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Tim Hawkinson is among those of few sculptors whose work is being recognized and reckoned as “labor intensive” and “repeated” which involves a combination of low-tech aesthetics with high-tech concepts. His sculptural work that is created between 1986 and 2004 is placed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and is mostly composed in the form of interconnected pieces manifested by the trains of wires and extension cords that ran along with the ceiling of the museum’s galleries (Zellen, 2005). The one I have selected for comparative analysis is his magnum opus the “Uberorgan”, which is placed in the IBM building, New York. On the other hand, Rachel Harrison’s work is more cultural oriented and focuses on using canned goods, celebrity magazines, fake fruit, wigs, mannequins, soft drinks, and taxidermy animals placed on forms of often monolithic scale (Whitney Biennial, 2008). Her work that I have selected for comparison is “Two-faced: Harrison’s Rainer Werner Fassbinder ” kept in the Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City. Harrison unlike Hawkinson portrays and carves sculptures of famous men from history. Rachel Harrison’s work is different from Hawkinson’s in the sense that it draws from a wide range of influences, through combining modern and historical art and pop culture presenting through a variety of materials. What I have noticed personally in her masterpieces is that her work is a combination of “man’s psychological existence”. The Uberorgan Hawkinson’s “Giant self-playing reed organ” which is 300 feet in length depicts his way of utilizing economic concerns by constructing cheap, disposable, and recyclable materials composed of nylon net, cardboard, and plastic bottles. Uberorgan is an artistic and massive musical instrument installed within several rooms. The visual impact enables this masterwork to imitate a living organism’s chest cavity and internal organs which at first glance resembles a large living being. The huge room-to-room structures are enough to mesmerize the viewer, who when they pass through its inflated structures, feel that ‘Uberorgan’ has more or less piano-like working mechanisms. Often it feels that ‘Uberorgan’ presents various switches from a nervous system, which response to stimuli, after giving commands to the organs of a human being or living being. Many artists consider ‘Uberorgan’ as a console or ‘brain’ that works in collaboration with a long roll of mylar which is painted with dabs and dashes and has winds over twelve photoelectric sensors resembling piano keys. Working Mechanism Whenever a mark on the mylar roll is passed over a photocell, a particular valve is opened in a reed assembly that corresponds to it. Therefore a pressurized blow of air is released, resulting in a huge blast of sound. Individual notes quality is altered by Hawkinson by managing switches. The uniqueness arises when the movements of gallery visito
Introduction Montezuma, in 1787 identified the need to avoid a consolidated system of governance. A system where the judiciary, legislature, and the presidency interact at the same level leads to tyranny. In such regimes, votes have no powers but to elect leaders who are corrupted by powerful members of the ruling class. Even the judiciary became an instrument used by the government to achieve certain objectives. Tyranny in modern society is still evident even though there is an illusion that democracy rules America. Overview of the Message Aristocratic tendencies characterized the government in 1787. The nation was duped into the establishment of the House of Representatives as part of democracy. However, the House of Representatives as a lower house have no influence since every bill they create is subject to negative views of the president and the upper house (The Federalist Papers). Leaders in the House of Representatives are perpetual officeholders with no powers. Even when leaders of integrity are elected, good manners are corrupted by systems that encourage aristocracy. Even the judiciary is a “gun” used by the government to achieve its objectives. The Court embraces the supreme laws of the land while neglecting the need to guaranty equity (The Federalist Papers). Intent in Writing Montezuma wrote the essay on October 17, 1787, to demonstrate how the government engaged in monarchy and aristocracy. In particular, society in 1787 elected men into the House of Representatives. However, the House of Representatives experiences aristocratic democracy because the bills generated in this house are subject to negative reviews of the president and the upper house (The Federalist Papers). In particular, the people who elect leaders at the lower level have no representation in the government. The citizens at the time only had the power to elect legislatures. Response to the message if lived at that the time The president and the upper house should not have control over bills prepared in the House of Representatives. Tyranny can be eliminated by recognizing the power vested in American citizens (Helfman 107). As a result, it is necessary to allocate equal powers to bills at any level of representation so that concerns of voters are considered. American citizens should not just have the authority to elect leaders who have no influence in governance (Johnson 7). High levels of tyranny in the legislature, judiciary, and presidency should be eliminated so that all levels of governance become independent. Correlation between the message and current events Pole (149) argues that the power of the lower-class, especially voters in the United States have no voice. The president and legislators have immense power in determining all aspects of life. The power to increase taxes, wage war, and increase military presence in other countries is vested among legislators. According to Roark, Johnson, Cohen, Stage, and Hartmann (5), leaders elected, whether republicans or democrats, only serve the wishes of the powerful in the society based on private businesses. No leader is prepared to destroy the monster (the g
