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Introduction: Acer in the Realm of the Global Market The Acer Company has been quite popular for an impressive amount of time. However, with the recent entrance of several major organizations, such as Asus and Lenovo, into the global market, the competition issues have triggered a major drop in the company’s sales and, understandably enough, resulted in a significant reduction in the annual sales (Kan para. 4). Thesis statement Despite the fact that the Acer Company has been remarkably prominent in their choice of strategies for strengthening its weakest issues as suggested by Machiavelli in The Prince , the organization still seems to neglect an essential principle of statesmanship mentioned by the philosopher in the work in question, which can be translated into competitiveness in the global economy. Following the Postulates of The Prince: What Makes Acer Powerful A single glance at the approach chosen by Acer will reveal that the company, in fact, follows the footsteps of Machiavelli’s The Prince quite closely. To be more specific, the set of principles that the organization is supposed to comply with and that make the backbone of its very essence, declare that the company should be more sustainable and more competitive (Lanham 11). The specified attitude rubs shoulders with Machiavelli’s idea of a ruler of the kingdom to explore the opportunities that the kingdom’s strengths give, at the same time addressing the obvious weaknesses of the state: “The prince, with little reluctance, takes the opportunity of the rebellion to punish the delinquents, to clear out the suspects, and to strengthen himself in the weakest places” (Machiavelli 5). Being able to identify its strengths and acknowledge its weaknesses is what makes the organization so efficient. When Machiavelli’s Heritage Was Declined: A Few Drawbacks to Consider However, as far as the process of addressing weaknesses is concerned, Acer seems to have been falling behind on its plan to improve its current imperfections. Indeed, while the company is obviously capable of looking at its processes objectively, its attempts at improving the current state falls flat due to the inconsistency in Acer’s approach. To be more specific, the organization should not only be capable of identifying its major problems, i.e., the lack of a good advertisement strategy, but also work on establishing new approaches towards promotion, particularly, the ones that incorporate the use of both traditional and modern media. One might argue that the company’s refusal to incorporate the promotion principles that would have improved its competitiveness into its overall design have little to do with the phenomenon of warfare discussed in Machiavelli’s work. Indeed, the military issues related to war are hardly related to the process of promoting a company to the target audience. A closer look at the issue, however, will show that a range of parallels can be drawn between Acer’s promotion and the phenomenon of warfare – much like a country in the state of war, Acer, having entered the global economy, will have to fight its opponents with all the weapons that are available to it; specifically, the promotio
Introduction To begin with, it is known that morality is a base on which society can put its ability to struggle with probable dangers. People do not mind while building several plants the hazards which can be caused to the personnel and, furthermore, to the people living somewhere nears the destinations of unsafe-for-life enterprises, and, as a result, there is a great danger for the environment. Along with developing the economic state of things people forget about the risk of shortening people’s life by means of exhausts and other terrific factors which in return lead to the decline of the environment and well-being of the society. This paper has one aim according to two cases and presents original reasoning as to the social problems and their effects in different spheres of men’s activity. Case 1 In the first part of the paper, I intend to argue that sniffing glue taken by children of Honduras under the conditions described in the case with H. B. Fuller Company is morally indefensible. The thing is that the products of H. B. Fuller have nothing to argue because the working process is under strict control. The subsidiary of the company situated in Honduras is convenient to gain more profits for the corporation with headquarters in the United States. Of course, it is because of low-paid people’s resources. This standpoint seems to be very circumspect in the situation of widespread globalization processes. The quality of the glue, named not coincidentally Resistol, is high and has special advantages for the shoe industry not only in Honduras but also worldwide due to its characteristics of waterproof and resistance to temperatures. It may have several standards and improvements on the world exhibitions in this sphere. Moreover, the company tends to give people of Honduras, namely those living where this Chemical Plant is situa
