Relationships Research Proposals Samples For Students

Abstract

The use of affective technologies has been seen to be the solution to the development of intimate relationships between connected individuals in social networks. This will increase the way people interconnect. This development will give a way in which humans will eliminate loneliness and enhance the devices that can be used for connectedness. With this development, there will be optimized health and well-being of people because they are now able to communicate with one another. This proposal will focus on how automatic communications quantity communications have on perceived intimacy in environments which have been mediated. The research will take a quantitative ...

My research area will be seeking to establish the effect of the withdrawal/ downsizing of some of the teacher training programs in Green Valley School District (GVSD). In order to conduct this research effectively, it is imperative that I use the descriptive research design in order to establish an association between the independent and dependent variable. I will have to find out the relationship between the student performance indices in GVSD and the maintenance or withdrawal/downsizing of teachers training programs.
The population and sampling strategy will include selecting the training programs that can be dropped. These are programs ...

- INTRODUCTION
- Background Information
- People in gay marriages continue to be discriminated against despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
- Thesis statement
- Gay marriages greatly contribute to the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS through the act of men having sex with men (MSM).
- Social factors and behavioral aspects raise the vulnerability of MSM to getting HIV infection. The HIV pandemic thus affects MSM disproportionately.
- There is strong pressure from many societies against gay marriages. As a result, many gay men marry women to conceal their real sexual orientation because ...

Rise of Nationalism in China and Korea

Introduction
Nationalism is the notion of considering your culture, value, traditions, language and other important aspect of life superior to other countries. There are primarily two political perspective of socialism. The first one is primordial’s view, which identifies the nationalism as a reflection of perceived and ancient tendency of human being that encourages them to bifurcate it into distinct group or system. The second view is the modernist perspective that identifies that for existing into modern society, there are some structural conditions.
Although Koreans and Chinese seem to depict two distinct nationalities but both of them have ...

Introduction

Social media or social networking tools often come in the form of internet platforms because firstly, they are based on the internet and secondly, such platforms enable users and members to communicate to other users through virtual means. One of the biggest and perhaps the most popular social media platform today is Facebook. Social media may also be defined as the act of remotely interacting with people by doing activities such as creating contents, sharing contents, and or basically exchanging any form of ideas and information in a practically virtual community of friends and other people . According to social media ...

Introduction

Tracing back to the 4th century BCE, emotion in art was highly valued and praised by illustrious people such as Aristotle, the Greek philosopher. During romanticism and expressionism, free expression of own emotions became a rule among most artists. Turning to the modern art, individual emotions, as point of the existence of human beings, are generally considered the breath of art creation. Among most, if not all, students of art, it is popular to follow their true and real feelings to work. However, by doing this, they are apt to produce some strange creative works with a prejudice, which can be ...

Psychology

Interpersonal Relationships
Psychology
Interpersonal Relationships

Interpersonal relationships are often referred to as close relationships. For long, many people in the world and societies have had challenges establishing effective interpersonal self in relationships for various reasons. Some argue that they fear being too attached or close to people in their environments. As such, they fear losing meaning or contact of the close relationships in cases of disappointments (Altman & Taylor, 2003). Others do not advocate interpersonal relationships because of the cultural variances, religious beliefs or opinions on various subjects with the individuals in their surroundings.
Close or interpersonal ...

Abstract

Bullying in schools is an overall issue that can have negative results for the general school atmosphere and for the right of students to learn in a safe environment. Bullying can also have negative long lasting results both for students who harass and those being harassed. A great part of the formal research on bullying has occurred in the America and other parts of the world. The issues connected with bullying have been noted and deeply discussed about wherever formal educating situations exist. Bullying involves immediate practices, for example, teasing, insulting, undermining, hitting, and abuse fellow students. Furthermore, bullying may ...

Examination of Current Challenges in United States (US)-Egypt Bilateral Relations

Main Research Question
What are some of the main current challenges facing United States (US)-Egypt bilateral relations, and what are its future prospects?

Hypothesis

Some of the main current challenges facing US-Egypt bilateral relations include the following – resolving the peace process between Israel and the rest of the Arab World in the Middle East and determining the scope of the Iranian nuclear program (Taleb, 2009).
Generally, US-Egypt bilateral relations is premised on the following matters – reforms in politics, reforms in the economy and cooperative measures for intelligence concerns (Kotschwar & Schott, 2010; Taleb, 2009). Reforms in politics center ...

