...“How does it feel to be black and poor?” (Venkatesh, 16) This was one of the questions Sudhir Venkatesh had set out to answer for his research as a graduate student at the University of Chicago. His research focused on gang life and poverty in Chicago during the opioid epidemic. As you would expect, this question starts his relationship with the gang on the wrong foot. However, Venkatesh soon finds himself in not only a self-proclaimed “intimate” friendship with J.T., the leader of the local branch of the Black Kings, but also becomes submerged in the Robert Taylor Homes community. Throughout his time with J.T. and the Black Kings, Venkatesh repeatedly questions the roles and benefits of the gang within the Robert Taylor Homes community. Despite...
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... If a graduate student from an elite university showed up at my door with intentions to study me, I think that I would allow him access. I would like the chance to hear what they had to say about my lifestyle. I’ve always questioned the way I live and if other peoples lives’ are similar. I don’t think that I live an odd life, but it would be interesting to see how a stranger viewed it. I know at first that I’d be a lot like J.T. in regard to certain aspects of my life. I wouldn’t behave the way I always do, I’d be on my best behavior at least until we familiarized ourselves with one another. If we became friends like Sudhir and J.T. then I would have no trouble letting my guard completely down. 2.) How would your reaction differ from what Sudhir Venkatesh encountered in Gang Leader for a Day? I think I would have had a very different reaction from Sudhir, at least in the beginning. If my first run in with J.T. was like his, it would have also been my last run in with J.T. First and foremost I would have been very scared, I mean he was held hostage in a stairwell over night. Secondly, I would have taken the fact that I was just held hostage very personally. Then if I did find it in my heart to go back there and hang out with J.T. and his crew at the first sign of real violence I would have been out. I in no way condone selling or using drugs, but it’s one thing to see that happen, it’s a total other thing to see a group of young men beat an older man for using the basketball...
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...DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR GANG LEADER FOR A DAY NAME__________________________ 1. How would you respond if a graduate student from an elite university turned up at your door and announced his intention to study you? How would your reaction differ from what Sudhir Venkatesh encountered in Gang Leader for a Day? 2. Give a character sketch of J.T. What are his particular strengths and weaknesses as a leader? 3. In Gang Leader for a Day, Venkatesh continually compares the Black Kings’ drug trafficking with more conventional forms of American business. To what extent are you persuaded by these comparisons? 4. What strategies does Venkatesh use to gain the confidence of J.T. and the other people he meets at Robert Taylor? Does he ever completely gain their trust? Why are issues of trust so difficult in this book? 5. In chapter two, Venkatesh and J.T. argue about whether a “culture of poverty” exists among poor blacks in America. In your opinion, does Gang Leader for a Day do more to confirm or to dispute that there is such a culture? 6. Why is J.T. so anxious and controlling with regard to where Venkatesh goes and whom he talks with at Robert Taylor? Whom or what is he really protecting? 7. On pages 146 through 149, Ms. Bailey blames the conditions at Robert Taylor on a larger society that has denied opportunities to the poor. To what extent do you consider her arguments persuasive? 8. Venkatesh’s regard for Autry Harrison is so great that...
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...Being a drug dealer may mean putting your life on the line to try and make enough money to live your dream life. This is almost the exact opposite for the majority of drug dealers across the world. In this third chapter of Freakonomics, the book de-bunks the drug dealer myth of becoming wealthy selling drugs. Through the pyramid of the drug ring, broken down through this chapter will analyze and explain why drug dealers still live with their mom. A man by the name of Sudhir Venkatesh goes behind enemy lines for his research on explaining why drug dealers make little to no money. Sudhir was born in India and grew up in New York. He went to school in Chicago and was interested in social growth. In his experiment he joins up with a crack selling gang in Chicago to go in depth on...
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...“I’m not black…I'm not african American either, I'm a nigger” this quote is from near the beginning of the book when JT and Sudhir started talking about an interview question he was assigned “how does it feels to be black and poor” which JT later said “niggers can't find work” the two main characters are named Sudhir and JT, JT is a name given to him by Sudhir to protect his identity. Sudhir is an indian that moved to America when he was really young, he is vegetarian which caused some problems, and he considers himself as a special type of sociologist that basically lives with the people he studies. Shortly after the time as of where the last quote was at JT is the leader of the gang in one of the robert taylor homes under the BK controlled. In one of sudhir...
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...December 2005. Journalise them, post into ledger accounts, balance and prepare the Trial Balance. March 1 - Started business with a capital of Rs.9,000 March 2 - Purchased furniture Rs.300 March 3 - Purchased goods Rs.6,000 March 11 - Received order for half-of goods from `C’ March 15 - Delivered goods, `C’ invoiced Rs.4,000 March 17 - Received order for the remaining half of goods March 21 - Delivered goods, cash received Rs.3,800 March 31 - Paid wages Rs.300 2. Make necessary entries in the journals of sudhir in respect of the following transactions : 2010 June 1: Sudhir commenced business with Rs. 50000, out of which Rs 30000 were his own Rs. 20000 were borrowed by him from his brother Sushil. June 7: purchased goods for Rs.20000, out of which goods of the value of Rs.3000 were destroyed by fire but loss amounted Rs.25000 only . The insurance company accepted this claim but paid for it on June 10 . June 15 received from Mahesh an order for Rs.3000. June 18 Sudhir asks his supplier Ram to send goods to Mahesh according to the order . 3. Pass the jounal entries for the following transactions in the books of Kamla of Jaipur: 2010 Jan .1 Purchased goods for cash at 20% trade discount and 5 % cash discount from suresh, the list price of which is Rs 20000. June .5 Purchased goods from Mahesh at 20% trade discount, list price of these goods is Rs. 8000. Jan.6 returned goods to Mahesh as thsese were defective, list price of theses goods is Rs 700 Jan 10 Withdrew goods...
