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Outline After the Second World War, Germany experienced a tremendous change in the political, economical, and cultural areas; all these changes are credited to the Americans who were then the closest friends to Germany. Germany was found at their weakest and most vulnerable point where they needed to breathe some good air. This new wave of change was not to be expensive for them as the Americans came in handy with their styles which they were confident would improve Germany’s situation. Slowly but surely, the American way of life was adopted by the Germans and as per their wishes, it brought a lot of changes that Germany continued to enjoy its fruits update. Americanization in Germany Post Wwii Americanization here can be defined as the acceptance and infiltration of the American way of life into German culture. After World War II, German culture was greatly influenced by the Americans. This was because of the need of the mass to celebrate again after the pressure the war had subjected them to. America then was close to Germany and the Germans felt that the change they needed was closely linked to the Americans. It was a tough time for them economically and there was a desire in them to adopt new means and measures that will enable them to forget their past experiences and even grow to a higher level. America on the other hand took advantage of this and in the name of helping them, found an opportunity to sell their ideas and styles to the Germans. Most of these changes have indeed played a major role in improving the status of Germany only that the Germans now have little to be proud of in terms of heritage as most of it has been eroded through the adaptation of the American way of life. There was a change in the way the people lived every aspect of the German culture was affected which included the music and movie industry; economic trends, games and sports, foods and lifestyle, and the general way of thinking (Adam, 2005 pp 33-39). In the music industry, jazz music and rock n roll were introduced to Germany through the Americans which was a great attraction to the youth who had heard enough of the German songs and were looking for a new form of music. The Foxtrot dance was also imported and took the central stage in dance clubs (Agnes, 2004 pp 20-25). In the movie industry, there was increased demand for English movies which intensified after the immergence of Hollywood. The famous Mickey mouse also drew a lot of attention to the youths who could not resist its hilarious makeup. The popular
Introduction The purpose of the report it to analyze the structural changes that have taken place in the economy of the UK. The economy of the United Kingdom is ranked as the sixth largest economy in the world in terms of its Gross Domestic Product and its purchasing power parity (PPP). Its economy is ranked third in Europe after that of Germany and France while its financial market is the second largest in the world after that of the United States. The United Kingdom which is made up of London, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is home to the world’s largest banks and companies such as Barclays Bank, HSBC, CitiGroup, BP (British Petroleum), GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls-Royce and British Airways. The capital of the UK, London, is seen to be one of the largest financial centres in the world as it the city with the largest GDP in Europe and it is also home to 100 out of the 500 large European corporations. The economy of the UK has undergone significant changes such as the declining significance of the country’s industrial outputs and the declining employment levels in the service industry. The industries that make up the UK economy include forestry, fishing, and agriculture. There is a populist view that the UK economy is more of an industrial economy with manufacturing being the main industrial sector in the country. In 2003, manufacturing contributed to 16 percent of the total output of the economy and it also provided employment to over 5 million people in the same year. The manufacturing sector has been viewed to be important to overseas trade accounting for 83 percent of exports from the country in 2003. The companies that fall under the manufacturing industry include Rolls-Royce, Airbus, BAE Systems (Broadberry and O’mahony 2004). Structure of the UK Economy The structure of any economy is usually made up of components or parts referred to as sectors. Sectors includes groups of industries such as the manufacture, engineering, service and production industries or parts of an industry such as the tourism industry, transport industry, or the hotel industry which fall under the service industry sector. An analysis of structural change is usually done on the three sectors that make up an economy which are the primary, secondary, tertiary, production and goods sector. To be noted is that the prime division in the economy incorporates several companies that are openly associated with the expected reserves of the environment. Such activities include mining, agriculture, forestry, oil excavation and mineral extractions (Broadberry and O’mahony 2004). The secondary sector deals with activities related to the production of goods in the economy. These activities include the processing of raw materials or resources produced in the primary sector so at to create
