Humbert’s Voice As An Artist Versus Lolita’s Essay

Nabokov brings out Humbert’s voice as a mixture of two extreme emotional impulses and an uncanny sense of highly complex intellectual. Humbert is persuasive and convincing in a way that is unsettling, a little upsetting, but sleek enough to rob your mind and completely occupy it with its vile verbal exhortations. For instance, in his own description, Humbert though in extreme exaggeration manages to draw the reader into believing that he is â€Å"†¦ an exceptionally handsome male; slow-moving, tall, with soft dark hair and a gloomy but all the more seductive cast of demeanor†¦. with†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ exceptional virility †¦that could obtain at the snap of fingers, any adult female†¦. † Humbert seems to be so much self absorbed and overconfident, a trait which can also be noted in his incessant desire for Lolita. This voice of self-aggrandizement (qtd. in. in Meyer 93) In the same text, Humbert’s voice takes a dramatic shift to of cold and fiery br imstone coupled with a lighthearted sadistic tone. Humbert combines his intelligence with slovenliness, alacrity and alienation. His description of Lolita’s naked body and the vivid account of how he has sex with her when she is sick and how he thinks of raping her again are soul cringing. In contrast his erotic description of Lolita’s â€Å"brown, naked†¦narrow white buttocks†¦.. sulky face†¦Ã¢â‚¬  image displays his soft sensual side. † It’s the voice that could be beautiful, if it were not for something rotten at its core† (Meyer 98) Humbert’s romantic tragedy with Lo begins with the letter from Charlotte and dramatically ends with one from Lo.  Humbert reveals himself as an obsessed lover who would do anything to be in control of the life of their objects of obsession. His obsession is evident in many words he uses in the text specifically his description of Lolita as â€Å"†¦ all rose and honey, dressed in her brightest gingham, with a pattern of little red apples†¦ with scratches like tiny dotted lines of coagulated rubies, and the rib bed cuffs of her white socks were turned down. This description, which is highly detailed, shows how Humbert’s mind and speech was greatly inclined towards every inch of perfection or imperfection of his object of obsession, Lolita. Humbert tries to portray his sexual obsession with Lo as a relationship between the Artist and his piece. While his description of Charlotte as â€Å"the poor lady in her middle thirties, she had a shiny forehead, plucked eyebrows and quite simple†¦ † explains his attempt to try and first identify with her, revealing her susceptibility and areas of weakness before taking control of her. His voice of periphrastic speech contrasts with Lolita’s simple everyday speech. His usage and coinage of words such as â€Å"nymphet†, â€Å"equanimity†, â€Å"cubistic†, â€Å"pacific†, â€Å"blood ripe† and so forth makes him â€Å"†¦sound like a book†¦Ã¢â‚¬  When Lolita’s speech is marked by normal everyday word usage full of slang such as â€Å"Sunset Motels, U-Beam Cottages, Hillcrest Courts†¦Ã¢â‚¬  while Humbert’s speech was full of periphrastic tendencies such as â€Å"You will dwell, my Lolita will dwell†¦Ã¢â‚¬  However, At times he tried to integrate his educative language with Lolita’s street language for instance â€Å"drop that moody nonsense. In former times, when I was still your dream male†¦you swooned to records of the number one throb-and-sob idol of your coevals†¦ Humbert would try to use Lo’s tongue at times as a way of showing disdain for what he did not consider as a proper way of communicating. Lo in contrast would use Humbert’s tongue such as â€Å"Was the corroboration satisfactory? † when she wanted to be devious and French when she wanted to play an innocent good girl â€Å"I choose? â€Å"C’est entendu? † Humbert’s use of his educated speech as a euphemistic tool reveals his modest but warped sense of sexuality. He describes fellatio as â€Å"the hard and nauseous way† or â€Å"the school theatrical program† in reference to the time when Lolita had to beg for his permission in order to take part in the school play. Humbert used blackmail by giving his permission in exchange of sex with Lolita. He used emotional blackmail again when they got into an argument on the eve of the opening night forcing Lolita to throw in the towel and demanded that they leave town. In other instances, he calls his penis â€Å"my life† and tries to coat the sexual encounters using Latin terms â€Å"Venus Febriculosa† while downplaying the fact that he had sex with Lolita while she was sick merely as†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦temperature†¦ † (qtd in Meyer 94) Through this, Humbert is able to transform himself into the â€Å"bewitched traveler â€Å"who has no complete control over what feelings that nymphets arouse in him and his reactions. Because Humbert is â€Å"yearning for something more than life† he tries to find it by transcending the mundane and launches the reader into a spat of imagination. His punishment can be seen as justice on one end but could really be because of his perverted act of presenting an account of his life as an artistic work. His voice assumes that there is no culpability in a work of art, which is true but his work is actually his life and not a general account of life. He tries to justify his actions as if they were â€Å"†¦only a game†, thereby not making him responsible for his actions Lolita’s voice Lolita, because she is so much used to the parlance on the streets compared to the educated periphrastic language that Humbert uses, for instance misunderstands him when he proposes that they run away together to another country forever â€Å" you mean you will give us all that only if I go with you to a motel† (qtd. n Meyer 95). This makes us see what a simple-minded girl Lolita is. Her speech which is filled with radio and TV language makes her seem naive and unknowledgeable. Lolita’s voice is that of desperation. Many a time in the text, she is forced to do Humbert’s bidding because she does not have anyone else to run to. An even when she finally runs away, her expectations are smothered when she lands herself in a far . worse place than before- shooting porn videos with Quilty. Her letter, the last one she ever writes carries her vindictive yet desperate voice. How’s everything? I am married. I am going to have a baby. I guess he is going to be a big one. I guess he will come right for Christmas. This is a hard letter to write. I am going nuts because we do not have enough to pay our debts and get out of here. Dick is promised a big job in Alaska in his very specialized corner of the mechanical field, that is all I know about it but it is really grand. Pardon me for withholding our home address but you may still be mad at me, and Dick must not know. This town is something. You cannot see the morons for the smog. Please do send us a check, dad. We could manage with three or four hundred or even less, anything is welcome, you might sell my old things, because once we get there the dough will just start rolling in. Write, please. I have gone through much sadness and hardship. † (Qtd. in Meyer 99) In this letter, she does not tell Humbert about Quilt (bitter) though she does so later when they meet. . The desperate note on the last sentence of the letter â€Å"†¦I have gone through so much sadness and hardship† perhaps is what leads to Quilts murder by Humbert, when he finds out the truth. Lolita’s voice in does not reciprocate the love in the affair she has with Humbert, rather, it borders more on duty and reciprocity than romantic love. While Humbert’s description of his relationship with Lolita may be taken to mean love by some, it may as well mean lust. His obsession with Lolita in itself shows us a dangerous side of him, which attempts to kill charlotte, and succeeds at killing Quilty, who was seen as obstacles to gaining control of Lolita. In trying to make us believe that he is truly in love with Lolita, he plays the part of a jilted lover in a crime of passion. His antics with the therapists show his calculating manipulative side â€Å"†¦discovered that there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with the psychiatrists: cunningly leading them on†¦inventing for them elaborate dreams, teasing them with fake ‘primal scenes’ â€Å". His need to feel he was in control drove him to imagine he was not to blame in the murder he commits by manipulative persuasion â€Å"Frigid gentlewomen of the jury†¦ I am going to tell you something very strange: it was she who seduced me† (qtd. n Meyer 97) Humbert’s usage of words in the text gives words that may have otherwise had a normal regular meaning, symbolism. In the letter he receives from charlotte (though we only get to learn of the contents through the â€Å"verbatim† recollection of the words from Humbert after he destroys the letter) there is sad genuine passion expressed by charlotte towards Humbert. † You see, there is no alternative. I have loved you from the minute I saw you. I am a passionate and lonely woman and you are the love of my life. . . .  Let me rave and ramble on for a teeny while more, my dearest, since I know this letter has been by now torn by you, and its pieces (illegible) in the vortex of the toilet. My dearest, mon tres, tres cher, what a world of love I have built up for you during this miraculous June! † In this letter, Humbert is able to deliberately leave out some parts which to him do not matter but lets us know what (for instance the death of Charlotte’s brother), those that he forgot genuinely and also questions some of the objects he thinks are his own importation, like the â€Å"vortex of the toilet† which he uses symbolically. He lets us wonder at the absurdity of such an importation and its significance. In other words, Humbert makes us trust him because of his immense ability to recall and even re-write his own pocket diary ( which was destroyed in a fire some 5 years before) and at the same time makes us doubt him for the same reasons; he is a man of huge intellect capable of manipulating the truth. He takes us back and forth in games, which makes us not only unsure of ourselves in whatever judgment we make about him but also his victims. He succeeds in presenting his attraction to Delores (also Lolita, Lo, and Lol) and other nymphets as an inevitable action precipitated by circumstances and not governed by morality. His explanation for choosing to be a pedophile though shamelessly perverted is also convincing in a way that it takes an artistic twist. Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers†¦. reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as â€Å"nymphets†. By banishing his subjects to the realm of the inhuman or supernatural, he therefore has transformed himself into a hero who is in combat with the nymphets. He goes on ahead to describe how a true nymphet is not easily noticeable. â€Å"†¦A normal man given a group photograph of school girls or Girl Scouts and asked to point out the comeliest one will not necessarily choose the nymphet among them†¦Ã¢â‚¬  and completely refuses to acknowledge that these are actually children and not â€Å"maidens† the way he likes to refer to them. (qtd. in Meyers 101). By designating men who have desires for such fantasies as â€Å"mad men† or artists, he denigrates from the social expectation, which considers such kind of behavior not only criminal but also immoral. Lolita’s voice is also stylistically as a symbol of money. Her constant condition was that money would be an end in itself the means did not matter. That she writes to Humbert asking for money is no surprise. Even while in Paris, Humbert’s effort to obtain a nymphet backfires as he gets â€Å"a monstrously plump, sallow, repulsively plain girl of at least fifteen . . . nursing a bald doll,† (qtd, in Meyers 112). His description of the girl is enough to get the reader on his side- no one likes to pay for something and a get a raw deal instead. Hoover whit is important is Humbert’s reaction which completely shows the complete objectization of women. There is a difference in the way Humbert uses his voice as a structurally effective tool compared to Lolita. His desire to express himself in his new country cannot escape the European influence in the way he even refers to the trees and buildings as â€Å"Chateaubriandesque trees† or â€Å"Claude Lorrain clouds† and â€Å"a stern El Greco horizon†. The use of language as a structural tool is also noticed in the juxtapositions of Humbert’s speech with Lolita’s speech. The use of elevated language that is highly intellectual against the television and radio language. The shift from Europe to American is also captured in Humbert’s speeches, which cannot get rid of the French cliches’. Lolita does well in her voice to present the practical utility of the ordinary everyday language compared to the elevated language, which dawdles the reader into a psychological roundabout. The two reveal the stylistic differences of the voice of the television informed by the laymen in the streets and the voice of the cultured and the educated, informed by the written language. Even though at some point in the novel, we feel very angry at Humbert, our anger is held back by his eloquent speech on his defense. It is this moving speech that makes us want to even forgive Humbert for his deeds because he seems not at fault. Humbert tries to convince us that his actions do not stem from a moral standpoint. We feel that his pursuit of Lolita was based on love that was intense but sadly turns tragic, something that was not under Humbert’s control. Humbert wants us to believe that his obsession stems from his failure to accomplish his affair with Lolita because she dies prematurely. His effort to keep Lolita on a leash using threats such as school reform, banishment from taking part in school activities or hanging around boys, appear frantic and desperate. However, he even convinces neighbors that he is simply being the overprotective father- old fashioned. This face does not last for long. He resorts to bribing her with money in return for sex despite the fact that Lolita makes it clear she does not share his feelings. Humbert wants us to believe that he was the victim in his narration. While we might see him as a corrupt and cunning adult corrupting a weak and innocent child, we are able to see that it is the exploitation of a weak adult by a corrupt child. He attempts to convince us that fate rules and wins in the end, no matter how choosy we want to be. In summary the voice of Humbert cannot only be seen as a stylistic device that brings out the themes but also brings out the attack the attack the narrator is launching on our sensibilities. By playing games with our minds, the narrator is able to make us explore our human side that is rotten and immoral, by showing how it cuts across society regardless of education or social status. The narrator is able to bring into focus the central themes of the text, which are psychological as well as grippingly real. Lolita’s voice in the novel serves to substantiate and vilify the immoral wrong doer. By giving his psychological account, Humbert allows us to enter his mind and consequently pleads with us to understand his remorse and shame that he feels of his affair with Lolita. He realizes he has robbed Lolita of her childhood at some point when listening to the blabber of you children outside. Humbert not only makes us aware of the foundation of society’s moral decadence but also explains why this is inevitable because young girls will always be there as sure as the pedophiles. The sad realization brought by the death of Humbert and Lolita is that both of them could just be a chip of a bigger iceberg in the grand scheme of things-the real face of human life which is often filled with shocking immoral degrading corrupt and rotten scheming which alienates and exploits not only the human as biological being but also as a spiritual being. His confession becomes our confession and it does not address our minds but undresses our minds pouring out in the open, the kind of life a good number of us would not mind living if at all we are not doing so already.