In the current world there are so many service provider companies. These companies have a great similarity to the theatre in the way they execute their services. The quality and manner in which the service is provided to the customer is very important. To ensure customers are satisfied with the services provided, there is a need to ensure that there is uniformity across all the branches of the institution or company. The direct correspondence of the services of a service provider with those of a theatre makes it easier to compare the relationship between them and express the service provider services in theatrical terms (Michelli, 2007). Service as Theatre at Starbucks In the analysis of the service provider institutions and company, it is possible to use the theatre services as reference. This is usually helpful for making critical analyses. In this case, both front and back stage and all activities included in the performance taking into account the participants are useful in the analysis. Service providers are usually very keen on the satisfaction their customers receive from the services they provide to them. This requires perfection in all the aspects in service provision. This is the belief that the chairman of Starbucks has concerning what a coffee place ought to be; to him it is not just the drink but every detail mattered. The place where the cup of coffee is consumed has to be attractive. The chairman claimed that having many Starbucks outlets close to each other would increase competition among them and this makes them increase the quality of their services making it possible for the outlet to offer services beyond the coffee. Unity in Diversity at Starbucks The various services provided may differ from each other. Some services have direct interaction between the service provider and the customer while others do not have the direct contact. The aspects of theatre are found in all but is more evident in service provision involving direct interaction. To ensure uniformity, all the branches of an institution should be the same with minor differences depending on the customers. For example despite Starbuck having many branches all over the world, all these branches share many things in common and the differences that might prevail may be due to the location and customer’s culture. Such differences come up when an outlet wishes to identify more with the local regions, for instance the “Sydney Starbucks have paintings by local artists” (Ground Control 3). Creating a Customer Experience In the past years, the marketing mix was not efficient in analyzing crucial aspects encountered in the marketing of services. Due to these challenges, modern marketing mix has incorporated some new aspects. All the participants in the process of execution should be managed very well. This ensures good coordination between them and provision of up-to standard services. The theatrical constituents applicable in the comparison with the service provision includes; actors who are compared to the service personnel, the a
Brief Evaluation of the Unit A narrow-focused objective of the lesson (to examine colors and cloth in Chinese Mandarin) will be beneficial for students because it will help them memorize the concepts and vocabulary more effectively. Due to the fact that the lesson plan is premised on using combined learning styles, including perceptual modes and psychological factors, the lesson will be efficient for the students whose visual and auditory memories the most developed (Heacox, 2002, p. 8). In addition, the first stages of lesson will also identify the students whose interest in the subject is the highest. Discussions of the basics will provide a clear picture of students’ psychological characteristics and defines which students are reflective, analytic and impulsive. In this respect, the challenge of teacher lies in extending the learning process of students who are ready to comprehend the material and those who are just starting their exploration, which expands the degree of the lesson variety (Heacox, 2002, p. 9). Smart Board application will be successful for visual learners as well because it provides more opportunities to visually memorize the vocabulary, particularly spelling and sentence structure. Students whose level of visual memory is poor can face complications while conceiving the new words presented in the unit. Determining the Students Who Failed to Benefit from the Course With regard to the above considerations, the lesson will not be sufficiently effective for students who have poor visual and auditory memories. Such students are usually more successful in manipulating and touching the material objects, which is quite difficult while studying different colors. The lesson might turn out a failure to those who are not active and impulsive enough to interact with each other because communicative skills belong to another important condition to succeed in comprehending the lesson. Because the lesson is built on the basis of a concrete-to-abstract scheme, students who have a more developed abstract thinking ability are less likely to grasp the main aspect of the lesson because it starts with discussing concrete notions and ends with indulging the more abstract ones (Tomlinson, 2001, p. 46). Finally, students who have slow pace of study will benefit much from the presented lesson either because the unit is based on a number of activities that are time-sensitive. As a result, differentiation will not equally bring the information to all students in the class. Prerequisite Skills Necessary for Successful Accomplishing the Unit In order to successfully pass through the lessons activities, students should have a sufficient level of visual and auditory memories, great communicative and analytical skills, ability to abstract thinking and expressing thoughts in a logical way. In this respect, the discussion board at the beginning of the lesson seeks to define the most active students whose interest to the lesson is the highest one. Further stages are designed for same purpose, but still they are oriented on a
