Essays on Consensus

Introduction

Social consensus information is one of the things that have influence on inter-group attitudes. However, the most essential thing is that there is a significance of the way in which individuals get into the group that provides the consensus information. Ideally the term consensus means a collective idea or opinion about specific times. To insist on the need to have a consensus, it is determined at making the general agreement (Sechrist, 2007). This report aims at making detailed analysis about the social consensus information and the level at which it can cause can influence the humanitarian help. The research Continue reading...

The last two decades of the 20th century were dominated by one overbearing policy that places emphasis on market forces. This policy was known as the Washington consensus, a term that was coined by John Williamson. The principles of the Washington consensus are as follows: privatization, deregulation, debt crisis management, trade and financial liberalization. In Latin America the policy was known as neo-liberalism while many simply called it “free market economics.” This policy not only dominated governments but also corporate entities, international financial institutions and academic circles. The Washington Consensus policies provided a liberal, unregulated privatized space Continue reading...

Introduction

Literature Review
Psychologists have previously considered societal norms, behaviors, attitudes, communication of knowledge and observations made by others as determinants of intergroup beliefs. Several studies have provided support for this premise. These studies have demonstrated that there exists consensus among the stereotypical beliefs of different individuals. These studies also showed that prejudice and stereotyping result from clearly defined and established group norms. The studies also found that racial attitudes of different individuals differ depending on the societal norms professed in the immediate environment. This shows that individuals exhibit relatively favorable intergroup attitudes that are dependent in the beliefs held Continue reading...

Definition of democracy

Democracy is a representative form of governance where the people take part decision making either directly or through elected representatives.

Mentioning the variants of democracy such as social, liberal, consensus, majoritarian and grassroots. Usually a democratic system is contrasted to what is considered its anathema. Thus liberal is contrasted to social, and consensus to majoritarian.
Statement of the hypothesis that consensus democracies are inferior to majoritarian democracies. The comparative analysis will be informed by the concepts:

That democracy is defined by the level of citizen participation and that the ideal Continue reading...

The American government: Deliberate will of the people

Most countries give their citizens the ultimate right to decide what is good for their country; however, the American government practices a different type of rule where the majority views do not necessarily overrule the minority. Consensus takes most of the decisions made by the American government (Sandoz 109). In the consensus system of democracy, the people in leadership discuss on the decisions that face them and review the possible courses of action viable for the prevailing situations. A decision on what suits the situation best comes from the agreement among the leaders without consulting the elected members or Continue reading...

Rape can be defined as type of sexual assault in which one or more persons initiate sexual intercourse with another without that persons consent. These situations of enforcing sex maybe done either by using force, abuse of authority of by having sex with someone who is not able to provide such consent. Rape is defined as so in criminology so as to have a clear direction on how courts would handle such cases. Persons who perpetrate such an act is referred to as a rapists and this definition is also applied under the sexual offenders’ registry as used in Continue reading...

Assignment 2.3 After reading the chapter on Collaborative Planning, please explain what a consensus meeting is and why they are useful for strategy formulation?
Consensus groups are one of means of systematic approaches to strategic planning (Mohammed and Ringseis, p. 321). In a wider methodological system, it can be compared with focus groups, with one particular difference, consensus groups are more interactive and participative, and the outcome of discussion depends on participants' agreement towards its acceptance and not due to moderator's decision (book of reading, p. 46). Unlike in surveys, participants modify statements they vote on in such a Continue reading...

Globalization can be defined as the increasing relationships in the globe concerning culture, economical activities and political influences. In economics, economic globalization refers to the unrestricted movement of goods and services across the national borders with little or no barriers. It has been argued that economic globalization can result in economic growth in developing and developed countries through specialization, reduced labor and technology importation and comparative advantage. Critics have challenged the idea of globalization by claiming that the people encouraging globalization only looks exaggerates the advantages and underestimates the costs of globalization. It is in this perspective that we Continue reading...

Analysis

As noted in the introduction, the author of this report is not trying to sway anyone’s minds when it comes to whether global warming exists or not. Based on the totality of what is coming out in the press and the science community, the planet probably is warming and humans are probably at least a small (if not a major) factor in all of the above. However, some of the talking heads, “scientists”, politicians and other people in the global warming/climate paradigm are acting extremely suspiciously and/or in an obtuse or irresponsible way. The author of this report Continue reading...

Dissertation Online Blogging

Validity and Reliability
Questionnaires are the most frequently used type of research tool and or instrument when it comes to gathering information from a target respondent population. In general it is an effective tool that helps the researchers gather information on the attitudes, knowledge, opinions, facts, behaviors, and other information regarding their target respondents. However, it is important to note that there are specific qualities of a questionnaire or a research instrument that researchers must consider and gauge if they want to produce high quality results, evidences, and findings in their research.
Naturally, the higher the level of validity Continue reading...