Among economists and demographers such as Wolfers and Friedberg, the steady rise of divorce rates from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s has been the debate. Between this years it was discovered that women who are in their 20s contributed to averagely 60% of the rise. Researchers have keenly focused on demonstrating the increasing divorce rates by testing the changes in the economic empowerment of women (Nunley, 2010) and changes in the divorce laws in the early 1970s (Wolfers 2006; Friedberg 1998).
The agreement from the divorce literature laws suggests the reforms led to a tiny transitory increase ...

Introduction

No matter how hard we try to believe that we are living in a developed country and we are literate and modern people, studies show that we still are not free from the shackles of domestic violence. According to a survey conducted by US National Institute of Mental Health, 42.8% of women were victims of domestic violence yet they still were in that abusive relationship (Nauert, 2010). Abusive relationships take the form of physical, emotional, psychological and verbal abuse which might leave the victim dwell in the darkness of reality. With bruised marks and a scared image, the victim tends to lead a ...

Among economists and demographers such as Wolfers and Friedberg, the steady rise of divorce rates from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s has been the debate. Between this years it was discovered that women who are in their 20s contributed to averagely 60% of the rise. Researchers have keenly focused on demonstrating the increasing divorce rates by testing the changes in the economic empowerment of women (Nunley, 2010) and changes in the divorce laws in the early 1970s (Wolfers 2006; Friedberg 1998).
The agreement from the divorce literature laws suggests the reforms led to a tiny transitory increase ...

The purpose of this study is to obtain the statistical data of the number of women who stay in abusive relationships, and research for reasons why they remain committed to their abusive partners. The information gathered is helpful in finding a solution for this problem as a concern for individual human rights. From the current statistics conducted by various organizations, it is evident that many women are physical and mentally abused by their partners. This has brought the concern for the study of the topic in this paper. Therefore, the main purpose of the question being asked is to help the ...

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Introduction

No matter how hard we try to believe that we are living in a developed country and we are literate and modern people, studies show that we still are not free from the shackles of domestic violence. In a survey conducted by the US National institute of Mental Health, 42.8% of women were victims of domestic violence yet they still were in that abusive relationship.
What defines a relationship as abusive? Is it only physical or are there more forms of abuse? So why do women choose ...

One of the main functions of any business is to be able to use data to leverage a strategic competitive advantage. Designing a database system that will enable a company to transform data into quality information is always a hinge. The use of relational databases is a necessity for contemporary organizations; relational database is becoming a strategic priority due to the enormous amounts of data that must be analyzed along with the varying sources from which data comes. This paper will describe a database application that is used to manage movie rentals. Netflix database is used to manage movie rentals. It initially was referred to as ...

The Relationship between Motivation, Organizational stressors and Job Satisfaction in the U.S.A Banking Industry

INTRODUCTION

Background
The central role played by the banking sector in the American economy cannot be overemphasised. The banking industry is one of the largest industries in any country with far reaching implications on all other sectors. The banking industry is very competitive with a huge share of the market controlled by few players. Commercial banks offer similar services. Therefore, the only competitive advantage a commercial bank can have over other commercial banks is having highly motivated personnel that deliver outstanding services to the bank’s customers. ...

An extensive research and analysis of the measurement properties of empowerment and police department motivation found out that content, criterion-related and convergent validity are well established. Validity measures how close the subject being measured is to the intended measurement. For instance, empowerment correlates as expected with effectiveness and job satisfaction in the police department (Oyer, 2011). Internal consistency, which measures how well a set of items measure a single dimensional construct consistently on different occasions consistently ranked above .7 and showed that empowerment was reliable (O’Brien, 2010).
The work effectiveness was measured on a 4-point Likert scale where the lower ...

Customer Relations Management (CRM)

Introduction
Companies are graduallygetting convoluted in customer relationship management. Undeniably, customer relations management is in-built when companies initiated to focus on the behaviors and the needs of their customers to increase their transactions (Goldenberg, 2000).
Customer relations management can be beheld only as an information technology support with instrument incorporation in the prevailing IS or it can be supposed that Customer Relations Management as an imperative part of the complete business strategy (Goldernberg, 2000).
Customer relations management is the most resourceful method of maintaining customer relationships. Therefore customer relations management can be referred to as a business ...

Introduction

Life in a prison at a glance looks haunting and horrifying that comes along with an added burden of issues related to esteem, mental disorders, financial constraints and exposure to high risk behaviors. United States has two major types of prisons; the state and the federal prison where each of them have different security levels depending on the severity of the crime, punishment and facilities provided to the offenders. Although the reason behind incarceration differs from one individual to the other, imprisonment leaves a lasting adverse effect on the life of the prisoners. The life before imprisonment completely changes when a person is ...

