You will prepare and submit a term paper on The Topic of International Politics. Your paper should be a minimum of 2500 words in length. To decide whether international politics can be studied as a science, it is first necessary to define what constitutes a scientific study of a topic. At the end of the 19th century as the pursuit of science was beginning to be done according to modern standards, definitions of science were offered in order to more clearly ascertain the nature of scientific research. According to Michels (1880), science is created when three aspects of research are utilized. The first one observes, then one records those observations, and finally one draws conclusions based on what has been recorded (pp. 383). The Popular science monthly (1872) defined science more simply as a search for real truth (pp. 226). Although, this definition is complicated by philosophies on what is ’real’ and what is ’truth’.

development of an objective, consistent, documented system of knowledge based on rigorous systematic observations that lead to hypotheses that are then tested and refined (pp. 4). This definition defines science as the ability to observe and record something that will lead to a conclusion that is very similar to the musings of Michels on the topic. Science, in other words, is defined by the ability to research and draw conclusions about a topic.

If this is the definition of science, then any topic that has an observable aspect can be considered a science. Therefore, the topic of international politics can be viewed from a scientific point of view because the activities that occur in the international political arena can be observed, recorded, and have conclusions drawn from those observations. According to Olson and Groom (1991),&nbsp.noted lead writer for the New York Times and a theorist in international politics defines the concept of the science of international politics by the consequences of the tumultuous events in 1931 whereby the result was a determination to seek critical and analytical thought about the problems being faced globally.&nbsp.

Complete 5 pages APA formatted article: Sanitary Decisions for Companys Profitability. First, the idea is to structure the company along product lines instead of the current structure where each of the verticals would have a separate department instead of along functional lines. The current division is based on functional lines wherein the sales department is separate and the insurance department is separate. The current structure lends itself to unnecessary redundancy and according to the theory (Miles, 1978), division along product lines is any day better than division along functional lines. If the company adopts this method, the divisions would be along verticals instead of the horizontal division currently in place.

This movement towards product lines is appropriate because the people in one product line would be motivated more to perform and function rather than people in different functions working separately. This makes eminent business sense as the people in different departments that are currently existing can get together and plan for their sales and marketing strategies as a means of achieving their targets. The appropriate theories of leadership that can be applied here are Theory X and Theory Y which state that a leader can apply these two competing visions of leadership to get the work done (Mullins, 2008).

As part of the division of the company along vertical product lines, it is necessary to structure the company in such a way that the board members are also structured along with the product line strategy and that they operate within the structures prescribed in this management report. This division of the company along product lines makes for eminent business sense and hence they can work for the betterment of the company.

According to&nbsp.Maslow’s theory of Motivation, people respond to a variety of inducements ranging from simple monetary benefits to comprehensive and visionary motivations arising out of altruistic motives (Torrington, 2002). This theory holds that once the people are sufficiently empowered to be motivated by these inducements, then the level of performance that they can deliver goes up correspondingly.