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Business Presentations
BEGIN ASSIGNMENT Imagine you have a meeting with the CEO and other high ranking officers of a company that invests in distance learning start-ups. Your objective is to obtain a loan for a distance learning company that you would like to start. Fortunately, you have a mentor to whom you can turn for help. Using a business-like tone and format, compose a 2-3 page letter (Word Document) that would be suitable to send as an
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Navajo Culture
Navajo Culture I was able to interview a co-worker of mine about the Navajo culture. Nic Hooton served an LDS mission on the Navajo reservation in the four corners area. Because he has witnessed first hand what cultural aspects lie both inside and outside of the reservation I concluded that he would be a perfect candidate for interviewing. Between class lectures and the movie presented last week it seemed that a big concern for the
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Teenagers and Culture
Teenagers and Culture In today’s culture teenagers undergo a lot of unnecessary stress. Young adolescence lives are a lot more complicated than they use to be. Everything that happened use to be so understandable and it always had a reason but in today’s ever changing culture it nothing like that now. I am a young adolescence trying to make it in this world and it is very hard and I hear it will only get
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E Business
Website purpose Argos Aims of Argos website: The main aim of the website Argos is to attract customers to buy goods and services online. As you enter the website, there is a range of services offered: there are many promotional offers online, search and reserve, looking for goods in stock in your local store, insurance, and many others. One of the aims of the website is to maximize revenue for the company. By having
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Business Regulation Simulation: Alumina Inc
Business Regulation Simulation: Alumina Inc. Written by: Introduction Alumina is a 4 billion dollar aluminum manufacturer based in the US. Although the company operates out of 8 different countries, 70% of Alumina’s sales derive from the US market. Five years ago, during a regular compliance inspection, Alumina was found to be in violation of environmental discharge norms due to high levels of PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon). Following this discovery, the EPA ordered a clean up
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What Is Organisational Culture and How Can It Be Managed Effectively?
What is organisational culture and how can it be managed effectively? Organisational culture is defined as the shared values, norms and expectations that govern the way people approach their work and interact with each other. Organizational culture is different from world cultures, those tapestries of shared histories, languages, beliefs, and foods, which are the source of our identity. Our personal culture affects how we marry, how we raise our children, how we celebrate events, and
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3com to Fix Cultural Communication Within the Corporation
3COM To Fix Cultural Communication within the corporation In this paper I will be making proposal/suggestions to the 3COM Corporation as if this was a new company. I will try to alleviate the cultural communication differences. This proposal hopefully will furnish the company with ways to communicate with their employees from different region of the world effectively. I also will be using the four elements of effective business communication; audience, content, delivery and comprehension. The
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Alternative Popular Culture
Alternative Popular Culture Alternative popular culture is basically the opposite of everything that is popular. Simply put, it is those elements outside the effective dominant culture are described as either alternative or oppositional. The distinction between them is that the former has no desire to impose its values on the general society while the latter does. One place to begin that is suggested by the deficiencies in popular culture as described above, would be the
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Business Policies
Business Policies Wal-Mart the first store was opened In 1962, by Sam Walton, at that time the store was call Wal-Mart Discount City, in Rogers, Arkansas. Within five years the company expanded to 24 stores across the state of Arkansas and reached $12.6 million in sales. In 1968 the company opened its first stores outside of Arkansas in Sikeston, Missouri and Claremore, Oklahoma. The company was incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on October 31, 1969,
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The Automated Business Service System
ABSTRACT The Automated Business Service System (ABSS) was designed for the military to process documents without wasting an enormous amount of time. The original way of processing a document involved typing the document up and visiting each person to sign off on it. Not only was this time consuming but there was no historical record available if the original document was lost or destroyed. ABSS uses an Oracle database and has changed the way finance
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Hip-Hop: A Culture, an Expression, A Language
What is hip-hop? Many believe hip-hop is synonymous for rap music, but it goes beyond that. Hip-hop is a form of art and culture, style, and language, and for many, a way of life (Fernando, 1994). The graffiti you see on bridges, the dances you see in the clubs, the hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has, the slang you here kids yell at the park, this is hip-hop.