Operating Strategy The business itself will operate under the concept of a fine dining establishment with live entertainment 4 days a week. Aside from being a restaurant the business will also operate as a catering and merchandising establishment wherein customers can either buy in-store made products such as cakes, snacks and sauces as well as choose from a selection of catering options for parties and events. Lastly Chevere Team-C Cuisine will also feature a bar with a wide selection of alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages to choose from. Dining The main feature of Chevere Team-C Cuisine will of course be fine dining, as such all ingredients will be sourced from the local market in order to ensure their freshness with other ingredients unavailable from local sources (certain types of spices, specialized Latin American flavorings etc.) will be imported through the assistance of local ingredient suppliers. The restaurant will not serve breakfast; rather, Chevere Team-C Cuisine will operate between the hours of 11:30 am in the morning till 12:30 am at night. The reason this particular schedule was chosen is due to the fact that most of the food to be offered (consisting mainly of Latin cuisine) is suitable for lunch or dinner, thus offering it in the morning would not be a suitable concept (Moll, 2006). Chevere Team-C Cuisine will not operate under a buffet style means of service, rather, all food choices will be ordered through a menu with certain dishes being seasonal depending on the availability of the ingredients. As mentioned earlier, Chevere Team-C Cuisine will operate under the concept of fine dining and as such all food will be brought and served to customers by waiters with various other amenities such as complementary snacks, drinks and other items brought depending on the availability for the day. Catering Chevere Team-C Cuisine’s catering service will consist of a relatively limited menu for events and parties. The reason for this is due to the fact that the business plan for Chevere Team-C Cuisine focuses more on in-store service rather than catering and as such most of the staff and kitchen resources have been set for dealing with a regular crowd of daily customers rather than large orders that need to be made before hand, delivered and served at a party for a prolonged period of time. The catering service will be available at any time of the day with delivery consisting of a rented van with at least 2 staff members sent as servers for the party/event. All catering events must be requested at least a week before hand in order for Chevere Team-C Cuisine to properly prepare and rent the necessary equipment in order to serve food outside of the restaurant setting and to be able to assign staff arrangements in order to make up for the personnel sent to the event. Lastly, Chevere Team-C Cuisine will not include alcoholic beverages in its catering service. Merchandising In a small corner store near the front entrance Chevere Team-C Cuisine will also sell various items that customers can take home with them should they like certain items on the menu. This will consist of
The issues of power and political difference have always been of great interest for scholars, politicians and mere mortals due to the controversy around the former concepts. As a result, the two have spawned countless number of artistic interpretations, Cameron’s Avatar and Scott’s Gladiator being the landmarks of the XXI century take at the problem. Although the movies are based on completely different stories and are driven by seemingly different plots, a number of ideas regarding power and policy of differentiation in both movies rub shoulders. No matter what one might say about Avatar being the adult version of Disney’s Pocahontas, as well as the fact that the story of greedy invaders and poor civilian residents has been beaten to death, the movie still offers an interesting journey into human mind. James Cameron clearly knows how to get the audience in their seats for a couple of hours, and creates a sophisticated political and cultural conflict. Scott’s Gladiator , in its turn, provides a much darker and, therefore, more adult view of the problem. Unlike Avatar, Gladiator does not pander to its audience, thus, it taps on more complex issues. In addition, Gladiator tackles the story that is arguably planted into the realm of reality, the lead character being the representation of those oppressed and rebelling against the dictatorship of Commodus. Although in no possible way can the movie claim to be historically accurate, it still represents real people and the events that, for the most part, actually took place – or, at the very least, could be. Nevertheless, what both movies are very good at is taking the evil off the political difference and power, though with rather different takes on the problem. In Gladiator , the social stratification is dealt with in a very impressive way. As it has been stressed above, in Gladiator , the director and screenwriter did not actually have to come up with the political environment for the story to unwrap in – the dictatorship of the Roman autocrats and the miserable life of plebs and especially slaves, which Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius represented, was already a notorious page in the world history. However, Scott still did an amazingly good job by projecting the power abuse and policy of differentiation of the XXI century onto the Ancient Roman story. For example, the following line by Commodus points at the flaws of the ochlocracy system, in which the power belongs to few people defined as the crème of society. In Avatar , the issue concerning power abuse is downplayed compared to the Gladiator plot; however, the C
