...people's lives greatly. This essay concentrates on the digital revolution and the digital divide in the world today. Many today's technology achievements and improvements of people's quality of life should owe to the digital revolution. Digital revolution, which is also named the third industrial revolution or the third technological revolution, means the innovation of computers and the repaid spread of the communication equipments and it includes the revolution of the society and the technology, which usually refer in particular to the arguments created when these technology widely used (H.Jenkins & D.Thorburn, The Digital Revolution, the Informed Citizen, and the Culture of Democracy, 2003, p.1). However, this revolution can to some extent be a wicked problem for its search of solution could never stop and each solution of a digital solution is always a "one-shot" operation as well as the difficulty to generate a solution immediately or ultimately (J.C.Camillus, 2008, p.100). As for the first one, since digital industry is an emerging industry, the problems of the digital revolution can hardly be clarified in the foreseeable future (J.C.Camillus, 2008, p.100). Thus, the same as the wicked problem, the digital revolution has no stopping rule as well since it needs to keep finding new solutions for new problems (J.C.Camillus, 2008, p.100). For the second one, because of the lack experience in the digital industry, the problem appeared in digital revolution is hard to be imitated,...
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...Kodak and the Digital Revolution [pic] [pic][pic]Brief Overview: Kodak is a multinational American corporation which has become a household name most known for its film products. The company has come face to face with many changes due to the digital revolution which has created a rapid changing photography industry. George Eastman began Kodak in 1880 and introduced the first Kodak camera in 1888 coining the slogan “you press the button, we do the rest.” Eastman held a high standard for the company when it came to competition however with many managerial and product line changes, Kodak has slowly fallen behind in the industry. The company has experienced many shortcomings with the most recent trend of digital photography. According to Exhibit 7, from 1998-2002 Kodak was 2nd to Sony in the U.S. for the percent of units sold. The company is now considering layoffs as market share, film sales, and company revenues are down. Problems: § The company is faced with multiple managerial problems. First, the company lacked fresh blood in its management team. All of its CEO’s primarily came from the manufacturing jobs within its own company. This hurt the company overall and put a damper on keeping up with technological changes and competition as “Kodak avoided anything risky or innovative.” Second, when the company finally did add new blood to its management team things still didn’t look up. CEO Kay Whitmore was added in 1990 and changed the focus to “film based technology” such...
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...that all of the previous presidents and their rivals promised to solve, and yet it remains unsolved to the date, and that problem is the education, and as the education remains secondary in the politicians priorities the problem will remain existence, but why is the education a failure? Why aren’t our leaders doing anything? And what can be done? Benjamin R. Barber addressed the issues in the educational system in his essay “Why We Talk So Much About Education and Do So Little”, Benjamin R. Barber (born August 2, 1939) is an American political theorist and author he held the positions of Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy, and he is Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University; he is the current president and founder of the Interdependence Movement and the NGO "CivWorld" at Demos, he wrote this essay for Harper’s Magazine in November 1993, nineteen years later we still face the same situation he wrote about. Barber –in the essay mentioned above- stats clearly why the schooling system is a failure. The poor salary of the teachers is one of the main reasons a teacher’s salary is nowhere to be compared to other salaries of less important jobs. I say less important because teachers are handling our future. One other reason barber talks about is the lake of safety in some schools, gang related violence in schools is a big problem because instead of...
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...Essay based on Russell brand interview Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian born on 4th of June 1975. He is also an actor, radio host and author by profession. In an interview with Mr Jeremy Paxman on 24th Oct 2013 regarding voting, revolution, as he launches the guest edit for New Statesman. Russell Brand describes himself as a person with crazy hair, good sense of humour who doesn't have much idea about politics. My essay will fully focus on the certain view of Mr Russell brown with my personal opinion. Mr Jeremy Paxman in that interview asked Russell Brand that who are you to edit a political magazine. He came up with the reply that he was asked by an attractive women to edit an issue on news statesman. His views were very clear about what he thinks about the political party as he choose the subject of revolution because the New Statesman is a political magazine and imagining the overthrow of the current political system is the only way I can be enthused about politics. The points (answers) Mr. Russell brand came up with are as follows: * I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. * I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites. * I don’t vote because to me it seems like a tacit act of compliance. * I feel it is a far more potent political act to completely renounce the current paradigm...
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...someone doing a crossword puzzle or a chess problem or a jigsaw, the puzzle-solver expects to have a reasonable chance of solving the puzzle, that his doing so will depend mainly on his own ability, and that the puzzle itself and its methods of solution will have a high degree of familiarity. A puzzle-solver is not entering completely uncharted territory. Because its puzzles and their solutions are familiar and relatively straightforward, normal science can expect to accumulate a growing stock of puzzle-solutions. Revolutionary science, however, is not cumulative in that, according to Kuhn, scientific revolutions involve a revision to existing scientific belief or practice (1962/1970a, 92). Not all the achievements of the preceding period of normal science are preserved in a revolution, and indeed a later period of science may find itself without an explanation for a phenomenon that in an earlier period was held to be successfully explained. This feature of scientific revolutions has become known as ‘Kuhn-loss’ (1962/1970a, 99–100). If, as in the standard picture, scientific revolutions are like normal science but better, then revolutionary science will at all times be regarded as something positive, to be sought, promoted, and welcomed. Revolutions are to be sought on Popper's view also, but not because they add to positive...
