...A Single Shard Sayings Tree-ear is an orphan who lives under a bridge in a village of pottery called Ch’ulp’o with Crane-man, a man who was born with only one leg took Tree-ear when he was a small child. Although Crane-man is physically disabled, he always gives Tree-ear some advises which are useful and meaningful. Crane-man exhort Tree-ear do not to steal. “‘Work gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.’ Crane-man said.” He told Tree-ear that you could gain respect by working, but lose dignity from stealing, and several honorable ways to garner a meal such as foraging in the woods, rubbish heaps, and gathering grain-heads in the autumn are way better than stealing, and stealing makes a man no better than a dog. This sentence keeps Tree-ear away from stealing by telling him to steal is ashamed. Also, Crane-man tells him do not to steal other’s ideas. Tree-ear heard Kang’s idea in a wine shop, he knew that Min’s work is far superior from Kang’s and the royal emissary is assigning a pottery for the palace. Tree-ear wanted to tell Min the idea so Min’s skill will be improved, but he still asked Crane-man. “If a man is keeping an idea to himself, and that idea is taken by stealth or trickery－I say it is stealing. But once a man has revealed his idea to others, it is no longer his alone. It belongs to the world.” Crane-man said. Crane-man keeps Tree-ear from telling the method to Min, thus it’s fair for potters in the village who wants to be commissioned for the palace...
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...indicate that the social networks of senior executives account for 11%-22% of the variance in the degree to which firms engage in alliances, depending on the type of alliance. Results also show that the number of interfirm alliances is positively related to several networking properties (propensity to network, strength of ties, and network prestige). Findings are discussed in the context of network theory, social embeddedness, and the overall implications for management researchers and practitioners. Full text In light of the increasing importance of strategic alliances in shaping competition, this study explored whether the social network of small firm executives can be leveraged to facilitate the establishment of interfirm alliances. Analyses are based on a mail survey of 149 small manufacturing firms in the northeast United States. Results indicate that the social networks of senior executives account for 11-22 percent of the variance in the degree to which firms engage in alliances, depending on the type of alliance. Results also show that the number of interfirm alliances is positively related to several networking properties (propensity to network, strength of ties, and network prestige). Findings are discussed in the context of network theory, socialembeddedness, and the overall implications for management researchers and practitioners. Interfirm...
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...indicate that the social networks of senior executives account for 11%-22% of the variance in the degree to which firms engage in alliances, depending on the type of alliance. Results also show that the number of interfirm alliances is positively related to several networking properties (propensity to network, strength of ties, and network prestige). Findings are discussed in the context of network theory, social embeddedness, and the overall implications for management researchers and practitioners. Full text In light of the increasing importance of strategic alliances in shaping competition, this study explored whether the social network of small firm executives can be leveraged to facilitate the establishment of interfirm alliances. Analyses are based on a mail survey of 149 small manufacturing firms in the northeast United States. Results indicate that the social networks of senior executives account for 11-22 percent of the variance in the degree to which firms engage in alliances, depending on the type of alliance. Results also show that the number of interfirm alliances is positively related to several networking properties (propensity to network, strength of ties, and network prestige). Findings are discussed in the context of network theory, socialembeddedness, and the overall implications for management researchers and practitioners. Interfirm...
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...Hall of famer Ty Cobb, made a huge impact, not only on the 1920’s and 1930’s, but he effected the whole world of baseball. Setting the new best batting average, people knew that the “Georgia Peach” was different from the others of their time. Born on December 18, 1886, in Narrows, Georgia, Tyrus Raymond Cobb’s love of baseball started at a very young age. He started playing sandlot ball when he was old enough to swing a bat, and that’s where it all began. He was the eldest of three boys of William Herschel Cobb and Amanda Chitwood. He graduated from Franklin County High School in Royston, Georgia. His father, though, didn’t support his ambition of becoming a baseball player, as he was a teacher, principal, newspaper publisher, and state senator. Therefore, when Ty left to become an athlete, his father gave him some words of advice,...
