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When Joseph Stalin died in March, 1953, an outstanding era of history has come to an end, the world realized. The reaction varied from country to country but there were two geopolitical units, whose inhabitants felt that this fact would influence their life and the future – these were the countries -protagonists of the Cold War – the USSR (The Soviet Union) and the United States.

No doubt, Stalin’s death was a critical moment in the history of the Soviet Union and of the Cold War, which happened only to begin developing by that time (although many though it was over).

The historians of the Cold War call the period after Stalin’s death “Escalation and Crisis”. It is notable that for both superpowers this period started with the change in leadership in 1953. And it would last through the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Continue reading “History Essay on Death of Stalin”

Unquestionably, the Civil War was the turning point in the development of American society. In fact, this war regardless its negative short-term effects, produced a significant positive impact on the development of American society at large and American democracy in particular in long-term perspective.

The results of the Civil war were contradictory, on one hand, the North wan and got control over the whole country keeping it united. Furthermore the slavery was abolished and the most important legislative acts were implemented, including the Emancipation proclamation in 1863, which freed slaves. Eventually, it was supported by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865 that abolished slavery in the whole country. In such a way, the basic principles of equality of rights and opportunities for all people living in the US, regardless race, religion, beliefs, and other factors that contributed to discrimination were legally realized. In fact, it was the most substantial legislative changes on the way to legal realization of the main principles of democratic society, including equality and tolerance. Continue reading “How Did the Civil War Change Society Essay”

In the current economic situations many companies operating in different industries tend to mergers and acquisition. In this respect, self-storage companies are not an exception and the recent acquisition of Shurgard Storage Centers Inc by Public Storage Inc is good evidence supporting this trend. At the same time, it is worthy to note that the process of acquisition was quite difficult since interests of both companies had to be taken into consideration that naturally provoked certain disagreements between the participants of the negotiations.

On the one hand, Public Storage Inc aimed at the achievement its basic goal which may be defined as the improvement of the position of the company in the market. To put it more precisely, this acquisition provided Public Storage Inc with a possibility to enhance its position as the premier self-storage operator in the market that would make this large company one of the leader of the industry. Notably, the combined company would have ownership interests in over 2,000 quality properties in 38 states and seven European countries.
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As for the transportation networks in Africa, this is one of the factors that has a great influence on the economic and social development of this region. Lack of effective and reliable transportation networks in Africa hinders production and trade, and therefore the developments in this sphere have been the focus of many international organizations.

There is a clear and consistent need to facilitate the development of transportation networks in Africa, since ‘[p]oor roads result in high transport costs, which undermine Africa’s competitiveness.’ (Van de Walle, 2001, p.86)

If Africa aims at becoming a part of the global economy, transportation development should be firmly placed at top of agenda by all the governments. Continue reading “Transport System in Africa Essay”

According to the framework for manufacturing planning and control, MPS system operates in three distinct stages. At the first stage, the overall directions for the planning process are defined; second, detailed material and capacity planning activities can be accomplished’ finally, the MPC execution system is designed and implemented (p.7-8). This sequence appears logical and effective and acts in the best interest of the manufacturing company.

To start with, the whole activity of an organisation should be carried out according to the organisational strategic goals. Ideally, these goals have to be reflected in all organisational activities and allow the organisation to realize its strategic direction. Otherwise, if these goals are overlooked, the organisation will hardly ever achieve them. All activities are divided into the stages of planning, realization and control. Setting directions before material and capacity planning that breaks down the plans into smaller details allows the manufacturing company to prepare the guidelines for further evaluation of the overall strategy and thus helps to realize effective control. Continue reading “Manufacturing Process Essay”

I would like to start by saying that the M.A.D.D. stands for Mothers Against Drunk Driving had be organized for the sole purpose of reduce the number of incidents involving alcohol and driving by their sons, typically high school students and to a lesser degree university students. In the following essay I will speak about some of the M.A.D.D. videos commenting on their role in the society, the mass media and by using some literature on the M.A.D.D. I will point out my personal opinion together with the educated findings on the M.A.D.D.

Making existing drunk driving laws more strict. For instance M.A.D.D. wants to make illegal blood alcohol content of 0.08 or lower. Those who violate the norm will be sanctioned and punished for DUI as well as will be required to undergo treatment for alcoholism and other related alcohol abuse issues, and driver’s license suspensions. Continue reading “MADD Essay”

Existing popular literature on management, recruiting, etc., those is quite profound and informative, but a bit lop-sided. Given theories are being discussed and implemented over and over again. And, it seems like it is about time to add some fresh air to the popular theories of personality assessment in the workplace.

The article ‘Personality processes’ by William Revelle deals with the contemporary situation in psychological theory. The author intends to cover the vast scope of theories existing in the modern personality reviews in both personality psychology and related fields.

The article is excitingly interesting in terms of covering personality traits and studies that are being developed and covered by psychologists, and their systematization. It might also be helpful for those, who are looking for new theories to read about and new aspects of personality psychology to implement in the workplace. Continue reading “Personality Assessment Essay”