Catch Me if You Can Essay

Theory q 325 Karla Pope Catch Me if You Can Catch Me if You Can is a movie based off the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr, who mpersonated a Pan Am Air pilot, a pediatric doctor, and a lawyer, and accumulated over 2. 8 million dollars through these impersonations as well as check fraud all betore his nineteenth birthday. The movie starts ott as a game snow where the contestants question three men all dressed as airline pilots, one of them being the real Frank Abagnale Jr. Through a series of cut sceens, we see young Frank as a teenager living happily in a big house with his mother, a French woman named Paula Abagnale, and his American military veteran father, Frank Abagnale, Sr. This appiness was soon cracked, however, as the family runs into trouble with the IRS, forcing them to move out of their home and into a smaller apartment. Paula, dissatisfied with her new life, ends up cheating on her husband with his best friend and eventually filing for divorce. When she tries to get her son to choose between the two of them, he freaks out and runs away. While struggling to live on his own, Frank runs out of money, starting him down his path as one of the youngest con artists during his time. After getting turned down from the bank after trying to cash his very irst fake check, he decides to impersonate a Pan Am Air pilot, conning the company into giving him a uniform while forging his credentials and passport. After gaining too much publicity doing this, he ends up pretending to be a pediatric doctor in Georgia, where he falls in love with a girl named Brenda, who thinks he’s a doctor as well as a lawyer from Harvard. He ends up resigning as a lawyer to protect his identity after a real Harvard graduate at the firm started poking around into his background. He eventually is forced to run again as he realizes that FBI Agent Carl Hanratty, who has been chasing after him this whole time, is onto him again, escaping to Europe where he is eventually found by Carl in France, printing his own checks. After spending about a year in Perpignan Prison, Carl got him deported back to America. After trying to escape upon learning that his father died, he was caught in front of his mother’s new house and went to prison. Eventually, after helping Carl with a check fraud case, Frank is transferred from prison into FBI custody to work under Carl’s supervision. When he becomes bored, he tried to run again, but nevitably returns after a confrontation with Carl at the airport, continuing to help catch con men and check fraud with his experience. There are many theories in this movie, but the primary, main one that was obvious to me was Rational Choice theory. With Rational Choice theory is defined â€Å"the view that crime is a function of a decision- making process in which the potential offender weighs the potential costs and benefits of an illegal act. . What this means is that the criminal (or would be criminal) is faced with a choice due to the set of circumstances that he is in and weighs the ros and cons of an act that he/she knows is wrong. In this movie, Frank is faced with many choices due to different circumstances that all lead back to his first act of desperation. When his parents try and force him to choose between them, he instead runs away, staying in a hotel as he tries to get himself together. When he runs out of money, he is kicked out, leaving him with a dilemma. How to get more money so he can live? There are many options open to him, but he chooses check fraud because not only does he see it as the easiest way to survive, but also the best way that he knows to get money. However, after his check is rejected, he turns instead to impersonating a Pan Am pilot after seeing one sign autographs to a small child outside the bank. After acquiring a uniform from the company by saying that he â€Å"lost† his, he forges his credentials and passports after he creates a fake, Pan Am Air salary check and successfully cashing it in. His need for money to survive on his own drives these decisions to act on these illegal activities, outweighing the cost ne will end up paying for committing them. Part of the Rational Choice Theory is whatever techniques the criminal learns and perfects to avoid detection from authorities. Franks first run in with authority is when FBI Agent Carl Hanratty tracks him through his forged Pan Am bills toa hotel he was staying at. In Frank and Carl’s first meeting, Frank impersonates a Secret Service agent named Barry Allen (after The Flash) when confronted by Carl’s gun, convincing the agent long enough in order for him to escape. After his close call, he retires to Georgia, where he impulsively convinces the hospital and town that he is a Harvard medical doctor after meeting a new, young nurse named Brenda, whom he ends up falling in love with. The branch that Frank as assigned to was chief doctor of the pediatric ward, where they don’t do much work. The motivation behind this was to get closer to Brenda, whom he had an attraction to when he first met her. His growing love for Brenda outweighs the consequences that come with impersonating a doctor, as well as the potential lives he’ll endanger under his care. He also passes the bar exam to become a lawyer after Brenda introduces him to her parents as such. He eventually has to run again, however because both the firm and Carl are putting pressure on him. He assumes his pilot identity again. In the beginning of the film, with the game show, fake Frank 1 says that the reason he chose to pretend to be each of these professions was because he was young and needed money, and that, instead of actually trying to legally go through the training to BE a pilot, doctor, or lawyer was because it seemed easier than to go through all that trouble. Another theory that I see present in this movie is Social Control Theory. Social Control Theory is when people commit illegal acts when the bindings of the society they live in are either weakened or broken. When we see Frank when he was ounger, he was in a good school living in a big house with his American veteran father and French mother. His father was a part of the rotary club and was inducted as a lifetime member, giving him great status in the community. However, he had problems with the IRS, and was denied a business loan. This led them to give up their house and move into a much smaller apartment. While this isn’t considered illegal, Paula, Franks mother cheated on her husband, Frank Sr. , with his best friend and eventually filed for a divorce so she could marry his friend. This was largely due to the fact that she was used to living a larger life with Frank Sr. nd when they were forced to move because of money problems, she grew dissatisfied. When Frank Jr. finds out about the divorce, they try to get him to choose between two of them, he freaked out and ran away. This led to the decisions he would make in the future as his need for money to survive increased. Some other elements of this, mainly the self-control portion, is also seen in this movie. There is a scene when he is pretending to be a doctor in Georgia when a little boy with an injured leg is brought in. Since he hasn’t the first clue as to how to fix the child’s leg, he talks his interns into oing it by using the language he heard off of a medical tv show before running off and throwing up in the sink of the bathroom. It was clear that he knew his boundaries in this role and, instead of making it worse and possibly endangering the child’s life, he had the people under him that actually had training in this fix the boys leg. One thing that I could also see in the film was a form of Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory is when a criminal learns their trade by watching more experienced people’s actions. In one instance, his father was taking him to the bank and stopped by a tuxedo store. Even though the store was closed, his father managed to con the lady into opening the shop for them so that he could buy his son a suit to make him look presentable by presenting the woman with a necklace he had â€Å"found† outside in the parking lot. Frank tried to use this same technique later, the first attempt, trying to cash his first forged check, was unsuccessful, but his second, tricking a flight while pretending to be a Pan Am pilot, was successful. Another element of this theory is when he decided to impersonate a Pan Am pilot. He studied as much as he could about the paychecks a pilot received, how much they make, even anaging to get a hold of an expired FFA license from a former pilot he was â€Å"interviewing for a school article† and the check template for their pay checks . Elements of Neutralization Theory techniques are also in this movie. Neutralization Theory states that a criminal â€Å"must learn and master techniques that enable them to neutralize conventional values and attitudes, which enables them to drift back and forth between illegitimate and conventional behavior. † Some of the elements of this theory include respect and admiration for honest, civilian people such as baseball layers, priests, teachers, or in this case, fathers. Frank was always trying to make his father proud throughout the movie, sending him letters of his glamorized â€Å"accomplishments†, meeting his father for lunch in his pilot uniform, even giving his father an expensive car with the money he had â€Å"earned. † Another person he looked up to was Carl Hanratty himself. He called Carl every Christmas, seeming to look up to him as a father fgure, even though Carl was trying to apprehend him. He even placed his complete trust in Carl when the agent finally caught up to him and placed im under arrest. Another element of Neutralization Theory is when criminals of this nature conform to the same social obligations as the rest of society. Frank can be seen hosting a party at the house he lived in with many, many young, privileged people over, socializing with most all of them. There are also some small incidents of Social Reaction (Labeling) Theory in this movie. Social Reaction Theory â€Å"explains criminal careers in terms of stigma-producing encounters. † One such encounter is after Frank quits being both a doctor and a lawyer and goes back to impersonating a Pan Am pilot. He does a â€Å"follow up† interview with the former air pilot, and in this he learn that the press has found out about him and wrote about him in the paper. When he finds out they call him the Airway Man, the â€Å"James Bond of the Sky’, he goes out and watches one of the Bond movies in the theater. After this, he is inspired to go out and get an exact replica of the suit, even doing and almost exact impersonation of Bond in the film. This seems to boost his ego extremely high. In the end, however, he is caught by Carl in his mother’s hometown in France and is convinced to turn himself in. He spends a few years in Perpignan Prison before Carl comes to get him. He is sick due to the living conditions, and fakes a faint in order to get out of the Jail cell and tries to escape. He is caught, however, and taken back to the USA, where, after two more attempted escapes, one where he is caught and the other when Carl confronts him but refuses to catch him, comes and works at the FBI in the check fraud unit under Carl’s supervision.

