...learnt in this term. The film is called “17 again”, which is directed by Burr Steers and written by Jason Filardi. This movie is took place in USA and released in 10 April 2009. The budget of this movie is $20000000 US and the final gross is $64149837 US which is a great success. This story is taking about the main character-Mike O’Donnell ( Zac Efron) whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life. The genre of this film is comedy romance, which is a hybrid genre as I can find lots of signs and conventions in the movie. For examples, the kissing scenes and some silly reactions of the characters can be found in the movie. What’s more, the lighting in this film is high-key lighting which connotes the meaning of happiness and serenity. Moreover, the mode of address in this film is indirect to the audience which was used the third person angle to encode the meaning to the audience. On the other hand, I choose this movie because of few reasons. Firstly, I love the main character- Zac Efron very much. He has acted in many teenage romance films before, for instance, High School Musical 1, 2 and3. After I watched the High School Musical, I admire his out-looking and his acting skills. Therefore, I choose this film. Besides, the narrative of this movie is very special, which is a non-linear structure and always include some flashback...
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...successfully located the gay gene! Yippieee!” “Excellent, we will begin insertion immediately, this is going to be even bigger then the new Justin Spears CD!” Perez replies gleefully. The insertion is a process that all new born babies must go through where they will be given the gay gene so that they grow up to be gay. A large island just east of Jamaica, Efronia (named after the gay god Zac Efron), has been built as the fabulous Eden for the gays to flock during the eradication. Once everyone is safely corn-holed inside Efronia the rest of the world will be destroyed by nuclear warfare, effectively eliminating the parasite that has been ravaging the planet, the straight man. Our story leaps ahead years after the Eradication… the insertion is working perfectly and Perez, who is now known as His Fabulousness, looks at his land of Efronia, and it is good. The sky has been changed so it is constantly changing colors like a rainbow, the roads are painted yellow and made of brick, in honor of Judy Garland, who is studied in school as a hero of the old world. All intersections in Efronia have a statue of Zac Efron, whom which the land is named. Robots do any sort of labor, therefore everything is free, there is not even a form of currency in Efronia. The only worry on anyone’s mind is making sure they keep their lube stocks from going too low, lest they have to give up an opportunity. The citizens spend their entire days watching fashion shows on tv, eating fine cuisine, and having...
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...shall we build? The idea is not to create a business plan, just to generate some ideas. Many of the ideas will be new, and there will be quite a few ordinary ones, but a few will emerge that have real potential. Second, define your goals. Do you want financial independence, eventually selling your business to the highest bidder? Or do you want something small and sustainable, that you love doing and want to derive a steady income from? These are the things that are good to know very early. Define your team. Will you do this alone, or will you bring in one or two trusted friends to join you? Think of some of the biggest success stories in recent times include Bill Gates and Paul Allen; Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak; and Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In every case, the partnership brought out the best in both sides of the equation, and every one of them became a billionaire. But you have...
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...The Entrepreneurial Leadership Abstract Entrepreneurship is defined as “the willingness to take risks”. (Kurtz, 2010 p.182). The people who make entrepreneurship happen are those who “seek a profitable opportunity and take the necessary risks to set up and operate a business” who are known as entrepreneurs. (Kurtz, 2010 p.182). In this assignment, we will analyze the different leadership styles of the well know entrepreneurs, Thomas Edison who was an American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, and Anita Roddick who is the founder of The Body Shop and encourages social responsibility in a number of facets. In addition, we are going to discuss the major business principles these entrepreneurs used to achieve their goals. Presently, entrepreneurship has become increasing encouraged because of the chance of job security and financially stability; enhance their quality of life, Entrepreneurship starts with a vision to change society, a culture, the world, or just a single person’s life, with a product or service and Anita Roddick had a vision to make a profitable business. Entrepreneurism is a curious thing. When one man has a dream, he goes out and converts that dream into a reality. For centuries, this has been the American way. There are several questions an entrepreneur has to ask himself, though; first, will I be making profit? No one wants to go into business to waste his time or money. Second, an entrepreneur must ask himself if he is being socially responsible...
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...Facebook and this instantly became a massive hit, with over 500 million worldwide users. * He graduated from Harvard University, showing anything can be accomplished with hard work and networking. Jeff Bezos * CEO of Amazon.com played a vital role in e-commerce growth. * Amazon is a global business and sells a wide range of products, in 2008 he was named by US News & World Report one of America’s best leaders. * He was named Time Magazines person of the year in 1999, showing his passion to apply amazon.com to the rapid growth in internet use. Larry Page and Sergey Brin * Founders of the world’s number one Search Engine, Google.com which is used by the large majority of the world’s population. * They hit record profits and till this day have kept Google.com as the number one most used search engine on the planet, using innovation and creativity. * In 2003 both Page and Brin received an honorary MBA from IE business school from embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lending momentum to the creation of new business. Will be happening if the team are performing to the very best of their ability & making exactly the presentation you want? If the team are working to the best of our ability this will be effective for us as a group because this will allow all roles to be equally shared, participation and contribution will be very high, different ideas will be put into one creating the best possible outcome. If team members are performing exceptionally...
