...Role of Sports in Society A. Description of the issue The role of sport in society has been debated for many decades. Sport is a part of society as both an educational fixture and an entertainment enterprise. Sport forms part of human and social development; it can contribute to social cohesion, tolerance and integration and is an effective channel for physical and socio-economic development. As a universal language, sport can be a powerful medium for social and economic change: it can be utilized to bridge cultural gaps, resolve conflict and educate people in ways that very few activities can. The goal of the Sports Council is to examine the proposition that sport can be a powerful agent for change that should be leveraged by individuals, businesses, governments and elite athletes to drive significant positive development and progress in a social, economic and political context. 1.261 | Summit on the Global Agenda Role of Sports in Society B. Dimensions • Value of sport: Sport is a means of exchange and understanding among people of various backgrounds, nationalities or beliefs, and promotes expression beyond traditional barriers. The rules of the game transcend differences and inequality and help redefine success and performance. Through sport, people identify new role models in society. • Sport demographics and health: Physical activity has a crucial social impact on society’s health and well-being as well as healthcare costs. A connection also exists between being...
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...The past thirty years have witnessed the most powerful emergence of entrepreneurial activity in the world. Entrepreneurs are now described as aggressive catalysts for change in the world of business; individuals who recognize opportunities where others see chaos, contradiction, or confusion. They have been compared to Olympic athletes challenging themselves to break new barriers, to longdistance runners dealing with the agony of the miles, to symphony orchestra conductors who balance the different skills and sounds into a cohesive whole, or to top-gun pilots who continually push the envelope of speed and daring. The U.S. economy has been revitalized because of the efforts of entrepreneurs, and the world has turned now to free enterprise as a model for economic development. The passion and drive of entrepreneurs move the world of business forward as they challenge the unknown and continuously create the future (Kuratko, 2002). Several methods have been used to measure the impact of entrepreneurial ventures on the economy—for example, efforts to start a firm (which may not be successful), incorporation of a firm (which may never go into business), changes in net tax returns filed (reflecting new filings minus filings no longer received), and a substantial amount of full-time and part-time self-employment. According to the Small Business Administration, 672,000 new businesses were created in 2005; the largest in US history (even 12% higher than the...
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...What is entrepreneurship? Introduction Entrepreneurship is also known as helping to create healthy and profitable competition in the market, but what is the entrepreneurship? There is no standard answer. The purpose of this article is to defining the entrepreneurship by integrating the existing theory. At first, reviewing the origin of entrepreneurship, nothing generated without reason, critically analyzing the origin will promote to understand the meaning of entrepreneurship. Secondly, defining entrepreneurship by combine the different theory and taking examples to support definition. The origin of entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship was developed from “entrepreneur”, with the development of economic, how to operate a firm and how to do better than a chief executive officer was consider in 16th century, economists made attempt to study in depth about chief executive officer and come up with “entrepreneur”. Although at that time, this word “entrepreneur” was not existent, economists still realized this phenomenon and tried to describe it. As a factor in microeconomics, entrepreneur, was study by several scholars and until the 1723, this word was represented by Cantillon (Muljadi Paul, 2000, p.5). The economic development promote to establish a company, therefore, the word “entrepreneur” was born. Cantillon (1755) indicated that entrepreneur is a risk taker and profit taker, they try their best to make profit by grabbing the opportunity. Cantillon was a pioneer of study entrepreneur...
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...NAME ABDUL QADIR SHAH I.D GCMSL10622L SUBJECT ENTREPRENEURSHIP COLLEGE GRAFTON COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The capacity and willingness to undertake conception, organization, and management of a productive venture with all attendant risks, while seeking profit as a reward. In economics, entrepreneurship is regarded as a factor of production together with land, labour, natural resources, and capital. Entrepreneurial spirit is characterized by innovation and risk-taking, and an essential component of a nation's ability to succeed in an ever changing and more competitive global marketplace. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/entrepreneurship.html Entrepreneurs enjoy the freedom of making their own business decisions and becoming their own bosses. In addition, they also gain the stability and control that could never be achieved as a regular employee. If you have been dreaming of becoming one of these entrepreneurs, you should find out the disadvantages and advantages of taking on this role. Mission: Leaders know what their mission is. They know why the organization exists. A superior leader has a well thought out (often written) mission describing the purpose of the organization. That purpose need not be esoteric or abstract,...
