...1.) George Mason University is innovative and entrepreneurial in spirit and utilizes its multi-campus organization and location near our nation’s capital to attract outstanding faculty, staff and students. George Mason will: ▪Educate the new generation of leaders for the 21st century—men and women capable of shaping a global community with vision, justice, and clarity. ▪Encourage freedom of thought, speech, and inquiry in a tolerant, respectful academic setting that values diversity. ▪Provide innovative and interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses of study that enable students to exercise analytical and imaginative thinking and make well-founded ethical decisions. ▪Nurture and support a highly qualified and entrepreneurial faculty that is excellent at teaching, active in pure and applied research, capable of providing a broad range of intellectual and cultural insights, and is responsive to the needs of students and their communities. ▪Maintain an international reputation for superior education and public service that affirms its role as the intellectual and cultural nexus among Northern Virginia, the nation, and the world. We feel that this mission statement is somewhat broad. George Mason should make an effort to be more specific about their mission statement. 2. Identify your customers. What are their needs? (p. 22) How do you assess good/poor quality in this organization? The customers of George Mason University are its students. In competition...
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...Running head: Florida Company Fastens Its Sights on Global Growth Florida Company Fastens Its Sights on Global Growth Brandy Taylor Kaplan University MT203-05: Human Resource Management Professor Eric Freeman September 6, 2010 Florida Company Fastens Its Sights on Global Growth The case study in Managing Human Resources textbook states, Robert Kilbey has been in business since been doing business since the 1960’s, and becoming Walton County’s largest and most stable employers. Now forty-two years later his son is expanding the business and taking it international. Robert’s is very clear that he does not just hire anyone and that instead of laying off any employees or doing a mass and quick hiring they will work short weeks and cross-train all employees. This for him has worked for the forty years and with the company going international and out-sourcing, they will not have any jobs disappear. Review/ Analysis of the Case Professional Products’ sells product that they are very particular about and make sure that they give their customers nothing less than the best. With this, they also hold this same high standard when hiring their employees. They want long-term reliable employees and will not hire anything less. After being in business for forty-two years, they are going to go global and use possible out-sourcing for some jobs. This can cause current employees to fear for their jobs, however, Robert Kilbey will not let any of his current employees...
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...with FOSS-based systems are likely to be central to future research activities (e.g., advanced health informatics, secure cyberspace, enhanced virtual reality, and advanced personalized learning systems). However, FOSS remains a computing technology at its core, while FOSS development remains a web of complex socio-technical processes. But these processes are not well understood nor readily predictable, as informal practices are widespread and continually adapting. As such, FOSS is amenable to technological advances, socio-technical innovations, and systematic empirical studies that can emerge from research in the Computer Science community and beyond. We seek to articulate both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives on how and why FOSS has become such a source of technology-centered global transformation, and what the future may hold. We need to identify key research problems and experimental studies going forward, along with the requisite research infrastructure and shared data repositories needed to support this research. We also need to identify future roles that Computer Science can play in fostering, sustaining, and expanding the ongoing development of FOSS as a realm of technology development and use, as an engine of innovation in other scientific and cultural disciplines, and as a socio-technical movement that has Computer Science at its core. Our objective is to bring together a diverse audience of computer scientists and social...
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...tends to be a level of high unemployment. The inflation rate five years ago was at 3 percent. http://forecasts.org/inflation.htm Although the recent recession has formally ended, U.S. economic growth remains subpar, unemployment remains unacceptably high and the pace of job creation remains unacceptably slow. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth has averaged just 2.5 percent in the 10 quarters since the economy hit bottom, about half the normal economic growth rate following a recession. The unemployment rate remains in the range of 8 percent, and less than half of the 8.7 million workers who lost their jobs during the recession are back at work. Simply put, America’s economy is underperforming. http://businessroundtable.org/studies-and-reports/permitting-jobs-and-business-investment Compared to the U.S. economy five (5) years ago, the unemployment rate growth in the following areas of Domestically, private consumption expenditure continued to display strength, picking up to a 5.6% notable growth in the first...
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...This sets up a dangerous implication however that if you don’t vote you must be stupid and if you are stupid you must not vote. Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, found in a study that only 34% of Americans can even name all three branches of the government. This study shows that most voters in fact are already uniformed. Those that are not informed are not necessarily stupid, but often times that they are rightfully ignorant. Somin went on to say that, “It is rational for us to be ignorant about many, many subjects, and instead devote our efforts to seeking out knowledge that interests us or might make a difference in our lives.” It is not likely that increasing the voter turnout would also increase the illegitimacy of the...
