men to get the same respect, and be willing to make, in many cases, significantly less pay for the same work, thus dispelling any myths about equality. It analyzes some of these issues, such as the extreme lack of a flexible work environment, and looks at what some women advocacy groups are hoping to achieve.
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"Although many software companies, most notably, the Microsoft Corporation, spend a great deal of thought and resources in the development of ?women-friendly? programs, including extended maternity and paternity leaves, accommodation for emergency leaves, and superior benefits, virtually all lag behind in the issue of childcare and accommodation of real family life. Motherhood is still seen as a liability for women?s advancement, and the pay of women continues to suffer if they do have children?so much that, on average, women are paid, about 2.5% less than there female counterparts without children, while men earn approximately 2% more after becoming fathers(WomenOf.com)."
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Business Software Technology Industry, 2002.
A brief review of the impact software technology vendors have on society and business in general.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper studies the information technology industry as it relates to the advancement of our society and our world. To begin, the paper discusses the business software technology aspect of the industry, including a review of the tasks performed by individuals in this field. The paper continues with a look at the economic impact of this segment of the industry. Finally, the paper concludes with the benefits and rewards of working in the business software technology field.
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"The Business software technology field is critical to the success of any firm. The field researches and develops software applications that allow firm?s to thrive. The Business Software Alliance explains that, ?Businesses use software to collect, analyze, and present information; to buy and sell goods and services; to design better products; and to facilitate communications.? (?Building an Information Technology?) Business software technology is particularly critical for e-business applications. E-business is a growing segment of the industry and requires a great deal of software to ensure the satisfaction of customers and to maintain revenue gains for businesses."
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Prototyping in the Software Industry, 1992.
Examines the testing of computer software before mass production.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 63.95
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"Prototyping is used by businesses as a way to test new products before mass producing them. Prototype cars are often seen at automobile shows, and machine shops often make prototypes before committing resources to producing a new part. In recent years, companies have turned to computer.aided.design (CAD) and computer.aided.manufacturing to assist in the prototyping process. Using these tools, manufacturers do not actually have to produce the prototype, but can simulate the product on the computer, testing out different designs before committing resources to the process (Pallatto, 49). This method worked well when the final products were costly and involved many resources; airplanes and automobiles are prime examples of products where computer.based prototyping was used effectively. In the late 1980s that manufacturers of computer software realized that ..."
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The Hardware and Software Industries, 2001.
An examination of the current states and trends of the hardware and software industries.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper looks at the future state of the hardware and software industries. The author stresses the decrease in the requirements and demands of new technology and the effects this might have on the financial profits and workforce numbers for the industries concerned.
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"Concerns over the economy combined with a slowdown in the demand for new installations due to the fewer new technology companies appearing on the scene have industry analysts predicting tough times ahead for the hardware industry. Most hardware manufacturers have announced lower expected profits for the next year, and some have resorted to workforce layoffs to cut costs in response to the decrease in demand. Apparently IBM is the only major player not to be significantly impacted, given its longevity on the hardware scene and its diversity of product offerings that extend beyond computers into other office and IT equipments."
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Status of Women in the Film Industry in India, 2001.
Indian commerical cinema; traditional role of women in Masala films; rape portrayals; Indian New Cinema. Indian model of feminism.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 20 sources, $ 135.95
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"India has the largest film industry in the world and, since 1992, one of the fastest growing television audiences in history. Popular media in India, as anywhere else, tend to reflect and shape -- or attempt to shape -- people's attitudes on many issues. In the mixture of cultures, languages and religions that make up the Indian nation the status of women is a question that is capable of generating immense, furious controversy. But the question of full female emancipation, or even relatively moderate change in women's status, is nearly taboo in the popular commercial media of film and television. Greater strides have been made since the 1980s in so-called "New" or "parallel" cinema, yet even in that arena filmmakers have strained to emphasize the nonradical, nonfeminist, tradition-oriented nature of their calls for change in women's status. Still more..."
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Women in Industry During World War II, 1997.
2,630 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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This paper takes a very good look at how women were encouraged to enter the work force during World War II, the jobs they held and how they felt.