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...of opportunity. Currently, I am a Recruitment Volunteer Assistant at HealthEssentials LLC. It is a profit healthcare company. Although I work at a volunteer, I have a chance to work with the recruiters, office managers, and senior leaders. They show me skills that I have not known before, from basic skills like dealing with paperwork to communicating with CEO, CFO, COO, and other important high-level people. 2) I realize that I may need help from the above people. There is a chance that they can help me to find a real job in the company after my graduation; or they may lead me to other opportunities to have a better job with other companies. They can recommend me to other companies. In this situation, I think long-term; I must build ties before I need them. We never know what people will do and who they will become in the future. So it is truly important not to cause bad relationships. 3)...
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...Managements Role in Players Being Violent Jennifer Grant BUS/ December 3, 2012 Dr. David Snow Managements Role in Players Being Violent When sports first started up they were meant to be something fun, to relieve stress, and teach youth about working hard, time management, teamwork, and to build character (Champion, Ruddell, & Thornton, 2012). Over the years, sports have gotten more and more competitive. Sports should have a positive impact on our community and serve as entertainment. If entertainment to our society is violence and causing harm to others then we are living in a messed up world. Management plays a major role in this violence by either being to tranquil in how they handle violence or even if they are encouraging the violence. When I was growing up the sports I participated in taught me about sportsmanship, character, being a good loser and winner, showing respect to others, teamwork, hard work, time management, social skills and more. My coaches played a big part in that, they made sure that we played fairly, and always played with sportsmanship. The coaches that I played under were great role models and winning did not mean anything if we didn’t do it the right way. In high school, we made it to the final four twice, won district all four years, were regional runner-ups twice and won regionals twice. We were very successful and at no point was violence being encouraged, and if there was any bad sportsmanship or violence...
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...Sreya Vavilala Professor Elliot Souder Basic Composition OA 22 September 2015 Rough Draft How the differences between strong ties and weak ties influence how a meme is transferred? Every day different people and groups are transferring memes onto others and so forth. As a matter of fact, these memes are transferred in the world through many different ways and through different relationships such as strong-tie and weak-tie relationships. Even though memes are passed on and on again through these ties, it is done through a different process in these ties between people. This is shown by connecting Malcolm Gladwell’s, author of Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted, reading and Susan Blackmore’s, author of Strange Creatures, reading. Weak-ties influences how a meme is transferred by sending information to a more collective group rather than individually. “Our acquaintances-not our friends- are our greatest source of new ideas and information” (Gladwell 137). The word “acquaintances” in this quotation implies that it is better for someone to ask an acquaintance for help or information in order to get what they want. This quotation is an example of how information is easily passed on through people who barely know each other. A weak tie relationship such as acquaintances shows how memes are transferred. If looked even closer, if many people, online, give out information others would join in on the process and thus the cycle of ideas being passed onto others...
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...“Hypothesis testing is one of the fundamental concepts in both scientific research and business decision-making. It involves establishing a hypothesis (or guess!) about the outcome of an event or experiment and then gathering evidence (data) to make a decision on whether the hypothesis should be accepted or rejected” (Colorado Technical University Online, 2010a). Null Hypothesis – H0 “The null hypothesis is the statement being tested. Often, the null hypothesis is a statement of ‘no difference’ or ‘no effect.’ The null hypothesis is not rejected unless there is convincing sample evidence that it is false” (Bowerman, O’Connell, & Orris, 2012). Say for example that a two liter of Coca-Cola is $1.89 at your local grocery store and you like Coke, not Pepsi, can’t even imagine drinking it. If the price went up to $2.19 would you still purchase the product? If the answer is yes, then the null hypothesis is that raising the price of Coke would not adversely affect customer loyalty and brand purchase. We would then test this theory in Step 2. Alternative Hypothesis – H1 “The alternative, or research, hypothesis is a statement that will be accepted only if there is convincing sample evidence that it is true” (Bowerman, O’Connell, & Orris, 2012). Using the same example as above, but adding in a factor that you are on a tight budget, you decide not to purchase Coke or actually consider trying to learn to like drinking Pepsi. Then the alternative hypothesis is that...