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...rP os t 9-601-163 REV: SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 SANDRA J. SUCHER STACY E. MCMANUS The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company op yo The Master said, Govern the people by regulations, keep order among them by chastisements, and they will flee from you, and lose all self-respect. Govern them by moral force, keep order among them by ritual, and they will keep their self-respect and come to you of their own accord. — The Analects of Confucius tC James McBride, general manager of the new Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., faced the largest challenge of his successful career. A proven veteran of the luxury hotel chain’s march across Asia, McBride’s most recent assignment was as the general manager of the 248-room Ritz-Carlton in Kuala Lumpur. Opened in 1998, the hotel was named “Best Hotel in Asia-Pacific” in the eighth Business Traveler Asia/Pacific magazine Travel Awards Subscribers’ Survey and, for two consecutive years, “Best Business Hotel in Malaysia” by Business Asia and Bloomberg Television.1 As Nikheel Advani, food and beverage services director for the Washington hotel, noted: “James is excellent—we have opened many hotels together. In the place where you didn’t think that it had a chance, he made it the best hotel. That’s his talent. That’s what he can do really well. It’s for the entrepreneurial person who wants to get involved and who thinks they can make a difference.” Do No But this was a new situation, even for McBride. For the first time,...
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...A CASE STUDY ON MOTIVATION Amit was a very brilliant student. He loved challenges and was always ready for new challenges. His lateral thinking skills were excellent and he hated to do things in the same manner every time and solve the problems by using traditional step-by-step logic. He completed his PGDM from a reputed institute. Amit joined XYZ project at ABC Ltd. Delhi in December after successfully completing his training at Bangalore. He was always appreciated for his “out of the box thinking” by his trainers. He always wanted to go back to Delhi, his hometown and live with his parents and when he got a transfer to Delhi he didn’t waste a single moment in saying yes to the new project and heading towards Delhi. Many of his friends were also moving out from Bangalore at the same time which only made his decision easier. He felt that the XYZ project offered better career prospects as it was a new project and he was offered to work on the current technologies that were in demand in the market. He was sure he would excel in his new position at ABC Ltd, just as he had done as a trainee. He joined as Assistant Systems Manager with a handsome pay hike for becoming a confirmed employee of the company. The company also had international operations and there was more than a slim chance that he would be sent to USA or UK on a project. Knowing that this would give him a lot of exposure, besides looking good on his resume, he was quite excited about the new job. I joined...
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...ensuring the care and comfort of the guests. The aims are to: a) Establish a welcoming atmosphere and ensure courteous, reliable service from all the staff of the department. b) Ensure a high standard of cleanliness and general upkeep in all areas for which the department is responsible. c) Provide linen in rooms, food service areas and maintain an inventory for the same. As we know, housekeeping department has four main functions which are to do the cleaning and maintenance, training of its personnel, requisition and control of the necessary supplies and equipment and to provide the paperwork, schedules and reports. These four principal functions must have its own quality that may affect to the customer satisfaction. According to Sudhir Andrews, author of "Hotel Housekeeping: Training Manual," the housekeeping department is vital to attracting and keeping guests through its role of maintaining top quality decor, cleanliness and service. The quality of housekeeping in every hotels are efficiently managed to ensure the cleanliness, maintenance, and aesthetic appeal of lodging properties. The housekeeping department not only prepares clean guestrooms on a timely basis for arriving and staying guests, it also cleans and maintains everything in the hotel so that the property is as fresh and attractive as the day it opened for business. The tasks performed by a housekeeping department are critical to the smooth daily operation of any hotel. A previous researcher has carried...
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...Summary In Freakonomics chapter three, a brave college student goes to answer a question many people do not think about which is shown in the title of the chapter, “Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?” The answer ends up being that family is extremely important to the drug gangs even if they aren’t blood relative, and Sudhir Venkatesh basically gets adopted by a gang he stumbled upon.In the beginning the authors when through the use of conventional wisdom with economics, advertising, and incentives. Response Sudhir Venkatesh was sent into the poorest, black neighborhoods in Chicago, and had to convince the people there to answer his survey even if some of it could be considered blatantly disrespectful. The first question proved just how much danger he could have been in “How do you feel about being black and poor ( Dubner & Levvitt, 2005, p. 90).” This is like if some fancy rich, big city guy came to Scott County, and asked how the people feel about being considered white, poor, and redneck. A lot of people would be offended by this because this would be rude even if the statement was true, they would not want to admit it or let others know about it....