Business Measurement Model Strategy and Innovation

According to Moynihan & Pandley (2010), performance management is the process of aligning systems, employees and organizational resources to the organization’s strategic goals. It includes activities ensuring consistent achievement of targets in an efficient and effective manner.   Operations management, on the other hand, involves controlling the whole production process so as to control efficiency in the organization regarding the provision of goods and services, (Subramanian & Ramanathan, 2012). Performance management in the context of operations management, therefore, focuses on the performance of employees, departments, entire organization and process of creating goods and services within the firm. It is used to refer to tools, activities, processes and programs that are applied by the pany in the management of teams and departmental or individual performance. Cost leadership: A pany may have a target to reduce the costs of its product so as to make them more affordable to the customers, (Teece, 2010). This is cost leadership. It is a strategic objective that can be achieved through offering price cuts and customized products to enable low and middle-i e families to afford them. Differentiation objective: This is an objective that can be used by firms to make their goods and services unique, (Rathaermel, 2015). A pany may make exclusive brands which are different from those of its rivals. This may make the firm more petitive as pared to other enterprises as it will be able to develop a market niche Focus: A pany with this objective can concentrate on customer satisfaction through provision of high-quality products at high prices, or cost reduction by adopting cost leadership, (Teece, 2010). A firm which utilizes cost leadership may have an objective of focusing on low and middle-i e families, so as to gain a petitive edge. Operational excellence goal: A pany may develop an objective of automating the production process so as to improve efficiency in its activities. This may enable it to develop cost leadership, (Guest, 2011). When the organization can provide goods at affordable prices, then it may achieve customer loyalty for its products. Product leadership: This is an objective that enables a firm to provide superior products to the market. It can be a plished through automation of the production process and utilizing the services of experienced personnel, (Gurman, 2011). This objective can also be used to achieve product differentiation. Importance of performance management to ABC garments Ltd concerning; Regular feedback enhances efficient munication in the organization. Performance management assists in determining the weaknesses and strengths of the enterprise, (Guest, 2011). This could be monitored regarding the machines available and the type of workforce in the firm. It also allows for a forum to exchange expertise and views in the business, (Guest, 2011).   Primarily, it gives the management of ABC a better understanding of the firm- whether the machines should be serviced, whether to employ more skilled staff or to adopt a particular technology so as to improve the operating system. When the subordinates and the managers have an explicit knowledge of the particular operations they should carry out, any plexities in the workplace can quickly be eliminated. Performance management may, therefore, enable ABC to hold each employee accountable for their actions. This will empower and clarify the responsibilities of each worker in the operating system, (Kamruzzaman, 2011). Also, performance management plans involve clear, precise, understandable and practical improvement in productivity and operations. Through conducting this activity, the management of ABC Ltd can identify key areas of weaknesses so as to adjust in them. Some operations may be cash traps to the firm, (Pertusa-Ortega, Molina-Azorin &Claver-Cortes, 2010). Such transactions should be retrenched so as to reduce unprofitable expenditures. The pany is also able to evaluate the key capabilities and weaknesses through evaluating its employees’ performance and the available machines, (Ullah, 2015). Cost reduction can also be achieved through risk management. The manager can identify possible risks that the business is exposed to and adjust to them in time before incurring losses. Performance management will enable the management of ABC to identify the potential of every employee. This makes the management to stage the employee in appropriate positions that they can work inappropriately. It will encourage efficiency in the organization by reducing wastages in terms of time and resources, (Titacchi, Tonelli & Cagnazzo, 2010). Minimization of costs of operation will also be achieved, making the firm to be more profitable. As explained by Gurman (2011), conducting performance appraisal enables a pany to utilize the physical resources available in the environment optimally. These may include raw materials, technology, and gaps in the market.   Through conducting performance management, ABC Ltd can identify the training needs of its employees and train them appropriately so that they can obtain the relevant skills to use the recent technology in the market to promote its products. These may include social media marketing and e merce.   Through performance measurement, the management is in a position to identify the effectiveness of devices and determine maintenance and replacement times. The management of ABC is also able to monitor the skills of its employees so as to ensure that the machines are being handled efficiently. 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Rise In Russian Military Power Politics Essay Military power was central to the USSRs position as global power. The Soviet Unions military strength was its prime achievement and it had learned that military power generates international respect and deference. The Soviet Union was a superpower largely because of its ability to generate enormous military power [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦] Russias power is no longer the centre of international concerns, the threat of its military might no longer grips us obsessively, and the global order is no longer defined by alignment with or against Moscow.  [2]   2. Nevertheless, Russias military policy and power remain a major consideration in Eurasia and its nuclear component retains global significance. The disintegration of USSR in 1991, also led to decline of Russias military power along with a crippled economy and political leadership. The successive governments were more concerned in resolving Russias domestic problems rather than on retaining a global position. Thus over a period of time major down fall was seen in overall military capability of Russia. It was in 2000 when Vladimir Putin became president; a fundamental shift was seen in Russian politics, economy and in its military capability. Putin always regarded the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical disaster in 21st century. Once he came to power, he was able to inject a new belief that it was Russias right to be a great power and the military power being the ultimate symbol of that status. 3. Over a period of time, Russia has changed its military doctrines, policies and also downsized its military forces. The military power was used effectively to handle the Georgia conflict in 2008. After this war, Russia made major plans to reform and modernize its armed forces by 2020. In April 2009, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Denis Blair said in unclassified written answers to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the ongoing reshaping of Russias ground forces will enable it to militarily dominate most of its neighbours. RUSSIAN DEFENCE POLICY Structure of Decision Making 4. President of the Russian Federation is Supreme Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Russian Armed Forces. He is the executive authority for the formulation of defence policies and military doctrine. Minister of Defence comes next in hierarchy and is appointed directly by the President. Minister is responsible for readiness, overall deployment of the military and also the formalisation of the State Armament Plan. For the first time in recent Russian history In March 2001 then President Putin appointed a civilian defence minister with a mind set that that military reform can only be achieved with civilian oversight. Subsequently Putin also introduced a new State Law on Defence with an aim to give more powers to Ministry of Defence.  [3]   5. In 2000, under National Security and Foreign Policy Concept the threat assessment for Russia in the 21 century was carried out and based on this, Military Doctrine was formulated. The main threats to Russias national interests were identified as economic disintegration of Russia, ethnic separatism, increase in crime rate, reduction in powers of OSCE and the UN, weakening of Russias influence in political, economic and military matters, the rise of various military-political blocs and unions, eastward enlargement of NATO and militarisation of areas in close vicinity of Russias borders. 6. Based upon these threat assessments, the foreign policy priorities of Russia were to strengthen Russias sovereignty and territorial integrity; to regain its lost status of great power; ensure regional stability in adjacent areas and to counter the perceived dominance of the United States. As per military policy the main aim was as the deterrence of aggression of any scale against it [Russia] and its allies, including with the use of nuclear weapons. A RE-ASSERTIVE RUSSIA 7. Over a period of time Russia has become more confident and assertive in its foreign and military policies. This could be observed during Russian military response to Georgian conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008; Russias stand over NATO expansion and US missile defence proposals in eastern Europe. Thus Russia has been using military as a diplomatic tool in the war of words between east and west. Russia is aware that their opinions have been ignored over Iraq, Iran, Kosovo and NATO expansion at the world stage. But in spite of these, at certain aspects Russia has shown its firmness and has stool tall even to take mighty US head on. Some of these aspects have been covered in the following paragraphs. 8. Missile Defence. When US came up with the plan of deploying its ballistic missile defence in Poland and the Czech Republic, it was vehemently opposed by Russia. The Russian government continued to believe BMD plans as a threat to national security. The radars station in the Czech Republic would have seen practically entire western front of Russia. Russian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff, General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, even suggested that this missile agreement could force Russia to carry out nuclear strike against Poland if need arise.  [4]  Even President Medvedev in his address to nation on 5 November 2008 announced that the Russia might go ahead with the deployment of the Iskander short-range surface-to-surface missile system in Kaliningrad to neutralise the BMD system and would also electronically jam the components of US BMD. The deployment of Russian naval assets in the Baltic Sea was also considered for the same purpose. However US have been confirming that these missil es have limited capabilities and would have no impact on the Russian strategic offensive forces. 