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Unique American Culture and Blue Ridge Folk Music
The Unique American Culture and Blue Ridge Folk Music Class:Regional American Culture When we define American culture, we use “Melting pot” which describes unique characteristic of American culture. Many people from diverse countries are living in America. As they have lived together, they made distinct culture that all of culture each people have is conflated. Above all, the conflated culture makes new culture which has ever existed before so that we regard American culture as
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Music and Culture
In today's modern world, music encompasses almost every form of media. It is everywhere; it is played outside and inside stores, on the television, at the movies, on the computer, in elevators, and can also be heard coming from around the heads of most teenagers. This is not a bad thing per say, but it can very easily be. A growing amount of music now features many themes that are far from favorable. In times
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Barnes and Nobel Bookstore as an Electronic Business
According to their website, Barnes and Nobel is the nation’s largest bookseller. They have approximately 800 stores in 49 states. (Index paragraph. 1) The first “on ground” Barnes and Nobel bookstore was opened in 1917. In 1971 the founders, William Barnes and G. Clifford Nobel, were floundering. They sold their bookstore to Leonard Riggio. Riggio revolutionized the way booksellers do business. Barnes and Nobel was the first bookseller to discount books and to advertise on
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Cultural Heritage of India
Cultural Heritage of India India with its centuries old civilization is perhaps one of the few nations, which has a cultural heritage that is rich, diverse and unique. The richness and diversity of the Indian culture has its roots in its history. The history of India is testimony to the fact that foreign invasions influenced the polity and culture of India. Right from ancient times when Alexander invaded India and brought with him Greek influences
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What Is E-Business
What is E-Business? “Electronic Business (e-business) is the conduct of commercial transactions with the help of telecommunication systems” (Using information systems for electronic business). E-business for the Bead Bar would mean the ability to be open around the clock and reach consumers around the globe. The Bead Bar could use e-business to increase their sales by reaching people around the world versus being limited to the local shops and franchises. The possibly of reaching the
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Business Law - Limited Purpose Public Figures
OFFICE MEMORANDUM 3 Question Presented Under California defamation law, does a business owner become a limited-purpose public figure for the purpose of a defamation claim when the business owner has contributed to an organization headed by a gubernatorial candidate, published two one-page articles supporting the candidate in a business newsletter and Web site, and anonymously supported the candidate in an Internet chat-room debate? Brief Answer No. Under California defamation law, an individual does not become
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Southwest Airlines Corp. Culture
The topic chosen was Southwest Airlines because of its prevalent and lengthy history of successful entrepreneurship and presence in the airline industry. It has been successful in its ability to attain success in many facets of the economy. From implementing an innovative marketing structure to effectively managing its workforce, Southwest has been the pioneer in many forms of creativity and innovation in the industry. In addition, it is an excellent topic for the theme of
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The Business Case - Why Diversity and Inclusion Is Important
The Business Case - Why Diversity and Inclusion is Important Knowing that gaining the support of the Board was critical to the success of the D&I initiative, early in the process the DAC defined the business case for Diversity and Inclusion. This was a clear and succinct statement of the benefits would achieve from embarking on such a significant culture change process, and would be understood by employees throughout the organisation. The business case is
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Amish Culture
Culture, as defined by Edward Burnett Tylor "includes all capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society"("Culture" Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.ebcom/bol/topic?tmap_id=51795000&tmap_typ=ai). Humans, since the beginning of civilization have learned from one another, the ways in which to survive and maintain order . They have also learned and developed methods that ensure cooperation and promote self-sufficiency. The Amish are a group of people that have done precisely that. This long history of independence
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The Cultural Front
Jennifer Klein 10667174 02/09/04 CES 440 The Cultural Front In the USA, it seems as though there is always a revolution going on. The world is changing everyday. Everyday there is something new going on. Everyday there are people fighting for what they believe in, from social movements to political movements. Everyday people are working hard for their future. People are just trying to make it in the real world. In the the 1930’s, there
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Dell’s Direct Business Model
Subject: Dell’s Direct Business Model Date: 04/08/05 Will Dell’s direct business model continue to provide a competitive advantage as fellow competitors Compaq, IBM, and HP emulate Dell’s direct model? Dell’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain and sells computers directly to customers, building each to order. Dell does not manufacture the computer components; they merely assemble computers based on components that are available in the market. Dell’s use of technology and
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To What Extent Do the Conventions and Codes of Film Noir Used in Double Indemnity Reflect the Social, Economic and Cultural Content of the Period?
Double indemnity was made just after the war, during a period of time where men felt insecure, as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale, which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother
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Ryanairs Business
“The French Transport Ministry said Tuesday that it had instructed its civil aviation authority to discuss the security practices of the low-cost airline Ryanair with regulators in Ireland and Britain. The ministry issued a statement after the broadcasting of a television documentary in Britain that alleged that security practices were occasionally flouted by the Ireland-based airline. The documentary, screened by Channel 4 in Britain on Monday, alleged that passport checks before boarding were not carried
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Managing/analyzing Loan Requests, Business Feasibility and Borrower's Credibility
INTRODUCTION Financing any venture is usually a challenging activity and finding the required amount of funds needed to achieve such venture is not as easy as just saying, “we need money”. Getting finance is a must for any business venture to succeed because money is required to make projects happen. Therefore, business owners and companies resort to borrowing many times to finance these projects. To give a loan which is essentially to meet the financial
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