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...could anybody help me in this question ? Explain why an organisation needs to record and manage HR data? SRAVANTHIRENO.MBA@GMAIL.COM - hr data should need for irrespective of any organization,irrespective of any industry.........for recruitment,staffing,analysing the future requirements,compliances,and for general activities...... SUDHIRKUMAR.HR - Contributing Member Hi, This is Sudhir Kumar human resource is the key dept for the organisation and the data should be maintain from the HRD because they will maintain record track from the employee and which is related to payrolls as well statutory and it is easy to findout the information. Suddenly HR Manager will give the transfer the employee from one dept to another where u wil file you should file in his person file than it is easy to find out\\\\\like this increment,appraisals this is very important for record track and file management is very important in HR.if manager asks you any employee file you should know the file where it is . F&F settlement also you should know employee personal record. Regards, Sudhir Kumar any doubts please .... MMENTERPRISES - Contributing Member Hello, it is as simple as it gets. HR, manages the needs and wants of the organisation. his task is to look after the resources that is provided and what resources should be provided to them for the growth of the firm. AKSHAY_SORTUR - Organization or Top Mgt need HR data because they...
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...Marketing Management Term II – 2012 -2014 Submitted to Prof. Srinivas Prakhya Section D, Group 5 Agrim Kumar Aniket Ashok Karde Sanket Deshpande Khushal Dikha Satya Surekha Y S Sukrit Dhar Venkata Rakesh Kolli 1211245 1211247 1211257 1211270 1211297 1211306 1211312 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 4 Indian Noodles Market ........................................................................................................................... 4 Current Market Scenario .................................................................................................................... 5 Nestle Maggi Products ........................................................................................................................ 6 Competitors ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Research Premise and Methodology .................................................................................................... 10 Preliminary Research ............................................................................................................................ 11 Maggi Strategy .................................................................................................................................. 12 Early Strategy and launch ...........
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...------------------------------------------------- individual professional presence PARTS 1 & 2 Combined for Assignment 1 – Unit 2 April 7, 2015 JACKIE FAVEL PROFESSOR: HAROLD DAWSON April 7, 2015 JACKIE FAVEL PROFESSOR: HAROLD DAWSON To analysis and describe which profession I would choose as I view the slides, is the medical profession. Well, this is my degree geared toward health sciences in Healthcare Administration, so to say which slide would be best to describe my profession would be all of them, but I am limited to only one. So the Medical Profession is a health care provider who is any person who provides any form of health care, rather it be a physician, nurse, dentist, mental health provider, health care counselor, manager, or healthcare administrator, who is part of a health care a team within an organization/facility or in a clinical setting (Medical Dictionary, 2003-2015). Now to do this position professionally, one would need to have certain attire, communication skills, and a presentation of self (Adrianns, Jay 2013). Therefore, one can see all which encompasses the medical health profession. The dress fits to the job required in the specialty of the health care profession each projecting an image of self-interest in the field they choose to do in their work stations, as one can see in the image below in the white coat of hierarchy (Absurdist 2012). So as, I observe and see the woman in the picture provided, I see she fits into the realm of...
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...particular social environment, a researcher must be careful. There are times to remain anonymous and times to be overt. There are times to conduct interviews and times to simply observe. Some participants need to be thoroughly informed; others should not know they are being observed. If a researcher walked into a coffee shop and told the employees they would be observed as part of a study on work efficiency, the intimidated workers might not behave naturally. Researchers need to choose topics for which it is possible to develop and conduct research. For example, if a specific group needs to be studied in relation to a particular topic, the researcher must be able to gain access to them. For example, there is the case study of Sudhir Venkatesh. In 2008, Sudhir Venkatesh, an Indian American sociologist authored a 2008 book titled, Gang Leader For A Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets. The book chronicles the life of urban poor in Chicago, particularly the Black Kings Gang. He found that most foot soldiers in drug gangs make only $3.30 an hour. This case study shows how Practical Issues need...
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...10 Tips for speaking English 1. The first thing I would do after getting up every morning was to read the newspaper, front to back. It doesn’t matter which newspaper you subscribe to, as long as it is a major English-language paper, such as The Hindu, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, etc. While different people have different opinions on the quality of each paper, they are all more or less equally useful in getting to learn the language. It is also not necessary to read every page and article; it is time-consuming and, sometimes, boring. However, you should most definitely look for articles that interest you. 2. I bought a pocket dictionary. They are cheap, compact and useful. There were many words I came across on a day-to-day basis that I did not know, and carrying a pocket dictionary everywhere allowed me to look up these words immediately so that the matter would not slip off my mind later. 3. Once learned, I also made a conscious effort to use the words in conversation. This instilled the words in my head and I was able to draw on them whenever required. 4. I convinced some of my friends to come together and form something of a ‘study group’; we were all interested in learning English, and I figured it would make it easier and more fun for us to do it together. We met twice a week in the evening and discussed the words and phrases we had come across, suggested articles, magazines, and books to each other, etc. 5. Another thing my group of friends...
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