Path Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

INTRODUCTION

Organizational environment has been among the most widely assessed discipline in the management sciences domain. Role and behavior of employer and employee, being the central players in organization, affects the organizational environment significantly. The discussion in the underlying case study revolves around the four main characters including two employees and two managers. The leadership approaches of managers’ and the employees’ level of motivation in the presence of those leadership styles have been central theme in this discussion. Alex and Stephanie are the state’s university students both work in the local super market to make ends meet and help ...

Integrity

Introduction
Warren Buffet, who is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, stated "In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first one, the other two will kill you" (Anderson 2012). Indeed, integrity is that special virtue of one's character that makes a person trustworthy to others. Integrity is the very foundation of principles and values that form the core of a person. Integrity means adherence to moral and ethical principles and the path of honesty. Integrity is extremely valuable and has become a rarity in the present ...

I have chosen Buddhism as the worldview to analyze. As there are two schools of Buddhism, rather than focusing on one school, I tried to incorporate the concepts that both schools follow.

Origin

In Buddhism, life has no beginning or end. There could not have been a beginning out of nothing. Instead, there is a cycle of life called Samsara. The cycle is continuous and consists of births and deaths. There is a story told by Buddha that to a man who asked him about the origin of life. Buddha explained in parable that a man was shot by a ...

Path dependency is where earlier historical events and decisions determine the future of an organization. In firm definition, path dependency dependentevents in history that bring about patterns in the organization which deterministic properties. These could be events and decisions, established policy, procedures, expectations and / or norms that have longterm on succeeding events and decisions (Berghout & Julia Hertin; 2002). The decisions and plans made by an organization will affect its future either positively or negatively depending on the profitability path the organization takes after such decision.
A strong culture is deeply embedded within the members of the organization and ...

Abstract

The paper explores what hardships black American women are facing in their pursuit of happiness. Though the time of slavery has passed, people still suffer enslavement. In modern world it is some sort of “spiritual enslavement”. Women try to survive in spite of all the obstacles they meet in their life path. It is hard to live in the hostile surroundings where people still judge you for the colour of skin. More difficult is to stay in constant fear of being abused or raped by your own husband. The story that may seem invented or exaggerated is actually the ...

The heart has its reasons which reason does not know. This is a statement that appears to be simple, but is quite the opposite taking into consideration its deeper meaning. This is a statement by blaise Pascal while trying to describe the path to ethical truth. The question thus arises as to exactly what blaise Pascal is referring to when he says the heart and what is the motivation behind this particular choice of words. Emotionally the heart is associated with decisions that are inclined towards truth and right. The heart thus has a moral compass that is ever pointing at the ...

Abstract

Entrepreneurship refers to the willingness or the ability of an individual to start and manage a Business Venture. The risks associated with the new Business Venture are taken into account and the individual develops the plan to manage those risks and implement the plans in order to make profit. Such an individual can be referred to as an Entrepreneur. A new business venture depends heavily on innovation, inspiration, motivation and human and non-human resource planning and the risks associated with these factors.
An individual faces two options after graduation, whether to start a business venture or join an organization ...

Introduction

Campbell states that there are twelve stages of the heroes journey they are;
The ordinary world - something occurs in the heroes life that causes stress. The approach - the hero and allies prepare for the challenge. The call to adventure - something occurs within the heart of the hero that starts them on their journey to leadership. The ordeal - the hero confronts, death, fears, anxieties, where something is learned (Campbell).
Refusal of the call - the hero now aware of his / her call, feels anxiety about it, unprepared, unworthy etc. The reward - the hero fights ...

Challenges of immigration

Types of reasoning
Immigration is an emotive issue which has shaped the America’s political and social discourse. This paper explores the approaches that the authors in the two articles have used to develop their arguments. The articles include bumps along the path to citizenship by Peter Skerry. On the other hand, the second article is winning the next immigration battle by Edward Alden. In his article, Alden highlights president Obama’s priority which include reforming immigration laws to lessen the struggle by immigrants to get required documentation. In the past, immigrants have not been able to get documents ...

