...Running head: Midterm Examination M4A1: Midterm Examination James Hallihan Ethnic Conflict and Genocide Theory: In the case of Bosnia, choose the most important theoretical aspect (primordial, constructivist, instrumental, modernization) that you find most helpful in your understanding of the conflict. What does this approach illuminate to you that you find so important and how might it direct you towards one or other levels of analysis? In looking at the Bosnian conflict the most important aspect of the conflict was social constructivism. The definition of Social constructivism is “identities are molded, refabricated, and mobilized in accord with reigning cultural scripts and centers of power”(Cerulo, 1997, p.387). In Bosnia there were three major ethnic groups fighting for control of Bosnia: 1. Serbs- The Serbian people are Orthodox Christians 2. Croats- The Croatian people are Catholic Christians 3. Bosniaks- The Bosniaks are Muslim The two main actors in this conflict originally came from Croatia and Serbia which were all part of Yugoslavia and Russian controlled at one point in time. There is some primordialism overtones in this conflict however, “it is almost impossible for people in the region to trace the ethnic line of most inhabitants”(Jesse &Williams, 2011, p.146), and due to intermarriage between the Croats and Serbians in the region, there are no “physical differences among people of different ethnic origins”(Harvey, 2000, pp.42-43)...
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...PORTERS 5 FORCES ITS ANALYSIS OF BANKING INDUSTRY TAKING INTO PERSPECTIVE THE GROWTH OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS AN ASSESSMENT BASED ON PORTERS ANALYSIS, PEST ANALYSIS, COVERING THE RELEVANT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BANK.IT EVALUATES THE INDUSTRY WITHIN THE MICHAEL PORTER FRAMEWORK.IT ALSO CAPTURES THE IMPORTANT TRENDS AND KEY ISSUES AND PROVIDES AN OUTLOOK ON THE BANK. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 PORTERS 5 FORCE ANALYSIS BANKING INDUSTRY: An Analysis This report analyzes Banking industry taking into perspective the growth of the Indian economy and the sustainability of this industry in the present scenario. The report also contains an assessment based on Porters analysis, PEST analysis, covering the relevant political, economic, social and technological factors that have implications for the development of the bank. Additionally, it evaluates the industry within the Michael Porter framework. The report goes on to describe the competitive landscape and provides a comparative financial study of the major players in the industry. It also captures the important trends and key issues and provides an outlook on the bank. 1. PORTERS 5 FORCE ANALYSIS FOR BANKING INDUSTRY Porters model is, applied microeconomic principles to business strategy and analyzed the strategic requirements of industrial sectors, not just specific companies. The five forces are competitive factors which...
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...to be the author of The Art of War. This was an influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. His work is thought to have had a considerable impact on Asian, and in particular Chinese, history and culture. The recognition of The Art of War grew during the 19th and 20th centuries and has continued to influence not only Asian culture and politics but western society as well (Cultural China, 2010).The Art of War, written during a period of constant war among seven nations seeking the full control of China, discusses how important it is for an organisation, in this case an army, to be controlled, organised and ready to exploit enemy’s weaknesses. The purpose of the text is to demonstrate that structure within an organisation and mutual philosophies shared i.e. confidence, solidity and even patience can give an organisation the best opportunity to succeed in the task ahead, in this case a war. The Art of War perceives that high leadership control is the most influential component to a firm’s success, similar theories can be shown today. For example, Fiedler’s Contingency theory suggests that a good task structure and strong leader-member relations bond forms an environment where a leader has high control of a situation and greater potential to be successful (Ornstein, A 2011). Traditional accounts describe Sun Tzu as a heroic general of the King of Wu (lived c. 544—496 BCE). Victories for Sun Tzu were what inspired him to write The Art of War (McNeilly, M 2003). When Sun Tzu wrote...
