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Political decision-making and public program evaluation in practice

Any program designed for the public good is by its nature inextricably linked to politics, not only through motive but in many instances through more practical elements as well.

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Reinforcing and balancing feedback loops at Strayer University

According to G. Bellinger (2004), a reinforcing feedback loop refers to actions that reinforce each other. In other words, actions that had a certain impact in the past have a cumulative effect in the present and the future.

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The Affordable Care Act and major health care reform challenges in America

On March 23, 2010, President Barrack Obama signed into law the first piece of major health care legislation in decades. This follows a long uphill battle that both sides went through, where a series of initiatives were proposed over the years.

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Hofstede's cultural dimensions and organizational behavior

The field of organizational behavior takes on the thrust of understanding individual behavior in the context of an organization structure in a workplace setting (Cornell University. 2010).

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Political opposition to universal health care in American history

The history of national health care legislation is one that is mired with political controversy and frustration since as long ago as the 19th century.

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Product pricing and R&D allocation strategy in PDA simulation

For the final run of the simulation, the proposed strategy was a slight variation on the previous strategy.

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James MacGregor Burns' theory of transformational leadership

In Leadership, James MacGregor Burns (1978) addressed the basic idea of the leadership role, and how each person who is placed into that role can find his or her own way of becoming (and remaining) effective.

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Obama's health care reform legislation and the path to passage in Congress

National Health Care Reform -- the History, the Proposal, the Policy Process, the Path from President Obama to Congress into Law, and the Political Fallout.

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Mattaini and Lowery's multiple perspectives approach to social work practice

I have chosen to consider Mattaini's and Lowery's (2007) framework, which they call Perspectives for Practice, as a proxy for a model or theory of practice. For purposes of this document, I refer to Mattaini's and Lowery's framework as the multiple perspectives approach.

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Slavery, abolition, and racial conflict in American history

There were two sets of conflicts that revolved around freedom. One was the freedom of the United States from her colonial masters and another was the freedom of the slaves and the non-whites in the U.S. Within that there are three distinct periods that are relevant to this day.

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