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Ironically, the definition of the term “definition essay” is not very specific.  Definition essays are short pieces of writing on a particular topic.  However, not every essay on a topic can be properly labeled a definition essay.  Instead, a definition essay is an attempt to describe the topic thoroughly enough for the reader to understand it very well and might be compared to an encyclopedia entry for the topic.  Any of our example essays could provide a good start on a definition essay about the topic.  However, we have collected a sample of our best definition essays and included them below to help you explore the genre.  

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Paper Masters
Employee turnover rates: causes and organizational impacts
Employee turnover rates are high for many organizations, and you have noticed that the company you work for is no different. This paper researches what other organizations are doing to hire and retain good employees in order to combat the high employee turnover rate. Thereafter this paper uses this research to make recommendations to the management of my organization.
Paper Undergraduate
Perceived Barriers to Housing for Low Income Families
This study proposal outlines the need for timely research concerning barriers to affordable housing for low-income families in general and low-income minority families in particular. A description of the population of interest is followed by a description of the importance of the study, a preliminary literature review and a discussion concerning the proposed methodology.
Paper Undergraduate
Credit Risk in Banking in Agreement With the Basel Accords
The topic for this particular paper revolves around the concept of credit risk banking. The approach that this paper takes is to analyze the concept of credit risk banking as it exists for Basel under the Basel Accords I, II and III. The paper also looks at a brief history of banking in general as well.
Thesis Doctorate
Technology and National Security Privacy Issues Edward Snowden
This paper explains why US government surveillance violates the fundamental constitutional rights of all Americans (1st & 4th amendments) and gives 2-3 reasons why government shouldn't spy on Americans. Also, this paper gives 2-3 reasons why government surveillance can be good. Lastly, this paper gives a rebuttal to why those reasons aren't valid
Paper Undergraduate
Reflection on evidence-based practice
¶ … empirically-based evidence and how it applies to nursing. The definition of the word "evidence" is a core concept in law and can be used in different ways to either corroborate or refute a particular issue.
Paper Undergraduate
White collar crime and corporate fraud
There are psychological, sociological, and biological theories concerning criminality and white-collar crime. By understanding how these theories interact the security manager can develop a policy to reduce potential opportunities for employees to engage in white-collar criminal activities. One key to controlling white-collar crime is that the employees know that honesty is monitored and rewarded and instances of theft and fraud have high probabilities of being discovered. Preventing white-collar crime is not so much about having sanctions and rules to follow but setting the right environment for the employees that does not allow opportunities for exploitation to take place (Coenen 2013). The security manager cannot control for or directly manipulate the biological foundations of crime in individuals but can produce an organizational environment that allows for learning of attitudes and behaviors that promote honesty and deter selfish and criminal behaviors.
Paper Doctorate
Elf Earth Liberation Front (Elf) Elf Logo
There are many people and/or groups who claim responsibility for the Earth Liberation Front’s (ELF) development. The group is comprised of loosely affiliated or autonomous cells that are only bound by the idea that they can move beyond civil disobedience and accept more contentious tactics for the defense of their environmental causes. Many members of this group have been prosecuted as terrorists and are currently in special detention centers. The group and their actions undoubtedly fit the broad definition that the FBI provides for terrorism. The two factors in the terrorism definition that are the most important and the group fits is that it performed dangerous acts with the intent to intimidate others. Although no one has been harmed in an ELF action, it cannot be denied that many of the arsons have been dangerous.
Essay Doctorate
Critical review of literature on sigma project management and performance improvement
This paper is a critical review of the relevant literature in whether integration of six sigma and project management improves results. This paper researches the primary literature pertaining to the question and then critically analyzes each source, writes a review of each case, and suggest future directions for the particular field of study.
Paper Undergraduate
Student Engagement Within Mathematics, Create a Set
This paper looks at a range of tools and methods for quantitative analysis within the realm of the social sciences. This paper examines the structure and benefits of a range scaling methods and explores the difference between a variety of research design constructions. Finally, this paper examines the difference between causality and correlationality.
Essay Doctorate
Clinical Decision Support Systems: Decision Support Systems
This paper discusses clinical decision support systems, which have increasingly been integrated into health care organizations. The first two sections provide a basic overview and description of these systems and their use in the health care sector. The second part explores the value of these systems in helping advanced practice nurses in making informed decisions and providing quality health care.