...Andrea Smith Short Policy Paper smia21@uga.edu University of Georgia Introduction During the period of transition from the twentieth to the twenty-first century, American public schools found themselves faced with continued challenges in the efforts to equalize access to educational opportunities for African American children. This period of transition was the result of actions that began nearly half a century earlier. On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. Reactions to the decision were varied and touched a range of emotions among nearly all citizens of the United States. For some, Brown was heralded as the triumph over legal barriers to better educational opportunities for racial/ethnic and minority students. Yet, for others, it endangered a way of life that in the eyes of some, ensured “separate but equal” under Plessy vs. Ferguson (1898). Whatever the perspective, Brown meant a departure from past rules and values. It meant change. Problem In “Public Education in the Twentieth Century and Beyond: High Hopes, Broken Promises, and an Uncertain Future,” Nieto (2005) outlines key legislation over the past seventy-five years in U.S. education that has aided in leveling the educational outcomes for minority students. After the ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), policies aimed at providing equal opportunities to racial/ ethnic and minority groups began to emerge. As such, changes in...
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... My Journey into the Future A Personal Essay Foresight 2005 Conference - September Dr. Todd M. Johnson Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Hamilton, MA From September 22-24, 2005, the School of Leadership Studies hosted Dr. Todd Johnson on campus at Regent University, for the third annual futures conference for Christian leaders. This essay by Johnson was circulated to participants beforehand. We encourage you to join us next year for our annual Foresight conference, as we hear from top futurists from the both the U.S. and around the world. Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. He is the co-author of World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE), Second Edition, released in 2001 by Oxford University Press. Since 1989, Dr. Johnson has been a full-time researcher on the empirical status of global Christianity, most recently as director of the World Evangelization Research Center (WERC) in Richmond, Virginia. He has also served with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) since 1978 and has performed various ministry tasks in over 30 countries, including relief work among Cambodian refugees in Thailand, inner city work in San Francisco, evangelism in villages in Guatemala and field-based research in Asia. He is co-founder of the Christian Futures Network, a professional member of the World Future Society and a member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR)...
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...Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2 MARKET AND ADVERTISING 4 SWOT ANALYSIS 5 MARKETING 3 STRATEGIES 2 SALES FORCASTING 3 COCA-COLA SWOT ANALYSIS 4 PEPSICO SWOT ANALYSIS 4 CONCLUSION 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose Recently our company has been interested in the comparison of other companies so that we may learn from the successes and mistakes of others. With an analytical view, companies that have failed can be broken down and show the decaying process that lead to their demise. On the other hand, we can also break down a successful company and adopt a similar business approach in hopes that we can understand and be even more successful than our predecessors. The nature of our business led me to compare Pepsico and Coca-Cola. Both of these companies have had major ups and downs, and on the contrast they have also been very successful companies. This report will analyze the company history, mission statements, business strategy and financial history. Results in Brief Once upon a time, in a simpler more innocent world, one could order a cola without being asked “Which one?” That world is no more. Over the years, companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola have spent a great deal of time and energy encouraging people to choose soft drinks more than any other beverage because soft drinks have become part of American life. Coca-Cola is a 100-year old soft drink that started out as anything but soft. It was, first and foremost, a...
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... The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic. Fourth Edition. CQ Press, Washington DC. Ackoff, R. L. and Rovin, S. (2005). Beating the System, Using creativity to outsmart bureaucracies. Berret- Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, USA. Introduction Bureaucracy is a stigma in our society today. Once championed as the model of efficient and stable government decades ago, we now curse it and openly express disdain. We explore two opposing views herein that present myriad insights about the role of bureaucracies in our modern society. Ackoff and Rovin (2005) present an anecdotal analysis of challenges faced in dealing with bureaucracies. Goodsell (2004) presents a hardcore defense of bureaucracy in an attempt...