Amongst mentally ill patients at high risk for early readmission, does the utilization of a multi-component transition care plan as compared to usual care help to improve early readmission rates?

Abstract

The early hospital readmission rate in a 30-bed psychiatric unit in California is 25%. This figure is higher than the 13% reported in the literature for high-income countries like the US (Vigod et al., 2013). Early readmissions are problematic as they are costly and disruptive to the personal and professional lives of patients and their family members. In addition, they are construed to be negative patient outcomes and negative Continue reading...

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT # 2: CONTEXTUALIZED SUMMARY

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Food safety issues pose important questions concerning risk management, as those constitute a major public concern on health and safety in food consumption. Understanding how risk management experts confront food safety issues requires a deeper understanding of the underlying literature, given the controversy arising from mismatching perceptions between consumers and experts. Such a discrepancy serves as an important point for clarifying the conduct of risk management on food safety issues, hence my choice of the article by Krystallis et al. (2007) entitled: A Perceptual Divide? Consumer and Expert Attitudes to Food Risk Management Continue reading...

Introduction

Advanced Practice Nurses are licensed and registered nurses with graduate level education who have various roles such as directing care for patients and communities, administration of health care institutes, policy formulation and implementation. APNs are specialized in various fields such as Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Nurse Practitioners (NP), Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), and certified nurse midwife (CNM). The roles of ANPs differ by the field of specialization but can largely be divided in to traditional nursing roles and enacted roles (White et al., 2008). In this essay, the roles of FNP, CRNA, and CNM Continue reading...

History of Western Civilization

Western civilization describes the development of human civilization beginning in the Middle East and spreading westwards. Its roots may date back to 9000 BCE when humans existing as hunters and gatherers began to settle into agricultural societies. However, the western civilization, in its more strictly defined European spheres, traces its roots back to classical antiquity. The western civilization had spread to northern America, South America and much of Oceania. In western history, there were three seminal periods: the Classical Greece (Hellenic), the pagan roman empire and the ancient Israel. The Greeks believed in democracy and pursuit of intellectual inquiry. Continue reading...

Negotiations and communication are functions of world peace and tranquility. Negotiation can be defined as a holistic process through which parties agree or arrive at a consensus through discussions (Cohen, 5). On the other hand, communication refers to the process through which information passes between parties. In other words, in order for negotiations to be effective and achieve a long-term objective, effective communication as a function must exist between individuals. In most cases, negotiations are conducted when there are disagreements or conflicts between different parties. For instance, when the country is at war with another country, leaders representing both Continue reading...

Introduction

The social performance of an organization emanates from the inculcation of plausible approaches within the performance mandate. Furthermore, the appreciation of its stakeholders and ensuring plausible performance is significant towards successful performance. As such, profitability, extensive performance and so forth originates from proper relations with the diverse stakeholders. Thus, this paper will evaluate facets of social performance in reference to National football league as per the case questions.
- Specify the nature, structure, types of products or service your chosen organization and two key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide an explanation Continue reading...

Question 1

The video illustrates a lacuna and loophole in the criminal justice system that provides the accused with an opportunity to cross examine the complainant, in a court proceeding. In this video, the case involves the complainant (Miss Jason), and defendant (Mr. Gassley). Through her lawyer, the defendant has accused the defendant for raping her, despite the accused, and the complainant concealing that they knew each other, and had an intimate relationship before. During the court proceeding, the jury has a legal duty to manage the court proceeding fairly, and in accordance with the provisions of the law; an aspect Continue reading...

Final Memo

Agreement on key metric factors should be based on important aspects of good metrics. To reach a consensus and beat time, involved stakeholders must set a benchmark on what they aim to achieve. To come up with comprehensive sustainable metrics and reach a consensus, the methods of data collection and means of communication must be ideal. Developing the market for sustainability data is also important for future success in the market.

Issues

The recommended action is due to the fact that there is lack of agreement on key sustainability metrics for organizations. Another factor has been due to the long Continue reading...

Group dynamics is arguably one among the toughest topics because according to psychologists, groups cannot be studied through a unilateral approach. Human beings are quite different in terms of reasoning and opinion. This way, they tend to perceive things differently. This is the explanation behind the fact that mob psychology and group decision making are tougher and time consuming as compared to individual psychology and decision making. In a group – be it at the work place or in the school setting – making decisions is difficult for the simple reason that establishing a consensus in group is a difficult idea ( Continue reading...

