...Citizenship for a Better America Introduction The United States of America has a long history of being a nation of immigrants. From the Native Americans, whose ancestors immigrated over the Bering Sea Land Bridge over 10,000 years ago during the last Ice Age, to people showing up today, from long oppressed parts of the world, we are made up of people who are descended from, or are from, different parts of the world. Many people have come here for a better life for themselves and their loved ones, and many have succeeded, driving more people to come to the United States of America and be able to “live the American Dream”. Many who come to the United States today, come without following the legal methods as they find that they either cannot afford them or cannot bare to wait the time that it takes to enter the United States legally. For these people, in particular, life can be a struggle and can also be full of fear, anxiety and stress due to their undocumented status. The people may be known by a variety of terms, such as; illegal alien, undocumented, undoc, unauthorized, illegal immigrant, undocumented immigrant. Many of these people would be difficult to distinguish from everyone else as they live in a home, drive a car, go to a job, go to school and participate in the community. These people even pay taxes, through are often excluded from reaping the benefits of the taxes that they pay. There are many who feel that they should be deported and there are many that...
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...other country. For example, Ross wanted to cut the workforce but XCO’s partners objected. I also think that Ross was not prepared for the low skill level of the Chinese workforce. He did not take in consideration that he would need to keep training the employees continually to improve productivity. Ross was not aware that XCO China was not using the latest developments in manufacturing technology in their operation. It is also clear that the goals set by XCO America were not the same as those of XCO China. The goal of XCO America was to maximize profits while XCO Chinese sought to maximize employment opportunities. 2. What does the experience of XCO with American expatriates tell you about the problem of working abroad and about the difficulties using home-country employees to transfer valuable knowledge with a multinational firm ? XCO US did a poor job in selecting the employees that were sent to China. The HR division should have looked for employees who showed better expatriate adaptability and better skills to transmit their knowledge to foreigners. In this case it is clear that lack of communication skills and failure to adapt to the Chinese environment doomed this...
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...Trophies” Kids sports in America have been know to give all kids in a sport a participation trophy for showing up to practices. In society today kids think that if they are in this sport they can get a trophy for just being in the sport. For example if they show up they think that they can mess around and they will still be praised for the things that they have done. The reasons why America has started to give children trophies for participating is so all the kids don’t think that one of the kids on the team is better than them. Another reason of why they do this is so that it is fair for all the students, and the parents won’t become upset with the coach if their child is angry about not getting a trophy. From watching children play sports now to back in the day, children should not get trophies for just showing up to mess around. The first reason why children should not get participation trophies is because they know that they can do nothing and they will...
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...Consuelo Winn Mr. Sean Wilcox ENL 201 Writing June 16, 2013 The Impact of Economic Improvement in Ecuador In the last 34 years, since Ecuador returned to democracy and changed to the US Dollar for currency in 2000, life and the economy has drastically improved. Although Ecuador is still considered to be a poor country compared to “Westernized” countries its economy is ranked 8th in Latin America; includes Central and South America. This economy has grown due to two main changes: Governmental policy changes and focusing on increasing production of exports. However, with economic growth also increased environmental problems. One reason why the economy has improved is government policy changes. In 1979 Ecuador returned to democracy after nearly a decade of civilian and military dictatorships. Returning to democracy has given stability to a corrupt government. In 2000, Ecuador adopted the U.S. dollar as its national currency. Dollarization further stabilized the government as well as the economy since the U.S. dollar is seen as a stronger, more reliable currency throughout the world. Returning to democracy and changing to the U.S. dollar made Ecuador more appealing to tourists and investors; both of which added a much needed boost to the economy. One of the best examples of this would be the city of Cuenca. Tourism and investors from abroad has made Cuenca the number one retirement city in the world and has helped the country's economic development in the last decade. Economic...
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...short-term production issues for this holiday season involve the increasing demand for the Timmy CD and the possibility of a drastic decrease in demand for the Meowrrr. However, Santa’s elves are also aware of increasing demand from China and Eastern Europe, and since those markets are assumed to be unaffected by the negative commentary on the Meowrrr, the excess product can be used as safety stock for those growing regions. Because they already have more Meowrrrs on hand than predicted demand, the production capacity of Meowrrrs can be completely turned over to the other products based on the next trend. This may be the number 2 and number 3 items for that age group (girls 8-15), but they should also do some quick analysis of TV ads in North America to determine any up-and-coming trends in December for that region. To handle the increase in demand on Timmy CDs, Santa’s elves should immediately look into outsourcing part of the production, since CDs are easy to produce and do not require elfin craftsmanship. Instead of delivering the CDs to the North Pole for distribution, the CDs can be stored locally in the region where they are outsourced to, and be picked up by Santa’s sleigh for distribution...
