...In Week 1, we learned about how technology has changed the work and home environment. We discussed how the environment has changed from 40 years ago to one year ago. From computers to phones to entering a building, technology has evolved tremendously over the years. Due to this evolution of technology companies are constantly modifying processes and procedures to keep up with the advancement of technology. Home life also changed from televisions to phone - the more advanced technology becomes the more advanced people have to become with devices. We also discussed the order of importance and we realized the order of speed, availability, accuracy and consistency is based on the individuals’ need and on the system that they are working in. Support was also suggested to be part of the benefits list because without support and they are issues in the system it would be impossible to have any of the benefits at all. We also discussed working remotely using virtual private network (VPN). The benefits of VPN and how it can assist companies with having individuals work outside of the office. Along with VPN, disaster recovery plans were also discussed and how they can benefit a company to have one in place in the case of a disaster. Our assignment last week was based on acts and how being technically advanced can have an effect of acts. Acts are created to put a “law” into place for situations that can occur in the information technology world to have an individuals’ personal...
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...John 1 Professor Tucker English 124 24 November 2012 Discrimination across time Dear Reverend King, It has been over 40 years since you have fought for racial inequality here in the United States. Your work during the Civil Rights Movement has greatly impacted the minds and social ideas for just about everyone living in the United States today. Today many people are aware of the idea that a person should not judge another person based on the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character. Today many of the rules concerning segregation and racial inequality that existed during your time are long gone thanks to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and many other laws against discrimination. Laws for segregation for things such as water fountain use, schooling, restrooms, park benches, buses, trains, and segregated seating have all disappeared. Racist name calling is now perceived inappropriate and un-American and interracial marriages are at an all-time high. It is quite evident that racial equality is much closer today than when you were alive despite what many people believe. In the year 2012 things are very different socially than in the early 1950s and 1960s. Children are taught at a very early age that racial discrimination and racism is wrong throughout the nation. In 1968 a documentary was released by PBS called “The Eye of the Storm” that taught young third graders that racial discrimination was wrong. The thing that made this documentary truly special...
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...digital downloads has given anyone the chance to read a book. Without having to leave the house, people can download a book in seconds. Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Google have all jumped on the opportunity to sell e-books. E-book sales have jumped in recent years. With the invention and relatively low price of e-readers, Kindle and Nook being most prominent, Forbes estimates nearly 30 million Kindle e-readers have been sold. They also estimate that Amazon makes nearly $500 million in e-book sales annually. (Brown, A. 2014). With annual sales growing and 1000’s of book downloads daily, e-readers have had a profound influence on adult reading habits. Research shows that adults read more books per year on e-readers than in print. In some cases doubling the amount of books read than the average printed book reader. In 2013, USA Today and Bookish conducted a poll to see how many people owned an e-reader or tablet. Based on their results, they found that 40 percent of adults own an e-reader or tablet. Of those, 46 percent of them were in the ages of 18 to 39. That same poll found that 60 percent of college graduates also have an e-reader. At most, 35 percent of that number say they read more often now that they have reading devices than they did before (Minzesheimer, B. 2013). The particular person this article focuses on is a man named, David Delk. Delk says he reads 40 books a year compared to just 20-25 before his e-reading days. He explains his experience has been that it’s quite...
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...living, an individual has to work. People all around the world are working in different jobs just to make a living. Their jobs vary as opposed to type, pay, environment, and many other factors. However, over the years these factors have been changing due to the economy. According to Sweet and Meiksins in Changing Contours of Work, the old economy represents the various ways of assigning and structuring work that developed in the wake of the Industrial Revolution through the mid-20th century. Systems that were built around mass production, gender divisions of labor, unionized labor, and a variety of other enduring workplace practices were included in that economy. The United States was a major, and dominating force in the old economy. On the other hand, the idea of the new economy is questioning the nature of work whether it has changed, or not, and to what degree these changes are affecting lives on and off the job. There have been new jobs, new workers, and new work designs that are changing some of the ways of performing work, by whom, and the returns received. However, there are still some features of the old economy that tend to be permanent and dominated in the new economy from the old one. An example of that as mentioned in the book “Changing Contours of Work” would be old business that moved from the developed world to emerging economies; the job type did not change, but the people performing these jobs have changed. However, the workplace of today has been different than...
