...Case Study : ROPPONGI HILLS – CITY WITHIN A CITY Subject : Strategic Management Student Name : Balakrishnan Muthukaruppan Student Number : INTRODUCTION The case features the Mori Buildings successful development of Roppongi Hills, an integrated urban development and property management of a planned township under the leadership of Minoru Mori, President and CEO, and its future challenges. SYNOPSIS AND COMPANY BACKGROUND Mori Building was founded in 1959 by Taikichiro Mori. He was later succeeded by his son Minoru Mori whom was considered to be Japan’s most powerful building tycoon. Under his leadership the company envisioned and implemented many ambitious and complex urban development projects. One of the mega property development project were the Roppongi Hills , an integrated urban development of a well planned 12-hector mini city incorporating a blended concept of a place to work , life, entertainment, learning and culture at a cost of $2.25million( excluding land acquisition cost) completed in 2003. The other successful projects under the company were Ark Hills, an active multi property complex in 1986 and subsequently the Omotesando Hills famous for its shopping and residential street in 2006. The company also manages the maintenance and the administrative these complexes through various activities for its exploitations as an added revenues. Its other foreign projects include the construction of Shanghai World Finance Centre, in China considered...
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...political power to keep tradition of loyalty within family. I will elaborate on the conflict and show how Solon tried to change that. The third part of the paper will analyze the political constitution that was created to make a balance of power. For my sources I will use the life of Solon in The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch, and a class document analyzing the Athenian political constitution. I Athens’s had 3 main landowners, which were consist of the Hill Peasants, the Plains, and the Shore. The shore was not used much for farming. However, the others were. The Hill peasants had land filled with many small poor farms that didn’t produce much crops and had poor quality. The reason they were considered poor quality was because the hills were dry, which was not good for farming. Another reason was the slope of the hill allowed for rundown of water to bypass the top of the hill and immediately go down to the plains where the other farms were. The plains received the rundown from the hills and all proper nutrients. Therefore, this portion contained high quality land. The farms were large and provided a surplus of crops each harvest. Athens population consists of 98% peasants and 2% Aristocrat. Aristocrats are those who are educated, big landowners, politicians, priests, and warriors. They receive their wealth through inheritance, which I will get into detail further on. There were two types of peasants in...
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...FUN UNLIMITED PACKAGE! Step out and have Fun on an Eco-farm…….. Rolling Hills Farm near Kanakapura, located 45 kms from Bangalore in Devarahalli Village, near Maralvadi in Kanakpura Taluk offers an exciting farm-stay and a great outdoor experience on a coconut farm. Set against a range of rocky hillocks, the farm has a petting zoo for kids and wide open spaces for youngsters to play games and dabble in adventure activities. Run by the professional team that offers an amazing wilderness & adventure experience at Riveredge Paradise Resort at Karwar for close to a decade, Rolling Hills offers families and youngsters a great day out to recharge. Day Package: Cost of a FUN UNLIMITED day trip package (8:00 AM to 6:00 PM). * Rs. 1500 per adult (12 years and above) * Rs. 750 per child (Ages 5-12) * Ages 5 and below – free food, but no adventure activities are included in this package. Package Includes: * 1 Buffet Breakfast, 1 Buffet lunch,1 Tea with cookies & snacks * Use of Archery equipment with instructions. * A trek to nearby rock for Rock-climbing/ Rappelling with instructions. * 2 rounds of the track on the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) * Unlimited use of outdoor sports equipment like darts, badminton, cricket and volley ball. * Feeding and petting of farm animals. * Any other Adventure Activities are not a part of this package and will be charged extra if used. Note: All other expenses of personal...
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...where she started. Diaz admires his mother, he states “A dream of being a nurse in the capital…”(). Diaz knows that she did not make it to those dreams but the fact that she got them to the life they have now, give him strength as a writer. It encourages him to follow his dreams. This made me realize that one I hope I had the same effect on my children. I look forward to having these abilities, also most magic, I want them to know and follow their heart just like Diaz and his mother did. Diaz’s mother knew in her heart she craved that education to become more than a farmer. She did it for future and Diaz’s sees that and gives him the strength as a writer. Diaz writes “I’ve ever written, was possible because a seven-year-old girl up in the hills of Azua knelt before a puddle, found courage in herself and drank. Every time I’m in trouble in my art, I try to think of that girl. I think of that thirst, of that courage. I think of her” (). This him the courage and strength to continue writing because it is his passion. He realizes what she had to overcome in order to live in the United States. It is just very incredible and inspirational and I hope one day I give my children the strength, courage, and...
