...Differentiating Between Market Structures ECO/365 OCTOBER 19, 2015 Differentiating Between Market Structures Competitive balance between market structures distinctive in each industry. The characteristics of a market will give you an idea of as to the type of market you are working with. For this PowerPoint slide I will be focusing on Jacobs Engineering Group. The company operates in a variety of industries mainly focused on the technical service industry. Pa ge 2 Market Structure The market structure can be defined by the number of firms; negotiation strengths in terms of ability to set price; the amount of concentration among them; the amount of differentiation and individual products; and the ease or difficulty of entering and exiting the market. Pa ge 3 Oligopoly Characteristics In Oligopoly you would find only a small number of sellers that is few enough that any individual can affect the market. Ability to set own prices Pa ge 4 Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group is one of only a few firms that dominate their industry. This means that it cannot be a Monopoly because there are multiple firms and it cannot be perfect competition because there are few companies competing. Monopolistic Competition is also ruled out because there aren't many firms competing with similar products/services. Pa ge 5 Strategic Decision Making Strategic Decision Making Taking...
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...Russell Lytle Professor Jordan History 440 December 13th, 2011 Different Strokes for Different Folks The hunter has now become the hunted. For centuries during the age of the Roman Republic and Empire, citizens of Rome knew that north of the Alps resided longhaired, thick-bearded, untamed races of Germanic peoples that Romans, both pleb and aristocrat eloquently referred to as barbarians. These naked savages to the north had shown they could defeat the mighty Roman Empire repeatedly by using tactics the Roman legions were not accustomed to, and superior knowledge of their home terrain. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forrest and the failed conquest of Briton perfectly illustrate the capability of these so-called barbarians. In addition, as the empire declined, the Germanic tribes to the north made a habit of brutaly raiding and pillaging Italian towns and cities. However, after the Western Roman Empire collapsed the people of Gaul and Germania, once enemies of Rome, became its heirs. Over three centuries following the fall of Rome, the once “barbaric” tribes that had occupied Western Europe now seemed domesticated. The Carolingian dynasty, predominantly under Charlemagne, formed a new Holy Roman Empire, and the modern states of France and Germany were begging to take shape. This along with a widespread devotion to the religion of Christianity, intermarrying of Romans and Franks, an increase of literacy rates, and an improving climate saw the Western Europeans become as civilized...
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...Different Movie, Different Life I like watching movies in my spare time, such as action movies, emotion movies, and suspense movies, actually I like all kind of movies except horror movies. Action movies can make me passionate and feel good, and actors in action movies are handsome and cool. I am excited by the fight scenes in action movies, which are amazing. I also enjoy in emotion movies. That kind of movies can show me various emotions in our life, and teach me what they are and let me know I should treasure them. Furthermore, I can realize the emotion which I never seen in my life. I can exercise my ability of thinking when I watch suspense movies. My brain is thinking when I watch that movies in a whole time. And I really admire creator of that kind of movies, they are genius and so smart. Let me talk about this kind of movies I dislike, horror movies. Somebody say watch horror movies can release pressure and relax themselves, but I do not think so. I am so upset and afraid when I see something about horror movies, even a playbill or a soundtrack. I do not know why so many people like watching horror movies. My favorite movie is called The Shawshank Redemption. I think so many people have seen this movie. This is an old movie which shown in 1994, I was 2 years old in that year. I watched it some months ago; the story really shocked me indeed. The story is about a banker called Andy; he was falsely charged with murdered his wife and his wife’s lover. He used 19 years to...
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...Different and Equal or Different and Better The Economics of Health and Health Care June 10, 2013 Strayer University Assignment #4 Select a country that has universal health care system provided by that country and provide some background information on this country. The Obama administration passed a health care bill that takes the U.S. part of the way towards a government-controlled system. However, it’s no secret that health care costs are increasing out of control in this country. Research says, as individuals we spend more per person on health care than both food and housing. Insurance premiums are multiplying much faster than inflation, which prevents economic growth and leaves businesses with less money to provide raises or hire more workers. While the quality and availability of medical care in the United States remains among the best in the world, many wonder whether we'd be better off adopting a universal government-controlled health care system like the one used in Canada. America doesn’t have universal health coverage; over 37 million people are without health insurance and approximately 53 million are underinsured, which means that they are inadequately insured in the event of a serious illness. Universal health care is a term that refers to a government system meant to ensure that every citizen or resident of a region that has assess to the required medical services. Thirty years ago there wasn’t a significant difference in the provision of health care...
