...short stories, “Chapter two” by Antonya Nelson and “Magic Man” by Shelia Kohler are both about focus on family issues by selfishness and low self-worth parents and how the style of parenting affect their children. First of all, these two short stories are similar because one of the main theme in both stories is about dysfunctional families. Sandra in “Magic Man” is a young selfish mother. The relationships...
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...explain the plot of the story. Another example that also portrays this is “Harrison Bergeron “and the short film “2081” because they both have similarities such as the characters and they both have differences such as in the short film “2081 they never talked about beauty handicaps. When Comparing the passage “Harrison Bergeron and the short film “2081” They have different details. In the passage Harrison scares the audience with his strength by spinning the people of the orchestra and flying as stated in the passage “snatched two musicians from there, chairs waved them like batons”. This made Harrison seem like a monster. However, in the film he just threatened the audience with a bomb which was a backup broadcaster the reason they might have done that is to make Harrison die with pride by showing the whole world the guy who spoke up about the handicaps and also showing the world even his dad himself and by showing how cruel the handicapper general is. When comparing and contrasting “Harrison Bergeron “and “2081” have similarities such as the ballerina dancing with Harrison at the end. As stated in the passage “Harrison placed his big hands on the girl’s tiny waist letting her sense the weightlessness” (Vonnegut, Jr.). This quote explained them getting ready to start dancing. Another similarity would be in the short film “2081” the handicapped general killed Harrison and the ballerina it also happened in the passage “Harrison Bergeron “. As stated in the passage “It was...
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...proper subject of marketing (Lusch & Vargo, 2006). Service, rather than goods is the basis of economic and social exchange. The idea of it is that organizations, marketing and society are basically concerned with exchange of service. The service that provided requires company to use specialized skills and knowledge to deliver the service to customers. In other words, service is always exchanged for service. According to Vargo and Lusch (2008a), goods become valuable to customers as service appliance, which it serves as distribution mechanisms for service and the value provided is at the time of its use, as value-in-use. Customers buy goods not just exchange money for goods, but the service and solutions that can provide by the goods. For example, customers who buying a heater is because of the solution, which is keep the customers warm that it provides. This is the service provided by the heater. Differences of G-D Logic and S-D Logic Traditional perspective refers to good-dominant (G-D) logic. G-D logic is centered on the good and based on value-in-exchange, in which the value is created through exchange of money and goods in the market. The economic exchange is fundamentally concerned with units of output that are embedded with value during manufacturing process (Vargo & Lusch, 2008). The value creation is often refers by activities performed by the firm such as manufacture and distribute the goods to customers. Therefore, the role of consumers and producers are distinct...
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...Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut’s readers will often find themselves misled or confused. His style of writing is organized randomness from his cynical point of view. In A Man Without A Country, Vonnegut shows the ugly truth about our government and his views on how it doesn’t work. Vonnegut’s perspective of family is also exceptionally candid. He is able to tie family life and values into politics. As a reader it is very hard to make out Vonnegut’s meaning because of his enormous amount of satire. Vonnegut’s strong beliefs in government and politics leave you wondering his true feelings about our government. In Vonnegut’s words, “George Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography, plus not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka Christians, and plus, most frighteningly, psychopathic personalities, or PPs, the medical term for smart, personable people who have no consciences.” When Vonnegut says this he’s trying to show just how pathetic our government truly is. He sees the government as being such a big joke that it would make a fascinating reality television show. Anyone who watches reality Television shows can see just how impractical they are and how dumb people can become. He also explains within his words that average people who were C-students are running the government. It’s obvious that he feels as if the people given power and supremacy should not be elected to make the decisions for what is right and what is wrong within our country...
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...Attitudes Towards Green Marketing Joslyn Roth Olha Shchadylo May 20, 2015 Introduction Lately, society has become more aware about the worsening environment and it has become a persistent public concern. The term green marketing came across in the late 1970s when the American Marketing Association held the first workshop on "Ecological Marketing” in 1975. Green marketing emerged as “marketing of products that are assumed to be environmentally safe". Thus green marketing incorporates a broad range of activities, including product modification, changes to the production process, sustainable packaging, as well as modifying advertising. As broad as green marketing is, it's very important to understand its benefits and challenges. The increased importance of green marketing is very simple and relies on the basic definition of economics. Economics is a study of how people use limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants and needs. Unfortunately we do have limited resources, thus we need to find alternative ways in order to satisfy our needs and save the environment. Ultimately, green marketing looks at how marketing activities utilizes this limited resources, while satisfying consumer wants, both individuals and industry, as well as achieving selling objectives. These environmental concerns have gotten businesses attention and to show support, companies started to modify their products for preservation of the environment. Businesses have been quick to accept concepts like...