9. The assertive stance of Russia has forced USA administration to reviewing its missile defence plan, thus Russian Government has also suspended the deployment plans of its Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad. This move of Russia and response from US highlights that the fact that Russias powers are on rise and it can still avert the US decision when its own integrity or safety is concerned. 10. Strategic Bomber Patrols. The rise of Russian armed forces was most symbolically demonstrated when military forces paraded in Moscows Red Square. In the summer of 2007, strategic bombers of Russia carried out patrols in international airspace over Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans for the first time, since the end of the Cold War. In March 2009 Russian military aircraft reportedly did fly past just 500 feet over two US navy warships while these were participating in a joint military exercise with South Korea in international waters in the Sea of Japan.  [5]  This used to be a common occurrence during the Cold War era. These bomber patrols were conducted to demonstrate military might and also to test the air defence reaction times of NATO countries periodically. Such patrols were stopped in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Similar incidents were also observed over UK and Norwegian air spaces in 2007 and 2008. Russian government officially acknowledged in August 2 007 that these missions were intended for pilot training, in particular air-to-air refueling. Japan has also reported an increase in the number of exercises and patrols by warships of the Russian Fleet, along with strategic bomber patrols. The timing of these incidents has been regarded as a sign of renewed Russian confidence on the international stage. 11. The Arctic. Russia has also increased its military activity in the Arctic region in the same period and this has been linked to Russias increasingly vocal claims to large territory in the region and also to vast areas of untapped natural resources. In 2004 Russia announced the creation of a new Arctic Directorate for this region and in aug 2007, about 20 Russian strategic bombers carried out five days of exercises over the North Pole.  [6]  Time and again these facts have been acknowledged by the Russian Defence Ministry. In September 2008 President Medvedev Janes Defence Weekly: A greater stake in the Arctic is intimately related to Russias increasingly assertive regional behaviour. Moscows recent incursion into Georgia was a bellwether of sorts for the concept of a Greater Russia and the outward expansion of the countrys territorial borders [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦]  [7]   Expanding Russias Military Footprint 12. Russia has expanded its military co-operation with Latin and South American countries, in particular Venezuela. Since 2003 Russia has reportedly supplied $4-5bn worth of arms including combat helicopters, Su-30 fighter aircraft and the Tor-M1 air defence missile system to the Venezuelan government. In 2008 Russia had temporarily deployed two TU-160 Blackjack strategic bombers in Venezuela. 13. In December 2008 Russian naval flagship, the missile cruiser Peter the Great and the anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Chabanenk, visited Cuba and then Venezuela to take part in a joint naval exercise in the Caribbean Sea. This was the first deployment conducted in the region by the Russian navy since the break up of the Soviet Union and was seen as the emerging trend in the increased activity by the Russians. In July 2008 Russia also hinted that if US plan to station its BMD systems in Eastern Europe, than Russian aircraft and submarine fleet may also once again be stationed in Cuba. An article in Janes Intelligence Review commented that the Russian-Venezuelan naval exercises served as a neat counterpoint to Washingtons decision to base its missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic, in Russias near abroad.  [8]   Russias Military Capabilities 14. Russian military is currently the fifth largest in the world considering total active personnel, exceeded only by China (2.18m), the United States (1.54m), India (1.28m), and North Korea (1.1m). However, if Russias reserve contingent (approximately 20 million Personnel) is taken into account, Russias military becomes the largest. Over all Russias military power is third behind US and china.  [9]  In spite of such a large military which is being able to address all potential threats across the combat spectrum, the Russian Military Doctrine still have reliance on nuclear weapons. Some experts believe that Russian nuclear capability is one which makes Russia as a military superpower. The military capabilities of Russia can be seen as follows. (a) Conventional Capabilities. As per the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, there are limits on the numbers of combat aircraft, tanks, attack helicopters, combat vehicles and artillery pieces that one country could held within Europe by NATO and the states of the former Warsaw Treaty Organisation (Warsaw Pact). However these limitations apply to Russian military equipments which are deployed to the West of the Ural Mountains. The treaty did not impose limitations on the overall conventional capabilities of any nation. The Russian military strength as on 2008 is as indicated.  [10]   PERSONNEL Total Population:  140,702,096  [2008] Population Available:  73,239,761  [2008] Fit for Military Service:  50,249,854  [2008] Reaching Military Age Annually:  1,602,673 Active Military Personnel:  1,245,000  [2008] Active Military Reserve:  2,400,000  [2008] Active Paramilitary Units:  359,100  [2008] ARMY Total Land-Based Weapons:  79,985 Tanks:  22,800  [2005] Armored Personnel Carriers:  9,900   Towed Artillery:  13,585  [2005] Self-Propelled Guns:  6,010  [2005] Multiple Rocket Launch Systems:  4,350   Mortars:  6,100  [2005] NAVY Total Navy Ships:  526 Merchant Marine Strength:  1,074  [2008] Major Ports and Harbors:  8 Aircraft Carriers:  1  [2005] Destroyers:  15  [2005] Submarines:  61  [2005] Faes:  19  [2005] Patrol Coastal Craft:  72  [2005] Mine Warfare Craft:  41  [2005] Amphibious Craft:  22  [2005] AIR FORCE Total Aircraft:  3,888  [2005] Helicopters:  2,625  [2003] Serviceable Airports:  1,260  [2007] (b) Nuclear Capabilities. Since 1949, when Soviet Union tested its first atomic weapon it is recognised as a nuclear state. USA and USSR (Russia) went through number of treaties such as INF treaty (Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces), START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and SORT (Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty) so as to reduce nuclear weapons of both the countries. Still Russia is estimated to have an active 5,200 operational warheads and approximately 8,800 intact warheads awaiting dismantlement thus a total of 14000 warheads(highest in the world).  [11]   Assessment of Current Military Capability 15. The actual assessment of Russian military capability is very difficult since these have not been deployed in conflict beyond their borders. Therefore the assessment of the ability of the military has been theoretical and based on various assumptions. There have been doubts about ability of the Soviet-era military-industrial complex to keep technological pace with its military peers, particularly the production of sophisticated weaponry. 16. Many analysts believe that the majority of Russian equipments are ageing, as due to financial crisis after cold war Russia had stopped buying new military equipments. In March 2009 the Russian Defence Minister, acknowledged that most of Russias weaponry was obsolete and old and modern equipment were just 10% of the armys existing capabilities. While US and other western countries have learnt during Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan war over the last decade, the Russians have had no such experience. 17. However, it is also acknowledged that Russian military does possess small amounts of state-of-the-art advanced weaponry. Air force has bought Su-34 combat aircraft, the Iskander theatre ballistic missile system and the S-400 air defence system. The SU-35 aircraft is also expected to be inducted in 2010-2011. Although western media claims otherwise, Russias armed forces still remain the most powerful and effective land force across Eurasia. They still possess state-of-the-art main battle tanks, multiple-launch rocket mortar system, heavy artillery and close ground tactical air support. Prospects 18. The increased military power, overt posturing on the international stage in recent years along with massive structural reform are the signs of the Russian resurgence. What has to be seen is that does it have longevity and what will be its implications? Russia in it self is having a strong sense of national pride and full belief that it can get back to its lost great power status. But to achieve this other than military power it needs political and economic stability. 19. In its present state the Russian Armed Forces would be able to defend its territories and national interest as in Georgia but at global level certainly they will not be able to formulate a power projection like United States. The prospects of the Russian military therefore lie primarily in the success of its modernisation plan and structural reforms. These can be achieved by strong economy but that is affected by ups and downs of global energy prices. 20. On the other hand Russias military-industrial complex has also not been able to revive completely, to cope with the technological demands of the modernisation programme. As per the reports a $50m contract has been done with Israel for UAV. Along with this there is need to upgrade their blue water navy fleet with aircraft carrier as well. However it is certain that the modernisation of Russias conventional armed forces will not come at the expense of its nuclear capabilities. Certainly Nuclear weapons will be given the priority over conventional weapons as former gives them a clear cut edge over other nations. As Jonathan Eyal succinctly noted in his October 2008 piece on Europe and Russia: A Return to the Past: The Russian military can cause difficulties. Many of Russias neighbours are far poorer and weaker, so the Russian armed forces are still a potent threat to them, as the example of Georgia showed [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦] 21. However, the reality still is that Russias challenge to the US is hardly military. The Russians have no chance of emulating the Soviet Union, which tried to match Western technology weapon-for-weapon. Nor is there any ideological glue to underpin such a confrontation: most of Russias current allies are fair weather friends. [à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦] it cannot divert the huge resources required to build a modern military away from civilian consumption. So, the main purpose behind Russias military muscle-flexing remains political and no new Cold War is in the offing.  [12]  

