Qualities A Good HR Mgr Needs: Guidelines & Strategies

 An HR Manager is expected to deposit substantial efforts to develop and implement strategies that later will contribute to the efficiency and performance offered by employees and teams coordinated by other managers. The HR manager will advise the managers of other departments on HR activities, will help motivate employees and reduce levels of turnover. … Read more

Exploring the Dark Side: Examining The Pros & Cons of Dark Tourism

 Dark Tourism Often Leaves Society in the Dark “One of the most influential definitions delimits dark tourism as ‘the act of travel to sites associated with death, suffering and the seemingly macabre,’” (Young, pg. 68). In 2014, 1.53 million tourists went to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, a record number of visitors … Read more

Urban Wildlife Conservation in UK Residential Gardens: Chance for Effective Conservation Tools?

 Introduction An urban area can be defined as land which is irreversibly urban in character, consisting of permanent structures such as buildings, transport networks, amenity sites and other associated structures. They can vary a lot from each other depending on where they are found and they often include green or open areas that can … Read more

“Student-as-consumer” mentality

ABSTRACT Consumer ideals are infiltrating college institutions, as universities are beginning to marketize at an increasing rate, partly due to privatization. They have come to adopt similar principles of the private lenders they are dependent upon and now advertize in a way that supports the perception that education is a tangible product that can be … Read more

Exploring Success & Failure Factors at SA Power Utility with Project Management Framework

 P2.1 Introduction Chapter 2 discusses literature review on project failure and success. The chapter aims to highlight success and failure factors at SA’s power utility and other organisations. To provide the reader with understanding, a brief review of PMBOK processes, literature on projects and project management is given. Project success and failure factors in … Read more

Effect of Phosphorus Fertilizer on Barley Growth & Yield: Evidence from Tunisia

 PastAbstract The effect of phosphorus (P) fertilizer on vegetative growth and yield components of two naked barley varieties, ‘Tombari’ and ‘Giza 130’, was studied at the National Agronomic Research Institute of Tunisia (INRAT) during the 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. Four rates of P (0; 50; 100; 150; 200 kg of P2O5/ha) were applied … Read more

Unmarried Fathers in UK: Rights & Responsibilities

 Abstract This essay analyses the message being conveyed to unmarried fathers with regards to the very debatable legal system based upon the family legal system in the U.K. The current system is said to be creating a larger distinction between the legitimate and illegitimate child in terms of gaining parental rights for the father … Read more

Why Cyberwarfare is Such a Major Threat to Modern Society

 The great technological evolution that has been experimented by humanity in its most recent history has modified the way modern societies interrelate. The gradual miniaturization of computer systems, as well as the great reduction of their prices, allowed computers to permeate almost every aspect of modern everyday life. With the consequent connection of large … Read more

Exploring the Effects of WWI, Holocaust & Hiroshima on Music: Neoclassicism, European Modernism & Jazz in America

 After the 2nd World War, trends such as neoclassicism, European modernism and home-grown trends such as jazz were present in America’s classical music scene as composers reacted to the devastation of both world wars, turning away from the Romantic style. Modernism in music refers to new and innovative styles that composers wrote in during … Read more