...that causes her legs to go numb. Despite this, she still runs for her school’s track and cross-country teams. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby chases after his love interest, Daisy, and lives under the illusion that she will leave her husband for him. The novel revolves around his life, concluding in his tragic death. Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride plays on the idea of true love and its power. Princess Buttercup’s true love Westley teams up with a giant named Fezzik, and a swordsman named Inigo Montoya to prevent her from marrying Prince Humperdink. Based on the sources used, facing challenges reveals an individual’s true character, and contrary to what one might believe, taking risks cannot change the inevitable. Facing challenges reveals an individual’s true character because they force an individual to take off their facade, and taking risks cannot change the inevitable because certain outcomes will not change with just effort. Characters show their true colors in the face of challenges and adversity. McGoldrick writes that “one of the most prominent symptoms, numbness in her legs, will likely never be reversed. Whenever she races hard, Montgomery’s legs go numb, but that doesn’t stop her from running” (McGoldrick, 1). Kayla has to face multiple sclerosis (or MS), but even so, she still runs. She says that she has “just decided to make [sure that she is] able to keep running the best that [she] can and make the most out of what [she is] able to do still” (McGoldrick...
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...Answers of chapter 1 1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? The globalization of human capital refers to the fact that employees are now being spread out across world by their employers. With them they take their manual skilled labor, knowledge, experiences and beliefs. As more and more companies expand and become global companies it is inevitable that they will send good qualified workers to oversee the operations overseas 2. How does this case illustrate the threats and opportunities facing global companies in developing their strategies? The threat facing Apple was the negative image it had after President Obama’s inquiry on outsourced jobs. This gave the perception that Apple did not care about their customers or their country. It also gives the perception of greed which a global company can face. The opportunity for Apple was being able to produce their product at a lower cost and making more profit. The break down in the case study was that it cost a total of $179 to produce an IPhone and it retailed at $500 leaving a profit of $321. This would mean more profit for the global company 3. Comment on the Apple executive’s assertion that the company’s only obligation is making the best product possible: “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems.” Although, it seems harsh and cruel I agree with this statement. He is an executive and represents his firm. Since this is a for-profit...
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...World War II was a destructive, scary, world-wide war that affect nearly everyone on it. The war ended very swiftly after the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The decision to drop the atomic bomb on these two cities was a strategic plan to terrify the Soviet Union after the war and not simply a military measure to force surrender on the Japanese. The bombing of Hiroshima was let by Harry S. Truman who had only become president due to the death of Roosevelt. This tragic event occurred shortly after winning the fight in Europe against Germany which altered are relationship with Russia greatly. During the Yalta Conference, the "Big Three" consisting of Great Britain, Russia, and the United States discussed plans for winning...
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...1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? The globalization of human capital results in a range of winners and losers around the world: companies and their stockholders, consumers, contractors, firms up and down the supply chain, employed people, and unemployed people, as well as their economics. It inevitable that firms increase their global operations because many companies are expanding and becoming global. For example, Dell, HP and others companies have now migrated overseas. 2. How does this case illustrate the threats and opportunities facing global companies in developing their strategies? I think one of the threats that global companies have nowadays is the cost of labor. It is cheaper to produce a product out of the country that within the same. For iPhone the major advantage and cost saving in China is the management of supply chains and raid access to component parts and manufacturing supplies from various factories in close proximity. In the U.S they couldn’t easily find the engineers and other skilled workers as they found it in China. For Global company price and profit is the most important consideration to stay competitive. They can use the cheap labor in other countries to be price competitive. 3. Comment on the Apple executive’s assertion that the company’s only obligation is making the best product possible. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems”. By harder...
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...Seneca, a great Roman orator, “if I must suffer without hope or relief, I will depart, not through fear of the pain itself, but because it prevents all for which I would live.” Euthanasia is a cure rather than a poison, for it bringing life a peaceful ending. Firstly, euthanasia embodies the respect to life. Some people believe that euthanasia violates the right of living. However, life is not equal to living. “If old age leaves me not life but breath, I will depart from the putrid or tottering edifice,” http://www.51lunwen.com/dxessay/ said Seneca. Life should be a condition of inner serenity and consciousness rather than a process of battling with uncured diseases with unbearable pain. As a result, when the ultimate end is as inevitable as it now appears to be, the individual should have the right to gain a peaceful ending. Secondly, euthanasia rescues not only the dying patients from pain, but also their relatives who are under serious mental and financial pressure. The opponents urge to stop the appliance of euthanasia to procrastinate death, when the dying patients who are suffering from unbearable pain may just feel the endless pain and torment. Francis Bacon used to say, “The duty of a doctor is not only to cure the patients, but also to ease their pain and sorrow.” On the other hand, the relatives of the dying patients are suffering both mental and financial pressure. With the obligation to take care of the patients, the relatives would be in a dilemma....