IntroductionEthnicity and race are important in human interactions and their importance as sociological concepts means they have been widely studied. However, the relationship of these concepts with the concept of religion is an area where more studies need to be done. For the purpose of this study, an ethnic grouping is a social category of person who shares a universal culture like religion and common language. Ethnic groups are conscious of their universal cultural bond. A race is a group that, based on certain characteristic, is treated as distinct in society. Purpose of the study The purpose of this study is to ...

In information systems, the main aim is to make data storage and retrieval very simplified and fast. Most of information systems use relational databases to store their information due the many advantages attached to these database management systems. In the actual implementation, the first question to think is the categories in which the database users can be divided (James, 2012). This can lead to two categories where one is the administrators and the other for other users like sales personnel. This helps grant and deprive access privileges so as to secure data. The other step is to divide the ...

The relations that existed between Russia and the United States, though not central to the American interests, the two enjoy essentiality in many areas. Russia remains a nuclear superpower commanding major impacts o the United State’s national security issues in many ways. Russia can therefore, be projected to take an important role in the arm control, weapons of mass destruction and terrorist attacks. Through the relationship that was enjoyed, the United States already benefited from supply of arms that they eventually used in maintaining and keeping their nationwide security. Several weapons of mass destruction were obtained through the peaceful ...

The purpose of carrying out this study was finding out the relationship between the number of r of institutions that ever had festivals or events in the name of anniversaries. In case there is an existing relationship, then an anniversary can be used such as the UNBSJ 50th Anniversary. The rationale for choice this study is therefore the UNBSJ 50th anniversary where everything intends to help in the festival.

Research method

There were two data sets in use for this study for the UNBSJ 50th anniversary, comparisons and making of conclusions. The data used in the study was secondary data from ...

This study aims at establishing the influences of customer relationship management of airlines on their performance. Competition within players in this sector has been fierce, and the customer’s influence has had effects on the performance of the airline. In order to establish this, the study uses a case study as research design methodology but narrows down to incorporate questionnaires and interviews in order to ensure reliability and accuracy. This is followed by data analysis and interpretation of the results in order to establish how the customer relationship management has influenced performance of the airline. The management will then come ...

Proposal

The research questions in this paper are how the media is connected to developing the responsiveness about domestic violence? And how the society is doing to mitigate media influence especially to the young girls? This paper describes how different sources help to understand how the media is affecting the young girls and women in the society. Media currently had played a major role in facilitating gender violence in the modern society. This is because young people are geared towards imitating the behaviors of their role models and celebrities.
Domestic violence could be viewed broadly not only as a domestic issue ...

Domestic violence is any kind of abuse that can happen between partners in a relationship. In Australia it is also referred to as intimate partner’s relationship and it can occur in different forms. The major types of domestic violence that have been established include physical, social, emotional, spiritual and economic violence. This violence usually affects people of all ages and it is not necessarily that it occurs at home to be classified as intimate partner violence. Many a times, domestic violence is usually about the power and control, in both the family and intimate partner relationship, and in most occasions ...

Situation analysis -

ExxonMobil is an oil manufacturing company long suspected of engaging in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” activities that are widely suspected as contributing to the pollution of underground water supplies in many communities. A group from our local community formed two years ago to act as a kind of unofficial watchdog committee, comprised of concerned citizens from various walks of life and professional backgrounds. Periodic checks of the local water supply have failed to prove that the local water is unsafe, with levels of pollutants found to be well within accepted parameters as established by state government agencies and the Environmental ...

Advancements in technology and growth of the internet have transformed the nature of relationships among human beings. John Bowlby developed the attachment theory after describing attachment from the perspective of a long-lasting psychological connection between humans. Researchers have attached the attachment theory to provide explanations to romantic relationships existing among adults. These attachment styles included the secure attachment, avoidant-insecure attachment, and ambivalent-insecure attachment. The three attachment styles put forward in the attachment theory are applicable to romantic relationships. The study presented in this paper is aimed at broadening the scope of the attachment theory by examining romantic relationships in social ...

Cohabitation and its Effects on Relationships and Marriage

Introduction
Popular media and scholarly research both show statistically that cohabitation among couples is on the rise. The increase in cohabitation has changed family dynamics and attitudes about marriage among couples and society. Now that cohabitation has been more acceptable to society for at least the past three decades, it will be interesting to see what affect it had on relationships, marriage, and divorce over the past few years.
The first question to explore will be whether or not cohabitation leads to divorce. Couples often rationalize their choice to live together before marriage by seeing cohabitation as a “ ...

