Essays on Expectations

The choice of place is a salon. It in a building located in a busy street, in a town. It has bright and warm colors from the outer impression. There are figures of ladies in different hair styles drawn and displayed on the front window. As you draw nearer you will identify the small notice board with the specialties in terms of services being offered inside the facility. On the front door, there are some flowers and a welcome sign to usher you in. One you get it, the smell that welcomes you in full of a sweet smell. Continue reading...

Uri Margolin’s assertion that “an individual's appearance, gestures, mannerism, dress, and natural and human-made environment are indicators for inferences about his or her mental and moral features” essentially claims that readers pick up on who a character is through their outside features as described in the prose (2012, p. 77). However, this assertion ignores the possibility of contrasts, societal pressures, and other factors that can provide needed context for further understanding of their true character. Tess in Tess of the d’Urburvilles, for instance, is a quintessential contradiction – somewhere between rich and poor, sophisticated and simple, strong and Continue reading...

Theoretically speaking, the term 'stakeholders' refers to "any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of organizations objectives" (Freeman, 2010). It is obvious to expect the differences in stakeholders expectations for a profit business to that of non-profit organizations.
The biggest difference is the monetary expectation. As non-profit organizations don't make monetary benefits from their operations, stakeholders cannot expect financial benefits. The goals of these firms are, usually, providing a charitable and educational service. As such, stakeholders including funders, volunteers, participants, clients and government officials may have different expectations ranging from providing quality service Continue reading...

Introduction

Gender is an aspect that is truly concerning in society. Gender factor is usually deterministic of the way people live behave and relate with one another. The different genders act appropriately to fit in the context in which they live. essentially, certain societies or places have significant roles or implications for gender. As a result, this influences the relationships on the genders based on the expectation of either gender by the other. In most cases, gender behaviors are greatly influenced by the prevailing social and cultural activities and expectations within a particular place. In Los Angeles, there are particular Continue reading...

Numerous studies have been conducted regarding features that allow people to be classified and categorized to belong to or thought of having particular personality characteristics. Scholars and experts, therefore, have conducted research to determine the reasons why people give certain attributes or associate certain appearances with certain character. As the adage goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, the same idea has been applied by some in defining ad describing people and, therefore, categorizes them. There are many elements and attributes that experts have pointed out shape and determine personal characteristics and, therefore, their personalities. They include, Continue reading...

Linda LW, writer and homeschooling parent of one child, asserts in her essay [1] that how the schooling system is unfriendly or ill-prepared for the gifted students. The author claims that since the gifted students have higher intelligence than the average student, the teachers and the education system set higher expectations from them. This higher expectation and improperly equipped schooling system becomes a threat to their performance despite them being gifted.
In the second section of the article, Linda tried to point out that how we set unrealistic expectations from these students. She claims that gifted students often have “ Continue reading...

Powerlessness

One of the issues that create powerlessness is role conflict. Role conflict emanates from the different roles a nurse has to fulfill. A nurse has an official role, which she has to fulfill to meet the expectations set by the institution. Communication of roles is via the normal administrative channels. Additionally, the nurse has to fulfill the expectations of the colleagues and peers. Thirdly, a nurse has to fulfill self-expectations from the basic personal understanding of what a nurse is required to do. These entire roles may themselves introduce role conflict, which contribute to the reduction in motivation among Continue reading...

People always were, are and will see first with an expectation. The main reason for this is that not all of us has a required experience to make realistic prognoses. However most of the people do not want realistic, dream world always looks better than the real one. In dreams we can complete any work without required knowledge, we can get anything without putting enough effort to it. Unfortunately seeing with expectation will not help to resolve any issue while experience is the knowledge that you can rely on in any difficult situation.
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Part 1: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Self fulfilling prophecy can be defined as any negative or positive expectation about circumstances, people, or events that can affect a person’s way of life or behaviour toward them in a manner that makes the expectations be achieved.
On my first day in college, my roommate expected to find a very jovial and talkative person in campus. When we were allocated rooms in University, I had some hard time while learning the new environment. I remember very well while my roommate together with the other friend tried to judge that fact that I was silent. However, that was Continue reading...

Abstract

Introduction
The title of the article is - The Rube Goldberg Democrats. The source is The Wall Street Journal. The author is Daniel Henninger. The argument for the article is that it is against Obama Care. The author emphasizes that this program is characteristic of other failures by the Democrat Government such as social security and admission to colleges. This article stresses that Obama Care will put a blemish on the brand identity of The Democratic Party. There are several elements that I will discuss in this essay. They include, increasing expectations on government, failure of the Democratic Party Continue reading...

