Identify a theory used to guide current research in a discipline of interest. (Summarize the origins of the theory. Summary includes year, author, and original purpose of theory)
List and define 3 of the theory’s constructs and describe the relationship among the constructs.
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The problem of many developing businesses has always been attributed to insufficient or lack of capital to run these enterprises. But on taking an MBA course at the University of Ghana Business School, you have come to realize that most businesses in Ghana and Africa fail not because of capital adequacy issues but rather, human resources management issues. What significant expectations would you give to all HR managers as needed competences to be equipped with if you are the consultant general to businesses in Ghana? Discuss these factors or requirements (in not more than One and half pages).
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1/consider what might have happened if Georgia and the Carolinas
had stayed out of the union because of a desire to protect slavery.
what would subsequent American history have been like? would the
eventually freedom of the slaves have been delayed - or
advanced?
2/ a result of the great compromised is that representation in the
senate dramatically departs from the one-person, one-vote rule. the
38 million people who live in California elect two senators, as do
the half- million people living in Wyoming. what political results
might occur when the citizens of small states are much better
represented than the citizens of large ones?
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For each of the studies, please indicate the following:
a) Independent variable(s)
b) Is there more than one independent variable?
c) Levels of the independent variable
d) Dependent variable
e) Level of measurement of the DV
Will students to do better in school if you “pay for grades”? To test this question, an instructor gives students a math test. Before taking the test, half the students were told that they would receive $0.25 for every correct answer. The other half was not given a monetary incentive. The number of correct answers was recorded for each student.
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Do you think states need to figure out how to better assist individuals and their families that are living in poverty or do you think it's still the federal government’s responsibility? My question is how can we help individuals and families in need without taking more money from people that are trying to make ends meet, aka the taxpayers.
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what dance styles exhibit cultural appropriation?
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Explain classical, operant and social learning theories. Provide 1 example for each. Explain the differences between classical, operant and social learning theory.
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You are applying for a job as a departmental manager in an office setting. The organisation has made it clear that having a high level of emotional intelligence will be a deciding factor in selecting the successful candidate.
You have been asked to submit a document that addresses the following points:
1. What are your emotional strengths and weaknesses?
2. What are personal causes of stress in your work life and how do
you deal with them?
3. What are your emotional triggers and how have you learnt to
manage them?
4. What would you do to act as a role model to workers in your
department in the management of emotions?
5. Are you open to feedback from others in relation to your EI? How
would you go about getting and using it?
6. How does self-reflection factor into the continual development
of your EI?
7. How would you respond to a worker who is:
Extremely angry?
Extremely stressed?
Extremely upset?
8. How much knowledge do you have about the cultural expressions
of emotions? How would you use that knowledge?
9. How would you adapt your leadership style to workers
experiencing different emotions?
10. How would you factor the emotions of workers into decisions
that you make?
11. How would you provide opportunities for workers to express
their feelings and emotions?
12. How would you make workers aware of how their emotions and
behaviours affect others and how would you encourage them to manage
their emotions?
13. What would you do to encourage others to develop their
EI?
14. What would you do to create a positive emotional climate in
your department?
15. How would you use the strengths of workers to achieve workplace
outcomes?
You are required to provide a detailed response (at least half a typed, single space page) for each point listed and to use examples to support your responses wherever possible.
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How do leadership theory/theories influenced the behaviour of people and operations in an organisation?
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How did religion influence the old kingdom of Egypt?
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Explain the roles of at least THREE of the following factors on gender role development: a) prenatal hormones, b) different socialization for boys and girls, c) modeling, and d) gender schemas.
Compare and contrast authoritarian, authoritative, neglectful/uninvolved, and permissive-indulgent parenting styles. For each parenting style, be sure to explain: a) whether parents are responsive to their children (are the parents warm and supportive, democratic in decision making), b) whether the parents place demands on their children (are there rules the children have to follow), and c) what strategies, if any, the parents typically employ to discipline children.
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