...Standard Decoy in Witchell, Maine, has been making traditional wooden hunting decoys since 1927. Cyrus Witchell began the business by carving a couple of ducks a day by hand. Demand and competition have long since driven the company to use modern machinery and assembly-line techniques, and they now turn out two hundred ducks daily even on the slowest days. When Stewart Alcorn, Cyrus Witchell’s grandson, took over the business, he knew things needed to change. Output hadn’t fallen, and the company was surviving financially despite competition from what he called "plastic ducks" from the Far East. But Alcorn noticed that productivity per worker had stayed the same for ten years, even during the period since the company had bought the latest equipment. While touring the plant, he noticed many employees yawning, and he found himself doing the same. No one quit. No one complained. They all gave him a smile when he walked by. But no one seemed excited with the work. Alcorn decided to take a survey. He appointed a respected worker at each step in the production process to ask each of his or her coworker’s questions and to fill in the response sheets. One conclusion emerged from the survey: The "fine-tuners," as Alcorn thought of them, were the most content. That is, those who used fine tools and brushes to get the ducks’ heads, expressions, and feathers just right seemed to enjoy their work most. In contrast, the people who planed and cut the wood into blocks, rough-cut...
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...Altshuler, 2012); so many young people, both male and female, struggle with the image they are “supposed” to uphold much due to society’s stereotypical acceptations of what beauty is supposed to be, they can lose sight of what is truly more important than superficial appearance. Anderson’s story starts off describing the setting which is an old farm next to a lake amongst the forest trees. Within the old farm’s overgrown reeds a mother duck is sitting on her eggs getting ready for them to hatch. Finally the day comes and all the babies emerge from their shells and are ready to live, all the eggs except the largest egg of the bunch which had no signs of movement yet. Contemplating what to do with the egg, and after talking to another duck about what she should do, the mother duck decided to sit on the egg for a little while longer. After a few days or so the large egg finally hatched and the ugliest duckling crept out of the shell. This baby duckling was very ugly and did not look like the others, the mother duck accepted and cared for the baby duck...
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...Standard Decoy in Witchell, has been making traditional wooden hunting decoys since 1927. Cyrus Witchell began the business by carving a couple of ducks a day by hand. Demand and competition have long since driven the company to use modern machinery and assembly-line techniques, and they now turn out two hundred ducks daily even on the slowest days. When Steward Alcorn, Cyrus Witchell’s grandson, took over the business, he knew things needed to change. Output had not fallen, and the company was surviving financially despite competition from what he called “plastic ducks” from the Far East. But Alcorn noticed that the productivity per worker had stayed the same for ten years, even during the period since the company had bought the latest equipment. While touring the plant, he noticed many employees yawning, and he found himself doing the same. No one quit. No one complained, They all gave him a smile when he walked by. But no one seemed excited with the work. Alcorn decided to undertake a survey. He appointed a respected worker at each step in the production process to ask each of his or her co-workers questions and to fill in response sheets. One conclusion emerged from the survey : The “fine-tuners”, as Alcorn thought of them, were the most content ones. That is, those who used fine tools and brushes to get the ducks’ heads, expressions, and feathers just right seemed to enjoy their work most. In contrast, the people who planed and cut the wood into blocks, rough...
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...over heels with the beautiful scenery that nature brought upon my eyes. As I arrived to the house in the evening, I looked up and I was able to see the stars that lit up the sky above me. As I walk down to the lake, I was able to hear the crickets’ chirping and the owls hooting as they hear the crackling of the snow that I’m stepping upon. As I look through the horizon of the snow, I saw the never ending slope falling towards the lake that apparently was frozen. As I sat on one of the unfrozen steps, I looked up once again, and I see the beautiful full moon sitting on a cloud. The stars shined even brighter when the moon glistened its light down to Earth. The lake looked really calm and I only saw a couple of ripples being caused by a female duck and her ducklings swimming in the middle of the lake. In the morning when I looked outside the window, the sun shined beautifully through the icicles that dangled down the side of the house. When I drove down to the city, you can see the cities that are at sea level. As I continued looking down, I see the clouds climbing up the mountains. And as I reach out of the car’s window, I can feel the refreshing mist that touches my fingertips. The scenery of the cities down below can’t no longer be seen because of the clouds the cover the scene like a...
