...Alesia Hairston 9-22-10 MGT 419 Exploratory Essay I found this essay interesting from the beginning because it gave me a lot of insight on how the whole Nike incident began and how it ended. It made me feel sorry for the Nike Corporation at first but when all the details unfolded I started to look at the situation in a totally different light. Jonah Paretti started off the case by trying to order a pair of customized Nikes that he wanted to order from Nike id. What he wanted on the shoe is the word "sweatshop." Nike ultimately denied his request because it represented inappropriate slang. He replied to the Nike Corporation by saying he wanted to put a picture of the 10 year old Vietnamese girl who makes his shoes on the shoe. Paretti never received a response. Before Nike could blink an eye the situation turned into a public affair that would get many colleges and Universities involved. By now the Nike product has become synonymous with slave wages, forced overtime, and arbitrary abuse. An even celebrity like Kathy Lee Gifford was shocked when she found out her clothing line was participating in sweatshops to produce these clothes. Whether or not these accusations were true the turmoil with Nike and their usage of sweat shops for the production of their shoes had begun. Nike was founded by Philip Knight in1964. By 1980, eight years after the company was founded Nike became the largest athletic...
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...Exploratory Essay English 115 Prof. Carmen Hamlin * Compose a self-assessment/reflective essay (five paragraphs, 3-5 pages in length) by addressing each of the parts listed below. Each part represents a paragraph in the Self-Assessment essay. Part 1: Pre-Writing/ Invention Process Which of the pre-writing/invention strategies did you use for this essay? Did you find this strategy effective? Why or why not? Explain. What did you learn by using this strategy? Be specific and explain your response. What would you do differently next time? Why?Part 2: Writing Process What was your purpose for writing this essay? Who was your audience and how did you fulfill your responsibility to that audience? What was the main point of your essay? What do you want the audience to know, to think, to learn or to believe after reading your essay?Part 3: Peer Reviewing Process What did you look for in your peer’s essay as you peer reviewed? What did you learn about the peer whose essay you peer reviewed? What did you learn about yourself as you peer reviewed? What did the peer review process make you think about your own essay? Part 4: Revising Process Describe the ways in which you decided to revise...
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...Amazing Place Have you ever thought about a giant building created from a single rock? In this world there are such an admirable exotic and unbelievable unique places to visit. The world is covered by mountains, caves, and rivers. Because we all know that, I have an amazing experience that can help to answer my question that is an historical church found in Ethiopia and called “Lalibela.” It is a place I visited seven years ago for an annual religious celebration. Lalibela state is located in northern Ethiopia is a town by the same name. The church was built in the 12th century by king Lalibela. He had created this Church from a single rock as a result of an inspiration to create a New Jerusalem in his country after the old Jerusalem has been captured by Muslims in 11th century. King created this church from single rock and he used an amazing engendering that last long for generation. This church is externally lines up of 11 churches linked one another. I was so amazed when I see it for the first time because that shows how people at that century were more civilized than they are today. It is hard to believe for today’s scantest and researcher because that kind of huge church can’t be made without today’s technology. But there are facts that contradict with those who believe technology has made a big role to build that church because according to Ethiopian history there was not any chance to use any kind of technology support by the...
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... The visual argument I found is a comic. The comic depicts seven different animals lined up before a man sitting at a desk. These animals include a crow, a monkey, a penguin, an elephant, a fish, a seal, and a dog. Behind the animals is a large tree. The man sitting at the desk has a speech bubble that says “For a fair selection, everybody has to take the same exam: climb that tree.” Beneath the comic are the words “Our Education System.” The comic is making an argument against today's education system. The author believes that today's students are tested unfairly. The students are expected to take the same test without consideration to the individual's strengths and weaknesses. The comic represents the idea that if you expect every student to have the same abilities you will have no variety within the population. If everybody has the same strengths, then there would be no individualism. The author of the comic used both comedy and an appeal to the reader's emotions to sway readers to agree with him and his ideas. The author uses comedy to help simplify the problems and make it easier for readers to understand. The joke within the comic takes the problem and over dramatizes it to allow the reader to more clearly understand the issue. The author uses the reader's emotions by using the animals. As the man behind the desk is explaining the test to the animals their faces reflect what some student’s might as a teacher passes out an exam. The elephant and the penguin...
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...The conversation of assimilation into a discourse community has been a long standing presence in academic conversation. Especially if you give the church the title of a discourse community. The church to which I would be referring to is Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church. Titus Harvest Dome (THD) is a large religious group (large church) that is located around a suburban area. From what I researched, I have found that the assimilation into Christianity can be related to the social aspects that surround them, as well as in them. Such as, the area the church is located in, or the population that lives there. Daniel Olson states in his research that smaller religious groups find more committed members through leaving and joining the group, compared to larger religious groups. Although Rahsaan Maxwell and Erik Bleich uses Muslims as his topic, presents relatable assimilation reasoning that Muslims who were born in France, was a French citizen, and spoke French would identify themselves as French. These researchers and others that I mention in the Annotated Bibliography, all mention how the social aspects of what surrounds a community has an effect on the process of joining/assimilating into the community, in this case it is the THD community. However, there has not been inquiry on how this would relate to the genres used by larger religious groups to draw new people in. This in turn arises questions such as: how do genres that THD uses, show THD to be more unique than other churches...