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...Emily N. Bradyhouse Chapter 1 questions: January 27, 2013 Chapter One: Resolving Ethical Business Challenges What are the potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation? Acme is essentially bribing buyers in return for the purchase of their products. This could backfire on Acme if the buyers’ company,Thermocare, finds out. The reaction of the company may be to fire their buyer and cut ties with Acme all together. This, of course could be potentially fatal for Acme in two ways. One, by damaging their infrastructure through lost revenue and two, by damaging their corporate reputation. What should Acme do if there is a desire to make ethics part of its core organizational values? Acme needs to develop a new, strong internal business ethics code. This may require some employee turnover of the Acme staff, and holding a meeting to present new standards. Acme needs to have each staff member sign an agreement that will force repercussions if rules/codes are broken. This will help keep Acme on the right track to renewing their core organizational values. Identify the ethical issues of which Frank needs to be aware. There are several ethical issues that Frank needs to be aware of. The first, Frank’s own personal integrity. By bribing, Frank is compromising his own integrity. He needs to understand that his reputations is at risk along with Acme’s. Frank’s actions reflect the integrity of Acme because he is working as an agent of the company. Bribery may cause future...
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...Accessing and Protecting Electronic data For anyone under the age of twenty-five living in an indus- trialized country, typing term papers on a typewriter or looking up books by flipping through paper index cards in a filing cabinet in the library is a completely foreign concept. Similarly, life without a laptop computer, the internet, a cellphone, or an iPod is incomprehensible. But despite the depth of their penetration into our daily lives, the ubiquity of these communication devices is a very recent phenomenon. the proliferation of the internet and other technological innovations in the 1990s has had a seismic impact on our ability to create, store, and share information. the subse- quent development of social networking, along with the digitization of commerce and government in the following decade, has had an equally profound impact on the ways in which people communicate and go about their daily busi- ness. these changes are particularly stunning given the speed with which they happened. the first digital computer was built in 1939, and in the 1960s information systems were developed to store data. these systems evolved with the introduction of personal computers in the 1980s. it was the development and proliferation of the internet in the 1990s, however, that saw not only the collection and storage of in- creasing amounts of data but also the ability of citizens and consumers to access these data with the click of a mouse. A decade later, the internet ushered in “digital...
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...States has a long history with immigration. Between 1881 and 1924, the First Great Migration occurred with 25.8 million persons entering the country. In response, Congress enacted the National-Origins Quota System, establishing set parameters for individual regions of the globe, such as restricting immigration from the Eastern Hemisphere to one hundred fifty thousand individuals. As a result, only half a million individuals immigrated to the United States during the 1930s. Since then, the number of legal immigrants has increased at the rate of approximately one million people per decade. The 1965 Amendments to the Immigration and National Act repealed the natural-origin restrictions, increased the number of available visas, and made family ties to United States residents a determining factor for applicants entering the country. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) granted amnesty to three million illegal aliens and introduced a system of employer sanctions designed to stem the flow of additional illegal workers. The 1990 Immigration Act permits the entry of an additional one hundred fifty thousand legal immigrants, regardless of origin, annually. Immigration from a country can be defined by five factors: (a) the difference in real wages between...