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...Ariel Thomas Mrs. Mitchell English IV-4 7 May 2012 The Ugly Duckling Analysis As the ugly duckling in the fairytale finds himself transformed into a beautiful swan surrounded by all of the other swans and creatures who once rejected him, he hears a young child exclaim that He is the most beautiful. Throughout the story, the ugly duckling calls the swans he sees “royal birds.” At the end he becomes one of these birds and exclaims “such happiness I did not dream of when I was the ugly duckling.” In society, many people are constantly comparing themselves to others every chance they get. There are only few to accept who they are and then work each and every day to their fullest potential to become the best they can be; to challenge themselves, question everything they do, and then reflect upon each experience in the end. Society is full of ugly ducklings that cross paths with cats and hens; however few have the attitude that the ugly duckling has. Most people dream of looking like someone else, wishing they would be treated as the others they see are, and find themselves trying to live up to others standards, rather than their own. The ugly duckling gave all he can to life and fought for himself rather than listening to the other animals. The duckling tried not to bother others and just exist as he was, never even wishing to be someone else, no matter how happy others seemed or how easy their lives appeared. He used all of his inner strength to be himself, something many...
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...Outline and evalute the breakdown of relationships A01- Duck skills maintenance A02-Shavier, Rofhling IDA- gender bias PA- ccet - china A01-rollie and duck -stages of breakdown A02 - Tashiro and Frazier A03- methological flaws IDA - determinsitic Duck suggested that relationships breakdown due to various of reasons, such as lack of skills. This means that people in the relationships have a lack of interpersonal skills to make eachother mutally satisfyimg, if a person lacks interpersonal skills or social skills have poor conversational skills and are bad at indicatomg they like a particular person it could lead the other partner to believe they are unintresting, unrewarding in their interactions. This then leading to the breakdown of a relationship. Additionally, Duck suggested that if a raltaionship is lacking in stimulation then breakdown will occur. Lack of stiumulation is when you expect the relationship to change and develop but does not. This results in the partner being unsatisfied thus forming the relationship to stop. Maintenance diffulties is another reason why relationships breakdown. This is where there is a strain caused in a realtionship e.g if a couple can not see eachother for various of reasons. This may be due to not living close together or that their jobs causes them to find it difficult to spend time with eachother. Therefore if a relationship has maintenance difficulties Duck suggests it will lead to a breakdown in the relationship. ...
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...The term duck decoy may refer to two distinct devices, both used for hunting wildfowl. One is a long cone-shaped wickerwork tunnel installed on a small pond to catch wild ducks. After the ducks settled on the pond, a small, trained dog would herd the birds into the tunnel. The catch was formerly sent to market for food, but now these are only used to catch ducks to be ringed and released: see ornithology. The word decoy, also originally found in English as "coy", derives from the Dutch de kooi (the cage) and dates back to the early 17th century, when this type of duck trap was introduced to England from the Netherlands. As "decoy" came more commonly to signify a person or a device than a pond with a cage-trap, the latter acquired the retronym "decoy pool".[citation needed] The other form of duck decoy, otherwise known as a hunting decoy or wildfowl decoy, is a life-size model of the creature. The hunter places a number about the hunting area as they will encourage wild birds to land nearby, hopefully within the range of the concealed hunter. Originally carved from wood, they are now made from plastic. Wildfowl decoys (primarily ducks, geese, shorebirds, and crows, but including some other species) are considered a form of folk art. Collecting decoys has become a significant hobby both for folk art collectors and hunters. The world record was set in September 2007 when a pintail drake and Canada goose, both by A. Elmer Crowell sold for 1.13 million...
