...STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: A DISCUSSION AGENDA For highlighted points – refer to secondary source only For the rest – refer docs in Moosa’s loki (and also secondary sources if need be) 1. Customer Analysis - Alpa a. What are the major segments? b. What are their motivations and unmet needs? 2. Competitor Analysis - Alpa a. Who are the existing and potential competitors? What strategic groups can be identified? b. What are their sales, share, and profits? What are the growth trends? c. What are their strengths, weaknesses, and strategies? 3. Market/ Submarket Analysis - Ruchira a. How attractive is the market or industry and its submarkets? What are the forces reducing profitability in the market, entry and exit barriers, growth projections, cost structures, and profitability prospects? b. What are the alternative distribution channels and their relative strengths? c. What industry trends and emerging submarkets are Significant to strategy? d. What are the current and future key success factors? 4. Environmental Analysis - Ruchira a. What environmental threats, opportunities, and trends exist? b. What are the major strategic uncertainties and information-need areas? c. What scenarios can be conceived? 5. Internal Analysis - Ravi a. What are our strategy, performance, points of differentiation, strengths, weaknesses, strategy problems, and culture? b. What threats and opportunities exist? ...
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...B – Society’s Child The text, which is an excerpt from “Society’s Child- My Autobiography” deals with the themes of saying your opinion and to stay true to yourself even though it’s hard and the racial discrimination that still occurred during the 1960’s. I shall elaborate on both of the themes and the way they’re presented. The author of the text is the well-known musician, folksinger and writer Janis Ian who was born 1951. Janis Ian had her first hit single, “Society’s Child”, at the age of thirteen. The song is about an interracial romance forbidden by her mother and frowned upon by peers and teachers. The extract from her Autobiography shows her struggle at a concert, as she is fighting to keep on singing as some people at the concert repeatedly started chanting “Nigger lover” as she sang the song. She then runs of stage and into the restroom where she is crying and discussing with her promoter whether she should go back on stage or not. In the end she decides to stubbornly stick to her principles and walk up on stage and began to sing the song again from the top. She gathered the courage and stayed true to herself. The topic is of universal interest. Not only because racism is something that still exists today, but also because the text represents a person with a lot of courage who can stand up for themselves and their principles –even if they’re on their own. Even though it is published in 2009 and discusses the events of the 1960’s oppression of the Afro-American...
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...and affection. A part of what she was missing was compensated by the love and admiration her fans showered her with and what she claims made her the star that she was. Her combination of beauty, sexiness, intelligence and vulnerability is what made her legendary, who continues to inspire many till this day, however that is not all that she was. Marilyn was famous for acting, modeling, singing, etc. She certainly had the whole package. However the entire world was mesmerized by her because of her sexuality and charm. She posed nude for a calendar shot and appeared on the first issue of playboy. The promotion of those photos made Monroe a very popular star. Her fame enlarged when she won a golden globe for her performance in the movie “Some like it hot”. And what launched her as a sex symbol was her appearance in big roles like” gentlemen prefer blondes” and “how to marry a millionaire”. Her dumb character was used for comedic purposes in films; however she was not dumb at all. In fact people recall her being a perspicacious and shrewd business woman who took her craft very seriously. Unlike other contemporary celebrities she was not afraid to take risks. She was smart enough to strike a balance between satisfying her appetite without disappointing the public especially her fans. Trying to preserve an impeccable stain free reputation can be quite the challenge especially with factors that interfere with the process of verifying the soundness of this reputation. Marilyn was...
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...B. Society’s Child – My Autobiography In 1965 the civil rights movement was still at its highest. It was 10 years ago since Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to at white man in the bus. A lot had changed since, but some people could not stand the black, while others began to accept them as being equal with the white people – people were divided. Some did not dare to speak up about acceptance of the black, because they were afraid of being killed. It was the circumstances at that time, but the 15 years old singer/songwriter Janis Ian, was not afraid – at first. She wrote a song about an interracial romance, and not everyone found it acceptable. Janis Ian got a lot of hate mail, threats and even got shouted of the stage, but this only became a turning point for her life and singing career. Janis Ian’s autobiography is written as an article and is divided into columns. The main purpose of a structure build like an article is to inform the readers, and so do this autobiography. It also makes it very easy to read, and her messages also seem clearer. The text contains flashbacks on page 2, column 2 to page 3, column 1 and on page 3, column 2 to page 3, column 1. She uses the flashbacks as an information to the readers about the former circumstances. This gives us a better understanding of the situation. It is very important for Janis Ian that the readers of her autobiography understand how she feels, and feel compassion with her. She is very afraid of going back on stage...
