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H2pro Company has invented wireless headphones that can work without connection through wires to electronic devices that transmit sound. These headphones will work well with smart phones and other mp3 devices that have applications of Bluetooth. These headphones are waterproof and, therefore, can receive sound impulses even under water. These headphones will be very significant to swimmers and athletes that could be distracted by wired headphones in the course of their activity. With their property, that makes them to apply Bluetooth, they can receive sound impulses from devices to which they are configured from as far as fifteen hundred metres in the air and up to eight hundred metres in water. These are new inventions that will improve concentration of participants in any competition as well as keeping them updated during competition. H2pro Company sales team are set to make sure that these headphones are made available to all people in the competition in football, swimming, and athletics. Through this device, competitors in athletic and swimming will be kept updated on the progress of events. These headphones will also be very crucial gadgets to football referees that are supposed to hear some comments from linesmen so that they can make well informed decisions about some fouls that they might not have seen clearly. The gadgets are light and, therefore, will not create discomfort to their users. On the other hand, they have voice adjustment system that will ensure that regulation of voice is made. Sales team will carry out training on the device to ensure that team members have adequate information as they go to market the gadget. Sales team members will be taught on how to express themselves to potential customers and how to maintain good relations as customers seek to get more information about the headphones. The sales team will also be trained on the usability of the wireless headphones H2pro have produced so that they can be able to explain it to customers. Another thing that will happen to H2pro sales team is that they will be sent to different market areas where they will be expected to conquer the market by ensuring that those headphones win the favour of players in comparison to wired headphones used by potential customers. Another area where the sales team will be informed is the sector on prices and different qualities of H2pro wireless headphones. In that way, they will have enough information about these headphones and their usability. Information about retail and wholesale prices will be given to these sales team members during the training. Marketing team of H2pro Company will ensure publicity is done to ensure that these earphones are known. After extensive advertisement is made about these headphones, the marketers will be sent to major sports shops to sell these headphones. They will also do promotion activiti
The article The Future of Women and Work: Ending the Twentieth Century written by Joan Acker presents the effect of a global, capitalist restructuring of the corporate economy on the lives of American women. The article investigates the growth of women’s job opportunities in the restructured corporate world, given that there has been increased flexibility of work, changing skill requirements for jobs, and management’s effort to implement flat organizations to increase participation of employees. The article tries to establish a trend for the future of women’s employability and the nature of their work in corporate America once it undergoes a restructuring. The author says that with the feminization of the workforce even male-oriented jobs are becoming feminized. With restructuring, there is a trend of old skilled jobs becoming redundant, and so there are new jobs available for a fewer wage. That is why women have taken active participation in the workforce: “The family wage sufficient for a single worker to support dependents is fast disappearing; women’s paid work is becoming necessary for family survival” (Acker, p. 54). A positive view presented is that technological advancement, which creates a new model of production, and thus higher productivity. The article identifies that women have to take a cut in wages as welfare options for women such as, “day care, to mandatory maternity leave, and to other forms of family leave that support women’s labor-market participation are consistent with this mode of thinking, as are attacks on existing welfare state provisions” (Acker, p. 56). Then the author went on to explain the world for women post-corporate restructuring. Due to this, there has been a decline in gender inequality in the workforce as well as a wage gap. But still, most of the women are in the low-wage “women’s jobs”. Thus, the effect of restructuring can be stated as “the restructuring of employment, changing skill demands, increasing flexibility, and the reduction of hierarchy along with greater employee participation” (Acker, p. 56). With restructuring, the foremost thing that came was budget slashing, as well as layoffs in the services sector, has affected women adversely as “Women hold the majority of service-sector jobs and most of their job growth has been in this area” (Acker, p. 60). This has also affected the promotional opportunities of women. Further decline in the top management and entry-level jobs have also declined which will lead to a “decrease in entry-level management jobs” (Acker, p. 60). The structural inequalities that have arisen are mainly due to the technology-oriented nature of the workforce which has led to further job cuts and women’s jobs increasingly becoming “routine, low-wage, highly controlled work and non-routine, relatively autonomous, higher-wage jobs” (Acker, p. 62) this has led