International relations concerns relationships between countries or states. The relationships also concern Inter-governmental, International nongovernmental (INGO) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (Buzan & Little 8). International relations encompass state relationships in trade and economics, politics, social-cultural activities such as sports among others. The history of international relations can be traced from thousands of years. Political scientists, Little and Buzan, considered interactions among ancient Sumerian cities in 3,500 BC as a fully-established international system (9).

The history of international relations considering countries can be traced to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 which ended the “thirty years of war”. The “peace of ...

Background of the Study

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the role of China in the relation between Thailand and Cambodia has been quite evident. China has been involved in a number of ways, including the border disputes between Cambodia and Thailand, which started several years ago. Cambodia’s historical concern about Thailand’s inversion on its western provinces depicts a case where an ASEAN state has suspended diplomatic relations with another (Weatherbee 2008). The border dispute started in 1954, and in 2003, it took a new course. This conflict has impacted negatively on the development of ASEAN and on the ...

Background

I work for the government in the field of security and military diplomacy. I have several years experience in bilateral and multilateral activities in the ASEAN and in China. As a result of this work, I have many contacts in both the ASEAN and in China. Furthermore, I have a good grasp of the Thai, English and Chinese languages. This will help in communicating directly with people who are involved in all areas of the subject.

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), China's role as mediator in the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has been noticeable ...

Early 21^st century is when the internet came to the limelight as a device that can be used to access any place so long as it has a phone and the possibility of accessing the internet, always referred to,“as a global village”. This is because of its ability to transmit information to where one can access the phone and the internet itself.In addition, most of the people these days who use it have incorporated the same into their cultures. Before, the use of internet was a virtual reality but currently it has become a reality rather than just an ideology.

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Introduction

The existence of temporary employees is a vital element of the contemporary organizations. In United States, around one employee out of four is engaged in temporary tasks in organization . The share of temporary employees in the workforce improved from 2.799% to 3.299% in the years from 1994 to 1997 as reported by the Ministry of Labor and this improved tendency is anticipated to endure in the years to come ; . Due to the improvement in the quantity of employees, an accord is developing within HR administrators that the recruiting companies need not to be the sole ones bearing the liability for ...

Capacity

Organization
Dear Addressee,
I hereby deliver to you the final research proposal to this independent review.
In accordance with the recently stated terms of reference, this proposal covers all the necessary steps required to allow the start of the research. All the elements have been certified to warrant the research.
The review would like to note that through this research, there will be countless benefits for families undergoing problems mentioned in the research.
The review would like to propose the start date for the research to be moved forwards due to the collaboration with company providing the study participant. ...

Marital Satisfaction and Work-Family Conflict

The purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for a study on the topic of marital satisfaction and work-family balance. The paper presents the proposal under the subsections objective, subjects for the study, ethical considerations, measurement, data collection methods, and data analysis.
1. Objective
The concept of work-family balance refers to the assessment of the whether or not family and work resources are sufficient to satisfy both work and family demands (Voydanoff, 2005). Family and work are central social institutions in an individual’s life and both absorb considerable amounts of an individual’s time. Balancing the ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

Selected Scenario:

You are a newly hired junior account specialist in a highly respected public relations agency.
Research Question:
How will a new accounting system affect the reputation, organization, and operations of a public relations company?
Single Source
Louis , H., Sun, A. X., & Urcan, O. (2012). The value of cash holdings and accounting conservatism. Contemporary Accounting Research, 29(4), 1250-1271.
The three authors have an extensive background in accounting. For one, they have a PhD in the same. Additionally, they have extensive experience in teaching accounting with each individual holding a position in their respective schools. Thus, the authors are qualified ...

Abstract

Discrimination at the work place as a result of sex orientation is a common occurrence in virtually all countries. Hiring, promotion and employee identification are in most cases biased on one’s sexual orientation making homosexuality and same-sex marriages an important issue with regards to employment today. Homosexuality and same-sex marriage, however, do not have a rich history as there is avowedly very little about them in the past. The two are nonetheless some of the most hotly debated issues currently; debates that have seen the enactment of several laws in the world over that either prohibit or allow homosexuality and same ...