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...Introduction to Entrepreneurship Session 1 Olivier Witmeur September 2011 2 Desired outcomes of the session • • • • Introduce the course Tour de table What is entrepreneurship, what are the key constructs Who is the entrepreneur • AGENDA 1. Introduction 2. Course design and organisation 3. About entrepreneurs 4. What entrepreneurship is GEST-S547 - 2011-2012 © Olivier Witmeur 3 1. INTRODUCTION 4 What have these companies in common? • • • • • • • Delhaize , Colruyt, Leclerc, Sears & Roebuck Solvay, Pfizer, Yves Rocher Citroen, Renault, Ferrari McKinsey, Deloitte & Touche, JP Morgan McDonald, Neuhaus Dell, Hewlett-Packard Siemens, Dyson GEST-S547 - 2011-2012 © Olivier Witmeur 5 Examples of successfull entrepreneurs GEST-S547 - 2011-2012 © Olivier Witmeur 6 Entrepreneurship is … (3 minutes) GEST-S547 - 2011-2012 © Olivier Witmeur 7 La laiterie du Berger – Danone Latitudes GEST-S547 - 2011-2012 © Olivier Witmeur 8 2. COURSE DESIGN 9 Desired outcomes of the course • Understand why entrepreneurship matters • Introduce key-concepts and best practices in various settings • Develop your entrepreneurial mindset • At the end of the course each student must be able to: – Assess entrepreneurial opportunities in various contexts – Identify and master the main challenges associated with their exploitation – Understand when and where entrepreneurial management style is relevant ...
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...[pic] 1a. Entrepreneurship is the dynamic process of vision, change and creation to discover new way of combining resources to create new firms. It is being carried out when the entrepreneur found some undiscovered market, unsolved problems, new technology or new form for firms and they set up new business to serve the particular market or solve it. Entrepreneurship involves in business activities which gain social and financial benefits or profits by bearing uncertainty and risk. 1b. There are ten myths of entrepreneurship consists of entrepreneurs are doers, not thinkers, entrepreneurs are born, not made, entrepreneurs are always inventors, entrepreneurs are academic and social misfits, entrepreneurs must fit the profile, all entrepreneurs need is money, all entrepreneurs need is luck, entrepreneurship is unstructured and chaotic, most entrepreneurial initiatives fail and entrepreneurs are extreme risk takers….the gamblers. Myth 1: Entrepreneurs are doers, not thinkers Although people see entrepreneurs as someone who dare to do something without considering the risk, but actually entrepreneurs do think before they take action or make decision. Entrepreneurs usually spend time to think of the new invention, new market from the daily problems or experience. Once they discovered there is opportunity to start the business to serve the need, they actually produce clear and complete business plan before they involve in the business. They have carefully considered...
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...Practice of Entrepreneurship Case Study (MMM038) – The meteoric rise and rise of Agent Provocateur Sambhav Bhandari 21027281 MSc Entrepreneurship and Management The small-scale company, which I have decided to do this case study on, has become synonymous with luxury lingerie the world over. It has become the epitome of upmarket couture lingerie - Agent Provocateur. The company had very humble beginnings and set out to do something completely different than what it has become today a ‘brand’. Founded in 1994 by Joseph Corre and his ex-wife Serena Rees, Joseph Corre saw that the state of fashionable or ‘sexy’ lingerie was pretty much non-existent in the UK market and as he says that he was absolutely disappointed after a visit to an Ann Summers store and thought the state of fashionable or sexy underwear could be changed altogether. What is intriguing I would say is that Joseph Corre having come from a very illustrious background, being the son of Vivienne Westwood and music manager Malcolm Mclaren, Joseph Corre worked for Vivienne Westwood previously before deciding to identify this potential gap in the market. The initial idea of the founder was to start a store that stocked creations from other brands, things that were too erotic for mainstream and at the same time acceptable by women. Having travelled to Paris and Los Angeles Joseph realized that even if he wanted to stock the lingerie he had the vision for there was nobody that was making it during this time period...