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...Communication with Different Cultures Given different cultures, brings communication challenges to the workplace. Even when employees are located in different locations or offices but speak the same language (for instance, correspondences between English-speakers in the U.S. and English-speakers in Japan). In the skillport module I received a score of 100%. Within the module there were tests and before receiving 100% I had to take them a few times. My thought wasn’t the correct answer with what the computer was saying but I understand the point they were trying to make, after reviewing the information. Effective communication begins with the understanding that the sender of the message and the receiver of the message. This can be a challenge with different cultures and backgrounds, this introduces a certain amount of uncertainty, making communications even more difficult. Learning the basics about cultures and something about the language of communication in different countries is important. This is necessary even for the basic level of understanding the culture in order to engage in appropriate greetings and physical contact, which can be a tricky. For example, kissing a business associate is not considered an appropriate business practice in the U.S., but in Paris, one peck on each cheek is an acceptable greeting. And, the handshake that is widely accepted in the U.S. is not recognized in all other cultures. Another example is from the company I work for. We hired a pharmacist...
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...Sonny Not So Different At All In Nacirema, stuffing a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth along with specific powders of magic is done to prevent from: losing teeth, any bleeding of the gums, shrinking of the jaws, losing friends and lovers. Traditions that are practiced within certain communities are everyday normal daily activities but to those outside of the community within, see them to be strange or abnormal, but in reality, they actually share a lot in common with each other. People of Kroy Wen have their own traditions and ways of life that they are accustomed to just like the people of Nacirema. Horace Miner with the influence of Professor Linton explores into the world of the very secretive Nacirema people. They are seen living in between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui, Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles and are believed to be originally from the East. The Nacirema people are known to possess great self-discipline and it is without a doubt that they all share the same patriotism towards their community in keeping their world private to any strangers that may come wandering around their homes. In American tradition, one would be sitting back with their mouths wide open alongside a metallic tray holding shiny sterilized instruments waiting for the dentist to fix his/her toothache. In Nacirema, the patient would instead move a bundle of hog hairs in combination with certain magical powders in their mouth...
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...The Many Different female contraceptives How they work Biology 1101 Females have many different choices when it comes to playing it safe and protecting themselves from pregnancy. One in three girls has had a child by the age of 20. The pregnancy rate among females age 14 and under rose from 13.5 in 1973 to 17.1 in 1992 and about 9% become pregnant each year. In 1994, there were 12,901 births to teens under the age of 15. This can be stopped by the many different kinds of contraceptives. There are pills you can take like the combination pills, mini pills, or plan B. Also there are different kinds of devices that can be put in you like NuvaRing, IUD’s, and Depo-Provera. Other methods you can use that don’t involve hormone doses are abstinence, condoms, and Spermicides. Abstinence is when you don’t have sex at all. If the sperm is never entering the vigina then there is no chance for it to fertilize the egg. Spermicides work differently. There is sexual intercourse and the spermicides are a lube like substance that is supposes to kill any sperm it comes in contact with. So if used as lube the sperm comes out of the urethra and in to a pool of spermicides and dies on contact. Condoms work as a trapper. They cover the penis during intercourse and when the man ejaculates the latex casing catches all the sperm and keeps it from entering the vigina. These are all forms of birth control that don’t deal with hormones. The next set of birth control deals with the releasing of...
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...not only considered a guide but a way of life. The Bible doesn’t speak on homosexuality very often when it does, it condemns it as sin. Wahls mentions that, sexuality of his parents was rejected by the Christian faith in which they were both raised. This led them to embrace the more accepting teachings of Unitarian Universalism. This teaching is what they instilled in Wahls, which is why he considers himself a Unitarian Universalist. This is something my Christian faith would not allow me to be, because the teachings of a Christian are much more strict then those of a Unitarian Universalist. In my opinion there are more differences than similarities when comparing my life to Wahl’s life. We were both raised by parents of different sexualities. Wahl’s was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, but I was raised as a Christian. I was privileged to have both my parent’s teach me how to take care of myself. Wahl’s learned how to shave from his best friend’s dad. And he learned how to tie a tie from an article in Playboy. Although I strongly stick to my Christian beliefs, I would never discriminate against anyone for being...