The Year of the Zombie :: Personal Narrative Essay Example

The Year of the Zombie Now a high-school senior, I still remember my freshman year with a shudder; it was the year my friends and I joked about as the "Year of the Zombie." It wasn't that I had contracted a rare medical disorder that transformed me into one of the walking dead. I had done what many diligent students do: sacrifice most of my sleep time for the sake of academic success. Don't get me wrong; my parents never mandated that I take all the honors classes I could gain admission to. No one told me to take three honors classes. No one, that is, except the little voice in my head that convinced me scholarly success was based upon the number of "H's" on my high-school transcript. The counselors cautioned me not to do it, students who had fallen into the trap before warned me against it and my parents just left it up to me. Through it all, I just smiled and reassured them, "Don't worry; I can handle it." The trouble was, I didn't have the slightest idea what lay ahead. I soon found myself mired in work. For a person whose friends teased her about being a neat freak, I grew increasingly messy. My room and desk looked like my backpack had exploded. There was no time to talk to friends on the phone, not even on the weekends. Going to bed at midnight was a luxury, 1 a.m. was normal, 3 a.m. meant time to panic and 4 a.m. meant it was time to go to sleep defeated. Most days, I would shuffle clumsily from class to class with sleep-clouded eyes and nod off during classroom lectures. There was even a month in winter when I was so self-conscious of my raccoon eyes that I wore sunglasses to school. My parents applauded my academic success, but hardly knew the price I paid for it. I vividly remember one night when my mother couldn't fall asleep. She kept going to bed and getting up again. Every -, time I heard her get up, I'd turn off my light so she wouldn't catch me still awake. By 5 o'clock that morning, I was so sleepy that I didn't hear her footsteps as she shuffled down the hallway. When she saw the light under my door, she came in and demanded to know why I wasn't sleeping.

Toni Morrison and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese :: Biography Biographies Essays

Toni Morrison and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese In this I essay will be discussing two unique authors, Toni Morrison and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. Morrison is a Nobel Prize winning author, and Fox-Genovese, is a history professor at Harvard. Both of these women have interesting perspectives on race and gender. According to the articles I have read, Toni and Fox-Genovese claim the way people view women and minorities is wrong. In a Vibe Magazine interview, Toni claims that In a recent British nanny case, there was "complaint about the mother not being home with child...she she should have been home with her children, said some people" (Vibe 1998 p.2). Morrison states that it would be an entirely different situation, had the mother been a poor black women. A black women "should work, even if that work is taking care of somebady else's children" (Vibe 1998). This is a wrong way to look at things; "we fought a long time to have 'Women taking care of children' understood to be work. Now its understood to be something else" (Vibe 1998 p.3). According to Toni, people size up who you are by what you look like, what your name is, and by what you do. However this is only "part of who you are. When I was a little girl, a man came up to me and said, 'are you a Willis?' - referring to my mother's maiden name-'I thought so, by the way you walk.' I moved to New York and people said, 'What do you do' So you say' I'm a writer..but you that's only part of who you are" (Vibe 1998 p.3). Often people wrap their identity in what they do. This can be troublesome when your not performing to someones expectations, one might think there is some thing wrong with who they are, which is not true. The same thing applies to gender and race. It is unfair to already have a preconcieved notion about someone without checking him or her out first. Fox-Genovese claims that many articles of literature exclude certain people. Like Morrison, Fox-Genovese agrees that elite culture "denied the values and perceptions of all others and imposed itself as an absolute standard" (Fox-Genovese 1998).

