...11/10/11 Foundations of HPE 8:00 Native American Influence on Sport Looking at today's sports it would be hard to guess that Native Americans had any type of influence on sports and recreation. The famous sports today make it hard to notice any type of culture mix other than a large debate about mascots. The larger and better known sports (football, baseball, basketball) all have hardly been influenced by Native Americans. Although, there are many ways the Native Americans have influenced recreaction we participate in and spectate today. The little effect has usually come from elite athletes with a strong Native American background. Jim Thorpe was naturally athletic and excelled in every sport he participated in. His credentials are a perfect example; he was a 2 time college football All American for Carlisle Pennsylvania. He also won many gold medals in the 1912 Olympics in the decathlon and pentathlon (Sports Experience, 1999)."Jim's contemporaries, including George Halas, give full credit to Jim Thorpe for the great success, the early success, in the formative years of the NFL." once said by Robert Wheeler. Another example is coach Phil Jackson (former Chicago Bulls head coach and present L.A. Lakers head coach), who used Native American superstition to improve the attitude of his players, including Michael Jordan (hall of famer), Kobe Bryant, and Shaq O’Neil. Coach Jackson used similar techniques used by the Lakota Sioux, such as burning sage because he believed...
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...Racial Profiling Furnie J. Oden IV Strayer University- Lithonia Campus Some people wonder what is racial profiling. Racial profiling derives from fear of the unknown, miss-education, slavery, and incarceration. Since the beginning of slavery African Americans have dealt with profiling due to their identity. Racial profiling deals with selecting a person within a stereotypical criteria according to their specific racial group. The main reason in advocating racial profiling in the background of criminal study can enlarge the possibility of arresting criminals. Paul Bou-Habib stated, “If the rate at which members of a specific racial group commits a crime is higher than that of other criminals will be caught if the police concentrate their efforts on investigating members of the racial group in question?” (2011, p.34). It is not right when police officers, political officials, and judges make decisions based on predetermined racist and some would say ignorant beliefs. For example, my friend was in McDonald’s parking lot and he was in the process of switching seats with his friend because he was exhausted of driving. . The term “driving while black has been used to describe the practice of law enforcement officials to stop African-American drivers without probable cause” (Weatherspoon, 2004). This is one of the leading minority men are pulled over in their vehicle. Which usually leads to a unwarranted stop...
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...members of a specific racial group commits a crime is higher than that of other criminals will be caught if the police concentrate their efforts on investigating members of the racial group in question?” (2011, p.34). It is injustice, when police officers, political officials, and judges have learned how to automatically have a racist attitude towards blacks. For example, my friend was in McDonald’s parking lot and he was in the process of switching seats with his friend because he was exhausted of driving. While leaving the parking lot, the officer had pulled them over because he seen a black guy get out of his car and thought something seemed suspicious. The officer implied that my friend did not use his right turning signal. The term “driving while black has been used to describe the practice of law enforcement officials to stop African-American drivers without probable cause” (Weatherspoon, 2004). Currently, education has been a system of miss-education. I believe that children are pushed out of high school due to the treatment that they receive from the school faculty and staff. Dr. Carter G. Woodson published a book called “The Miss-Education of the Negro” in his book it explains how miss-education was a turning point in educating another black...
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...Imperfections of Our Ancestors: Haiti and Dominican Republic The island of Hispaniola is inhabited by two countries but why is it that these countries never share their influences with one another, rather than praising each other their animosity is not only present in their island but also in America too with first and second generation Haitian and Dominicans Americans. Why one island praises their African roots while the other tries to eliminate and hide it? Growing up in a predominate Haitian household you are opened to the culture, the cuisine, the music and the history, and this is for the same for a Dominican household, but imagine being of both ethnicities and wanting both. In some instances, the families allows both cultures to influence...
