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Introduction The essay is a critical analysis of the movie Casablanca. The movie was directed by Curtiz Michael, produced by Wallis, H., Epstein, P. & Epstein J and was released back in 1942. It stars Bogart Humphrey, Henreid Paul as well as Bergman Ingrid. Those featured in the movie include Rains, Claude, Veidt Conrad, Lorre Peter and Greenstreet Sydney. It is a romantic film having a setting of the Second World War. The story is of a man who is left to choose between virtue and love. As suggested by Rosenzweig 27 it is worth noting that the release of the movie was rushed in order to capitalize on the fame attributed to Allied invasion of North America. The things that are brought to light in the paper concerning the movie are; summery of the plot, characters, music used, reception, awards and finally errors and inaccuracy in the movie. History of Oscar Award Well known as Academy Award, it offers accolades to artist and is an initiative of American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS). The aim of the award is to appreciate and distinguish prowess and superiority in film industry. Those awarded are actors, writers as well as directors. At present the ceremony is one of the well known and televised in over two hundred countries. It was created back in 1927 by the AMPAS by thirty six individuals from the film sectors. These individuals were very prominent. Fairbanks Douglas, a film actor was chosen as the first president. Two years down the line, it presented the first award of excellence. From there hence forth, it has been known to be well sort after by those in the industry and has seen to it that there have been tremendous improvement in the film sector. Initially, winners were announced three months before the day of awarding the accolade. It was realized later that this did not bring any surprises it
Introduction Most of travel agents in the United Kingdom (UK) are in the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA).The ABTA membership comprises of miniature, professional tour operators in addition to independent travel agencies that cut across to publicly enrolled companies- from call points and online booking systems to high street businesses. The Association of British Travel Agents has an interior management system – Consumer Affairs Department. In accordance with ABTA, the year 2004 was a predominantly taxing year for its affiliates because of global matters like violence and the persistent progression of fresh expertise. Agents of ABTA represent about 80 percent of package holidays traded in the UK (Gilbert, & Hewlett 2003, pp. 166-182). The trade travel market in the UK is greatly aggressive given that more than 6000 trade travel agents have the affiliation to ABTA while more than 1000 other retail travel agents have affiliation to competing associations having own connecting system. The high street travel agent was throughout several years seen as a significant component that increased worth to the allotment practice. Independent travel agents achieved roughly 90 percent of all sales more than twenty years ago until the chief operators chose that plans would be greatest carried out by controlling and owning every factor of the allotment path like airlines, travel agents, and hotels. The result was that the majority of the independent travel transactions were reallocated to these perpendicularly amalgamated companies, and they progressively took charge over delivery and allotment (Buhalis, & Licata 2002, pp. 207-220). Effectively, this was the beginning of the disintermediation practice, which hastened with the rise of Internet as an economical distribution path. Considerations against the travel agent If customers maintain to network with holiday traders through the internet, then the prospect of travel agent seems tentative particularly when the operators have adequate market supremacy to decrease commission of the agent. Commission continues to be the livelihood of travel agents, as well as the sole principal cost for the dealer. Several tour operators are anticipating slashing commission disbursed to travel agents as airlines did in the past few years. These tour operators are employing other inexpensive allotment channels like Internet to move straight to clients. Thomson Holidays, the leading tour operator in the United Kingdom has declared schemes to slice commission with the aim of competing on value with budget airlines. British Airways (BA) became the earliest airline in the United Kingdom to slice commission to the trade operations (Gilbert, & Gao 2005, pp. 306-321). As stated, BA does not have the duty to render agents a livelihood. While identifying the worth of agents, there is consideration that their payment ought to be realized via service bills. Numerous descriptions have recognized Internet to be the favourite path for creating travel exploration in addition to online holiday bookings. Nowadays, there exists a tight institut