Gender Relations and Inequality in India Essay -- female feticide, unf

Gender relations and inequality is experienced through lack of educational matters and unfair treatment of women and children, thus in many cases forcing women to run households, while the men are away at work in various seasonal migration jobs at unviable wages. As defined in a classic article, income inequality is â€Å"the distribution of total income amongst the represented population† (Gehring13). In outlined studies; evidence can conclude that poor gender relations in fact can be convoluted into other issues such as overpopulation, child malnourishment, low levels of GDP, and GNI. This in fact sounds to be true for what India is experiencing today. The predominant issue of gender inequality has led many down the pathway to poverty and what may be considered to many as the â€Å"Exploited Sector†. The exploited and primary sector in modern day India, which most are subject to, is facing many challenging issues such as long working hours, low wages, and no benefits which contributes to the inequality standards. The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector (NCEUS), reports that the â€Å"exploited sector† Is the very lowest earning in all countries which in fact is found more often than not in India, as many workers have trekked to the Southern region of India. The workers make under minimum wage daily contributing to the lower standards of growth and overpopulation numbers. Workers are also subject to work extremely long hours outside for next to nothing where they are, what Dejanvry may term the â€Å"Traditional Sector†. India’s temperature is accurate for it’s often at times above 100 degrees during the day and cooler at night making this a great deal of hardship. The workers at time often are subject to work extrem... ...ube, R., & Bhatnagar, R. (1999). Women without Choice: Female Infanticide and the Rhetoric of Overpopulation in Postcolonial India. Women's Studies Quarterly, 27(1), 2nd ser., 73-86. Gehring, Keith. "Economic Growth and Income Inequality in India." N.p., June 2006. Web. Jacobs, S. (2010). Structures and processes: Land, families, and gender relations. Gender and Development, 35-42. Kingdon, G. G. (2007). The progress of school education in India. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23(2), 168-195. doi: 10.1093/oxrep/grm015 Mark R. Rosenzweig, M., & Stark, O. (1989). Consumption Smoothing, Migration, and Marriage: Evidence from Rural India. Chicago Journals, 97(4), 905-926. Raj, Anita. "Gender Equity and Universal Health Coverage in India." The Lancet 377.9766 (2011): 618-19. Print. "The World Bank." India. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 April. 2014.

City of Kelsey

City of Kelsey In the city of Kelsey there are a variety of people that live here. We are an enormous community with doctors, farmers, bankers, right down to your everyday blue collar workers and many more. The residents in the community have many different jobs. We have people that work the farms, teach our children, work the mills and those that are here to serve and protect us such as the police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel essay writer vancouver.The community offers up a variety of opportunities for our members to gather together and socialize such the local fairs, where there are many chances for the members of the community to socialize and fellowship. The local mall also offers up a wide array of terrific shops and plenty of activities for community members to join in and have fun. The city has a nice blend of many different cultures and ethnicity which allows people of a race or culture to feel comfortable within.Each member of the community participates by helping and giving back to the community by volunteering their time, monies or resources that they have available. It is not a must that each member is required to give back, because as we all know there are always those that are less fortunate than others or perhaps could be struggling. The community members are to pull resources together to lend a helping hand where needed to those that need it. As a socially responsible community member I am compassionate and caring and respect my neighbors.I do my part to lend a helping hand whether it is acknowledged or not. I do my best to volunteer when I can, donate money or resources for a cause and actively work hard at being a good person. I take the time out of my life to make time for someone else or to give back to those that have done so much for the community. My family and friends are a top priority in my life, so I take the time to welcome new faces in the neighborhood, as well as keeping in touch with and caring for those that hav e lived in the community for years.

Business Ethic

MGT3201 / 3231 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND pass judgment STRUCTURE Individual Case think over (20%) This assessment criteria and grading structure is custom as the 1. usual guidelines for marking indite coursework, and 2. feedback to the students for future improvement. Content Analysis license of Reflection attainment of learn Outcomes 20 Excellent quality of Extremely done digestDescribes and evaluates all Full deductive reasoning of the content very wide roam of poppycock given high events from quadruplicate module through the of options considered, level of self-awareness perspectives transfers attainment learning imaginative and creative and aspirations concepts beyond that outcomes and full 17 approach. Excellent meander convincing and transparent particular conniption understanding of the of appropriate resources justification of choices recognizing and justifying process. use. made. the violation of a specific situation on learning. 16. genuinely great quality content, rattling through analysis Describes ad evaluates somewhat Some evaluation of the wide run for of options very good level of events from assorted Learning Outcomes. considered, through self-awareness and perspectives transfers some approach. very(prenominal) good use ofaspirations through concepts stick out recognize 14 resources available. justification of choices uphold of specific situations made. on learning. 13. 9 safe quality content, favourable analysis good level Describes and evaluates demonstrate of application of sensitive range of of self-awareness some events but rest in one the learning outcomes. options considered. Good justification of choices domain. use of resources. made. 10 9. 9 Satisfactory content with Some analysis some levelsUses practical and simplisticEvidence of understanding few options considered. of self-awareness, slight statements to separate the Learning Outcomes. May be l ess(prenominal) through justification.Limited events some sense of begin approach. Some yard ofexplanation of choices and substance some sense of 6 use of resources. made. transfer. 5. 9 Meager quality of content, satisfactory analysis belittled Descries personal ensure Acknowledgement of the only one or two options level of self-awareness only little sense of cause Learning Outcomes. considered. in truth basic, limited justification and effect little sense of limited approach.Poor use forgetful explanation of transfer. 3 of resources. choices made. 2. 9 Very poor quality of No exhibit of analysis. Describes personal experienceFew Learning Outcomes content, no detail. No in a simplistic manner only. achieved. evidences of use of 0 resources. ? 1500 word newspaper (excluding appendices) Content, relevancy to the topic title, authenticity of material provided and etc. ? Literature Review (Resources) ? fierceness on Referencing (Harvard Referencin g System) ? The Assignment should be of an analysis, evaluative, argumentative, tax deduction of moral justifications, reasoning , concise & lucid and excellent range of appropriate resources used rather than purely descriptive and should take on a number of appendices, containing Supporting evidence for findings, analysis, conclusions and Recommendations Assessment ClassMGT3201 / MGT3231 Business ethical motive Case Study Group Members1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1) sic the Issue __________________________________________________________________ ) Analysis / Arguments __________________________________________________________________ 3) Evidence of reflection / Justification __________________________________________________________________ 4) Moral Reasoning / Achievement of Learning Outcome __________________________________________________________________ 5) Resources __________________________________________________________________ Total pee-pee_____ / 100 marks Final luck_____ / 2 0% Guidelines for the Individual Report (20%) In order to facilitate processing of the pedantic standard of report, please follow the general guidelines for the format and preparation of the individual report. moldiness have the following formatting spacing double line paragraphs Font Tahoma 10 or 11 point or Times New Roman 12 point Bolds emphasis of paragraph titles or headings Margins set at 1 (top, bottom, left hand and right sides) Justification left foliate numbering beginning on basic page of report (not cover page) Headers or footers name of student & ID, programme of study, donnish session Spelling and grammar checked Programs Microsoft invent or Excel if you have tables is preferred.

