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Oedipus, Antogone, And Media
Number of Words: 609 / Number of Pages: 3
... it is not difficult to understand his actions but the mere fact that he tried to challenge fate causes his actions to seem ironic and cynical. By tinkering with fate, Laius caused the death of Jocasta, and Oedipus’ blindness and banishment in addition to the events caused by fate. In Antigone, Anouilh portrayed Creon in a similar way as Sophocles portrayed Laius. They both contributed more damage than benefit to the protagonists and their families with their “noble intentions.”
When Antigone violated the law created by Creon and tried to bury the body of her brother, Creon should ha ...
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Hawaiian Chant
Number of Words: 743 / Number of Pages: 3
... and make two different chants with the same meaning but meant for two different audiences. The fifth and sixth lines sound the same also but just like the first four lines are different. "Oh (my) people/commoners", she's say's this in a way were it means her immediate family and I guess other people of royalty. Then in the next line she says, "Oh people of the land", which goes back to what we were talking about in class that in the Hawaiian beliefs they believe that they came from the land and that they are connected. So she's also mourning the lose of her people as a whole not just her close rel ...
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Participative Management
Number of Words: 2451 / Number of Pages: 9
... is to ask employees.
If workers can be motivated and given the opportunity to participate in the search for improved methods of job performance, and if this motivation and participation can be maintained over time, job performance should improve.
Productivity is higher in companies with an organized program of worker participation. Employee participation can and does raise productivity. The most appropriate form will vary from company to company but participation works only when both parties want it to work. The solution to America’s pathetic productivity growth isn’t necessarily more ca ...
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Same-sex Marriages
Number of Words: 265 / Number of Pages: 1
... explosive political
questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues
emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it
could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history
of American family law. The potential consequences, positive or
negative, for children, parents, same-sex couples, families, social
structure public health, and the status of women are enormous. Given
the importance of the issue, the value of comprehensive debate of the
reasons for and against legalizing same-sex marriage should be
obvious. Marriage is much mor ...
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Undocumented In L.a.
Number of Words: 1107 / Number of Pages: 5
... there and the treatment they receive from Penny and Mark was something that is more than what Yamileth expected. For all the modern appliances such as washer and dryer so forth, they are something that She had never seen before and never know how to operate them. She knows that she is suppose to be a worker and can't get used to the friendly treatment that Penny and Mark given them. The fact that Miguel get a better education in Oregon and the father kind of figure to Miguel which is something that Yamileth can't give to Miguel. Miguel learn English in much better environment in Oregon and with ...
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Cash Out (Accounting)
Number of Words: 975 / Number of Pages: 4
... a downside. Selling usually means the owner must give up control. Going public often creates an orphan stock. Employee-stock-ownership plans can burden the CEO with "onerous regulatory-compliance issues," and leveraged recaps can load the firm with debt. Company owners come to firms such as Heritage Partners because they want to cash out but at the same time keep management control of their company and the Heritage system allows them to do that and help them grow the business too.
Investing in family businesses and then letting owners keep control of their companies after the sale is a novel concep ...
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Elektrolux The Acquisition And
Number of Words: 2082 / Number of Pages: 8
... which created tensions or misfits that called for new visions.(Normann in Quinn, p99)
As a first step, mission values and guiding principles of Zanussi were made public to the employees in the Mission Statement.(Exhibit 3 in Case Study, p914) From the bottom-up they should understand step-by-step in a learning process (Normann in Quinn, p99) what behaviour was generally expected and correct. Bennis and others (in Quinn, p101) also agree that “programs to achieve significant change must be phased and largely undertaken bottom up, but the legitimacy of alternatives must be affirmed by the suppor ...
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Foundation Analysis
Number of Words: 668 / Number of Pages: 3
... title precisely. The powerful are the corrupt, and the corrupt are the powerful. In today’s society that is not far fetched. You can see the evils of this world with great power and authority. The warlords and politicians of powerful planets are greedy and the people of Foundation are simple and helpless. We can compare the people of Foundation to the people of third world countries, to some extent.
Isaac Asimov, through his invented science of psychohistory predicted that the future will be nothing more than reenactments of the past. Hari Seldon, the founder of psychohistory in Foundation was ...
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Fuel Wars
Number of Words: 877 / Number of Pages: 4
... In Canada the cost of fuel has hit record highs of $.69 a liter to $.71 to liter. As you can see those prices are ridiculous and all Canadian citizens agree with me, especially those people that devote their life to being on the road, truckers. Truckers are outraged with the prices of diesel it has increased 100% and most of them can afford to pay those prices. Some truckers who work for large companies also sometimes pay for fuel if the total price exceeds the amount the company is willing to pay. Other independent truckers are contemplating whether or not they should call it quits because its j ...
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Canadians, And Why They Should Be Banned From America
Number of Words: 644 / Number of Pages: 3
... with each other thus causing
hatreds and enemies within the country thus destroying the very idea of
unity within the Canadian borders.
Canadians also have a huge problem with falling in line with other
countries. They resent international harmony and that is why they must
little differences in their country, that way they can not join the rest of
the world in one total earth government. Many countries nowadays are
becoming democracies. Why? These countries realize that although the system
isn't perfect it is better than Communism or any diluted form like
Socialism, which is the current sy ...
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