...For my first research project source I chose Andrea Ayvazian’s essay “Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression: The Role of Allies as Agents of Change”. For my specific research topic, I thought this interesting essay will be a great starting source in talking about the inequality between being part of the white and black community. The author defines the word ally of being an individual who is a member of a group of our society who acts in a dominant way. For the community, it’s kind of a person you look up, maybe in a type of way of as a role model. We could read out of this essay, allies have a greater authority to others or can influence others better and because of that allies are fighting for their own beliefs. “Allied behavior is intentional,...
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...Influencing Key Stakeholders Andrew Demers MGT-665-0663 June 8, 2015 This essay will discuss efforts to influence two key stakeholders at Pyro Presentations. This business is a family owned, and operated fireworks display company based in Oregon. Due to a large number of senior staff members retiring and business expansion, it became prudent to promote junior staff members as well as develop new positions to be filled. This paper will propose a strategy to influence the key stakeholders following the Cohen-Bradford Model of Influence without Authority. Briefly describe a change effort that could be instituted at this organization. This may be an actual change effort that has previously occurred, one that is currently ongoing, or a fictitious one that you believe is appropriate for the organization. Besides the manager and assistance manager positions at Pyro Presentations, there are two general types of employees: the senior staff members and the junior staff members. The power structure hinged on this division of workers. This dichotomy in power worked for many years until the senior staff began retiring. The issue soon became apparent, that with all those once in power retiring, a new power base needed to be formally established amongst the junior staff. Clarifying goals and priorities is the second step in the influence model. The purpose, in this case, is promoting junior staff members and creating new positions to support the expanding business. Identify one...
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...Political Parties Essay After George Washington’s retirement, the nation of the United States had to decide who their next leader would be. However, there were two political parties competing to get a candidate and their ideas up to the top. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two of Washington’s advisers, and their affair caught the attention of the public which were influenced by opinionated newspapers. Hamilton and Jefferson had differing views over how the nation should be run. The first idea they argued over was whether they should rely on manufacturing or farming. Hamilton liked the growth of cities, and wanted to model itself after Britain. Jefferson disagreed, thinking that manufacturing would corrupt the United States. They also had different beliefs in the type of government. Hamilton liked the idea of a national government, thinking that it would need to be stable for the nation to be strong. Once again, Jefferson opposed Hamilton’s idea, stating that the national government would take advantage of its powers. Bringing other countries into their debate, they clashed over their separate ideas of foreign policy. Having France as an ally during the Revolution, Jefferson wanted France. However, Hamilton thought Britain, a close...
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...goals and achieving them. However, positive freedom does have its limitations because one is truly not free from higher authority putting constraints on these decisions. This is evident that one is no truly free when given the ability to control their lives. Negative freedom on the other hand is being free from the constraints of society. These are certain aspects in life that higher authority cannot take away from an individual such as religion and expression. However, this is more about than being free, but being able to exercise certain actions and rights in society without being constrained by laws and other forms of higher authority. Richard Valencia’s essay, “The Mexican American Struggle for Equal Education Opportunity in Mendez v. Westminster: Helping Pave the Way for Brown v. Board of Education,” Michael S. Kimmel’s essay, “Masculinity as Homophobia,” and the excerpt of Muller v. Oregon demonstrate how negative and positive freedom correlate with one another to ensure that equity trumps injustice. These documents illustrate the strive for justice in regard to education, labor, and gender. People of color will not let this constraint of biological determinism validate the white man’s actions to violate our freedom to justice in this intersectional society where one’s education, sexuality, and gender is used against them to deny them equity. For one, justice is being able to voice one’s opinion to challenge the power of higher authority and grant the individual community the...
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...communist armed forces. On the other hand, USA exercised control and dominance over the rest of the capitalist world as well as the western hemisphere and the oceans. (Hobsbawm, 1994) It is rather very difficult to argue that a particular country like the USA has won the cold war completely. Cold war gave birth to lots of problems in the world. During the cold war period, various events occurred subsequently. So the whole period was a combination of different issues and various factors related to it. Yet, evaluating the climax and the aftermath situation of the cold war, it can be argued that USA and its allies have succeeded to a great extent. On the other hand, as a consequence of the cold war, USSR has suffered extensively. The Soviet system of socialism collapsed. It has lost some of its reigns. However, USA has faced with number of political, diplomatic difficulties too. The essay will try to argue that the USA did win the Cold War but not entirely; on the contrary it has suffered during different stages of that particular period. . The cold war was a...
