...Truman Capote once said, “No one will ever know what In Cold Blood took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.” What about In Cold Blood was so harrowing for Capote? The answer is not clear from the quote but the answer can definitely be found in his book. The answer can be discerned by examining and analyzing his use of rhetorical elements. Thus, Capote’s projected persona must be examined, his audience must be identified, his relationship with the audience must be analyzed, his central message must be dissected, the arrangement of his arguments must be sorted out, the context must be explained, and the influence of the context must be thoroughly understood. By understanding these elements and their roles in In Cold Blood it will give readers an insight into Capote’s purpose and experience as an author. The First Rhetorical Question The first question that must be answered when examining the rhetorical elements is: “What kind of person does the writer or speaker seem to be?” This simply means to look at Capote’s diction and tone and determine his persona. In Cold Blood is alleged to be entirely factual; however, Capote blatantly infuses biases in the novel to further his overall argument and entertain readers. Capote shows himself in the text as a recorder of events, a reporter of the murders of the Clutter family, detailing the lives of every person involved. However, he gives special attention...
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...October 3, 2013 Dr. Hawkins Office of the Dean Strayer University Dear Dean Hawkins I am writing to you to express my interest to take up graduate studies at Strayer University. I have been aspiring to pursue a Master's degree in Information System at your esteemed university. I completed my Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 2009 and since then, have been working in a business oriented field, where I work with computer systems on a regular basis. I’ve always had a passion to work with computers, and I believe that pursuing the said course in your university will enhance my earlier skills and help me add to my experience. My experience in entirety has been extremely elevating and rewarding as I have put in a great deal of efforts in all my endeavors. Ambition and hard work were the virtues that were instilled in my character since the beginning, and as a result I never shied away from challenges. Learning on my own and sharing my knowledge with others has been most meaningful, which I believe will work towards my advantage in the future. I wish to pursue further education as I believe that learning should be a continuous process. I also believe that my personal qualities and the skills that I have acquired will surely aid me in fulfilling your requirements and hopefully increase my chances of securing a place in your institution. To conclude, I look to pursue a Master's degree in order to refine my knowledge and skills in my areas of interest...
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...Furthermore, authorial intent can be important in order to enhance a piece of literature and has the potential to add background and depth as not only does the author have a claim on the message, but also they are an authority due to their familiarity with the text and ability to support claims on different meanings (Sutcliffe, 2013 p366). This is able to change how a reader views a text, to align with the original perspectives on the work’s subject, meaning and style in a way similar to the Romantic view of the author as the source of critical analysis. The Ern Malley hoax, for example, suggests that even though a work may be created without meaning or with the intent of being meaningless, value can still be interpreted. As stated in the learning journal, despite being a hoax, the Ern Malley poems were able to be meaningful for readers, before the revelation of the hoax and even after in modern analysis with readers using the connections to Greek mythology, John Keats and Shakespeare to find meanings that were created outside of the authorial intent. As such, literary value is not mutually exclusive to the creator’s meanings and purpose and can be assessed without the acknowledgement of...
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...ANALYZING INTENT Name: Institution: Analyzing Intent Qualitative research: Strategic responses to institutional processes Problem statement The study evaluates whether it is possible to apply the convergent views of institutional and resource dependence to predicting the strategic responses for institutional processes. Purpose or goal statement The purpose of the article is to identify the various strategic responses that organizations can apply in light of increased institutional pressures towards conformity and to develop a preliminary conceptual framework that can predict the emergence of alternative strategies (Oliver, 2009). Research questions 1. Which factors influence organizational strategy in response to the institutional processes? 2. What is the degree of organizational conformity or resistance to institutional pressure? 3. Is there convergence in institutional and resource dependence insights to institutional process? Research hypothesis Organizational theory is able to accommodate interest-seeking and other pertinent and active organizational behavior where the institution’s response to organizational pressures and expectations are not presumed as almost passive and conforming across all organizational conditions. Key variables 1. Institutional factors or framework 2. Resource factors How they are operationally defined The...