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...Pioneer or Dreamer? -- Analysis of the “Shanghai Tang: The First Global Chinese Luxury Brand?” case 1. Introduction According to the case “Shanghai Tang: The First Global Chinese Luxury Brand?”, Shanghai Tang was struggling for more than 18 years to be the first global Chinese luxury brand, but unfortunately, until today, Mr. David Tang, the founder of this brand, still has to face a lot of problems: international brand awareness, costumer approval, operation & marketing strategies, relentless competitions, intercultural communication and multicultural integration, etc. It may be on the right track, maybe not. Is Mr. David Tang a pioneer? Or is he just a dreamer? In this analysis report, I will separate all these arguments into four parts: the company’s activities and current development; comparison of competitors’ strategies and tactics; intercultural issues and costumer behaviour in the luxury industry, especially Chinese market; recommendations and alternative solutions for Shanghai Tang’s future strategies. In this report, I will focus on the two most important factors: “inter Culture” and “luxury”, which will impact on the future strategies of Shanghai Tang, and I will defend my standpoints by analyzing the environment of luxury industry and cultural context in China. 2. Shanghai Tang’s current development and business situation Since 1995, the Swiss luxury company Financiere Richem SA (Richemont) became the main shareholder of Shanghai Tang, Tang’s company...
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...Bibliography Annotated John Hope GS1140 Mrs. Shack May 11, 2015 Bibliography Annotated Abend, G. (2013). The Origins of Business Ethics in American Universities, 1902-1936. Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(2), 171-205. doi:10.5840/beq201323214 The history of the field of business ethics in the U.S. remains understudied and misunderstood. In this article I begin to remedy this oversight about the past, and I suggest how it can be beneficial in the present. Using both published and unpublished primary sources, I argue that the business ethics field emerged in the early twentieth century, against the backdrop of the establishment of business schools in major universities. I bring to light four important developments: business ethics lectures at the University of California and Yale University, Leon Marshall's curriculum at the College of Commerce of the University of Chicago, and the William A. Vawter Foundation on Business Ethics at Northwestern University. Conflict resolution [electronic resource] Team Publications. (n.d). Amherst, Mass. HRD Press c2002. This article contains team building exercises. The exercises build strength and team cohesive functions. It teaches about working together and compromising in a team setting. It details conflict resolution tactics while defining conflict resolution in a modern world. Bibliography Annotated BADEN, D. (2014). Look on the Bright Side: A Comparison of Positive and Negative Role Models in Business Ethics Education. Academy Of Management...
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...The Asian American Political Alliance “Asian Americans were never your quiet, passive-aggressive, model minority. We’re still not. We’re out there raising hell—fighting for our families, our communities, and ourselves. Try putting this in your chop suey.” Declaration of the Asian American Political Alliance, 1969. The 1960’s was a period that stained the United States’ history with anger and discontent. Indeed, it was a time were African Americans, Chicanos and other ethnic minorities felt lost in a culture of standardized racism and discrimination. Generally speaking, people were in the search of their identities while struggling to balance the importance of their immigrant roots with their integrity to America. The second or even third generation of young immigrants gradually became involved in this cause by getting involved in various movements mostly lead by college students. Indeed, College Campuses were the most favorable environments for youth activism since it represented a place where people from different religious and cultural backgrounds came together to strive for a common goal of being successful in life through academic enrichment. One particularly interesting youth activist group was the Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) born in Berkeley in 1969. Based on the example of the AAPA , this paper will first analyze the goals and reasons that motivated the youth to take action, and then describe the means and tactics used. Finally, it will show the impact...
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...African American History Introduction In the essay “On the Evolution of Scholarship in Afro- American History” the eminent historian John Hope Franklin declared “Every generation has the opportunity to write its own history, and indeed it is obliged to do so.”1 The social and political revolutions of 1960s have made fulfilling such a responsibility less daunting than ever. Invaluable references, including Darlene Clark Hine, ed. Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004); Evelyn Brooks Higgingbotham, ed., Harvard Guide to African American History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001); Arvarh E. Strickland and Robert E. Weems, Jr., eds., The African American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001); and Randall M. Miller and John David Smith, eds., Dictionary of Afro- American Slavery (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1988), provide informative narratives along with expansive bibliographies. General texts covering major historical events with attention to chronology include John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000), considered a classic; along with Joe William Trotter, Jr., The African American 1  Experience (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001); and, Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, and Stanley Harrold, The African American Odyssey...
