...not being governed”, James Scott uses the example of the hill people living in the mountain region of Zomia and argued that instead of being primitive form of living, barbarians, or human beings leftover from pre-state era, these hill people deliberately move to inaccessible region to avoid state control. Scott states that the inaccessibility of the hills make them natural escape routes that can be used to avoid the sovereignty of state government. Scott briefly talks about the examples of how the defeated Kuomintang in the 1950s and the remnants from Taiping Rebellion both escaped to the mountains, but fails to talk about what happen to these people after that. In this paper, I would like to work on this missing information and find data to evaluate whether these people converted themselves to hill people permanently or did they use the resources in the hills to fight back against the state. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the primary or secondary sources concur with Scott’s arguments and discuss about the mechanism of using hills as escape routes in more details. Outline: 1. Introduction: The section introduces Scott and his book, “The art of not being governed” and points the reader to the specify topic that I will be focusing on in this paper. There will be a few sentences talking about the rationale and importance of this paper. (0.5 page) 2. Theoretical background: This section enhances the introduction by providing a summary of Scott’s central arguments...
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...Britanie Baker Decision Making Analysis Summary April 27, 2015 MGT/230 Ronald Sprague Decision Making Analysis Summary “The business executive is by profession a decision maker. Uncertainty is his opponent. Overcoming it is his mission” John McDonald. This statement is the best description for Anne Mulcahy. CEO of Xerox, Anne Mulcahy, is a very successful CEO who started her made her way up the corporate latter starting in sales. Anne Mulcahy was dedicated to the success of Xerox, and had to make difficult decisions in order to make the company see growth in profits again. In order to fulfill her vision of the success of Xerox she had to sell divisions, and lay off employees. All though these were tough decisions to make Anne had to do what was necessary to save Xerox from bankruptcy. Ms. Mulcahy cut a billion in cost in her first year as CEO. She also made the executive decision to put money into new technology as a way of reinventing Xerox. During week two Learning Team A had to answer questions based on this information. Learning Team A discussed how Xerox embraced characteristics of taking risk, and characteristics of managerial decisions. Throughout the discussion it was clear that most of the team members in Learning Team A agreed that Xerox embraced risk taking. The reason for this is that Xerox was on the verge of falling into bankruptcy. In order to save the company Anne Mulcahy had to cut, terminate positions, and sell divisions in order to...
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...Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 1:04-CV-552 Hon. Richard Alan Enslen DANIEL LUBELAN, individually, JOHN JULIN, individually, JERRY ELLSWORTH, individually, STEVE HOMRICH, individually, DAVID BOWER, individually, jointly and severally, Defendants. _______________________________________/ Of Counsel: HILL AND ASSOCIATES, LLP DeClercq Druminski & Perlman James D. Hill (P88332) Anthony J. DeClercq Attorney for Defendant Attorney for Plaintiff 161 N. Clark St. 55171 Pacific Ridge Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Macomb, MI 48042 (913) 706-9986 (586) 321-7630 JamesDonaldHill@gmail.com decler16@msu.edu January 12, 2002 DEFENDANTS’ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities........................................................................................................ii Issues Presented...............................................................................................................1 Statement of Facts...........................................................................................................1 Summary of the Argument..............................................................................................3 Standard of Review.............................................................................................3 I. Argument........................................................................................
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...Performance Evaluation 5-04-14 Executive Summary In this paper the discussion will be based on Citibank’s performance review process, James McGaran’s feedback for last year’s appraisal & approach to give that feedback, and my recommendations of changes in processes and procedures that I am recommending. James McGaran has been employed by Citibank for the last eleven years and started as an Assistant Branch Manager and was promoted quickly through the ranks to Branch Manager. He has delivered exceptional results during his time as Branch Manager of one of the most important branches in the Los Angeles area. In 1995 a decision was made to update the performance evaluation to drive not only financial results but also drive strategy implementation, customer satisfaction, controls needed in banking, and leading people. Based on what is presented as the current Citibank performance review template in the Harvard Business School article changes should be made to reflect a more rounded feedback loop. Performance Review Session with James McGaran James is going to receive an overall Par rating for his performance review based on the criteria set out in the Citibank review procedure. The procedure lays out that if you have any area in the review that is below par the highest overall score can be only Par. (Harvard, 1999) Approach to the feedback session with James The approach to give James feedback on his performance for 1996 would be...