Abstract

In the modern society, the aspect of individualization is very high. This implies that most people are more attached to themselves rather that the community. Even if the world has become too mobile, family still remains one of the fundamental aspects for many people. There are major family characteristic, history, expectations, behaviors, beliefs, values of individual ethnic heritage. Germany is one of the societies with many inhabitants. Based on my own family, it is comprised of me, my wife and two dogs. Just like most of the developed nations in the world, Germany is in the record for fewer Continue reading...

Critical Thinking/Management Decision in Relation to an HRM Issue

A dispute among workers was the main problem that I had to solve for which there was no clear solution. This is due to involvement of other people, and where there behavior as well as decisions highly impacted the solution to the problem. Although it took a lot of time to solve the problem, it was finally settled by clearly guiding the workers of the company’s expectations from each one of them, and educating the workers on conflict handling styles. This required a lot of critical and creative thinking on educating the workers. This was because the seniors Continue reading...

Discussion Question

Supply chain management is an integrative philosophy to manage the flow of a distribution channel from the supplier to the ultimate user. It can be described as the monitoring and control of the flow of goods from the point of initial production to the point of final consumption. The customer is the most important component of the supply chain because he or she is the final destination point of the entire supply chain. In other words, customers are the end users of the goods produced by the supply chain. Production of goods will therefore be unnecessary if they do Continue reading...

Sociology: DS2 Part 1

The first theme selected for this discussion is social construction of reality. This theme is related to a theory with assumption that reality is relative to the socio- cultural environment where people live and interact. It consists of one’s country, religious affiliation; city, education among a few other variables (Korgen, 52). From my personal point of view this theory contains inconsistencies because reality is relative to one’s personal experience. As such, it was my proposal to investigate this occurrence by conducting a brief survey asking a small sample of respondents to explain their views of reality. The Continue reading...

AE 20D

December 3rd, 2014
PARENT’S WISHES
People have dreams to get married and start a family. My father once implied that life is hard and sometimes sad, but all the harshness of life dissipates when you have children. He says having children should make me happier. My parents set goals for me to achieve in order to make them proud of me. Also, their expectations on what I should do did not stop when I graduated high school. Parents usually develop expectations once their child is born, and many develop their expectations for what their children’s goals should Continue reading...

Humor provokes laughter. Most people from all backgrounds have a sense of humor since they can experience laughter. The extent to which one finds something to be humorous mainly depends on their culture, level of maturity, intelligence and educational background. There are other forms of humor that appeal to adults such as satire since they can only be humorous when the audience understands the context. Humor is, therefore, relative from one individual to another. People who do not seem to have self- interest seem to interest people, who see their actions as humorous.
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The relationship between music and emotions is a very discuss subject and many scientist from musicology, psychology and even philosophy tried to deal with it. In this essay, I will focus specifically on theories launched by psychology but I will not omit some other theories launched by the musicologists and philosophers. I will focus on three main theories elaborated from specialist people in the field and explain how the connection between music and emotions develops during different process.
Along the time, many theories regarding the connection between music and emotion were elaborated but there is no one theory which Continue reading...

Gender-Role Expectations as seen in Casablanca and Mrs. Doubtfire:

Discussion and Analysis
Gender-role expectations are the labels put on individuals whom identify with a particular gender. Many of the expectations are formed from real observations and social roles; however, these stereotypes can be both foundational as well as detrimental to relationships. Men may desire women who are “feminine” and “good homemakers.” Women may desire men who are rugged and good with tools. The effects of these expectations can be seen in the two films, Casablanca, by Michael Curtiz, and Mrs. Doubtfire, by Chris Columbus. While these two movies don’t primarily focus on the effects of gender-role expectations, Continue reading...

Are Men Held To Unrealistic Standards in Terms of Gender Stereotypes and Expectations

When people think of gender inequality and unfair standards they usually think of woman and the struggles they have endured and continue to endure in the world. They faced gender stereotypes like a woman’s place in in the kitchen or the home not in the working man’s world. They still continue to face a world that holds them to different expectations. We don’t often stop to think of the struggle men are constantly dealing with. The truth is men also face their own challenges to try standing outside of the normal expectations and not be labeled Continue reading...

Management tasks of small business firms are changing with time due to various forces in the business world (Schrodt, 2002). Some of these forces affect them as they enlarge their operations to bigger companies. Alterations to the most critical business operations in these companies have resulted from attempts to accommodate the imminent changes. The shareholders’ expectations change as the state of the business changes. Managers have to act accordingly, as per the nature of the force involved, to ensure the business continues to make a profit.
Internal factors involved are communication in a business that involves managers’ tasks changing Continue reading...

Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name,
WEB-BASED COURSES 2
One way to find out if web-based courses are meeting goals set by a department is to review the goals and see if the outline or syllabus for the course covers each goal and the desired outcome. Reviewing the syllabus is beneficial because it can act as a checklist for goal comparisons. If the syllabus is not meeting the goals set for the course, the department would need to revise the syllabus in order to meet the defined goals.
Some of the questions that I would Continue reading...

“Great Expectations” is a luminous piece of literary work by British author Charles Dickens. This novel was written in 1860’s and is completely recited in the first person. This is one of highly acclaimed novels of Dickens. The author raises some relevant issues in his novel and presents the same before readers in a vivid manner. This paper aims to propose a discussion on the novel, “Great Expectations” and further discusses Dickens writing style, various symbols and themes of the novel.

Plot Summary

The story is knitted around a young boy named Pip, who is orphan and lives with his Continue reading...

Introduction

The US bureau of statistics stated in 2008 that the rate of divorce among Americans is 50% (Vail, 1). The high rate of divorce can be attributed to the many people who have unrealistically high expectations regarding marriage. Some people expect marriage to turn out to be extremely glamorous without any challenges. Other people have high and unrealistic expectations on how they want their spouses to treat and relate with them. People should prepare adequately for marriage in order to avoid unrealistic expectations that are prerequisite for divorce.
The expectations regarding marriage come from the observations that one makes Continue reading...

3) Peralta National Bank’s ALCO committee has lots to consider and lots on their plate given the circumstances and the future likely events. Currently, they are witnessing an upward sloping yield curve. However, they have to decide whether to investment in long-term or short term. Both investment alternatives have their own drawbacks and own benefits. As a result, even the ALCO committee is divided over which investment tenor to pursue. There was an argument that if the banks invest in short term they will have to sacrifice one percent of their net income over the limits set by Continue reading...

Gender is a fundamental element that renders its influence in every social phenomenon. The distinctions are obvious in the aspects of expectations, attributes and miles stones. No doubt, the physical strength of males is apprehended with the supremacy of astuteness and intelligence. The male gender is raised in the same manner to cultivate the contextual skills, whilst the females are protected and preserved as less capable entities to secure themselves. Herein, it must be considered that sociology considers gender as a completely secular element in reference the element of sex. The feature of gender and its allocated expectation are Continue reading...

It is quite evident that almost 80-95% college students procrastinate when it comes to studying. They find other means to distract them away from work and usually bring about more distractions if they have to, in order to, delay work as much as possible. There is no rational explanation for such behaviour and this has been a trend that has been active for years on end. When Psychological students procrastinate, how can Psychology of human nature really figure out the importance of such behaviour and how it occurs? However, there are a number of reasons as to how procrastination Continue reading...

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Sen, Ostlin and George (2007) claimed in their report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health that girls and women had been viewed as less capable than boys and men. Women tend to hold different kinds of jobs as men (Correll, 2001), and experience double standard in the delegation of assignments. A study noted a 50 percent tendency for people to display distinct female role expectations (Lafky, Duffy, Steinmaus & Berkowitz, 1996). Real inequity exists in many areas of the woman’s work life: “equal pay for equal work, protection of working mothers, fairness in career advancements, Continue reading...

Introduction

Working environment and interpersonal communication build on the essential part of motivation and job satisfaction. Individuals find themselves under a lot of pressure, once they work with those, whose management and leadership styles contradict with their own perspective on working relationships or are very different from the attitude and approach of their previous manager. The situation, considered in the case study illustrates classic conflict of perspectives and differences in the personalities, which were not solved and are currently building on the complex internal relationship issue on high organizational level.
The case dwells upon the leadership style of George Latour, Continue reading...

Psychologists argue that manager’s development begins with the ability of the manager to change the self concept through the ability to see and evaluate him/ her self. Thus Paul J. Brouwer took the initiative in 1964 to write an article The Power to See Ourselves to reveal how manager’s perception of self image influences the manager’s behavior and thus how the changes in the self-concept are realized. Self-concept is critical in a manager’s full potential through growth. Managers’ growth is only enhanced by enabling managers to understand their best direction after understanding the situations facing Continue reading...

The Importance of Stakeholder Management in Delivering Successful Projects

INTRODUCTION
In the contemporary business environment, managing projects with diverse stakeholders is normality that some do not fully optimize, because of lack or of missing knowledge and experience in stakeholder management. This essay emphasizes the necessity of applying effective stakeholder management in project management processes for achieving successful projects. The essay describes the stakeholder management roles, challenges, and skills, illustrating four case studies that dealt with stakeholder management in their project management processes. The analysis of the four case studies increases the understanding on how stakeholder management applied to project management processes can lead to a successful or to Continue reading...