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...The Company Profile: Part of the Bid Process A business presentation is part of the bid process. It comes after you perform a bid/no-bid analysis, and after the decision to send a letter of intent (LOI). Writing the company profile is part of the offer you submit to respond to the call for tender. The content of the offer (and the content of the company profile) usually depend on the call for tender and on the buyer's needs/requirements. The content of the offer is sometimes organized beforehand by the buyer. The buyer may give bidders an official document with all the required criteria and documents. Here are examples of possible criteria for the company profile: official criteria company name head office address company status quantitative criteria number of employees sales figures other financial figures qualitative criteria references success stories certifications Writing a bid and particularly a company profile requires preliminary work: Acquaint yourself with the documents. Try to analyze your business from a strategic point of view. Think about all the components and ask yourself if you're the right applicant. If the answer is "yes," you're ready! Why Write a Company Profile for a Bid? Writing a business profile for a bid is useful for introducing your company to the buyer and creating a positive impression. The buyer must know who you are, whether you're the company that best fits to its call for tenders, and if it can trust you. So...
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...Top Six Data Breach Trends for 2014 April 28, 2014 Article Reference Griffin, Joel. "Top six data breach trends for 2014." SecurityInfoWatch.com. N.p., 10 Jan. 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. Summary This class has been absolutely phenomenal. I have been in the tech industry for about 5-6 years now and just recently started developing iOS apps and websites about 1-2 years ago and am still new and learning each and every day, but I haven’t really ever enjoyed a class this much. I have been reading articles each week for these research papers that are required weekly and due to the requirement of breaking them down and performing a “dive deep” on them, I have really been able to relate what we are learning in school to actual life and real life situations. The article that I choose for this week is from Security Info Watch and it discusses the future of data breaches this year and things that we could encounter over the time frame of this year and next decade as technology continues to grow at the rate it is growing. It compare the big breach with Target and aligns it to other situations that are possibilities with the way we use our technology. One of the big theories that the article through out was that we are going to run into issues with all of this cloud computing and big data and that society is very vulnerable to a big data cloud breach. Apple has started the whole ball rolling with cloud computing storing all of your...
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...in a company’s pursuit of its mission/vision, long-term health, and ultimate survival. Financial objectives signal commitment to such outcomes as good cash flow, creditworthiness, earnings growth, an acceptable return on investment, dividend growth, and stock price appreciation. (Thomas Strickland, p.7) The following are examples of financial objectives: * Growth in revenues * Growth in earnings * Wider profit margins * Bigger cash flows * Higher returns on invested capital * Attractive economic value added (EVA) performance * Attractive and sustainable increases in market value added (MVA) * A more diversified revenue base Strategic Market Objectives Strategic market objectives focuses on the company’s intent to sustain and improve the organization’s competitive strength and long-term market position through creating customer value. Strategic objectives focus on winning additional market share, overtaking key competitors on product quality or customer service or product innovation, achieving lower overall costs than rivals, boosting the company’s reputation with customers, winning a stronger foothold in international markets, exercising technological leadership, gaining a sustainable competitive advantage, and capturing attractive growth opportunities. (Thomas Strickland, p.7) Strategic objectives need to be...
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...had arrived in management. Hamei and Prahalad argue that Western companies focus on trimming their ambitions to match resources and, as a result, search only for advantages they can sustain. By contrast, Japanese corporations leverage resources by accelerating the pace of organizational learning and try to attain seemingly impossible goals. These firms foster the desire to succeed among their employees and maintain it by spreading the vision of global leadership. This is how Canon sought to "beat Xerox"and Komatsu set out to "encircle Caterpillar." This strategic intent usually incorporates stretch targets, which force companies to compete in innovative ways. In this McKinsey Award-winning article, Hamel and Prahalad describe four techniques that Japanese companies use: building layers ofadvantage, searching for "loose bricks," changing the terms of engagement, and competing through collaboration. Strategic Intent by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad oday managers in many industries Most leading global companies started with ambitions that were far bigger than their resources and capabilities. But they created an obsession with winning at ail levels ofthe organization and sustained that obsession for decades. working hard to match the compete advantages of their new global rivals. They are moving manufacturing offshore in search of lower labor costs, rationalizing product lines to capture global scale economies, instituting quality circles and just-in-time production, and...