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...Hydrographic dip kits have the ability to turn an old beat up gun into a gun that turns heads and encourages jealousy. Quite a lot of guns used by waterfowl hunters are typically camouflaged in some way or another, and this trend makes hydrographic dip kit a very effective and inexpensive way to modernize older firearms. This method of applying a camouflage pattern may certainly not be the best way, but it certainly is one of the easiest ways to do it at home. This process is quite simple and any person that set their mind to using a hydrographic dip kit could easily utilize this method of applying pattern schemes to revamp their older firearms. Hydrographic dip kits only need minimal effort to produce the desired results. All it takes is...
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...doubled in the first 6 months does not mean that someone gets a bonus or is put on probation. There is not enough information given in this question to warrant such action. This type of action is jumping to conclusions and assuming without the evidence to substantiate such an action. What would warrant such action of probation would be if this has happened before, and the correct training has been provided, inefficiencies have been documented, and the employee(s) have been counseled verbally and written counsel has been documented. What this does mean is that there is a challenging issue and the root cause of this issue needs to be found. An investigation is in order to figure out and understand what is causing the accounts receivable to double. This also raises the question as to why it has taken six months to figure out that there is an issue. Since accounts receivable is made up of what monies are owed to the organization from such examples like the patients copayments or payments for service, insurance companies or third party payers, part of the investigation should include what is outstanding or what kind of credit has been given to raise the amount of outstanding days for the accounts receivable. Also before the investigation is closed and hopefully the root cause of this issue is found, policies and procedures may need to be revisited since it is evident that what is in place is either not working or not being...
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...accounting and its use within a business organization. As I’ve stated in a few of my posts during the week, before this course I was clueless to the world of accounting. I’ve had my assumptions, all of which are being proven to be wrong. My first assumption is that accountants were all nerds and that it was boring. Which either means I’m a nerd or this is actually an interesting and informative class; I believe it’s the latter. The required readings for the week were chapters one and three, which help lay the groundwork for the rest of the class. I scoured the Internet and found that accounting is everywhere and has been for quite some time. For hundreds of years accounting has been around and used daily. The Venetians started using the double booking method in the 15th century. They used it with the ships and merchants in their harbors in order to keep track of all that was going on. Like I stated in my post, I like history. When I understand the history of something and how it got started, I tend to comprehend the class work more. I also used YouTube, which again has proven its’ value. The accounting videos were slightly on the dry side, but I stuck it out. I also tend to learn more from a video than I do in a text. I find it to be more interactive thus keeping my attention for longer spans. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this as much as I...
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...enjoy is coupons that are fifty cents or lower are doubled every day. It is interesting that it is more important for Kroger to save money by eliminating this courtesy to the customers. Publix also accepts Kroger coupons; whereas, Kroger does not accept Publix coupons. Kroger intends on lowering the prices on items in the store versus doubling coupons. This policy could be viewed as positive or negative. If lowering prices is reducing prices by five or ten cents, customers may be highly upset and begin to shop elsewhere. The change of policy for Publix has positive intent, but Kroger’s policy can be viewed negative or positive based on the customer’s beliefs. References: Prosser, F. (2013). Kroger coupon policy change: say goodbye to double coupons in NC. Retrieved July 13, 2013 from: http://www.wral.com/kroger-coupon-policy-change-will-be-announced-on-saturday/12383523/ SunSentinel. (2011). List of Competitor coupons accepted at Publix on Monday. Retrieved...
