Model Essays

Role models whether they are figures of high authority, parents, siblings or even peers can have either positive or negative impact on one’s life. There is some point in life when every child desires to live up to the standards set upon by their role models. In the conquest to be more like one’s role […]

1. Do you think virtual teams will go out of fashion soon? I don’t think so. While many things have changed in recent years, the use of technology and its importance in the workplace has remained constant. In my company, we have multiple locations and use virtual teams for various projects. This is particularly beneficial […]

1. Executive Summary Normal accident theory and Swiss cheese model are influential models in studying system accident causation. This paper is going to help us to gain understanding of both models and to critically compare them. The first part of the study is an introduction of the both models. In the second part, Three Mile […]

The development and evaluation of the ‘Technology Acceptance Model’ (TAM) in relation to philosophy of science is explored in this study. Fred Davis introduced TAM in 1989 with the goal of understanding how users adopt or accept Information Systems (IS). TAM is grounded in cognitive psychology and draws influence from Ajzen and Fishbein’s Theory of […]

This industry has gone through a major revolution in the last few decades and it has indeed revolutionized the transportation industry a great deal. Herewith we will look into Emirates Airline, the gem of the Middle East airline sector and analyze it using the Hayes and Wheelwright model. Emirates airline is one of the fastest-growing […]

When in a political position, one is most generally tasked with difficult decisions that require a long, hard look at what really matters. There are two ways a person of this position can view a problem in order to make an informed decision. The trustee view model of representation allows the political position holder to […]

The group Tricon Global Restaurants, the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut in America, is promoting the Traditional Peking Chicken Roll at their Shanghai-based KFC outlet. At present, China houses more than 1,000 branches of KFC with an average yearly growth rate of 200 outlets. This implies a new establishment approximately every two days. […]

Data modeling methods and techniques enable the standard, consistent, and predictable management of data as a resource. These models offer the definition and structure of data, thereby enabling computer systems and data support. Viewing the entire problem domain as a network of class hierarchies (or objects) linked by messages is a key approach to data […]

Geert Hofstede developed a cultural dimension model that explains the five categories of positions between national cultures. The five dimensions pertaining to this model include: individualism, materialism, time orientation, deference to authority and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede’s research is still practiced today but has undergone some changes since it was first introduced due to cultural and […]

No, because a BSN isn’t an indicator of a nurse’s clinical skill level, ability to synthesize large amounts of data, or ability to make judgments based on that data. Also, we already have a shortage; why limit the pool of potential RNs by demanding that they have a bachelor’s degree? No. Give me a competent […]

Von thunen model links economic concepts with spatial location and accounts for two main aspects of agricultural land use: the intensity of production of a particular crop will decline with distance away from the market and the type of land use will vary with the distance from the market. The locational pattern are as followed: […]

In the article “The Strategic Training of Employees Model: Balancing Organizational Constraints and Training Content” by Dan Wentland, we see several issues that emerge from the STEM model and how it can be used in virtually any organization. Wentland examines the historical perspective, examines the available literature on the subject, looks at the foundations of […]

In his leisure time, a man is free to do whatever he wants. Yet the best way to occupy oneself while at home or on holiday is to indulge in a hobby. A hobby is a person’s favourite activity, which he does for pleasure as contrasted with his job. Common hobbies are gardening, collecting stamps […]

Oscar Wilde’s The Model Millionaire which a part of his collection of short stories known as ‘the house of pomegranates’ is a great story from one of the greatest masters of the art known as the short story. This story is a composition of various themes which can be listed as: the material aspect of […]

In defining quality, we basically look from five different perspective in quality which is Judgemental Perspective, Product-Based Perspective, User-Based Perspective, Value-Based Perspective and Manufacturing-Based Perspective. In judgemental perspective, it generally talk about how you feel for a certain product or in other words, you just know it when you see it. Next is, product-based perspective […]

The author will discuss how physical, social and psychological influences impact on the health of the individuals in society, he will also demonstrate evidence of a developing knowledge of the various biological, social and psychological explanatory models of health / ill health and the evidence which underpins them and recognise their relevance of nursing, also […]

This is a reflective essay based on an experience during a clinical placement at a local hospital. The purpose of this essay is to examine the use of communication and interpersonal skills in clinical practice. I have decided on a particular event where a considerable length of time was spent communicating verbally and non verbally […]

Tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. It is a major cause of heart disease, stroke, several different forms of cancer, and other health problems (Quit Victoria 2005). The act of quitting smoking is not a single event, but rather a process of change within an individual. Change is […]

There are three theories of organization emerged in the early part of the twentieth century and still permeate certain sectors of organizational life today: Frederick Taylor’s theory of scientific management, Henri Fayol’s administrative theory, and Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy. The Communicative Organization model is based on the assumption that organizational structure is created and […]

The modal model of working memory consists of the central executive and two slave systems, the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974, as cited in Baddeley, 1999). The phonological loop, which retains verbal material, in terms of speech-based characteristics, is further divided into a store and an active process. Phonological representations […]

It is questionable how much of an impact the Army had on the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. However, their importance during the years 1645-1649 is undeniable. Evidence suggests that the Army was the “mainspring of the Revolution and the force that deterred more radical change”. Yet some historians, such as Christopher Hill, question […]

Introduction Michael Porter (1980) has identifies five forces that determine the intrinsic long run attractiveness of a market or a market segment in other words the competitive structure of an industry can be analysed using Porter’s five forces. Attractiveness in this context refers to the overall industry profitability. The overall industry attractiveness does not imply […]