No matter how adept we become in written communication, there is always room to improve upon what we are doing. Research continually underscores the importance of quality academic writing, as “an important aspect of academic performance as well Continue Reading...
Dwyer, W. 2014. In the hands of the people: The trial jury’s origins, triumphs, troubles, and future in American democracy. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books. In this book, Dwyer makes the case that juries are just as fundamental and necessary a Continue Reading...
The Team That Is Not a Team The main teamwork problems that are occurring among the team members is that there is a lack of communication, a lack of clarity in terms of what the team’s goals are—and therefore no sense of how the team is t Continue Reading...
The interesting interview with William Novelli illustrates the main tenets of social marketing. Social marketing refers to the application of marketing tactics and strategies to the promotion of social justice causes. When Novelli first got into soci Continue Reading...
Introduction Leadership and management are two inescapable facts of our daily lives. Almost every entity – from political formations, to football clubs, to organizations and companies – has people at the helm who are supposed to provide s Continue Reading...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking suggests that there is great power in the intuitive leaps or insights the human mind is capable of generating, that the “smallest components of our everyday lives—the Continue Reading...
Contributions to Student LearningI have been working in a K-12 environment for many years, and since then have contributed to student learning via curriculum development and leadership. Collaborating with other educators, I have been able to develop Continue Reading...
Overview The notion of universal health care in the United States is a decidedly polarizing one, which is why this author chose it. Universal health care is a single payer system in which healthcare is subsidized by the government with equal, free ac Continue Reading...
Part One I am currently a middle school math teacher who works with kids that have emotional behavior disorders. To advance my career, I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in school counseling. My short term goal is to be a high school gui Continue Reading...
Leadership philosophy denotes the values, beliefs, and principles that define or influence how a leader leads their followers. There are many different leadership philosophies, but one philosophy that particularly resonates with the author’s le Continue Reading...
Operations Decision for Short-Run and Long-Run Production and Cost Functions Busy weight-conscious consumers are increasingly searching for easy-to-prepare low-calorie alternatives, and it is not surprising that this industry has experienced sustaine Continue Reading...
Empiricism is fundamentally the belief that all knowledge is eventually resultant from the senses and experience, and that all conceptions can be linked back to data from the senses. John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume are considered to be th Continue Reading...
persuasion to successfully convince someone to see things your way. In a discussion with a colleague about the merits of a certain political leader, I repeated the colleague's concerns back to him to show that I had been listening and that I unders Continue Reading...
Visual Analysis In the text, Blair asserts that rhetoric and argument have been conventionally linked to the verbal. In turn, he purposes to consider whether visuals can be arguments. An argument in this context encompasses the reasons for accepting Continue Reading...
Criminal Investigation: The Necessary Steps to Successful Completion The criminal investigation may seem like a complex process that is highly dependent upon the nature of the crime itself -- but in fact there is a science to criminal investigation Continue Reading...
Nestle Scientists Find Method to Cut Sugar in Chocolate by 40% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/nestle-scientists-find-method-to-cut-sugar-in-chocolate-by-40 Scientists have invented some new alternatives that can be used in place Continue Reading...
Gouveia, Gouveia, Hale et al. (2017) "Correlates of health-related quality of life in young-old and old -- old community-dwelling older adults" Although the authors framed the research problem of interest in terms of the purpose of the study, the Continue Reading...
False confessions are an unfortunate part of the criminal justice system. False confessions are often extracted in order to gain a quick conviction without careful consideration for the facts of the case. This can lead to major problems for the defen Continue Reading...
Justice Antonin Scalia's philosophy and contributions to the US Supreme Court, and the effect of his demise on the Court, particularly on Amendments IV, V, VI and VIII. Philosophy and Impact of the Death of Scalia Owing to Justice Scalia's Continue Reading...
Nursing Schedules, Patient Outcomes The title of this article suffices, although it could stand some improvement to make it even better. It certainly identifies the pivotal variables elucidated within this study, which include nursing scheduling, st Continue Reading...
.....difficult, facilitating and fostering proper communication in all necessary and needed forms is vital and one must consider culture and gender when it comes to the same Principles and Barriers to Communication There are both guidelines and bar Continue Reading...
Police Use 'Fake News' in Sting Aimed at California Gang," ABC news reporter Melley (2016) describes a recent and unusual tactic used by Santa Monica Police Chief Ralph Martin. The story details how Police Chief Martin issued a press release that wa Continue Reading...
Murderer-Season 1, Episode This episode focuses on the complexities of the investigation of Avery, given that he had a civil suit against the county that was investigating him for the murder of Halbach. As a result, as officers were gathering evide Continue Reading...
Physician Assisted Suicide in Patients With Unbearable Suffering or the Terminally Ill One of the most hotly debated issues today is physician-assisted suicide. Recently, California became the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and Continue Reading...
