...Corporate Culture Comparison 1 Running head: CORPORATE CULTURE COMPARISON BETWEEN MICHAELS Corporate Culture Comparison Between Michaels and A.C. Moore Jeff Bowing Business 508 1820 Cross Vista Drive Cary, NC 27606 Telephone: 919-765-5152 Email: czin@yahoo.cm Instructor: Dr. Glenning Corporate Culture Comparison 2 Abstract Corporate culture was compared between Michaels and A. C. Moore determining how they differ from one another. Three different ways each unique culture has benefited by the others competition will be discussed. A discussion of how each company will continue to thrive if its current corporate culture would need to change in the near future. Corporate Culture Comparison 3 A corporate culture comparison between Michaels and A.C. Moore will be discussed in this paper. Corporate culture is extremely important to the success of any business. Every business has a distinct corporate culture with not one being alike. The chief executive or owner sets the tone for corporate culture. Spot states “the corporate culture is the operating environment that is set and shaped by the executive: • the way people dress • the way people act • the way people present themselves • they way people conduct their work • the way supervisors are encouraged to manage departments • the way customers are treated and served • the way workers interact with supervisors • the...
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...Comparison Essay -- Major Philosophical Theories Myria Loper PHI 105 08/23/2012 Michael Boen Comparison Essay -- Major Philosophical Theories In this easy I will talk about three of the different schools of thought; existentialism, phenomenology and hermeneutics. I will do this by comparing each school and provide examples as well as their positions. Existentialists are mainly traditional and academic philosophers. They believe the world is irrational and focus on individuals in a confrontationally state. They also have a hard time communicating, have anxiety and self-doubt. Existentialists believe that if we do not have honesty in confronting problems we can struggle with our problems. (Moore, 2011) Phenomenoligost interest their selves in essential structures found in stream conscious experience. (Moore, 2011). Phenomenoligist believe in phenomena’s; things manifest themselves on their own based on science. These philopsophers have a large impact not in the relms of philosophy, their impact has been more in theroies of science another words scientist are often referred to as phenomenoligost. An example of phenomenology is when you are looking at an object with both eyes open and it appears to be in the center of the table. You close one eye and it appears to be more to the left then to the right. The last one I will talk about is hermeneutics. Hermeneutics believe and deal with the principles of interpretation. The way individuals interact with each other and...
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...poor children. She goes on to point out the power of education for them. Education is empowerment for children living in poverty because it helps them to understand the disadvantages of their poor life in comparison to the rich and shows that effective knowledge is the way to overcome poverty. Additionally, a proper education can inspire children to strive even harder for their success. In “The Lesson”, the author reveals to the reader the disadvantages of poverty in relationship to wealth through Ms. Moore's lesson. Ms. Moore chooses to take a group of children to the luxury FAO Schwarz toy store in order to show them the difference between rich and poor lives. She knows that the trip is only a chance to let children see another side of life in the same city and helps them realize the disadvantages of their poor life. Through the narration of Silvia, a leader of the group, a reader can imagine the low quality of the children’s lives. At the beginning of the trip Moore talks to the children about the value of money. She discusses the amount of money their parents make, and how much their lifestyle requires to spend: “So we heading down the street and she's boring us silly about what things cost and what our parents make and how much goes for rent.” (348). Moore points out the level of poverty in which the children live. It becomes more evident when the children describe their study areas at home. Just one of the children has a desk which can...
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...Moore−Parker: Critical Thinking, Ninth Edition 5. Persuasion Through Rhetoric: Common Devices and Techniques Text © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2009 Chapter Persuasion Through Rhetoric 5 It’s just the way things are: Images and impressions tend to sell more products than good arguments do. At least some of the images are fun. Common Devices and Techniques W hen the military uses the phrase “self-injurious behavior incidents” regarding detainees at Guantánamo Bay, it means what most of us call “attempted suicides.” In fact, when the word “detainees” is used, it means what most of us call “prisoners.” “Waterboarding” sounds at first like something you’d expect to see young people doing on a California beach, not a torture technique that involves forced simulated drowning. Less remarkable, perhaps, but possibly more relevant for most of us, we’ve heard the term “downsized” used when someone is fired or laid off. “Ethnic cleansing” covers everything from deportation to genocide. What we have to say may be important, but the words we choose to say it with can be equally important. The examples just given are cases of a certain type of linguistic coercion—an attempt to get us to adopt a particular attitude toward a subject that, if described differently, would seem less attractive to us. Words have tremendous persuasive power, or what we have called their rhetorical force or emotive meaning—their power to express and elicit images, feelings, and emotional...