Leadership is a wide concept that varies in terms of meaning and style of application. The concept of leadership is defined and used differently depending on the nature of the environment, goals, and purpose of a team, among others. Studies have established that these factors influence on the meaning of leadership and the way they apply in for various reasons. According to experts, traits that make a leader effective for various positions vary depending on these factors. Various distinguishing features of an individual determine the kind of a leader one becomes and their preferred style. Individual traits make a leader be authoritative, democratic, imperialistic, or compassionate. Reactivity Reactivity is an individual trait associated with leadership. It refers to the ability of an individual to respond readily to emergencies. A reactive leader is someone who creates urgency among his or her followers by encouraging them to be quicker at identifying problems and finding solutions. Reactive leaders often make decisions by themselves, believe in their solutions, have an authoritative tone, focus on getting results, love being in control, love to punish mistakes and use rules to make decisions. A reactive leader is self-centered. They often prioritize fulfilling their interests ahead of those collectively shared by a team. It is important to note that several situations within a team or an organization require their independent approaches. This means that leaders should avoid applying a single style to solve all their challenges. Although most critics do not support a reactive style of leadership, it is important to ensure that people are fully engaged in important processes such as decision-making. Flexibility Flexibility is also a crucial leadership trait. Experts argue that an individual with the ability to adjust readily to different conditions makes a good leader. Flexibility allows a leader to deal with the collective interests of a team, as well as those of individual members. It also helps leaders to behave accordingly when confronted with unexpected and uncomfortable situations. The ability to be flexible is highly influenced by the level of self-awareness by an individual. It is very hard for someone to control him or her self when they do not understand their character well. Experts argue that an effective leader is one who understands his or her leadership style well and makes an effort to ensure that it compliments the interests of their followers. Enthusiasm Enthusiasm is another trait associated with good leadership. Studies have established that people tend to follow people that show great excitement and interest in whatever they do. Leaders have the responsibility to ensure that they guide their followers effectively in fulfilling their goals. Experts argue that people who have a passion for something have a higher chance of being successful and effective because they always have an inner drive to make a posit
Traditionally, religion sacrifices referred to an act of offering food, animals, burning of alter and priest dismemberment (Rothgeb 72). Priests did this in honor of a deity, and as an act of cleansing of the community. However, some sacrificial rites transformations were further exercised through custom head shaving in contemporary and ancient religion’s sects (Rothgeb 72). The shaving of a head in the ancient religion was associated with rebirth of purity or rebirth of a state where the differences in the association depended on the beliefs of the religion. In addition, different religions had different sacrificial rites that they performed in different occasions, times and seasons. However, sacrifice may be referred to as a response to various problems as the Leviticus prescribed (Bergen 67). This gives a different meaning to the word sacrifice as a devotion or determination given towards solving certain problems without minding the outcomes. In this paper, the word sacrifice is used as a response to solve various traditions as a means to bring transformation. The perception of the traditions in different cultural set ups brought about the sacrifice of some people to bridge the gap between these disparities. These sacrifices had consequences but they strived towards accomplishment of their missions. Transformation of the traditions was first realized through transformation of oral traditional materials to written materials (Bergen 67). Different cultures had different perceptions on the written materials. “In the western world we have a different attitude towards texts than other cultures” (Bergen 67). The start of this transformation was tough but eventually the target was achieved. “It may have been part of a larger collection of scrolls, but was certainly not part of an easily accessible lending library, even if most people had been able to read” (Bergen 67). This indicates that sacrifice was offered to ensure that people were able to read. The first book to be transformed from oral traditions was the book of Leviticus that was in form of a scroll. The access to this book created possibilities of new structures, new relation between the worshipers and priests and new hierarchies of power (Bergen 67). People started viewing differences between text and access to oral tradition, reading and storytelling and written tradition and oral tradition (Bergen 67). This transformation of oral traditions to written traditions was a sacrifice done by people who despite the challenges and views of different cultures on the written records succeeded and consequently, their sacrifice gave rise to the written materials in all fields. Similarly, the transformation of the traditional blood offerings to the current offerings that do not involve blood shedding was a sacrifice (Bergen 72). Western people did not believe that live sacrifices championed the transformati