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...A business concept that has changed history Over the last 40 yrs there have been several changes that have occurred in the retail industry that has changed the way we shop today. The business concept of most department stores goes back in history for hundreds of years, but it has evolved and changed over the last forty years. Initially most retail stores were independent and locally owned in the city they conducted business in. Department stores were identified by the products they sold. There were hardware stores, furniture stores, toy stores, clothing stores, grocery stores, and even produce stores. Consumers went to specific stores to purchase specific items. Local specialty stores were replaced by the supermarket. These new superstores specialized in fruit, vegetables and food items, while others went in the opposite direction offering their customers non food items as the core of their business. Consumers were able to purchase essential products that included clothing, furniture, appliances, toiletries, cosmetics, jewelry, toys, and even sporting goods from one location. This had a bad effect on smaller stores as owners were unable to compete with the bigger chains that offered consumers a wide variety of products. Over the last 20 to 30 years, we have seen these supermarkets evolve into yet a different shopping environment for consumers to shop. For example, stores such as Wal-Mart and Target...
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...Change in political participation over the last 40 years Over the past 40 years the turnout of almost all of the general elections going down gradually yet noticeably, the turn out of the election in 1984 was 79%However in the most recent election in 2010 you turnout was considerably lower at 60% But why has this been happening as due to the gradual decline in voter turnout there can be no clear reason found. A reason for the lack of voters has been suggested to have been the fact that people are losing interest in politics and also feel that they have no voice and that their votes wont count for anything, a table found on http://www.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/research/microsites/epop/papers/Henn_and_Foard_-_Young_People,_Political_Participation_and_Trust_in_Britain.pdf shows that in a recent survey that was taken 31% of the people asked believed that voti55555ng in a general election was not effective to the government. Further more, a larger 40% of the people asked though that local elections were also ineffective. Supporting this theory even more another survey was taken in which statements were issued and the public were asked if they agreed/disagreed, one of the statements was “By voting/ if I voted, I feel as if I can/ could really help to change the way that Britain is governed” the result of the statement was 44% of the people asked disagreed, meaning that it is a large ideology from the public that the government don’t care for their opinions. ...
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...Chapter 2 StRATEGY Discussion Questions 1. What is meant by a “triple-bottom-line” strategy? Give an example of a company that has adopted this type of strategy. A triple-bottom-line strategy places emphasis on a company’s environmental and social responsibilities as well as the traditional bottom line of economic prosperity. It recognizes that the long-term health of the firm is interdependent with the health of the environment and the betterment of society. There are many examples – one if Kraft Foods. For details see their 2010 report: http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/pdf/kraftfoods_responsibility_report.pdf 2. Find examples where companies have used features related to environmental sustainability to “win” new customers. Car companies use environmental concerns in marketing ads. The development of hybrid and flex-fuel cars is one way they have operationalized those concerns. Consumer goods companies display the “made with recycled material” logo on the packaging. Bottled water manufacturers are using and advertising bottles made with less plastic. 3. What are the major priorities associated with operations and supply chain strategy? How has their relationship to each other changed over the years? The four major imperatives are cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility. In the sixties, these four imperatives were viewed from a tradeoffs perspective. For example, this meant that improving quality would result in higher cost...
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...Unit 1: All about culture. Eating betel nut- A traditional culture of Vietnamese According to old legends and documents, the custom of "Eating betel culture" has long existed since the reign of Hung Kings. Through ups and downs in society, eating and inviting betel still maintains it important position in Vietnamese traditional cultural value, especially in countryside and spiritual rituals. Eating betel nut is not only the custom of Vietnamese but also tropical Asian, Central Asian, Southeast Asian and people in Pacific archipelagoes. However, the communicative meanings of betel nut varies among countries. In Vietnam, betel nut is the symbol of social relations and means of expressing mutual human affection. Normally, A quid of betel consist of a folded leaf with white limestone and a piece of yellow arena nut. Some people prefer to mix betel nut, cinnamon bark and straw wisps together. The combination drives people to exotic feeling: sweetness of areca, pungency of betel leaf and bitter of areca nut and cinnamon bark. Apart from health benefits, eating betel nut also enhance the beauty. Polyphenol extract from betel leaf has antibacteria agent. Or arecoline in areca nut combined with limestone redden lips. The girl with crimson lips and checks and a smile revealing black teeth because of chewing betel nut used to be the hallmark of female beauty in traditional society. In spiritual life, betel nut is considered a conversation starter. They serve as offerings during...
