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What is Position?

Position as an academic topic spans a wide range of disciplines, from business administration and public policy to nursing, education, and personal development. Courses in organizational behavior, healthcare management, political science, and professional writing all prompt students to examine what it means to hold, argue for, or strategically occupy a position — whether that refers to a job role, a policy stance, a formal argument, or a place within an institution. The topic is academically interesting precisely because it sits at the intersection of identity, authority, knowledge, and strategy, requiring writers to think carefully about how individuals and organizations establish and justify where they stand.

The papers collected here take notably varied approaches. Some are analytical, examining how organizations and companies leverage employee experience and satisfaction to strengthen their competitive position. Others are policy-oriented, addressing issues in education, nursing practice, or public administration, including cultural diversity in nursing and the role of strategic planning in public policy. Still others are personal and reflective, asking writers to assess their own professional success, goals, and future plans. Case analyses and reviews — including examinations of leadership models in healthcare and the effects of deregulation on global finance — round out the range with applied, evidence-based approaches.

A strong essay on this topic begins with a clearly scoped thesis that specifies whose position is being examined and in what context — avoiding the common pitfall of treating "position" so broadly that the argument loses focus. Evidence drawn from organizational data, policy documents, professional guidelines, or concrete personal experience tends to carry the most weight. Writers should connect their specific case or argument back to broader principles, whether about leadership, institutional design, or professional identity, to demonstrate analytical depth beyond simple description.

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Passivity and the Divine in Richard Crashaw's Teresa Poems
An examination of two of the poems of Richard Crashaw is presented. The author's view of Saint Teresa and her ecstasy as emblematic of the need to adopt a feminine passivity in the quest for divine love or a true understanding of the experience of divine love forms the central thesis of the examination. Heavy use of sexual imagery in the poems helps to make this point.
Research Paper Doctorate
Flexible Work Schedules: Who Gets Them and Why
According to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 27.5% of all full-time wage and salary workers have flexible schedules. After completing an analysis of what factors predict which occupational categories will attain the highest relative to lowest levels of flexible work schedules, several interesting insights emerge. Those insights based on analysis of several peer-reviewed articles and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is provided here. What is immediately apparent form the analysis is that there is no single, statistically significant factor that can predict the availability and use of flexible schedules across occupation, socio-economic or educational level (Baltes, 497). Instead what emerges is a more complex series of factors that explain and predict which professions or occupations, workers and roles are most and least likely to have flexible work schedules.
Paper Doctorate
Setting Short-Term and Long-Term Career Goals for Success
This is a personal essay describing my short-term and long-term goals that I have set in order to see my career ambitions to fruition. My short-term goals include graduating from college, earning a new position at work with my degree, and receiving higher pay. My long-term goals include creating success in my job, climbing the corporate ladder, getting married and starting a family. This class has helped me prepare for these goals by enhancing my awareness of respect and the importance of sensitivity towards other cultures and points of views. This course has also helped me identify my skills of interests, career goals, understand my unique talents, and how to apply these talents to my career plan.
Paper High School
Charlie Wilson's Secret War: Funding the Afghan Mujahideen
In the final days of 1979 the Soviet Union sent in the first of thousands of troops to support the newly established communist government of Afghanistan. The Soviet invasion spurred a little known congressman from Texas to secretly aid the Afghan freedom fighters known as the mujahideen. Through his position on several secret congressional subcommittees, Wilson succeeded in providing the Afghan's fighting the Soviets with military support that eventually forced them to leave the country.
Paper Undergraduate
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy vs. Medication for GAD
"Puritanism" was a sect of Anglicanism that wanted to purify the Church of England from worldly influences. In fact, the term "Puritan," was used by opponents to criticize those who held these beliefs.
Research Paper Masters
Healthy People 2020: Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity
Healthy People 2020; Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
Paper Undergraduate
Globalization and Outsourcing: Business Trends and Strategies
The paper discusses globalization and outsourcing as new world trends assessing the impact this trend has on business. In the discussion, the outcome of globalization and outsourcing are given showing the ideal strategies of implementing them. Solutions for the negative effect are given highlighting the major out outcomes form obtainable.
Paper Doctorate
Rhetorical Analysis of Alexander the Great's Speech
This paper focuses on a speech given by Alexander the Great in 326 B.C. The argument that Alexander chose to use was very persuasive to his intended audience. One of the greatest strengths of the argument was that Alexander highlighted the past accomplishments of the men as a means of quelling any concerns that they would fail in their future endeavors. He also uses a very grandiose and broad vision to help inspire the men, talking about taking over all of Asia and then using that example in contrast to simply staying home and protecting the home front. However, the argument also had its weaknesses. In some locations Alexander speaks about them being welcomed by the people in distant lands, but he also discusses forcing nations into submission, making one question which part of the argument is true. Taken as a whole, the argument was a persuasive one, which is revealed, not only by the text of the argument, but by the historical fact that it did inspire his men to continue into Asia.
Paper Masters
Iraq vs. Iran NIEs: Comparing Intelligence Analytical Standards
This essay compares and contrasts the 2002 and 2007 NIEs in light of the ODNI's analysis standards. It determines that the 2002 NIE suffered from a lack of attention to standards of analysis tradecraft, and as such overestimated its own degree of accuracy. The 2007 NIE, on the other hand, demonstrates a level of analytical rigor that should be the norm.
Thesis Masters
Criminal Profiling as a Tool for Catching Serial Killers
This paper seeks to investigate the actual role that criminal profiling plays in the apprehension of serial killers. Does criminal profiling lead to a meaningful reduction in the list of potential suspects and therefore help investigators find the perpetrators of serial murder, or does profiling allow investigators to make educated guesses about the identity of serial perpetrators, which, without the input derived from standard police procedure would be essentially useless? The literature certainly suggests that criminal profiling for serial killers can aid in the apprehension of a suspect and help eliminate people in the subject pool, but criminal profiling, on its own, cannot identify a suspect.