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...Executive Summary OuterBay is a company that has developed a strong brand name in the Information Technology industry by offering robust platforms and high quality services. The basic purpose of the company is to provide the customers with one stop solution for all the data and other integral information. In spite of being a competitive and successful company, however, the sales decreased and the company has been unable to recruit talented and qualified individuals. Therefore, in order to overcome this issue, the company is considering improving the training process at the company, where the management is considering hiring experienced individuals. Along with this, the company is also considering developing a sales team that can achieve the long term strategic objectives by actually capitalizing the strong customer base of the company. Problem Statement The major problem that has been identified in the case is the fact that the company has been unable to recover the excessive cost which has been incurred because of lack of sales by the sales team which has increased the typical sales cycle. To overcome the issue, the company is finding a solution where sales can be increased for the company. Critical Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators The major critical success factors of OuterBay has been its differentiated product offerings, strong customer reference, regulatory compliance, financial stability, concept strategy and the access to diverse data. Along with this...
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...Training is required in the life of the general population of God. Genuine instruction implies more than an arrangement forever that is currently. It needs to with the entire being and with the entire time of presence conceivable to man. It is the concordant improvement of the physical, mental, and otherworldly powers. The world has numerous extraordinary instructor however God stands higher than them which is the genuine source of information. The sacred writings are impeccable standard of truth and ought to be given the most elevated spot in instruction. He who longing to achieve God's optimal will exhibits training as high as the paradise and as expansive as the universe, an instruction that can't be finished in this life however will proceed for the life to come. In Eden, actually coordinated the training of His youngsters. Frequently they were gone by His delegates, the blessed holy messengers, and from them got insight and direction. The Greenhouse of Eden was a representation of what God craved the entire earth to end up, and it was His motivation that, as the human family expanded in numbers, they ought to build up different homes and schools like the one He had given. The book likewise discussed how the human's first folks fell into sin by their energy of decision – the ability to yield or to withhold compliance. There was a tree of learning of good and malevolence. While God was looking for man's great, satan was looking for his ruin. Whenever Eve, dismissing the Ruler...
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...cartoons, movies, toys, etc.) while Marvel will benefit thanks to the capabilities of Disney’s advertising. Now with Disney and Marvel combined, they have eliminated Warner’s competitive advantage of having a Comic Studio backwards integrated to their corporation, which guarantees a continuous flow of exploitable material (characters). Nonetheless, Disney holds a notable competitive advantage over their competitor: they are more diversified: they have theme parks, consumer products and interactive media. Currently Disney is facing some critical issues after the acquisition, and they are: - Marvel’s most famous characters are compromised to Disney’s rivals. - Some of Disney’s main characters are out-dated (Pinocchio, Mickey-Mouse, Donald Duck, etc.). - Marvel could lose their identity (creative power) by the “take-over by a company associated with princesses and fairies” –Chmielewski & Fritz, 2009. It also good to point out that Marvel’s biggest creative asset is Stan Lee, now 89 years old. The recommendations are the following: On the functional level, Marvel’s legal department should focus on terminating as many contracts as possible,...
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...Illinois and the City of Chicago, The Walt Disney Corporation plans to expand its operation by building a theme amusement park (Mickey’s Magical Kingdom) on the city’s south side on the 3700 acre parcel of land known as Washington Park. Mickey’s Magical Kingdom will be located in the Washington Park community of the City of Chicago, to present the Disney culture to Chicagoans, Midwesterners, and the world. The park is designed to create a quality Disney experience for families and customers of all ages. It will offer its customers an attractive, economical and fun-filled facility for their entertainment and enjoyment. The forerunner to Mickey’s Magical Kingdom will be the 4-D animated shows of Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Little Mermaid which brings more advanced technology of animations and hi-tech rides into the business. This business model is based on the Synergy of retail and entertainment. As we will have strategic alliances with different shopping malls and food providers, so that our customers can shop from different outlets incorporating a Disney theme like Apple, Sharper Image, and Macy’s. To satisfy their hunger with the help of food court that will include McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and KFC. It will generate Tickets for rides and theatre = 60%–Shopping = 20%–Food outlets = 20. The area will be completely fenced and have a single-entry admission for all as the primary revenue source. Customers will not be allowed to bring their...
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