Introduction The book under analysis “Give me Liberty: An American History” discloses historical facts of the American development; the author managed to reflect the most significant moments covering the adoption of formal documents being passed through numerous changes and corrections. The USA Constitution was especially stressed by the author who highlighted federalists’ debate in 1878-1888 as to the document ratification. New Constitution The ratification of the new federalist Constitution caused a number of objections during the official meeting in 1878. The new form of the official US document contained some new aspects contradicting the views of anti-federalists’ representatives. It is necessary to underline the fact that federalism philosophy in the reconstructed state document influenced the introduction of some changes being the main reason for debates; it was stated that the new constitution inserted strong limitations to the cultural liberty of the country. The representatives of anti-federalists’ views stated that “the new Constitution contains a lot of unfortunate compromises”. The disappointment was merely caused by contradicting points of the constitution articles; thus, uncodified UK constitution peculiarities were introduced into the new US document: “No free man shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or deprived of his property, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor shall we go against him or send against him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land” (Foner, (2005) The same aspects are considered to be part of the British document, that is Magna Carta. Debates based on federalists’ notes preserved in the new Constitution also caused the division of the government into opposition and federalists which broke the unity of political power in the USA. The ratification of the Constitution made the representatives of Antifederalists create the list of commentaries related to the new document adoption. It was stated: “…the New Constitution was not for the new epoch of the states” (Foner, 2005) It is important to stress that the changed constitution was under the influence of acting law; Antifederalists stated that the new document of the USA had no legal authority for the purpose of state function serving. Conclusion The problem of the new Constitution 1878-1888 described in the book “Give me Liberty: An American History” caused a number of serious contradictions within the governments of the states making them divide into Federalists and opposition (Antifederalists). The articles of the new document appeared to bear no benefits for the country’s progress in politics, human rights, and law aspects. The ratification of the Constitution went through all the states of the country and finally came to a logical end. The newly ratified document became an integral part of the country’s existence, though the process of its adoption left a significant print among the most scandalous official steps.
According to TED managers, the presented data has been analyzed, and constructive information has been extracted from the analysis to inform better decision making. From the provided data, it is clear that the Statistics has been pulled from a data warehouse, which comprises a storehouse where historical data is stored with analytical intentions for the purpose of decision-making (Almeida, 2017). A warehouse stores data that is integrated from primary informational collecting systems. In a statistics mine, raw information is categorized by using both a primary and secondary key in that the respective statistics can be located by fields and records. For this reason, this paper will address the examination of excel based analysis. Prescriptive Analysis for Lesson One Based on TED managers’ desire to be enlightened on the length of time a video takes before being posted online, the statistics provided a master data that involved various records. For this reason, prescriptive analytics was the core analytical technique to be used in availing information from historical indicators. Prescriptive technology is a methodology employed by businesses, via analyzing a collection of measurements, to address issues affecting the business based on several reasons (Rainer & Prince, 2019). It is, therefore, essential in data management and knowledge management. According to knowledge management systems, the technique is adapted to provide solutions that preven
Summary Receiving an educational experience in non-traditional settings is a beneficial activity since it provides people with new perspectives and encourages them to strive for a better understanding of culture, science, art, and literature. In order to engage in education in a non-formal setting, I decided to visit the Vancouver Art Gallery website. One of the exhibitions presented on the gallery website that caught my attention was Art At Home. This recently launched project consists of several distinct activities designed to inspire family members to be creative at home. In my opinion, this exhibition is especially relevant during the pandemic when individuals spend a lot of time with their closest relatives. By engaging in different art-making activities, such as hearts in windows and self-portraits, presented on by the Vancouver Art Gallery, my relatives and I could communicate and educate ourselves. While continually developing our skills in design and art creation, we had a chance to work as a team and enhance our relationships. Therefore, if this educational experience was formally assessed, we would not receive this amount of satisfaction from the process. We would focus on attaining the best individual result rather than cooperating, enjoying an activity, and understanding how art influences our daily life. I would be happy to continue receiving this kind of educational experience in the future. This claim is based on the fact that gaining new knowledge in an informal setting helped me to receive satisfaction from learning and made me interested in art more than ever before. I had an opportunity to research the topic of art creation without feeling pressure from my educational institution and being afraid of getting a low grade. In addition, these activities contributed to the development of my relationships with relatives and advanced my leadership and communication skills. In case I had to do this activity again, I would definitely attract more of my friends because Art At Home is an excellent opportunity for intellectual and psychological development. Short Paper Even though everyone receives education in formal environments, such as scho