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...Breaking bad was written and produced by Vince Gilligan and broadcast from 2008 to 2013. Over these 5 seasons, many blog personal pose the question that Breaking Bad doesn’t examine the extent to which American institutions are failing and the drug problems. That it is deceptive by only exploring Walter White’s (actor) problems rather than the drug problem as a whole, specifically the urban poor. The middle class focus left questioning if it is the greatest series of all time, as popularly reported. The show squarely represents the target audience; forty-something, middle class, good living, conservative, suburban white America in the midst of an economic downturn, where the equilibrium (Todorov) of health and fortunes are pulled away from under them. Walter’s response conforms exactly to the American Dream; he personalises responsibility for other’s (bankers/corporations) actions, looks to himself to seek out opportunity, he becomes the entrepreneur, a manufacturer of a commodity much in demand. The middle class however can relate to the problems as it almost mirrors them. I got thinking and decided this argument really excites me and can write a lot about this argument prompted from breaking bad. The wider drug problem isn’t explored, but it is interesting as there is a lot to argue, in the fact it narrates the story from the middle class perspective. While similar shows, the wire, solely focuses on the underclass being exploited by higher authoritative people in society....
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...1042-2587 © 2008 by Baylor University E T&P Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Where Are We Today and Where Should the Research Go in the Future Garry D. Bruton David Ahlstrom Krzysztof Obloj Emerging economies are characterized by an increasing market orientation and an expanding economic foundation. The success of many of these economies is such that they are rapidly becoming major economic forces in the world. Entrepreneurship plays a key role in this economic development. Yet to date, little is known about entrepreneurship in emerging economies. This introductory article to the special issue on entrepreneurship in emerging economies examines the literature that exists to date in this important domain. It then reviews the research that was generated as part of this special issue on this topic. The article concludes with a discussion of the critical future research needs in this area. Introduction The quantity and quality of entrepreneurship research has increased dramatically over the last 15 years. Today, entrepreneurship research is some of the most widely cited in the management discipline, with leading journals dedicated to its study and well-recognized conferences supporting its development. The methods employed and the theory foundations used in entrepreneurship today are consistent with mainstream management research. However, entrepreneurship research can still be critiqued as almost exclusively focused on North American and European research sites...
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...Leadership in Crisis Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance 3/10/2014 aFriendInNeed Situation Overview: Shackleton sailed with 27 men from South Georgia Island on a British Polar expedition into South Atlantic aboard the ship called Endurance. The south pole had been recently reached in 1911. The goal of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was to become the first explorers to land on the Antarctic continent as well as cross it. The original plan was to sail Endurance through the Weddell Sea and then use dogs and sledges to support the crew of six men to march on the opposite side of Antarctica. However, their ship became trapped in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea, before they could reach the Antarctic coast. For more than eight months, they drifted helplessly with the ocean currents that carried them to over 670 miles north. Attempts were made to free the ship at times when cracks appeared in the ice nearby, but it was of no avail. The ice around the ship was thick and solid. The wooden timbers of the Endurance, unable to withstand the pressure from the ice, eventually gave up, and massive plates of ice crushed it. Shackleton ordered his members of the expedition to take shelter on the ice floes surrounding the ship. They were able to retrieve three lifeboats and as many provisions and supplies as they could from the ship wreckage before it sank. For the next six months, the floating ice became the crew's home. They were now isolated on the drifting...
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...MGT3110 Business and Society MODULE HANDBOOK 2013-2014 Module Leader (London): Dr. Andrea Werner Module Tutor (Dubai): Mr. Kieran Ross Middlesex University Dubai Business School Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION AND MODULE SUMMARY.............................................................3 Module aims .................................................................................................................3 Contacts .......................................................................................................................3 Module Website on MyUniHub .....................................................................................3 Learning Outcomes ......................................................................................................4 Assessment Scheme ...................................................................................................4 Employability Skills.......................................................................................................4 Code of Conduct ..........................................................................................................5 2. LEARNING MATERIALS ............................................................................................6 3. TIMETABLE AND TEACHING PROGRAMME ...........................................................8 Lecture and Seminar Schedule.................................................................................... 8 Lectures...