People can process information in a superficial or systematic way. Most advertisements aim to persuade the consumer to buy products by targeting the superficial processing function through heuristic cues (Smith & Mackie, 2007). However, the most effective advertisements are undoubtedly direct response ads (Agee & Martin, 2001). While those ads can potentially work best on impulsive buyers because of their use of heuristic cues, Agee and Martin (2001) point out that a majority of consumers are planned buyers, which means they logically consider the reasons for buying products that are given in the ad. That is why direct response ads target Continue reading...

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Global cooling is a process of gradual cooling of the Earth. Hypothesis, which postulates a global cooling of the Earth's surface and its atmosphere until its glaciation.
Hypothesis never had significant scientific support, but in its favor say some publications in scientific and popular scientific press about the cyclical ice ages and the trend decline in average temperature, observed from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Now more common in academic circles is the hypothesis of global warming is increasing the earth's temperature, due to man-made human activities.
According to researchers, the Continue reading...

Effect on Reducing Deficits and Stabilizing Prices

In a recent opinion editorial, American literary theorist, legal scholar, and public intellectual Stanley Fish decided to use a definition for neoliberalism provided by political thinker and writer Paul Treanor (2009). Fish stated that Treanor holds that neoliberalism is a philosophy where the existence and operation the market are valued separate from the production of goods and services, to the point of deliberately not justifying the market by its goods and services production. This creates an ethic based on the operation the market alone, and this resulting ethic is asserted as being capable of acting as a guide for Continue reading...

Introduction

There are various management styles and democratic management is one of the popular styles of management. Other styles include paternalistic management, autocratic management and laissez faire which makes four style of management that is widely accepted in the organization globally. Each management style has its pros and cons which assists an organization to apply according to the relevant situation and environment of the workplace. These styles of management are a tool to make decisions by the manager for their subordinate and lower level staff and for an organization on a whole. The two ends of style of management are Continue reading...

1. What is leadership?

Leadership is usually defined according to the area of usage. In most cases, leadership is considered in social sphere thus the definition is mostly from this area. From sociology perspective, leadership is the ability to have great social influence on people or a group of people to a point that they can pay attention to you and allow you to monitor and control their reactions or mode of operation. This is mostly exhibited by people called leaders. These people are special in that they assume the leadership responsibility and since leadership is in a person, Continue reading...

Abstract

Multilateral organizations, such the International Monetary Fund, play a major role in our society, working in the areas of technical and financial assistance through structural adjustments in developing countries, as well as funding and sector-specific policy guidance. This domain has an inherent dynamism, and must be understood by analyzing the historical trajectory of these organizations and understanding that their actions are guided by the ideology that sustains the society we live in, which is rooted in the capitalist mode of production. This led me to ask the simple question: to what extant has the IMF been a force for Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Society is typically divided into units of families; this social institution is meant to allow parents to raise children in the way they wish, imposing values and discipline upon the children and prepare them for the outside world. As the decades go by and the nature of society changes, families must change as well. There are many sociological theories by which to examine the role of families in society, and the roles of individuals within that family, but some lenses fit better than others. In this essay, we will look at the social institution of family through a Continue reading...

Introduction

An organizational culture of a particular society, institution or business usually determines the profitability and the efficiency of that institution in achieving success. This culture normally entails the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. In this regard, it is very fundamental and elemental for any institution or organization like Brook University to conduct a cultural organizational analysis. There are three various approach that researchers can employ in Continue reading...

The Role of the Teacher in Fostering a Positive Impact through Warm Demanding versus the Academic Performance of Students in Public School Setting: A Correlational Study

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Introduction 3

Statement of the Problem 5
Purpose of the Study 7
Research Questions 8
Hypotheses 9
Definition of Key Terms 10
Brief Review of the Literature 11
Summary 19
Research Method 21
Operational Definition of Variables 9
Measurement 10
Summary 19

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13
Introduction
One of the goals of an educational institution is to incorporate the principles of “warm Continue reading...

The Role of the Teacher in Fostering a Positive Impact through Warm Demanding versus the Academic Performance of Students in Public School Setting: A Correlational Study

Graduate Faculty of the School of Education
Requirements for the Degree of

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1
Purpose of the Study 2
Research Questions 3
Hypotheses 4
Definition of Key Terms 5
Brief Review of the Literature 5
Summary 7
Research Method 7
Operational Definition of Variables 9
Measurement 10
Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13
Introduction
One of the goals of an educational institution is to incorporate the principles of “warm Continue reading...

Concept Paper

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 2
Purpose of the Study 4
Research Questions 4
Coding and Theoretical Framework 5
Definition of Key Terms 7
Chapter 2: Literature Review 8
Summary 12

References 14

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 24
Introduction
One of the goals of an educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, professional exhibits a warm; but demanding presence in the classroom (Bondy et al., 2007). Current research suggests that there is a distinct overlap between the success of students in a Continue reading...