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...Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google, a leader in Internet search technology, while they were graduate students at Stanford University. The company's mission statement is: "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.” However, the company's unofficial slogan is “don’t be evil.” The company leadership style is profit-oriented. Brin asks questions like “Is this the place I would want to work if I were graduating from a doctor of philosophy degree program now?” (Deutschman) The major business principle of their profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach is choosing how to use human and natural resources; investing in equipment, machinery, and buildings; and forming partnerships with other firms. These are economic decisions all businesses organizations make. Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, develops and markets natural cosmetic products. In addition to developing and selling natural cosmetics, she advocates community trade, human rights, and animal protection. Anita’s leadership style focuses on ethical behavior. “The Body Shop remains as famous for its ethics as its success.” (Hughes) The major business principles of her social-responsibility oriented entrepreneurial approach are fair trade, environmental awareness, animal protection, respect for human rights, social campaigning. Anita’s visionary beliefs have remained intact throughout. (Hughes) “The Body Shop Foundation supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't...
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...Management Lessons From Larry Page Posted May 16, 2013 by Ryan D Synopsis: After Google’s Larry Page’s announcement that he suffers from vocal chord paralysis, questions of management styles have arisen. How do you manage your company? Have you ever tried it any other way? We discuss. Google CEO Larry Page has trouble speaking at times. For years, people questioned if something was wrong as analysts found his tone not quite right during reporting calls. Two days ago, he clarified the situation for everyone, writing on Google+ that he suffers from vocal cord paralysis likely brought on by a virus damage from a cold. This has brought along a national conversation about how to lead while sick or suffering from an illness. In the post, Page writes: “And giving long monologues is more tedious for me and probably the audience. But overall over the last year there has been some improvement with people telling me they think I sound better. Vocal cord nerve issues can also affect your breathing, so my ability to exercise at peak aerobic capacity is somewhat reduced. That said, my friends still think I have way more stamina than them when we go kitesurfing! And Sergey says I’m probably a better CEO because I choose my words more carefully.” While it’s hard to say whether or not he’s better, it does bring up questions about management styles. Has his improved because of the inability to talk? Would that work for you? Everyone has their own way of managing the...
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...computer engineering at the University of Michigan. While at university, Page’s skills came to the fore, creating an inkjet printer out of LEGO and serving as a member of the 1993 solar car team. On top of his forays into invention, Page served as the president of the Beta Epsilon chapter of Eta Kappa Nu. Afterwards, he moved to California to study for a Masters in computer science at Stanford University. It was here that he started exploring the structure of the world wide web for a dissertation thesis. Page honed in on trying to work out how many pages linked to any given page, believing the information to be valuable for citations and academic publishing spheres. Sergey Brin, a fellow student, soon joined him on his project. They had already met in 1995 at an orientation for Ph.D candidates. Brin, a few years Page’s senior in the program, was showing around the new arrivals, but this was the project that solidified their future. In order to fully catalogue the backlink data they had amassed, they developed the PageRank algorithm. The power of the idea occurred to the pair who realized that they could create a far more powerful search engine with this sort of programming than was then available. The first version of Google...
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...Introduction According form the sentence “ Creativity and innovation are essentially perceived as the building blocks toward the achievement and success of entrepreneurs”. The sentence is mention with regard to creativity and innovation in term of business. There are many confusion theories concerning creativity and innovation in term of firms and partnerships. Therefore, the writer is going to find out and explain the sentence. Then, this essay will give the definition of creativity and innovation, and determine the key word of the sentence. Why the creativity and innovation are important for successful for entrepreneurs as the building blocks of company and organizational firm. In addition, the writer will provide an example case study that support of how significant of those two words is. Many theories of Creativity and innovation in term of business can be cause of confusing in the sense of creativity and innovation. However, Creativity and innovation are two different terms and they technically have different sense. Fist of all, creativity in term of business is described, as “Mental characteristic that allows a person to think outside of the box, which results in innovative or different approaches to particular task” (BusinessDictionary.com, n.d.). Therefore, creativity is a result processing of knowledge including curious, experience, imagination, and evaluation. Base on the theory of Burrus (2013), “the creativity is divided into three steps: Discovery: the lower...
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...Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile Monique Jerry Strayer University BUS 520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Dr. Nicole Ortloff February 2nd 2014 1. Provide a brief (one 1 paragraph) description of the organization you chose to research. The company that I chose to research is the company Google. Everyone is aware of Google. It is the most widely used search engine in the world. Google is considered to be one of the best, if not the best search engine of all time. The company Google is considered to be a technological giant and a threat to other tech giants, for example Microsoft. Google’s creators Larry Page and Sergey Binn, started this company in 1995. Google was first developed to be a search engine, but it has crown to the point where it can be used as an internet browser also. Unlike its competitor Microsoft Internet Explorer, it has to be compatible with certain browsers in order to function at its fullest potential. 2. Examine the culture of the selected organization. Google’s corporate culture began with its founder’s philosophy, the famous 10 tenets. (Lisa Jackson 2013). And since Google is still controlled by its founders, that means that the culture in part of the company’s mantra. Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Binn believe that trust is one of the most important aspects for the culture at Google. Google mission is a culture of choice. That is they are not a conventional...
