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There can be no doubt that, one of the youngest of the relatively recent branches of social sciences, psychology has been developed considerably over the past century. With the help of the discoveries made by the greatest psychologists and sociologists, the psychology doctrines have grown from quite primitive ideas of a human being to more complex systems of knowledge about the ways people interact with each other and the way the social can coexist with the personal. It is truly worth admiring that within such little amount of time, psychology has stretched from a bunch of slightly related concepts to the scale of full-fledged social science field, with its own theories and concepts. Nevertheless, even with the recent developments and the reconsiderations of the ideas which have been offered by the most prominent psychologists, there are still a number of ideas worth checking, mostly because of the fact that these ideas have not passed the time test yet. Among the most topical ones, the question whether psychologists should take the personality or the naturalistic approach to the human consciousness is the first and the foremost issue to consider. Tracking the progress of the psychological ideas over the past century, one can possibly define the major steps which the humankind has progressed to, as well as determine whether psychologists should consider the naturalistic or the personalistic approach as the key factor in the construction of psychological theories and application of these theories in real-life practice. Once assessing the previous tendencies in philosophy and understanding its roots, one is likely to find the answer to the question of the future of psychology as a branch of social sciences. One of the first psychology theorists to be considered will be the man who had lived and created long before psychology was even brought into existence. Thomas Aquinas, the man whose knowledge of the way the society and the human mind worked was beyond any possible comparison and still probably remains unmatched, Thomas Aquinas was the first to introduce the world to the so-called philosophical antecedents to psychology. Indeed, taking a closer look at his major works, one can see distinctly that Aquinas made an attempt to approach the mystery of human psychology. Despite the fact that the philosopher plunged into even more ancient history, analyzing the peculiarities of Aristotle’s Politics , Aquinas offers a number of peculiar ideas which might as
Summary of the pertinent facts of the case From the case study provided, it is evident that an individual can be given executive duties depending on his/her actions but not managerial position. For instance, Charles Turner was doubtful about the position he was given since he was not sure whether he could perform the tasks that characterized his new job. He was given a huge responsibility of improving the sales of the organization; nonetheless, he had not established the certainty of the market. Normally, it is arguable that leadership is not a subject of an individual’s position but rather his actions in the duties he/she has been given. In addition, it is all about how an individual treats other people, works hard towards achieving his goals, as well as doing the right things. This is a crucial provision in the context of leadership and execution of critical organizational duties. Leadership also concerns how an individual is able to take institutional responsibilities. Charles needed to work with some other senior people like Ferris, who had worked in his position before, to ensure that he could perform his duties as stipulated by the rules and regulations of their organization. Additionally, he was able to give Charles some new ideas through making some excellent reports which enlightened him (Charles). After the orientation, he was able to fill the vacant managerial positions in different regions with ease. Consequently, this showed that he was a good leader by actions and not position. This is because he was ready to learn from others and respected the fact that not every individual is perfect. Regardless of his position, Charles could consult Ferris whenever he had any problem. On the other hand, Ferris was also able to understand that consultation was the only way out for an individual to find solutions to his or her problems. Besides, Ferris was able to realize that egotism and voracity, which could result into distrust within the organization or even failure of the company in this context. That is the reason why he was ready to help Charles whenever he needed some assistance. After the introduction of the new plant, the two principals were able to work together towards improving the
Executive Summary This document is aimed to analyze past and current Screen Tasmania’s business plans, find the gaps and weaknesses in the company’s work and identify the strategies, which should be implemented to help the organization to correct the deficiencies. The information for further analysis was gathered with the help of interviews with the members of the Screen Tasmania’s board and during the presentation they gave. Additionally, the information about the film industry in general, and the present-day economic situation in Australia was investigated. Both external and internal analysis revealed several weaknesses in Screen Tasmania’s structure and regulation of work. These gaps are crucial since they hinder the development of the organization. To ensure the further growth of the company, those issues should be addressed urgently. Additionally, this plan has shown that Screen Tasmania needs network facilitation to reach both its consumers and potential partners. Finally, the active promotion of a unique Tasmanian environment is necessary since it is Screen Tasmania’s trump card over the stronger competitors. The following points summarise the strategies, which further analysis has determined. Screen Tasmania should consider those as a matter of urgency:   * The creation and strengthening of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure any progress/regress within the organization.   * Finding and retaining highly skilled and talented personnel.   * Using additional networks (such as the National Broadband Network) to find the audience and potential business partners.   * Promotion of unique Tasmanian landscapes and environment. These strategies are the core competencies of the company at the current moment. They will have a positive effect on Screen Tasmania’s work and help to achieve the long-term goals, such as the staff increase, a stronger position in the screen industry, and financial stability. External Analysis Industry Definition Screen Tasmania belongs to the screen production industry and is responsible for supporting the creative talents in the Tasmania region and creating a commercially sustainable industry. Its primary purpose is to contribute to the growth of local independent screen production and make this industry financially stable. For this purpose, Screen Tasmania provides funds for the development and further promotion of Tasmanian programs. The company invests in such screen projects as documentaries, dramas, short films, TV series, and others. General Environment Organizations do not operate in a vacuum, and their environment often plays a crucial role. In this part of the document, several factors that have the most significant impact on Screen Tasmania’s work are discussed and examined. Economic Factor Every company depends on economic changes, and Screen Tasmania is not an exception. Moreover, as far as Screen Tasmania is the State Government agency and is regulated by this Government, any changes in states’ policies will greatly affect Screen Tasmania’s work. Besides these policies (relatively taxes or
You Aren’t Going Anywhere: A Feminist Critique of Joyce Carol Oates The story “Where Are You Going, Where have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates, is the story about a young girl’s attempts who tries to gets free from the surrounding and acts accordingly, drawing the attention of a dangerous man. The main character in the story, Connie, lives in a small town with her mother, father, and Connie’s older sister. Although Connie is fifteen, she realizes that males find her attractive. She defines herself in opposition to her mother and sister, the former used to be beautiful, and the latter never was. The unfortunate aspect of the story is that Connie plays up her attractiveness and plays the roll that other people want her to have, the one of a beautiful girl. Using a feminist critique, we can see how Connie leads herself to her unfortunate fate by allowing to be unwittingly trapped in the patriarchal gender roles of society. The photograph of Connie’s mother where she was younger is a symbol of the emptiness that comes from defining oneself solely through one’s looks. Connie’s mom was a very attractive woman in her youth, but growing older, she lost those looks. When the mother sees the pictures of her daughter, she recognizes the beauty that she once had but lost. This is the major loss for the mother, since she apparently never learned to define herself in any other manner. Once her looks were gone, there was nothing left of the woman. As such, she envies her own daughter’s physical attractiveness and acts in a mean way towards Connie. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and who hadn’t much reason to look at her own face, is always scolding Connie for it. ‘Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty?’. (Oates) Since her mother is obviously jealous of her, Connie feels as though she is right in valuing her looks in the way she does. To Connie, physical attractiveness is so important that nothing else seems to matter, so she doesn’t hold any regard for what other people might have to offer. Instead of listening to anything that her mother has to say, Connie feels as though she can simply dismiss anything that her mother might have to say to her, which is simply another way for a woman to keep herself trapped. For example, she can hardly believe that the woman in the pictures is really her mother: Her mother was pretty too, if one could believe those old snapshots in the album, but now her looks were gone and that is why she has always been after Connie. For Connie, being beautiful is simple, the state which you are to inherit, and like all young and immature people, she doesn’t have any idea how easily it can be lost, whether slowly over time like her mother did, or having it suddenly and violently ripped away from her. The thing that she ran away with a boy foolishly led Connie to believe that she m
