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The paper discusses how while Africa is clearly in a postcolonial phase, many critics contend that there remains a significant legacy of colonialism in Africa today. This paper examines this question with particular reference to two African countries: Algeria and Somalia. The thesis is argued that to understand the enduring legacy of colonialism we must recognize the close integration of racism and exploitative capitalism in the history of colonialism. The paper shows in this analysis, how while the direct political rule from Europe that was the most superficial characteristic of colonialism has ceased, the continuing power of Euro-American capitalism in Africa - together with the power of racist colonialist attitudes towards Africans - is testimony to the enduring legacy of colonialism.

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"Today, in the early 21st century, we are removed by decades from the wave of independence movements that led to the collapse of the European colonial empires in Africa in the mid to late 20th century. However, while Africa is clearly in a postcolonial phase, many critics contend that there remains a significant legacy of colonialism in Africa today. This essay will examine this question with particular reference to two African countries: Algeria and Somalia. The thesis will be argued that to..."

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The company examined is Legacy Home Builders Ltd. in Halifax, a dedicated company with many years of experience and dedicated to generating the ideal home for its customers. Each staff member possesses a broad range of knowledge in the construction industry and also possesses a keen interest in the most current methods of construction. The company was set up to start business immediately and to create hoes that would satisfy the needs of the customers. This is an analysis of the business model for the company and of the way that model has been turned into an ongoing operation, to see how well it achieved the goal it set for itself.

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Executive Summary The company examined is Legacy Home Builders Ltd. in Halifax, a dedicated company with many years of experience and dedicated to generating the ideal home for its customers. Each staff member possesses a broad range of knowledge in the construction industry and also possesses a keen interest in the most current methods of construction. The company was set up to start business immediately and to create hoes that would satisfy the needs of the customers. This is an analysis of the business model for the company and of the way that model has been turned into an ongoing operation, to see how well it achieved the goal it set for itself. It is

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This paper mainly discusses the post-industrial society and the transition process from industrial to post-industrial society. By using the articles and the ideas of Castells, Bell, Negri and Hardt, the writer explains how the post-industrial society has emerged, and predicts the shape of post-industrial society in future. The writer also tries to construct his own point of view about the post-industrial society and explains the reason why he calls post-industrial society a digital society.

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"Post-industrial society is a conception of late 20th century, which simply emphasizes the declining dependence of the societies on mass manufacturing industry and the increasing roles of service sector, knowledge and information technologies in production. By contrast the industrial society, which precedes post-industrial society, refers to the mass production (factory-based) as the dominant form of production. I think the best definition regarding post-industrial era has come from Daniel Bell, who is also considered as the father of post-industrial society. He suggests that post industrial society includes the birth and growth of a knowledge class, change from goods to service sectors and change from blue-collar to white-collar occupations. For him, all of these could be based on an increasing dependence on science as a means of innovation as well as a means of technical and social change."

Tags:globalization, industrial, post, society, sociology, digital, production, communication, network

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This essay critically evaluates post-heroic leadership in the light of the leadership theories. It does this by first demonstrating how complicated and contested the term "leadership" is. It then gives a brief summary of Huey's understanding of what post-heroic leadership is. The essay critically evaluates post-heroic leadership (as Huey sees it) through the perspective of the Trait theories of leadership, the behavioral theories of leadership (through a close look at the Michigan studies), the contingency theories, and the more modern Transactional and Transformational leadership models.

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"Even when experts agree that management and leadership are different concepts, experts still disagree as to what the reasons are for this difference (Robbins, 1998). Greenberg and Baron claim that the primary function of a leader is to "create the essential purpose or mission of an organization and the strategy for attaining it" (Greenberg & Baron, 1997, p434). They then contrast this with what they say is the job of a manager: to implement the vision that the leader has come up with. They therefore believe that the difference between the leader and the manager is that manager's cope with "complexity", whereas leaders cope with "change" (Greenberg & Baron, 1998). They claim that the confusion between these two terms stems from the fact that the distinction between establishing a mission and implementing it is often blurred in practice. This is because many leaders are called upon not only to come up with the vision, but also to help manage and implement it. Another reason for the difficulty in attempting to distinguish between managers and leaders is that, while many managers do not make good leaders, a substantial proportion of managers do (Greenberg & Baron: 1998). "

Tags:behavioural, contingency, heroic, leadership, post, theories, trait, transactional, transformational

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This essay explores the media portrayal of women in post World War II America and whether these portrayals were accurate. The essay discusses television figures such as June Cleaver, Donna Read, Mary Tyler Moore and Marlo Thomas and compares these portrayals of women with the reality of the female environment of decades following World War II. The essay finds that the media portrayed women as subservient to men in the 1950s and in later decades portrayed women as completely independent and financially successful. The essay argues that neither portrayal accurately reflected the reality of the post WWII American woman.

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"What, then, was the purpose of departing from reality in so drastic a way between 1950 and the later part of the 1970s when portraying women as less capable than men, and subordinate to the patriarchal society? The answer, of course, is that those depictions served a purpose in society. The early post war depiction of the woman as a high-heeled, neat, orderly housewife was actually presenting an escape from the reality of the American woman and family, is explained in part by films like The Searchers and other John Wayne films. It is not a depiction of what the American woman was, or needed, but a depiction of what the American man needed to be, and how he needed to feel about himself (McCarthy, Patrick, 1997, 165)."

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This paper discusses how the post-industrial era is not merely a buzzword that conjures up images of skyscrapers, office cubicles and white-collar employees living the life. However, the sociological ramifications reach beyond these superficial images. This paper tries to understand the evolution and origins of the post-industrial era and delve into the effects of this type of economy on the constituents of this work force, their lifestyle and the surrounding community.

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"Over the centuries, man has continually developed collectively. The first small communities as nomadic foragers and hunters were primarily concerned with survival. These communes essentially lived day to day and sought protection in numbers not from other communes, but from inherent dangers in nature such as predators. Their numbers also meant more success in hunting."

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This paper examines the relationship between the post- war prosperity, the development of the suburbs, and the perceived need for conformity in the United States. These factors, while apparently extremely different in appearance, are all connected through the changing social structure of America. The main cause of this change is best explored as that of a need for stability and the new finances that allowed the new American middle class to chase after that stability.

Tags:stability, and, post, war, america

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This paper researches post traumatic stress disorder in children following a natural disaster. It explains that this topic is related to sociology because it directly focuses on how children within society are affected by natural disasters and their successful integration into the social order after suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

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"The topic of the research being proposed is post traumatic stress disorder in children following a natural disaster. This topic is related to sociology because it directly focuses on how children within society are affected by natural disasters and their successful integration into the social order after suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. This proposed project is directly related to children who experience post traumatic stress disorder after a natural disasters, and in comparison to the literature researched it is evident that few studies are directly related to the topic in question. Contribution of Research: This research will contribute to society in that it will lead to an understanding of PTSD in relation to children, and propose interventions that may aid teachers, doctors, parents and the community in helping children cope with natural disasters. Theory: The hypothesis in relation to this research is that children ..."

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The following paper commences with a brief empirical account of post-Fordism. Subsequently, a liberal and a social democratic interpretation of the phenomenon will be outlined. A concluding section offers some broad observations on the relationship of theory and practice or paradigm and interpretation.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was added to the DSM inventory in 1980, largely in response to symptoms found among American veterans of the Vietnam conflict. PTSD has become rather a household term in the West but continues to be much debated in terms of how it describes non-Western patients and in terms of the diagnosis's implications.

Tags:post-traumatic, stress