Introduction

According to Burns (99), learning is comparatively permanent change in behavior, whereby behavior is the observable activity as well as internal processes such as attitudes, thinking and emotions. Burns holds that learning may not show itself in observable behavior immediately the educational program has happened. Learning occurs in different settings such as at home, during play, at work or more commonly, at school. In formal settings, learning takes place in a classroom, library or laboratory. Teachers facilitate learning on different levels. On the other hand, apprenticeship is a combination of training on the job and related classroom instruction through the supervision ...

Robert J. House and Terence R. Mitchel developed a theory which they called the path-goal theory. Through their research they concluded that an individual’s perceptions are influenced by their leader. The leader is able to motivate his/her subordinates by clarifying goal attainment. As workers would know what is expected out of them they would then be motivated to perform those duties effectively.
In “The benefits of planning really, really ahead” Vickie Elmer talks about how Paul Saginaw was able to grow Zingerman’s Delicatessen by his ability to plan for the future. Saginaw has been successful in this ...

Social Sustainability Challenge at Nike

CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, has become intertwined in the business models so much that organizations face high reputational and economic costs of ignoring it. Nike, a global organization, has been facing a major CSR challenge; social sustainability challenge, to state it more specific. Social sustainability, as a CSR dimension, is least defined; however it refers to providing quality to the society and to building a relationship with it. Unfortunately, Nike has been excoriated for maligning social sustainability by not giving quality conditions to workers.
The company has been facing protests since 1990s for the poor work conditions in its factories in developing ...

In the history of American society, there were both gruesome and inhuman events and policies. There were times when people were not just denied of their human rights, but even of their human nature and inborn equality. Slavery and racial segregation are humiliating features of American history. Some might suggest that they should be forgotten and life should take its normal pace of democratic development. I think that by forgetting the gruesome past of the history, society is doomed to repeat it, and by rejecting the atmosphere people lived and died in, modern society is also forgetting sacrifices of ...

Alcibiades, a young man who wants to enter politics, enters a dialogue with Socrates about the qualities of a good political leader. While he believes that his education and experiential knowledge are enough to make him a good politician, Socrates proves to him that he needs to learn about the true meaning of abstract and controversial concepts, such as justice or goodness before being able to counsel others about it. In particular, Socrates shows young Alcibiades that he does not have self-knowledge and persuades Alcibiades that a man who wants to enter politics first needs sufficient self- knowledge in ...

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In 2010, the UK’s Communities Secretary John Denham sadly noted that in spite strides against racism in the past decade by the government, the same plight of discrimination against the poor white families (PWF) had gone largely unnoticed and had then reared its ugly head. The segment has remained stagnant and has not keep abreast of the general progress of the population.
Denham expressed that assumptions on race have to be taken cautiously lest they will be used to justify PWF’s disadvantages. One such notion is that Asians are naturally more hard-working and ambitious ...

One effective aspect of the story is the use of conflict between Sonny boy and his community. Examples of the conflict can be seen with the treatment of Grandma Sooky, Old Jason, and Clara. Grandma Sooky is always telling Sonny to stop looking at the moon, Old Jason tries to convince him to pick up a plow, and Clara is in love with him, yet he does not propose to her. These conflict all shape and give meaning to the story.
First, Grandma Sooky want him to be conventional and follow religious rules not the moon "Devils". However, Sonny ...

Introduction

Virtue ethics are the theories that gives importance to our moral values that effect our mind and our character. It not only helps us to decide what is rightness or wrongness in our decision but also provides a guidance to be a good person that we wish to achieve .Virtual ethic was prevalent from the time old civilizations started. The philosophers always guided the rulers and the common people to follow the path of virtue ethics. Among the famous philosophers whose ethics are followed till date are Aristotle, father of Greek philosophy and Confucius, father of Chinese philosophy. Virtue ...

Argument with Evaluation

There are some talented authors who managed to portray life as they saw it with all the white and dark strips. One of such gifted natures is surely an Irish dramatist Lady Gregory. She was not interested in things and abstract ideas but preferred to depict the complicated inner life of people’s feelings and emotions. The Rising of the Moon is her remarkable one-act little play that was widely praised for its consummate dramatic technique. It was written in 1904 and proved that harmony and loyalty could be found in the most intense situations ever. Thomas Hogan named ...