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...Ever wanted to eat at a fancy restaurant for a low price? Well it is guaranteed at local restaurant Cheddars located at 1025 Woodruff Road in Greenville, South Carolina. The food is remarkably amazing with affordable prices, phenomenal service, and a breathtaking environment Cheddars is a restaurant made for many types of occasions and I recommend anyone to pay a visit. Remarkable tasting food with affordable prices, I know seems too good to be true, but it is not. Cheddars is known for giving large amounts of food and for all under 60 dollars. For example, my grandmother, sister and I went to dine in there and surprisingly the bill wasn't too bad. My sister and I ordered the chicken pasta that came with a side of buttery garlic bread, while my grandmother settled for a 16oz sterling steak with a fresh side salad. The food simply tasted like heaven. The creamy noodles along with tender chicken satisfying every single taste bud anyone could have. There was plenty of food given, I couldn't finish it all but taking the leftovers was well worth it. Wondering if there is enough food to leave a restaurant well fed and not ending up completely broke won't be a problem at Cheddars. Everyone want's reliable service when dinning in somewhere. Cheddars is the restaurant to receive the perfect service that's needed. Cheddars is very professional when it comes time for seating a party. For instance, when I was dinning in there, it didn't take but 5 to 10 minutes at the most for me to be...
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...Stedman 1 ! Jack Stedman February 15, 2015 Ms. Rindler Exploratory Essay Should we be worried about abrupt climate change and the resulting effects? Climate change is an issue that has been the talk of the last decade. It is an issue of great concern, and in my opinion there should be more news coverage and awareness of what is happening on our planet. In a study done by the China Center for Climate Change Communication (jointly established by the Research Center for Journalism and Social Development of Renmin University and Oxfam Hong Kong) where they called and surveyed 4,000 Chinese adults they reported that "93 percent of respondents say they know at least a little about climate change. 11 percent say they know a lot, 54 percent know something, and 28 percent know just a little about it. 7 percent have never heard of climate change"(Kim 319). Personally, I find this to be abysmal. I feel it should be educated in every school. In this essay, however, we will explore whether we have to be worried as to what is going to happen to our home planet, Earth. In the article, Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change, from Scientific American, the author, John Carey, explores the effects that climate change has had on our weather. John Carey is a freelance science writer and editor. He was the senior correspondent for Business Week magazine for 20 years. This article is the first part of a three-part series, and Carey goes on to explain that in the past few years...
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...Why Should Unhealthy Foods Be Taxed Around The World? An Exploratory Essay Nicholas Jackson Goldey - Beacom College Why Should Unhealthy Foods Be Taxed Around The World? An Exploratory Essay I normally eat French toast sticks with bacon or waffles with bacon for breakfast in the morning because it is the most convenient for me - it comes in a pre-cooked package that I could throw in the microwave and be ready in the minutes – and it tastes good to me. Even though it may taste good to me and will settle for a breakfast meal for my stomach, I know it isn’t good for my body in the long run. However, after reading some of the writings of food activist Gary Sacks, I began to think more about what I should be eating healthy foods because there will begin to be taxes on unhealthy foods that are made. A prime example is in his article, “Traffic-Light' Nutrition Labeling and 'Junk-Food' Tax: a Modeled Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness for Obesity Prevention,” published in Nature Publishing Group, Sacks states junk-food' tax, price elasticity’s were used to estimate a change in energy intake in response to a 10% price increase in seven food categories. Sacks advice about the junk foods, my breakfast foods, starting to get taxed 10% makes me start thinking about what I should be eating. The waffles/French toast sticks with bacon have been pre-cooked and made so that the packaging can be heated up in a microwave oven, but on the same note, the food items look to be similar to...
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...and male university students report having an eating disorder and which specific types are most prevalent? Exploratory: How do social events revolving around food impact recovery for individuals who are currently dealing with an eating disorder or deal with in the past? There has been little research regarding social events and how they impact recovery for individuals with eating disorders. I am extremely interested to know if individuals feel apprehensive attending these events and exhibit their past eating habits when around larger crowds with large amounts of food. Explanatory: Does parental...
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...Joshua Warnick Eng 354 Exploratory Personal Essay #2 Mechanical Spirits Since the days of ancient Greek philosophers there has been discussions and debates about wholes being greater than the sum of their parts. Paintings are throught to be this way by many, for example, the mona lisa, a replica that has identical parts for somereason down not have that same value. Different items that have acquired different significane to them. A common line heard is refeering to motorcycles and cars, “I’d never get rid of it!”. More often than not, when offered the right amount the guy gets rid of it, but there are some who are true to their word and will never, never, get rid of theirs. This is because there is something greater in the whole than the...