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...Curriculum Source References The following references were used in the CFA Institute-produced publications Quantitative Methods for Investment Analysis, Analysis of Equity Investments: Valuation, and Managing Investment Portfolios: A Dynamic Process. Ackerman, Carl, Richard McEnally, and David Ravenscraft. 1999. “The Performance of Hedge Funds: Risk, Return, and Incentives.” Journal of Finance. Vol. 54, No. 3: 833–874. ACLI Survey. 2003. The American Council of Life Insurers. Agarwal, Vikas and Narayan Naik. 2000. “Performance Evaluation of Hedge Funds with OptionBased and Buy-and-Hold Strategies.” Working Paper, London Business School. Ali, Paul Usman and Martin Gold. 2002. “An Appraisal of Socially Responsible Investments and Implications for Trustees and Other Investment Fiduciaries.” Working Paper, University of Melbourne. Almgren, Robert and Neil Chriss. 2000/2001. “Optimal Execution of Portfolio Transactions.” Journal of Risk. Vol. 3: 5–39. Altman, Edward I. 1968. “Financial Ratios, Discriminant Analysis and the Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy.” Journal of Finance. Vol. 23: 589–699. Altman, Edward I. and Vellore M. Kishore. 1996. “Almost Everything You Wanted to Know about Recoveries on Defaulted Bonds.” Financial Analysts Journal. Vol. 52, No. 6: 57−63. Altman, Edward I., R. Haldeman, and P. Narayanan. 1977. “Zeta Analysis: A New Model to Identify Bankruptcy Risk of Corporations.” Journal of Banking and Finance. Vol. 1: 29−54. Ambachtsheer, Keith, Ronald Capelle, and...
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...Alternative Dispute Resolution Paper Stefanie James Law 531 Instructor: Tom Jones There are many disputes that happen is this world that can occur between family’s, friends, and businesses. Most people would think that these situations would be handled in court but going through the system takes time and can be expensive. Alternative Dispute Resolutions is a less cumbersome way to settle disputes without litigation. Some examples of the ADR form are arbitration, mediation, settlement and trial jury. Before the decision is made to handle a dispute, the cost and benefits need to be analyzed between which route to pursue, Alternative Dispute Resolution or the traditional litigation. In San Antonio, Texas Joshua and Steve were friends who decided to come together and start a business selling shoes. The first step they took was deciding which form of business they would pursue. After consulting with a business specialist they decided to commit to a partnership. A partnership is a form of business that has more than one owner that are in control of making all decisions. One negative aspect is the partners have unlimited liability and are fully at risk for obligations of the business. This means all the debt of the business is the debt of the partners (Mallor, 2013). The income of the partnership has to be filed on the partners individuals federal taxes because all income goes to partners whether or not it was actually distributed to them or not. The partnership...
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...MGT 550B MANAGING THE INNOVATION PROCESS Course Introduction Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management PANOS KOUVELIS Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management Director of Boeing Center on Technology, Information & Manufacturing Sr. Associate Dean & Director of Executive Programs Has Always Been a Good Student !! (avoided “real life” as much as possible) B.S., Mechanical Engineering, NTUA M.S., Industrial & Systems Eng., USC MBA, USC Ph.D., Operations Management, Stanford Loves to Teach 4 years, Business School, UT Austin 5 years, Fuqua School of Business, Duke 14 years, Olin School of Business, Wash.U. (My wife has decorated my home office walls with nicely framed teaching awards, “most popular professor at Olin, ***Bus. Week ranking”) Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management PANOS KOUVELIS (cont’d.) Consults Frequently (to any firm having money & troubles to spare) Recent “victims”: Solutia, Duke Hospital, IBM, Aerofil Tech., Express Scripts, LHB Ind., Reckitt & Beckinser, Boeing, Ingram Micro, MEMC, Spartech, MECS, Maxim, Bunge, Smurfit Stone, and Emerson. Writes a lot (“publish or perish”)...