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...write up on the organizational behavior completed during the first trimester of PGDM. We owe a special debt of gratitude to Prof. Subhash C. Kapor for his constant support and guidance. His sincerity, thoroughness and preservance have been a constant source of inspiration for us. It is only his cognizant that our endeavors have seen light of the day. We also take the opportunity to acknowledge Dr. J.K. Goyal, Director JIMS and Dr. Somesh Raizada, Dean JIMS for their constant support. Last but not the least we would also like to acknowledge the contribution of all the team members of Lakshya for their kind assistance and cooperation during the development of our write up. Introduction Have you ever got up in the morning and thought, "I really don't want to go to work today"? I think we all have at some point in our lives. You may also have had times when you have thought or said, "I hate my job, I hate where I work." These feelings have nothing to do with you, your job or your workplace. The problem lies in the fact that your supervisor or manager has no idea how to manage organizational behavior. OB is frequently applied to topics such as...
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...................6 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................7 Research ..........................................................................................................................................8 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................29 Bibliography .................................................................................................................................31 Research Proposal The goal of my research is to expose the racism in the criminal justice system that is so hidden. I want to show how racism contributes to the huge number of incarcerated African Americans. The criminal justice system creates and perpetuates racial hierarchy in the United States, and has done so throughout history. African Americans are criminalized and targeted because of their skin color. I want to look at the Reagan administration, the War on Drugs, corrupt police practices, media, inner city enforcement, police discretion, racial...
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...behavior and actions. This is especially true when a group of people or a high status citizen supports an individual’s beliefs, even when there is no valid authority contributed to their stance. Individuals raised in the modern first-world are educated to believe in the science and efficiency of vaccinations to ensure public health and decrease infant and childhood mortality rates. A wealth of evidence exists to prove that vaccinations are safe, effective, and increase public health. The scientific and medical communities, by a vast majority, support the use of vaccinations and are desperately attempting to get vaccines to third world countries and end massive generations-long death tolls attributed to preventable diseases. The diseases that these vaccines prevent had been eradicated in the United States and Western Europe for decades. Why, then, are people willing to allow their children to go unvaccinated in first world nations? Cognitive dissonance may hold the answer to this question. Ian and Linda Williams are educated parents in Auckland, New Zealand, who refused to vaccinate their son, Alijah. This decision would be life-altering. The family was caught up in the recent anti-vaccine movement, promoted heavily by celebrities like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Jim Carrey, and Jenny McCarthy - one of the most famous opponents to vaccine use. This paper will delve into the shocking story of one family’s regrettable decision to not vaccinate their child and the possible social psychological...
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...Eddie Alvarez, Dana Huigen Chen, Jason Nguyen, Morgan Thomas, Charleen Binsol, Amit Shukla, Daniel Cho, Miko Xinyuan Shan Professor Macaulay MGMT 425 2/16/16 Costco Executive Summary This paper conducted an external analysis of Costco which is in the retail industry, more specifically, variety stores. The five forces of this industry include Threat of New Entrants, Bargaining Power of Buyers, Bargaining Power of Suppliers, Threat of Substitutes, and Intensity of Rivalry. After having conducted research, the intensity of each of the forces are as follows: Threat of New Entrants – moderate; Bargaining Power of Buyers – weak; Bargaining Power of Suppliers – weak; Threat of Substitutes – strong; and Intensity of Rivalry – weak. Furthermore, the greatest concern involves threats from online purchases, due to the convenience and ease of the transaction. Although, suppliers that have large economies of scale are working with Costco in securing preferential prices. Threat of New Entrants The first of Porter’s Five Forces is the threat of new entrants, which refers to the likelihood of new competitors entering the industry. The strength of this force depends on the levels of barriers to entry. When barriers to entry are high, the threat of new entrants are low, and vice versa. We determined the threat of new entrants to be moderate for the Variety Stores industry. The first two barriers to entry are large economies of scale and high capital requirements. When consumers...