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...Overpopulation The world is facing an enormous challenge in the future. The world population is growing tremendously every day. It´s estimated to grow with 200.000 people per day on a world wide scale. The UN has different calculations and predictions for our future and one of them is saying that at the end of the century the world will have 16 billion people. But the earth´s size is not the problem. France could technically contain the whole world´s 7 billion inhabitants and there would be room enough for everyone. The problem is food… We are not able to feed every individual human being in the future, we can´t already. Therefore, we are looking for other alternatives, such as changing our way of living and diet. Eating insects maybe wouldn´t be so strange in the nearest future. The technologically progress in last 100 years has also made an enormous impact the our living conditions. We are getting older and older, and more children survive their first couple of years. Thanks to medicine, such as penicillin, which truly has made our standard of living way better than ever in the history of mankind. It is not possible to know exact what our future will look like, but it´s changing and it´s changing fast. It will be necessary for us to adapt to the new circumstances we are facing. If we want to maintain our way of life and our values, we have been struggling for so many years to achieve. So that’s what we are going to do now. Yeas that is...
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...Q1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? Ans. The globalization of human capital refers to the fact that employees are now spread out across the world by their employers. Companies now have the ability to obtain different pools of human capital across the planet that can have a profound impact on their strategy and design. As more and more companies grow and become global companies, it is inevitable that we will see globalization of human capital. Whether it is low cost, skilled manufacturing workers in China, software and customer service professionals in India, or highly skilled employees in Eastern Europe, Q2 How does this case illustrate the threats and opportunities facing global companies in developing their strategies? Cost and Human Capital is the most important consideration for Global Companies. When President Obama’s inquired about Apple brining the job back to US, it was practically not possible for Apple. The total cost for iPhone was around $179 and Apple sold this for cool $500 making a profit for $379. For Global company price and profit is the most important consideration to stay competitive. They can use the cheap labor in other countries to be price competitive This gave the perception that Apple did not care about its country. It also gives the perception of greed which a global company can face. Q3. Comment on the Apple executive's assertion that the company's only...
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...manager is to lead by being an agent and facilitator of change. This is underscored by their personal vision of the future. As agents and facilitators of change, managers must understand that they will need to handle their employees’ fears and apprehensions regarding future changes potentially affecting their jobs and personal security. Individuals create their own “comfort zones,” or established patterns and habits they are comfortable with. Change threatens these comfort zones and immediately places individuals in defensive modes as they attempt to defend their own personal “turfs.” It is important for managers who lead to recognize employees’ responses to change and show them that circumstances outside of their control make change inevitable. They must share and communicate information that employees can understand and react to in a way that gets them actively participating in the organizational transformation brought about by the forces of change. This means managers must demonstrate to their employees that it is in their best interest to adapt if the organization is going to survive and prosper in the face of change. There are a number of steps managers can take to lessen their employee’s fear of change and facilitate smoother transitions. Information Managers as leaders understand the need for open dialogue and discussion with their employees, and...
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...1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? The globalization of human capital refers to the fact that employees are now being spread out across world by their employers. With them they take their manual skilled labor, knowledge, experiences and beliefs. As more and more companies expand and become global companies it is inevitable that they will send good qualified workers to oversee the operations overseas. 2. How does this case illustrate the threats and opportunities facing global companies in developing their strategies? The threat facing Apple was the negative image it had after President Obama’s inquiry on outsourced jobs. This gave the perception that Apple did not care about their customers or their country. It also gives the perception of greed which a global company can face. The opportunity for Apple was being able to produce their product at a lower cost and making more profit. The break down in the case study was that it cost a total of $179 to produce an IPhone and it retailed at $500 leaving a profit of $321. This would mean more profit for the global company. 3. Comment on the Apple executive’s assertion that the company’s only obligation is making the best product possible. “We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems.” Although, it seems harsh and cruel I agree with this statement. He is an executive and represents his firm. Since this is a for-profit business that...
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...another circus. Explain your reasoning. Applying Michael Porter’s Five Forces to Guy Laliberté’s decision to start ‘another’ circus would lead individuals to come to one of two conclusions, depending on how in-depth they understood Laliberté’s plan. On the surface level, his plan seems to be an inevitable failure - trying to become a new player in a market that is declining and facing new challenges in sustainability daily. Laliberté’s plan fits almost all of the criteria for struggle and potential failure according to Porter’s Five Forces. Breaking down each of Porter’s forces, it is clear that starting a new circus lends very little promise for Laliberté. First, Laliberté was facing supply issues to find talented circus acts that would draw in an audience. In order to acquire a high caliber of talented performers, a circus at the time was forced to put financial strain on their profits from ticket sales just to afford the acts themselves. Additionally, the power of buyers produced a real challenge at the time, as audiences were only interested in attending the circus if compelled by acts that were in turn too expensive for the circus to make a profit on. Laliberté was also facing tough competition in entering the circus industry. This space had been established by the century-old Ringling organization, and the name recognition alone made it extremely difficult to be a new entrant to this market and establish trust from the consumer. Similarly, the rest of the market outside...
