...oDesk: Changing how the world works. Business strategy of oDesk (best described in the case) as “remote employment”, a unique employment model that combines aspects of the more traditional models of local employment, local staffing forms and traditional outsourcing. Three strategies to choose: 1) Increase oDesk’s target market from small-medium businesses to large firms 2) Expand the expertise and skills of its contractor base in order to meet a wider range of employer needs 3) Develop oDesk’s global capabilities in order to move from primarily domestic-offshore outsourcing relationships, connecting U.S. businesses with international contractors, to offshore-offshore relationships, connecting global businesses with global contractors. Which option would make oDesk most successful in their market? Strengths | Weaknesses | * The company is cost-conscious * The company is very inventive and keep to achieve their objectives * oDesk offers additional services than their competitors + oDesk focuses on time-based contracts ( see definition in the case ) * oDesk policy is to provide only factual information on its Contractors. * oDesk online platform include payment functionality as well as move towards the worker classification and relates tax services. * oDesk is expanding beyond the area of computer programming, to include technical writing, design, data entry and other related areas. * oDesk is different in the ways of working.,...
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...Censorship of the Internet – a detriment or a necessity? Kelly Chan A research paper for Matthew Mansour in response to: Throughout the world there has been an increase in discussions regarding “Censorship of the Internet, explain how Censorship can work in some instances but in others it can be a detriment to society. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 What is Censorship? 3.1 Self Censorship 3.2 Censorship as Protection 1.0 Introduction The Internet has undoubtedly developed into the biggest source of global information and media since its modest inception in the late 1960’s. With the increasing ease of worldwide access due to cheaper methods of producing technology and education, bridging the digital divide. However, Government censorship and regulation of access to certain content available on the internet in various countries has raised issues about whether it is effective, regarding each country’s purpose in imposing censorship and whether it is detrimental to the growth in knowledge and progress of society. In this research paper, the role of Censorship in society and the inherent need for appropriate regulation of different levels of access to available information, based on morals and the responsibility we have to the younger generation to protect them from unsuitable content is discussed along with the technology we have to ensure this. The varying degrees of censorship between China and Australia will also...
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...Willar Essay #1 Alexander Balogh World Lit II The underlying metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” The story, which I have chosen, is “Metamorphosis” written by Franz Kafka. Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” can be read as a depiction of humanity’s condition in the modern. The text can be depicted as humanities condition in the modern world, as Gregor Samsa transformation into a “monstrous” insect. Gregor’s transformation is in fact a metaphor for his realization, as what he is in the Samsa household. He is in actual fact an insect; he exemplifies the characteristics of an insect, he leaves no fun for himself, “He just sits here at the table, quietly reading the newspaper or poring over timetables.” This illustrates that Gregor does not possess human characteristics, but is in actual fact an insect to the Samsa household. One could argue that Kafka’s “Metamorphosis depicts human conditions, as these days, everything is about work, the focus on one’s inner self and inner person has diminished. The human race is infatuated with greed, money, power and status, but we as humans have forgotten and lost the beauty of one’s inner being and self. People have lost identity, in Gregor’s case, he is just an insect, who’s sole purpose is to provide for his family, and not for one second think about his own well being. Gregor does not have any real hobbies; any form of fun, friends (apart from his sister Grete) and all he can do and think about is work. Thus drawing the parallels of the life...
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...We have forgotten what it means to be truly human. We live in a world of machines, are we are becoming much like this world of machines. We no longer work to live, we live to work and we don’t know how to do anything diffetent. We have forgotten about leisure. Philospher, Pieper, addresses this in his essays “leisure the basis of culture. Our culture needs to regain the ability to look at our world with eyes of wonder in order to once again live truly human lives. In this paper, I will define the world of work and the world of leisure, then I will proceed to explain how these two worlds are connected, and how they are inncommenserable despight this connection. The world of work is the world of supply and demand; the world of work is the world...
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...Shakespeare William Shakespeare changed the world as we know it by instilling Intrapersonal Intelligence, helping to make the English language what it is today and changing how writing affects the world through his writing. Shakespeare is known as the greatest writers of all time, he established a wide range of vocabulary, and crafted thousands of words, phrases and concepts that are now used in today’s English language. His works have been use to illustrate and explore theories and helped the development of modern-day psychoanalysis. He has influenced cultures around the world to the present day. He accomplished this without a university education. I do believe Shakespeare is categorized as a “revolutionary mind” because of the impact he made on the world. If you were to ask someone if they have heard of William Shakespeare, you will most definitely get the answer YES. If it weren’t for Shakespeare most of the world wouldn’t know how to speak English, and it might not even be spoken today and may have died with Latin. His works are translated into over 50 different languages. Thank to Shakespeare English is the most popular language in the world and developed over 20,000 words which he made up from the German, Latin, and French language Self-Assessment: The bullet point I can check without hesitation is, I see myself as a work in progress. I pick this self-assessment because I have had so many life changes that I need to learn how to make better decisions become more educated...