Abstract The report commences with an examination of women’s professional opportunities in the early twentieth century. At the time, most women could only access low-paying jobs in poorly-maintained industries. During the First and Second World War, women took up unconventional jobs in order to replace the male workers that had joined the military. However, these women’s husbands displaced them when they came back from war. In subsequent years, this group fought for its rights through the women’s movement and other organisations. By the end of the twentieth century, several females started owning their own enterprises. Today, a number of company CEOs are female, and they do a good job. Nonetheless, barriers that prevent women from reaching for leadership positions at work are causing most of them to become frustrated. It was recommended that the government should make legislations to even out the playing field. Women should undergo confidence building and be entitled to flexible hours of work. This would narrow the gap between men and women in the business world. Introduction Women’s role in business has improved dramatically since the early twentieth century. Society’s attitude towards this group affected its level of achievement in the business arena. The paper will examine some historical developments in the female movement and how these relate to the role of women in business. Justification This study will assist in bringing out the challenges that women in business face as seen through a historical lens. By starting with the twentieth century, the study will illustrate some of the historical injustices faced by women and how societies can deal with that inequality. Women in the early twentieth century and the First World War Females in the early twentieth century had minimal access to job opportunities. However, a few sectors provided women with work, such as art and literature. Female writers like Dorothy Richardson highlighted the challenges that women faced in their society. This era also recorded an increase in female artists who used their craft to portray powerful images of working women. Although society frowned upon the participation of women in work, a small proportion of them (20%) had jobs. Most women in the 1900s were factory employees who worked under squalor conditions for minimal pay. The 1920s were the roaring twenties; this was a progressive era in which women defied the submissive stereotype of the late nineteenth century. They were daring in their social and professional lives. Some of them took up jobs in the public sector. Female clerical workers were widespread at the time; others participated in the field of journalism, law and mining. However, these opportunities were largely available to middle class Caucasian women; ethnic minorities and older women struggled to secure employment. The number
Abstract This paper delves into the effectiveness of airline loyalty programmes on customer patronage based on a benefit versus affordability approach. It attempts to determine whether airline loyalty programmes continue to be an effective marketing tool for legacy carriers in the face of changes in the current airline industry due to the creation of budget carriers. Problem Statement At present, there are two types of carriers within the aviation industry that act as the primary method of air transportation. The first are legacy carriers which are composed of some of the oldest carriers within the industry that have come about through mergers, acquisitions and a variety of other similar practices. Examples of this type of airline consist of British Airlines, United Airlines, Lufthansa and other similar carriers that can be seen in the UK. On the other end of the spectrum, budget carriers are defined by their “no-frills”, low cost, and lean business models that focus on creating cheaper flights for their passengers. The main difference between the two is that legacy carriers offer frequent flyer benefits for their consumers while low cost/budget carriers do not. The end result is a market environment that has two aspects vying for the attention of consumers. The first is the benefits that can be obtained through the frequent flyer loyalty program of airlines while the second is the affordability that low-cost carriers offer. These two competing perspectives call into question the effectiveness of airline loyalty programmes on customer patronage based on a benefit versus affordability approach. What is a loyalty programme? Based on the work of Berman (2006), a loyalty program can be defined as a structured marketing effort meant to encourage loyal buying behaviour for a particular service or product. In other words, it is a marketing tool that focuses on creating consumer patronage through the implementation of a reward-based system. One example is the Starbucks loyalty card which tallies the number of drinks you have bought at the various stores of the company. Through the purchase of a certain number of drinks, a customer can get a free drink once all the conditions have been met. As can be seen, this marketing tool focuses on encouraging repeat purchases resulting in a higher overall profit for the company despite giving one free drink to the customer (Schoenfeld, 2013). By ensuring that a customer continues to return to patronise what they are selling, the company is able to reap greater long term benefits from such a relationship (i.e. higher profits). What are Airline Loyalty Programmes? Loyalty programmes for various airlines come in the form of frequent flyer miles wherein, depending on the amo