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...to live on, especially for what I had to go through with customers and other staff on a daily basis. Working as a waiter wasn’t for me. Living on a small island with tourism as the biggest source of income providing just a few months out of the year as a time where you can find employment was difficult. For the rest of the year, work was hard to find and so I spent the rest of the time on unemployment which was not enough for me to make a living. After realizing I was getting nowhere I wanted to be I decided to go to the United States of America and live with my family already living there. Once I came here, I decided to enroll in college in order to improve my life and to become a better person. This...
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...expanded its business activity to Latin America. Later on to France and other European countries. 1952 CREA PREMIO PLANETA _( NO SE COM INTRODUIR-HO ) JAJA Nowadays, the company mainly operates in Spain , Portugal , France and Latin America( in total more than 25 countries) , has more than 700 million potential consumers, 5000 direct employees, and it is presided by José Manuel Lara. GROWTH: The company main strengths are its innovations in distribution formats, new ways of understanding publishing, promotion and marketing content. For instance, Grupo Planeta was the first to present content in multimedia format. The projection capacity to new business ventures, media , products and markets makes of this company a great competitor. As a consolidated multimedia and editorial consolidated , no significant barriers of entry or exit exist , so it is very difficult for competition to become a threat to the group. The diversification of the group is an advantage because it allows to reduce risks, to innovate and to better cope with a crisis in a sector. When acquiring new businesses are given the opportunity to professionalize the existing sectors in the group. These companies offer the know -how to cope with changes and problems and to innovate and improve the work Strategic alliances with other groups , companies, countries and competition help to create better products and...
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...lines as a whole so they can improve it because they are exceptionally knowledgeable. When a cell phone manufacturer uses Kaizen, all their workers should be exceptionally knowledgeable. So the workers can find the way to improve the production lines and to be more productivity. Moreover, if they find something wrong in the line, they can stop it which can decrease the rates of low quality products. When an elementary school uses Kaizen, it can improve their management of the school. All faculties can think about a better way to manage the school. How to improve the quality of education in the school, how to protect students from accidents can be the responsibilities of all staffs in the school. In this case, the school can be operated in a more productive way. When a local post office uses Kaizen, they can improve their speed to deliver mails and the rate of wrong delivered can be much lower. People in the post office might think about a better operation way of the post office under Kaizen 2. Do you believe that a U.S. automaker would keep auto assembly employees on the payroll when the line is stopped? Use Hofsede's five dimensions of value differences to explain your answer. I don't believe U.S. automaker would keep auto assembly employees on the payroll when the line is stopped. Under Hofsede's five dimensions of value differenced and from the textbook, we...
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...Beginning in 1841, John Norton booked a shipment of kerosene aboard a small sailing ship bound for South America. Little did he know this would be the start of an international shipping company that is still around today over 150 years later. Norton Lilly International provides services to ships in 70 ports located in North America, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Middle East. The company had experienced rapid growth due to the development of cargo containerization. By 2005, the company had experienced annual revenues of more than $41 million and was the largest privately held shipping agency based in North America. In 2006 everything changed and the company had a net loss of $2.6 million. A failure to effectively integrate acquired shipping agencies, an inadequate attention to operational performance and too little focus on bottom-line performance all contributed to the company being in this unfamiliar position. Jim Burton became CFO in 2007 to turn everything around. Burton was expected to develop a sustainable business platform that would be capable of doubling the company’s size and generating an attractive return on investment. Jim Burton did everything in his power to help turn around Norton Lilly International. Due to the fact that he was new to this industry and dealing with veterans that had 30 years of experience he had to use an incremental approach by introducing ideas and building on them once accepted. He formed an executive committee in order to begin...
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...------------------------------------------------- January 24, 1881 was the day I decided to make the biggest life changing move. I was leaving ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- my home and family back in Italy to explore a better life for myself. I felt as if I needed a fresh start ------------------------------------------------- It was on February 16, 1889 when I decided it was time to make a drastic change in my life. I wanted a life better for myself and the family so I headed out into the new world. This would mark the first time I would be leaving dear sweet Italy. I felt as if I needed a fresh start and America seemed like the perfect place to start a new beginning. I began my travel aboard a ship with other immigrants just like myself. The trip to America was not without its hardships the ship for the most part was crowded, food was in short supply and many of us got sick but never the less I was determined to make it. Enduring such hardships and surviving made me more appreciative about the life I have. ------------------------------------------------- Finally after such a long trip I have made it to America. The journey was long and crowded but after the things I saw it was well worth it. Ellis Island was the place where me and the other immigrants had made our way to. The year was 1892 the opening at the New York Harbor, until its closing in 1954. Those of us who arrived at Ellis Island was welcomed...
