Reasons that Motivate People to Work Out
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
For most people in the contemporary society, body image is everything. Traditionally what mattered most were intrinsic and intuitive characteristics for both men and women. There was not much emphasis on physical appearances. Feminine characteristics like caring, kindness, respect, generosity,...
Psychological profile of John Adams
Thesis - 8 pages - Psychology
John Adams' life and political career were mostly and profoundly shaped by his egrarian roots, the period in which he lived, and his founding father cohorts. His father's assertion that John must be a man of liberal education in the law, as well as a farming man of New England made him hard...
Do brands suffering from the effects of aging could ever hope to find a second life?
Thesis - 64 pages - Services marketing
Invisible, imperceptible, disquieting, time has now become a dominant concern in our societies. The fact is that the Human remains powerless to time. So the time has become both enemy and absolute covetousness; its control, a priceless Grail. Human is subject to time, he is forced to be subjected...
Marketing strategy: Case Adidas
Case study - 33 pages - Services marketing
In a globalized environment, where the competition has never been so intense, sportswear firm Adidas aims to become the leader in the sports footwear market. In order to reach this goal, this group focuses on the marketing campaign, which reflects the company's culture and passion with respect...
Practicum at The Calm Center
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
The purpose of this study is to review the effectiveness and importance of The Calm Center, a mental health facility targeting youth with various psychological and social problems. The purpose of this study is to comprehend the effectiveness of the Center's coping strategies —...
Business plan: Personal traveller - tourism in China
Business plan - 26 pages - Business strategy
Personal Traveler is a travel related service company which links with travel agencies in leading European markets in forming a customized package to fit the need of “third-age” foreign travelers in main Chinese cities. The venture will leverage on the sharp increase in tourism expected...
Leadership: Toward a visionary approach
Thesis - 20 pages - Management
Leadership is an important part of the human condition. It has been an indispensable and necessary factor in defining civilization through the ages. To understand the past, one studies the leaders who have shaped history. The present is comprehended by looking backwards at great and small...
Employee retention in a company
Tutorials/exercises - 30 pages - Human resources
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. It's an essential part of every...
Marketing of the hotel industry
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
The good times that began for the hotel industry, with the opening up of the economy at the start of the decade, seem to have ended. The industry has had its ups and downs and come a full circle in the last ten years. As with the broad economy (until this fiscal), the hotel industry has over the...
Royal Canin - Case study
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
Royal Canin is the history of dogs and cats loving and wondering. It's the history of a will to improve dog's and cat's nutrition to fit better with their needs and specific problems. In 1966, a French country vet, Jean Cathary, had decided to manufacture foods for dogs and cats, after...
All you wanted to know about recruitment and selection
Case study - 41 pages - Human resources
Recruitment has acquired immense importance in today's organizations. Organizations have realized the value of human capital and its role in their development. Recruitment is the first step in the process of acquiring and retaining human resources for an organization. In today's rapidly changing...
Essential departments in a hotel
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Management
The past, present and the future of the hospitality industry are closely linked. Today's lodging and restaurants are the result of many centuries of social and cultural evolution. Comfortable and sanitary lodging was once considered the exclusive privilege of the wealthy. But with the rise...
Career management: Objectives
Case study - 17 pages - Management
To have an overview of my personality and to look for the best environment for my future career, these are the areas that I need to assess carefully before making my career plan. The eight factors above can be grouped into three main types: personality type, occupational interests, skill and...
Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society. London, Macmillan, 1977
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
Bull's The Anarchical Society is a ground-breaking book that proposes novel, powerful concepts for reading today's world order as well as the order that prevailed in the world in 1977. Today more than ever, we need the idea of international society, even if it has to be revisited to fit...
Royal canin - case study - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 15 pages - Services marketing
Royal Canin symbolizes the love of pets, especially cats and dogs. It's the history of a will to improve dogs and cats nutrition to fit better with their needs and specific problems. It was founded in 1967 in a village of Gard, France, by the French veterinary surgeon Jean Cathary. The...
Shotokan Karate and Leadership Characteristics: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competencies
Case study - 15 pages - Human resources
Karate as a martial art consists of various components that make it attractive to all age groups and all ability levels: it is a group activity—providing socialization skills, it teaches self-defense skills as well as self-awareness skills, it provides an exciting outlet to competitive...