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...convinced many nations to reconsider their energy policy. Despite all of this, globalization, even though criticized, is still active. Firms are moving to the new emerging economies in order to capture the consumption appetite of the growing middle classes. It is still relevant and important to put together all aspects of global strategic management. This third edition is still about global firms and global management. Its objective remains to help undergraduate and graduate students, as well as company executives, to understand the main issues that companies and their managers confront when they ‘go global’ or ‘manage globally’, and to cope with these issues. Data have been updated and several new cases and examples added. At the end of each chapter there are now one or two new ‘Mini-Cases’ that students may discuss in class. The book...
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...Madness Comes Every March 21 October 2012 History of Basketball In order to speak about the impact the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has played in the sports world, one must first understand the origination of the sport itself. The game of basketball has been around since December 21st, 1891 where it was founded by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, MA. Dr. Naismith, originally from Canada, had his roots in ministry before choosing to follow his true passion of physical education and it was through this that he found himself enrolled at the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School. The game originated as a way to handle a group of hostile youth during the physical education hour at the YMCA. Dr. Naismith’s original attempts were to reformat outdoor sports and activities and bring them indoors, but soon realized that these activities were meant to be outdoors for a reason. However, he did not want to falter away from his belief in games as a means of providing physical activity for the youth and decided that a new activity needed to be created. A soccer ball was employed, baskets were built, and soon after – the game of basketball was created. Originally, the game was envisioned by Naismith to be played by any number of players and with that being said, the first game was played by 18 players, nine on each team. The hoops were set at today’s standard of ten feet simply due to the fact that the balconies in which he chose to hang the baskets were...
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...friend (Shaw) to corporate secrets of major KPMG clients (amongst these: Herbalife Ltd. and Sketchers USA Inc.) in exchange for monetary and gift compensation. As a result of his actions, London was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and to pay a fine of $100,000. The greater loss for the former partner; however, is noted to be his high-paying position and extraordinary damage to his reputation. In review of this article, one notes that insider trading is a strong example of information asymmetry in the form of adverse selection. As per its definition, adverse selection is “a type of information asymmetry whereby one or more parties to a business transaction… have an information advantage over other parties.” (Scott, 2014). In this case, Shaw gained an unfair advantage over ordinary investors by receiving and exploiting London’s insider information that provided for numerous profitable trades. In Chapter 4, the Efficient Securities Market Theory is introduced which further explores the issue of information asymmetry. In brief summary, the chapter states that, “Efficient securities market theory alerts us to the primary reason for the existence of accounting, namely information asymmetry. When some persons have insider information, the adverse selection problem arises leading to pressure to find mechanisms, such as financial reporting, by which investors with information disadvantage are protected from possible exploitation by the better informed.” (Scott, 2014). Essentially...
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... Thus this essay will be roughly divided into two parts: the first being a brief narrative of the political life and situation of Lord Burlington, followed by a system of analysis and conclusion. The latter will focus specifically on the Chiswick House and what symbols there exist that may help us to examine the impact of politics on Lord Burlington’s architecture. Lord Burlington, though being a man of arts and beauty, was hardly politically inactive. Up until 1932 he was said to have been a supporter of the Whig administration. He became a supporter of the new Hanoverian king, George I in 1715 and that same year he was appointed Lord Treasurer of Ireland, lieutenant of the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire and Vice-Admiral of the County of York. By 1721 Burlington became a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole and was a close friend of the Prince of Wales. When in 1727 the Prince succeeded as George II, for six years Lord Burlington benefitted from a position close to the centre of power. During the late 1710s, building developments almost always took up a political character and much of what was built during that time was built by the Whigs. Hanover Square, a Whig development and very Baroque in style is a good example of how and where Whig prominence lay. Lord Burlington, clearly a...
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...THE JOHN LOCKE PRIZE 2013 A Sixth Form cross-curricular prize to support further academic work and recommend your achievements to your universities. What prizes are on offer? There will be gold, silver and bronze prizes awarded for the best essays and such awards could help to support your University Application as evidence of outstanding academic work and independent effort. How long and of what nature should my essay be? Your essay should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words (excluding notes and bibliography) and represent original and independent work. There may be a case for writing a slightly shorter essay if one of your universities requires a shorter sample essay. Supplying an accurate word count is in any case crucial. Your essay should aim to be quite a focused piece and be a work of analysis and interpretation rather than just description. You may need to seek advice on the planning, structuring and the title of your essay. Some modifications may be necessary for scientific submissions. Where will inspiration for my essay come from? Your essay may, or may not be, a further development of normal subject work (e.g. Physics Research and Analysis, English Phillimore, History Gibbon Prize etc); it may be on subjects which have no existing prizes; it may be on a subject which is not on the curriculum (e.g. Anthropology) or which is cross-curricular (e.g. English and History of Art); or it may have emerged from Cultural perspectives lessons, the Cultural Perspectives...