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...education. When designing a curriculum, the comprehension must be understood in a classroom. The topic of this paper is using a curriculum to set up a pre-k classroom. It’s very important when understanding the curriculum to master the essentials when designing a classroom. Designing a classroom is one of the major issues for a teacher when trying to incorporate the curriculum into the classroom. Most classroom are well thought of because the usually plan a participation exploration, and conducive to a learning environment. Teachers who have better classrooms have students with higher achievements and organizational skills. A real challenge for teachers is trying to provide general educations that are inclusive that works for all children. Some of the theories and/or philosophies that I have chosen was John Lock because that education make the man, and I believe that and it’s all about where you put the education after you have it. So he came up with a theory of Associationism. A great mind needs to be brought to light. Another great philosopher is John Dewey because he believed in the continuance of life and the meaning for it is that education is really needed in every person. I envisioned my classroom having a lot of informed posters on the wall and different centers for playing/ learning as in science, technology, manipulative, writing etc., also having a little are in the corner but the window to use during circle time to see the...
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...John Covington Covington 1 7/9/12 English 112 General Public Response to Lucy Grealy’s “Masks” “What on earth is that? That is the ugliest girl I have ever seen.” Proclaimed the boisterous bully from across the junior high lunch table in what would be just another attack on the appearance of Lucy Grealy. Lucy Grealy was diagnosed at a young age with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. The disease took most of her jaw and after many chemotherapy treatments and reconstructive operations she was left with a disfigured appearance. Lucy’s identity was molded by the way she was treated in society. From the time she began grade school she was teased and tormented for being different. Her story is a prime example of how “normal” people alienate anything that doesn’t fit into their materialistic expectations causing a sense of shameful separation and negative emotions to be ascribed toward ones identity. What does it mean to be “normal” in today’s society? Does it mean giving up your ideals or birth rights to stake a claim or hold a position that you deem fitting? Does it mean having to live up to all of the physical and mental qualities that we as Americans value? Society can be a cruel and tempestuous force sometimes, causing us to do things we wouldn’t normally consider just to fit in. This was certainly the case for Firoozeh Dumas when she wrote “After three months of rejections, I added “Julie” to my resume. Call it coincidence, but the job offers...
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...Nadine Mooney December 12, 2014 Christian Counseling The goal of Christian Counseling, according to Dr. Crabb, is to become more like the Lord. Counseling can go down many roads, leaving patients with the “I want to feel good” feeling, or I want to be happy (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). However, in order to fully be happy or to feel good, you must put the Lord first, especially in counseling. The more I abide in Christ, the more I will enjoy the pleasures available in fellowship with God (happiness) (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). Crabb has found that through years of counseling, putting God first, and attempting to be more Christ like, are the only true ways to actually feel good and to feel happy (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). The Lord fills us with unspeakable joy and peace, so much more than anything the world offers (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). Finding happiness for the patients should never be the goal, being more like Christ, should be the goal (Crabb, 1977, p. 22). Counseling, is not only about putting God first, it also about being a trustworthy counselor. As a Christian counselor, what you believe, how you feel and act, what you do and don’t do, matter, a lot. You need to make sure you are building a counseling ministry that is full of caring (Clinton, Archibald, & Ohlschlager, 2005, p. 29). The counselor-client relationship is one of the most important pieces to the Christian Counseling puzzle, and without a client trusting you that puzzle winds up missing a huge amount of pieces...