1. According to Thomas Pownall, the fact of escaping from the rule of the British monarch did not entail the actual release from the British reign. Actual functioning of the colonies was possible owing to the financing and legislative regulatory activities of the latter. Parliament was not entitled to enforce any commerce or trade regulations, as well as taxes were exacted for the benefit of the Crown. It is obvious that Thomas Pownall's notion of a sovereign state is founded on the existence of a unified supreme power, judicial system and ruler.
In that line, the most appropriate solution ...

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The change, from the point of view of Machiavelli , has a close relation to the danger that agrees with the three principles of a successful change management. First of all, the change is not an overnight step, but a process itself. The change is a series of steps, events where there is the establishment which represents the current status of the situation and the liberals or revolutionaries which represents the interest to change his current status. Each side has sponsors that support one option or other by their interest. The change brings a natural resistance from the establishment ...

Isaac sacrifice vs. Iphigenia

Most of us are familiar with the story of Abraham and Isaac from the bible. In contrast, many may not be acquainted with the Greek myth of Agamemnon. This is the brief recap of the two stories: in the old testament of the bible, God commands Abraham to sacrifice his only son that he got at an older age after God had promised him. It is a paradox story in that the same God who blessed Abraham and Sarah with the child is the same God that wants Abraham to sacrifice Isaac his child. Abraham obeys God but in the ...

Introduction

Confers grace
Washes sins away
Puts to death sinful tendencies and temptations
It is God’s gift of love
Faith
As God’s gift and Inspires love
Facilitates worship and aids in resisting temptations
Necessary for the fulfillment of God’s promises
Believers are made righteous and justified
Enables believers to be saved, see and please God
Allow Christians to understand difficult mysteries beyond their power
Saint Bernard of the Claviaux wrote eighty-six sermons on the Song of Songs and On Loving God. In which baptism and faith ...

I have always been interested in selecting a career path that covers my educational needs and that, which provides me with proper skills to handle my job. The traditional bachelor’s degree programs as well as the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science Degree requires fair amount of formal college level academic proficiency in different basic areas such as political science, English, philosophy, history, sociology, and the natural sciences such as chemistry, math, biology, and physics. However, despite these similarities, the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science (BAAS) is more of a vocational degree, which provides the learners with the preparations ...

A Paradigm Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy.
A Paradigm Shift in U.S. Foreign Policy.
U.S. foreign policy is directed by the need for homeland security and defense. It also seeks to protect its national interests overseas. Non-intervention in global affairs, while maximizing U.S. interests had been the constant factor in U.S. Foreign policy ever since the country’s birth. The United States interacted with foreign countries like France and Spain to counter the British, whom it distrusted for a long time after independence. Foreign relations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were also limited to expansion ...

Philosophy is an interesting discipline as it tries to find answers to several challenging aspects of man and the processes of nature. Since time immemorial, man has been in a quest to find the self and understand the surrounding in which they reside. In the West, realism and romanticism were two competing cultural thoughts and artistic styles aimed at communicating the interactions/relationships between mankind and nature. Romantics associated with Plato emphasized on individual heroic achievement, power of emotions and mysticism dominating the European intellectual life while realists associated with Aristotle focused art and literature to more tangible matters with the ...

Introduction

Career choice will affect not only the income and lifestyle, but it will also have significant impact on happiness and self-expression. The labor market is characterized by stringent operating conditions, where there is intense competition between those who want to get the most “profitable” jobs along with the intensity of information flows and the large number of employers. In such circumstances, achieving career goals is impossible without timely developed strategic plan, which is particularly important at the initial stage of the search for “niche market” for the use of professional abilities.
Even if my career is not connected ...

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Introduction
The principle of profit maximization primarily focuses on the very fact that the fundamental motive of any business entity is maximizing its profits consequently maximizing the income of all of its shareholders. Maximization of sales, stock price, market share, and cash flow would all lead to profit maximization of the firm. Identification of the point where there exists the maximum difference between total revenue and total cost would help the firm in achieving the maximum profit. A few basic rules that would apply ...

Shakespeare writes his play in an era where males are not accepting of women in power and authority. While the Elizabethan Age had Queen Elizabeth at the throne, many critics did not accept women in these positions readily. As a result, Shakespeare’s works reveal women in both negative and positive ways. Males controlled aspects of the society such as power and authority while women were expected to be submissive or weak and follow the orders as stipulated by these males. This submission was important to their survival in the society and within their families. During the Renaissance period, the ...