Introduction A risk refers to the probability that a certain action would cause an undesirable outcome. The undesirable outcome is commonly regarded as a loss. A number of scholars have defined risk as a potential loss. Although it is believed that every action is associated with risk, it has been confirmed that certain activities are risky than others. On the other hand, a financial risk refers to an unanticipated variability of returns. A financial risk commonly occurs due to changes in various factors associated with the market. It may also result from the firm’s operational activities, such as fraud (Covello & Allen 1988, p. 69). Several mechanisms are used in controlling and managing the level of risks. Such mechanisms include hedging. Hedging refers to approaches that are used in alleviating risks that lead to losses in a firm. During the process of mitigating a risk, financiers normally combine assets in various proportions to ensure that their movements offset each other (Hubbard 2009, p. 47). Types of financial risks faced by various firms Various companies are exposed to a variety of financial risks. However, every organization endeavours to manage these risks in different ways. Before proceeding to the analysis of financial risks that affect Wal-Mart, De La Rue, Marks and Spencer Group Plc (M&S), Tesco Plc and BT Group Plc, it would be essential to determine various types of financial risks (Dorfman 2007, p. 40). Credit risks Most firms face credit risk when the account receivables are not paid on time. This denotes that customers fail to pay debts as agreed in the initial agreement. The credit risk is mainly associated with firm’s receivables, investment securities and clients. The exposure of a firm to the credit risk mainly arises from non-payment of extended credit as per the time agreed on the contract. Firms usually limit cash transactions, derivative counterparties of superior quality credit, and the credit amount extended by financial institutions (Moteff 2005, p. 12). Liquidity risks This type of risk establishes whether a firm is able to meet its short-term obligations. The firm manages liquidity risks to ensure that it has adequate cash to meet its short-term obligations when time is due. An efficient liquidity management of a risk implies the maintenance of adequate marketable security and cash, the accessibility of finances through sufficient credit facilities, as well as the capability of closing out market’s position. Market risks In most circumstances, risks normally change the marke
According to (CPOP, 2008, p.1), “community policing focuses on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services that include aspects of traditional law enforcement , as well as prevention, problem solving, community engagement, and partnerships”. This approach calls for collaboration between police and citizens. This approach also “balances reactive responses to calls with proactive problem solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder” (CPOP, 2008, p.1). In addition, community policing requires the participation of police psychologists. Police psychology can be defined as “the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement” (Kitaeff, 2011, p. 1). Community policing relies heavily on police psychology. This paper endeavors to highlight the role of police psychology in community policing. Community policing has emerged as a contemporary policing approach due to reduced public confidence in the police. In addition, it is becoming evident that the enforcement of law and order is not the responsibility of the police service alone, but requires collective participation. According to CPOP (2008), community policing has four main elements namely philosophical dimension, strategic dimension, tactical dimension, and organizational dimension. Philosophical dimension has four main aspects namely citizen input, personal service and broad function. This dimension explores the ideas and beliefs that define community policing. The aspect of citizen input posits that “law abiding citizens ought to contribute to police processes ” (CPOP, 2008, p.4). Community policing calls for police responsiveness to community concerns and not just the engagement of the community. The community is charged with the responsibility of identifying local problems. The police service is then required to address the identified problems even if they are not on their priority list. The role of the community does not end with the identification of communal problems, but it must extend to the implementation of corrective measures. Thus, the community should assist the police to drive the solutions. Community engagement can be achieved through several mechanisms such as organizing forums, community meetings, and conducting periodic and systematic community surveys (Goldstein, 2003). In addition, this can be achieved by organizing meetings with advisory groups and business persons from the community. Goldstein (2003, p.6) argues “broad function dimension shows the need for community policing to extend its scope beyond service and arrests so as to enhance contiguous, sustained community involvement”. This aspect highlights the need for the police to go beyond law enforcement. This aspect sees the police as planners, community organizers, and problem solvers. Thus, the police need to induce the consciousness of the community and organization to deal with problems. On the other hand, the aspect personal service reminds the com
Introduction The future of technology in the changing world is uncertain. Scientists and researchers are coming up with new ideas and new inventions that might affect people in different ways. The development of robots has enabled people to do various things concurrently without necessarily having to be present. In fact, robots and human beings have interacted to the extent that human beings cannot do without robots. Robots make work easy and they enhance the quality of life (Nomura et al. 2009). However, there is a need to worry about the future, as people might have to rethink about their mode of working, resting, and playing. The autonomous robots that seem to be very helpful might have negative changes on the lives of human beings. This paper will discuss the various ways in which the development of autonomous robots will change human lives positively