...Kaavya Viswanathan was offered a two book deal with Alloy and a one movie deal with DreamWorks worth $500,000 and in 2006 Kaavya Viswanathan wrote and released a book titled “How Opal Mehta Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life”. A few weeks after it was released by Alloy it was discovered that she plagiarized several different authors. A few of the authors that she took portions of her work from and the books that they were from are Megan F. McCafferty “Sloppy First”, “Second Helpings”, Toni Morrison “The Bluest Eye” and Tanuja Desai Hidier “Born Confused” (Zhou, 2006) (Dave, 2006). After the plagiarism was discovered her books were taken off the shelves and she lost the contract for the movie. At the time this took place Kaavya Viswanathan was a student at Harvard University, the academic board met to go over the case and they determined that because it was not academic plagiarism that she would not be punished by the school, however she did take a leave of absence from school until all aspects of the case was settled (Dave, 2006). Plagiarism is when someone copies another’s work verbatim and puts their name on it taking full ownership of the work (iParadigms, LLC, 2013). Paraphrasing is also considered to be plagiarism if it is not cited giving credit to the original author of the work. There are a couple ways that someone could mistakenly plagiarize their work. The first is if the person does not know when or how to cite the source from where they got the words from whether it...
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...HP Photosmart 5510 Series User Manual M. Raquel Medina ENG/221 August 14, 2012 Gregory Bontz Recently purchased, by the writer, was an HP All-in-One printer, scanner, and copier, the HP Photosmart 5510 series. A manual was provided in the boxed package but can also be viewed online at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02983578.pdf. The manual provides simplicity, clarity, attractiveness, organization and graphical illustrations. It is a well written instructional manual for users of any technical level, although the length of the document is a little too long. According to Don Norman, “People do not want to read manuals — they want to do their activity. Help them get right to work, with minimum reading” (Norman, 2012). At times a reader can become confused and frustrated with a user manual that is too big. Keeping the manual clear and simple is important. Simplicity • Positive: The HP Photosmart 5510 series user manual is made simple because of the shortness in its index. There are only nine major topics that are covered in the manual but these nine are the key points to operating the device. The manual has each topic linked to the page so a simple point and click gets you to the information needed. • Negative: The Technical Information portion of this manual was not easy to follow. Although, technical information is not the easiest to make simple. Clarity • Positive: Clarity is important when reading a user manual because your...
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...Hearst, because it couldn’t be proven that he had negligently served Ms. Ivy alcoholic beverages. The jury had made a fair decision, because the prosecution couldn’t prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Lee Porter seemed confused when we asked about his position in Students against Drunk Driving. The Prosecution’s case wasn’t necessarily the best case that could have come to court, they seemed a bit unprepared. The jury’s decision was fair, because defense had a stronger case, and was able to prove what they needed too, minus my little mistake, we pulled off a successful case, and we did discredit almost everything that Mr. Porter and Ms. Vickers said. They basically had very minimal coverage from their questions and even less witness preparation. My partner and I didn’t quite cover everything with our witnesses, and we had problems with the copier and people losing their statements, but we still were able to pull out with a good trial. A jury system might not have been the best for this case, because even though they weren’t supposed to be bias, there might have been a tad of it during deliberations, causing opinions to rear their ugly heads, and for people to make large assumptions, if they didn’t understand something, they couldn’t ask a question, they had to attempt to...
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..._________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Massachusetts Institute of Technology This case was prepared by research assistant David Kletter under the direction of Professor Stephen C. Graves as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Steel Works, Inc. Gary Lemming sat in his new corner office and tapped his pencil on the desk. Lemming had just been named head of Steel Works, Inc.’s new centralized logistics group. After a decade of experience implementing MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) systems throughout the company’s manufacturing facilities, Lemming was confident he could handle the job. Until this morning. “Our inventory levels are ridiculous!” barked Jean Du Blanc, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. “Our customer service is the worst in the industry, and getting worse,” grumbled Kirk Callow, the CEO. Lemming started to explain, “You see, I’ve already set up a team to look at all of that. . .” But before he could finish, Callow stood up. “Sales are down 30% and expenses are up 25%. Our best customers are calling me and telling me they’re going to our competitors, and at the rate we’re losing market share we won’t be in business in a year. I don’t want to hear about teams, I want you back in here in a week telling me how you’re going to fix this thing.” Lemming...
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...CHAPTER 2 a Inve Doli a E Steel Works, Inc. BACKGROUND Gary Lemming sat in his new corner office and tapped his pencil on the desk. Lemming had just been named head of Steel Works, Inc.'s new centralized logistics group. After a decade of experience imple menting MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) systems throughout the company's manufacturing facilities, Lemming was confident he could handle the job. Until this morning. "Our inventory levels are ridiculous!" barked Jean Du Blanc, the company's Chief Financial Officer. "Our customer service is the worst in the industry, and getting worse," grumbled Kirk Callow, the CEO. Lemming started to explain, "You see, I've already set up a team to look at all of that. ..." But before he could finish, Callow stood up. "Sales are down 30 percent and expenses are up 25 percent. Our best customers are calling me and telling me they're going to our competitors, and at the rate we're losing market share we won't be in business in a year. I don't want to hear about teams; I want you back in here in a week telling me how you're going to fix this thing." Lemming looked over the list of people he'd asked to meet with him this week. He shook his head-how do I lower expenses and improve per formance? How will I ever find the right answer? Steel Works, Inc., is a manufacturer of custom and specialty use steels with annual sales of $400 million in 1993. Founded in 1980 by three brilliant material scientists from MIT, the company...