Introduction: Social Control

Social control entails generally to both the political and societal mechanisms/ processes present, which aid in the regulation of group and individual behavior. This is often in an attempt at gaining both compliance and conformity to the prevailing rules, norms and regulations set, in a given jurisprudence, social grouping or society. In the field of sociology, this is categorized into two core avenues: informal and formal means of social control. The former, pertains to the internalization of various values and norms, through various forms of socio-cultural and religious interactions. The latter, entails the presence of external sanctions, enforceable through policies, ...

People go through life trying to overcome various obstacles on their way to what they perceive as an aim or a better life. The path of each individual is unique and is characterised by transformation of each person in a different way. The path an individual has gone through also tells a lot about personality development and rationale for certain decisions. The aim of this essay is to examine my personality from three different psychological theories in order to explain certain features of my personality. In this context attention is paid to approaches of Freud's psychoanalysis, Alport's trait theory and Skinner's behaviourism.
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- What was the hijrah (emirgration/migration) that Muhammad and his followers made, and why was this such an important event in Muslim history?
The “Hijrah” – is the Prophet Muhammad's and his supporters` flight from Mecca to Medina, where the first Muslim community was founded in 622 AD. Basically, “hijrah” in Arabic language has got a meaning of relocation from one place to another. As a religious term, the word "hijra" is used in cases of relocation of believers who are oppressed in their homeland and deprived of freedom of religion, to other regions where there are more favorable conditions for ...

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Currently, I am not working in any job industry. However, my most recent job was in the non-profit industry where I worked as a Finance Officer. This job position had attractive qualities and traits. As a Finance Officer, I was responsible for maintaining administrative, accounting, financial, and personnel services for my former employer in order to ensure that the organization met legal requirements and achieved its goals and objectives. Major responsibilities that came with these job functions were: to assist in budget preparation; monitor cash reserves and investments; establish and maintain supplier accounts; implement financial ...

One of the promise Obama said would be on his agenda if re-elected was a “comprehensive” immigration reform bill that would both provide a pathway to citizens and also be fair to those who opted to try legal means to enter the US and are waiting in line to enter the United States. This month, the Senate kept good on this political promise by formally beginning debates on the matter. A bipartisan “Gang of 8” have come up with a plan, which creates a “13-year path to citizenship for most of America’s 11 million undocumented immigrants.” (CNN.com).
The bill contains four ...

Speech Analysis – Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

The Israeli-Palestine Conflict is a complex political situation spanning nearly a century, with great divides in ideology and perspective on either side of this escalating situation. In the wake of sectarian violence and widening gulfs in culture and religion, it is difficult to find a way out of this process. The road to peace is a rocky one, and nowhere is this more acutely exemplified than in the rhetoric of the respective representatives at the UN, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Through their respective addresses to the United States Congress and the United Nations, the differences in perspective ...

Introduction

Literary critical theory is a complicated process - there are many different ways from which one can look at a story. The question remains, however, whether or not these readings are valid. Is the process of literary criticism a means of mental gymnastics, where theorists can force a reading into a text like a child pushing a square peg in a round hole? Looking at the various theorists who make up the most prominently observed members of the literary critical canon, it becomes clear that the act of reading itself is an interactive one, with the reader bringing just as much into the experience of reading as ...

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How to low costs in the veteran apartment

INTRODUCTION

PROBLEMS:
AMERICAN HEATH CARE SYSTEM
VA ISSUES
COSTS
CONCLUSION
It is well known that the U.S. has the most extensive help system for veterans in the world. This system exists from 1636th, when the Pilgrims Plymouth Colony was at war with the Indians Pekuot. Then was the first time when was mentioned that a soldier who is injured must receive help from the colony. 1776th, on the Continental Congress was the first time when was mentioned pension for the injury military. Nowadays, MDC is available to all ...

A high school diploma is no longer a passport to the comfortable middle-class life in America nowadays. Despite this being a common knowledge, there is still 59 percent of Americans who reach the age of 25 without obtaining a degree. They lack the credentials necessary to be competitive in the current job market. Furthermore, 25 percent of the population has not completed secondary education, a situation that has proven to negatively affect both their health and earning potential. The resulting load and loss of wages for this demographic also translates to a negative net impact to the economy. When compared with other industrialized nations, ...