Introduction There is little knowledge on the effect of autobiographical memory on moral behavior. This research focuses on childhood memory as a type of autobiographic memory. Conclusions drawn from research on moral psychology and memory propose that moral purity is elicited by childhood memories. It is a state where people feel they have clean morals and that they are innocent. As a result, when moral purity is heightened, pro-social behavior becomes great. In the first experiment where participants were expected to remember their childhood experience, those memories aided the experimenter more than they let the participants take control. Moral purity mediated in this event. In another experiment, manipulation increased money donation (Aarts, and Dijksterhuis, 2003). This effect came as a result of clear and inherent measures of moral purity. Experiment three further links moderation of childhood memories and pro-social behaviors with the fourth experiment. It indicates that child hood memories compromise others’ ethics. Finally both positive and negative valences increased aid as compared to control action (Edwards, and Lambert, 2007). The participants in the first experiment were one hundred and thirteen. They were graduates from a university. There were instructions to read on computer screens after which they were to write about a particular occasion that took place at a certain time in the past. The provided time was 5-10 minutes and they were to start by describing their morning routine which was to enforce the true purpose of the study. The reports on how the participants felt ten positive and negative emotions were given on a scale of seven. In the second experiment, eighty seven undergraduates with a mean age of 20.89 years old were selected for the experiment. First they were given a fifteen minute bogus task after which they received a compensation of $5. Thereafter, they did a different question from the one in experiment one. The third group of participants comprised of one hundred and one people; both students and staff members. There were forty two male students with a mean age of 23.82 years and their purpose was to first do the task in experiment two after which they were to choose from a list of forty words containing their favorite words (Aarts, and Dijksterhuis, 2003). The fourth experiment had one hundred and twenty adults with forty two females with a mean age of 44.20 years. They first did the activities in experiment two and three for ten minutes after which they had a different question to test on the negative and positive effects; including a question testing on nostalgia. Findings of the first experiment showed that participants could write a lot about their favorite music and their first time experiences like bicycle riding from childhood memories. The
Major physical changes as people develop and age As people develop and age, there are numerous physical changes that occur. This ranges from physical development to behavioral aspects. It is important to understand various provisions of physical changes in the context of human development. In this regard, there are both positive and negative changes as stipulated in the provided study material. Positively, people grow in size (physically) as they age. Muscles, various body organs, and other physical aspects develop and mature as on progresses from childhood to adulthood. During growth and development, one can actually participate in complex physical and mental activities (Bjorklund, 2010). This is a critical provision in this context. The body becomes more active and tolerant to adverse environmental conditions, injuries, and diseases, a situation missing in children and most of the old people. Additionally, there is a massive gain in strength, memory, and physiological functions among other prominent provisions. It is important to understand such provisions in the physical context. Drastic physical changes are evident during puberty and early adulthood. Mostly, negative physical changes are evident during old age. One becomes physically inactive, strength reduces, body vigor diminishes, the skin wrinkles, and some people develop complicated illnesses that cannot be cured easily. Additionally, one develops poor balancing capabilities due to diminishing brain functions. Precisely, there are various physical changes that occur when one develops from childhood to adulthood. How knowledge of these could be useful to psychologists working with adult clients Knowledge on physical changes witnessed among individuals as they develop and age is quite critical to psychologists. They are able to incorporate such knowledge in their efforts to diagnose and counsel their clients on critical physical and mental complications. Additionally, it is possible for psychologist to understand human beings in various contexts with respect to physical changes. Knowing more on the physical changes is critical in dealing with clients from diverse demographic genres. This is a vital consideration when evaluated decisively. Psychologists are expected to understand various aspects of human development in order to coordinate both physical and mental growth of various individuals (Bjorklund, 2010). In this context, it becomes possible to understand the demands of various clients and provide them with appropriate psychological provisions. Psychologists working with adults will be able to understand the processes of aging and other associated physical changes. Other domains that mig