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...In 1824 Smith launched an exploratory expedition to find an expedient route through the Rocky Mountains. Smith was able to retrieve information from Crow natives. When communicating with the Crows, one of Smith's men made a unique map (buffalo hide and sand), and the Crows were able to show Jedediah and his men the direction to the South Pass.[30] Jedediah and his men crossed through this pass from east to west[31] and encountered the Green River near the mouth of the Big Sandy River in what is now Wyoming.[32] The group broke into two parties; one led by Smith and the other by Thomas Fitzpatrick to trap upstream and downstream on the Green.[33] The two groups met in July on the Sweetwater River, and it was decided that Fitzpatrick and two others would take the furs and the...
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...Step 3: Conducting an Exploratory Factor Analysis Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is a technique to find the latent variable(s) that is being manifested by a set of observable variables. In our research, EFA was used with the objective to find if our latent variable had multiple dimensions or not (Williams, Onsman, & Brown, 2010). An important assumption of EFA is that observed variables should be multivariate normal 14. However this assumption was violated for our data. If multivariate normality assumption is violated then it is recommended to use the “Principal axis factors” method which is also known as “Principal Factor” as appose to the Maximum Likelihood factor analysis method (Fabrigar, Wegener, MacCallum, & Strahan, 1999). The difference between these two methods lies in the differences between the discrepancy function that they minimize (See Appendix)....
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...decisions? Who does marketing research? Who does the most? What are the major positions offered in marketing research careers? How is marketing research organized? What forms of organization are used most often? What is the difference between a program strategy and a project strategy? What is a Marketing Information System (MIS)? What is a Decision Support System (DSS)? What is the difference between them? What are the stages in the marketing research process? What goes on at each stage? How are the stages related to each other? Who should determine the objectives for doing a research study? What is ALCA? Research Design How are hypotheses generated? What is the purpose of doing exploratory research? What are ways of doing exploratory research? What is an experience survey? When is it most useful? What is the purpose of doing descriptive research? What are ways of doing descriptive research? What is a dummy table [used in doing descriptive research]? What is turnover analysis? When can it be done? How is it done? What are panels? Why might panels not be representative over time? What is causal research? What is its purpose? What is a test market? What types of test markets are there? Secondary Data What data and sources should be used first? What is the procedure used in searching for relevant secondary data using the computer? What are the three uses of secondary...
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...Strategy Planning Individual Essay The role of the strategy planner is integral in the development of a successful advertising campaign. However, strategy planning has not always been utilised within advertising. It is a forever expanding and important field within the communications industry. Through the strategy planner’s research and advanced knowledge of the brand, they are able to offer invaluable insight into the brand. Sequentially giving the client a reason to retain the firm as a business partner. Effective strategy planning requires a number of exhaustive research methods. Without it, a strategy planner cannot fully understand the brand or what the target audience demands. From this research, the creative team is able to design a campaign, which communicates exactly what is required to the desired target audience. However, all fields related to the media are constantly changing. The exponential growth in technology makes strategic planning difficult and challenging, but when utilised correctly can achieve great results. Strategy planning was originally developed in the late 1970’s in the UK and was later imported to the USA in the early 1980’s (Alex Campbell, 2013). Before this the roles were split up between two different agencies; the creative agency, which came up with the communication ideas and the media agency, which planned and purchased the appropriate media (Roles of Account Management and Strategic Planning. 2013). The split eventually made it apparent...
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...Course Title: Thesis Paper A Research Paper on “How brand elements influence the consumers’ purchase intention of a brand: A study on Horlicks and GlaxoSmithKline” Prof. Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman Professor Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Prof. Dr. Md. Masudur Rahman Professor Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Prepared For: Anisur Rahman ChowdhuryRoll-117, Section A18th batchDepartment of MarketingUniversity of Dhaka | Prepared By: Submission Date: 31 March, 2016 Letter of Transmittal March 30, 2016 Prof. Dr. Masudur Rahman Professor Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Subject: A Research Paper on “How brand elements influence the consumers’ purchase intention of a brand: A study on Horlicks and GlaxoSmithKline” Dear Sir, This is an immense pleasure to submit my thesis paper on A Research Paper on “How brand elements influence the consumers’ purchase intention of a brand: A study on Horlicks and GlaxoSmithKline” as a partial fulfillment of BBA program. I hope this paper is informative and comprehensive as per your instruction. Here, I have worked with the consumer of “Horlicks” and tried to analyze their feedback to find out the impact of brand elements of “Horlicks & GlaxoSmithKline” on their purchase intention of Horlicks. Now, I am very grateful to you for your valuable supervision, precious time, effort and support throughout...
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