...Relationships are important to everyday life. Because we are human, we form close relationships and have first impressions of the people that we meet. The question is how many of us have ever thought about why some people are more likely than others of becoming our friends or lovers. If you are like me, it is probably something you have never really given much thought. You may think it is just because of their physical attraction or similarities you share, but in actuality, it is more to it than that. Now that you have all I have said in mind, I am going to ask that you carefully listen to reasons you may have overlooked or not yet taken into consideration. There is a psychology of attraction. The Propinquity Effect is one of the many things...
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...France: A close relationship with CSR More than a legal problem, we have a lexical one. Corporate Social Responsibility is a generic word used all over the world, but as to use carefully in France because of Social. In a country where people are proud to have the best social system, we have to understand what is related to social and how to talk about it when it is linked to mores. France has adopted many legal frameworks and many companies have joined the United Nation Global Compact that makes France, one of the largest network. Moreover, CSR is related to history in France with the Human Right constitution. Nowadays, CSR is a key issue that has to be taking into consideration in a domestic that will impact an international scale. For France, CSR is not only related to ethnic issues bus can also have a good and a bad impact in social issues, economic in France and overseas and in the environment. France is perceived as one of the leader in CSR, more than 47% of French companies have an exemplary CSR management and system while only 40% in the OCDE and 15% in the BRICS. But France has a problem with the integration of ethical issues regarding risk management, recent conviction or rules policy. (Ecovadis, 2015). This good performance is linked to a good structured in their CSR approach that covers several aspects from the global key issues that has to be covered, but also through a good communication of the diverse actions and a constant innovation in the process to improve...
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...I have learned in the past class that negotiation is very important for the success of any organization or any relationship. Also, we learned about the different kinds of negotiation. First, the Integrative negotiation which is you have some alternatives in order to make the deal. Second, the Distributive negotiation, it is that every person has an opinion and is sticking with it and you may use some cleverness before you make a deal. We used the Distributive negotiation tactic against our opponent. The game we played during class was whether or not we should close or open our store on Sunday. At the same time, if we closed and other team is open we will lose $ 40,000. But if both teams will open their store we will both lose $ 20,000. Then, we decided to open on Sunday. Also, the other team did the same thing. I think our choice was right because we guaranteed that we will not lose more than $ 20,000. In my opinion, if we negotiated with our compactor, it would have been helpful. Maybe we could have reached a great deal. Such as, we could set a schedule for the both stores and decide who opens or closes on Sunday. That would have given our employees a break. At the same time, we will keep our profit. From that experience, I learned to listen and talk with anyone before I make my last decision and find the best solution that will work for me and the other person. For example, when I travel to any city or country, I try to find places that can give me the cheapest price...
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...An associate from New York City immediately stood and asked, “Do you consider us competition or partners?” The VP answered without skipping a beat, “You are Apple’s competition.” I guess there shouldn’t have been a gasp and rumble throughout the room, but 100+ Authorized Resellers and VARs suddenly realized that they faced an uphill battle. Many would close their doors in the months to come. As an Authorized reseller I bought our Apple branded products from first tier distributors such as Ingram Micro and Tech Data with only small price variances based on the size of the Purchase Order. Smaller PO’s were often ignored or faced delays in shipping. A big reason for the gasp in the room was the increasing trend of Apple product scarcity for resellers. While Apple’s new retail stores had full shelves we had to fight over the leftovers. Often this meant we missed out on the initial surge of purchases made by early adopters. (Eventually Apple would release game-changing products like the iPhone and not allow Apple resellers to sell them.) When Apple opened their new store 5 minutes from one of mine I was forced to pivot or close my doors. We changed from being an Apple Reseller who sold some accessories to more of a system integrator and service provider. In some ways we were similar to a VAR but we did not sell to a high-end niche market such as professional videographers or musicians. We sold to the general public so we got very good at asking questions such as: “What are going...