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...discussed the matter. They came up the solution of us having our own apartment. When they brought the idea to us five we all agreed that it were a great plan. Us having our own apartment meant that we could do what we wanted when we wanted without our mothers nagging us about every little thing. We knew we were going to have fun, but we also knew we had responsibilities that had to be taken care of. We all agreed to do our part and chip in where we were needed. It was time to prove to our mothers we were old enough and mature enough to be on our own and make the right decisions. Frenchie, Dj, Crap, Jamarcus, and I moved in on July 21, 2010. We were going to be staying in Hill Top Apartments, apartment 312. The apartment had 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a living area. Since Dj was the oldest he got a room to himself. Jamarcus and I shared a room and Frenchie and Crap shared the other. We had two cars amongst us, mines and Jamarcus’s. Since we were on our own we tried to save as much money as possible so we always rode together in one car to school, parties, stores, and the mall. All of our mothers had split the rent and utility bill. The only thing we had to provide for ourselves was groceries, gas, house appliances, and anything extra we wanted. They gave us three chairs for the living room but they all were different colors. We all had a TV in our room and one in the living room. Our apartment...
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...bundle. 2. SLOW DOWN YOUR INTERNET SERVICE. I went to the slower internet service option with my cable company and saved $15 per month. And I haven’t noticed a difference when surfing the Net. 3. CONVERT TO A GAS WATER HEATER. They are more efficient and will save you money in the long run. 4. REFINANCE YOU MORTGAGE. If you can reduce your interest rate by one percent or more, it is often beneficial to refinance. This is particularly true for those with high rates due to less than stellar credit scores. If your score has improved, you may qualify for a better rate. I would start by asking your current mortgage lender about lower rates. 5. GET YOUR BOOKS AND DVDS FROM THE LIBRARY. I love books and read every day. While I buy some of the books I read, most come from the library. Simply put, it’s hard to beat free. Many libraries now have movies on DVD that can be checked out. If your library offers this service, it sure beats paying Blockbuster or Netflix. 6. DON’T PAY INTEREST ON CREDIT CARDS. This is obvious, but I soon as you fail to pay off the credit card in full, the high interest payments start to eat away at your monthly budget. If the temptation to spend more than you can pay on a credit card is to great, get rid of the credit card (and ignore the previous tip!). 7. GET RID OF YOUR HOME...
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...Enjoyable and Knowledgeable Class During our CIS course, we learned about the systems development life cycle (SDLC) and covered decisions and activities during some of the phases. SDLC has five phases; analysis, which is the phase to understand and document the current “as-is” state; requirements, which is a phase to define future “to be” state and end user requirements; design, which build technical blueprints of how the proposed system will work; development, which is the phase to transform the design into an actual system; and implementation, which rolls out and tests the new system. However, we only experienced three of the phases during our class, which are the analysis, requirements, and design phases. First of all, we formed our own groups and created an idea of our own app ideas that we wanted to design. Therefore, my group decided to create a recipe app for different kinds of delicious desserts named Dessert Search. During the phase of analysis, we drew out the “as is” process that users will search for a dessert recipe without our app. The process for users seemed to be more complicated and users needed to go through multiple websites to find the recipes that they desire. We also did SWOT analysis for our app, in which we determined our internal and external weakness and strengths for our app. Next, we drew the “to be” process, specified our target market, and created persona for our app during the requirement phase. The “to be” process showed the way the process...
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...due compliment. The fact that I’ve sent this, it already paid it all actually. The sentiment, the time, and the other ones indescribable, they were given justice at the instant. And so I thank you. As I’ve mentioned in the letter, I hope this serves a thing of inspiration to you (well, at the most). My only prayer is that this crap will hopefully make you more feel good about yourself; even for just a little or even for a single second perhaps. There’s really nothing much I can do now to return the favor back but this. You seem to have all things by far. Ako naman, I got everything to offer that is when pigs fly. I should have given this during the Joy Luck Club time. The original letter is preserved since then, except for the month stuff… you’ll see. A little look back from those times will probably help you understand some jargon. Ooh by the way, if you’re wondering, I got your account from the people search engine via the UP site… and definitely with some help from a friend named Marnie. Hope you don’t mind. Ei just to clarify, I’m no stalker here. Needed to say that, you might be freaked out. Ding! Another offense. Did some net surfing just lately and also found out curly long hair fits you rather well. No, really. And, yeah, you do look like your sis. Such a happy family there, huh!? And quite famous too. You’re dad looks kinda familiar. I think I saw him once on TV. Yeah, I believe I did (whatever). And hey what’s with the Semitic koines!? Was it...