Literature review

The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

Introduction

This paper responds to relationship between finance and governance by evaluating how financial decisions are connected to corporate governance. In the rise of limited exceptions to corporate governance and finance seem to have natural tension, if there is no direct opposition. The polarity between finance and governance are two research areas that have been studied separately. It is essential to understand why these two areas function individually and separately. Certainly, the connection between financial decisions and governance are largely unmapped. The most relevant area relates to capital structure decision and their implications in creating a company’s value. Capital ...

Discussion Forum #5: Proposal Stats

Part #1.) Main Post
DF5: Proposal stats
This discussion forum should help get you started on the deciding on your data analyses for your study, which will be needed when you have to submit your method section draft very soon.

So, for this post I want you to do the following:

I intend to use independent samples t-test to find out whether there will be significant differences in change scores between the experimental and the control groups. I believe that there is a causal-effect relationship between the use of the internet social networking tools like Facebook and communication behaviors and social interaction skills. An Independent samples t-test will make it ...

Abstract

Biasness is the extent to which individual indulges in the stereotypical behavior based on the differences that account for various ethnic differences, cultural differences and gender differences. Children in this instance are also found to be indulging in the biasness regardless of their personal adherence and their act of biasness is found to be driven by their surroundings. The act of biasness in children is found to be driven by their familial responses in which the parents, guardians and elders of the children ascend their biased behavior in children as part of their early upbringing and thus, children develop ...

Research Methods Sp2016

Abstract
The dominance of commercial technological innovation in the context of modern society has resulted in a form of technological dependence for some individuals, causing them to pay less regard to aspects of the physical world. Technological innovation has assumed a noteworthy role in the flow of our daily lives, such as through the methods we employ to maintain interpersonal connections. Numerous individuals are included in a matrix of connections facilitated by technological innovation and an increasingly digitalized culture; however, the vast amount of these affiliations can leave individuals the global community feeling subjectively void. The effects of technological ...

Effectiveness of CRM use in Hilton Hotel, Singapore

Background
The establishment and maintenance of a good working relationship between businesses and customers is a challenge for most enterprises. Initially, businesses were able to identify customers by sight instead of code or ID number (Chan, 2005). This is because the businesses were small and easy to manage. Managers in the small businesses knew all their customers and understood their customer’s value to the business. They knew how much each customer spent and how frequent they visited their enterprise. In addition, managers remembered customer’s preferences and idiosyncrasies. During this time customer relationship management was something that was not ...

Variables that Influence Psychological Well-Being following Significant Weight Loss Submitted by

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Introduction

The goal of therapies addressing weight loss is to decrease the risks for chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, but also to ultimately increase positive feelings of well-being from physical improvements. Significant weight loss is accompanied by both positive and negative emotions and if the decrease in body mass is accompanying by negative feelings, maintenance is difficult. Therefore, psychological aspects to weight loss programs are an important consideration when determining the success of the therapy. Previous research concerning the psychological aspects of significant weight loss has made ...

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The modern life is overwhelmed with various laws and determinants. The world could not exist without the laws, both natural and social. Even the private life of a human is regulated. The marriage issue, being one of the core concepts in human’s private life is usually regulated by country law and religion. This proposal will reflect some ethical and societal aspects of regulating humans’ marriages.
As it was indicated above, the world could not exist without the regulations, represented by laws and norms. Consequently, the marriage age is created in order to make the life easier. One should ...

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

According to the studies conducted by Albert Mehrabian in 1971, in communication process, around 93% of human communication takes place through non-verbal mode. He divided the communication process into three parts; words (7%), tone of the voice (38%), and body language 55% (Mehrabian, 1981). Among non-verbal modes of communication the commonly used mode is the facial expressions. The face of the person expresses his/her emotions. Yet, some part of emotions is sometimes not clear to everyone. We all are not experts in identifying each and every expression of the ...

Abstract

This paper is on the topic of how brand image influences customer loyalty and satisfaction in the Taipei Hotel industry. The first section of this paper will discuss the background study on this topic with the comprehensive analysis related to the topic. The second section of this paper will discuss the purpose of this study, rationale and research questions related the topic. The third section of this paper will describe the methodology used to answer these questions and limitations in this study. The final section of this paper is the action plan that will summarize all topics discussed in ...

“Advertising and public relations are emotional businesses.” It is not enough that viewers like the ad, they must experience/feel a connection with the message (Jugenheimer et al. p.297 ). In the latest product of Vytar, the ”ultimate basketball shoes for women” the company’s PR team works closely with the Vytar research and development department to effectively market the product using the least cost. In the next six months the promotions team will launch specific activities that are not only cost effective but are expected to persuade more customers to patronize this latest offering from Vytar.

