...Running Head: Virtual Teams and Face to Face Teams Virtual Teams and Face to Face Teams Research Paper March 4, 2012 Introduction As organizations continue to expand globally and increase the use of internet/web technologies to conduct their business, virtual teams continue to increase significantly. In today’s business world, virtual teams are more common in the workplace as opposed to face to face teams. There are various differences between virtual and face to face teams and thus the advantages and disadvantages of each team will be discussed. Comparison and Contrast Nonetheless, teams are defined as a group of people with complementary skills that are committed to achieve a common purpose. The author Gregory Berry further explains that teams interact interdependently and are bought together or come together voluntarily; to achieve a certain outcome (Berry, 2011). The members of teams are jointly responsible for the outcomes (Berry, 2011). It is important to understand the dynamics and structure of teams. Such an aspect is important because each team possesses different advantages and disadvantages and one must choose the most effective type depending on the purpose or task that needs to be attained. A virtual team is able to work anywhere and is linked by web communication to achieve organizational tasks (Cummings, 2011). A face to face team is a group of people who work in an organization in the same environment and communicate directly...
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...Describe your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides. The North Face started in a small mountaineering retail shop in San Francisco’s North Beach by two hiker enthusiasts in 1968. Soon thereafter, The North Face moved to the other side of San Francisco to began designing and manufacturing its own brand of technical mountaineering apparel and equipment (Parker, Battles, Melechiori, Kim, Cummins, 2015). By the early 1980s, The North Face was taking exploration to the outer limits of the ski world, adding extreme skiwear to the product offering. By the end of the decade, The North Face became the only supplier in the United States to offer a comprehensive collection of high-performance outerwear, skiwear, sleeping bags, packs and tents (Johnson, 2015). Now, 48 years after its origin in the outdoor industry, The North Face provides an extensive line of performance apparel, equipment and footwear. Offering the most technically advanced products on the market, The North Face is the choice of the world’s most accomplished climbers, mountaineers, extreme skiers, snowboarders and explorers. The North Face is committed to pushing the limits of design; so that you can push your limits outdoors never stop exploring (Johnson, 2015). Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, technology and socio/cultural forces. Competition The North Face is known for their outdoor apparel and outdoor equipment. But in recent years other companies are...
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...Corporate Strategy and Direction of The North Face Inc. Corporate Strategy and Direction of The North Face Inc. The North Face, Inc. sneaker industry, is a highly sophisticated designer, distributor, and marketer of technically innovative sneaker products. We have built a strong, widely recognized line of products, and have been established as the world’s premier brand for outdoor apparel. Our sneaker line offers state-of-the-art technology that offers comfort, support, and style, backed by a lifetime manufacturers warranty so that our consumers are provided with all of the luxuries that they deserve. 2.0 Situation Analysis The North Face, Inc., offers a wide variety of specialized sneakers, designed primarily for professional climbers, and outdoor enthusiasts. The North Face, Inc. offers incomparable state-of-the-art technology, which has satisfactorily led to increased levels popularity and customer loyalty. However, currently The North Face sneaker retains less than 5 percent of the market share due to the popularity and general distribution of our top competitors such as: Nike, Adidas, New Balance, and Saucony. Our North Face trail sneakers are primarily sold at specialty/outdoor sporting good stores for between $59.95 and $105.00. Adidas offers sneakers with minimal technology, which are trendy reasonably priced, with high-end retail prices of about $65.00. New Balance offers sneakers with limited technology, which are stylish and competitively priced, with high-end...
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...Recognizing Faces Paper Psych. 560 July 10, 2013 Prof. Pitt Recognizing Faces Paper Face recognition develops slowly throughout one’s life. Recognizing a face can be a difficult for the individual and also for the brain system that processes it. The complexity of recognizing individual faces can be a difficult task at times. Recognizing faces also includes looking at an individual’s emotional expression and then being able to take that information and processing it. This paper will analyze the cognitive processes involved with face recognition Face recognition, identification, and classification Facial identification is essential for recognition of persons in the social context and for recognition of members within our society. The basic process of visual perception includes translating and incoming stimulus into a perception and memory. An individual will initially see an object or a person and this information then gets processed through the brain. Bottom up and top down processing plays a critical role in object recognition. When we first look at an object we process it, this is called bottom up processing and then we apply previous knowledge to that object which is known as top down processes. There is also a process when we recognize an object; we match an incoming object with stored information that helps us to recognize...
