Hoarding

Social capital is a critical resource for organizations engaged in complex work that spans knowledge domains (Hargadon & Sutton, 1997; Reagans & McEvily, 2003). Actors who span knowledge domains can provide access to non-local expertise and material resources (Burt, 2012; Reagans & McEvily, 2003). These actors, often called “brokers” in social capital and network literature, also have a strong influence on the flow of information and resources through social networks. Brokers can use their…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Program Directorate has experienced low staff morale and staff retention for over the last 5 consecutive years. An experimental case study utilizing the Kouzes & Posner Five Point model will show that adjustments in leadership requirements and style can be the difference between the agency being a productive success or failure. For an agency to be successful, it must keep staff morale high to encourage staff retention. A high staff turnover…

The blue planet…Third rock from the Sun…Spaceship Earth… Big Bang… Creation… There are many ways to describe our home environment, or beliefs about how it came into existence. Whatever description you use, no one can deny that our human interaction with the planet and its dizzying array of inhabitants and ecosystems is unique. Throughout history, humans have asked questions about the earth and our relationship with it. As societies and cultures grow and change, so do the questions, but…

This paper will reflect an assessment for a client based on the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model. This paper will also assess the presenting problem this client has faced and how these problems affect the client’s system’s functioning. In addition to analyzing the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model the student social worker will discuss developing a treatment plan for this client and determine the effectiveness of the treatment plan design. History Briefly, the client that this paper will…

Introduction Inflation is defined as the sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer buys fewer goods and services. Accordingly, inflation reflects a drop in the purchase power per unit of money, a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy. A major measure of price inflation is the inflation rate, the annualised percentage…

The fall of the South and their ultimate defeat in the Civil War of 1861-1865, can be attributed to multiple factors. The main and chief reason among them are; the South lacked a strong industrial economy which hindered the Confederate Government States ability to wage war effectively. In fact, in hindsight, the economic policies and strategies of the Southern states to fund the Civil War proved to be less than stellar and ultimately proved to be the critical element for their historic defeat in…

crop failure lead to a food shortage. This was the last straw. The Bastille, a prison and fortress, was stormed by the people of France, marking the beginning of the revolution. On top of this, rumors surfaced that there had been a royal banquet and hoarding of flour, surely enraging the people of France. According to some rumors, drunken soldiers had disrespected the Revolution by throwing tricolour cockades on the ground, stomping, and urinating onto these symbols of the Revolution, only…

There has been recent research that has stated that obsession-compulsion disorder involves the dysfunction in a neuronal loop that runs from the orbital frontal cortex to the cingulate gyrus, striatum (cuadate nucleus and putamen), globus pallidus, thalamus and then back to the frontal cortex (Yerevanian, 2010). To back up The Carlat Psychiatry Report’s research, supporting the hypothesis is the results of neurosurgical treatment of obsession-compulsion disorder (Huey, 2010). Believed to…

After the unification of Germany, following the Franco-Prussian War, in 1871 many Germans had resounding support for the newfound empire. Nationalism was seeded into almost every German. There was nothing in the world that could stop them, or so they believed. We see that this invulnerable feeling did not last. Following the Great War, also known as World War I, Germany’s seething nationalism had been squelched by the loss of World War I. Devastated by the unthinkable loss of the Great War,…

The End of Summer Complacency The end of summer has seemingly brought a fresh wave of sobriety to global financial markets. The catalyst was Fed Chair Yellen’s speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual conference on monetary policy in Jackson Hole. She stated that the case for a higher federal funds rate had recently strengthened. This hot topic of conversation subsequently shifted to one of how many hikes are potentially likely in 2016, as well as their timing. Chair Yellen’s…