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...One of the readings that was significant to me was “Estranged Labor” from Karl Marx. This reading discusses how under capitalism, society is divided into the wage workers and the capitalists who have misappropriated the means of production from the workers, thereby making them suffer alienation in many different forms. The first form of alienation is where the worker grows to see the object of his work as foreign and hostile to himself. Although the worker invests his entire life into this object, he doesn’t own the means of production and gains nothing out of his work other than a mere paycheck that’s just enough for him to survive and continue working. The more he produces the more alienated he becomes. This alienation is where the worker is estranged from the product. The second alienation is where the worker is alienated from the actual activity of working. This is because this work doesn’t come from his natural desire to express himself creatively but instead he is only working as a means of survival. He is forced to work, not for himself, but for someone else benefit. Which means that typically the working is doing a job that is demeaning to him, or he finds to be lesser than himself, because he’s forced to do this work he loses his sense of self and dignity in the process. The third kind is alienation from his species...
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...Honor means to regard with great respect. Honor to me, means being true to a set of personal ideals, or being a man of integrity. Stephen Hawking was a famous scientist who was honored throughout the world. He had many accomplishments that he was honored for. For example, he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Wolf Prize in Physics, the Copley Medal, the Albert Einstein Medal, and so many more. He was honored for the work he had accomplished in the science world. Some of the work that Stephen Hawking has done to be recognized by the scientific community was developing a mathematical proof for black holes, proving Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and redefining the Big Bang theory. He even wrote different books, ranging from...
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...The World Is Flat Thomas L. Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat is a book helps us understand the how the world is flat. He does this buy dissecting the world we live in and by sharing information we all should know. The World Is Flat focuses on globalization along with social, political and environmental issues we face. Chapter two highlights the ten forces that flattened the world along with the effect and opportunities we now have because the world flattened. The fall of the Berlin Wall, Netscape Going Public, Work Flow Software, Uploading, Off shoring, Supply Chains, In sourcing, Informing and Steroids are the ten forces Friedman identifies to be the main causes that flattened the world. The first force that triggered the world to flatten was the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall helped us to understand the world differently. It helped us to open our eyes and think outside the box rather then just in our own. The fall of the Berlin Wall, allowed us to have a free market, introduced capitalism. We then began to adopt commons standers on how economics should be run along with a common understanding on how banking and accounting should be done. The second force that helped Flatten the world was when Netscape went public. Friedman describes the Internet and how it helped to connect people to come together globally. Netscape was an explosive technology that became w accessible to everyone. This made people want to do things differently...
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...Nescio PSL200 T-TH 11:00 The international bestselling book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty First Century by Thomas L. Friedman analyzes globalization in the early 21st century. Throughout the book Friedman helps the reader view the world on a level playing field, where the traditional issues of historical and geographical divisions are becoming irrelevant and all competitors have an equal opportunity. Friedman examines the influences shaping businesses and competition in a technology fueled global environment. Supporting his ideas with interviews, case studies and statistics Friedman sends the message to his readers that they need to be prepared because the flattening world waits for no one. The flattening of the world however is not something that happens over night. In fact this process has been happening over a number of years but has become more noticeable after the turn of the century. Throughout “The World is Flat” you will find Friedman believes are the ten major factors causing the flattening of the world, how the United States should approach the flattening world, and how Friedman comes to his conclusions. Thomas Friedman’s trip to India is where he first notices that the playing field has been leveled and that global knowledge is available to a much larger audience. Friedman argues that the world is “going from size small to size tiny” (10). The flattening of the world entails that we are now connecting all the knowledge centers on the...
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...Renfro Oklahoma Wesleyan University Abstract A worldview is the way you look at the world, your perception of how the world works, why things happen the way they do and what is your purpose in the world. A worldview is also referred to as a comprehensive conception of the world from a specific standpoint. A “Christian worldview,” is a comprehensive conception of the world from a Christian standpoint. A worldview is there even if people feel they have one or not. A worldview is the crucial starting point for understanding the world of ideas and cultural expressions, as well as responding to these in a particularly Christian way. Individuals acquire a worldview because of their beliefs of how they see the world and why it works the way it does. Every person has a worldview whether they realize it or not. Christian Worldview A worldview is the way you look at the world, your perception of how the world works, why things happen the way they do and what is your purpose in the world. A person’s worldview is their basis for making daily decisions and is extremely important. A worldview can range from seeing the glass half empty to seeing the glass half full. Every person has a worldview even though they may not realize it. Humans live their lives by worldviews. Deciding on what to wear to work or how to wear your hair is a basis of a worldview. Society puts standards out there that most people live by or decide not...