The huge impact that terrorist made following the 9/11 attacks compelled the government to take action against foreign and domestic terror groups. After the attack, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created to keep America safe and to engage in proactive measures to protect the citizens. In spite of these actions, violent attacks are still perpetrated, and in most cases, the pubic waits for the professional first responders to react. However, the first people on the site of an incident are the witnesses and the victims of the attack. While citizens were in the past encouraged to remain passive, there has been a shift of opinion among law enforcement officers, with some suggesting that citizens should take action in self-defense. The articles “In Shifts, Police Advice Taking an Active Role to Counter Mass Attacks” by Erica Goode of The New York Times and “Attacks by Private Actors and the Right of Self Defense” published in the scholarly journal of Conflict and Security Law by Tom Ruys and Sten Verhoeven address this issue. Although the articles have been written in several types of sources, they are written differently depending on each publication’s intended audience. The audience for the article by Erica Goode is the individuals who make up the readership base of the New York Times. This audience consists of a diverse group of individuals, and their education levels vary greatly. The article sets out to provide information on a subject of public interest. It hopes to explain to the public the changing role of the public in case of mass attacks. To make its point, the paper provides numerous quotations from the public authority figures. Considering the mixed audience to the article, simple and clear language is used. For example, the article states that “the take-home message is that you’re not helpless and the actions you take the matter” (Goode, 2013). The article does not use any technical terms that cannot be understood by the layperson. It is well organized, and the ideas are presented in a coherent manner that can easily be followed by the reader. The article does not provide an in-depth background of the topic, and no attempt is made to provide a balanced view of the topic. Instead, only a report on the issue at hand is made. The article uses vivid images to appeal to the emotions of the reader. For example, it reveals that “in two classrooms, the students and instructors tried to hide or play dead after Mr. Cho entered; nearly all were shot, and almost died” (Goode, 2013). This image is bound to make the audience consider the results of their inaction in case of an attack. The academi
Abstract This paper will discuss the different types of diabetes found in different countries, the rate of growth of diabetes and how the new product helped in achieving all the above objectives. This group work will develop a short term market objective for the company products using the simple, measurable, attainable, realistic and timing method. The short term objectives are to be achieved within one year. Background information After inventing a new and effective instrument that could easily and quickly detect the quantity of insulin and glucose in the body, the group decided to choose a company that symbolizes the instrument. The company chosen is known to be a leading one when it comes to matters related to diabetes for the past quarter of a century. It goes by the name Medtronic Inc, and the equipment they were to symbolize was Quik Fik. The company then set out to carry out their research and set the short term objectives as below. Objectives   * To find out the general growth rate of diabetes in the selected countries.   * To find out the different types of diabetes in the selected counties.   * To find out the type of diabetes that is more common among men, women, and children.   * To find out at what stage it is advisable to administer the use of the new equipment and how effective the result would be. Introduction Medtro Inc. Company was built about sixty years ago for the purpose of supplying medical materials in America. This company is known to have set a worldwide pace in the health business and expertise. As said earlier the company was to symbolize the QuikFik equipment. This instrument is meant to manually monitor the amount of glucose in the body and mechanically dispense insulin depending on the outcome. It is one of the many American companies that are known to use the collective ins
Introduction Current medical trends have brought a focus on palliative care or the care of terminally sick patients who have no hopes of recovery and cannot be expected to lead a normal life. This paper discusses the concept of death-denying and develops an understanding of how it impacts patients. What is death-denying Ashby (2005) has suggested that death-denying is the process where the life of a critically ill patient is prolonged by placing them on life support systems. He has discussed the case of a few patients who could be classified as being in the ‘vegetative state’ where it was medical technology alone that ensured that the patients lived. Zimmermann (2004) has argued that there is a reluctance and reticence on the part of the healthcare community and the society when it comes to palliative care or care for the dying. The author has argued that society has become a death-denying society where prolonging life becomes a test of the machines and technology that is bent on prolonging death. Death is no more regarded as a natural cause but a technological and clinical event and while instances of death in hospitals and institutions have risen, there has been a considerable decline in death at homes. The author has argued that the death-denying society which includes pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals with specialized training has increased the lifespan of human beings. Zimmermann has suggested that the death-denying society has created an ‘atmosphere of denial’ where information is withheld from patients and their real condition is not revealed. Society creates a veil of silence and does not reveal such information to patients who want to know the truth about their health. The author has cited the works of some eminent authors and calls this masquerade the ‘pornography of death. The research pointed out that while explicit pornography is freely discussed, prudery is practiced while discussing natural death. The death-denying society, has turned death into a mere medicalization practice and the funeral practices, display of grief, and mourning has become detached and the survivors have become bystanders since there is a taboo on discussing death. Is Australia a death-denying society Ashby (2005), Zimmermann (2004) have pointed out that in Australia, the right to live is held so sacrosanct that even qualified and well-meaning doctors cannot provide dignified deat