The Product

Vytar’s Basketball shoes for ...

Classical English Literature

Introduction
Teen pregnancy is a complex issue due to social, economic, emotional, and physical consequences that badly affect the life of teenage girl. In the United States, 3 out of every 10 teenage girls become pregnant before attaining the age of 20 (Shuger). There are about 50% of the high school students that have sexual intercourse in their teenage (Schuster, Bell, Berry, and Kanouse). The teen pregnancy, however, brings considerable economic and social cost to the teenage parents, to their children, and to their communities. One half of the teenage mothers do not even complete their high school.
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Abstract

On an annual basis, children are known to spend more of their time on television watching than any other activity. In fact, television viewing can be considered as a hobby of most children. The entertainment programs presented on television attract the attention of most children causes addiction to them. The question that one may ask is, “Does television watching have any health concern?” A positive relationship is believed to exist between television watching and rates of obesity. Although it is still not clear the reasons behind it, studies have shown that the two are directly related. The proposed study, therefore, ...

Literature review

The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

Proposal for Original Business Research

1.0. Introduction
Human resource management has always been integrally attached to the business and its activities, as the degree of success or failure of a business largely relies on the effectiveness of HRM practices in an organization. One of the core areas to be pondered by human resource managers is performance appraisal when it comes to people management (Tooksoon, 2011).
1.1. Problem Statement
High employee turnover is one of the most critical side-effects of growing dynamism of modern business climate. Employees are switching from company to company basing their decision of quitting for many good reasons. However, it is ...

On June 26, 2015 the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and officially recognized the constitutional right of Americans to register same-sex unions across the country. This historic step was preceded by the trial of James Obergefell who sued the state of Ohio because it had refused to recognize him to be the widower of the deceased husband, with whom Obergefell got married 20 years ago before the state officially banned gay unions.

Previously, the registration of same-sex marriage was under the jurisdiction of each state, only 37 of which granted the procedure a legal status. The first state ...

Analysis of the article

Summary of the article
Supply chain ineptitudes and interruptions are common problems hindering the international competitiveness of developing and transitional markets. The article evaluates supply chain relationships in terms of supporters, determinants, and the role of support measures in stimulating investment by suppliers in developing and/or emerging economies. The author concentrates on 300 commercial dairy farms in Armenia who provide inordinate information about the factors that affect the supply chain and the effects that the effects have on the overall investment and productivity of the economy. Any factor that devastates the functioning of the supply chain overwhelmingly affects ...

Introduction

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 need at least seven hours of sleep each night to maintain their cognitive, emotional, and physical functions, but college students tend to lack quality sleep. A sample of 1,160 college students reported sleeping on average 5.85 ± 1.85 hours per night, and 35% of them considered their sleep bad or very bad (Elagra et al., 2016). Lack of sleep has been associated with higher risk of negative moods, unintentional injuries, risk-taking behaviors, and poor academic performance (National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center, 2014). Although various negative effects of ...

A Dissertation Proposal

Overview
The interest of international law includes the improvement of the condition and welfare of orphans around the world. Moreover, religion also emphasized the importance of looking after the less fortunate children apart from the concerns expressed in the international treaties. In fact, the Quran mentioned about the orphans several times more than any other religious texts. The rationale behind it is that the older society encompasses a kind of injustice and oppression towards the vulnerable members of the society such as children, women and elderly. This is because of the mindset of the people in older society, which ...

Background

The IELTS test is one of the most significant single measures of student ESL skills, as it relates to class placement, program acceptance and more. As such, I feel that it is imperative that these tests accurately measure skill and predict performance. Members of the educational community should be concerned with this question, because it directly impacts international enrollment and student success, as well as graduation rates, and program acceptance. The findings derived from the study could be used to improve program criteria, or testing approach in order to increase accuracy of placement, and improve student performance, among non-native ...

IMPACT OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY

Abstract
Media technologies have undergone significant evolution in the past few years involving many new considerations such as Web 3.0., social media, and satellite coverage. Both negative and positive implications of media technologies can be observed on social level. (Artz&Kamalipour, 2007). Therefore, the proposed research will set out to study how these technologies can be used towards the benefit of society by eliminating or avoiding the negatively influential areas. It will extend in several critical dimensions. For example, the purpose of the research is to investigate into different areas wherein different types of technologies are benefitting society. On the ...