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...Shuo Sun – Anthro R5B - Final Paper Outline Abstract: In “The art of not being governed”, James Scott uses the example of the hill people living in the mountain region of Zomia and argued that instead of being primitive form of living, barbarians, or human beings leftover from pre-state era, these hill people deliberately move to inaccessible region to avoid state control. Scott states that the inaccessibility of the hills make them natural escape routes that can be used to avoid the sovereignty of state government. Scott briefly talks about the examples of how the defeated Kuomintang in the 1950s and the remnants from Taiping Rebellion both escaped to the mountains, but fails to talk about what happen to these people after that. In this paper, I would like to work on this missing information and find data to evaluate whether these people converted themselves to hill people permanently or did they use the resources in the hills to fight back against the state. The aim of this paper is to find out whether the primary or secondary sources concur with Scott’s arguments and discuss about the mechanism of using hills as escape routes in more details. Outline: 1. Introduction: The section introduces Scott and his book, “The art of not being governed” and points the reader to the specify topic that I will be focusing on in this paper. There will be a few sentences talking about the rationale and importance of this paper. (0.5 page) 2. Theoretical background: This section...
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...Zamani 1 Damien Zamani Professor Newman English 102 October 9th, 2012 Hills Like White Elephants Research Paper Despite the multiple critques of "Hills like White Elephants" I will briefly touch on a few. Several reviews elude the imagery and symbolism of the tale. Instead of list each critique in some haphazard bullet list we'll review the three points that were repeated and most obvious. The while elephant is the most prolific revolving theme of the story. Jig tells her boyfriend the hills look like white elepants. He responds that he's never seen one, to which she retorts "Of course you haven't". The hills are the imagery of the story. They are not actual hills but rather a metaphor for a choice of carrying a pregnancy to full term. White elephants are generally referred to as items whose maintenance costs exceeds their usefulness. In the story, Hemmingway is being subtle making an analogy of the hills being a child. For Jig, the costs exceeds the usefulness. To say children are exspensive is a Zamani 2 gross understatement. The hills represent an achievable undesirable journey. Jig comtemplates whether she's willing to make such a trip. This is eluded several times in the story. Her boyfriends perspective is that the hill is blocking his life with Jig. While jig indulges in the thought of the top of the hill; a child;family;life. The station is a allegory for change. The couple has a decision...
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...by Grant Wood. I really like how serene it looks. The rolling hills bring about a sense of calmness. The subject of this work seems to be farming and the rolling hills. You can tell it has to do with farming because of what looks like crops are planted and that the three people may be picking crops. Wood uses many forms of visual elements in this painting. One element is the use of lines. Lines are used to create boundaries between each piece of land. The crops that are planted are used to make lines. The lines also show direction of the crops. Diagonal lines are also used to show feelings of movement over the rolling hills. The fencing of the pastures forms lines. A line also forms the horizon. Another visual element Wood uses is shapes. The primary geometric shape used in this piece is the circle. The trees and the bushes are made with circles. The house is made up of triangles and rectangles. The crops at the bottom of the painting form diamonds. The rolling hills are organic shapes because they appear to have a natural look. The three people in the painting are positive shapes because they stand out and we focus on them. The next visual element is light. Woods use of light and shadow give the piece a three-dimensional feel. The shadows that the trees are making imply that the sun is shining up in the sky. The shadows also give you a sense of depth and it makes you feel as though you are standing on the hill looking down over the farm. The main colors of the piece are...