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...Catcher in the Rye has been debated over and over in the past 60 years on that exact issue. Some fool hearted people claim that the book is revolutionary and a piece of art capturing the teenager life, but ultimately they are just as clueless as Holden, living in their own fantasy world. In reality the novel by J.D. Salinger can really just be summarized in only one sentence; a kid who hates life that runs away from school after flunking. That sure sounds educational. So due to the combination of vulgar language, sexuality/sexism and an unreliable/arrogant narrator,...
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...and Other “Useless Crap” Financial Wellness and Other “Useless Crap,” back by popular demand, was presented by Professor Elicker, which is enough reason in itself to have attended it. In addition to the prestigious speaker, you can never know enough about finances and managing your money while you’re in your 20’s and a poor college student. As usual, there were many things that I learned, (most that terrified me). For the average college student, our average debt is $31,289 by the time we’re seniors in college. Despite that daunting number, a diploma will mean better money in the future and a larger payoff in the end. Savings of 3-6 months’ worth of expenses is the rule of thumb for emergencies, and a good amount of money for retirement will help you live the life you want, as social security payments are not enough. Not all money being saved should be put into savings accounts – there is a “best” place to save money depending on what you’re saving for. He also talked about student loan debt, and he told us to take full advantage of our grace period after graduation, putting the money we earn during that time into savings. This is the opposite of what I thought is good to do, as I thought paying it off early is best. He told us to think about the different repayment options we have while paying them off, and to ask about discounts through auto pay. Tax paid on the interest of student loans is tax deductible! And, in usual Elicker-fashion, we learned some fun facts – Bruce...
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...* Wow, I'm getting tired with this reworked crap, how the hell less flexible build path, less versatility (Top/Support before and now only Jungle is better while his old roles are much worse now) and literally a copy of Vi's passive with a bit diffirent numbers can be more interesting to play? Sure, his old kits was boring to play against, but current kit makes Shen just another situational jungler which players will get Cinderhulk and some defense items on and even in that case he's hugely limited due to energy, so he can't buy RoA, IBG, Frozen Heart. And most of ppl never got what Shen was doing best and why he was good top laner - minon managment. I could keep enemy's minion wave exactly where I wanted every single time while staying healthy and doing good trades (not every single time, but usually). Heck, I could even stack my own waves even against someone with good waveclear and then taunt'em into oblivion. I dunno, most of You will disagree but I personally take this as a nerf that doesn't affect competetive play since Shen is going to shine there even brighter due to him actually having some outplay potential, but for casuals like me his wonky Q & W mechanics and lowered flexibility is not interesting. Not to mention AP Shen is dead, even though he's a ninja and some people would want to play him as a assassin and he had potential to be build both as a full tank or AP and not being unbalanced in each role with just a few tweaks like higher CD on Q or making it a skillshot...
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...Crap Happens People have always preached to me that we all have a sole purpose in life and “everything happens for a reason”. I detest this saying and I hate to admit that it’s true. Everything does happen for reason. We endure so much crap throughout our lives to build us into the people we are supposed to be. Even the smallest events make us stronger; they keep us grounded by bringing our minds back to reality… What a concept, crap happening for our benefit. I’ve learned that life isn’t a fairy tale; it’s more like a boxing ring. Your opponent throws the punches and you either block the punch or your face plummets to the floor with a single hit. Crap happens though, we have no control over that but, we do have control over the will to pick ourselves up by our “boot straps” and keep on rolling with the hits otherwise we’re giving up on everything that we have endured to get where we are now. In 1997 eight hundred and thirty-nine children were reported molested.1 Two little girls I once knew were not on those records, however. They were molested by their godfather in the summer of ‘97 when the girls were only four and six-years-old. Author Edward Rowan, M.D., states that “younger children with fewer defenses and underdevelopment coping strategies are more susceptible to negative aftereffects and may even show significant impairment in personality development”.2 Ever since then they have both been completely changed. Before they were stripped of their innocence life was much simpler...
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