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...MAJOR ERAS OF ORGANIZATIONAL (COMMUNICATION) THEORY IN THE 20TH CENTURY COMMUNICATION 4170: APPLIED ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION DR. KAREN L. ASHCRAFT I. CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVES (1900-1930) • • • • Some general assumptions: A “science” of organization will lead to greater efficiency and production. Organization owners should strive to control all organization resources. Individuals who follow orders and work hard can improve themselves. Workers respond to rational-economic motivation. One “best way” to complete any task Select personnel scientifically Compensate by production, not position Managers plan; workers implement the plan Example #1: Scientific Management (Frederick Taylor) → → → → Example #2: Bureaucracy (Max Weber) → → → → → → • • • • Clear, hierarchical system of authority Division of labor according to specialization Complete, “universal” system of rules re: personnel rights & responsibilities Exhaustive procedures for work performance Selection and promotion based on technical competence Impersonal member relations Status of communication: Viewed as a managerial tool to command and control workers Function: Emphasis on production & maintenance Structure: Formal, hierarchical, & downward Informal, horizontal, & social communication = obstacles that should be squelched II. HUMAN RELATIONS & RESOURCES (1930-1965) Some general assumptions of the Human RELATIONS movement: • • • “A happy worker is a productive worker” (shift from objective...
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...given by a number of development analysts with regards to the summit. To begin with it’s vital to give some background to this summit. In 2013, during a three nation tour, at a speech at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, President Obama announced his plans to host a summit for African leaders. He wanted to follow up with a gathering that would help the U.S. reinforce its economic and diplomatic ties with Africa. With this announcement, the United States – African Leaders’ Summit was an international summit held in Washington D. C. from the August 4th -6th 2014. Leaders from an anticipated majority of over fifty African states attended the three-day summit hosted by U.S. president Barack. H. Obama. Its primary focus was on trade and investment, democratic development and security of the continent. It will also highlight the depth and breadth of the United States’ commitment to the African continent, advanced shared priorities and enable discussion of ideas to deepen the partnership. The summit was designed to enable frank exchanges of ideas on which to base U.S.-African ties, rather than to formulate a set of pre-negotiated outcomes. It highlighted key goals in the Administration’s 2012 Africa Strategy, which focuses on U.S. efforts to help African countries (Statement by the...
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...Portugal’s Economic Crisis A series of economic-plummeting activities has plagued Portugal since 1999. Until 2011, the country has been covering up their genuine economic crisis. It wasn’t until they requested financial assistance from The International Monetary Fund and the European Union in April 201l, that their crisis was revealed. There are several debates on the reasons for Portugal’s bailout request. Robert M. Fishman, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, argues, “[Portugal’s third national request for a bailout] has come under unfair and arbitrary pressure from bond traders, speculators and credit rating analysts.” With this statement, he claims that Portugal’s bailout request didn’t result from a debt, but rather the threat of these market forces that have pushed out the prime minister of the country for a four-month period. With the absence of this democratic government, Fishman debates further that there was not a genuine underlying crisis in Portugal. (Fishman, Robert. The New York Times (The Opinion Pages) Portugal’s Unnecessary Bailout. April 12, 2011) The truth is that Portugal has had an underlying crisis for years but has managed to shift from the global public eye. According to David R. Cameron, professor of Political Science at Yale University, “there has been a recurring imbalance between spending and revenues.” This leads to my first solution, which is to have Portugal abandon their current fiscal policy. This would help cure the...
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...with aspects of a novel, dialogue, for instance. Preston favors this style and wrote his dissertation on it during his graduate studies in Princeton. Previously, Preston wrote non-fiction on science such as Astronomy and on History; later his focus shifts to the science of Microbiology. In 1992 Richard Preston wrote an article in The New Yorker, entitled “Crisis in the Hot Zone.” Two years later, this article became the foundation for his non-fiction book, The Hot Zone, which documents the appearance of Ebola in the United States during the late eighties. At the time The Hot Zone was conceived, free trade policies during President George H. W. Bush’s administration were still making an impact worldwide. Bush set forth global objectives, renewing an interest in globalization under the belief that a global market will alleviate America’s growing deficit. Furthermore, he spearheaded the construction of North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. Later, the Internet made its debut under the supervision of the new administrations Vice President, Al Gore. The United States had become the sole superpower of the world and was empowered by economic growth that began in 1983 that continued for the next several decades. These actions, along with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its Iron...
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