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...The company was founded in 1971 by Joe Montgomery, Jim Catrambone and Ron Davis to manufacture backpacks and bags for camping and later bicycle trailers for bicycle touring. The company grew quickly during its early years. One of the most successful products was the Bugger, the cycling industry's first bicycle trailer, although Cannondale's marketing department seemed unaware of the connotations of the name in British English (some were, nevertheless, exported to the UK). Today, Cannondale produces many different types of high-end bicycles, few of which are handmade in USA, specializing in aluminum (rather than steel or titanium) and carbon fiber frames, a technology in which they were pioneers. The name of the company was taken from the Cannondale Metro North train station in Wilton, Connecticut. That reputation proved invaluable when Cannondale introduced its first bicycle, a Touring model, in 1983. We raised the cycling world's eyebrows by building our bicycles around handcrafted, oversized aluminum frames that were both lighter and more flex-resistant than the steel models that dominated the industry at the time. We quickly followed up this success with a road racing model and a mountain bike model in 1984. Our creative reputation encouraged both bike dealers and customers to join the revolution, and widespread industry skepticism quickly gave way to a host of imitators. The range of products: ...
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...Connell |Assignment |Essay | |Due Date | 27-Jan-2013 |Date Submitted |27-Jan-2013 | |Submitted by |Naseem Ahmad |Version | 1.4 | |Word Count |1975 |Total Pages | 9 | CONTRASTING STYLE OF TWO LEADERS The traces of Leader and the act to guide have always been since the beginning of mankind. Numerous theories have been evolved; definitions have been coined by various famous and renowned authors, academicians and also from the various institutes. In today’s business active world lot of attention have been shed on leaders and various notions of leadership linked with them. Peter Drucker, in his work in 1954 pointed out that “Leadership is of utmost importance. Indeed there is no substitute for it. But leadership cannot be created or promoted. It cannot be taught or learned”. In an orthodox composition on ‘Kantian theory of Leadership’, Bowie mentioned that “leader has a hierarchical and even elitist connotation, opposite to Kant’s moral (basically egalitarian) philosophy” (Bowie, N, 2000).As per Machaivelli “power was seen as the sole purpose of leadership”. (Machiavelli, N, 1952). Were as academicians like Schiro, J. B. (1999) whose view is more vigorous; “Leadership is an elusive concept, so there...
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...marketing that a large number of buyers and sellers meet at a place and exchange their products or service for money or the product in return. Marketing today is more than simple trade of goods and services. The term itself has changed drastically over time and has taken a new form. [1]Very simply defined marketing is a medium of meeting the modern communication technology and the old-age marketing that have been practiced by the marketers since a long time. The use of marketing principles and techniques via electronic media and more specifically the Internet is referred to as Internet. It is often interchangeable with online marketing and can often be considered synonymous. [2]The use of internet could be made in different ways. In today’s world it has become the most widely used to technique of marketing a brand. To make the process interactive it uses both direct response marketing and indirect marketing elements and an assortment of technologies to facilitate businesses and customers link up with each other. The main objective of the internet marketing is to attract new businesses, retain current businesses and develop its brand identity by conducting activities through the worldwide web. It stimulates the practice of inculcating all the features of internet advertising in order to make the medium attractive and interactive. Internet Marketing ties together both the creative and technical aspects of the internet, including design, development, advertising and marketing...
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...A N I N S P I R I N G TO O L FO R O R G A N I Z AT I O N S A N D T H E P EO P L E W H O L E A D T H E M MOST IMPORTANT The Five Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization Peter F. Drucker Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Frances Hesselbein 5 “Nobody, not even Socrates, has ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker. All the personality, all the wisdom is here to make your work dramatically more effective. There’s nothing better. It’s like having Peter at your side.” —Bob Buford, author, Halftime and Finishing Well, and founding chairman, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management “Peter Drucker’s penetrating and profound insights are more relevant and needed today than when he originally produced them. This helpful revision of his classic Self-Assessment Tool offers managers and leaders in every sector—nonprofit, business, and government—a useful guide to figuring out what’s needed, why it matters, and how to make it work. At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership are the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker’s common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone who cares about doing things right and doing the right thing.” —Ira A. Jackson, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, and board member, The Drucker Institute “Peter Drucker’s Five Most Important Questions continue to be the indispensable questions that...