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...when he was 12-years old learning the business as well as the secrets of the old family recipes. Throughout its history, the restaurant has been through a couple name changes but now operates as Drexler’s World Famous Bar-B-Que and continues to be a “family affair.” The business has strong underlying values and continues to be successful as patronage increases, yet the Drexlers never really considered moving from their original location. They did however, close the restaurant in 1994 to expand and remodel, doubling business when they reopened. Mrs. Scott, head of the family and James’ mother, influences the values and culture of the organization along with her honesty, hard work, and treating people fairly. She is always moving through the restaurant inquiring about individual needs. The restaurant also gives back to the community through sponsorships for softball and Boy Scouts. While they are successful and business seems to be growing every year, their hours of operation do not seem to be too flexible or adaptable as they close at 6:00 p.m. and are closed on Sundays and Mondays. 1. What roles do values play in how Drexler’s Bar-B-Que interacts with its neighbors and customers? Values play a major role in how this restaurant interacts with its customers. It begins by the role Mrs. Scott plays. She seems to be very attentive when it comes to the customers by constantly providing excellent service to individual needs with a smile, and her treating everyone fairly and with...
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...emergency closing notice is posted on www.Mass.gov managers have been unsure as to whether they can close the office immediately or must wait for a formal message from DTA senior staff. This uncertainty, coupled with a lack of clear emergency closing protocols, has resulted in staff concerns. To ensure safety for all staff and appropriate service to clients balanced with a prompt, professional response to an emergency closing notice the protocols below are to be followed: During inclement weather or other events that may cause office closing it is imperative that management monitor the mass.gov website for emergency messages and alerts. If it is not possible to monitor the website due to interrupted service (i.e., power outage, etc.) contact a Regional Director immediately by either calling their direct line or the Field Operations response number: 617-348-8420. Assure staff that they can opt to leave the office prior to an official closing notice using their own time if they have safety or other concerns. If office coverage becomes a concern due to the number of staff requesting to leave you must contact a Regional Director. When an emergency closing notice has been posted on www.Mass.gov and the closing time is in the future do the following: Note the time designated as closing time and inform staff and visiting service providers of the notice to close and the designated closing time. Determine which services can be provided prior to closing and...
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...Chapter 9: Gendered Close relationships and as well as all the other previous chapters we have studied so far, proves that I am more feminine than I consider myself. I am completely a ciswoman in every way and usually I would try to not be like I typical woman but now and I am okay with who I am. I am more emotional and socially incline and I do naturally take on domestic duties. This chapter saved me from hours of daydreaming about my relationship and figuring out how marriage will work out for me. Throughout the chapter I couldn’t stop comparing ideas of the book to my personal life. I might be young but once in a while I spend time wondering how will I be able to juggle my career, my marriage and my children. This chapter relieved some of the premature stress I have in my role in relationships and raising a family....
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...sleeping outside their balcony, the dancing woman in a pink undergarment, the dog’s leash tied to the lamppost, and the woman with a pet bird. Then back to the L.B. Jefferies. At that moment, the viewer can see him taking a nap in his pajamas, in a wheelchair, his leg in a cast with his name on it, his broken camera, his black and white pictures, and a magazine of a woman. Overall, Alfred Hitchcock filmed this scene to deliver the audience the idea of what the neighborhood looks like, who are the people in the neighborhood, and what they do in the everyday life. Some of the character names themselves gives the viewer background on that person. For example, Miss Lonleyheart tells the viewer that she has never been married and is not in a relationship. He also wants to show what kind of a person L.B. Jefferies is and why he is the protagonist of the story. In general, Alfred Hitchcock delivered his beautiful art of mise-en-scene and cinematography to covey this scene. In terms of mise-en-scene, the most noticeable elements observed in the scene were the production design and acting. For the production design, the 1950’s urban feel of the movie was effective because of the set design, prop, and lighting. First, the set design helps the viewer understand what the scene is all about and gives the feeling of what era the movie takes place. Next, some of the props revealed something about L.B. Jefferies, like for example the broken camera, it suggested that he...
