...The Classic I read was The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I believe this book truly is a classic. Fitzgerald writes this book from the perspective of Nick Carraway, a World War One veteran. Nick had a very intriguing way of explaining the happenings of the story. For instance at some points instead of directly quoting what a character said, Nick would summarize some of the dialogue. The book leaps right in with Nick spending time with his cousin Daisy and her promiscuous husband, Tom. During this meeting you see, right away the frivolity and shallowness of some of the upper class. As Nick spends time at his cousin’s estate they spend most of their time drinking and trying to sound intelligent. At one point they even gossip about the butler’s nose. The only thing that stops them from this monotonous cycle of drinking and gossip is when Tom leaves the table. Daisy’s friend Jordan explains to Nick that he left to talk to his mistress on the phone. Soon after that Tom takes Nick with him to visit his mistress, who is also married, and take her to New York with them. As the story develops you see even more shallowness and promiscuity. Nick meets Gatsby, a wealthy man with old money and an education from Oxford. Gatsby has grand parties at his house and as Nick finds out many people show up uninvited to drink Gatsby’s wine and be seen in high esteem. Nick also notices how fake the people can be. There are a few occasions in the book where people who have grudges between...
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...Role and Functions of Law Name LAW 421 October 10, 2012 David C. Cory, J.D. Role and Functions of Law The paper will discuss the most important function and role in law in the health care field, and the important aspects related to health care. Along with how the laws, and functions affects today’s patients and the physicians. Laws are established by the government to create a improve society and business relations. Laws also are put forth to have ethical standards in business, and expectations are supplied through these laws. Therefore, so that no one takes advantage of another individual, which in turn leads society to follow the rules and regulations. Classification of laws There are abundant kinds of laws these include; constitutional, administrative, and common law. The constitutional law exits in the state and federal level. Each state has its particular structure that maximum basis of law within the state’s limitations (Melvin, 2011). Administrative law is made by the government agencies with ordinances to local statute distributed by local legislature. Administrative law is the foundation of law that approves the implementation of power by the executive branch, and independent government agencies. Common law is based on similar facts from a previous case, and has particularly not distributed by the legislature. Congress passed the Whistleblower Protection Act in 1989 (Whitaker, 2007). Legislation intent was to increase security for the principles of federal...
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...paper is also involved in specific product manufacturing like tissue, cardboard, etc. Pulp wood plays a significant role as a fundamental raw material. Back in the last decade, Indonesia as the largest pulp and paper producer in South-East Asia ran this industry based on its 141.4 million hectares tropical rainforest covering. However, serious deforestation has occurred due to the over-development of the paper and pulp industry. More and more rare species of animals and plants are becoming extinct, not to mention global warming, water loss and soil erosion. This report will discuss the said deforestation and its effects on Indonesian environment and its community, and also focus on analyzing the role of various sectors, namely thepaper and pulp product buyers, environmental non-government organizations and the Indonesian government,within the paper and pulp industry. Asia Paper & Pulp Group(APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) are used as examples of the paper and pulp manufacturers. The report will be concluded by providing recommendations regarding the issue. Indonesia overview Indonesia maintains the highest rate of illegal logging among other countries, up to 60% of timber production. Corruption has been a prevalent issue in Indonesia, and was even worse after the end of the Suharto government system. Deforestation rate is excessive from 1.3 to 2 million hectares every year. Indonesia represents about one-quarter of global tropical...