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...The mission of Google)is to organize the information of the world and make it useful and universally accessible to all. It was founded back in 1998, but was created in the background by two former Stanford University college students since 1995. The names of the founders are Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since the startup, the company has grown to employ over 40,000 worldwide. The name Google comes from the word “googol”, meaning 100 zeros following the number 1. Google reportedly generated $21 billion last year, in which close to 95% of that was from advertising. The platform used by Google connects people’s queries to the information they are looking for. That benefit along with the free services that Google has to offer is what attracts a wide variety of customers. Advertisement is at the top of the list when it comes to discussing the business model for Google. Adwords is one way that Google uses advertising to increase its revenue. Adwords came about in 2000, which is a self-service program for creating online ad campaigns. Based on the words that are used across Google’s platform, advertisers can reach you. Every click that you make, even if you did not choose one of the paid results in a search browser, its being watched by Google’s computers. Everything that you search and write is being watched. In the past, many users paid internet providers like AOL for use of their online service and email. Google’s founders used this as an opportunity to monetize on. When...
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...Management at a Company Rasheta Haynes MGT500 Modern Management Robert Miller 5/25/2015 Abstract In this paper we will examine the management style of Google Inc. We will also evaluate two key changes in the selected company's management style from the company's inception to the current day. Indicate whether or not you believe the company is properly managed. As well as explain senior management's role in preparing the organization for its most recent change. Provide evidence of whether the transition was seamless or problematic from a management perspective. Also we will evaluate management's decision on its use of vendors and spokespersons. Indicate the organizational impact of these decisions. And we will look at managers within the selected company; suggest one innovative idea that could have a positive impact on both the employees and customers of the company. Indicate the approach you will take in implementing the new idea. Lastly, predict the selected company's ability to adapt to the changing needs of customers and the market environment. Indicate one key change in the management structure that may be beneficial to ensuring such an adaptation to change. Evaluate two key changes in the selected company's management style from the company's inception to the current day. Indicate whether or not you believe the company is properly managed today. Provide support for your position. The announcement of Eric Schmidt moving aside as Google CEO...
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...competitive salary, bonus, and equity components, along with the opportunity to earn further financial bonuses and rewards. Google has offices around the globe, from Bangalore to Zurich, but regardless of where we are, we nurture an invigorating, positive environment by hiring talented, local people who share our commitment to creating search perfection and want to have a great time doing it. Googlers thrive in small, focused teams and high-energy environments, believe in the ability of technology to change the world, and are as passionate about their lives as they are about their work. The work culture and employee empowerment philosophy at google was apparent form the day the company was launched in 1998. The founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to establish Google as a company that was to be seen as a company run by the Geeks. The HR department in its alignment with the business strategy of trying to attract the best minds across the globe to work for Google, has since always aimed to become the strategic partner to the business operations....
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...According to Fortune and All Business magazines, Google is the fourth-most admired company in the United States. Google was also listed as the top company to work for in both 2007 and 2008. The main reason for this employee admiration is Google’s cross-functional organizational structure, which the company maintains though stellar leadership and innovative management techniques. 1. History o Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google has always operated on the motto, “Don’t be evil.” This moral code helps to guide employees because Google only holds them accountable to management to a degree. To keep the spirit of innovation the company was founded on, Google employees are mostly accountable to themselves. They have the freedom to spend 70 percent of their time on current assignments, 20 percent on related projects of their choosing, and 10 percent on new projects in any area they desire. Features o The “70-20-10 rule” represents a managerial guideline, but it also authorizes the employees to take risks. Google executives encourage employees and managers to work directly with each other, instead of through more formal channels. The executives work closely with employees and other departments in a form of cross-functional management. Google’s open communication contributes to the organizational structure and their idea policy is one of the most substantial managerial features. It gives the staff a sense that they contribute to the company’s business objectives...
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...According to Daft (2008, p. 4) the definition of leadership has been discussed since ages in the academic environment but scientific studies have started in the 20th century. There are a lot of suggestions about its definition one of which is that leadership is nothing more than a romantic myth – people hope that their problems will be solved by someone’s sheer force of will. One of the popular definitions is “Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes” (Daft, p. 5). Some people cannot distinguish the difference between a manager and a leader. It is well-known that you can be a leader without being a manager. Bennis and Nanus propose that “managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing” (Are Managers Leaders, 2011). In order for everyone to be an effective leader they have to be able to find the right balance between moral, social and business characteristics of leadership. According to Yukl (1989, p. 6) an effective leader is generally someone that leads by example and other people just tend to follow because they believe what they do is the right thing. A commonly used measure of leader effectiveness is how well the leader’s group fulfills its tasks and attains its goals. Another indicator is the attitude of followers toward the leader. A very important measurement of the leader’s effectiveness is his contribution to the quality of the group...
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