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...that in the aggregate promotes the effective functioning of the organization.” Researches have identified numerous dimensions of OCB (Podsakoff & MacKenzie, 1997). Organ (1988) suggested a five-factor model composed of five dimensions; altruism, courtesy, conscientiousness, civic virtue and sportsmanship, which most conceptualisations of OCB are based on. Altruism refers to behaviours that involve helping another person, such as helping a colleague with a heavy workload. Courtesy involves being polite and courteous to prevent work related problems, for example, informing a coworker or a change that may affect them introduced by you. Conscientiousness refers to doing more than just the minimum to prevent and minimize error, in terms of attendance and punctuality. Civic virtue refers to employees genuine concern and interest in the existence of the organisation (Podsakoff, MacKenzie, Paine, & Bachrach, 2000), for example attending meetings and keeping up-to-date with issues facing the organisation. Sportsmanship involves employees tolerating less-than-ideal conditions and being accepting of changes. These five dimensions are commonly split into two distinct categories: individual-directed behaviours (OCBI) and...
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...Introduction For offenders reentering the community the transition can be very difficult. Offenders face hardships in securing employment and housing to receiving adequate treatment for mental and physical illnesses and substance abuse. The number of offenders reentering society from prison and jail is steadily increasing yearly. States are diligently working to identify methods to help offenders successfully reintegrate into society. Some initiatives available in Harris County, TX include prison education programs, life and job skills training and counseling services. This paper focuses on the educational opportunities available for offenders in Harris County, TX. The education opportunities are structured to assist offenders with incarceration related factors and attempts to help offenders with successful reintegration with family, the community and society as a whole. I will discuss several educational initiatives available to offenders and how these initiatives correlate to our text. Harris County, TX . On March 12, 2004 the CEA unanimously voted to grant accreditation to Harris County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Education Program. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office became the first county jail in the U.S. to receive the Correctional Education Association (CEA) accreditation for its Inmate Education Program (Albers, 2006:15). This recognition sets Harris County Sheriff’s Office to a high standard to be compared with. The educational facility is located on Crites Street...
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...their language development. Additionally, they present that the communicative benefits of bilingual learners; for example, bilingual learners have a deep understanding of different cultural knowledge around the world and so they can deal with different cultural...
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...Relationship Marketing Index Using Holistic Approach A project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for B.Tech. Project B.Tech. By Katum Yomcha (2010IPG-50) Divyank Shekhar Singh (2010IPG-34) Pradeep Kr. Meena(2010IPG-109) ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GWALIOR-474 010 2013 CANDIDATE/S DECLARATION We hereby certify that the work which is being presented in the B. Tech. Project Report entitled “Relationship Marketing Index Using Holistic Approach”, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology and submitted to the institution, is an authentic record of our own work carried out during the period from May/2013 to September/2013 under the supervision of Prof. Deepali Singh. I/we also cited the reference about the text(s)/figure(s)/table(s) from where they have been taken. The matter presented in this report has not been submitted by us for the award of any other degree elsewhere. Date: Signature of Candidates Katum Yomcha Divyank Shekhar Singh Pradeep Kr. Meena (2010 IPG 050) (2010 IPG 034) (2010 IPG 109) This is to certify that...
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...Running head: MORE THAN HORMONES Teen Pregnancy: More Than Just Raging Hormones Amberette Kennard Psychology 101 Professor Greg Harmling 05/10/2011 Teen Pregnancy: More Than Just Raging Hormones A young girl gets ready to leave for school. She brushes her teeth, combs her hair and picks out an outfit. She gets dressed and takes one final look in the mirror before heading out. She stares at her midsection, anxiously trying to adjust her shirt. It’s getting harder and harder to hide…soon everyone will know... Despite a one-third decline since the early 1990s, the United States still has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth among comparable countries. In 2008, the U.S. teen birth rate was 41.5 births per 1,000 girls age 15-19. By way of comparison, the U.S. teen birth rate is nearly two times higher than the United Kingdom (26.7 per 1,000). (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2010) Teen pregnancy has been the leading topic of many U.S. talk shows, news programs, documentaries, and movies. Its appearance in so many mediums demonstrates that there is a fascination with and strong desire to understand the problem of teen pregnancy in the United States and the constant search for a solution. There have been many studies on the physical causes of teen pregnancy such as rising hormone levels, the adolescent brain’s transition, and more. Although there has been...