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...to live on, especially for what I had to go through with customers and other staff on a daily basis. Working as a waiter wasn’t for me. Living on a small island with tourism as the biggest source of income providing just a few months out of the year as a time where you can find employment was difficult. For the rest of the year, work was hard to find and so I spent the rest of the time on unemployment which was not enough for me to make a living. After realizing I was getting nowhere I wanted to be I decided to go to the United States of America and live with my family already living there. Once I came here, I decided to enroll in college in order to improve my life and to become a better person....
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...achievements. When I think of a role model I think of someone I would like to be, to achieve what that person has achieve, to become a better person , to educate myself to replicate what that role model has achieve. In order to be a good role model in the workplace I will be confident and demonstrate leadership at all levels. In fact the first thing I would do is demonstrate respect and courtesy towards each and every employee under me. I would treat employees as equally important as clients of the business. I would make myself easily available to all employees, and I would be problem solver, I will make all employees to feel important and make them accountable to the overall results of the company, good or bad. I would like to be enthusiastic, positive and I would try to strive for bigger and better objectives. B. I personally think that the best way to ensure that I acted as a role model to the employees that I supervise is to give them more autonomy, and be more accountable for performance. It gives them more independence to solve problems and come up with fresh ideas. 2) A. The traits of an effective leader are to show empathy, confidence, leadership and an insatiable appetite to become better. A good leader is successful. They strive to be the best they can be, even if sometimes there are setbacks, they learn from those to improve and become even better. An effective leader communicates very well, knows how and when to communicate with people and shows respect and humility when...
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...Putting a person in a specific, parallel environment will define how they will grow and change to adapt to their new surroundings. Some will change and adjust rather easily while others may not be so lucky and have to struggle to make their lives better. In times of hardship and poverty, the determined will do anything they can for relief, money, power and overall success. Three films that demonstrate this are The Grapes of Wrath, El Norte, and City of God. In these films, characters struggle to find their idea of “paradise” or their “Promised Land”. The Grapes of Wrath is a film about a family who is forced off of their farms and out of their home due to the immense draught that has plagued the Midwest during the Great Depression. The actors in this film were not made up to look like the typical perfect Hollywood type. They look like real farmers and hardworking people and the lighting is manipulated to show this. The family, the Joad’s, travel from Oklahoma all the way to California when they hear about the jobs and opportunities out there. Throughout their journey they face a lot of difficulties in keeping their supplies and money at a constant flow. They stop to work small farming and harvesting jobs along the way but never make enough money. They keep their hope alive and the family close so that no one is left behind as they finally reach a dreary camp for people to find work. The main character, Tom, who was just released from prison, gets into a fight with...
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...Franklin project: Paragraphs Paragraph 1: Franklin Reflection Benjamin Franklin’s improvement plan for himself was very substantial for one to commit to. Having thirteen personality traits to flip around at one time is too much for a human to conquer. He must have been a serious go getter. He made a chart and even kept a journal to record his progress. Personally I feel like doing this would be almost impossible. He writes “I wanted to make all these virtues into personal habits, so I tried to master them one at a time”. It’s great to work hard for something, but it’s hard enough changing one thing but changing thirteen things would be non- accomplishable. I remember I tried to change just a few things about me. Just doing that was hard, and it took awhile and sometimes I still mess up. But having ten more things would be too much. However, he definitely knew it would be a challenge according to his quote, “ Like a man with a large garden to weed, I knew I could not get rid of all my faults at once”. At least he is somewhat realistic. Still I believe if he took to the list with tremendous work ethic, he would still most likely not perfect himself. Perfection takes a lifetime. Paragraph 2: My Plan My improvement plan consists of simply not cursing, and replacing those words with more sensible words. Cursing is unprofessional and makes me sound uneducated. I knew it needed to stop, so like Benjamin Franklin I set myself up with a self improvement...
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...4/17/12 Michelle Hatten ITM5000-08 Information Technologies Management Mid-Term Essay America needs a National Broadband Plan for economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. The Plan is to achieve affordability for all; there are millions of Americans who do not have access to the internet let along broadband. This addresses the issue and ensures that every American has access to broadband capabilities. Allowing Americans the opportunity to access broadband will advance consumer welfare, civic participation, public safety, homeland security, community development, healthcare delivery, energy independence and efficiencies, education, employee training, private sector investment, entrepreneurial activity and other national purposes. Due to the lag the US finds its self verses other countries relating to the advancement in broadband, The Plan is an innovative initiative to put Americans on a competitive path. Broadband will impact healthcare by improving quality and better outcomes while lowering cost and improving data capture and use. The Plan will ensure all healthcare providers have access to affordable broadband. Broadband infrastructure is often costly for rural clinics and small physician offices. As well The Plan will improve Indian Health Services by upgrading their infrastructure and network of providers. Improvements create incentives for adoption by expanding reimbursement for e-care and removing barriers by modernizing regulations such as device...
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