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...Investigating a social issue Mary Arroyo Professor Sheila Farr Sociology Strayer University April 29, 2012 Poverty: The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; the condition of being poor [ (Webster's dictionary and thesaurus, 1999) ]. When we see or hear the word poverty we automatically think of places that are fear removed from the United States. The truth is that poverty is right in our own backyard. Poverty is a complicated social phenomenon, and trying to discover the cause of poverty is equally complicated. The stereotypic (and simplistic) explanation persists- that the poor cause their own poverty – based on the notion that America is the land of hope. Some even accuse the poor of having little concern for the future and preferring to “live in the moment”. Some will even go as far as accusing the poor of engaging in self-defeating behaviors such as drug abuse, alcoholism, laziness, personal inadequacy, and many other wrongful acts. To “blame the poor” is stereotypic and not applicable to all of those that have falling on hard times most poor people are able and willing to work hard, and do so when giving the chance. The real problem has to do with the problems of minimum wages and the lack of access to education that is necessary to obtain the better paying jobs. With employers moving from the inner cities to the suburbs and even overseas it has limited the opportunities...
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...While some differences between Lesbian, and Gays (Homosexuals) and Heterosexuals are evident, the similarities are striking. A recent survey of 121,000 Americans has shown that 3.4 percent of American citizens readily identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Although getting an exact measure of sexual orientation and gender identity in a poll is extremely difficult because the majority of Americans who are in the “closet” would not claim their sexual orientation in a survey. At one stage or another, every man woman or child will be faced with the issue of heterosexual vs. homosexual. Heterosexuals have no issue with owning their “straightness”. Everyone comes into this world the same way as everyone else. There are no other ways to come into this world. People can't just appear out of thin air and be alive. All people die and leave this world just like everyone else. The main issue being, are there any real differences or likenesses in these types of people? Here begins an in-depth analysis of the controversial subject of heterosexual vs. homosexual. Heterosexuals are people who are attracted to the opposite gender and have a sexual attraction between two people of the opposite sex. Years ago heterosexuals made up most of the world percentage and heterosexuals are meant to procreate. The straight community are heterosexuals who have the belief that people in relationships should be a man and a woman. Straight people’s view on their lives is mostly a man...
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...Qinyi Li October 12, 2014 EH 300-04 McDonald’s 741 Plummer Road Huntsville, AL 35806 November 21, 2014 Mr. Allen 301 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35899 Subject: Information about McDonald’s Dear Mr. Allen: I am an international student who comes from China. I really interested in American jobs and I want to stay in America in the future. In our last conversation, I asked you which place is good for UAH finance graduates students to work, you told me to reaserch a company that I am interested in. So I researched a company which is Mcdonald’s, and I provide you relevant information about McDonald’s in this report. I hope it is useful to you. The information below is divided into specific topics-including the company history, mission statement and values, products and services, McDonald’s in China, Trainning System and Checking and Supervision. I am so happy that i can provide to this useful report to you, so you can suggest finance graduates to join a good, local company. McDonald’s McDonald’s is the large multinational chain restaurant, founded in the United States in 1940. It has thirty thousands stores in the world. McDonald’s main selling are hamburgers, french fries, fried chicken, soda, iced, salads, fruit and other fast food. Richard McDonald and Morris McDonald founded the “Dick and Mac McDonald” restaurant in San Bernardino of California in 1940, this restaurant is the prototype of McDonald’s restaurants...