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"Among the many battles fought during the course of World War II was the battle for women?s equality. It was during this time that the struggle for their for independence truly raged onward in full force. As of 1941, able-bodied men of all ages were needed in the United States military, as America had joined the Allied forces in fighting Germany, Italy, and Japan."
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Women and the Industrial Revolution, 2005.
An analysis of the working life of women during the Industrial Revolution.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This three page undergraduate papers examines the economic enslavement of women during the Industrial Revolution. The paper suggests that women worked long hours for low wages, under conditions that can only be described as economic slavery and that many women and their families lived in poverty despite the fact that seventy-hour work weeks were common.
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"They could be fired or let go at any time, regardless of length of employment. If they were injured on the job or even killed, their families usually received little if any compensation. Employee rights for women were extremely limited, and they lacked any legal means of compelling their bosses to address their grievances."
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Women and the Industrial Revolution, 2004.
An analysis of the role played by women in the Industrial Revolution.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the vast changes that the Industrial Revolution brought about in 19th century Europe. The significant role played by women at the time is examined in the paper. The paper explores the shift from country to city life and presents the ensuing employment issues and how they related to women.
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"European life underwent tremendous changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Changes in society brought about by the Industrial Revolution in the19th century had a profound effect on the lives of nearly all women living in Europe during that time. During the first half of the 19th century, the effects of the industrial revolution triggered significant changes in the types of work many people did, including major changes in the lives of many women. As employment congregated more and more around industry, cities grew, and society began to take on characteristics familiar to most people today (Craig et. al., 2002). As the industrial revolution and resulting changes created more and more jobs for women, women began to develop political awareness. They began to be politically active, both in the United States and in Europe."
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Women's Work in the Industrial Revolution, 2002.
Examines the role of women in the home and workforce during the Industrial Revolution.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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Discusses the social, economic and family positions of women during the course of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the US, its overlap of the Victorian era and the improvements that it ultimately made to gender-equality in society.
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Industrial Revolution and Women, 1991.
This paper examines the influence of the Industrial Revolution in France from 1890 to 1900 on women's work: Roles, images, work and politics.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 79.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine ways in which the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century changed the lives of people in Europe in general and European women in particular, as far as women's work was concerned. The plan of the research will be to set forth the background of women's position in European society in connection with the industrial revolution, and then to explore the impact of industrialization on women's work in the latter years of the 19th century. The principal focus of the research will be on women in France from 1890-1900.
In the last ten years of the 19th century, social and cultural changes were beginning to emerge as decisively as material changes that had come about as a result of the Industrial Revolution. In order to understand the position of women affected by the Industrial Revolution in these years, it is ... "
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Women and the Information Technology Industry, 2004.
This paper is a research proposal to study the under-representation of women in the information technology industry.
3,780 words (approx. 15.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 104.95
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This paper explains that the research examines the reasons behind the lack of women pursuing computer-related career paths and provides recommendations for attracting and keeping more women in the field. The author points out that, despite the great increase in the number of high-level positions now open to women in IT, few women seek the jobs. The paper reports that data gathering methods will be face-to-face interviews with written or taped notes and survey questionnaires.
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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Hypothesis
Delimitation
Definition of Terms
Assumptions
Importance of Study
Literature Review
Research Design
Data Needed and Data Gathering Method
Research Methodology
Outline of Proposed Study
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"Statistics show that the approach to technology education may be to blame. What seemed like an attractive career option in the 1980s is no longer an attractive option for young women. ?In the early 1980s, women were turned on by technical careers because they were new and challenging,? explained Susan Metz, executive director of the Lore-El Center for Women and Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. However, since then, the number of women earning computer science degrees has declined steadily, according to the Women?s Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development. Studies suggest women are losing interest because of how colleges approach technology education. According to a recently completed four-year study of 100 Carnegie Mellon students pursuing computer science degrees, there is a major gender gap in teaching technology these days.
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Free Software and Open Source Software, 2006.
This paper discusses the differences between the terms 'free Software' and 'open source software'.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses free software and open source software, noting that free software actually refers to software providing specific kinds of freedom to users, while "open source software" means that the user is made privy to the code so he or she can change the software as well as use it. The writer maintains that much of the argument dates to 1984 and the publication of the "Gnu Manifesto," written by Richard Stallman.