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...around the main character, Scottie who is the detective in the film that has a fear of heights known as acrophobia and his relationships with Madeleine, who is the wife of Scottie’s class mate Gavin Elster, and Midge, Scottie’s old college friend. Hitchcock uses camera work such as profile shots of Madeleine and full shots of Midge to emphasize on the fact that even though one is secretive, she dictates the main character while the other is like an open book, yet she has no genuine power over him. Madeleine is beautiful and a glamorous woman who comes from a wealthy background. Scottie becomes attracted to her in the very first scene at Ernie’s restaurant. He watches her as she sits and walks out elegantly, while he is sitting in one corner. Hitchcock captures the scene with by taking a tracking shot of the restaurant to give the viewers the feeling of the romantic ambience. The tracking shot zooms out of Scottie to the other side of the room on Madeleine, whose back is facing the camera. This suggests that Hitchcock wants to continue with the theme of suspense throughout the movie, which is why he first takes shots of Madeleine’s back to the camera, followed by the profile shot from a distance. The profile shot is marked by a wooden doorway that frames Madeleine as if she is in the spot light, which she is for Scottie. The camera then zooms in for a close up shot of Madeleine’s profile. The sharp feature of the profile shot highlights her beauty and suggests that there is a mysterious...
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...played repetitively in a minor key. This sets an uneasy tone in the film as it is quite an unusual way to open a scene although the scene has not started yet as shown in figure 1. Figure 1 The bells sound like they are being furiously being played and therefore makes the atmosphere of the movie more uneasy as the audience are unable to relax to this kind of music. Additionally, the guitar plays repetitive chords which is played in the minor key along with the bells. The way the music has been put together makes the audience to feel on edge and will anticipate an unusual event that may take place in the future. The use of a range of shots helps to continue that sense of uneasiness of the audience. This is firstly done by an extreme close up of the face of the character. Parallel sound occurs in the first shot as the camera shot comes into focus of the eyes ( shown in figure 2a and 2b) at the same time as the strum of the guitar which means that the sound and the shots are both synchronised for a striking effect on the audience. The audience at this stage feel unsettled as they feel like they are being 'watched' by the character due to the intense stare right into the camera. Figure 2a 2b...
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...of the letter, however, the article is written when the name of the month is not mentioned with the day. * The Inside Address - In a business or formal letter you should give the address of the recipient after your own address. Include the recipient's name, company, address and postal code. Add job title if appropriate. Separate the recipient's name and title with a comma. Double check that you have the correct spelling of the recipient 's name. The Inside Address is always on the left margin. If an 8 1/2" x 11" paper is folded in thirds to fit in a standard 9" business envelope, the inside address can appear through the window in the envelope. * The Greeting - Also called the salutation. The type of salutation depends on your relationship with the recipient. It normally begins with the word "Dear" and always includes the person's last name. Use every resource possible to address your letter to an actual person. If you do not know the name or the sex of of your reciever address it to Dear Madam/Sir (or Dear Sales Manager or Dear Human Resources Director). As a general rule the greeting in a business letter...
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...Shot-by-shot Analysis Life of Pi, a 2012 American 3D adventure drama film that composed of live -action and computer-animated adventure based on Yann Martel's novel. This film is directed by Ang Lee, a movie that tells a story within another story based on one simple truth. In the movie, the narrator pi, who was the only survived young man from the sinking Japanese ship caused by the storm. He made to the lifeboat, yet, he was alone in the center of pacific ocean without any supplies but with a tiger called Richard Parker. However, the theme of this film is not just this exciting adventure but is the implicit conflict between Pi and the tiger; Pi’s rationality of believing in God to the animality aspect of his personality, the animalistic side of human nature that he struggled with. Every scenes have highlighted this meaning of how they survived as a whole. However, I found the sequence of when the main character Pi has his emotional changes from fear tiger to kill tiger to the end of living with the tiger is interesting and it reveals the overall meaning of the theme of the film as well. In this particular sequence, the camera has used long shots repeatedly and frequently to align the audience with the filmed characters and with their feelings. The long shot in the looser framing and the wider angle of vision create sense of negativity between Pi the powerful and isolating environment of the ocean. In a image of this sequence, long shot of Pi catching fishes with his tools while...