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...privately and publicly operated prisons provide services, the structure and form of oversight and accountability to insure punishment is just and fair, and the measurement of cost and efficiency. To be sure, many of these issues are crucial even in the absence of a privatization debate. However, because there are impassioned proponents and opponents on both sides of the issue, the prison privatization literature has provoked both earnest debate and fractious polemic. One might expect that the importance of this topic would have elevated prison privatization research and encouraged the funding of large scale studies. In fact, there are very few studies comparing privately and publicly operated facilities. Segal and Moore (2002) identified about 23 U.S. cost comparison studies and fewer quality studies. Many of those studies were of questionable value. The most recent review, a meta-analysis by Lundahl et. al. (2009) only identified 12 studies of cost and quality meeting their criteria for sound methodology. Even with this limited set of privatization studies, different reviewers have come to opposing conclusions about what the research literature shows. Of the five reviews I cover, three conclude there is no difference between the cost and quality of private and public prisons, and two conclude private prisons are quite a bit cheaper to operate, and produce a similar level of quality. At the end of this...
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...Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Pape PHI105 David Krause University of Phoenix Axia College What is philosophy? Philosophy is the study of some of the most fundamental questions asked by mankind, such as why we are here and what the purpose of life is. Throughout the history of philosophy, there have been many influential figures coming from all corners of the planet. Despite having worldwide influences, philosophy is usually divided into eastern and western schools of thought. Eastern philosophy is centered on cognitive dimensions that revolve around meditative thinking in order to reach enlightenment, while the western school of thought subscribes to the idea of attaining salvation through a leap of faith This paper shall put forth two philosophers, one from each school of thought, discussing their unique ideas and then shall continue on to compare and contrast their ideals. Siddhartha Gautama was born into a life of privilege and wealth, being the son of a king. When Siddhartha experienced the suffering in the world, he left his wife and child to pursue a path that would uncover the cause of suffering and its cure. “After six years of wandering and meditation, he found enlightenment.” (Moore & Bruder, 2008, p.530) With this attained enlightenment, Siddhartha Gautama took up the handle that he is known by today, Buddha which means “the Enlightened One.” Siddhartha’s new enlightenment led to the creation of Buddhism, which “essentially was a philosophical...
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...chosen to write about in my compare and contrast essay are “Chickenhawk,” by Robert Mason and “We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam,” by BG Harold G. Moore (Ret) and Joseph L. Galloway. These two books focus on the Vietnam War and more importantly the 1st Cavalry Divisions time in the Vietnam war. Both books are autobiographies written from a soldier’s point of view and both offer a unique look at life for different types of soldiers during the Vietnam War during the same period of time (1965) and even during the same Battles (Ia Drang Valley). Chickenhawk, by Mason, is written from the point of view of a huey “slick” pilot in the army’s first use of air assault or airmobile techniques. The book begins with Mason starting his career in the army and his transition through flight school and eventually making his way to the Vietnam War. The majority of the book focuses on his time in Vietnam and the daily life of an Army Huey pilot in the 1st Cav as well as his transfer to the “Blue Stars”, which occurs at the end of his tour. The last few chapters of the book discuss his time after Vietnam. “We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam,” by Moore and Galloway is written from the point of view of Moore, an army infantry Lieutenant Colonel and Galloway a combat photographer. Moore was the battalion commander of the famed 1/7 Cav, Custer’s unit, for the training and implementation...
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...the injustices he’s exposed in his other films over the last 20 years. This time capitalism itself is the culprit to be maligned in Moore’s trademark docu-tragi-comic style. And by using the platform of a major motion picture to make a direct assault at the root of the problem, Moore has created space in the political mainstream for a radical conversation (radical meaning “going to the root”). It’s a conversation that is desperately needed as the economic crisis continues to devastate low- and middle-income Americans in spite of President Obama’s and Congress’ efforts to stop the bleeding by throwing trillions of dollars at the banks. Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that while the Dow Jones topped 10,000 for the first time in a year, foreclosures have reached a record level of 940,000 in the third quarter. But with this film airing in major chain cinemas across the nation, the normally taboo topics of how wealth is divided, who owns Congress, and how vital economic decisions are made are now open for discussion in a way they haven’t been in the U.S. for decades. In Capitalism, Michael Moore features the reality of the economic crisis for America’s usually-invisible poor and working class. The movie begins with a family filming their eviction from their own home. In a terrifying scene, we watch from inside their living room window as 7 police cars roll up to throw the ill-fated family onto the street for failing to make their payments. Moore explained in an interview, “You see...
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...generation is imperative, presenting the individual student with aspiration of confidence, potential, character, and self-esteem will allow the student to grow in the right direction for the future generation. Furthermore, connecting these entrepreneurial programs directly to students’ education would demonstrate how vital important it is and how they can make a difference within the community because it directly involves revitalizing society. There are volumes of disadvantaged students that live in major inner cities throughout the United States such as Baltimore City, Maryland. In the story “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” the author Wes Moore has written true-life stories of his youth that correlates with the other Wes Moore that lived in his neighborhood. By funding the entrepreneurial programs, students would learn “the difference between failures or successes, which we become more...