Introduction Sheet Music provides a visual and aural cue for experienced musicians and conductors and all that expert musicians need is a good score sheet to render a complete composition. There have been many genres of music compositions such as the chamber, orchestra, waltz to Jazz, and the modern forms such as rock and metal. This paper analyses sheet music for “Love Will Find a Way” a ragtime composition by the famed Jazz musician Eubie Blake who composed the song in 1921. The song was a hit composition from the musical Broadway called Shuffle Along. About Jazz and Ragtime Music With strong roots that date back to the period when slavery was popular, people of African American descent began playing a new form of music that was called Jazz. According to Gioia (1998, p. 78). Ragtime predated Jazz and was popular during 1899 and 1925 and some great classic compositions have been rendered in the genre. The author has written that Ragtime started as a form of fast dance music that was originally set to an organ and later adapted as sheet music for the piano. Analysis of Sheet Music of “Love Will Find a Way” The sheet music provides a score of the composition ‘Love will find a way. The song was a part of the musical Broadway called ‘Shuffle Along’. Jansen (2003, pp. 185) has given a detailed analysis of the musical and the particular song and he suggests that the sheet music and the performance reveal a combination of different types of ragtime music. What purpose did sheet music illustrations serve? What are some of the most striking aspects of the illustrations that accompanied the sheet music? The music sheet illustrations served as a good advertising medium, both for the musician as well as the publisher and anyone who was willing to buy space and the advertisements served as a source of revenue. For this particular music sheet, the back cover, the back cover featured advertisements for M. Witmark & Sons stock The front cover art is a marquee featuring just the lower limbs of several people who could be considered as dancers. There are a total of seven pairs of legs shown in the cover art, three of who are men and four of whom are women. Three of the women have black-colored legs while the remaining women have white legs. This depiction points to the strong racial statement as it can be argued that the cover is trying to show that Black women are coming out into the open and are dancers as well. It is not clear if the black color is due to the stockings or if the black color has been shown on purpose. The legs of the two men are shod in white dress shoes with neat trousers and other assortments. The last pair of legs seem to be shod in working man’s shoes and the arrangement can be interpreted as the white men going out to dance while the black working
Introduction Igor Stravinsky was a highly influential Russian composer who was born in 1882 and who is regarded as a revolutionary figure in the development of music in the 2oth century (Tansman 42). He was also a conductor and a historical figure that played a key role in the development of music during the 20 th Century. The main characteristic feature of his music career was the diversity and versatility that his compositions exhibited (Stravinsky 54). His compositions for the Ballets Russes were the highlights of his music career because they brought him fame especially in the music world. For example, The Rite of Spring was a controversial piece that is usually mentioned among compositions that made him an influential and famous composer (Tansman 44). He lived in different countries including France, Switzerland and the United States. Before his death in 1971, Stravinsky had composed more than 100 pieces including “The Symphony in C,” “The Rite of Spring,” and “The Rakes Progress.” (Craft 53) Early life Stravinsky was born on June 17, 1882 in a small Russian town known as Oranienbaum and brought up in Saint Petersburg (Stravinsky 24). He came from a musical family because his father was a bass singer and his mother a pianist. His mother played a monumental role in influencing his son to learn to play the piano. Stravinsky’s parents did not want him to become a musician. Therefore, they persuaded him to attend law school in order to become a lawyer. While attending college, Stravinsky became friends with another student whose father (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) was a famous composer (Stravinsky 26). Stravinsky studied law as a sign of respect for his parents even though he did not like it as much as he liked music. As a result, after his father’s demise in 1902, he started to pursue his passion for music. He became Nikolai’s student and studied the art of music composition under his guidance for three years (Stravinsky 29). Works Stravinsky composed music during different periods that were critical in the evolution of music in the early years of the 20th Century. Therefore, his works are usually divided into three periods namely Russian, neoclassical, and serial periods. The highlight of his career was a piece referred to as “The Rite of Spring” because it contained revolutionary subject matter that caused a riot (Tansman 46). He incorporated dancing routines that depicted pagan fertility rites that disregarded the ballet forms that were acceptable at the time. Russian period During this period that lasted between 1907 and 1919, Stravinsky composed several pieces while learning music under the guidance of R
There is an assumption that individual’s intellectual and physical characteristics are, first of all, predetermined by their nature. Innate skills point to genetic code that a person inherits from his/her relatives. However, experience that an individual gains in the course of life shapes his behavior, outlook, and life position. The new socially constructed patterns constantly change over time as soon as a new experience is obtained. Therefore, innate qualities could be modified to develop new perspectives and visions on various aspects of life, including health. Indeed, there are serious debates on to what extent heredity and environment influence our health and physical wellbeing. On the one hand, heredity can affect our future endeavors and possibilities in life while considering such aspects as genetic history and predispositions for various diseases. On the other hand, individuals’ decision to smoke, eat vegetarian food, or go in for sports also change their health condition. The nature side of the discussion focuses on innate characteristics and emphasizes how humans reveal biological qualities. At this point, genes can provide a solid foundation for individual’s aptitude to stand various diseases, such as heart problems, cancer, or allergy to various external stimuli. For example, multiple studies on obesity and predisposition prove the genetic heredity has a direct impact on obesity development (Li et al., 2011; Shengxu et al. 2010). Specifically, Li et al (2011) assert that genetic information relates to the development of obesity and its influence on other disorders, such as type 2 diabetes. Additionally, Shengxu et al. (2010) examin