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...Founding Brothers Essay The preface of the book describes Ellis' intention of writing this book. He starts with stating that during this modern time, we often take for granted our freedom. Through the prologue, Ellis describes the difficulty the founding fathers face. He says that one punishment that these fathers would face is execution due to treason. Despite this, these men had managed to work together to create a nation that is one of the superpowers in todays world. Joseph also reminds us that these people all had different within creating this nation. We are reminded to know that these fathers are human and failure was a price for them to pay. In chapter 1, a duel occurred between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Burr won the duel, while Hamilton dies. When Burr and Hamilton dueled, they were considered to be political rivals with vicious feelings towards each other. Ellis believes that these two had the duel to boost public...
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...sciences and the educated community the statement is picking up pervasiveness and progressively seen in a harshly anthropological manner. Holding the idea while illuminating that culture is not duplicated un-problematically, has its cutoff points in the exceptional and the widespread, and is not synonymous with ethnicity and personality will safeguard the shared opinion the idea has made inside the order. Besides, it will detach imparting anthropological plans to the overall population and hence testing mixed up hypothesis ‘‘cultural turn’’ in the humanities. The examination of the relationship between culture and distinct attitude and movements has had a long history in American social human studies, where the "culture and identity" ideal model was the prevailing from its initial days until the 1970s. Its closest relative, in spite of the fact that characteristically much unique in relation to its ancestor, is the field of mental human studies. These contrasts are so various it would be impossible notice, yet...
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...conspicuous magnanimity. In 1634-5 he was a leader in putting the colony in a state of defense against possible coercion by the English government. He opposed the majority of his fellow-townsmen in the so-called "Antinomian controversy" of 1636-7, taking a strongly conservative attitude towards the questions in dispute. He was the first president of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, organized in 1643. He defended Massachusetts against threatened parliamentary interference once more in 1645-6. That the colony successfully weathered its early perils was due more to Winthrop's skill and wisdom than to the services of any other of its citizens (Twichell, 1891) Winthrop justification of the colony presented in the sermon, "Model of Christian Charity" which he delivered in the Arbela, Here he...
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...the principle of America being unique. Furthermore, In addition to this the idea that “American exceptionalism” implies superiority is a key concept to embrace and identify through out America history, contemporary politics, foreign policy and social culture. However, due to the essay title I will be analyzing and examining to what extent is “American exceptionalism’ identified as U.S superiority. Although due to the wide context of the theoretical term ‘American exceptionalism’’ and word limit. I will focus on the significant impacts that has led to the idea of ‘American exceptionalism’ to be implied as U.S superiority such as American history, foreign policy, economic and social culture. History Explaination The significant impact of America’s revolutionary history sparked an inspirational movement of independency to pervious colonized nations although on a later stages for them. This highlights America as exceptional historically in being “the first new nation” () to become independent and also being the ideology for independency for previous colonies nations. To an extent on this note “American exceptionalism” in terms of it’s revolutionary independency can be amplified as a model to other nations than...
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...generalizations out of their characteristics and to consider these characteristics as applicable to all people of the same class. Stereotyping is defined as the process where an individual create in his mind an image of another person (Macrae, Stangor & Hewstone 3). It is also defined as “a fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behavior or appearance” (Media Awareness Network). Even though we are unique and distinct from each other, it is part of human nature to make generalizations of people belonging to a specific race and nationality. These generalizations are being reinforced in movies, televisions, novels and other forms of mass media. This essay seeks to highlight the different French stereotypes being portrayed in mass media and to establish that these stereotypes are not necessarily accurate representations of the French people. Stereotyping has a positive and negative effect not only to the person being referred to but also to the community in general. When an individual creates a mental image of somebody and put that in his mind, he also acts in accordance with this stereotype. The stereotyped images serve as a person’s paradigm through which he sees the world. As a result, he behaves and acts in accordance with this stereotype. The problem is that not all of these stereotypes are true. In fact, most of these stereotypes which are being reinforced in movies, televisions...
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...to a fairly controversial topic in modern theology: Kenosis. Unfortunately, it is not within the scope of this essay to provide a full exploration of the exegetical discourse on the passages involved—mainly Philippians 2:6-11. Nor can I provide an in-depth analysis of all of theological debate found in the wake of such passages. There is a vast amount of scholarship on this subject and it is impossible to explicate fully the following ideas. However, it should be noted that the forthcoming argument rests upon no one interpretation of Kenosis. All I hope to be able to show, is that Christ’s “emptying” of himself—whether that be metaphysically significant or not—is indicative of a posture of vulnerability. The concept of Kenosis originates in a pre-Pauline hymn which Paul himself reinterprets in his letter to the Philippians. The hymn, found in...