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..."Life isn't like in the movies. Life...is much harder." Life in the movie is something about the magical powers or something special. It convinces the audience somewhere else what they want to expose. It can be realistic or fantastic; it depends on their characters imagination. It is a great difference from movie when comparing with real life. No one can predict what will be happen in the future or what it will be. The story is about a young kid who love movie. He names Toto; he becomes a little Alfredo’s co-director who is projectionist. As this point, it makes friendship between Toto and Alfredo. Alfredo teaches everything in his life to Toto. Alfredo loves Toto as his son; later Alfredo becomes father who Toto has never had before. Toto once thinks his life represent like a movie. Alfredo tries to advice Toto that projectionist is not a best thing for Toto. Everything has to changes. Nothing can be staying last forever and noting happy ending like a movie that Toto thought. Town will never change and people never die, Toto just like a blind man that cannot see from realistic world. The real world is more complexity and nothing can be that Toto want. It is not always what he thinks it is. This is the thing that Alfredo tries to tell Toto many times. Through, Toto is facing many things in his life as like film and many things does not happy as like film for example, one hardship experience that he meets; it is his first love. He is not successful with his love as film ...
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...Different Schools Evette Grayson Ashford University EDU650: Teaching Learning and Leading in the 21st Century Instructor: Kimberly Smith July 13, 2014 Introduction. The educational development of students around the world differ. From the teaching methods to the philosophies of each teacher to the needs of their students, schools have adjusted themselves to cater to the needs of their students. With the many differences in teaching and learning methods, the ongoing debate of how a student is taught and what they learn is ongoing. Still, at the core of this debate is that all parties involved agree that the primary focus is the student. This paper will illustrate the commonalities and differences between an elementary teacher from Wichita, KS and a high school biology teacher from Monroe, LA. This paper will also be supported by interviews from two teachers to help further explain the educational standards of today’s times and its effect on students. Summary From my interview with Kyle Hill, a public high school biology teacher from Monroe, LA, alongside my readings of an interview with Janice Thomas, an elementary teacher from Wichita, KS, the similarities and contrasts in the teaching and learning vary greatly. There is the obvious age gap between the two, as well as the sex of the instructor that contribute a part in the differences in the teaching. However, the commonality that all teachers share is that the focus is- and has always been- on the best needs...
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...A Different Shot My chosen text is “In Creve Coeur, Missouri” by Rosanna Warren. Only in Creve Coeur would an expert photographer firebug snap a shot so eloquent: fireman bent low over the rag of body held like impossible laundry pulled too soon from the line, too pale, too sodden with smoke to flail in his huge, dark, crumpled embrace. He leans to the tiny face. her hair stands out like flame. She is naked, she has no name. No longer a baby, almost a child, not yet a ghost, she presses a doll-like fist to his professional chest. Her head falls back to his hand. Tell us that she will stand again, quarrel and misbehave. He is trying to make her breathe Strong man, you know how it’s done, you've done it again and again sucking the spirit back to us from its lair of smoke. We'll call it a fine surprise The snapshot won a prize and the fireman saved her that night in Creve Coeur. 9/11, the Columbine Massacre, the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina. All four were terrible and sad events. Yet, the photographs taken of these events are some of the most moving in the world. They may show some of the saddest things one can imagine, but they are still looked at as beautiful. The photographers of these events are said to be masters of their craft, and they receive praise from thousands of people, but what about the family members of those depicted in these pictures. How would you feel if you lost your mother? Even better, how would you feel...