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...you could 'teach' a computer to match the word 'exam' in the given phrase above. In order to do this in C#, you could write 4 separate search commands, or you can be more efficient and you can do it in a single phrase. By using pattern = ‘e ?x ?a ?m?’; . now you can locate one or more of the strings with just a single command: Text = [‘There exists just a single example’]; Regexp (text, pattern, ‘match’) Ans = ‘exam’. This is just one of many ways that you could teach a computer to find the word exam in the phrase. You are also able to use different MATLAB returns (MathWorks.com, 2011). Boyer-Moore pattern matching algorithm The algorithm works by creating a “skip table” to each possible character. By using this skip table, the number of actual comparisons needed to locate a string can decrease, and in some cases dramatically (Wood, J.). Comparison is done from right to left, starting with the last character in the patter. So with our...
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...clearly captured within Philip Noyce’s ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’, and Archie Roach’s ‘Took the Children Away’. In Rabbit Proof Fence, the viewer clearly captures mistreatment of Aboriginal girls through the settlement at Moore River and Mavis the maid. In the song, ‘Took the Children Away’, many of the lyrics illustrate the suffering placed on the children....
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...process of standardized testing in our schools across the nations. Standardized testing has created a test driven education, altering teaching strategies with a higher stress environment for not only teachers but students as well, and has great consequences for all involved if they fail to meet mandated scores. History of Testing Testing isn’t new to education yet it has changed dramatically from where it started many years ago. The history of testing dates back for many centuries for many different reasons including our military, but most are centered on education and its effectiveness as a whole. When the military introduced aptitude tests they where to help find suitable candidates for positions such as officers, and other special training programs to place them quickly into those areas where they would be most productive (Gallagher, 2003, p.87). The same thought was brought to the educational system and implemented hoping to create its own success, standardized testing was born. According to Gallagher (2003) standardized testing was started as a way to push students into a career that would best suit them (p.88)....
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...to execute the mission upon receipt. This is Sun Tzu’s principle of knowing yourself. Sun Tzu also practiced the art of deception. Which in many ways similar to deception techniques used by General Patton and General Washington when flanking their enemies. I will show you these principles and the principles of some of our great leaders throughout history. I will show how many of these leaders’ principles and beliefs were very much alike and used throughout history during different periods. Some of these great leaders are Napoleon Bonaparte, General George Patton, and John Moore. We can see through the analyzing of battles throughout history Sun Tzu’s principles are effective and taught by many today. Sun Tzu verses Great Military Leaders throughout Time The teaching of Sun Tzu remains true throughout time. We have herd the old term great minds think alike. This is true when we talk about the most successful military leaders throughout history. If leaders analyze and adhere to Sun Tzu principles, they will be successful. I will focus on only a few of Sun Tzu’s principles....
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...science, which has evolved into an even greater desire to understand the fundamental properties of this universe. It’s ironic really, because, according to Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, Western philosophy began when Thales of Greece considered the possibility that there must be some “fundamental kind of stuff” everything in the universe is made of. (Moore 22) While Thales was on the right track, he was wrong to suggest that thing was water, but his reasoning was based on logic. Despite being incorrect, Thales assumptions led to the beginning of metaphysics, the study of a simpler underlying reality, and that is what physics is today. In fact, theoretical physicists of today do just about anything they can to make their equations simpler. For example, we believe there are four fundamental forces of the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Each one of these forces alone is represented by ugly, chaotic equations. In an attempt to “splice” all four equations together, each equation was revised to include a component that allowed the forces to operate in 10 dimensions instead of the four we are familiar with. Low and behold, after the adjustment, the equations magically fit together like puzzle pieces in a theory called heterotic string theory, also known as M-theory. Not only does the equation appear simpler but it also predicts that there is indeed a fundamental substance at the base of all creation in the universe. While the original...
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...A Comparison of Eastern Philosophy Asia, the world’s largest continent, consists of over one third of Earths total land are and approximately 60% of the world’s population. Further, a large percentage of Asia’s 4.3 billion people live in the countries of China, Japan, and India (Exploredia, 2011). Out of these densely populated countries three eastern schools of philosophy were born between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, and it is these same ancient philosophies that flourish throughout Asia today. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism are three major schools of thought that significantly have impacted the political, social and religious views of Asian culture. Confucianism, which was inspired by Confucius, has been followed by the Chinese people for more than two thousand years (Confucianism, 2012, pp.1). Because Confucianism is described as a way of life, it is sometimes viewed as a philosophy and sometimes viewed as a religion, although it does not share the aspect of organization that most other religions share. The idea behind Confucianism is that wisdom and knowledge can be obtained through study, ritual practices, and learning from experiences. Humans are perfectible by wisdom and the ultimate goal is to reach a state of superior wisdom. The first principle Confucius taught is called the principle of mean, which is the importance of seeking balance and moderation in life. Any circumstance of extreme should be avoided. The second principle Confucius...
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