Home video rental industry is a technology intensive industry. Technology provides several growth opportunities and challenges. It provides an opportunity for companies in the industry to stream movies to their customers. However, it also increases competition from other sources of movies. This necessitates companies in the industry to develop efficient development strategies to cater for the current and future needs of the customers. In addition, efficient strategies would help in strategic positioning of the company to enable it to cope with the changes in the market. Failure to develop efficient strategies would lead to the ultimate collapse of a company. Netflix and Blockbuster are some of the major players in the home video rental industry. Both Netflix and Blockbuster rely heavily on online streaming of movies on demand for a sizeable percentage of their revenues. Amazon and iTunes, other major players in the industry, also enable customers to download movies online for a certain fee. Downloading movies online is the trend that is likely to continue in the future. This necessitates companies to look for efficient platforms to distribute their movies. Gone are the days when companies relied heavily on physical distribution of their movies via mail or certain drop-off points. Companies desire to be market leaders in the industry should strive to make watching movies at home faster and easier (Greenwald para 3). Grown in online consumption of products necessitates companies in the industry to shift their focus to online sales. Analysts predict that online sales of movies will surpass sales of DVDs in the near future (Frankel para 3). This would greatly benefit companies that are market leaders in online sales of movies. These include Amazon and iTunes. The major benefit of online sales is the low cost of management. This is because companies do not need a physical presence to operate in the areas. Customers only need an internet connection to access the movies regardless of their geographic location. For companies in the home video rental industry to acquire a competitive edge, they should h
The period of the 1970s became one of the most problematic periods in the history of the USA because of the significant economic decline. In her book Pivotal Decade: How the United States Traded Factories for Finance in the Seventies, Judith Stein presents the chronological description and analysis of the events and policies in the economic and political spheres, which caused the decline of the robust economy developed during the post-war period. In spite of the fact the book covers the shift from the era of postwar liberalism to the economic crisis of the 1970s, the author’s arguments can be discussed as relevant for analyzing the current situation in the economy of the USA. Stein focuses on the role of policymakers in the development of the crisis and provides the complex exploration of these policies in her book without references to the cultural aspects and with little attention to the social impact (Stein). Thus, the historical actors of the book are policymakers, such presidents as Nixon, Ford, and Carter, labor leaders and social activists, legislators and businessmen who acted during the 1970s in the situation of the economic crisis associated with the issues of the trade deficit, inflation, decline of manufacturing industries, and low productivity. Stein’s argument is based on the idea that the economic decline in the 1970s is caused by the ineffective policies of the government when the old approaches to regulating economy do not work and the new policies are not developed, as a result, the economy becomes dependent on credit market, inflation grows, and workers experience worse conditions of life (Stein). From this point, the role of presidential policymaking is crucial. To support her point of view and provide the credible evidences, Stein presents a lot of statistical material to illustrate her discussion. The main sources, which are used by the author to develop her argument, are the presidential records, papers, and reports with the help of which the economic situation of the period can be explored. Concentrating on the presidents’ successful and disadvantageous policies and decisions to overcome the economic crisis and decline in the industries, it is necessary to perform the proper examination of the archival government reports and documents. Stein chose to focus on analyzing the policymakers’ decisions that is why the statements about the failures of the liberal and democratic politicians should be based on the thorough research. Moreover, the data of the economic statistics were used to present the evidence to support the vision of the 1970s as the period of the economic decline, which can be compared with the Great Depression. The author also used the records of the American Federation of Labor and articles from the American newspapers and magazines (Stein). Stein’s view on the events and economic situation of the 1970s can be discussed as correlated with the traditional vision of the period. However, the author pays more attention to the effectiveness of policies adopted for regulating the economic situation. Stein compares the politicians’ approaches to controlling the economic proc