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...Raymond Dyer 1 How Cell Phones Have Changed Our Lives Ever since the mid 1980s, cell phones have been quickly moving their way into our everyday lives, especially with the introduction of camera phones in the early part of the new millennium. As cell phones evolve they have more and more of an impact on our everyday lives and I want to just how much they are impacting. As with new technology in any other form, cell phones have changed greatly over their relatively short life spans. As these changes occur, so does the populations like and sometimes dislike for these new smart phones. One of the major problems occurring with cell phones in modern times is that people use them at inappropriate times, such as when they are checking out of a grocery store. Even though there are a couple negative aspects about cell phones, my research and my paper are going to mainly the benefits of cell phones in the United States of America. My research focuses on a couple of key areas in cell phone communication, such as the evolution of cell phones, text messaging, smart phones and other cell phone applications as well as my own research including a survey that I distributed to some of my classmates. The History The first cell phone was much different than what we have today. In 1984 the Motorola Dyna TAC8000X was released into the market (Associated Press, 2005). This phone was the first of its kind and was totally unlike anything that anybody in the United States had ever...
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...Technology, Information Technology included, have changed our lives in so many ways. It changed how we recorded our thoughts into written words, how we communicate with one another, how we shop, bank, how we keep our memories, most aspect of our lives. It significantly changed the manufacture industry and touched almost every single industry. The first computer was invented in 1939 by Hewlett-Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. It was mostly used in military/government and universities/science lab. It took 40+ years for the first personal computer to be created by IBM (1981). The first personal computer (PC) ran on a 4.77 Mhz Intel 8088 microprocessor [1]. After that computer world has advanced leap and bound, hardware as well as software. Some of the laptops today run on a 4.0 Ghz (almost 1000 times more powerful). According to US census, in 2012, 80% of all house hold had a computer at home in the US [2]. Technology changed the way we recorded our written words. For hundreds (if not thousands) of years, we used pen and pencil to write on paper. We later used type writer to type on paper, then type into computer. Now, with the help of some software, we don’t even have to type. We can “speak” or “talk” for computer (or other devices like smart phone, tablet, etc) to “type” for us. Thanks to technology, we now have “text-to-speech”, “talk-to-type”, and “talk-to-text”. As technology changes, businesses had to change to survive the IT impact...
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...1. Introduction “The only constant is change”, as Heraclitus points out (Brainyquote.com). There is no doubt that the world has changed over time physically, economically, and culturally. As the world has evolved, so has business, and as business has evolved so has auditing. The concept of auditing is as old as civilization. The need for a knowledgeable, external, third person to verify transactions or accounts and detect fraud has been present since the advent of trade and accounting. Thus the goal of auditing, in this sense, has not changed since. Teck-Heang Lee observed that “auditing serves as a mechanism to monitor conduct and performance, and to secure and enforce accountability (Lee 2008). All in all, an audit function plays a crucial role in maintain welfare and stability in society.” However, what has changed is how the roles and responsibilities of auditors have changed to reflect the needs of the business environment of the time. As such, auditors and the auditing profession have always played a very important role in business and, more recently, in society in general. As business in today’s world becomes more dynamic, accounting (and therefore by extension auditing) must also evolve to become more dynamic. The evolution of auditing is a complicated history that has always been changing through historical events. This can be seen in the shift in the role of external auditors from a cyclical audit approach to now more of a top-down risk-based continuous audit. The...