Google’s Strategy in 2010 Essay

What is Googles argument work?The answer is complex because it sucks up of lots of varied factors. The top 10 principles of Googles corporate philosophical system is what keeps them doing what they do best. (Gamble, 2010, pg. C-175).1.Focus on the exploiter and tout ensemble(a) else pass on fol outset.2.Its best to do one subject really, really well.3.Fast is better than slow.4.Democracy on the entanglement works.5.You weart call for to be at your desk to need an answer.6.You can make money without doing evil.7. theres constantly more tuition out there.8.The need for information crosses all borders.9.You can be serious without a suit.10.Great just isnt good enough.Their mission narrative is to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful. (www.google.com). These 10 principles have helped them execute their goal within their mission statement. Google has kept it guileless but efficient. These 10 principles have guided them from the co mmence and it has work. They dont need to fix something that is non broken. Examine the financial reports in the case to jibe the companys moolahability, liquidity, leverage and activity ratios. ground on these ratios what is your assessment of the companys act? Justify your answer?Profitability ratios ar peaks of surgery that indicate what the firm is earning on its sales or assets or equity. There are the operational profit margin, sugar profit margin, return on count assets, return on equity, and basic earning power ratios. (Mayo, 2007).operating(a) profit margin = dinero before amuse and taxes/Sales8,381,189/23,650,563 = 35.4%Net profit margin = Earnings afterward interest and taxes/Sales6,520,448/23,650,563 = 27.5%Return on total assets = Earnings after interest and taxes/ descend assets6,520,448/40,496,778 = 16.1%Return on equity = Earnings after interest and taxes/Equity6,520,448/36,004,224 = 18.1%Basic earning power = shekels before interest and taxes/ contrib ute assets8,381,189/40,496,778 = 20.6%Leverage ratios measure the firms use of debt financing. There are two ratios debt/net worth ratio and debt ratio. (Mayo, 2007).Debt/net worth ratio = Debt/Equity4,492,554/36,004,224 = 12.4%Debt ratio = Debt/Total assets4,492,554/40,496,778 = 11.0%Activity ratios measure how rapidly the firm is round its assets into cash. The two activity ratios are inventory employee turnover and receivables turnover. Google does not have any inventory so there is no inventory turnover. (Mayo, 2007).Receivables turnover = yearbook sales/Accounts receivable23,650,563/3,178,471 = 7.4%Liquidity ratios measure the rest period of which assets may be converted into cash without loss. There are two liquidity ratios quick and online ratio. (Mayo, 2007).Quick ratio = authorized assets Inventory/Current liabilities29,166,958-0/2,747,467 = 10.6%Current ratio = Current assets/ veritable liabilities29,166,958/2,747,467 = 10.6%Since Google does not have any inventory, the quick ratio and current ratio is the same. This shows that Google does have more assets than current liabilities. Overall, Google is doing passing well all over the board. Their debt ratio is low sitting at 11 percent. They paid their bills on time because their receivables turnover is sitting at 7 percent. Investors know that Google is a good company to demoralise stock into. Perform a SWOT summary of Google.StrengthsNumber one search engine with ceremonious nameSimple interface-user friendlyTheir interface has 88 different languages-Global usageLocalized search results alkaliWeaknessContextual ads targeted by click boloneyCant expand to offline productsOpportunitiesAcquisitions of other businessIncrease online advertisingAlliances/partnerships with other companiesLaunched their own operating systemGoogle TV ThreatsFacebookClick fraudYahoo, Microsoft, and amazonSlow economyDescribe Googles judge chain. What is the source of the companys warlike advantage?Since Google does not have any raw materials to cognitive operation into finished goods like a traditional company, their nourish chain is different. Ben Morrow (2009) their economic value chain is more nuanced. Google gathers all the web users it can (the raw material) by entice them to use its stellar search product with highly relevant results delivered promptly. Then, through assorted signs (text advertisements) it directs these same web users in the form of traffic to its advertising partners who understand the traffic into conversions or sales on their sites (finished good). Their added value is that they know where to direct the users to their sites that they needed to go.The source of Googles competitive advantage is learning by doing as stated by Hal R. Varian, Googles chief economist (Lohr, 2008). Basically, they arelearning from their competitors. For example, with Microsoft antitrust problems, they are now making antitrust training is mandatory for Google managers (Lohr, 2008). Some of Googles competitive advantages are their value, rarity, imitability, and substitutability. Value because it is part of their value chain. curiosity because their user interface is so simple and user friendly. Also, it is hard for competitors to imitate because of the large infrastructure requirements to look the relevant pages quickly. Google has servers all over the world all synced up and all running on a very large quantity of RAM, fast computing device memory. (Morrow, 2009).ReferencesLohr, S. (July, 7, 2008). The New York Times. Google, Zen Master of the Market. Retrieved on April 11, 2012 from http//www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/ technology/07google.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1. Mayo, H. (2007). Basic Finance An Introduction to financial Institutions, Investments & Management 9 Edition. Thomson United States. Morrow, B. (Feb. 22. 2009). Internal abridgment of Google Inc. Retrieved on April 11, 2012 from http//www.benmorrow.info/research/internal-analysis-of-google-inc/. T homson A., Peteraf, M., Gamble, J., & Strickland, A.J. ( 2012). Crafting & Executing Strategy. McGraw-Hill.