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...such As Dirty Harry and their products have subsequently been utilized by sport shooters. As well as creating some of the most iconic names in firearms they are also responsible for developing many ammunition cartridges, many cartridges bear the company's name. Traded under SWHC on the NASDAQ, Smith and Wesson gained most of its notoriety and sales success with the invention of the .38 special, at one time used by most of the United Stats police forces (citation). Continuing into the 20th century, Smith and Wesson obtained success with the invention of the .357 magnum and the highly popular .44 magnum. In fact, Smith and Wesson’s accomplishments are so numerous that it would be difficult to study the history of the firearm without first studying the history of Smith and Wesson. With the inauguration of Democratic President Barack Obama and a current Democratic majority in the US Congress, Smith and Wesson is concerned over the inception of new laws and regulations governing their civilian consumer purchases. According to CBS news article “Gun Sales: Will The "Loophole" Close?” the author writes, “In the national debate over the right to bear arms, the election of Barack Obama was seen as a victory for those who want stricter gun controls.” This victory in the eyes of anti-gun activists has currently set off a “feeding frenzy” of gun purchases nationwide. Guns stores are logging back orders for Assault style weapons and...
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...Human Equality Kaleigh A. Butler ENGL-113-ND Willmore Kanyongo, PhD March 1, 2014 The analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, alongside with Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg address”, reveals that both men had the same idea of human equality. What is the definition of human equality? This is a definition that was brought to the country’s attention by two great men of history. Nearly one hundred years separated two men that both had the same ideals of what human equality means in a free nation. They both came to the same ideal that was set by our founding fathers. All men were created equal and had the rights to liberty and justice, including the prosperity of the American Dream that so many fought for with demonstrations and the wars of our fathers. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln walked on the battlefield of Gettysburg and delivered the Gettysburg address. Compelled by the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the ideals of the American nation were to be upheld to the highest regard for basic human life. The wars that were fought previously and the war that the President was going through in order to uphold the promises that the founding fathers promised all those living in the new nation. The civil war separated a single nation fighting one another based on the ideals that one man can own another man. This war lasted for 4 years in order to retain what both sides thought to be right. President Lincoln of the Union stated that we were...
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...Rhetorical Analysis – I Have a Dream. A speech, that will be remembered by many and be passed down from generation to generation, had shaped the future of America by the time Martin Luther King had stepped off the stage on August 28th, as he called for an end to racism in the United States during the March on Washington in 1963. This was one of, if not, the most powerful speech America has seen to this day. A beautiful way to begin! Good job! Martin Luther King stood on that stage with confidence and determination to make a change in the United States of America and it was shown through this rhetorical masterpiece titled “I Have a Dream”. The first line of the speech makes the audience aware of not only how serious he is, but also how determined and sure he is that his speech will change the civil rights in the United States of America; he could not have been more right about it. From the very first line, Martin Luther King had his audiences’ undivided attention. “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” (Line 1-2, Page 1) His audience in this case would not only be his fellow Negroes who are still not free, but the rest of the Americans that attended the March on Washington. Little did he know that the whole world would be his audience… Good! In this first line we see him start off with using logos. He refers to the USA as “our” nation. We see this throughout the...
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... Harlem Renaissance Poets The Harlem Renaissance was the time period that immediately followed the First World War. During the great migration a vast number of African Americans left the southern states to relocate to northern states such as Chicago, New York, and Washington DC. They were in search of new employment and artistic opportunities. This was the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance era where African American artist (musicians and poets) called themselves the “New Negro”. The two Poets I chose to discuss throughout this essay are Langston Hughes and Claude McKay. I will be discussing their roles during the Harlem Renaissance, The elements of double consciousness within their poetry, and the primary themes seen in poetry during this time period. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was one of the most influential writers during the Harlem Renaissance. His unique style of writing incorporated Jazz and Blues music into poetry. Langston Hughes played a significant role during the Harlem Renaissance period, his work became the voice for the average African American struggling to deal with the stress / pressures of being racially discriminated against. His poems encouraged them to love their brown skin and accept who they are and not how they are seen by their white counterparts. Instead of African Americans sacrificing their identity (culture) to blend into the white society he encouraged Negroes to have a sense of pride in their ancestry and celebrate their spirituality and...
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