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...Pictures A and B illustrate a “better” side of Caracas—the ground is level and skyscrapers flourish. These skyscrapers vary in nature. Some of the more modern-looking buildings are global business centers like Credit-Suisse’s offices in “Milla De Oro,” Caracas’s central business district. Some are extravagant apartment complexes for the rich. Some are beautiful, European-influenced architecture in the center of the city, like the National Pantheon, a beautiful church of Spanish influence from Venezuela’s past. However, The rich center of the city is surrounded by both economic and personal despair. Picture D illustrates a mature squatter settlement on the hills surrounding the city. The poor have settled here informally and illegally, forming their own economic and support system, on the less-desired land in the hills surrounding the city. These squatter settlements are so dangerous that they have resulted in Caracas’s standing as the murder capital of the world, with the highest per capita murder rate globally. Most of these crimes go unsolved. The poor are separated by the rich both informally and formally; social divides and inequalities block the two groups, and actual fences and police force do too. Picture C illustrates an extravagant apartment complex for the rich, with tennis courts and private pools, separated from the squatter settlements by electric fences. Even if one of the poor were to surpass a social divide, formal barriers block any hope of social integration...
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...On the journey towards our dreams the road may be tough and many of us will be faced with many tasks more than we can bear; challenges like working to support ourselves, raising children in addition to the course workloads may be very daunting and impossible and many may give up their dreams. But always remember the hills ahead are never as steep as they seem and with faith in our hearts and believe in ourselves we can climb until we reach our dreams. I remembered when my husband was preparing for pharmacy school he was a fulltime student, working for 12 hours a day, taking care of the household expenses, and he barely got 5 hours of sleep a day but despite the challenges he never gave up his dream of becoming a pharmacist. He was relentless in his pursuit of his dream through believe in himself and faith in God; and now he is a practicing pharmacist. As many of us are pursuing our dreams we may be confronted with many challenges, which may abort our dreams if we give up, but see challenges as opportunities in disguise. Remember challenges are designed to strengthened us for the tasks ahead. Do not give up your dreams when the going gets tough and the hills ahead seem too steep to climb but remember faith is the vehicle that will catapult us through the challenges prior to realizing our...
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...| Compensation and R&R: Current Issues and Proposed Reform | A Critique | Manish Gupta Roll No 13 | Current Issues and Proposed Reform The current Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy has set a very high threshold of 500 families or more together in plains and 250 families together in hills, Desert Development Programme (DDP) blocks, and the areas which have been mentioned in Schedule V and Schedule VI of the Constitution of India. This high threshold fails to capture the cases in which the family number is not as high as 500 in plains or 250 in cases of hills. This high threshold totally defeats the purpose of the Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy as it will still cause the families to be traumatized due to loss of land and in most of the cases, means of the livelihood and social status of the families. In Indian society, the families having land have always enjoyed a higher social status than the ones having less or no land at all. Displacement from the land also may result in the families losing the same society of people in which they have been living in prior to land acquisition. The Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy also failed to put stress on an option that causes non-displacement or minimum displacement for the execution of the project for which the land has been acquired from the landowners. The Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy also did not make any provision for prior assent of the affected people before forced displacement...
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...1. Scripting a Story Using The Nine Steps of Story Structure - The Hill by Doug Stevenson Before you start telling a story and using it in your presentations, it is valuable to write the script out according to the Nine Steps of Story Structure. Here is an example of a story scripted with the Nine Steps. Step 1 - Set The Scene A good deal of my work involves giving storytelling workshops for large corporations. They're usually one-day workshops at some remote location like a conference resort or a fancy hotel. When you combine the natural stress that accompanies airports, shuttle busses and hotels with the physical work of being on your feet for 8 hours, it's pretty exhausting. A year ago, after one of these workshops, I went back to my room and laid down on the bed. I woke up four hours later at 9 pm in the same clothes I'd worn for the workshop. It was dark outside and for a moment, I didn't know where I was. It was at that point that I realized I had to make a change. Either I had to stop doing one-day workshops, which I love, or I had to get in better shape and develop more stamina. Step 2 - Introduce the Characters (There are no other characters in this story. In the Nine Steps of Story Structure, introduce the characters when they naturally appear in the story. This step is not necessarily Step 2.) Step 3 - Begin the Journey In March 2009, I made the decision to get back into running. I'd taken up running many times in my life, but never very seriously. At...