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...AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE OF LEADERSHIP; AUGUSTUS CAESAR INTRODUCTION LEADERS UNLIKE MANAGERS, REQUIRE FOLLOWERS, AS FOLLOWERS ARE PIVOTAL TO THE SUCCESS AND IMPACT THAT A LEADER REQUIRES.[i] THE ABOVE OPENING QUOTE SPOKEN BY AUGUSTUS CAESAR IDENTIFIES HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE IN A NUTSHELL. UNLIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, AUGUSTUS WAS NEVER FOCUSED ON PRIDE AND DISPLAYS OR POWER. RATHER, HE WAS CONTENT WITH ACTING AS A GUIDE AND ADVISOR IN FRONT OF THE CROWDS WHILST IN REALITY HE HAD A FIRM GRIP ON THE REINS OF SOCIETY, CONTROLLING EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES. AUGUSTUS WAS A CUNNING AND ADMIRABLE LEADER, WITH NUMEROUS POSITIVE LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES THAT JUNIOR OFFICERS COULD STUDY OR ADOPT. Augustus Caesar was shown by the leadership trait theory to possess a personality that would likely succeed in leadership. He also displayed a solid mission, excellent goal setting skills and overall strong values.[ii] Augustus Caesar also portrayed leadership attributes that a junior officer would find to be undesirable to adopt. These undesirable attributes can include Augustus Caesars’ unwillingness to attain long-term alliances and friends. Nevertheless, Augustus Caesar has proven himself to be an important and rich learning source when looking at leadership skills and techniques. Know Yourself and seek self-improvement AUGUSTUS CAESAR WAS HONOURED WITH THE NAME AUGUSTUS, WHICH MEANS “THE EXALTED”, BY THE ROMAN SENATE IN 27 B.C. THIS HONOUR WAS NOT ONLY A SHOW FOR THE NUMEROUS...
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...Brian Scarpaci Hius 308 Final Essay Essay Question Do you believe it is correct to describe an American way of war? If so, has it existed consistently throughout the period covered or has it evolved? If you say it has not existed throughout why not? Before I go into why or why not, it is best to describe the American Way of War? I must first get some definitions and history behind an American Way of War. First off There aren’t no authoritative listing that describe the Way of War.? But there are different perspectives on the American Way of War. One will define it as two major parts tactical way of battle and a strategic way of War. The tactical way of battle is an aggressive style were Us Military uses force to overwhelm the enemy forces, while using quick and decisive victories with minimal causalities. They are well trained in military that uses maneuvers, speed, flexibility, and the element of surprise, which relies upon fire-power and technology as their main. On the Strategic way of war, America seeks more of an independent strategic policy success. “ The strategic way of war also includes alternative national strategies such as deterrence and a war of limited aims.” (keravouri) Weigley who was the pioneer in the book American Way of War in 1973. Described it as “Consisted of a unique American methodology: One of attrition and annihilation.” (Weigley) Also Brian Mcallister Linn describes it one step further with the attrition and annihilation. In the book the...
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...In what ways, if any, has globalization transformed the phenomenon of terrorism? Introduction The idea of terrorism has not always been as it is today. The word “terror” originated after the French Revolution and the word “terrorism” was subsequently recorded by the Académie Française in 1798 (Roberts 2002). The regime of “la Terreur” was one of force and bloody repression against opponents to the newly born French Republic, but since the 19th century, terrorism has come to designate a method of opposition used by small groups (Tilly 2004, 8-9) “against the legitimacy of the prevailing sovereign power” (Scruton 2002, 126). As Barkawi (2006, 129) aptly puts across “‘terror’ is often used as a weapon by those who lack sufficient weapons to fight a military war, who believe their voices are not being heard and their desires bear no fruit”. Contrary to the French “terror”, “terrorism” is then no longer a practice of the State; it is that of radical groups opposing the State, and it is mainly the State that gives them this name (Townshend 2002, 3); the names these groups give themselves are in relation to a cause they see as legitimate. Such causes have arisen in numerous places, prompting some to take extreme but in their minds justified action, and Europe has faced terrorist threats long before the 9/11 attacks, incarnated by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Basque Fatherland and Liberty group (ETA) in Spain or the Red Brigades in Italy, to name only a few (Barkawi...
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...Over the past thirty-five years, it has become exponentially more difficult to control the students in any given classroom. Many education researchers attribute no correlation between classroom management, corporal punishment, and student behavior, citing most instances of student misbehavior can be attributed back to the teacher’s disciplinary style. Unfortunately, many of these studies took place after it was no longer fashionable to use corporal punishment and as such, could not be thoroughly tested along side classes which still incorporated corporal punishment as a regular part of their disciplinary model. In his brilliant essay on child psychology, B.F. Skinner stated children are like pigeons, where a “flock mentality” rules. While Dr. Skinner goes on at length, almost to the detriment of his main point, about the use of tracking collars for children in much the same way ankle bands are used on pigeons, two sentences in the penultimate paragraph makes its point without any ambiguity. He writes, “In all my years as an experimental psychologist, I have been struck by the notion that children and pigeons are quite similar and would respond to most any basic stimuli in the same ways as each other. In fact, I imagine one could physically abuse a child or a pigeon and see essentially the same reaction.” The connection is clear. Pigeons follow the flock...
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