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...manufacturing is actually producing more than at any other point in history and that our manufacturing industry is number one in the world. Another surprise to me was that paper is America’s number one export. It is important to understand that the video makes the distinction that American manufacturing has lost jobs in many of the non-value added categories, but growth is happening at a record pace in the high skilled, value-added categories. I attribute this growth to three significant factors, each of which is reflected in all of the companies highlighted in the video. These factors are efficiency, innovation, and connectivity. In this paper, I will discuss how each of these factors is a significant contributor to the growth of the American manufacturing industry. Efficiency Efficiency is one of the biggest factors driving manufacturing growth today. Over the last 40 years, global manufacturing improvements have put pressure on domestic manufacturing firms to compete with lower process costs, higher production capabilities, and cheaper labor sources. This competition spurred the need for process improvement. As a result, the lean manufacturing philosophy was embraced. Lean manufacturing puts focus on process efficiency by reducing process costs through quality improvements, supply chain improvements, and standardization. So how exactly has lean manufacturing driven growth? The answer is surprisingly simple. Manufacturing companies...
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...family in terms of an expressive role and an instrumental role. However, this traditional arrangement may have changed as families have changed, and many feminists use the term ‘dual burden’ to describe the woman’s role in the family today. Item 2B Government policies and laws include tax and benefit policies as well as legislation such as relating to divorce and marriage. Sociologists have different views on the impact of these policies and laws on families. For example, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal nuclear family, and that government policies and laws therefore favour this sort of family. On the other hand, the New Right argue that the benefit system undermines traditional nuclear families by actively encouraging lone parents. 0 6 Explain what is meant by the ‘dual burden’ (Item 2A). (2 marks) 0 7 Explain the difference between the expressive role and the instrumental role (Item 2A). (4 marks) 0 8 Suggest three ways in which the differences between children and adults are becoming less clear in society today. (6 marks) 0 9 Examine the reasons for, and the effects of, changes in family size over the past 100 years or so. (24 marks) 1 0 Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere, assess sociological views of the impact of government policies and laws on family life. Item 2A Over the past 40 years or so, there has been a decline in the number of first marriages in the United Kingdom. One of the reasons for this decline...
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...opportunity of preparing a project report on Branding which has enabled us to learn a lot about the Branding strategies, LG’s product innovations and marketing tactics for the Indian market. It is a matter of great pleasure to express our sincere gratitude and thanksgiving to our Director – Dr. Bigyan Prakash Verma. Last but not the least, we extend our sincere thanks to all the people who helped us directly or indirectly in way of ideas and valuable thoughts for making this project, a grand reality. History of LG Brand: | LG's history dates back to 1947 when Lucky Chemical Industrial Company (LCIC), the first chemical company in South Korea, was | |established. In 1958, LCIC started Goldstar Company to manufacture consumer durables. Within a year of its inception, Goldstar manufactured| |South Koreas first radio, A 501. | |In the 1960s, it started exporting radios to the US and Hong Kong and manufactured Korea's first telephone, refrigerator and black & white | |television. With the consumer durables business picking-up, LCIC changed its name to Lucky Goldstar. | Since South Korea was a small market, Lucky Goldstar expanded its operations to foreign countries and established its first overseas branch in New York in 1968. In the same year, it manufactured Korea's first air conditioner. By the 1970s...
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...Around the world American movies are making huge impacts on people and showing our freedom of expression. From the early movies and were based on to how they have evolved today is significant. Along with the changes in the content and the way moves are made so has the movie ratings have changed over the last 30 years. The standards on what children are allowed to see have been relaxed a PG twenty years ago and a PG today are different. The culture of our country has changed and so has the standards in which the movies and rating viewed. In the early 1900s, filmmakers had to tailor their movie to the requirements of more than 40 local, city and state censorship boards across the country. The formation, in 1922, of what is now the Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA, helped by taking the first steps towards self regulation. It required it members to submit movies for approval prior to distribution. This process was governed by the Hays Code; which was named after MPAA’s first president, Will Hays. It imposed a detailed and extensive list of rules to filmmakers. It included that only “correct standards of life” could be presented. No depictions of childbirth, criticisms of religion, “lustful” kissing or “suggestive” dancing was allow. Under the Hays code, films were either deemed as moral or immoral and were approved or disapproved, but times were changing and so were the standards. The 1960’s were times of change in America and so again came change to the movie industry...
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