Concept Paper

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Belinda J. Haye
Prescott Valley, Arizona

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1
Purpose of the Study 2
Research Questions 3
Hypotheses 4
Definition of Key Terms 5
Brief Review of the Literature 5
Summary 7
Research Method 7
Operational Definition of Variables 9
Measurement 10
Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13
Introduction
One of the goals of educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, professional exhibits a warm, but demanding presence in the classroom (Bondy et al., 2007). Current Continue reading...

Emile Durkheim believed that the cooperative constitution of all modern social facts, like all the other social facts, have an opposing and balancing effect to the existence of natural facts and the natural individuals. In modern societies, as in the traditional societies, the cooperative achievement of social facts and character depends on the shared social practices and moral or sacred orientations. An innovative and important conception of constitutive practices played a key role in Durkheim’s theory. Durkheim found out that the idea of self-organizing constitutive practices presented a vision of a highly differentiated society. A case in point Continue reading...

Political parties are one of the critical components in a society. It is worth noting that in a democratic government system political parties play a critical role. In the United States, two-party system has dominated for many years. Two-party system refers to a system whereby two main political parties dominate the politics of the country. One of the two is the majority part, while the other is a minority party. Critically, the constitution of the United States is silent on issues related to political parties. The political ground in the U.S is very dynamic, and Americas are innovative in Continue reading...

Forewords

Egypt's military-backed government led by Abdel Falah al Sisi is trying to establish a political order since July 2013. The political order has been given tremendous public support in Egypt, and the authorities have sensed this. Many observers and authors are of the opinion that after the riots against former president Husni Mubarak, Egyptian society has become more opinionated, connected to the world, daring and more economically and socially entrepreneur. There could be no central power which can control or rule such a society for an indefinite period. Some are also of the opinion that Egyptian security forces have Continue reading...

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There has been a great confusion as to the scope of duties and responsibilities that a nurse assume in the healthcare delivery system. The confusion grows because of miscommunication in the scope of practice accorded to every classifications and title of nurses. However, this has been clarified by the American Nurses Association with the Scope and Standards of Practice that the organization has published if only to set the record on the track (American Nurses Association, 2014). In the clinical practice, an APRN who receives advanced education such as a master degree can function as a (a) Continue reading...

Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective by David F. Kelly (end of life issues)

In the context of this book various ethical principles are analyzed with respect to the medical care at the end life of people and the support that people deserve at their end life. The book is broken into sections which try to expound on the principles guiding the healthcare at the end life of people.
In the context of chapter one, the issue of ordinary and extraordinary means has been reflected with respect to end life medical care ethics. This shows the dilemma facing the medical professionals and the health institutions with regards to end life ethics. This was Continue reading...

There is a growing trend in many organizations where task groups play a role in decision making. The manner in which organizations are run and the way duties are carried out shows a great improvement in management strategies. Self managing groups have received great emphasis in terms of decision making and planning. Managers are delegating important operational and strategic planning duties to selected task groups in the organizations. Although this have proven to be a success to some extent, the decision making process is not easy and could lead to the passing of uninformed decisions by virtue of majority. Continue reading...

De – Westernization of Globalization

Introduction
Dr. Hassan Hanafi, a professor of philosophy at Cairo University and a severe critic of globalization, termed globalization as a western hegemony . He conceptualizes globalization as a channel for the west to express their imperial dominance by imposing their own ideologies and values on other nations. According to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), globalization is the increasing inter-nationalization of markets, financial systems, competition, means of production, industries and technology . Globalization was a concept of the western states with the aim of opening up economies and reforming political systems of different states.
This western- inspired liberalization Continue reading...

- Introduction
On September 2008, American football player, Anquan Boldin, had a violent helmet-to-helmet collision, while he was on field. While attempting to catch a long pass, he was hit in the back by another player and then suffered a blow on his face from another player, knocking both of them unconscious (Bolohan, 2011). While the other player regained consciousness after a few minutes, Boldin was placed on a stretcher and had to be carted off the field. A few days later, his coach announced that he would be out for an indefinite period and that due to the Continue reading...

Consensus view on crime

According to this perspective on crime, the behaviors that constitute crime are those that are considered as harmful to a large number of the citizens of a state or government, due to their universal considerations as harmful, they have been therefore regulated by existing criminal laws (Siegel 12). These behaviors are contrary to the universal norms, goals, and values of the society within which individuals freely interact. According to this perspective on crime, both the criminal law and crime are as a consensus of public opinion and that a general agreement on the behavior control, both at societal and Continue reading...