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...Successful FDI Sabrina Harris International Business Professor George Charles October 30, 2011 Abstract A MNE, a multinational enterprise is a firm that engages in FDI, Foreign Direct Investments by investing directly in controlling and managing value-add in more than one country (Ping, 2011) . Grace Pharmaceutical, founded in 1999 by Dr .Tiaira Butler, who is a pioneer in the Diabetic research field .Dr. Butler, established Grace to develop, manufacture and distribute the two drugs that cure diabetes, NII and ATAP. Grace is also used as a platform to educate the community on obesity, diabetes prevention and the basics to a healthy lifestyle. Grace Pharmaceuticals has been the leader in the study, research and development of the cure for diabetes and their mission is to continue to further develop various other medications that can also cure diabetes as resistance to the current drug is inevitable. Dr. Butler received her education at Spelman University undergrad, Duke Graduate School where she studied pharmacology and finally she graduated from Georgetown Medical School where she also studied extensively at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Butler has written numerous articles in the New England Journal of Medicine about diabetes diagnosis and prevention. 1. Create a fictional MNE which manufacturer an imaginary product and choose a country in which to conduct FDI. Grace Pharmaceutical Enterprise is a multinational company established in 2010 with a headquarters...
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...Religion and Hip Hop Culture Religious Studies 157/311 Fall 2013 Tuesday & Thursday 10:50am-12:05pm Location: Duncan Lecture Hall 1055 * Important: Pay attention to the requirements listed for each of the course levels. The requirements for 311 level students are in italics (this includes extra readings). Also, NO Photos are to be taken. Cameras and cell phones must be stowed away during class. Instructors: Anthony B. Pinn Bernard “Bun B” Freeman Email: pinn@rice.edu Email: Bernard.j.freeman@rice.edu Office: Humanities 234 Office Phone: 713.348.2710 Office Hours: By Appointment Course Outreach Advisor: Anzel Jennings Teaching Assistants: Office: Humanities 215 or Pavilion (ask your TA for the location) 157 Level: * Jessica Davenport, jbd3@rice.edu, Office hours: Fridays, 9:00am-12:00pm * David Kline, david.a.kline@rice.edu, Office hours: Wednesdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm * Cleve Tinsley, cvt1@rice.edu, Office hours: Fridays, 9:00am-12:00pm * Aundrea Matthews, alm2@rice.edu, Office hours: Wednesdays, 10:30am-1:30pm 311 Level: * Jonathan Chism, chism@rice.edu, Office hours: Thursdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm * Darrius Hills, darrius.d.hills@rice.edu, Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm * Jason Jeffries, joj1@rice.edu, Office Hours: Wednesdays, 9:00pm-12:00pm Course Description: Understanding religion as the “Quest for Complex Subjectivity” or more simply the effort to make life meaningful in complex...
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...DOOMSDAY 2012: PROHETS OR PROFITS FINAL Kimesha K. Sanders Western Governors University DOOMSDAY 2012: PROPHETS OR PROFITS Ever since the beginning of time people have been obsessed with the concept of the end of days. So if there is one topic that can create a good conversation, it’s the “Apocalypse”. In our times, we get more than our share of talk about the apocalypse. An apocalypse is a revelation, an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling (wikipedia.org). This means that no one could possibly know when this event will occur. Still, for thousands of years people have tried to predict when and how the world will end. From where do all these apocalyptic prophecies originate? Are we the victims of the hidden agendas of the media and secret societies? Are modern interpretations of ancient Mayan calendars and prophecies accurate; and do these prophecies predict the end of the world in 2012? And what has NASA said about all of this? When it comes to apocalyptic or “end of the world” prophecies it doesn’t matter. “End of the world” prophecies are ridiculous. We can’t rely on people, books, internet sites or movies to tell us an exact date because it is clearly something of the unknown? People are using prophets for profits! Apocalyptic prophecies derive from the stories told about the death of Jesus Christ and his ascension from the grave. It was said that He would one day return....
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...and COPING Will Seitz ABS 200 11/03/2014 Instructor Clark Ashford University STRESS 1 Throughout the course of this class we have been learning about the different disciplines of applied behavioral science, to understand what applied behavioral science is we have to define it. Applied behavioral science is the application of different disciplines or knowledge of psychology to understand and find solutions to human behavior. Here you would use the specific psychological discipline you are trained in to conduct risk assessments and delve into why we humans do what we do. In week three we were asked to choose a specific case study from a list and follow it through the course, my case study was about stress and coping. The subject of my case study was named Jamiel. I decided on this particular case study because it had to deal with stress and coping, something that everyone deals with on a daily basis. The focus of the study was a series of unfortunate events that kept compounding on top of each other to snowball frustrations into all out panic and the feeling of despair. Stress is a precursor to causing many different kinds of physiological and psychological troubles, but what is stress? Stress according to What is Stress, “Stress occurs when pressure exceeds your perceived ability to cope“, (Palmer & Cooper, 2007). It was this kind of pressure that our case study subject Jamiel had to deal with on his way to the office, once he got to...
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