Short
Essays

Ring and Perry speak to the notion of distinctive constraints when examining strategic management in public and private organizations. What does this mean? What are the implications for present day public management?

Jewish Home Lifecare: Mission & Organizational Support

The Royal Manufacturing Corporation operates in the metal fabrication industry. Metal fabrication is a process that requires a vast knowledge ostensibly earned through years of experience in the handling and…

Workplace violence can be defined as an action that manifests itself in threatening behavior, physical assault, aggression or any other violent form that may be displayed at work setting and may be directed towards…

Information about the ecosystem's intricacy – the complexity of its structure and the details of its functions – will better inform humans about its needs and demands necessary for its management and restoration. And, in turn, knowledge of the ecosystem will help the human better augment the earth that we live on through means habitat enhancement (i.e. increasing the suitability of an ecosystem for species to thrive), remediation (improving an existing system, or creating a new one in order to replace another), and mitigation (namely legal procedures to impede reduction of protected species or ecosystem). It is in this way that citizens can help the law protect the environment.

The essence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a self-regulated approach integrated into a strategic and tactical business model that assures that organization's compliance with the spirit, ethics, and standards of the law. The goal of business in using CSR is to encourage actions and functions so that it does not become necessary for governmental regulations to force compliance. CSR does this by encouraging community growth, public disclosure and eliminating practices that harm or have the potential to harm society – whether legal or not. The basis of CSR is doing what is right – in the public interest while still maintaining corporate growth and profitability.

Barker, B. & Reynolds, B. (1994). A critique: Watson's caring ideology. The proper focus of psychiatric nursing? J. Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. (32)(5):17-22.

The Treaty Between the United States and the Navajo Tribe of Indians

This essay examines the evolution of commercial law from the eighteenth century to the current international e-commerce era, with an eye towards specific crises and responses that led to formation of the current system of general commercial law. These crises include the conflict between national law and the law merchant during the eighteenth century, the emergence of negotiable instruments in the early nineteenth century, the importance of new forms of insurance during the middle of the nineteenth century, the consolidation and monopolization of the Industrial Revolution, and the global effects of the internet on commerce and copyright. Tracing these crises and the legal system's response allows one to better understand how the evolution of commercial law is constituted by a mixture of disruptive change and long-standing legacies, as each new generation contributes to the whole of the law while continuing to deal with the long-standing effects of centuries-old rulings.

It comes as no surprise that healthcare facilities across the country continue to look for experienced and high-quality nurses. Over the past decade, medical professionals have warned that with the changing demographics…