Z Sample Research Proposals and Essays

  New Historicism is a school of thought insisting on the main importance of historical context to the interpretation of texts of all kinds (Collingwood, 1994). It has a great influence upon many disciplines of thought, recently experiencing a lively renewal in contemporary literary criticism (Copeland, 1991). The most prominent late 20th-century critical fashions, post structuralism and postmodernism, have ended up being understood through the images of history they imply (Hutcheon, 1988). Yet this historical turn rejoins a well-worn tradition of historicism. At present, historicism is tempted to present itself as 'new', the latest way forward for literary theory (Kristeva, 1980). That alone might be a good reason for a book on it. In addition, though, to briefing students on the current state of the critical art, a book on historicism should identify an underlying pattern of historical explanation recurring at different times in different forms (Levenson, 1984). While huma...

  Introduction             Every organisation may it be profit or non-profit, public or private sectors are subject to factors that affects their performance in terms of providing services to their target market.    The notion of providing quality services or products is one of the most used strategies by public and private organisation. The goal of this strategy is to satisfy their customers and build good relationship with them. However, because of the emergence of the new global economy, it brings new economics, new market structures, new marketing strategy, and new industry structures which changed the profile of customers (Palmer, 1996).    Organisations need to keep this development in mind to maintain its productive relationship with its customers.   In addition, these organisations should provide innovative solutions and services for managing customer relationships that optimize operating p...

Abstract     This essay utilized the Code of Practices for Site Safety Supervision in Singapore as the model legislative policy to review its present construction site safety management and how it dealt with critical situations. From the analysis, key trends in its construction site safety management were identified, how it worked and its effectiveness in dealing with critical situations was ascertained. The paper then moved on to assess its component construction site safety management strategies with regard to its suitability to critical situations, during which the internal capabilities of these safety management strategies in relation to the strategy being followed by most construction firms in Singapore was determined also. An overall analysis of the performance and effectiveness of the Code of Practices for Site Safety Supervision in Singapore was also conducted to assess and compare the capabilities of its construction site safety management strategies with th...