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...A man’s face, if we can read I aright, is generally an index to his character. We can tell what sort of man he is by the expression of his countenance, as we can tell the species of a shellfish by its shell; for, as a shell fish secrets its shell so the soul secrets its physical face. It is we ourselves who make our faces; and we make them gradually and unconsciously and to express our inner character. Character is simply the sum total of confirmed habits; and as a habit is formed, it slowly writes its characteristic marks on the face, and gives its own look to the eyes. It is harder to read character in the faces of young unformed children than in the faces of grown up men and women though one can often detect meanness or frankness even in the face of child; but the older people get, and the more fixed their habits, the easier it becomes to tell what sort of people they are, from their faces. There are certain kinds of faces which almost anyone can read. The character is written in capitals on the face. You cannot mistake the red and bloated face of the drunkard, the pride in the face of the arrogant, the crafty look in the eyes of the sneak. But it takes a trained and careful observer to read some faces, for some clever people can make their faces like masks to hide their real selves. The word “hypocrite” literally means actor and as an actor can make up his face so as to appear on the stage a different person, so can a hypocrite. A false hearted man may have an apparently...
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...Double Faces A compare/Contrast Essay Ayman Mohammad Writing Studies 101 Ms. Sana Sayed March 12 2014 Double Faces “There is a deep inside each one of us, one ‘belonging’ that matters, our profound truth, in a way, our essence’ (Amin Maalouf, 2012, p. 66). These were some few words explaining what every ones true identities are and how Maalouf strongly believes that each and every one of us must scout deep down inside of ourselves to seek for our true uniqueness and for our pure individualities. This is not an easy task for anyone. Firoozeh Dumas, another author had to face the consequences of her actions when she impersonated dual identities. Although Amin Maalouf and Firoozeh Dumas are similar in having dual identities, they differ becuase Firoozeh moved to America while Amin flew off to France, and because Firoozeh changed her name while Amin kept his. Amin and Firoozeh had to impersonate dual identities in order to fit into their new society. Dumas had to embody another identity for her to be able to meet the requirements of the American society. Trouble was around the corner waiting for her to show up and neither she, nor her family expected that they would ever face problems concerning their names, raise, and origin. For instance, Dumas had to deal with the consisting mockery regarding her awkward name, as the kids in her fifth grade used to call her “Ferocious” instead of Firoozeh. Furthermore, Dumas’s brothers Farshid and...
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...THE NORTH FACE The North Face is an American outdoor clothing and goods brand formed in west coast San Francisco, 1968, by two hiking aficionados Douglas Tompkins and Kenneth Klopp. The given name references the notion that the north face of a mountain in the northern hemisphere is, by and large, the most difficult to scale. The company specializes in outerwear, footwear and equipment such as backpacks, tents and sleeping bags targeting climbing enthusiasts bound for The Himalayas. However, in the late 90s and early 00s with the emergence of 'wilderness chic' it became all the rage though for most of their fans driving a Range Rover to the ParknShop would be the most strenuous expedition undertaken. Spearheaded by like brands Timberland and UGG, it's audience has widen significantly in the last decade. The North Face's logo was designed by David Alcorn in 1971 and consists of a somewhat skewed quarter-circle with two lines threading within it. This logo is an illustration of Half Dome, a gigantic granitic monolith in Yosemite National Park. As an extra, The North Face is presently a subsidiary of the VF Corporation which is headquartered in Stabio, Switzerland. Other subsidiaries administered by said corporation include Timberland, 7 for all mankind, Wrangler and Vans. The North Face's logo has turned into such a ubiquitous sight on anybody shielding themselves from the cold that it is no real surprise that the brand utterly dominates the outdoor market by quite some way...
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...http://www.academia.edu/9339215/CASE_STUDY_OF_THE_NORTH_FACE_INC._AUDITING_ Summary Founded in the mid-1960's by Hap Klopp, The North Face, Inc., was a premier supplier of high-quality hiking, camping, and outdoor gear. In July 1996, North Face's went public. Initially, it sold at $14 per share, then peaked at $30 per share. In March 1999, NASDAQ halted public trading of North Face stock following the company's announcement it would be restating financial statements due to "bad bookkeeping".Christopher Crawford (CFO) boosted company sales by negotiating a barter transaction structured to avoid triggering materiality levels. Result: In May 2000, VF Corporation bought North Face for $2 per share. (Knapp, 2013) Question1 Should auditors insist that their clients accept all proposed audit adjustments, even those that have an "immaterial" effect on the given financial statements? Defend your answer. AnswerforQuestion1: • Auditors should not insist that clients accept all proposed audit adjustments. • Auditors are not perfect and clients should therefore have the right to reject proposed audit adjustments. • If a client does not accept a proposed audit adjustment, the auditor should generally be more suspicious as to the possibility of fraud and misstatement. Question2 Should auditors take explicit measures to prevent their clients from discovering or becoming aware of the materiality thresholds used on individual audit engagements? Would it be feasible for auditors...