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...Communications of the Association for Information Systems Volume 17 Article 8 2-23-2006 Using the Balanced Scorecard to Achieve Sustained IT-Business Alignment: A Case Study Qing Hu Florida Atlantic University, qhu@fau C. Derrick Huang Florida Atlantic University, dhuang@fau Follow this and additional works at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais Recommended Citation Hu, Qing and Huang, C. Derrick (2006) "Using the Balanced Scorecard to Achieve Sustained IT-Business Alignment: A Case Study," Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 17, Article 8. Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol17/iss1/8 This material is brought to you by the Journals at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in Communications of the Association for Information Systems by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Volume 17 2006) 181- 204 181 USING THE BALANCED SCORECARD TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINED IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENT: A CASE STUDY Qing Hu C. Derrick Huang Department of Information Technology & Operations Management Florida Atlantic University qhu@fau.edu ABSTRACT High levels of investments in IT and related products and services by firms over the last several decades produced only mixed results. Research shows that one of the most significant determinants of successful IT investments...
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...ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT. INTRODUCTION 1. Background of Management Information Systems The concept of Management information system (MIS) has been in existence as early as the 19th Century. Works of majorly were in the form of tabulated cards which could be counted and sorted commonly referred to us punch – cards. The punch-cards still remembered by many, could capture elements of information keyed in on punch-card machines; the cards were then processed by other machines some of which could print out results of tallies. Each card was the equivalent of what today would be called a database record, with different areas on the card treated as fields. The initial idea of MIS was to process data from the organization and present it in the form of reports at regular basis. The system was largely capable of handling the data from collection to processing. It was more impersonal requiring each individual to pick and choose the processed data and use for his requirements. This concept was further modified when a distinction was made between data and information. Information is a product of analysis of data. However the data could be analyzed in different ways producing different shades and specification of information as a product. It therefore demanded that the system concept be an individual oriented since each individual has different orientation. This concept was further modified that the system should present information in such...
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...18th European Conference on Information Systems BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ADOPTION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES Journal: Manuscript ID: Submission Type: Keyword: 18th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS2010-0252.R1 Research Paper Business intelligence, Decision support systems (DSS), Information technology adoption, Organizational characteristics Page 1 of 12 18th European Conference on Information Systems BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ADOPTION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES Scholz, Patrick, HOERBIGER Holding AG / Chemnitz University of Technology, Hannawaldweg 12, 09405 Zschopau, Germany, patrick.scholz@hoerbiger.com / patrick.scholz@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de Schieder, Christian, Chemnitz University of Technology, Thueringer Weg 7, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany, christian.schieder@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de Kurze, Christian, Chemnitz University of Technology, Thueringer Weg 7, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany, christian.kurze@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de Gluchowski, Peter, Chemnitz University of Technology, Thueringer Weg 7, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany, peter.gluchowski@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de Boehringer, Martin, Chemnitz University of Technology, Thueringer Weg 7, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany, martin.boehringer@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de Abstract Leveraging information is a key success factor for companies. Over the last two decades Business Intelligence (BI) has evolved to become a foundational cornerstone of...
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...Introduction The subject of performance measurement is encountering increasing interest in both the academic and managerial worlds. This, for the most part, is due to the broadening spectrum of performances required by the present-day competitive environment and the new production paradigm known as Lean Production or World Class Manufacturing (Hall et al., 1991). In addition there is the need to support and verify the performance improvement programmes such as Just-in-Time, Total Quality Management, Concurrent Engineering, etc. (Ghalayini and Noble, 1996). These programmes are characterised by their ability to pursue several performances at the same time, for example the increase in the product quality together with the lowering of the production costs and the lead times, following the reduction in discards, waste, reworks, and controls. Performance measurement is how organisations, both public and private, measure the quality of their activities and services. An influential 1982 book, "In Search of Excellence," sparked interest in measuring performance. Since then, business, government and other organisations have sought to measure the extent to which they meet organisational goals. Performance measurement may sound simple, but is often a complicated process that requires deep strategic thinking and assessment. Performance measurement systems (PMS), such as Kaplan and Norton’s (1992, 1996a) Balanced Scorecard, focus on organisational performance and, although the...
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...BUS511 Final Project Importance of Marketing and Promotion for Commercial Banks in Bangladesh Prepared for: Dr. M Mosleh Uddin Faculty Member School of Business North South University Acknowledgements: This report has been written as a partial requirement for the MBA Program at North South University in the Summer of 2011. We would like to thank our instructor Dr. M Mosleh Uddin for his help and guidance during the process of writing this report. We would also like to thank him for supervising us and providing us all the necessary information during this study. We would like to thank all the respondents for giving time to fill up the research questionnaire. Finally, We would like to express our gratitude to all the people, who have supported us during the process. Ahmed Wasiful Alam H M Iftekhar Hasan Abstract: The importance of financial intermediaries in the development of the overall economy of the country cannot be described in short. From the inception of civilization the banking sector dominates the economic development of a country by mobilizing the savings from the general people and channeling those savings for investment and thus economic development and growth. With the emergence of banking sector in Bangladesh the government has also come through different activities to reform and revitalize this industry. The issues of marketing and promotion...
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