Individual differences/abnormality.
Psychology AS Level Individual Differences/Abnormality We define behaviour as abnormal if it falls into one of the following categories: Behaviour that is statistically infrequent Behaviour that deviates from social norms Behaviour, which prevents an individual from functioning adequately Behaviour that deviates from ideal mental health Statistical Infrequency If behaviour is frequent it is normal, if it is infrequent then it is abnormal Some behaviour is measured on a quantitative scale e.g. how much anxiety someone experiences This is the same for some physical characteristics e.g. height This definition depends on comparing an individual's behaviour to that of the average person Evaluation Many behaviours are statistically rare but still desirable and healthy e.g. music and maths talent There are behaviours that are not rare but not desirable either e.g. killing Jews in Nazi Germany This equated conformists with normality yet non-conformists are valuable to society There is no point where behaviour goes from normal to abnormal Because of these points many people use this in conjunction with other criteria Deviation from Social Norms Society set rules and anyone who violates them is classified as abnormal This is not universal because these rules vary from culture to culture Evaluation This view assumes that if behaviour is socially acceptable than it
This graduation paper is about U.S. - Soviet relations in Cold War period. Our purpose is to find out the causes of this war, positions of the countries which took part in it. We also will discuss the main Cold War's events.
Graduation Paper on theme: U.S. - Soviet relations. Contents. Introduction. 3 Chapter 1: The Historical Background of Cold War. 5 .1 The Historical Context. 5 .2 Causes and Interpretations. 10 Chapter 2: The Cold War Chronology. 17 2.1 The War Years. 17 2.2 The Truman Doctrine. 25 2.3 The Marshall Plan. 34 Chapter 3: The Role of Cold War in American History and Diplomacy. 37 3.1 Declaration of the Cold War. 37 3.2 ?old War Issues. 40 Conclusion. 49 Glossary. 50 The reference list. 51 Introduction. This graduation paper is about U.S. - Soviet relations in Cold War period. Our purpose is to find out the causes of this war, positions of the countries which took part in it. We also will discuss the main Cold War's events. The Cold War was characterized by mutual distrust, suspicion and misunderstanding by both the United States and Soviet Union, and their allies. At times, these conditions increased the likelihood of the third world war. The United States accused the USSR of seeking to expand Communism throughout the world. The Soviets, meanwhile, charged the United States with practicing imperialism and with attempting to stop revolutionary activity in other countries. Each block's vision of the world contributed to East-West tension. The United States wanted a
Designing a booking system for an Estate Agent.
Background and Investigation .1 An introduction to the organisation. My client is Burnet Ware Sales & Lettings and they are an Estate Agent. Burnet Ware Sales & Lettings is an independent company which was established in 1882. They are based in South London with locations including Herne Hill, East Dulwich, and Surrey Quays. The company deals with residential sales or property, lettings, surveying and management. The purpose of the organisation is to offer their clients up-to-date lettings, sales, marketing and management services. The employees' jobs also involve giving advice on buying or selling, letting or renting. For residential sales the organisation offers their clients free advice and valuations including feedback on viewings and updates on the progress of their sales and this is a no sale no fee arrangement. The managers visit the houses that are going to be put on sale and the property negotiators take the clients for viewing of properties. For Letting and Management they offer client a variety of properties to rent or to buy depending on their choices. They also offer full and part management services for landlords, as well as a tenant only facility. The organisation is a member of professional bodies for estate agents such as the NAEA (The National Association of Estate Agents), ARLA (The Association of Residential Lettings Agents), and RICS (Royal Institution
Unit 13 - Organising an Event
GCE in Applied Business Unit 13 - Organising an Event By Gavin Smith Candidate: 4179 Centre No: 61101 Contents Page Page No. Contents Task No. Front Page 2 Contents Page 3 Introduction to Unit 4 Task 1 : Feasibility Of An Event This Unit Includes; * The reasons for holding the event * The aims, objectives and outcomes of the event * Carrying out research into the feasibility of the event * Financial constraints * Risk assessment 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Task 2 : Planning The Event This Unit Includes; * The procedures * Undertaking a risk assessment * Evaluating required physical resources * Making a time allocation table * Consider what teachers are going * Information on the importance of management and communication * Insurance plans 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Task 3: Staging the Event This Unit Includes; * Aims and objectives * Tasks and responsibilities * Assessing my performance * Different groups duties 3 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Task 4: Review and Evaluate The Visit This Unit Includes; * Analysing questionnaire results * Evaluating the trip from my point of view * Evaluating the trip from teachers point of view * Comparing analysis to aims and objectives 4 45 * 46 * 47 * 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Bibliography / Resources Appendix for this
The Theory of Scientific Management.