As for this assignment, the primary connections of readings Markets and Bodies: Women, Service Work, and the Making of Inequality of China by Otis and Red Lights: The Lives of the Sex Workers in Postsocialist China by Zheng are discussed. The connection is the discussion of the gender inequalities from the service perception among women. In this case, the articles have similarities in the structure of the introduction. Otis provides a detailed description and the explanation of the daily routine of the female service workers in contrast with the luxury customers (1). Zheng uses a similar technique, but the presentation of the case is emotional, as it refers to the stressful situation with the police, which the author experienced (1). As for the thesis statements, it is apparent that both of the authors emphasize the inequality between men and women and the connection of these phenomena to the social class in Post-Socialist China. Nonetheless, Otis reviews it from the perspective of female service workers and the historical development of these trends in Chinese society (7). In turn, Zheng refers to the personal example in the context of the development of the sex industry in China and the appearance of vehement gender inequality in the society, as she mentions, “I am a Chinese woman who came of age during the turbulent social changes” (1). As for the claims to find the answers to the questions and support thesis statements, Otis vehemently forms her argumentation around Hochschild research (11). Moreover, Otis explains that the existence of the presence of the gender and social class inequality occurred due to the domination of socialist institutions in China (4). Additionally, the author refers to the fact that the perception of the female service workers is different due to addressing to femininity (23). Additionally, both of the studies claim that equality was cherished in Chinese society. In this case, Zheng mentions, “communism made women equal to men” (15). Moreover, both of the readings refer to the inferior class of Chinese females and compare their matters with a similar social class in the United States of America. It is apparent that both of the publications use similar claims about inequality due to governmental structure and socialist principles, but they are discussed in different contexts. Lastly, the connections in concluding remarks are discussed, as both of the readings claim that the attitudes in the service field vary depending on the region and location. Moreover, the publications mention the changes, which occurred in the perception of services and gender representation as a service worker. However, in this case, Zheng refers to marginalization and changing a view about prostitutes and hostesses (247). Otis reviews the problem from the consumer marke
Volkswagen company presents an excellent subject for research in the sphere of corporate social responsibility due to the infamous scandal with emissions. The company lied to its stakeholders about the pollution levels of its new product, which led to huge financial and reputational consequences (Leggett, 2018). The case study design in this research is chosen because it allows for flexibility in research methods, breadth of possible theoretical implications and development of ideas. In addition, case study design allows the application of theoretical concepts and capture their reflection and functioning in real-life conditions, which links academic research and practice. The most relevant theory, in this case, is corporate social responsibility which embodies the care for stakeholders and reveals the complexity of interrelations between society and a corporation (Zu, Li, Zhao, & Li, 2014). In addition, stakeholder theory is also employed due to its emphasis on ethical conduct, social contract, and business values, which are pertinent to the Volkswagen case. In conclusion, the case study observed poor adherence to CSR practices due to an overemphasis on profit-making. The key recommendation for the company is to establish strict protocols for CSR reporting and internal management of ethical issues. In addition, the study revealed the deliberate concealment of facts because of the negligence of executives.
Introduction Colour is important in any image since it conveys different meanings when different combinations of it are used. Image texture, colour intensity, proximity of different hues, and the shape of the parts that contain certain colours govern the way the image is perceived by the observer. Different parts of the image convey different pieces of information, which result in one comprehensive and meaningful message when put together (Feisner, 2000). The image displayed is a multicolour image seemingly painted with many colours carefully applied to evoke a certain cognitive reaction of the observer. Moreover, the image is interesting since it encompasses several laws and theories of psychology in its appearance. It is evident that the gestalt laws of colour and perception are applied in the analysis of the image by any image and/or colour specialist. This particular image portrays a sparsely cloudy sunset near the shore of a lake. This is the overall perception of the observer. Colour Notation The orange colour of the sun is created using the basic RGB colour notation as it is not one of the primary colours, and it is generated using the RGB system (Kopacz, 2006). The same system is used to paint the sky on the upper far left corner of the image where yellow hue, generated by adding green colour to red hue, is dominant. Green hue is evident in the foreground of the image. This hue is a result of using the primary colour system. White shades are created using a combination of red, green, and blue colours. Various mild effects are achieved with the help of this technique. Perceptual Effect The image is painted in a rough texture, and several vague aspects can be perceived in it. However, gestalt law of pragnanz is applied to the image where any average human being can identify familiar objects (O’connor, 2010). For example, the sun, trees, boats, and the men in the lake are noticeable after a close examination of the image. The highlighted objects make sense to an individual through past human experience (Green, 2005). Gestalt Laws Gestalt law of proximity is exemplified by the trees in the image. The trees can actually be