and negatively. Positive changes Simplification of duties In the modern society, autonomous robots have made it easy for human beings to accomplish tasks that require a lot of time to time and energy. Since they are self sufficient, the autonomous robots have the capacity to work in the absence of human beings. Robots have played a significant role in enabling people to live better and simple lives. There is a very high probability that future autonomous robots will be more mobile than the current ones. They might have the capability to perform many tasks and human beings might have to relax most of the times. There is a possibility that human beings will stop doing dangerous, boring, and strenuous chores (Danaher 2011). Currently, dishwashers have replaced the task of washing dishes using hands, while washing machines have saved human beings from the laborious chore of washing clothes manually. There are numerous robots in the current world, and with the enhancement of technology, human beings might have to do less work than they are doing right now. In the future, robots will help in doing menial tasks as human beings employ their intelligence elsewhere. In fact, human beings are likely to make new inventions, as they will have sufficient time at their disposal. Improved social life People have always believed that work is a necessity for life. Although it might be true that people need to work to earn a living, there is no need to engage in traditional full-time employment. Automated robots will play a great role in handling blue-collar jobs as human beings spend most of their time finding new models of earning. People will have the inspiration to redefine their notions about work and employment, and review their social lives. The development of autonomous robots will enable human beings to work smart instead of working hard. Therefore, people will have time to care for their families, friends, and relatives. People will have more time to spend on leisure and self-improvement as robots
Promotion-Marketing Activity Dough Pizza needs to implement mechanisms that will enable the targeted market to get constant information regarding its products. Creating awareness about the existence of a new product influences customers’ purchase decisions. Dough Pizza has a variety of strategies, which it can adapt to persuade clients to purchase its pizza, salads, and subs. For instance, this company can influence consumers’ purchase plans through televised advertisements where issues regarding the quality and affordability of its commodities are communicated to the audience. It can also deploy social media as a tool that can effectively encourage customers to acquire the company’s commodities (Flórez, Escobar, Restrepo, Arango-Botero, & Valencia-Arias, 2018). This business can also use word-of-mouth to familiarize the market with its commodities. Using the above strategies will enable the targeted market to obtain the appropriate information concerning Dough Pizza’s exceptional products, hence influencing customers’ decisions to acquire them. However, the use of social media is the most effective way of promoting and advertising Dough Pizza’s products. This claim is founded on the awareness that many of its anticipated clients are college students and other individuals who have embraced technology to the extent of being in constant access to the Internet where they socialize with their colleagues (Flórez et al., 2018). Hence, using Facebook or Twitter will be a remarkable promotion and advertisement opportunity for Dough Pizza because it will have the chance to interact with the highest number of clients. Some of the critical marketing activities that Dough Pizza needs to do persistently to ensure that its commodities are sold include:  1. Responding to customers’ requests in time  2. Continuously emphasizing the uniqueness of its commodities  3. Preserving the recommended product quality standards  4. Communicating constantly to customers using a straightforward language  5. Engaging in continuous market research Marketing Budget Strong businesses ensure that clients are familiar with them, including what they offer and their specific locations (Katz & Green, 2017). Hence, they need effective marketing strategies that enable them to be recognized by prospective clients (Leone, 2018). Although such marketing approaches communicate the existence of a business, including its products, the anticipated goals cannot be accomplished without a marketing and advertisement budget. Such a budget is accompanied by practical actions, for instance, the printing of brochures, public relations campaigns, and financing television advertisements (Leone, 2018; Katz & Green, 2017). For Dough Pizza, advertising and marketing its commodities may cost approximately USD 20,000 per year. This amount is high because Dough Pizza is a new business that has to constantly advertise itself on many platforms, including roadshows and the use of marketing a