Task 1A Theorist: Taylor Theory name: The Theory of Scientific Management Taylor put forward that workers are motivated mainly by pay. Workers do not naturally enjoy their work which means they have to have close supervision and control. In order to do this, managers should break down production into a small series of tasks. Workers then should be given appropriate training and tools so that they are able to work efficiently as possible when appointed a task. Workers are then paid according to how much they produce (time-piece rate pay). As a result this increases productivity. I have gathered this information from: http://www.tutor2u.net/business/gcse/people_motivation_theories.htm Financial interests would include: * Opportunities to achieve bonuses eg. Employee of the month * Rewards after a certain duration such as an extra 5% on top of what has been earned Non-financial interests would include: * Holidays abroad that have already been paid for * Company discounts What business would it help? This strategy could be used for businesses such as Jessops (an electrical store). If the worker plays a role of a sales executive, manager or assistant, they could be paid according to how much they sell. This would encourage them to work harder as they would be getting paid according to how much they are selling. This is called piece rate pay and they still receive a
Investigating Business. Tesco PLC. I will be describing the aims and objectives of this business and the external environmental factors
Unit 1: Investigating Business Asim Ul-Haque Task 1 Aims & Objectives In this unit, I will be investigating into the major supermarket chain Tesco PLC. I will be describing the aims and objectives of this business and the external environmental factors which have affected the ability of this business to achieve their aims and objectives illustrating them with examples from the business. History ________________ Back in 1919, a person called Jack Cohen founded Tesco, at first he was selling groceries at a stall at Well Street Market, Hackney, in the East End of London. The Tesco brand then appeared in 1924. The first Tesco store was opened in 1929 in Burnt Oak, Edgware, and Middlesex. Tesco made its presence on the London Stock Exchange in 1947 as Tesco Stores (Holdings) Limited. During the 1950s and the 1960s Tesco grew organically, and also through acquisitions, until it owned more than 800 stores. Originally Tesco specialised in food and drink, now the business has broadened into different areas of retail such as clothing, electronics (Technika), financial services (Tesco Finance), telecoms (Tesco Mobile), home (Tesco Home Insurance, health, car, dental and pet insurance, retailing and renting DVDs, CDs, music downloads, Internet services and software. Today Tesco’s are making £67.6 million in sales, they have 492,714 people working at Tesco’s, they have
Introduction to J Sainsbury plc
Introduction to J Sainsbury plc J Sainsbury plc is a leading UK and US food retailer with interests in financial services and property. The group comprises Sainsbury's Supermarkets and Sainsbury's Bank in the UK and Shaw's Supermarkets in the US. Sainsbury's Supermarkets was established in 1869 by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury and is Britain's longest-standing major food retailing chain. Sainsbury's Supermarkets employs over 145,000 people, including Savacentre. Of these, 60% are part-time and 40% full-time. 62% of employees are women. A large Sainsbury's Supermarket offers over 23,000 products, 40% of these are Sainsbury's own brand. In addition to a wide range of quality food and grocery products, many stores offer bread baked on the premises, delicatessen, meat and fish counters, pharmacies, coffee shops, restaurants and petrol stations. Sainsbury's Supermarkets serves over 11 million customers a week and as at June 2002 had 463 stores throughout the UK. Nearly 60% of our stores are in town-centre or edge-of-centre locations, many of these built on previously derelict sites. TASK 1 .1.1 A classification of the business according to its ownership, and an explanation of the benefits and constraints of this type of ownership. (E1) Sainsbury's Ownership Sainsbury's belongs in the private sector because its main aim is to make a profit. Without profit,
Is Christ a Kantian?
(My name is: Sim Yong Kiat. My email address is [email protected]. This work is on Kantian Ethics for university students.) Is Christ a Kantian? A Kantian must believe that happiness needs to be deserved, yet Christ says, "Ask and you will be given," not "Do and you shall deserve." Is the moral man really one who merely does moral acts? Remember Christ also says, wash the inside of the dishes and the outside will also be clean. Thus, Christ does distinguish between a moral man and one who merely acts morally. A moral man must do what Kantian Ethics says, for Kantian Ethics is indeed the correct description of ethics, though a man who obeys Kantian Ethics every time need not be a moral man at all. What I want to say is that, Kantian Ethics is only a description of ethics, rather than an explanation, for ethics is also about the man, not only about the act. Kantian Ethics can only be half-completed in answering the question, What is a moral act? The other half i.e. the question on, Who is a moral man? (or Why be moral?) is still unanswered. For as a human being, one needs not only to know, but also to be inspired. If the task of describing ethics is more important than the inspiring of man to be moral, Christ would have chosen to be a philosopher. And that is why Kant's contribution to ethical philosophy is as great as the contribution of Newton in Natural
scarlet Letter.
scarlet Letter It has been said that Hawthorne condemns the Puritan society of Boston and at the same time presents it as a stable necessary environment for the New England settlers at that time. In the scarlet letter the core of the story line revolves around a movement known as the Puritan. The Puritan movement began when King Henry declared England's independence from the Church of Rome and he appointed himself head of the new Church of England. King Henry did this because he wanted to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn. By appointing himself head of the Church of England he was able to grant himself his own divorce that the pope would not give him. At first there was little difference between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic but later with the spread of Protestant reformers such as John Calvin the church began to change. Some people thought the church of England retained too many of the superstitious practises of the Roman Catholic Church. They wanted simpler truths and less structured forms of worship like the earlier Christians, because they wanted to purify the Church of England, they got the name of Puritans. John Geree describes the puritans as "one, that honoured God above all, and under God gave every one his due"! These Puritans followed a very strict code of practise; they were greatly influenced by the bible, their
The main aim of this research is to evaluate the information on the human resource management and the role of HRM in the organization along with the different concepts and human resource strate
Title The human resource management and the relationship of HR strategies used in the organization and their performance Abstract Mostly in the literature, the relationship among the organization performance and HR strategies is a big problem which makes significant variations. The reason of such variations is the existence of numerous parameters which may affects the output created by analyzing this problem in preparation. Furthermore, it is very challenging task to remark the significance and the role of each participants in the firm of each specific organizational section, especially when such a definite business idea does not exists while investigation. Title......................................................................................................... Abstract................................................................................................... Table of Contents........................................................................................... Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to the research.......................................................................9 .1 Aim .2 Objectives .3 Introduction to HRM .4 Purpose Statement Chapter 2 Literature Review...................................................................................10 2.1 Meaning of human resource management 2.1.1 Core Elements of human resource