Team Involvement Innovation is a dynamic process that can be sustained through group involvement by adding value to service provisions which leads to sustained customer benefits, service quality, and product quality as organizations continue to evolve (Innovation Zone 2006). In addition, sustained innovation is an integral element in sustained and disruptive innovations. Team Leader and Contributions The researcher participated in disruptive and sustained product innovation as a team leader. The team leader’s skills included pursuit for high achievements, good time management skills, personal integrity and effectiveness, good problem solving skills and effective decision making abilities, and good and effective communication skills (Innovation Zone 2006). These characteristics were identified in an individual who was selected by the whole team to provide leadership, guidance, and direction. Other team leader contributions included planning for a SWOT analysis on the product and organization in question while identifying values and norms for the team. Characteristics of the Team Members Team members were characterized by specialized skills in their field of operation and had a great deal of respect for the customer. In addition, the members upheld customer needs and satisfaction as the driving force in the innovation process. Excellent outputs formed the basis of performance tests (Lovelock, Patterson, Walker, & 2007). Conflict Resolution The team leader and team members were well versed in conflict resolution as their views on conflict resolution were important for team cohesion. Allowing conflicts and personal differences dominate in the group could put their profession in danger. Thus confrontation was regarded as a tool to enhance team collaborations. Suggested Changes The team leader identified various weaknesses in team management. These included poor communication within the team and lack of vertical and horizontal communication within the organization. The organization did not factor contributions from all team members in the innovation process. Each member should have contributed in the planning process. Situation for Improvement Proactive team involvement in setting organizational goals in the planning process for product innovation could be a situation that could benefit from team involvement. Available data coupled with existing knowledge could be examined and each expertise from the team contributed positively in the innovation process. Business Situation The business position of the organization involved in product innovation was the key determining factor for the type of team involved in the innovation process. The team involved was a virtuous team. This was selected from a number of teams involved in the innovation process. The change team, identified as Virtuous, a variant of a face-to-face team, was uniquely identified and characterized by a critical attachment to their work, thriving on risk, and goal settin
Introduction It is hard to imagine an organization that engages more with continual and drastic disruption as Amazon. It started in 1994 with the disruption of the bookselling market. Having gathered publishers and booksellers on a global scale, they have created an immense value of such efficient and cheap distribution of books, which was not imaginable before. However, that was only the first yet already significant disruption, which influenced the market. Further, Amazon went on tablets and e-readers, moving the logistics towards the disruption of Apple, Samsung, and Sony (Galloway, 2017). The latter three used to dominate the market, yet Amazon has proven its power. Then, at the end of 2016, Amazon moved beyond its grocery stores based on a new technology to ensure more efficient and enjoyable shopping: in mid-2017, it purchased the Whole Foods chain. Yet again, Amazon has taken up something even bigger and bolder, an intention to transform the US healthcare system in cooperation with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway. With its money and such massive disruptions, one can consider Amazon to be a giant killer rather than a disruptive innovator. It is also plausible for the reason this giant business eradicates the opportunities for small businesses and alternative visions to take place and maintain their positions. It demolishes not only unsustainable and inconvenient business models and values, but also alternative cultural businesses that do not possess such amount of money and power (Taplin, 2017). Of course, Amazon is involved with bitcoins in both ways: selling them and accepting them as a digital currency. This does not have a significant impact on the business now (Galloway, 2017), but in the future, engaging with bitcoin can be the most innovative decision in the global healthcare market. Amazon The space sector has always been both a vivid dream and a display of the most promising innovations for both humankind and organizations involved in its exploration and research. At first, those organizations were states, yet since the beginning of the 21-century, the space sector has been actively commercialized (Cobb, 2020). Bezos’ Blue Origin has been created specifically for the presence and growth in the space sector, thus introducing both the dominant player in the space sector and a new area for Amazon. Another Bezos’ project is Amazon’s Kuiper , which recently entered the race with 3236 satellites (Logsdon, 2020, p. 6). Currently, the private investment comprises 500 Mi