I have desired to graduate with business management economic in fashion marketing for such a long time spanning from my childhood. However, this couldn’t be possible due to a number of reasons. First I had to depend on government support for school fees since my mother was not employed. Indeed I had to go through difficulties to make ends meet. With these hardships joining college after high school was not possible. In fact it was a thought that I erased from my mind. However, the hope of going back to school didn’t fade. Every time I considered the option of ...

The Impact on Nursing of the 2010 IOM Report on the Future of Nursing

In November 2010, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that was bound to change the dynamics as known in the profession and bring forth reforms that would improve this profession (Institute of Medicine, 2010). The report contained four imperative messages regarding nursing and the changes it would have in the future. These were that nurses should practice fully of their education, they should also achieve higher levels of education, they should collaborate with physicians and other professionals in the systems and finally should exercise better workforce planning. If these recommendations were followed to the latter, the complete healthcare system ...

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Management is about making decision. Just as there are different styles of leadership, there are different styles for making decision. Making a decision not only involves quantitative analysis but it also calls for qualitative analysis. Decision making is defined as mental processes that result in a course of action or a given opinion among several options that have been presented. Every decision made by a manager bears in mind that there will be a certain outcome in the future. There are various factors that come into play when making a decision but these factors can be divided into two categories: quantitative and qualitative factors. The ...

One of the most shadowy figures in the history of religious experience is Pontius Pilate, who just happened to be the Roman prefect over Judea when the Jews in that province happened to become very upset about the teachings of Jesus. As prefect, Pilate was in charge of determining Jesus’ fate when it became clear that the Jewish leadership wanted Jesus executed, because only the Roman authorities could order a death sentence. One of the more uncomfortable meetings in all of history ensued when Pilate brought in Jesus for an audience. The Gospels agree that Pilate did not find anything ...

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For many people, finding a middle path is one of the more difficult parts of life. It is often easier to embrace one extreme or another, rather than seeking out the tenuous middle ground and keeping to it. In the short term, we are often drawn to a more extreme pattern of behavior; over time, though, we rebel against its limitations and want a way to maintain balance. This is what Gotama referred to as the “middle way,” and during the course of Hesse’s novel, Siddhartha moves from being a confused boy to a wise man who, ultimately, earns the right ...

Introduction

In these tough economic times, the government needs to reprioritise its spending programs to ensure that it directs the economy back to the path of growth. Various measures need to betaken to achieve this objective, and I intend to make some several proposals that I will carry out to achieve this.
The police force plays an essential role of preserving social harmony in this country. The social stability that is enjoyed in all parts of the United Kingdom is to a large extent as a result of their efforts in maintaining law and order. I commend the police force for ...

The federal government in America defines vocational education training (VET) as any preparation that occurs below the baccalaureate level (Rauner & Maclean, 2008, p.296). The roots of vocational education in the US can be traced back to the 19th century, a time when the agrarian revolution was at its pick. Government funding for this programs however was started in the year 1916 (Rauner & Maclean, 2008, p.296).The aims of VET have been altered severally since its conception and they have included the training of people to fill job positions in the country’s rapidly growing economy as well as ...

The naming of the main character ‘Phoenix’ in Welty’s short story “A Worn Path” provides many different implications and meanings for the character, providing subtext that would otherwise be missing from such a self-contained tale. The Phoenix is a mythical bird that lives for hundreds of years before burning itself into ashes, a new phoenix rising from those ashes, reborn. In myth and legend, the Phoenix is a symbol of strength, integrity, rebirth and dedication. It is also known to be quite benevolent, giving of others and adoring of the sunlight. It has a very strong connection to the colors red and crimson, which ...

The only path that a man can really change is the path that comes from his own soul. In Toni Morrison novel diverse themes have been captured to reflect the ironies of life which are in one way been sustained by symbolism of life to produce seamless situational metaphors in more intricate imagery. The ironies of life can be seen where the author illustrates Bottom as gift from a Master to his slave, though it was a trick despite convincing the unknowing slave that the land was close to the heaven for it was hilly. In essence, this demonstrates the symbolism of ...