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..._________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Massachusetts Institute of Technology This case was prepared by research assistant David Kletter under the direction of Professor Stephen C. Graves as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Steel Works, Inc. Gary Lemming sat in his new corner office and tapped his pencil on the desk. Lemming had just been named head of Steel Works, Inc.’s new centralized logistics group. After a decade of experience implementing MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) systems throughout the company’s manufacturing facilities, Lemming was confident he could handle the job. Until this morning. “Our inventory levels are ridiculous!” barked Jean Du Blanc, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. “Our customer service is the worst in the industry, and getting worse,” grumbled Kirk Callow, the CEO. Lemming started to explain, “You see, I’ve already set up a team to look at all of that. . .” But before he could finish, Callow stood up. “Sales are down 30% and expenses are up 25%. Our best customers are calling me and telling me they’re going to our competitors, and at the rate we’re losing market share we won’t be in business in a year. I don’t want to hear about teams, I want you back in here in a week telling me how you’re going to fix...
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...Trademarks and Related Property Extracts from Business Law: Texts and Cases by Miller Clarkson A trademark is a distinctive mark, motto, device, or implement that a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods it produces so that they can be identified on the market and their origins made known. In other words, a trademark is a source indicator. At common law, the person who used a symbol or mark to identify a business or product was protected in the use of that trademark. Clearly, by using another's trademark, a business could lead consumers to believe that its goods were made by the other business. The law seeks to avoid this kind of confusion. In this section, we examine various aspects of the law governing trademarks. Statutory Protection of Trademarks and related property is provided at the federal level by the Lanham Act of 1946. The Lanham Act was enacted, in part, to protect manufacturers from losing business to rival companies that used confusingly similar trademarks. The Lanham Act incorporates the common law of trademarks and provides remedies for owners of trademarks who wish to enforce their claims in federal court. Many states also have trademark statutes. Before 1995, federal trademark law prohibited only the unauthorized use of the same mark on competing–or on noncompeting but "related"–goods or services. Protection was given only when the unauthorized use would likely confuse consumers as to the origin of those goods and services...
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...Competitive Advantage Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Author: Michael E. Porter Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities," or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage. Giving readers a comprehensive understanding of business strategy and how to create a sustainable competitive advantage for their organization, Porter explores how a firm can put the generic strategies of cost leadership, differentiation and focus into practice. This essay will explore Competitive Advantage and the underlining theory that to compete in any industry, companies must perform a wide array of discrete activities that are narrower than traditional functions. It will analyze the real core of the book which is to determine whether companies profit from creating value for customers, or whether that value is competed away. INTRODUCTION “Competitive Advantage is at the heart of a firm’s performance in competitive markets. After several decades of vigorous expansion and prosperity, however, many firms lost sight of competitive advantage in their scramble for growth and pursuit of diversification. Today the importance of competitive advantage could hardly be greater. Firms throughout the world face slower growth as well as domestic and...
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...BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS LESSONS LEARNED Robert L. Moisoff, MBCP CPAC Nov 30 / Dec 1, 2006 BIA Lessons Learned • • • • • • • • • • • Good Examples Anticipated Adjustments Custom Tailoring Design Philosophical Conflict Resolution Rollout Walkthrough User Handholding Draft Reviews and Adjustments Drop Dead Date Missed Delivery Deadlines Summary Conclusions Next Steps BIA Lessons Learned BIA DEFINED o Process of determining the impact on an organization should a potential loss identified by the risk analysis actually occur. The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) should quantify, where possible, the loss impact from both a business interruption (number of days) and a financial standpoint. 1999 DRII BIA Lessons Learned ANOTHER BIA DEFINITION o Identifies the impacts resulting from disruptions and disaster scenarios that can affect the organization and techniques that can be used to quantify and qualify such impacts. Establishes critical functions, their recovery priorities, and interdependencies so that recovery time objective(s) and recovery point objective(s) can be set.* *BIA standards & definition currently being revised by DRII committee 1.5 2004 DRII BIA Lessons Learned ANOTHER BIA DEFINITION o Process designed to identify critical business functions and workflow, determine the qualitative and quantitative impacts of a disruption, and to prioritize and establish recovery time objectives. DRJ BC Glossary RLM 06/20/06 BIA Lessons Learned ...