Thesis statement Given the current circumstances and negotiations, it can be argued that the international climate cooperation, which was established to find ways of limiting carbon emissions responsible for global warming, has been unsuccessful in its actions. However, using evidence from some international climate cooperation, the argument is that the collaborative actions aimed at addressing the international environmental issues are far from being attained. The reverse argument of the collective action theory that the collaborative efforts within a larger group are unlikely to be achieved can be applied to explain the failures of international treaties and actions on climate change (Harris 196). Essentially, despite the few successes and the greater efforts for over three decades to construct an effectual environmental cooperation, it is clear that the elements of accomplishment may be present for the predictable future. The current international negotiations would just reduce but not reverse the global warming at some point in the relative distant future. The paper endeavors to find out the reasons why the efforts of the international climate regime have not been successful. Background information The problem of climate change has not been perceived as a collective responsibility. In order to succeed in a collective agreement, members must have almost an equal share of the problem. In fact, collective action theorists point out that the cooperative sharing principle is critical for the success of the actions of larger group (Harris 197). The principle of collective action is yet to be agreed upon among the members of the international climate cooperation. Everyone agree that the emission of Green Houses Gases (GHG) has been the major cause of global warming and every country is responsible for a particular level of emissions. However, the level at which each country is contributing remains the basis of controversy. In other words, the GHG emissions have not been perceived as a collective problem (Victor 92). In fact, some countries particularly, from the developing economies, feel that the industrialized countries have been contributing hugely to the emissions of GHG thus, should bear the greatest burden (Johansen 118). The feeling among the developing economies is that they are forced to bear the burden, which they have not created (Victor 92). Lack of agreement on who is most responsible has undermined the ongoing set of arrangements for progressive control of GHG emissions (Harris 196). Besides, the numbers of countries causing GHG emissions are large and continuously increasing in the recent past (Harris 196). In addition, most of these countries felt that it is not on their immediate interest to bear the cost of reducing GHG emissions (Harris 196). The view is still held by many countries most of whom are the major polluters. The other important factor is lack
Working as a Repository Assistant may seem a rather simple task, yet one needs to master a range of very specific skills and demonstrate high levels of proficiency in order to match the requirements set for the job. Although the responsibilities of a Repository Assistant are very numerous and demand great efforts, I believe that I am fully qualified for the above-mentioned job, since I have the responsibility, the dedication and the skills required to carry out the key tasks in a manner as efficient and expeditious as possible. Moreover, being a Repository Assistant means making efficient use of the latest technological advances, which I support fully and approve of. In the realm of the 21 st century, when information technologies define the course of people’s personal and professional lives, having a good command of the IT tools related to one’s job is an essential skill, which I have an excellent knowledge of. Not only am I capable of working with the computer programs that are traditionally utilised in navigating and allocating library resources, but also have a good command of using both the standard MS Windows operating system and the Ubuntu. Additionally, I work on improving my skills in using the related software regularly; particularly, I am studying currently in order to have a better understanding of the XML and metadata schema. As a result, I am capable of recording, reviewing and updating the information that I work with. I believe that this skill will help me improve the arrangement and location of the resources of the University of Stanford, as well as the process of categorising the resources within the repository. Apart from having an excellent command of the aforementioned issues, I have a vast experience in working with social media. Particularly, I have arranged a number of activities by using several key social media resources, such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterst, etc. for attracting the target population. Therefore, I am capable of working with a range of uncoordinated data and arrange it properly so that the information could be located easily and used successfully. Moreover, I have a range of communication skills, which will help me carry out the tasks of a Repository Assistant in the most efficient manner. Specifically, my ability to negotiate successfully and prevent as well as manage workplace conflicts deserves to be mentioned. Although the responsibilities of a Repository Assistant are often restricted to arranging data, communication with the rest of the team members, as well as the Scholarly Communication Manager, remains a priority. There is no secret, though, that even flawless communication skills cannot guarantee a complete absence of conflicts. Moreover, conflicts in the workplace are often inevitable. However, I am positively certain that even confrontations may be used as a tool for improving the operations within the library, as well as relationships in the workplace, as long as important lessons are learned in the process. In other words, I prefer adopting a Constructivism approach towards managing interpersonal communication processes