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...Letters on Educational Matters There are occasions when teachers and children’s parents have to correspond with one another. More often than not such correspondence relates to the absence of the child from school. However, there can be other matters too, concerning some other educational problems. Some of these are: 1. Getting a certificate. 2. Complaint on lack of facilities in school or other inconveniences. 3. Inquiries about child’s progress in his/her studies and the teacher’s reply. Letter to School for Certificate Start your letter by giving reasons for asking for the certificate: 1. This is to inform you that I have been transferred to Hyderabad and will be leaving Delhi on the tenth of this month to take charge of my new post. 2. You will be pleased to learn that my son Rajiv who has passed his higher secondary from your school this year, plans to apply to an American university/ Education Ministry for a scholarship for higher studies. 3. It will be of interest to you to learn that my son, Chandra Kiran, who has completed/ finished his education this year at your school, plans to apply for a job with the Government of India/ Escorts Ltd. 4. You will be happy to know that my daughter, Rani Rao, who is a student of Class X in your school wishes to participate in the Science Talent Competition next month. Request for Certificate itself: 5. Hence, I would request you to issue a school leaving certificate to my son, Amit Kumar, a student of VII D of...
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...stars Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman. Leon is a hit man or “Cleaner” as her refers to himself and lives a solitary life where his only love is for a plant that he carries with him. One day his neighbours, a dysfunctional family, are attacked by a DEA agent named “Stansfield” played by Gary Oldman, and his gang, due to the father stealing drugs from Stansfield. The only survivor of the attack is Matilda who happens upon the scene as she returns from shopping. Her only option is to knock on the door of the stranger she talks to in passing, Leon. After saving her life Leon teaches Matilda to “Clean” and begins to track down her family’s killers at the cost of her teaching him to read and washing his place. As the film unfolds a relationship blossoms between the two characters as they learn to depend on each other. I wish to evaluate the showdown scene near the end of the movie. After Leon has killed nearly every member of Stansfield’s team, Stansfield decides to hunt down this hit man as well as the girl. Bringing all his might with the police he storms the building where Leon and Matilda live with hundreds of SWAT and police members. Matilda yet again, is returning from shopping, a mirror scene of when her family is killed. As Matilda returns the initial framing is a tight long shot of the hallway where she enters. This gives the audience a restrictive view point of Matilda’s perspective, the colours being very bleak, and no colour is particularly vibrant, even the green...
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...This is highlighted in “Go Back to Where You Came From” in the Malaysian night raids scene. The use of militaristic music, handheld camera and night vision allow the viewer to appreciate the impact of individual discovery for Adam and Darren. A close up shot of Adam’s face reveals the devastation he is witnessing and indicates how the discovery of the treatment of asylum seekers in Malaysia has both surprised and challenged him. Contrary to Adam’s experience, Darren only makes a direct comment on how impressed he was by the size of the convoy, he remarks, “30-40 vehicles in this convoy…pretty pumpy.” The close up shot reveals his smile. Adam makes a discovery that challenges his views far earlier than Darren because he was ideologically aware and willing to make connections with people and places. This is evident in his statement “if I were one of them…I’d get on a boat.” Darren only begins to appreciate the complexity of the asylum seeker issue after speaking with Wasmi’s grandmother. A close up shot reveals the surprising truth he speaks with about the discovery that challenged his original stance when he states of the question of what to do about the Australian asylum seeker issue, “it is a difficult question to answer.” The difference in response to the surprising discoveries made by Adam and Darren is determined by their initial willingness to make connections...
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