Social psychology seeks to understand how people think, feel, relate, and influence one another. This sort of influence can be either actual, imagined, or implied, which further means that individuals are predisposed to social influence even when other people are not present. Since the concept of human behavior is a product of the interaction of […]
Introduction Scientists estimate that at least half of the world’s population is bilingual. This makes bilingualism a norm instead of an exception. Although bilingualism is less common in the United States than the entire world in general, about a quarter of the country’s population can comprehend a second language, and given the current rate
The article seeks to explore how businesses cope with short-term pressures while implementing newly modelled supply chains that are fitting for competitive and demanding business environments of the modern era. The specific research problem being addressed is the balance between short-term profitability and long-term environmental sustainability in supply chain management. The authors, Wu and Pagell
The board of directors is the key apparatus for attaining top-level separation of control and management functions. Typically, the board receives authority for control from stakeholders of the concerned corporation, with its roles being is hiring, firing, compensating, and guiding top management on behalf of the shareholders. This form of delegation occurs because each shareholder
Authors, cultural historians, and academics have exchanged their idiosyncratic views on history, literature, art, and the meeting of cultures in order to assess the effect of exile and identity, whether voluntary or imposed, temporary or permanent, upon a group consciousness or upon an individual’s mind. In spite of ethnic, linguistic, and geographic differences, the essential
A tragic hero, according to Aristotle, must be an object of both pity and fear because tragedy represents fearful and pitiable things. He believes that the responses of fear and pity are closely intertwined in that the hero must endure a change in fortune that is often undesirable or the reverse (Halliwell 50). This change
Business man, open speaker, and writer Seth Godin communicates his convictions about how the modern generation has bargained the industrialized tutoring framework because of the internet and “the association economy” in his manifesto “Stop Stealing Dreams.” His main thesis is that the original goals of education have outlasted their effectiveness and that it is the
One of the major concerns that currently impede the achievement of quality healthcare in the 21st century is the resistance to change. Although scholars have identified a range of problems and barriers to attainment of excellence in care, literature shows that many organizations in the healthcare sector frequently try to maintain the status quo when
Introduction The Chairperson of V&T Governing Board along with respective members of the board developed this strategic plan to provide the organization with a five-year roadmap for services, support and development. The board and managerial staff will review the progress of the plan’s implementation on a quarterly basis and update it yearly as they
The Vietnam War was a long and costly struggle that ensued between communist North Vietnam and non-communist South Vietnam between 1955 and 1975. At the core of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam to unite with South Vietnam under a regime inspired by the communist systems of China and the Soviet Union. South