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...Diagnostic tools & key change issues: In order to improve their organisational system through effective change implementation, organisations' managers make sure they have the right tools to start diagnosing and understanding the downfall (or the beginning of the downfall) of their enterprises. However, Senior & Fleming (2006) state that even if some diagnostic tools are helpful, diagnosing is not an exact science. While referring on the theory learned in HRSCM module, various diagnostic tools can be put into practice to determine which kind of change is best to adapt within reason to ASDA crisis situation. The combination of two or more analysis tools can prove to be useful to diagnose an organisation. The SWOT analysis, whose main objective is to understand why the planning of a company fails, has become today a universal decision-making aid tool; the principle of this method consists in dividing the information within the organisation into internal and external factors, then into positive and negative factors. Another tool to analyse a company is the GREINER model which is a useful way of thinking about the crises experienced by organisations as they expand. "The Greiner model of the organisational life cycle is useful for drawing attention to periods when organisational change is likely to be needed.'' (Senior & Fleming, 2006, p.57). Morgan notes: ''If managers can anticipate where their organisation is in the overall cycle, they may be able to anticipate...
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...The impending rise of the walking dead creeps closer and closer as the days pass. The exact time is uncertain, but its occurrence is inevitable. Many have begun preparing for the dawn of the dead, stocking up on valuable resources such as shelter, food and water, and weapons, all of which are key factors to surviving the zombie apocalypse. Initially, shelter must be established. A well concealed building, such as a prison, is an ideal shelter from zombies. It is large enough to accommodate a large body of survivors who are hopefully willing to join the fight against the army of the living dead. Gates, fences, and large open areas surrounding the facility make it easier to locate and fend off any zombies that try to breach the perimeter. The solid structure of the building itself will help further deter intruders. A high outlook post within the shelter will also need to be quartered; from which, a designated “spotter” can survey the surroundings for any posing danger. Additionally and unquestionably, food and water are necessities whether zombies are seeking your flesh or not. In order to maintain proper health and nutrition while fighting the undead, food, water, and any other desired supplies will need to be collected and stored. In the midst of the out breaking chaos sprung from the apocalypse, the necessary supplies can be looted from stores or other sources. A large stock of each item is recommended so that it may last an extended period of time. Acquiring such supplies...
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...During the Great Depression in the 1930’s, african americans were facing the harsh segregation that existed everywhere. Segregation occured in schools, public bathrooms, buses and other public places. In Harper Lee’s best seller To Kill a Mockingbird, segregation is coupled with injustice in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Courage is constantly shown to be the best way to combat injustice. Characters Atticus Finch, Boo Radley and Link Deas display courage during the difficult times in Maycomb Alabama. Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson even when failure is inevitable so he can live up to his personal morals. Atticus is the most courageous character in To Kill a Mockingbird because he is aware of the repercussions of this trial and the dangerous impact it could potentially have. Tom Robinson is a black male wrongfully...
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...Managerial challenges in implementing changes & Management skills required for dealing with such issues Regardless of the market the organisation is currently operating in, or how successful the company actually is or has been in the past, change is an inevitable factor of the company life cycle (Business Prototyping, 2014). Change is driven by both internal and external factors of the company in question; factors that are derived internally for the company could include the reposition into a new market, implementing a new business model for the company, contributing to a merger or acquisition, or expanding into a new market. Other factors that are external from the organisation include, market rivalry, demographic changes and new governmental regulations. All of these factors need to be carefully considered by the enterprise’s managerial staff in order for the inevitable change to have the lowest implemental challenges as possible. Anticipating these challenges and roadblocks will help the company avoid them before they become major issues in the change implementation. One of the main challenges to change is to firstly identify the change. Managers understand that change is constant, however it is important to determine the need and type of change necessary, either first or second order. First order change focuses heavily on strategies that support the general non-transformational activities. When change is implemented, this area of the organisation usually receives the most...
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...Q1. Was city failure inevitable? The way the vision i.e. to be a financial one stop supermarket, was put into reality, yes the failure was inevitable. Strategy to achieve a goal, as big as this one, needs to be such that it should covers all ends and should answer all ifs and whys. The global/domestic reach, customer base, sales channels, product offerings, customer asset management, organizational culture and technology of these organizations were different in nature. When Top management overlooks the consequences of their decisions and risks involved, it only guarantees an eventual failure. Following ad-hoc process, poor co-ordination between business units and absence of any business model proved fatal for Citigroup. Business firms must not ignore the cultural differences while providing a set of services in different parts of the world. Tailoring its product offerings to suit the socio economic needs of their clientele should always be under consideration before actually pitching it into the market. One of the major reasons of failure for Citigroup was the lack of client profiling. National cultures vary in many dimensions across the world e.g. Asian countries are more collectivism oriented whereas Western European states are more individualistic. Citigroup ignored absolutely anything which might have given them any idea about the insight of the target audience. Customer centricity and the respect of the people are key elements for the survival of any firm. Decisions...
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