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... Organization 3 Strategic Planning Process 3 Road Maps 4 Transformation 5 “The Great Engine War” 6 Leaness 7 ACE 8 Competition…Lessons Learned? 10 Chapter 3…Maintaining the Edge Leadership Challenge…Transforming Culture 14 Growth…The Key to the Future 14 “Re-inventing the Business” 15 Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative 16 Strategic Approach to Managing Human Resources 19 Employee Services 20 Chapter 4…For DoD Lean Thinking in DoD 22 Achieving Competitive Excellence in DoD 22 Outsourcing…”Keeping Our Core Competencies in House 23 Employee Education 23 Life After the Military Service…Improving the Odds 25 Adages of Human Resources 25 Bibliography 26 INTRODUCTION Assignment Overview I was assigned as a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow to Pratt & Whitney Corporation, one of the six principal Sectors of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). My initial assignment with Pratt was to the F135 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Engine Program at the Military Engines Division in East Hartford, Connecticut. Within the JSF Program I served on the Integrated Program Management Team (IPMT) and participated in a number of Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) Readiness and System Development & Demonstration (SDD) initiatives. I also participated on a High Impact ACE Team (ACE will be explained later in this Report), served as assistant the...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS I.INTRODUCTION a) Organisational Change –an overview b) Kurt Lewin and his theories of change c) General Motors International 2. APPRAISAL OF KURT LEWIN’S 3- STEP MODEL (Manufacturing change at General Motors as a case study) 3. CRITIQUES OF THE MODEL 4. CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION In a dynamic world of increasing technology, competition, power relations and managerial opportunism, investment in Research and Development (R&D) by organisations and fluctuations in consumer demand, a complex phenomenon such as change is imperative. Change can be defined as the art of altering the current state of an entity from its present state to another while organisational change is the transformation process of taken up by an organisation in order to move from its existing level to a strategically proposed level by taking up new ideas and a different approach to its operational practices and procedures (Beckhard and Harris, 1987. cited by: Andriopoulos and Dawson, 2009). In analysing the various categories of change, research works have identified a number of traits used to classify the various levels and sorts of change. These include substance of change, scale and scope of change, timeframe of change.(Dawson and Adriopoulus,2009). Grundy (1993) also stated that three varieties of change has set a basis for how managers view change as a homogenous concept and coined them as Discontinuous, Smooth incremental and Bumpy incremental change(Senior and...
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...3/22/2015 3/22/2015 SP2 MODULE 1 – GROUP F Case Analysis: Robin Hood SP2 MODULE 1 – GROUP F Case Analysis: Robin Hood Khemattie Ali (IR) * Sandra Alilovic * Mohammed Musa * Jorge Castro Manrique * Clayton Pereira * Brianne Cartmill * Elena Bayazitova Khemattie Ali (IR) * Sandra Alilovic * Mohammed Musa * Jorge Castro Manrique * Clayton Pereira * Brianne Cartmill * Elena Bayazitova Table of Contents Current Strategy 1 Vision and Mission: 1 Problem Statement 2 Analysis of the environment 2 Internal Analysis 2 SWOT and Porter’s Analysis 3 Strategic Alternatives 5 Recommendations: 5 Literature interpretation questions 6 References 6 Current Strategy Robin Hood’s (RH) current strategy is one of focused differentiation, which consists on an organization concentrating its efforts within a specific region. His objectives were focused on forging a disciplined band and united in enmity against the Sheriff. RH’s methods and policies in achieving his objectives have generally been to “rob the rich and give to the poor” (Gamble, Thompson & Peteraf, 2013, p. 399). This varies from the strategy of their major competitor, Prince John, who implemented a regressive taxation system in England. The strategies are based on the following: 1. Emotional appeal: personal devotion - his personal dislike of the Sheriff and the government. Mass appeal: the majority of population...
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...on manufacturing products. The process involved the re-organization of the economy in which case, it grew rampantly. Being the first of the many countries to transform, the British were considered to be an economic power and unrivalled. Nationalism, on the other hand, implies the highest degree of patriotism where the citizens of a country put their nation’s interest before the others. In the twentieth century, nationalism was plenty especially amongst the citizens of the traditional great powers including the British. Colonialism implies the powerful nations seeking raw materials for their industries...