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...Objectives Stated in Terms of Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, you will be able to: * Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of traditional concepts of strategic management and thinking, including models of business-level competitive advantage * Evaluate contemporary challenges to traditional strategic management and thinking models * Apply systems-thinking principles to the framing and analysis of business problems and opportunities * Develop innovative business strategies designed to achieve sustainable solutions * Synthesize principles of sustainable strategic management and thinking into a viable problem statement for use in the Doctoral Study project Course Materials Texts Harvard Business School Press. (2005). Strategy: Create and implement the best strategy for your business.Boston, MA: Author. Senge, P., Smith, B., Kruschwitz, N., Laur, J., & Schley, S. (2010).The necessary revolution: How individuals and organizations are working together...
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...Module convenor: Maris Farquharson Essay title: Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development. What role do creativity and problem solving play in this relationship? Refer to both theory and examples from the business world to support your discussion. Word Count: 1959 Submitted: 27/11/2012 Student: Pan Yanhao Student ID: 6508745 Recent years the popularity of entrepreneurship education is growing worldwide (Gormon & Hanlon & King, 1997). In the United Kingdom more students are being taught in classes to accumulate entrepreneurial skills in their own field to make considerable achievement (Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), 2006). In addition, the government in some countries also give emphasises on the entrepreneurship and build specific plans about the improvement of entrepreneurial skills (Lumsdaine and Binks, 2007). The reason why entrepreneurship becomes more prevalent is that entrepreneurship and its vital part which is innovation are regarded as crucial components in the process of economic development (Baumol, 1968). This essay will demonstrate the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development and illustrate the role of creativity and problem solving in this complex relationship. Section one will describe that innovation is the core of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship will also enhance the development of innovation. Section two of this essay will illustrate innovation makes...
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...Imperialism’s effects on China has always been controversial and debatable. Andrew Nathan’s article on Imperialism’s Effects on China explains imperialism’s positive contributions to modern day China and defends the theory that China’s difficulties are caused by internal factors rather than external. On the other hand, Joseph Esherick’s Harvard on China: The Apologetics of Imperialism argues that China’s economic and social disruptions are caused by imperialism. However, when one examines the evidence chosen and rhetoric of both sides, one may realize the faults in Nathan’s essay which are not shown in Esherick’s. Esherick, as opposed to Nathan, delivers his arguments and defends his stance in a well-rounded manner along with wise usage of his evidence–forming a more crystalized and convincing argument. The two sides disagree on the fundamental question of whether imperialism brought harm or benefits to China in three aspects: effects on the economy, effects on politics, and the results of imperialism. Nathan focuses on the economic benefits foreign trade has brought, while undermining the arguments that his opponents made (in this case, mainly James Peck and Issac’s arguments.) Nathan explains that “it is difficult to establish a negative relationship between the foreign presence and the success of Chinese enterprise.” He attributes the failure of the Chinese industrialization process to the “failure of that sector as a whole to develop,” and states that the problem...
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...The impact of the French Revolution on the twentieth century totalitarian systems. by Kinga K. Krajewska The French Revolution is one of the most significant events of the modern era. Not only has it changed a countenance of France, but it has also considerably affected the further history of Europe and the world. Nevertheless, the essence of its significance raises controversy among scholars. In a long tradition of historiography of the French Revolution there can be extracted several major concepts: the liberal approach represented by historians such as Alexis de Tocqeville or Francois Mignet, the Classic or Marxist interpretation, which considers the French upheaval as a 'bourgeois' revolution, and the Revisionism. The last-named has abolished the myth of the social interpretation and has brought a new conception of the Revolution as highly political. Probably the most influential revisionist work on the French Revolution is Francuas Furet's Penser la Revolution francaise (1978; English translation- Interpreting the French Revolution, 1981). It assumes the revolutionary events as remarkably anti-democratic and emphasises its connection with the totalitarian systems. The book has stated quite an innovative thesis, which has become an object of evaluation for both academics and the general public. Thus, this essay is to demonstrate the impact of the Revolution on the totalitarianism of the twentieth century and to indicate the major similarities as well as their...
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...Feminist essay A feminist is someone who believes that women are oppressed in today’s society. Feminist can be male or female. There are many types of feminist theses all have different beliefs on the cause and solution to women’s issues. A few of these types are: Marxist feminists: Marxist beliefs is that the cause of women’s oppression in society Is capitalism. This is due to the fact that the family reiterates the capital system whereby the proletariats do all the work for the bourgeois who profit from their work. The proletariat are not aware of this due to false class consciousness which is where they are unaware of what is happening. The bourgousi maintain this to avoid a revolution. Marxist feminist say the solution to this is a revolution to a communistic society. Mitchell a Marxist feminist said that women should be freed from their domestic responsibilities! He believed by doing this the women could pass on her roles to other agencies such as education and cleaners to allow her the freedom to do as she wishes in whatever domestic and relationships she chooses. Criticisms of Marxist feminist are that they assume all families are stereotypical nuclear families (biological mum, dad and kids) by doing this they are ignoring family diversity since they don’t account for other family types such as bean pole (where a family have one child who goes on to have one child and this continues) . Also radical feminist criticize Marxist feminist as they believe the cause and...
