Imagined Communities Essays and Term Papers
911 Essays on Imagined Communities. Documents 301 - 325
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Lannet Communications, Greek Telecommunications Company - a Strategic Review
FOUNDATION OF MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT “A Strategic Review” Case: Lannet Communications, Greek Telecommunications Company Name: Yannis Ghikas Student I.D. No: 2079778 (IACY) Date: 11/03/2005 Word Count: 4.713 1. INTRODUCTION 3 THE CASE 3 2. VMOST ANALYSIS/STAKEHOLDERS 4 2.1 VMOST ANALYSIS 4 2.2 STAKEHOLDERS ANALYSIS 4 3. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 5 3.1 PEST ANALYSIS 6 3.2 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS 7 3.3 THE MAJOR COMPETITORS 8 3.4 PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL 9 4. INTERNAL ANALYSIS 11 4.1 VALUE
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Community Involvement
I will never forget the 2002 Mid Atlantic Bowlriders skateboard competition, not because I placed 5th, but because two volunteer groups (the East Coast Round Wall Foundation and the Surfrider Foundation) met for the first time. The result of this meeting was a plan to create a new skatepark in DC. The goal of this project, called The Green Skate Laboratory (GSL for short), is to create a multipurpose space for skateboarding, arts, and science
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Communism’s Effects on the Ussr
This paper will attempt to show the effects that communism has had on the Soviet Union during the years of the Cold War. They were very negative, and as a result, Russia has been crippled from them. This paper will attempt to show the effects that communism has had on the Soviet Union during the years of the Cold War. They were very negative, and as a result, Russia has been crippled from them.This paper
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Business Communication
Assignment for week one Listening skills Often when a misunderstanding occurs on the job, it is attributed to a lack of communication, which most of time implies that whoever was delivering the message did not do an effective job. But what about the other side, the listener? Let me give you an example. Mark, a senior-level manager in a high-technology company, seemed to possess all the skills one might expect from someone who had achieved
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Communism Vs Capitalism
Communism vs. Capitalism In the political tract the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx describes communism as the party that “fights for the interests of the working class” while capitalists are considered “dependent and have no individuality -- only capital is dependent and has individuality". Both of Marx’s statements are true in nature but when the two economic systems are put in practice, they quickly disintegrate into the same end result today, that is to say that
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The Importance of Effective Communication
The Importance of Effective Communication Table of Contents A Little Theory | The Communication Process| • Barriers to Communication Basic Skills: Listening and Giving Feedback | Keys to Active Listening | Constructive Feedback: | Why managers are often reluctant to provide feedback| Effective Feedback | Appendices: • A Short Case Example of Effective Communication • A Planning Form for Constructive Feedback • Evaluating the Feedback Session • Three Kinds of Interviews Links to Articles
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Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Gap Analysis: Global Communications In this analysis I am going to present the problems that Global Communications confront before and after the implementation of an aggressive approach to become a truly global resource. Global Communication was getting behind in the industry. In my Gap Analysis I will identify the issues and the opportunities confronting this company. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification The issue for Global Communication was caused by implementing an approved strategy to
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Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Gap Analysis: Global Communications Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the band Nirvana, said, “We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.” (Zahlis, 2007). The fact is that nobody knows all of the answers; we can only base our opinion on the research and data that we collect. A gap analysis can be done to help identity the current state of an organization, the desired state and help propose
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Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication One thing we all have in common is that we must all communicate in one form or another. Everyone communicates if they know it or not. Both verbal and nonverbal communication is used during conversations. Using both forms helps convey and support the messages you are trying to send. Communication is the backbone of human existence. Without it we would be nothing more than organized matter. It has allowed us to grow, learn,
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Communications
Everyone communicates all the time. Even when we say nothing, we are communicating. When working toward effective communication, it is important to understand what effect the various components of communication have on our success. Verbal, vocal and visual components are the very important part of any communication. The following verbal communication example is my story from my earlier years as a Shipping Clerk. My manager in the firm (design firm) needed set of plans shipped
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International Professional Communication
illiam Gudykunst and Young Yun Kim, "Communicating With Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication," in Bridges Not Walls, ed. John Stewart, 6th edition, (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995), pp. 429-442. "Communicating With Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication The authors begin by observing that "we communicate the way we do because we are raised in a particular culture and learn its language, rules, and norms."[p. 430] Different cultures (and subcultures) may have different rules and norms.