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...had arrived in management. Hamei and Prahalad argue that Western companies focus on trimming their ambitions to match resources and, as a result, search only for advantages they can sustain. By contrast, Japanese corporations leverage resources by accelerating the pace of organizational learning and try to attain seemingly impossible goals. These firms foster the desire to succeed among their employees and maintain it by spreading the vision of global leadership. This is how Canon sought to "beat Xerox"and Komatsu set out to "encircle Caterpillar." This strategic intent usually incorporates stretch targets, which force companies to compete in innovative ways. In this McKinsey Award-winning article, Hamel and Prahalad describe four techniques that Japanese companies use: building layers ofadvantage, searching for "loose bricks," changing the terms of engagement, and competing through collaboration. Strategic Intent by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad oday managers in many industries Most leading global companies started with ambitions that were far bigger than their resources and capabilities. But they created an obsession with winning at ail levels ofthe organization and sustained that obsession for decades. working hard to match the compete advantages of their new global rivals. They are moving manufacturing offshore in search of lower labor costs, rationalizing product lines to capture global scale economies, instituting quality circles and just-in-time production, and...
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...First of all I would like to go to school at AIU because I feel as though I would benefit from a more hands on and intense learning course. I like that the course I want to take has more of a what if circumstances so that when I do graduate and start working I am able to handle problems that I will have to deal with in the real world. I like that faculty and aides are available to me more then other schools that I have looked into so I will have help if I do run into things that I may not be able to figure out or need extra help with. I also love the fact that I can learn on my terms as far as needing things to be visual and/or audio instead of having to read everything and try soak in it. I think the thing that really got me is the student experience when compared to other schools was a lot better as well. Secondly I feel as though it would benefit my family greatly to have a career and no longer have to live paycheck to paycheck. I also want to show my children that they can be successful in life, if they apply themselves and put in the work. I want the best for my family so that I can provide from them on a better financial scale. I just want to set a good example for my kids because I did sometimes make the wrong choices, but that you can change and turn your life around and become a better person if you apply yourself. Going to this school not only benefits me but most importantly my family, that’s why I think AIU is the right place for me to...
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...The attributes that one must posses to be a great leader are many. One must have determination. One must be confident. One must know oneself well. A leader understands that to achieve great things one cannot always play it safe. A leader understands that one must take risks. Calculated risks, but risks nonetheless. These are lessons I have learned, not just from books and theory but from my own personal experience as an entrepreneur. Starting a business from scratch (or 3 in my case!) can be a daunting task and can break a lot of people, but something one must never forget is that despite the final outcome there is always something to gain. And while financial rewards are the primary goal for almost every entrepreneur, gains do not always come in such form. Sometimes knowledge and information are your rewards and one must gather them and treasure them and the smart individual will use them to grow into a better, stronger leader. This will allow you to not make the same mistake twice and find the best way to reach your goal. And that is precisely what I have tried to do during my experience as an entrepreneur in order to prepare myself for whatever challenge life has in store for me. Undoubtedly I would love to say that I have been successful in every single one of my business ventures, but this is unfortunately not true. This is why I would like to focus my research effort on the strengths and weaknesses of small businesses when compared to their larger counterparts,...