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...| 2013 | | Team Project Plan Part AProject Management Establishing a new café, Devine Beverages in Norwest business park | Table of Contents Executive summary 3 Purpose of the document 3 Project background 4 Scope Statement 4 Project Name: 4 Project Sponsor 4 The project sponsors for Café Divine are Divine Beverages Pty Ltd. 4 Project objectives 4 Description of the project 5 Project deliverables (Figure 1) 5 Milestones 6 Legal Requirements 6 Location Sourcing 6 Financial 7 Human Resources 7 Marketing 7 Technical Requirements 7 Projects Constraints/Limits and Exclusions 8 Customer Review/ Monitoring and Controlling 8 Work Breakdown Structure 9 References 13 Appendix 13 Figure 1: 13 Project Charter 14 Team contract 17 Executive summary The aim of this report is to detail how Divine Beverages Pty Ltd will be establishing its first café. The location of the café will be in Norwest Businesses Park. Management have determined that the construction of Northwest Rail link, will in turn lead to a large and sustained growth of business clientele within the Norwest/Bella Vista area. The café management also determined that their competitive difference will focus upon providing an exotic blend of kopi luwak coffee, coupled with a multilingual workforce who can fluently converse with foreign corporate clientele. Divine Beverages management have determined that there are seven major deliverables each with its own major milestones...
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...Principles and Articles of the United States Constitution Tammie Johnson Grand Canyon University: POS 301 June 19, 2013 Principles and Articles of the United States Constitution Principles of the Constitution | Self-Government | The principle where the people are the decisive source of governing authority and decisions are made based on majority rules (Patterson, 2011). | Separation of Powers | The principle used for the allocation of power among the legislative, executive, and the judicial branches that outline the responsibilities of each branch. | Checks and Balances | A system of the government used to preserve a balance of power among the three branches of government so no one branch can over-power the other two. | In the United States, the federal government uses a system called checks and balances to ensure that the three branches of government are working equally and that no one branch becomes superior over the other two. The three branches that are based on the principle of separated institutions sharing power are the legislative, executive and judicial. Each branch has powers that it can use to check and balance the operations and power of the other two branches (Kelly, 2013, para. 1). What makes this system effective is that each branch must be willing to compromise to ensure the American people needs are put first and the safety and security of the nation is constantly being enforced. For instance in an attempt to limit the power that each branch...
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...Organizational Paper Sheila Madison Management 330 Glenn Conowitch February 21, 2007 Organizational Structure Paper Businesses in today’s world are looking to organizational structure to assist with building a successful organization. Organizational structure is used as a foundation to ensure each department as well as employee knows the proper direction to take. There are two organizations, The Sharp and AT&T, which incorporate organizational structure in the day-to-day business. Each organization will be evaluated to compare and contrast the impact of organizational structure. AT&T utilizes the three functions of management to build a dynamic organization. By introducing organizational structure to the corporation, an effective working environment is created for each employee. Now AT&T has created an organizational chart to provide a reporting structure for employees to follow. The organizational chart also provides where each department stands in the corporation. Both vertical differentiation as well as horizontal differentiation is utilized in AT&T. The chief executive officer along with the human resources department have worked together to create an organizational chart for the Mission Systems sector of AT&T. The program manager is at the top of the chart. His primary function is to oversee the sector and works with the assistant program managers. The assistant program managers work with the program manager to task the engineers with assignments to be completed...
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...Impact of Change at Starbucks Mark Louden Cardinal Stritch Managing Change MGT 545 Scott Braught August 12, 2013 Impact of Change at Starbucks Executive Summary There is something about Starbucks that goes beyond caffeine. Starbucks has used their multi-cultural diversity to turn challenges into opportunities for success. Corporations such as Starbucks use Performance Management Systems (PMS) to monitor progress towards achieving a set of specific objectives and goals. Organizations commonly identify evaluating performance as the most demanding. Leaders are apprehensive discussing and providing feedback on behaviors because the process uses too much time supervising employee’s job tasks. The best way to keep these challenges from weakening a performance management operation is to meet the issues directly. This paper will identify, analyze and assess the impact of organizational change at Starbucks to enhance the customer experience as well as offer some recommendations for continued success. Introduction Starbucks has experienced phenomenal growth since 1992 and has become one of the greatest retail stories in recent history. The company currently occupies all fifty states and forty three countries with over 16,000 stores (Starbucks, 2013). Starbucks just celebrated its 42nd year in existence on March, 8, 2013. Eric Conger is the entrepreneur behind Starbucks who created a model coffee shop with a passion for superior coffee. The company’s goals grew...