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...Eliminating Poverty SSCC South Sudan Council of Churches Organisations represented 1. End Child Poverty- Arigatou International – Nairobi 2. Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) 3. National Islamic Council of DRC 4. South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) 5. Refuge Point 6. International Movement of Catholic Students- Burundi (IMCS Pax Romana Africa) 7. Women of Faith Network Burundi ORGANISATION PROFILE - END CHILD POVERTY End Child Poverty is a multi-faith, child centered, global initiative of Arigatou International that mobilises faith-inspired resources to end child poverty by addressing both the structural cause of poverty and the root causes of poverty in the human heart. In our child-centered work and service we seek to integrate positive religious values; we promote faith-inspired initiatives; and we cooperate with like-minded organizations to work together for a world free of child poverty. The initiative was launched at the Fourth Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) in 2012, in Dar es...
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...INDIA’S REGIONAL DIPLOMACY: NEW IMPERATIVES “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War “Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.” -Winston Churchill Introduction 1. India's regional policy, like its economic and international policies, has been facing continuous adverse criticism. Without well-defined and transparent national interests, a national aim and a proper doctrine to support these, it has ended up with vague and blurred goals. Besides, it has remained geared to the doctrine of nonalignment- a philosophy based on wishful thinking, self righteousness, a convenient substitute for hard thinking and decisions. 2. The old order based on a bipolar world achieved the objective of peace, or limiting the extent of conflicts after the Second World War. However, justice and prosperity eluded the old order because of international interests of superpowers. Presently, the world is experiencing transition to a New World Order, with no super power as the centre of the power hub. What then will the new order seek, now that ‘geo-economics’ has overtaken geo-politics. It is therefore imperative for us to know as to what is the role of India in Asian context, and how India’s regional diplomacy will affect the overall politico-military role of the country. Background 3. India being the largest democracy and the second most populous nation in the...
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...Separated by nearly half the circumference of the globe and long divided by the political dichotomy of the Cold War, Azerbaijan and the United States in many ways seem an odd pair. Yet in the international order that has taken shape since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, these two countries have gradually realized that they share a similar global outlook and that many of their differences are complementary. Indeed, they are undoubtedly natural allies. Small, but resource-rich, Azerbaijan has for centuries served as a bridge between Europe and Asia, a link between East and West, and a convergence point of diverse forms of Christianity (Orthodox/Apostolic/Heretical) and diverse forms of Islam (Shiah/Sunnah). At the beginning of the 21st century the country is at the epicenter of global energy issues (and thus geopolitics) and is poised to serve as a hub of international trade and services between Europe, Russia, China, and the Middle East. Still, Azerbaijan is a country in transition. Like the rest of the independent states that formed in the wake of the Soviet empire’s demise, Azerbaijan is establishing and coming to terms with its political identity and role in the post-Cold War international framework. While the country’s abundance of natural resources and strategic location are great assets, they are also a liability, and Azerbaijan faces threats from regional powers on its road to becoming a modern, independent and democratic state. The United States is an important...
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...This article is a copy of the one published in New Society Magazine No.237, January-February 2012, ISSN 0251-3552, www.nuso.org A major transition for a great transformation Reflections from the Yasuní-ITT Initiative René Ramírez Gallegos1 When discussing the development of a political project from the Left there are two opposing positions or aspects: those which promote the idea of better managing and regulating capitalism – that is, striving for “good capitalism” – and those who hold anticapitalist positions. The author of this article argues that a Left that does not give up on the generation of alternatives to capitalism but at the same time is responsible for governing, should think about a “great transition” without losing sight of the horizon of a “great transformation”. This article analyzes the Yasuní-ITT Initiative and presents it as an example of how to merge concrete and innovative proposals (transition) and utopias which go beyond capitalist development (transformation). Key words: Left, Capitalism, Good Living/Sumak Kawsay, Yasuní-ITT The world does not need alternatives for development, but alternatives to development. The world does not need to “better” use capitalism, but to transform it. That is the great historical challenge that the Left should take on, both intellectually and politically. The concept of “development” has been recycled and reborn again and again for all its critics and detractors. However, in a strict sense it has never been questioned...