Introduction Memory is an interesting subject of research, as it includes a variety of topics that explain how people think and store information. Therefore, choosing two articles to study that directly deal with such a subject allows demonstrating both the current trends in memory research and the development of some of the authors mentioned by King (219). Learning from studies and reflecting on them may help increase awareness of the ongoing research directions within the psychology community. Modern Studies: Research by Holt and Delvenne Short-term memory is the topic that is deeply relevant to storing information on a scale that permits recalling it only for a brief period. Holt and Delvenne present a research paper on the effect of rehearsing on memorization, stating that there is a connection between “spatial” attention, repetition, and short-term memory (59). Their research deals with conducting four different experiments that aim to show the effect of cues on the process of remembrance (Holt and Delvenne 55). Thus, it is possible to discuss the significant influence of positioned clues when rehearsing and repeating information. Modern Studies: Research by Amso and Serif Visual attention is another important aspect of memory that allows concentrating on data and recalling it later. Also and Scerif discuss the effect of focusing on remembrance, stressing the “interplay of genetic and environmental influences on visual attention mechanisms,” which has an impact on the storage of information (616). Therefore, their paper may be relevant to a great variety of topics within memory research, with links to studies that deal with attention deficiency. Lessons Learnt Both chosen articles deal with the concept of memory and how using various tools and approaches may help to improve it. However, in addition to this, Amso and Scerif urge that improving memory is not the process that is achieved by memorization alone but instead requires a joint effort of different human actions (615). The findings of Holt and Delvenne also partially support this statement by demonstrating that experiment results vary when different cues are used (54). These conclusions may successfully connect the two different research papers. Conclusion While memory, attention, and rehearsal may seem automatically connected, there are varieties of different supporting acts that help them achieve their effect. Recognizing that there may be a minimal number of processes, which do not affect others, is an essential part of carrying out research. This understanding makes important finding not only the cause and effect of results but also possible connections between those actions that may seem not
The report at hand is aimed at providing a consistent rationale for the implementation of governance activities assuring extra Information Security (IS) and preventing potential risks. At the current point, the key issue of concern resides in the fact that Human Resources (HR) has a direct access to the corporate data. It is, consequently, assumed that there is a strong possibility of data misuse and spread beyond the company. Thus, for instance, some of the HR members have an opportunity to retrieve clients’ and partners’ contact information and employ it for conducting business. In addition, there is a critical risk of the corporate data being located beyond the environment that the company currently controls. In the meantime, it is evident that a complete database lock is physically impossible as it will interfere with a large scope of the company’s operations. As a result, it is proposed to implement the recent development in the IS field. The technology allows performing a detailed video analysis of the work flow and identifying suspicious activities that might be carried out by the employees. This video analysis implies transforming a video stream into a typed narrative. Otherwise stated, the analysts can now rely not on the image but on the narrative record that is more detailed and, thus, more valid. It is expected that the proposed implementation will be assistive not only from IS perspective but also in terms of improving the general performance. Moreover, the upgraded IS will help to enhance the image of a reliable and trustworthy corporation in the market. The existing IS system is evidently insufficient in terms of assuring consistent security and risk management. The company does not possess enough resources that would ensure that the information misuse is prevented timely. In the meantime, the current system requires considerable financial investments; hence, it might be claimed that the company’s resource management is inefficient at the present point. From the outcomes standpoint, the value delivered to the enterprise is evident. First and foremost, re-shaping the IS approach will allow performing a more efficient control and monitoring of the work flow and eliminating the current flaws of the security system. Secondly, the IS innovation will contribute largely to brand and reputation building. According to the recent research, one of the key determinants of a sustainable partnership is an efficient reputation risk management (The Economist, 2010). Thus, in order to ensure long-lasting collaboration with the main stakeholders, it is essential that the company guarantees consistent security at all the level of the performance including the information segment. In such a manner, the implementation of the video analysis technology is directly aligned to the core company’s goal that resides in building enduring cooperation. Meanwhile, it is necessary to admit that the implementation of the new IS strategy implies a series of risks. Relying on the experts’ opinion, it is kindly requested that the all the risks are critically evaluated before the implement