Changes in University

The article by Simon Young explains how changes in Universities Education have taken place since the earliest times to the present. To attract the interests of the reader, Simon Young has employed use of several techniques to make his article convincing. Such technique includes personal anecdotes, comparison and contrast.
The article begins with a personal anecdote. Simon Young explains his personal experience the University for over forty years. He then moves the reader through changes in academic research which he finds disturbing, “the purpose of this editorial is to discuss the current state of University research and explain why Continue reading...

The following were the main objectives of this experiment:

Methodology
The following apparatus were used in this experiment:
- Copper-water heat pipe
- Hot plate
- Thermocouple (3)
- Ring stand with clamps (2)
- Solid copper wire
- Glass beaker (2)
- Multichannel digital thermometer
- Vernier caliper
Figure 1 below shows the illustration of copper-water heat pipe:
According to Fig. 1, The three main components of a heat pipe are the working fluid, vacuum tight containment vessel and the capillary/wick vessel. The operation of these three elements ensures the efficient and even heat transfer between heat source and sink. The wick structure that line up the Continue reading...

Qualitative Analysis: Baker Hughes

In a recent report issued by the famous Deloitte Inc, the Oil and Gas Industry will soon enter the period of transformation as the industry will now move from upstream production and exploration to the mid-stream infrastructure, refinery operations and petro-chemical facilities. This will help the companies to grow in value from recent discoveries and acquisitions. The expectations for 2013 also turned true as the oil and Gas Sector benefited from the record investment in new development and improvements in the existing assets holdings. Overall, the industry experts expect more investment in research and development in the Oil and Continue reading...

Simply put, sociological imagination refers to the unique insight that is often given by the sociological discipline. The sociological imagination dictates that in the process of making decisions, the thinking process should be done in a manner that does not reflect the familiar routines of the day to day activities. As such, the thinking process must be made by individuals through detaching themselves from the expectations of the society. To some extent, this term has a similar meaning to sociological perception. In the modern world, many people have given several meanings to sociological imaginations. However, they all connote a Continue reading...

Society operates on a certain set of expectations which help to sustain a civil and polite environment. When people do not meet those expectations, the civil society breaks down. Kitty Genovese’s society did not adhere to the civil actions that valued life and its inaction resulted in homicide.
Had I been in the situation, I definitely would have called the police. There is a basic human need for action when an incident like Kitty Genovese’s occurs. For individuals to ignore it or distance themselves from it is dangerous and cost that young woman her life. Each person Continue reading...

We observe current relevance in Judy Brady’s 1971 literal work “I Want a Wife” in which she presents a listing of the overall expectation of a wife's role in the era of the 1970s with the declaration of being a wife while proceeding to write of the persona of a husband that is listed in his expectations form his wife in service to him. Brady is current in her relevant presentation of the form of unrealism in the expectations of reduced fulfillment. As such the response in my view to this literal work is the application of clever Continue reading...

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This essay is going to concur with Cesaire's statement that the act of colonizing dehumanizes the colonizer. This paper will deal with the conceptualization of the thesis statement with reference to the course materials with an aim of justifying this inclination. According to Cesaire, we note the process of colonization influences the person who undertakes it. Where the individual fails to accord the fellow human beings the respective dignity and on the contrary view them as animals. This act of looking down upon other human beings degrades the colonizer. Ethnocentrism explains this attitude Continue reading...

Scientists are concerned about the lack of student interest in studying science (Dillon & Manning, n.d.). Researchers have conducted various studies. They have determined that the influence of teachers, curriculum, and classroom environment has an impact on student interest. This literature review describes current research regarding this dilemma as well as some recommendations. According to authors Dillon and Manning, “science teachers are made, not born”. This is very important to consider as it speaks loudly about a teacher wanting to teach science. It is better for students to learn science from a teacher that wants to share their scientific knowledge ( Continue reading...

Introduction

Initial theoretical developments of the theoretical and procedures in service quality evaluation have long lagged behind in product quality evaluation with measurement of service quality experiencing varied problems (Van Raaij. et al. 580). There are also several difficulties in the evaluation of service quality as a presentation of the framework of evaluation that uses the overall systems theoretical approach. This is in addition to suggestions of perceiving the views of quality degrees within companies and organizations alike with service managers being required to put considerations into the service input perceptions as well as service processes and associated outcomes.

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Part I (30 Words)

Masks have become a semiotic way of fitting in the society’s social construct ways by one transforming their identity with the aim of integrating into the society’s way of life.

Part II (84 Words)

Social construction has been embedded in every society such there are expectations the society expects one to achieve in his or her lifetime. As humans, we are socialized to fit these expectations through wearing different masks so that we can fit in a given society, which alters people’s identity in the long run. It is crucial to note that there are innumerable characteristics that have been Continue reading...