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...Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent Assault causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent is a criminal offence which is covered by Section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act, so both GBH with intent and Common Assault are categorised under two separate laws which is a difference. For this offence there needs to be “really serious harm” or a similarity between common assault and GBH with intent is that the assault or battery needs to have caused wounding of another person. Probably the best example of this is someone stabbing another person. Intention plays a key role when dealing with GBH. If there was intention to inflict this “really serious harm” then this would fall under Section 18 (the more serious offence). For example if a person head-butts another and breaks their nose they would be guilty of Section 20 if they had not specifically wanted to cause the damage, i.e. a broken nose. If the person knew exactly what they were doing and intended to cause the damage then they would be guilty of Section 18 and charged accordingly. Section 18 can in some cases result in life imprisonment but in reality sentences over ten years are extremely rare. A difference to common assault is that in the case of GBH the option of just a fine is not provided even if it is a first time offence. Also in the case of GBH it is often likely that bail will be refused due to the violent nature of the offence. Common Assault Under Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act the offence will be...
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...Strategic Intent G. Hamel and C.K. Prahalad (1989) A Critical Analysis Word count: 1098 Introduction "Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty." William J. Bennett says it in one of his best-selling books. This is proven to be true by a significant number of successful individuals all over the world, but what about an organization or an entity? IPO model reveals that organisation characteristics which make enormous impacts on organisation results are the combination of individual employee’s characteristics. Eventually, the implications of the quote should be true for an organisation. Related to the implications, Hamel and Prahalad (1989) had written an article about their unprecedented concept “Strategic Intent”. Placing the article in a wider debate “Strategic intent” is an ambitious and compelling dream that energises, which provides the emotional and intellectual energy for the journey to the future (Hamel and Prahalad, 1994). The article discusses the term “strategic intent” in a broad range of aspects; however, the main arguments of this article can be transfer into the debate of Resource-based view vs. Positioning. Apparently, the authors in this article incline to the idea of resource-based view. The resource-based view deals with the organisation internal resources and takes advantages of those to construct firm’s strategies (Wernerfelt, 1984)...
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...STRATEGIC INTENT |To: |Professor Friberg | |From: |Michael Dunagan | |Date: |April 27, 2010 | |MGT 512: |Strategic Management | | |of Technology | Focus on Strategic Intent Introduction In the book "Random Walk Down Wall Street", Burton Malkiel took the idea of efficient markets to its logical conclusion, and argued that a blindfolded monkey in theory should be able to perform as well on the stock market as professional brokers. The Wall Street Journal found this argument intriguing, and decided to test the hypothesis by having reporters throw darts to select random stocks. An informal competition was consequently arranged over several months to test how random selection performed against leading stock traders. Luckily for the financial analysts, the latter managed to at least beat the darts on average, but the victory was not deemed sufficiently convincing enough to justify the hefty brokerage fees charged by analysts. Similar criticism has been raised against management consultants, but a performance comparison can in this case not be performed using darts or monkeys. Despite the criticism, consulting is a quickly growing industry and the demand for tools like strategic models are increasing in correlation with the industry. It thus created somewhat of an upheaval when London Business School...
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...Mr. Amin Ladha 21-833 Scollard Court, Mississauga ON Canada L5V2B4 amin.ladha88@gmail.com 416 823 8487 Faculty of Theology Saint Paul University Office of Admissions and Student Services 233 Main Street Ottawa, ON K1S 1C4 Canada 28th October, 2011, RE: Letter of Intent – St. Paul University Joint Honours Program in Theology and Philosophy Dear St. Paul University Faculty of Theology, I would like to express my interest in applying for the Joint Honours Program in Theology and Philosophy. For as long as I can remember, I have always had an intimate passion with theology and philosophy. As a young teenager still in high school I recall summer days where I would dedicate time to write about theology and philosophy, simply to organize my thoughts. From 2008- 2010 I was a counsellor for the al-Azhar program for Isma’ili youth in the Mississauga area. Historically, al-Azhar draws parallels to the university in Cairo, where during the Fatimid Empire there was a revitalization of philosophy and theology in perfect harmony with science and faith. The program offered a weekly class for Isma’ili youth in grades 11 and 12 in which they were able to engage with their Faith in a modern context. In pre-class development, or lesson planning, our main challenge was to hone in on the key concepts, and articulate them or assist in reinforcing them in a modern context. It goes to say that it was challenging, however at times there were moments of creative genius....
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