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...North Face Case Discussion The North Face, Inc. tried to position its outdoor apparel and sporting equipment products at the “high-end” segment of the retail market. In order to maintain the quality of its merchandise, North Face manufacturing all of its products in-house rather than out-sourcing some of its manufacturing operations to third parties. As a result of North Face’s limited production capacity, the company faced quality control issues over the next several years making it difficult to maintain its image as the leading producer of high-quality outdoor apparel. The company went public in 1996 and was accused of violating the revenue recognition principle when preparing its financial statements. Management had inflated revenue in order to meet expectations. Basically, North Face was incorrectly recognizing revenue barter transactions. North Face’s CFO, Crawford, was a CPA and knew that if he kept these transactions under the materiality threshold, then the auditors would not look into the matter. Additionally, North Face arranged two large sales to inflate the company’s revenue; however, the two transactions were actually consignments rather than sales. North Face’s auditors, Deloitte & Touche, knew that they should reverse the barter transaction, but then changed their minds because it was immaterial. As a result, the advisory partner for the North Face audit engagement, Richard Fiedelman...
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...Challenges I face this semester at Grand Canyon University This semester I will face many challenges this semester while in School. The issues I think I will be faced with are my schedule, getting good grades this semester, debit and my health issues. The first challenge is my schedule is very busy with school, working two jobs and studying. I am working two Jobs. One Job is twenty hours a week the second job is about 12 but if there are events it could be more like this last weekend I work 9 hours Saturday and 8 hours Saturday. I am trying to study 25 hours a week and I have not been able to do that. I am working on making a weekly schedule on excel to get it figure out. The second challenge is my financial issues. I have a lot of debit that I am trying to get paid off. I also found out Friday that the route cannel I need is not covered and the total cost for the route cannel is 1,300 which I can do a monthly payment plan for but it requires a down payment I am having to wait for that to take care of it. The third challenge is my health issues which are pain and diarrhea. I have had lots of test done and there is no indications into why I am having the pain and diarrhea. This semester I am facing many challenges and Philippians 4:13 is what I am living by right now which says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens...
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...Face Recognition Face perception is the method that the brain and the conscience mind recognize and understand a face, mainly the human face. If there’s one class of stimuli for which recognition is the most important, significant, and frequent, it’s the recognition of faces (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2008).Without the ability to recognize familiar faces, we would be awash in a sea of strangers (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2008). When we recognize faces it is the most utilized cognitive process we perform on a daily basis. This process lets us interact with others in our environment effectively. A Model of Face Processing The Bruce and Young model (1986), which is the most widely cited face processing model, suggests that previous experience with a face influences the middle and latter stages of recognition The model is comprised of several modules, each of them representing a functional separate component (Bruce & Young, 1986). When we see a face, firstly, we form different representations of it. The structural encoding builds these representations. According to the authors, view-centered descriptions are used to analyze facial speech (Campbell, 2011) and facial expressions (Straube, Mothes-Lasch, & Miltner, 2011). Roles of concepts and Categories A category refers to a grouping of objects or ideas that have some common underlying feature or set of features (Robinson-Riegler & Robinson-Riegler, 2008). The term concept is typically used to refer...
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...target market for North Face is individuals between the ages of 36-51. 40% of the market lies in ages 25-50. However, 5% of sales lies in ages 50-75 (Target Audience Analysis, 2017). According to market research for gender demographics sales are split down the middle for both 50% from male and female consumers. The demographics also vary outside of this age due to the large range of people owning pets. The pet hair resistant fleece targets anyone who owns pets and who understands the struggle of pets shedding and hair taking over clothing. North Face strives to be a very sustainable brand that works to use recycled industrial waste products by improving their technologies while reducing waste. They remain loyal to this practice...
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...The Hero Without A Face Our world has given us a thousand forms of archetypical heros, from Greek mythological characters such as Hercules, to modern day characters such as Superman. All of these heros were given a path that they must follow in order to discover their ultimate destiny and become a hero. Joseph Campbell book, “A Hero With A Thousand Faces” has best explained the important stages that every hero needs to go by in order for fulfill their destiny, “ A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won" (Campbell 1). It is in this storyline that most storytellers need to go by in order to create the most closely related idea of a hero. Even though some heros do not follow these stages and their journey becomes more complex in relation to society, Shakespeare’s character Hamlet, seems to be the most hard to understand. Shakespeare created Hamlet as a hero who corrupts the archetype so much that the basic stages of his heroic journey must be changed in order to recognize him as a hero. Aristotle defined a hero as “a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him. His own destruction is for a greater cause or principle”. Aristotle simply states that the hero's downfall is usually cause by his own fault. Usually the hero’s death is seen as a waste of human potential but usually results in greater knowledge and awareness for whoever hears of the hero’s story...
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...Journeys Defined In the article, “A Practical Guide to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, Christopher Vogler argues that every type of journey has a cycle, “that is universal, occurring in every culture, in every time; it is as infinitely varied as the human race itself; and yet its basic form remains the same, an incredibly tenacious set of elements repetition from the deepest reaches of the mind of man” (Vogler 1). The idea of, “a Hero with a Thousand Faces” is based off of perspective and an individual relating to a book or movie to their own lives. The complexity of Vogler’s journey cycle doesn’t seem to describe a mental journey but only the physical journey a Hero in story would take. Even though his “formula” of journey can vary, there are certain steps that always occur. Every journey needs to have a purpose or starting point, such as wanting to succeed in...
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