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...Journal of Forestry Research (2012) 23(4): 623−630 DOI 10.1007/s11676-012-0303-z ORIGINAL PAPER Shifting cultivation effects on creek water quality around Barkal Upazila in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh Shyamal Karmakar • S. M. Sirajul Haque • M. Mozaffar Hossain • Sohag Miah Received: 2011-07-20; Accepted: 2012-07-20 © Northeast Forestry University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 Abstract: We report the effects of shifting cultivation on water quality in 16 creeks investigated once in 2007 and twice in 2008 in 16 apparently similar small neighboring watersheds, each of 3 to 5 ha, at four locations around Barkal sub-district under Rangamati District of Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Concentrations of SO42- and K+, and pH in creek water were lower, and NO3-N and Na+ concentrations were higher in shifting-cultivation land compared to land with either plantation or natural forest or a combination of these cover types. Shifting cultivation effects on some water quality parameters were not significant due to change in land cover of the watershed between two sampling periods either through introduction of planted tree species or naturally regenerated vegetation. Conductivity and concentrations of HCO3-, PO43-, Ca2+ and Mg2+ in creek water showed no definite trend between shifting cultivation and the other land cover types. At one area near the Forest Range Office of Barkal, creek water pH was 5.8 under land cover with a combination...
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...Jacob Tatum English 1302 – XW4 April 19, 2014 Professor Lee Exploring the Consumer Society: The Urge to Splurge I grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in McKinney, Tx. The high school I went to, McKinney High School, had students in attendance whose parents were on government assistance, students whose parents were in the top 10% of the top 1% financially and everywhere in between. Consider this, if you took a group of randomly selected students from my high school and your goal was to estimate their household income based upon the value of their possessions (phone, clothes, jewelry, shoes, etc...) you'd most likely get it all wrong. This is because it doesn't matter where you come from, how much money you have, or what you look like; you're a customer, you're a consumer. We live in a society today and I went to a high school where people are judged based upon their possessions and what they can acquire. It doesn't matter how you acquired it, as long as you've got it. I think that judging people based off of what they own is a huge mistake. I think it's unfortunate we are constantly purchasing things because of a brand or a logo, but at the same time I don't practice what I'm preaching. It's interesting to me that as I begin to think about it, I don't think any of the nice things I own are bringing me happiness right now, they have only provided some form of instant gratification. If someone asked me what I have to be happy about, I'd provide the cliché answer along the...
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...With Karianne Martins post about thoroughly trained supervisors illustrated with group influence. When trying to influence a group you have to take on the Hawthorne effect (McGraw-Hill, 2004). This would give everyone in the group the special attention they need. This would allow everyone in the group to have their one on one time with the supervisor and to openly communicate any problems they may be having that they do not want to discuss with the group. In Karianne’s post she talked about supervisors not treating everyone equally. This could make one person that feels you are not giving them their time or support, a bad feeling and they might not work as hard as someone you talk to on regular biases. This could make people feel like they are getting “stuck with the rest” of the left over jobs as Karianne mentioned. I have learned from experience that some people may feel like you are spending more one on one time with another employee, some employees need more work on one task and the other may not realize you are just trying to teach them. Another thing I have learned is if you let someone take a break to go get people coffee you must make sure that they ask everyone so that others do not feel left out. When influencing groups you have to make sure everyone is treated equally. Rference: Rue, L. W., & Byars, L. L. (2004). Supervision: Key link to productivity (8th ed.). New York:...
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...Milton Jones Research Proposal Paper STR/581 Strategic Planning and Implementation June 21, 2011 Professor: Joseph Fillar Proposal I intend to validate Google’s vision, mission and values statement by expressing the important message indicated in the mission for the company’s success. Google is a company that continue to grow and development thru the innovative process of change. The company has developed a mission statement designed to motive and encourage future success and longevity. Google’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” (Google.com, 2011). The mission statement is positive, motivational and long-term which definitely gives the company a future to strive towards. The mission statement helps develop the company as a resource that would be used by anyone who was doing research or just asking a question in general. The mission statement allows Google to use any means possible to organize information. This means the company is not limited to a certain amount of searches or internet usage. The company goal is to “to organize the world’s information” and become “universally accessible” (Google Website, 2011). This goal gives the mission statement direction and flexibility as it does not specify the means, leaving penalty room to speculate how much the company will produce. However, the worlds information could never be made searchable or categorized because some data is private and other...
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