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...in the book with one of his clients, Sarah, which provides additional insight on the concepts presented in the book. The ideas and text presented here are copyrighted works by Michael E. Gerber. Some of the text has been summarized for clarity and brevity. The E-Myth Revisited People who are exceptionally good in business aren’t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. Businesses fail when their owners spend their time and energy defending what they think they know. A business doesn’t miss the mark by failing to achieve greatness in some lofty, principled way, but in the stuff that goes on in the multitude of seemingly insignificant, unimportant, and boring things that make up every business (and life as well). The greatest business people have a genuine fascination for the truly astonishing impact little things done exactly right can have on the world. The book is about four profound ideas that can mean the difference between the success and failure of a small business: 1. There is a myth in this country (the E-Myth) that says that small businesses are started by entrepreneurs risking capital to make a profit. This is not true. 2. The Turn-Key Revolution is changing small business around the world, in the way we do business, who goes into business, how they do it, and the likelihood of their survival. 3. At the heart of the Turn-Key Revolution is a dynamic process called the...
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...developing a Christian view of the world is not merely to evaluate and judge the world, but to change it," (Boa, 2004). Having a Christian worldview is hard enough in American but add in the entire world and it can be a little trickier. Thinking Christianly has a major impact on how someone would do business overseas, in a global economy. When it comes to a Christian worldview in a global economy there are numerous issues that can come up. Different countries and cultures have different things that they deem acceptable; however, when you are looking at it from a Christian standpoint you may have to handle things in a different manner. Just because something is acceptable or legal in the world does not make it acceptable to someone with a Christian worldview. John 17:17 says that, "The word is truth," so when one is looking for direction and guidance in any aspect of business he will always know that the word of God is truth that he can turn to. Although the field of business has many negative connotations with Christianity there are also positive ones. There are two main issues that this paper will address. The first issue, pollution, can be view negatively. The second issue, job opportunities, can be view positively. The first issue, Environmental issues play a key role in why some companies do business overseas. A lot of American based companies like to establish their productions in Mexico because of the lower environmental rules. Many third world countries do not have limitations...
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...sociological look at the world provides a number of unique benefits and perspectives. Sociology provides an understanding of social issues and patterns of behavior. It helps us identify the social rules that govern our lives. Sociologists study how these rules are created, maintained, changed, passed between generations, and shared between people living in various parts of the world. They also study what happens when these rules are broken. Sociology helps us understand the workings of the social systems within which we live our lives. Sociologists put our interactions with others into a social context. This means they look not only at behaviors and relationships, but also how the larger world we live in influences these things. Social structures (the way society is organized around the regulated ways people interrelate and organize social life) and social processes (the way society operates) are at work shaping our lives in ways that often go unrecognized. Because of this perspective, sociologists will often say that, as individuals, we are social products. Even though we recognize their existence, these structures and processes may “appear to people in the course of daily life as through a mysterious fog” (Lemert 2001, 6). Sociologists strive to bring these things out of the fog, to reveal and study them, and to examine and explain their interrelationships and their impacts on individuals and groups. By describing and explaining these social arrangements and how they shape our lives...
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...Lasting Effects Of The Columbian Exchange What would the world be like without the effects of the Columbian Exchange? The Columbian Exchange had many effects on how today’s world works. It greatly affected almost every society on earth, bringing disease that decreased population, and brought new crops and livestock. It also led to many Africans being transported to the New World as slaves to do skilled and unskilled labor. The Columbian Exchange have many different impacts on today’s world and how it works, it had a major effect on the population of the new and old worlds. It is well proven, the Columbian Exchange involved the exchanges of plants, animals, and technology. It played a significant role in the primacy of mercantilism as economic...
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...on the kitchen counter and everyone has their phone with them. Mom and dad are keeping an eye on emails even though the work day is technically over. So this family is physically together, but they are not totally focused on and paying attention to each other. They are at least partially attentive to a ping or a beep indicating that there is a new text message, email or missed call. * So how can we use ICT to our advantage - for increased productivity, reduced stress, and better work+life fit? We'll need our organizations to pitch in by providing guidelines about expectations and strategies for effectively managing our devices. And we will need to confer with our managers and colleagues to figure out how our work groups can use ICT to promote collaboration and working smarter. * technology is the best way of learning because it's a convenient way to search a lot of academic information and technology makes me know my goals * A major change has occurred in personal communication and society due to the influence of the information technology. Whereas in the past, information technology was not used every day, but in recent times, it has become the most powerful things to in many people lies. * Technology is so much apart of our lives that we could not imagine a life without it. Technology has helped create the world that we live in. The world is a different place than it used to be, even 40 years ago. * The internet has been a huge advance. It has allowed...
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