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...INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the Study Contemporary exigencies due to globalization, the end of the cold war, the information technology revolution and the opposing views of world politics have all necessitated the re-evaluation of the business-society relationship and facilitated the emergence of innovative business social responsibility-practices. In view of the expanding and dynamic nature of contemporary business organizations, awareness of the impact of these institutions is reflecting on the environment in which they operate. This awareness has led to a definite conclusion on the roles of business organizations in the society and the growing demand for corporate social reward in terms of better social performance. For instance, the conflict in the Niger Delta area was aggravated by intense oil exploration activities in the area without adequate compensation from either the government or the oil multinational companies that reap profit from the area. The apparent neglect and marginalization of the people of the Niger-Delta has led to the call for compensation for their exploited wealth, the physical development of their environment and access to political power which made communal clashes, ethnic nationalism and movement for self determination to be prominent in the region and the phenomenon of oil pollution has only added to the already tense atmosphere in the Niger-Delta area. Today, business organizations are enjoined to pay attention to social issues and problems...
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...Anti-drug Legislation Analysis Criminal Law CJA/354 Anti-drug Legislation Analysis Prohibiting and reducing illegal drug trade is a policy of the anti-drug legislation of laws and polices discouraging any distributing, producing, and the consumption of substances. The students’ paper will focus on the federal and state legislation of marijuana. The student will compare and contrast similarities, and differences among the states of Arizona and California. The student will discuss current laws of each state and examine the proposition of legalization of marijuana. In addition the student will review the impact of legislation change at different levels of the current war on drugs in both the federal and state. The student will assess how legalization will affect asset forfeiture and if would be worthwhile. Starting in the United States of America in 1875 the city of San Francisco enacted a statute that prevented smoking opium (Schmalleger, 2010, p. 384). States quick to follow, the enactment of the Harrison Act in 1914 through medical professional was a requirement of the federal government to register and pay one dollar per year on the tax (Schmalleger, 2010 p. 384). Drug trafficking dealers not registered faced the penalty of prison time of five years and up to a fine of two thousand dollars (Schmalleger, 2010, p. 384). In 1920 the legal availability of heroin came to a halt as the courts considered heroin a prolonged addiction therefore as medical treatment was not qualified...
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...political, and security related involvement ‘in these larger, concentric coalitions around ASEAN…in East Asia and in the Asian Pacific’ (Gujral, 1996, p. 12). The look east policy has integrated a larger regionalization framework and strategy encompassing the Asia Pacific issues (Scott, 2007). WE ARE TECHNOLOGY THESIS EXPERTS! ORDER NOW! WWW.UKESSAYHUB.COM The Indians-ASEAN links do not only have economic frameworks but strategic underpinnings as well. As Scot (2007) has indicated, china has been a factor in all of the India’s initiatives albeit blurred in economic progressions. Some analysts have argued that the growing Chinese economic and military influence in Asia has been the anchorage on the basis of which the strategic molding of ‘look East Policy’ was structured. India’s continued influence has therefore been viewed as providing ‘a balance’ to Chinas growing influence in the region. India’s aspiration to be a major global power is indisputable. For many years, India took pride in its role as leader of...
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...report was prepared for International Relations Practice, BS (Hons) Major in Political Science and Minor in Management, taught by Professor Sajaad Naseer ABSTRACT The collapse of the soviet empire is often heralded in the West as a triumph of capitalism and democracy, as though this event was a direct result of the policies of the Reagan and Thatcher governments. This analysis has little relation to measurable facts, circumstances and internal political dynamics that were the real historical causes of the deterioration of the Soviet empire. The key to understanding the reasons for the demise of the Soviet Union and communism in Eastern Europe is to be found not in the speeches or policies of Western politicians, but in internal Soviet history. Through our report we have attempted to discern the various complex factors that came together and led to the unraveling of the Soviet Union and the end of communism in Europe. This report contains an analysis of how social, political and economic factors culminated in the sudden and unprecedented collapse of the Soviet Union at the perceived height of its power. ACKNOWLEDGMENT We would like to thank … Contents ABSTRACT 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 3 INTRODUCTION 5 LITERATURE REVIEW 8 ROLE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN COMMUNISMS COLLAPSE 11 ROLE OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN COMMUNISMS COLLAPSE 14 ROLE OF ECONOMIC FACTORS IN COMMUNISMS COLLAPSE 16 ROLE OF...
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