Introduction In Carver’s short story “What We Talk About When We Talk about Love,” the author explores the essence of love, along with the term’s implications in a different context. As a reoccurring theme in writing, love is discussed from various angles: spiritual, emotional, and physical. For Mel, “real love was nothing less than a spiritual love” (Carvers, p. 114). In his statement, does the man refer to the spiritual love of God or another human being? Answers may vary based on individual perception but, undoubtedly, when in love, one is capable of interpreting the world from a more profound, transcendent perspective. Main body Love also varies depending on the nature of the relationship and the age of partners. “Still on the honeymoon,” Laura and Nick are full of passion toward each other (Carver, p. 119), while Terry and Mel do not share their romantic feelings so openly after being married for four years. Does marriage kill love or only take away all the romanticism from it? Routine and different life crises happening after the wedding may impact the nature of feelings partners experience. However, compassion, support, and respect communicated together with love could help to save warm feelings toward each other. Love in old age has its significant distinctions, as well. Being together for decades, older partners usually have a deep emotional connection with each other because of years of cohabitation, children, and grandchildren raised together. Therefore, in the case of separation, there exists little possibility for them to find true love again. “I’m telling you, the man’s heart was breaking because he couldn’t turn his goddamn head and see his goddamn wife” (Carver, p. 126). In this situation, love is associated with care and empathy for the partner’s pain. Conclusion The last significant interpretation of love, suggested by Carver, refers to an individual’s obsession with another person. Can one love so much that they dare to kill another person or commit suicide? Though such instances occur, the feelings upon which the decision to hurt oneself or others is based usually include a self-centered component. True love should not hurt but sustain, inspire, and heal. However, as Carver noted: “What do any of us really know about love? It seems to me we’re just beginners at love” (120), meaning that the mystery of this feeling hides something different for everyone. Work Cited Carver, Raymond. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
Introduction The success of an innovation is largely dependant on vital intelligence which when incorporated into the open innovation process, may produce what the innovators call technical thrust 1 . Reflectively, when properly planned and executed, intelligence is the main force behind successful and accelerated innovation 2 . On the boundary spanners, innovations should be fairly fast and inclusive of all the stake holders. Innovation decision process is inclusive of knowledge, persuasion, implementation, and confirmation among the innovators, early majority, and late adopters 3 . Thus, this reflective essay explores on the innovation decision process for the innovator, early majority, and laggards in reference to introduction of eco friendly bags. In the reflection, I have employed scenario as story, history, and recollection. Scenario – Innovator As the need for greener lifestyle emerges following the much hyped need for sustainability and environmental friendliness, using the readily available biodegradable raw materials might be the awaited solution to save planet Earth from the devastating effects of green house and pollution 4 . To capitalize on the immediate needs of the mass, GreenTech Company releases a biodegradable, affordable, light, and formal bag which can be used in the formal and in informal settings 5 . As part of their green products, this bag is 98% biodegradable. As the product hits the market, GreenTech offers the most competitive price available, in the market. The management has factored in the need for safety in use and reusability. In the final meeting of the top management, Plum, the marketing manager, decides to
The analysis of the movie The Age of Innocence In a world of strict adherence to customs and traditions, in an age of innocence, these people dared to break the rules, to love and to be loved, to run counter the society with its gossips and rumors that echo in every corner. The common things between two stories “Daisy Miller” and The Age of Innocence are time of the action; the society full of traditions and prejudices; the love story of two couples. The action of the movie takes place in the high society of smothered New York during the 1870s, when such things as money, moral values, position, love, beauty and longing meant more than they do now a lawyer of the aristocratic background tries to fight against his growing passion for a beautiful cousin of his fiancée’s, an emigrant countess who has abandoned her marriage. Newland Archer has become engaged to May Welland; he is a very purposeful man, who has a plan, thus he follows his plan until the Countess Ellen Olenska comes as a cousin of Newland’s future wife. Newland and Olenska fell a great deal of affection to each other, they are eager to break all rules. The analysis of the novel “Daisy Miller” A grand theme that Henry James explores throughout the novel “Daisy Miller” is of the expatriate American, and the stark contrast between the cultures of the Old World (specifically, Europe) and the New (North America). He characterizes their (perhaps intrusive) influence through their presence in Vevey, and presumably, other places in Europe. From certain descriptions that he uses, such as “American watering-place” (James 3) and “flitting hither and thither of ‘stylish’ young girls… high pitched voices” (James 3), the tone suggests the sharp contrast between the more conservative way of life in the Old World, as opposed to those that the Americans introduce and so flamboyantly adorn. The novel describes the interaction between Winterbourne and Daisy; which sharply characterizes the strong differences between the cultures of their different worlds, as Winterbourne finds himself perplexed by her mannerisms. For example, “He thought it very possible that Master Randolph’s sister was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own” (James 8) and “He had never