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...Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), and Revolution 2020 (2011). All the books have remained bestsellers since their release and three have inspired Bollywood films (including the hit film 3 Idiots). In 2008, The New York Times called Bhagat "the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history". Bhagat, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, is seen more as a youth icon than as an author. Time magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. What Young India Wants In his latest book, What Young India Wants, Chetan Bhagat asks hard questions, demands answers and presents solutions for a better, more prosperous India. • Why do our students regularly commit suicide? • Why is there so much corruption in India? • Can’t our political parties ever work together? • Does our vote make any difference at all? • We love our India, but shouldn’t some things be different? What Young India Wants is based on Chetan Bhagats vast experience as a very successful writer and motivational speaker. In clear, simple prose, and with great insight, he analyses some of the complex issues facing modern India, offers solutions and invites discussion on them. And, at the end, he asks this important question: Unless we are all in agreement on what it is going to take to make our country...
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...farmer", A movement promoting rural life and agriculture as the basis for society. After exhaustively reviewing the characteristics of an Agrarian Society I will first present the base cause of human alienation from nature as well as possible solutions to overcome this unnatural dilemma. Secondarily, I will testify without a doubt how the agrarian solution hugely differs from other mainstream solutions to the environmental crisis suggested...
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...Lee Ho Ting 3035049110 Essay 1: Compare and contrast the main characteristics of the urbanization process in the First and Third Worlds Introduction As a necessary step towards development, both the First world and Third world countries have been undertaking the process urbanization. Urbanization is referred to the process of the increase in the total population living in the urban areas through immigration to the areas and net increase in the urban population (Pacione, 2009). Although the processes of urbanization are similar among countries, there are still differences as the First world is defined as capitalist industrial market economies where the Third world is referred to states that failed to develop economically after independence (Pacione, 2009). The differences in the social and economic situations in the First and Third world as well as the different global environment have led to distinct characteristics in the urbanization process of countries. Understanding these characteristics is essential to the understanding the challenges faced by states in the process. Therefore this essay is going to discuss the similarities and differences between the urbanization processes starting from the eighteenth century up till now from the social and economic aspects in respect of the global environment. Similarities – Economic based urbanization The major similarity between the urbanization of the two different worlds is that economic development played a significant...
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...follow The Narrator in his problem-riddled everyday life, and his attempt to escape it by fabricating an alternate identity. The essay focuses on themes such as masculinity vs. emasculation, violence and the connection inbetween. Secondly, the essay includes references to the theoretical text “The Crisis of Manliness”. In the text “Fight Club” we follow the unnamed narrator or The Narrator in his daily life at Microsoft. Suffering from relationship problems, self-esteems problems and an insufferable boss, The Narrator has a hard time suffering from insomnia because of this. To handle his problems, he starts a fight club with his alter ego, also known as Tyler Durden. The text uses first person narration, as we see through The Narrators eyes, but also the thought of Tyler Durden, as they are the same person, even though he is written as an independent character in chapter 6. The Narrator and Tyler Durden start fight club as a way to regain their masculinity. This violence begins in the parking lot behind a bar, where Tyler tells the Narrator to hit him. The Narrator is reluctant at first, but gives in. In return he receives a punch to the chest by Tyler. This is the beginning of The Narrators self-realization. The Narrator agrees with Tyler that self-destruction is the way to self-improvement. The Narrator mentions the fight club as not being a solution to his problem, but rather a way to escape from the problems, as mentioned in the text: “Nothing was solved when the fight was...
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...education decreased some problems had started to exist, such as high school private tutorial or in other words special classes. Nowadays, private tutorials is something that mainly happens in most Egyptian families. Private tutorials may have limited advantages in educating students but has caused many disadvantages on students, teachers and parents. As private tutorials became more popular, many teachers as well as students started relying on them to get education or teach, for instance, a student may not attend a whole year of school and depend on private lessons to get his/her education. The ministry of Education in Egypt may be responsible of this problem because it doesn't set regulations that can reduce such a problem . The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate the issue of private tutorials and the causes and effects it has on the Egyptian society. One of the causes that leads students to take private lessons at home is the limitation of time in classes. Most of the public schools in Egypt accept a large number of students with less number of classes and teachers and with the short period of each class, teachers will not be able to educate that much students. According to Nourhan Ismail in her article "Private Lessons in Egypt", in Egypt, "classes consist of 40 to 60 students if not even more", therefore that large amount of students will not be able to catch up with the teacher or understand specially that the class time is limited (2012). As a result, the limitation...
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