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...CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION PAGE 4- 6 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY PAGE -7 3. RESEARCH DESIGN PAGE -7 4. LITERATURE REVIEW PAGE -8-9 5. DATA ANALYSIS PAGE-10- 13 6. DISCUSSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE-13-14 7. CONCLUSIONS PAGE-15 8. REFERENCES PAGE-16-17 INTRODUCTION : Themobilebanking isdefinedas“theprovisionofbanking servicestocustomersontheir mobile devices”: specificallytheoperation ofbank currentand deposit or savings accounts. According torecentresearchfindingsandforecastsinbusiness,mediaandacademia,mobile phonesandhandhelddevicesshouldhavebeenfirmly establishedasanalternativeformof paymentinmosttechnologicallyadvancedsocieties[16].Despiteongoingefforts by key playerssuchas banks, mobilenetworkoperatorsandmobilepayment serviceproviders (MPSP)inpromoting andoffering mobilepaymentoptions,absenceofwidespreadcustomer acceptanceofthisinnovationhaveresultedinalag intheadoptionofmobilepaymentsasan alternativeformofpaymentmechanism[17].Whileeachoftheseplayers approachthe marketwithdifferentexpectations,severalstudieshave shownthatmerchant/consumer adoptioniskey tothesuccessofmobilepayments[16,17].„Mobilepaymentsaredefined as theuseofamobile devicetoconductapaymenttransactionin whichmoney orfundsare transferredfromapayertoareceiverviaanintermediaryordirectly withoutanintermediary‟ [18].Duetotheall-encompassing natureofthisdefinition,itshould bemadeclearthata...
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...The Origins of Modern Management Consulting In 1993, AT&T spentmore on management consulting services than on corporate research development, AT&T is notalone[8, p. 60]. Wall Street and and analystsexpectbillingsfor consulting services advanceat twice the rate of to corporate revenues over the next decade. Yet, despitethe size, growth,and influence consulting of firms,business historians haveremained uncharacteristically silent aboutthe origins,development, impactof management and consulting, or "management engineering" was asit known before Second the World War. In this 2 paper, will describe professional I the origins management of consulting firmsat the turnof thecentury anddiscuss why, after slow,gradualgrowththroughthe 1920s, thesefirms took off duringthe 1930s. I argue(1) that historians have wrongly assumed that management consulting arosedirectly out of Taylorism,(2) that engineers,accountants, and lawyers, often supervised merchantbankers, by provided counselthat later became the primary repertoire of management consultants, (3) thatthelegalseparation investment commercial and of and banking in 1933drovetherapidprofessionalization growth management and of consulting duringthe GreatDepression. Recent historiansof scientificmanagement, includingDaniel Nelson, StephenWaring, and JudithMerkle, have tracedthe impact of Taylorismon contemporary institutions diverse business as as education, public administration, andBritish industry longaftertheProgressive-era for...
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...An Empirical Analysis of the Value of Complete Information for eCRM Models Author(s): Balaji Padmanabhan, Zhiqiang Zheng and Steven O. Kimbrough Reviewed work(s): Source: MIS Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Jun., 2006), pp. 247-267 Published by: Management Information Systems Research Center, University of Minnesota Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25148730 . Accessed: 01/03/2013 09:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Management Information Systems Research Center, University of Minnesota is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to MIS Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded on Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:24:20 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Padmanabhan et al./The Value of Complete Information for eCRM Models Qjarteriy of the Value An Empirical Analysis Information for eCRM Models1 By: Balaji Padmanabhan Operations and Information Management Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 3730 Walnut Street Philadelphia...
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...― 109 ― Toyota and Why It Is So Successful Robert B. Austenfeld, Jr. 1) As of May 2006 GM was still struggling to stay out of bankruptcy. (Received on May 10, 2006) 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe one of the most successful companies in the world and explain the reasons for that success. Fortune magazine’s February 20, 2006 edition featured this headline on its cover: “The Tragedy of General Motors” and a story of GM’s woes by Carol J. Loomis. Two weeks later, Fortune’s next edition on March 6, 2006 had this headline on its cover: “How Toyota Does It: The Triumph of the Prius.” This stark contrast is typical of the stories circulating in the media these days. At a time when a company that was once admired and for many years held the lofty position of the world biggest automaker appears on the brink of bankruptcy 1) , Toyota is about to overtake it in global sales this year (O’Dell, 2005). Why is Toyota continuing to thrive at a time when other carmakers are struggling to survive? At the outset I would like to acknowledge the main source for much of the information in this paper: The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey K. Liker (2004). This paper is organized as follows: 1. Introduction 2. The history of Toyota 3. The Toyota Way 4. Summary and conclusionPapers of the Research Society of Commerce and Economics, Vol. XXXXVII No. 1 ...