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...Females are more likely than males to indicate that they use an interactive style of management called transformational leadership. This leadership style was found to be correlated with lots of management skills associated with success. After doing lots of research I have found that females receive more developmental opportunities than their male colleagues. Through the early 1990’s, a growing body of research emerged that there were no gender differences in gender differences(Rosener , 1990). Although the work of Rosener have shaken lots of studies to find out if gender really play a part in your work place, they all have difference in opinion. Given the number of studies that have been done on this subject everyone has came up with different findings. Gender differences in such styles such as leadership and management it is important to emphasize that the research results may not provide enough evidence of gender differences in actual leadership behaviour and management effectiveness. Rather, the study provides insight into gender differences in self-rating of leadership styles and management skills. Women in much of the research have found to have more skills and more pride in their work. Males have pride but lack the communication that is needed to provide self-skills in doing a great job. Women were found to listen and pay more attention than their male colleagues...
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...Table of Contents Acknowledgement3 Abstract4 INTRODUCTION ABOUT LEADERSHIP5 Effective Leadership6 Leadership Qualities6 Traits of Effective Leadership7 LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT8 INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY9 Corporate Policy and Work Culture9 Leadership Style11 MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP About Motivation13 McDonald’s Motivating Factors13 TEAM-WORK AT MCDONALD’S16 THE OVERALL LEADERSHIP AND CORPORATE VALUES17 CONCLUSION19 THE CASE STUDY20 References21 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . We are heartily thankful to Allah Almighty for giving us the strength and health to work on this report work. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to our beloved teacher, Madam Sumaira Osmani, for her guidance throughout this report. We had some difficulties in doing this task but she was always there to guide us whenever we were faced with any problem. We gratefully acknowledge the suggestions and academic support provided by our subject teacher Sir Hassan Tahir Siddiqui. Last but not the least, we wish to express a sense of gratitude and love to all our friends for sharing the ideas and our parents for their support, strength, help and for everything. We also offer our best regards to all those who supported us in any respect during the completion of the report. ABSTRACT In this study we sought to discover what leadership techniques and group skills are actually practiced by McDonald’s employees. By reviewing a series of research we discovered that McDonald’s...
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...Essay based on Social Approval and Disapproval of groups and people Edie Holt Milwaukee Area Technical College PSY 199 Psychology of Human Relations Section Number: 208 Dr. Marica Tipton January 30th 2013 Social Approval: Dear you say What You Think? Social approval is the positive evaluation of an individual or group in social context. (psychology.wikia.com) Psychology influences the topic, because it explains how people want to have the approval of others. Psychology studies the mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychology) “Dare you say what you think?” identifies the different levels in which social approval is for different people. Before I answered the questions this assessment gave, I went through all of different assessments to see which one I thought would best describe me. After reading all of them I thought that I was more in the average area, however I found out that I was actually on the highest assessment. When reading my assessment again I came to relies how the assessment that I got actually did describe me better than any of the other assessments did. I believe that the score was correct, some values that I see in myself that were mentioned in wanting social approval and avoiding disapproval made me look at the things differently. An example is that, I always look for the approval from my superiors when I am working with children. There are certain rules that you have...
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...A Different Mirror Q1-Takaki: Ronald Takaki dissects the role of ideology in the process of racial domination. Chapter two provides an introduction to The Temptest; which is William Shakespeare’s theatrical production that Takaki used to parallel the dominant group’s ideology of different ethnic groups. The summarized storyline focuses on how “Prospero [who] was sent into exile with his daughter, took possession of an island inhabited by Caliban, and plotted to redeem himself” (Page 28). Prospero was portrayed as sophisticated, intelligent, capitalistic, civilized and superior. Caliban was portrayed as savage, uneducated, sensual, and overall inferior to Prospero. The English believe the Irish and Africans mirror Caliban and use that concept to justify the treatment of those groups. The English categorize the Irish as wild, living outside of civilization, tribal, nomadic, brutish, uneducated about God, no etiquette, lazy, idle, barbarous, and beastly. They used this Caliban ideology of the Irish to forbid them from purchasing land, bearing office, being a part of a jury, and marrying any colonizers. The English even took it as far as using violence against the Irish to teach them obedience and duty. The English described Africans much like the Irish in that they were wicked, foul, Brutish, uncivilized, sensual, beastly, without God, lacked manners, and only capable of manual labor. The English use this ideology to justify enslaving, humiliating, torturing, suppressing...
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