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"Software developers differ on the relative value of the terms "free software" or "open source software." The terms are not completely identical. Free software could be any software for which no charge is made, though it actually refers to software providing specific kinds of freedom to users, while "open source software" means that the user is made privy to the code so he or she can change the software as well as use it. By either name, the associated vision of software and users challenges the usual idea of copyright and intellectual property."
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Women Mentoring Women, 2000.
A brief historical overview of women and their past legal, as well as an analysis of the unique influential process of mentoring and the problems that have resulted from this process.
6,535 words (approx. 26.1 pages), 52 sources, $ 150.95
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This is an exhaustive paper examining the way that women mentor women in modern American professional society. Examines the history of the phenomenon, and gives information on how mentoring should be given and received.
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"Women mentoring women in the workplace is a relatively new phenomenon. Woman-to-woman mentoring encompasses circumstances and rules that are specific to a female style and representative of a female culture. The workplace puts demands on our priorities and our energy that bring new factors into woman-to-woman relationships. Our identity as professional women with career responsibilities affects our interactions with other women who are also committed to improving their performance and achieving greater success. Women learning from women at work, women mentoring each other as career professionals with job and personal lives, is an emerging opportunity with enormous potential to change work and women's lives for the future (Duff, 1999, p. xv & xvi). Mentoring begins with an influence that someone has upon another person. It also can help to shape and develop a person's personality and thoughts. In research, it has been proven that women need role models that help them to pursue and conquer future endeavors in the workforce. Discovery into the differences between males and females might be a way to unlock strategies to aid in diversity counseling as well as provide positions in organizations that are solely devoted to mentorship."
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Women's Poetry and Women's Politics, 2002.
A comparison between the poetry of Muriel Ruckeyser and that of Adrienne Rich, and an exploration of their feminist messages.
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper analyzes the poetry of Muriel Ruckeyser, as found in her book ?The Book of the Dead?, and that of Adrienne Rich, using her work entitled "Twenty-one Love Poems". The paper gives a biographical background on each of the poets, stressing their importance to the contemporary women?s movement and to American poetry. Rich?s poems are explored for their ideas on the relationships between women, and Ruckeyser?s are studied in terms of their comparison to a documentary and in relation to her strong political view.
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"To many, Poetry is the voice of women. It is the way in which women can express their inner thoughts and feelings, to write the things that they can not say. Poetry is more than words on paper but someone?s feelings and life poured into the readers mind. Poets let the readers climb inside their heads and taste what the poet feels, sees, and thinks.
Two major women poets that are in the inner ring of American feminist poets are Muriel Ruckeyser and Adrienne Rich. Though their poetry may be different in content, many of their messages are the same: we need to be heard. Ruckeyser?s ?The Book of the Dead? describes conditions and feelings of the Gauley Bridge tragedy through actual courtroom testimonies to words from actual citizens of the town. Adrienne Rich?s ?Twenty-one Love Poems? describes in many ways, her love of her companion as well as their struggles and times together."
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Wallace Stevens and Desire: Woman Lost--Woman Ignored, 2005.
A psychosexual and archetypal study of feminine figures in "Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens".
5,141 words (approx. 20.6 pages), 33 sources, MLA, $ 128.95
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This paper examines the "Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens", America poet. The paper shows that desire and desired denied in this work may be interpreted through the archetypal psychology of Carl Jung to disclose the reason for Stevens' preference for places over people and to explain his ambivalence toward the abstract feminine figures in his poems.
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"Feminine archetypes reconstruct the distant attitudes in Stevens' poetry by figuring-forth embedded emotions. First, they provide an archetypal perspective on individual poems. Second, they illustrate how, ranging from Harmonium (1923) to The Rock (1954), clusters of motifs influence the poet-hero's psychic development. Although their appearances change to fit their ambiguous roles, these singular feminine figures determine the poet-hero's canon-long struggle to achieve a regulated unity of self. Two categories need to be distinguished: (a) feminine figures and (b) the interior paramour. Their protean capability makes scrupulous demarcations between exterior feminine figures impossible, but three forms or combinations prevail: the summer maiden (Kore or lover), the universal mother or earth mother, and the maiden-mother (an overlapping maid and mother figure). The interior paramour represents a climax to the poet-hero's experience with exterior feminine figures."
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