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...Does Voluntary Disclosure Improve Stock Price Informativeness? Author(s): K. Stephen Haggard, Xiumin Martin and Raynolde Pereira Reviewed work(s): Source: Financial Management, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Winter, 2008), pp. 747-768 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Financial Management Association International Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20486678 . Accessed: 25/07/2012 04:27 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Blackwell Publishing and Financial Management Association International are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Financial Management. http://www.jstor.org Does Voluntary Stock Price Disclosure Improve Informativeness? K. Stephen Haggard, Xiumin Martin, and Raynolde Pereira* According to theory, comovement in stock prices reflects comovement in thefundamentalfactors underlying the values ofstocks. Recent theory contends that stockprice comovement can be driven by information markets or the informational opacity of the...
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...Trustees of Princeton University Now Out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989 Author(s): Timur Kuran Source: World Politics, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Oct., 1991), pp. 7-48 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2010422 . Accessed: 26/02/2011 05:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cup. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Cambridge University Press and Trustees of Princeton University...
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...UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Aruna Chandra Hall (Near Post Office), Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh-160 014 (India) Telefax: 0172-2701403 Phone: 0172-2534889 Email: uiams@pu.ac.in Website: uiams.puchd.ac.in SYLLABUS OF THE 1ST YEAR TRIMESTER – I CODE MBA-011 MBA-021 MBA-031 MBA-041 MBA-051 MBA-061a MBA-061b PAPER Principles and Practices of Management Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decision Making. Managerial Economics Human Resource Management Accounting for Management Seminar on Executive Communication Workshop on Information Technology for Management CREDITS 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 MARKS 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 TRIMESTER – II CODE MBA-072 MBA-082 MBA-092 MBA-102 MBA-112a MBA-112b PAPER CREDITS Quantitative Methods and Operations Research 4 Economic Environment for Business 4 Production and Operations Management 4 Financial Management 4 Seminar on Negotiation Skills 2 Workshop on Management Information Systems 2 o Introduction to Retail Management (R. Mgt.)* 4 SECTORAL SUBJECT – 1 MARKS 100 100 100 100 50 50 100 o Principles of Banking and Insurance (B & I)* o Introduction to IT and Telecommunications (IT & Tel)* o Introduction to Infrastructure (Infra. Mgt.)* o Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology (Pharma. Mgt.)* o Hospital Planning and Organization (Hosp. Mgt.)* MBA-122 *R. Mgt= Retail Management; B&I= Banking & Insurance; IT & Tel.= IT & Telecommunication; Infra. Mgt.=Infrastructural Management; Pharma. Mgt...
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...LORRAINE ANSBERRY H A Raisinin the Sun Characters RUTH YOUNGER TRAVIS YOUNGER WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER) BENEATHA YOUNGER LENA YOUNGER (MAMA) JOSEPH ASAGAI GEORGE MURCHISON MRS. JOHNSON KARL LINDNER BOBO MOVING MEN The action of the playis set in Chicago's side, sometime South between World War II and thepresent. Act I Scene I Friday morning. Scene II Thefollowing morning. Act II Scene I Later, thesame day. Scene II Friday night, a few later. weeks Scene III Moving day, one later. week Act III An hour later. ACT I SCENEI The YOUNGER living room would comfortable wellbe a and ordered roomifitwere for a not number of indestructible contradictions to this stateofbeing. furnishings andunIts typical are 486 Lorraine Hansberry distinguished and their primary feature now is that they have clearly had to accommodate the livingof too many people too for many years—and they aretired.Still,we can seethatatsome time, a time probably no longer rememberedby the (except perfamily haps for MAMA),the furnishings this room were actually selected of with care and love and even hope—and brought tothis apartment and arranged with taste and pride. That was a long time ago. Now the once loved patternof the couch upholstery has to fight to show from under of itself acres crocheted doilies and couch covers which have themselvesfinally come to be more important than the upholstery. And hereatable or a chair has been moved to disguisetheworn places thecarpet; in but the carpet...
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