Introduction Raj Rajnaratnam is a Sri-Lankan by birth living in US; according to Forbes magazine, Rajnaratnam is among the richest people in US with an estimated worth of over $1.5 billion (Dealbook, Com). In the year 2009, Rajnaratnam was arrested leading to close of Galleon group Company (Dealbook, Com). Charges against Rajnaratnam Mr. Rajnaratnam has been accused of committing several crimes including supporting the civil war in Sri Lanka; in 2009, Rajnaratnam was arrested by federal officers in US where he was accused of scheming with other business colleagues in what is referred as insider trading of numerous public listed companies like Google Inc among others (David Glovin, Patricia Hurtado and Van Voris, 2011). Mr. Rajnaratnam is said to have carried out an extensive scheme together with Rajiv Goel, Anil Kumar, and Robert Moffat who were major sources of information in which Rajnaratnam got away with illegal profits of about $ 20.6 million in a case that was reviewed by the stock commission (David et al, 2011). Rajnaratnam conspired along with a friend, Raj Gupta a CEO of Mckinsey & Company in a case where he was accused as the “co- conspirator” who had played a major role of giving confidential information to Rajnaratnam because he was fully informed as the board member of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (David et al, 2011). Evidence of the prosecution in the case In the case of SEC v, Galleon in 2010, the prosecutor was able to prove the following against Mr. Rajnaratnam. First, the prosecution proved that the defendant Mr. Rajnaratnam and others made an attempt to use wiretaps to obtain information illegally by listening to private conversations which they later used to defraud the various companies that they had are accused of (Dealbook.com, 2011). Secondly, through use of recorded evidence of Rajnaratnam phone calls and wiretaps, the prosecution has also proved that the deal of obtaining insider information by Rajnaratnam and his conspirators had been happening for quite sometimes now. Through evidence of witness testimony the prosecutors were also able to prove that the Galleon group of Companies was able to make illegal profit of over $25 million in the process (Dealbook.com, 2011). As a result, Raj has been charged and the court agreed to open charges against him and he “faces five counts of conspiracy and nine counts of securities fraud” (Dealbook.com, 2011); if found guilty Mr. Raj may face a sentence that is not less than 20 years according to the law (Dealbook.com, 2011). Defense by Rajnaratnam attorney Rajnaratnam attorney has maintained that his client is innocent in all the accused charges; Rajnaratnam’s attorney argue that, his client traded on ‘Mosaic’ information which has been put by other companies or organizations for public use which is not restricted to the specific companies that he is being accused of (Dealbook
Fashion has always belonged to processes that influence individual people and masses. In different historical periods, trends were used as a means of attracting the government’s attention, proving a point, or as successful marketing campaigns (Zegheanu). Clothes are a significant element of creating social identity (Crane 1). The way people dress is a manifestation of their position in society (Crane 1). Moreover, garments may be used to “negotiate status boundaries” (Crane 3). Aspers and Godart argue that fashion has a huge economic and cultural significance (171). It is a subject of investigation both of social and sociological disciplines (Aspers and Godart 172). Changes in fashion are not always promoted by designers. Frequently, trends are initiated by people, and industry only analyzes the demand and creates the products according to it. In the 1920s, such demand was dictated by the suffrage movement. In the 1960s, there were hippies. In the 1970s, punks commanded fashion (Komar). Every change was born out of rebellion and a desire to be original (see fig. 1-3). Modern fashion, as specialists remark, does not tend to be so strictly limited by one direction as it used to be in previous decades (La Ferla). However, modern designers have better prospects of understanding their customers (Wendlandt). Fashion has attracted the attention of many philosophers and sociologists. Among the most prominent philosophers who dedicated their work to fashion are Georg Simmel and Aurélie Van de Peer. Simmel’s theory is concerned with understanding fashion as something that has to be adopted by the majority of people (Simmel 34). The philosopher argues that when fashion becomes accepted by society, it is no longer considered fashion (Simmel 34). According to Simmel, fashion’s success leads to its downfall since success “cancels out” its uniqueness (Simmel 34). Van de Peer’s fashion theory is based on the sense of “fashion present” and its “boundaries” (Van de Peer 317). The philosopher remarks that fashion is engaged in the “politics of time” (Van de Peer 319). Van de Peer argues that chronological approaches to theorizing fashion stimulate the acknowledgment of “the absence of the past” (Van de Peer 319). Some of the most well-known sociological theories concerning fashion belong to Pierre Bourdieu and Joanne Entwistle. In Bourdieu’s theory, fashion is regarded as a constituent of culture (Bourdieu 250). The scholar emphasizes that to become popular, fashion has to earn people’s interest. The difference between fashion and high fashion creates the significance of culture (Bourdieu 250). Entwistle’s theory regards fashion as a “trans-historic” and “trans-cultural” concept (Entwistle 80). The sociologist disagrees with the authors who discern fashion in every system of clothes. According to Entwistle, fashion is not a superior structure, but it has a rich diversity (Entwistle 80). While the author considers fashion a persis