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...La Consolacion College Manila THESIS WRITING GUIDE 2011 (Undergraduate) LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE MANILA 8 Mendiola St., Malacañang Complex, Manila Telephone Nos.: 736-0235 / 313-0513 / Fax: 313-0602 Website: http://www.lccm.edu.ph Thesis Writing Guide June 2011 Prepared by: Dr. Jennifer S. Florida Director, Research and Publications Center La Consolacion College Manila Venancio N. Santos, Jr. Staff, Research and Publications Center La Consolacion College Manila All rights reserved. Published by: Research and Publications Center 231 Gregor Mendel Science Center La Consolacion College Manila 8 Mendiola St., San Miguel, Manila 1005 Telephone: 736 - 0235 (loc 173), 313 - 0509 URL: http://www.lccm.edu.ph Layout: Venancio N. Santos, Jr. La Consolacion College Manila Vision – Mission Statement Vision La Consolacion College Manila is a Catholic educational institution that is inspired by St. Augustine’s vision of the academe that is founded on the primacy of love. It understands the academic community to be above all else, a scholarly fellowship of friends. As an institution of higher learning, La Consolacion College Manila envisions herself to become truly an innovative higher education institution in the Asia-Pacific Rim. Within this decade 2010-2020, LCCM is projected to be veritably influenced by research-oriented instruction that is richly complemented with technology-driven holistic education for lifelong learning, and with strong community...
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...Joanna Laning 02/04/2015 MNGT 260 Prof. Stanley Ridgley Topic 1. What is the most important lesson to learn form interpersonal relationship side of Steve Jobs? “Connecting the dots, love and death” Inspiration has always been a multifaceted and complex phenomenon. Renaissance artists and creators were “touched” by God, on the other hand, Hippie movement of the late sixties and early seventies sought for enlightenment in LSD and marijuana. What is it today that drives our inspiration? Is it embracing different cultures, practicing exclusive sports or spiritually based rituals, or is it embracing a confident and self-centered attitude mixed with the essence of self-development in a broad scope of life. Or perhaps, is it a sort of modern business trend, part of self-branding, a marketing strategy that expands beyond well-established standards, sets us apart form the society to the unique and extravagant degree, where fine and conservative reputation seems to play the supporting role. Is that also the universal blueprint to interact and exist among the others? Should we follow Steve Jobs’ way of interacting with others to succeed? Although, Jobs was not a qualified engineer, neither he knew how to design anything, nor he was a master of interpersonal relationships, he became a world-known icon, an entrepreneurial guru who revolutionized six different industries. Notwithstanding his impulsive personality, Jobs’ sophisticated business instinct will...
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...Generational Comparisons and Contrasts Chart by, Anne K. Robey-Graham, Ed.D. Birth dates Size (in 2005) Defining ideas Style Childrearing Significant goal Boomers 1948 – 1961 ~78 million Individuality Self-absorbed Permissive child Personal growth Gen X’ers 1962 – 1979 ~46 million Cynicism Entrepreneur Private child Self-reliance Millennials 1980 – 1999 ~70 million Entitlement Confident achiever Pampered child Being happy and safe Generational attitudes that may surface in multigenerational classrooms: Boomers Gen X’ers Millennials Generational experience brought into the classroom: Academic K-12 Overcrowded Smaller classrooms; Self-esteem curriculum; experiences classrooms; had to introduction of new focus on standardized test compete to be heard; technologies; more scores; entitled to good worked in groups individual focus and grades; want to feel special; creative projects everyone gets rewards Experience with Strong nuclear family; High rates of divorce; Believe key to happiness is family in many families “latchkey kids” came in close family relationships, mother was home; home from school alone although 50% came from played with because both parents divorced families; close neighborhood children; worked or lived in single relationships to their parents, when teens rebelled parent family; step viewed as “partners”; Soccer against parents and families and living in two Moms; highly structured social structures places; spent more time activities such as sports, alone than...
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... Industrialization after the Civil War After the Civil War the United States became a much more industrialized society. Between 1865 in 1920 industrialization and proved American life in many ways. However industrialization also created problems for American society. This paper will introduce my previously crafted thesis statement where I stated my opinion on how industrialization after the Civil War influenced US society, economy, and politics. This paper will also identify three major aspect of the industrialization during 1865 in 1920 that influenced United States society, economy, and politics while considering issues such as; geography, entrepreneurship, and legislative representation. This paper will also identify three specific groups that were affected by industrialization and provide two examples of each group describing how the group was affected while considering issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, and child labor. Finally this paper will summarize how industrialization affected the life of the average working American during this period. After the Civil War the United States became a much more industrialized society. Between 1865 in 1920 industrialization improved American life in many ways. However industrialization also created problems for American society. When industrialization, which is the large scale introduction of manufacturing...
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