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...that work is a huge and important part of our lives”. (http://jessarch.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/thesis-statement/). What are the benefits, features, and other aspects of office of the future? Some of the benefits, features, and other aspects of a virtual office that I want to take a look at are: the definition of a virtual office, technology and it’s role, people’s view of the future office, Microsoft’s view, an effective workspace, the flexibility of a virtual office, and what you might find/see in your office of the future. “A virtual office is a combination of off-site live communication and address services that allow users to reduce traditional office costs while maintaining business professionalism.[1] Frequently the term is confused with “office business centers” or “executive suites” which demand a conventional lease whereas a true virtual office does not require that expense” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_office). Virtual office is the new office of the future. Although a virtual office has been around for a while, it has not been used by everyone because when the concept was adopted, there was not much technology developed yet to support it. Now, with the increasing amount of technology for home use, now companies can move more jobs to this form of an office. The most common careers using virtual office is customer service representative’s jobs. A plan is put into place when designing what an office should look like in the future. When a company...
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...Factors considered by incoming college students in pursuing a career in the hospitality industry CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Our country suffers from crisis such as socioeconomic crisis, political crisis, and as well as financial crisis which is greatly affected by global economic crisis. Despite of this entire crisis Filipinos are imaginative, creative and courageous to surpass the obstacles in everyday life. Even though there are some companies affected by these crisis which they are force to decrease their employees called as recession and frankly my father is involved on this what we called recession some ;of them have job openings that offer new career opportunities to graduated college students. These job opening also offers a new challenge into their life a great responsibility lies to his hand that someday will helps his family to strive to achieve wealthiest that his acquired knowledge and skills when he engage into a job. And acted as one of the reinforcements in the industry that would further improved the depleting economy of the country. All of these come first from wishes and aspirations that arise during childhood years that someday he or she become a chef in a five star hotel, a doctor, an architect, a teacher, a policeman or an attorney to help those who seek needs, services and to help their family to ascend the poverty. According to Ginzberg and his associates during the fantasy period play gradually becomes work-oriented and reflects initial preferences...
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...We use a conversational and non-technical way to introduce the introductory skills that you will need to develop in order to become comfortable with accessing and using computer programs. We will concentrate on the skills that will apply to many commonly used programs. Topics to be covered include: Hardware Basics, Windows Basics, and working with text. Computer Basic Skills Microsoft Windows PCs www.NetLiteracy.org | [PickP a date]| 1 the g e 1 Basic Computer Components Computers come in different shapes and sizes. However, there are several parts on a computer that are universal to all computers. Hardware vs. Software Hardware includes the parts of the computer system that you actually can touch (like the keyboard, mouse, monitor, or CPU). What’s a CPU? It’s explained below. Software refers to the programs that you use on your computer (like a wordprocessing program) or the programs that make your computer work (you physically cannot touch these). Programs are also called applications. CPU (Central Processing Unit): This box is the brain of a computer system. It processes, stores, and communicates information. Wires connect your CPU to your monitor and other devices. Computers are somewhat similar to people. They have memories just like us. The memory on a computer is stored in data on disks. Disks look like small heavy old style records. Disks function similarly like records. As the disk spins inside the computer, the data on the disk is accessed. The programs...
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...file:///F|/Business/Marketing/22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing.html The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Al Ries and Jack Trout The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Violate Them at Your Own Risk Al Ries and Jack Trout Dedicated to the elimination of myths and misconceptions from the marketing process A DF Books NERDs Release THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING. Copyright © 1993 by Al Ries and Jack Trout. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission Contents Introduction 1. The Law of Leadership 2. The Law of the Category 3. The Law of the Mind 4. The Law of Perception 5. The Law of Focus 6. The Law of Exclusivity 7. The Law of the Ladder 8. The Law of Duality 9. The Law of the Opposite 10. The Law of Division 11. The Law of Perspective 12. The Law of Line Extension 13. The Law of Sacrifice 14. The Law of Attributes file:///F|/Business/Marketing/22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing.html 15. The Law of Candor 16. The Law of Singularity 17. The Law of Unpredictability 18. The...
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...[pic] The Firm John Grisham [pic] • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 • Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Chapter 14 • Chapter 15 • Chapter 16 • Chapter 17 • Chapter 18 • Chapter 19 • Chapter 20 • Chapter 21 • Chapter 22 • Chapter 23 • Chapter 24 • Chapter 25 • Chapter 26 • Chapter 27 • Chapter 28 • Chapter 29 • Chapter 30 • Chapter 31 • Chapter 32 • Chapter 33 • Chapter 34 • Chapter 35 • Chapter 36 • Chapter 37 • Chapter 38 • Chapter 39 • Chapter 40 • Chapter 41 • About the Arthor The Firm by John Grisham Chapter 1 The senior partner studied the resume for the hundredth time and again found nothing he disliked about Mitchell Y. McDeere, at least not on paper. He had the brains, the ambition, the good looks. And he was hungry; with his background, he had to be. He was married, and that was mandatory. The Firm had never hired an unmarried lawyer, and it frowned heavily on divorce, as well as womanizing and drinking. Drug testing was in the contract. He had a degree in accounting, passed the CPA exam the first time he took it and wanted to be a tax lawyer, which of course was a requirement with a tax firm. He was white, and The Firm had never hired a black. They...
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