Career management: Women and the Glass Ceiling
Thesis - 27 pages - Human resources
There has been an increase in the participation of women in the professional world today. They are becoming increasingly qualified and skilled. However, this increase in opportunity has not led them into illusions and they do not consider themselves lucky. They do not compare their situation to...
Case study of Decathlon and the sector of the distribution of the articles of sport
Case study - 23 pages - Business strategy
In 1976, Michel Leclercq Roncq inaugurated a store selling sporting goods, and named it Decathlon. His challenge was to equip all athletes with the best kind of sporting utilities available at the best price. Today, Decathlon Group with about 3.4 billion euros in turnover in 2004, is present in...
Manix - environmental analysis: Objectives and strategy formulation
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Manix is a brand belonging to Ansell, a company operating in three business segments (professional health care division, consumer health care gloves and occupational division for gloves and clothing worn for protection). Manix is developed in the consumer health care division, which also supplies...
Applied Microeconomics - Bunching in the Classroom
Case study - 4 pages - Economy general
Bunching grades suggest that instructors do not really grade on a curve, nor do students' distribution of grades fit the Gaussian distribution. Nevertheless, it is quite possible to assume for instance that bunching may be accounted for by the fact that most students in higher education and...
Freud's Misinterpretation of Emotions
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the early 20th century Freud asserted revolutionary ideas: he normalized sexuality, and he spoke openly about sexuality with women. Before Freud, women were not viewed as sexual beings; they were mothers, daughters, and wives, but most people did not, or would not, acknowledge that women...
Jane Eyre - Franco Zeffirelli (1996) - The issue of adaptation
Artwork commentary - 18 pages - Film studies
Zeffirelli had to combine several, sometimes contradictory constraints: he had to update the text, to maintain a specific filmic transcription of the novel, and to negotiate a delicate balance between recognising the influence of the source text and the need for a specific creativity in the...
Customer relationship management in banks
Thesis - 25 pages - Management
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is at the core of any customer-focused business strategy and includes the people, processes and technology questions associated with marketing, sales and service. Simply stated, CRM is about finding, getting and retaining customers. The aim of these systems...
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," book series; and why it has a deep connection with American teen girls
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
The "Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants," consists of four books. These books have solidified the series as a literary masterpiece that has been heralded as a great work for young people. It has been celebrated as a wonderful literary effort. The books evoke thoughts of serene and picturesque...
The public health environment in England: Focus on specific policies
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The nature of major causes of work-related ill health makes occupational health fit more closely than ever before into the public health agenda. The government has been quick to recognize the role of occupational health nurses in reaching the public health targets set in recent public health...
Prediction of annual down flow layer thickness in circulating fluidized beds
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
he solids distribution in circulating fluidized beds (CFB) has been extensively studied because of its importance in design of CFB boilers and reactors. In circulating fluidized bed, normally, the upper region consists of a dilute core surrounded by a relatively dense annulus, with solids down...
Amid An Epidemic of School Shootings, Some Teachers Are Being Trained To Shoot Back
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Rhetoric is the art of improving the capability of the speakers or writers to convince and motivate the audience in a particular direction. There are three modes of persuasion that are used in rhetoric that is; ethos, pathos and logos. (Joyce & Robert 10) Ethos is achieved by the speaker or...
Principles, values and ethics in sports
Thesis - 14 pages - Sports
A Principle is a basic truth, law or policy. Principles are standards that define moral behavior. A principle in sport might be that the officials treat all equally on the field of play. Values are ideals that form the basis of actions and beliefs. Values in sport include enjoyment, quality of...
Talent Management Strategy - Litech Video Games Company
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The human resources office is the head control of talents in an organization, managing entrance, movement and exit (Trost, Plank 2014). The office should work towards achieving higher value (talent) for the corporations by using effective talent management strategies aimed at raising the business...
Examination of the "Vitality Approach", health model proposed by the Canadian government
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Throughout recent decades, a number of health models and approaches have emerged, aiming to help individuals to live a healthier life. Models like the Vitality Approach, have attempting to provide a theoretical approach that cover a wide range of health and fitness aspects, including diet...