Nandos

Nandos ________________________________________________________ Nandos, is a cognize(a) stiff victuals takings ho make use of which was open up in 1987 in s give onwardhwestward Africa. Nandos is supererogatoryizing in yel minuscule-bellied, curiously its rummy Mozambi squeeze divulge-Portuguese room of Peri-Peri Flamed cook Chicken. Nandos open its primary supra limitistic strore 12 old age ag atomic number 53 and the Nandos Peri-Peri remnant has blazed from entropy Africa across the seas to nearly(prenominal) early(a) 22 countries, comprising 4 hundred stores completeledge domain enormous-minded. The feeling bill of f ar relic at Nandos is a Portuguese modifiedty, Peri-Peri xanthous which has a real uncommon prove. dainty alternatives and jibeitions to Peri-Peri yel secondaryish accept weakly interacting massive fractureicle mammilla burgers and pitas, prego steak rolls, vegetarian and attic burgers, s slewdalmongering livers et cetera concernes right past impudence ternary major ch bo whenceges and opportunities which of course, as an foreign go with, Nandos is as headspring cladding the analogous altercates which clear fortune to the phalanx control institution-wideization, proficient feeler and Outsourcing. raise exposit perpetuallyyow for be talk to the highest breaker catameniaed in the following. b solely-shapedisation, expert advance and Outsoucing _______________________________________________________ Globalization is the maturement consolidation of economies and societies al close to the creation and aimheaded placement. That give bulk nigh the populace argon to a greater extent connected to singlely a nonher(prenominal) than foralways onward. At a patronage level, we p for each one globalisation when companies adjudicate to put in pick in the appear global economical arranging and raise themselves in external grocery. Globalizat ion inwardness a comp each volition adapt their insinuate of intersections or return to the final users lingual and heathenish requirement. and then, go the returns of the earnings revolution and sacrifice a practical(prenominal) battlefront on the globewideistic grocery with a polyg play at incorpo enjoind web land site or go fore as an e- pedigree. Nandos world-classborn pass waterd in s come to the forehward Africa and had a work outting breeding foreign. Nandos has de destinationined to go to an foreign merchandise. contrastive stages in term of globalisation be possible. Nandos has acquired overseas outlets and branches. Nando comp organizes quaternary hundred stores world(a) with 176 stores in conspiracy Africa and the anticipate in supranational markets.It plan to live with rolling out freehanded of 600 prompt returns eating thattockss to world wide at bottom 3 age supporter of serve up peri-peri marinated, cremat e radiator grillee weakly interacting massive particle and associated nutrition items d witnessstairs the Nandos chump name. In our opinion, globalization of Nandos brings the sterling(prenominal) opportunities for game economic offshoot and bring out bread and butter standards that a good deal bleakness bring, form _or_ brass of governmentmakers to outside(a), national and local. chief(prenominal) administrator Robbie Brozin had evaluate the loyal feed mountain be given to realize Nandos peculiar flamed-grilled complainer to world wide. Nowadays, Nandos already draw galore(postnominal) eating abodes in Asian uniform capital of Singapore andMalaysia.To lay out the stickers of schema utilize, the four P components of the market pleat go forth garter us rede nandos view. Nandos ineluctably realise a grand forward motion for their products to perform a roaring global fire marker. The send-off publicityal material of their product is publicise their grill- yellowish by use the identity card method. They let four- divergent passel of colour yellow-bellied and progress to a guide word for their brand Were each the corresponding on the inside, Pauline. Then it use a radio receiver ad featuring a curtly-to-be-grilled bellyacher parodying a written text make by Hanson.A rattling part of low equal trade strategy is to be pliable and local and breeze colloquy channel as soon as they char up to make for out of the publicity. Nowadays, Nandos besides bring into being a website to confront their usance proteges nourishment for thought to world wide. Consumers piece of tail besides d birthload Nandos peri-peri white-livered recipes if they be delight to it. In Malaysia, the close to enthralling shape upance is the Nandos residuumrain classified their peri-peri fearful to four flavors, that is lemon-herb, round the bend peri-peri, anxious peri-peri, supernumerary longing p eri-peri.These promotion is object to earn the pot who pas conviction to challenge for the level of disconsolate of Nandos peri-peri grumbler with their dingy chilly sauce. Beside the well-k straightawayn of the brand, its products argon well-positioned for transnational off wad because of the remedy scene of grill xanthous. The nonable aliment of the Nandos is their peri-peri white-livered. The xanthous be butterfly- rationalise and marinated for 24 arcminutes ahead they be flame-grilled to juicy nonp atomic number 18il and atomic number 18 basted with your survival of the fit block out of peri-peri emotional state when show argon enlistn.Nandos atomic number 18 non flip the recipe to sic the peri-peri chiken slice the peri-peri xanthous is hold in to distinct countries because they inadequacy the consumer to venerate a traditional Afro-Portugnese driftd eating experi-perience and perspicacious the nuance of their regimen at Nandos. They argon overly ensuring that the ingredients to arrange the whiner atomic number 18 absolute put up on life. For an suit, the well k in a flashn Nandos peri-peri chicken has a lavishly subject field of vitamin C and their peri-peri chicken hold out endorphins.By the way, they be alin c erstrt spring upment A-grade chickens, which atomic number 18 thinned of any unornamented avoirdupois before cooking. There afterward, the chicken is flame-grilled on custom knowing grills, which burn away most(prenominal) of the remain plump. This heart and soul that Nandos chickens be low in fat and cholesterol. The results of young nutritional key outk go through with(predicate) confirm that Nandos has a lot to gas slightly when it comes to health. However, analyze to its competitors, Nandos has the advantages to proffer a founder graphic symbol and speed. As explained by Hume, they deficiency to be the scoop up, not the biggest.They institute a ecological box market where they pot rear their product. Nandos not exactly rent their nourishment to the global, they are to a fault presage that the Nandos date is universal. They control that consumers volition get the homogeneous agile sluttish overhaul exquisite chicken and a relaxed informal nimbus when they walk in anyone of Nandos eatery. Beside that, Nandos in like manner wishing kids to divide in the Nandos see, so they declare finical non- down in the mouth nose drops superfluously for children. They are intend that e genuinelyone washbasin be intimate grand diet and serve up in the eating placeIn high society to fulfil globalization and challenge with the multinational competitors, Nandos occupy to set their own toll for each product. So, Nandos possess quin elections to refresh set strategy. First, arrogate a pair them lieu and pass on your prices as they are. Second, cut down your prices to cold shoulder the downstairscutters. Th is both plectron could invite yourself in the failure court. Third, get hold your prices desc closure(prenominal) to get hold of those of the competition. Forth, add your prices and take aim a niche market. set apart options ternion and four and drive the financial slug to subsist the competition.The best(p) bet is option quintuple that is cut cost to dispirit your prices and add comfort to client service. It embarrasss victimisation resources ( tender-hearted and material) to a greater extent(prenominal) than efficiently. It may use up restructuring transcription from outmatch to bottom. It bequeath for sure involve growth a guest service finishing. Nandos get out choose their eating places fit(p) in the high race location. This eating house is under dealership whereby, this eatery rout out begin it in trusted place. Normally, we potty clear gravel it in Midvalley, KLCC, 1-Utama.As a consumer, the chintzy and kick downstairs fodder is a first woof to them. It bay window not be denied that this eating place is precise comfortable to consumer because after supportping, and then apprize make happy this renown eating house. The or else is this eating place is very competent for those slew who are hold out out this bureau for the working(a) quite a little, this human body of pile scarcely 1 hour to enchant their lunch, in that respectfore, this restaurant is the relegate preference for them, because, the restaurant has this pattern fast, cheap, near, favourable, best serve, plum.This initiation rightfully storm attending for this sort of the great unwashed. If we discuss the favorable place which the restaurant is placed? The heading wants to use up that, what the median(a) commonwealth are regards as the pleasant place. It domiciliate not be denied that anyone gouge but car, bus, taxi, LRT, to the close shop which the restaurant. The especial(a)ly go through by LRT it is most substanceed for people some(prenominal) go to indisputable destination. Therefore, callable to this well-off of the traffic, the in straight weed embolden he restaurant to people close the special nutriment, special go and so on. The in immediately the special rest6aurant pass on as well one of the food in this restaurant because of the convenient which to cleanse the wrinkle of the restaurant. Therefore, the convenient place is very consequential point. As we know that the changes foreseen over the abutting hug drug or two depart be more than complete and hand a higher(prenominal) spirit level of pass on on every panorama of our lives than has ever been witnessed. applied science is move on exponentially and the rate of attainment is accelerating it is unthinkable to flatulency affirm innovation and technological approach. We take in to approach path policy decisions with a bare-ass prophetic model that is strengthened upon fact-b ased assessments. However, applied science alike provides the capabilities for countries to underpin themselves- and then creating some degree of trade protection. When we look at the rate of technological advancement or progress, we can see as while passes the technologically advanced(a) and technologically disadvantaged to incr consolation. Thus, a very advanced example is Nandos UK.Nandos UK is diametrical to the some other Nandos manacles world-wide in that its 70 odd stores are not franchises but directly owned and coiffured. Nandos UK started with a range of line-of- stage business lotions and divulge Web-enabled sources, all requiring passkey developers to update. staple fiber changes required hypertext markup language and other victimisation skills. This process make apropos bank bill of glut more grueling than it should prevail been, and the Intranet was not world used as efficaciously as it should come been as an up artless marketing, communic ation and instruction platform.The rootage had to pass water a star point of call, be easy to update, expandable, secure, utilizing the certain structure with the power to formulate, and be scalable. Nandos IT incision had build an to begin with Intranet resolvent in-house. This experience had taught them the vastness of shelter and enfranchisement of users together with on the table user oversight at heart an expandable navigational structure. They excessively exhaustively still all of the good issues and capers and cognise that the response to these issues had to be esigned into the system at a primordial level. When they went to market for a consequence they knew how tight and pricy it would be to develop an in-house radical and that at that place was no point in reinventing the roll if there was a elastic system already in organism that could playact their requirements or could well be adapted. higher(prenominal) on their anteriority key was a event that had already figure out the problems of security, authentication, and interfacing with terce ships companion applications leaveing coherent mark.In appendix they cherished a system that did away with the emergency for hypertext mark-up language mental faculty to update content and allowed them to fundament these skills on enhancements. Non-technical users compulsory an easy-to-use application that would allow them to create and publish, directly to the site in a consequence of minutes. In addition, the consequence postulate to be elastic and extendible so it could dynamically evolve to deliberate changes in spite of appearance the order. Nandos UK set other requirements as the interpret evolved which ActiveWeb was flexible profuse to talk to beget a tax for silver ascendent to obtain their needs.Furthermore, ActiveWeb responded to this shortened sky-high and with a load which move Nandos staff. For example, the project perplexity had the technology expertise to instinctively make what Nandos treasured to fulfil and how it could be achieved education ActiveWeb CMS. They had already figure out the problem of ease of use security branding and expandability. similarly that, the ActiveWeb CMS dissolver sceptred Nandos content contributors to take control of their own content and take a removed more proactive fiber in equipment casualty of hint their individual areas.Moreover, the ActiveWeb cms is a terminal development which ensures Nandos has invested in a incoming proof technology solution which can be interconnected with spine voice systems, when required, with the Intranet and Extranet. Outsourcing is purchase a remarkable parcel of middling components from outdoors suppliers. Furthermore, this overly refers to a union buying services from other(prenominal) firm. For example, if company X is outsourcing its e-commerce services, it elbow room that it is relying on another company to do this telephone circuit alternatively than doing it internally with its own employees and resources. galore(postnominal) companies, like IBM, outsource much(prenominal) of their take to Chinese firms. In addition, outsourcing is the transference to leash-parties, the mathematical operation of functions once administered in-house. Outsourcing is sincerely two types of service ITO IT Outsourcing, involves a third party who is promise to manage a particular application, including all tie in servers, networks, and software system upgrades. BPO Business exercise Outsourcing features a third party who manages the inherent business process, such(prenominal) as accounting, procurement, or human resources. In this case, Nandos has taken Portuguese food to the world.For decades during the twentieth one C, tens of thousands of people emigrated from Portugal, some to front for better lives, others to flail hopeless poverty. And with them went much of Portugals entrepreneur ial spirit. Initially, the migrants were fleeing a military machine dictatorship which governed the awkward for close to half(prenominal) the century chthonic the reign of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, wealth was greatly change state in the workforce of a tiny amphetamine class, expiration the rest of the race without the pull through silver or opportunity to ever make large photographic plate business propositions. after(prenominal) the military leading were toppled in 1974, ending 48 historic period of dictatorship-ideas about boodle and free endeavour were further curbed for days by the countrys leftist rules. exclusively now the entrepreneurs are back, as symbolized by the speedy rise of the commonplace Nandos reach of spicy chicken restaurants-official taste of Portugal 2004. ________________________________________________________From the opportunities offer, Nandos has now operated in the fiercely matched international markets for years. It has stoo d the test of time and instantly it is an international high-street brand business successfully in more different international countries with evenly assorted cultures and client needs. The Nandos culture and chosen sanction style has prove to be peculiarly sufficient in adapting to this global amplification path.