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...Values [online]. Cited 18 September 2004. Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.americanstandard.com/values-about.asp) Aden, John. Interview by class. April 2004. Allen, Dr. Suzanne: Marketing Professor at Walsh University. Phone Interview by Morgan Allen. 12 September 2004. Armstrong, Gary and Philip Kotler. Marketing: An Introduction. Pearson & Prentice Hall, 2005. p. 8-32. Beam, Jay. Interview by class. Athens, Ohio, 10 September 2004. Burrows, Peter and Jim Kerstetter, "SUN: A CEO's Last Stand." Business Week. 26 September 2004. “Business Quotes," Woopidoo Quotations. Cited 19 September 2004. Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.woopidoo.com) “Computer Hardware,” Hoover’s Industry Snapshots. 14 September 2004. Hoovers, Inc. Concerning Alleged Java Incompatibilities [online]. Cited 15 September 2004. Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.microsoft.com) Djurdjevic, Bob. “Analysis of Fujitsu FY04 Business Results: Back in the Black Again, But…Shrunk by the Marketplace and More Japan-centric Than 10, 20 Years Ago.” Cited 13 September 2003. Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.djurdjevic.com/Bulletins2004/B16_Fujitsu.html) Ellis, John. “What’s the Matter with Sun?” Fast Company Issue 59, June 2002, p.124. “Fujitsu and Sun Expand Partnership to Grow Solaris Market & Unleash New Generation of Innovations in the Data Center.” Cited 8 September 2004. Available from the World Wide Web: (http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-06/sunflash...
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...Leadership Without Easy Answers and The Power of Servant Leadership: A Comparison of Leadership Theories The world is changing. Business now engages billions in international currencies, and the constant movement of supplies and services, and particularly oil, chemical, and dangerous goods is essential. This traffic requires good collaboration between government branches like shipping, defense, agriculture, organizations, and corporations involved, as well as individuals and the community. Furthermore, expectations of a long-term career mean that leadership is a necessary discipline. Leadership as never just an academic discipline: it is a mix of the theory, tools, and applications that will give an individual the best chance of developing a winning reputation for themselves and the organization they work for. In a modern business environment the skill of building great relationships within and without the organization gives a strategic edge. Organizations are not only looking for renewable contracts, lower turnover of staff, and greater return on investment, they are also looking for individuals with vision who can understand what work is, and make it better. Who act with courage, competence, and commitment and yet remain themselves. The Power of Servant Leadership by Robert K. Greenleaf: The slogan “Servant Leadership” was presented by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said: "The servant-leader...
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... Results Expected Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to 1. Discuss the pressures and demands in the marketplace that are driving opportunities for entrepreneurs with an eye toward sustainability. 2. Explain ways that entrepreneurial companies can gain competitive advantage by orienting products and processes that take environmental issues into account. 3. Describe the role that sustainability plays in building dynamic and profitable ventures. 4. Discuss the five facets of looking through a sustainability lens, and describe their impact on opportunity assessment, resources, and the team. 5. Provide insights into and analysis of the Jim Poss case study. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Clean Commerce Is an Opportunity Sea Change As noted by perhaps the most famous modern venture capitalist in the world, John Doerr, the clean commerce and sustainable enterprise movement is 1 one of the most exciting and promising opportunity sea changes of this century. Everyone is going green. Each week brings a new announcement of a company embracing sustainability and environmental issues. Those ahead of the pack have grasped that the environment is a growing source of strategic opportunity for companies. It is now clear that there is a revolution We are extremely appreciative of...
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