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...Virgin Atlantic Marketing Case Study Presented by Donal Manning James E. Salter Andre Tuinzing Prepared for Professor Enda McGovern Dominican University of California iii Virgin Atlantic Airlines Manning/ Salter/ Tuinzing Table of Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS………...…………………………………………………..IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….V HISTORY OF VIRGIN ATLANTIC ................................................................................. 3 B ACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................. 3 F LEET .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 R OUTE N ETWORK........................................................................................................................................ 7 A IRLINE P ARTNERSHIP ................................................................................................................................ 8 A IRLINE ALLIANCES .................................................................................................................................... 8 STRATEGIC PLANNING ............................................................................................... 10 MISSION S TATEMENT ..................................................................................................................
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...has decreased in recent years (Dawkins et al 2012), possibly due to improved antenatal care. However, it remains one of the most common complications in pregnancy (Hill et al 2005) affecting 1-2% of pregnant women (Dawkins et al 2012, Hill et al 2005, McCormick 2008). Acute Pylonephritis is the most serious urinary tract infection in pregnancy (Le 2004, McCormick et al 2008) and successful treatment usually requires hospital admission (Jolly and Wing 2010). It is most often seen in nullparous and younger women and there appears to be a link with lower socioeconomic status, diabetes and sickle cell disease, although not with ethnicity (Hill et al 2005, Jolley et al 2012). It is more common in the 2nd and 3rd trimester (Archabald et al 2009, Hazhir 2007, Hill et al 2005) as the presence of urinary pathogens seems to increase as pregnancy advances (Hill et al 2005). There does appear to be an association between repeated urinary tract infections and sexual activity (Bernard et al 2011, Pfau and Sacks 1992). If not effectively treated, acute pyelonephritis may have serious consequences for both the mother and fetus. Urinary tract infections in pregnancy may lead to septic shock, anaemia, respiratory insufficiency, fluid balance disorders, renal scarring, acute kidney injury, chronic renal insufficiency and death (Hill et al 2005, Jolley and Wing 2010, Jolley et al 2012, Kumar et al 2009, Nwoko et al 2012, Vasquez and Vilar 2010). They have also been associated with pre-labour...
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...Contents Executive Summary 4 Background 4 Problem Statement 4 Analysis 5 Operational Models 5 Options, Implications and tradeoffs 5 SWOT ANALYSIS CHART 6 Blueprint for Sunset Grill 7 Recommendations and Conclusions 8 Executive Summary The Sunset Grill-at-Blue, an all-breakfast franchise, located in the Village at Blue Mountain, Ontario is currently operated by Bruce Melhuish. Even though the franchise was named Business of the Year in the counties of Simcoe and Grey, the first year of operation resulted in breaking even. Sunset’s service concept is aimed at providing affordable family meals. The restaurant features an open-concept kitchen, which allows Melhuish to oversee the interaction between staff and customers, and the order process, as in the breakfast business the main goal is to get food out quickly as possible. The purpose of this report is to identify the operational problems of the restaurant and provide recommendations based on an analysis of feasible alternatives. Based on the analysis it was discovered that customer demand had been increasing due to the Village at Blue Mountain ski resort experiencing high occupancy rates during the summer and winter. Because Sunset Grill had not forecasted the high demand of customers during weekends, and thus not adjusted the staff, the ordering process was delayed and created queues of up to 25 minutes. By performing an assessment of the restaurant’s operations...
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...SOUTHERN RURAL SOCIOLOGY, 24(1), 2009, pp. 200–222. Copyright © by the Southern Rural Sociological Association DURKHEIM DID NOT SAY “NORMLESSNESS”: THE CONCEPT OF ANOMIC SUICIDE FOR INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY COURSES PHYLLIS PUFFER BIG SANDY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE ABSTRACT The definitions of anomic suicide presented in introductory sociology textbooks from 1996 to 2007 were compared with the definition given by Durkheim in his own writings both in the original French and the English translation. It was found that only one textbook correctly gave Durkheim’s own definition while the other definitions showed little or no relationship to the original concept. The original concept was based on an analysis of the economy, more particularly the business cycle, and refers only to the structure of society and not to the mental state of the individual. An attempt is made to discover the source of such a widespread and well-accepted error. All of us are concerned about the introductory course in sociology, no matter the august reaches of academe we might have attained. Nearly all of us have taught it at least once, if only as teaching assistants during our graduate school days. Some of us always teach it. The rest depend on it as a basis for their advanced courses, for a supply of research assistants, and ultimately to build public appreciation and support for the field. If we think of the number of students who take introductory sociology in just one small...
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