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Gambling in the Community
Gambling Affecting Community Gambling affecting the community, by people that has a habit of doing things. Gambling can be a good thing and also can be a very bad thing. Especially, towards your family, gambling is a major problem. I know people that go inside casinos and loose their whole check. That’s bad, because now do not no money to feed your family, or any benefits towards them. Majority of the time it if
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Describing a Personal Experience in Helping the Community
Two lunchtimes a week I take part in my school’s Earth Dwellers Recycling Club. I take part in recycling as I feel that I am actually making a difference to the local environment’s current litter pollution issues. By recycling, more pollution is cut down from our school, and hopefully, our school fraternity will look up to our example and perhaps be inspired to do the same in their future years. I also hoped to
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Gap Analysis: Global Communications
Running head: GAP ANALYSIS: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS Gap Analysis: Global Communications University of Phoenix Gap Analysis: Global Communications Global Communications, once a leader in the telecommunication industry is in the position of changing or closing the company’s doors. Global Communications profit shares are down due to their inability to compete with the local and long distance telephone companies and the cable companies. A two-fold plan has been initiated to increase sales and profits. The company grapevine
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Problem Solution: Global Communications
Problem Solution: Global Communications MBA/500 Doug Schwartz-Instructor August 21, 2006 Problem Solution: Global Communications In today's world, the simple idea of communication has reached unprecedented levels of sophistication. With increasing competitive pressures from other competitors in the telecommunications industry and with Global Communications (GC) stock depreciating 50% within the last three years, Global Communications and its corporate executives have devised a plan. The plan required GC to outsource several of its call centers to both
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Communism in America
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. Between 1950 and 1954, McCarthy became noted for unsubstantiated claims that there were Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government. Beginning in the late 1940s, as the Cold War escalated between the United States, the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China, the United States went through a period of intense anti-communist tensions and suspicion.
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Ethical Filter Worksheet - Global Communications
Running Head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET Running Head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET Ethical Filter Worksheet University of Phoenix Value Personal Source with Examples Justify the Value’s Position in the List. Include any challenges to employing these values consistently when making personal and organizational decisions. Integrity First I always strive to do the right thing even when no one is looking. This will prevent me from getting in trouble and making poor decisions that may and will
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A World of True Imagination
A World of True Imagination Emily Dickinson is one of those people whose imagination is the key to a fulfilling life. Her imagination in the unseen was then keys to her own happiness; she lived out every fantasy about the unseen world by portraying it through her writing. In her poems there is some aspect of her secret, imaginative life. Both the poems “Enough” and “Sleeping,” has the theme dealing with her imagination. A theme
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Community Participation in Forest Management
Community Participation in Forest Management Background Forest has been defined as “An area with a high density of trees. These plant communities cover large areas of the globe and function as carbon dioxide sinks, animal habitats, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of our biosphere ”. Forests are the storehouse of natural resources, without which the very sustenance of human population would be under threat. Yet forests have
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Problem Solution - Global Communications
PROBLEM SOLUTION: Global Communications Problem Solution: Global Communications Student Name University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Global Communications Global Communications is facing dwindling profits as the result of too much competition. This issue is further complicated by shareholder demands for increased returns, employee needs for higher wages and better benefits, and customer expectations for greater technical sophistication at lower costs. Company leaders have developed an aggressive strategy that will diversify their current bundle of products and
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An Overview of the Organization/venture and Its Communication Needs - Proposal
An Overview of the organization/venture and its communication needs - Proposal Description "Cards for a Cause" is a social networking event structured around a "for-fun" poker tournament. The end goal is to raise $1709.80 for the AIDS Vancouver Island Foundation. The event will be held Friday, February 1, 2008, and all proceeds raised will be donated to AIDs Vancouver Island. The evening is catering to two target markets, the poker players and the social /
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Communicating Conservatism: Reaching Hispanic Communities
Communicating Conservatism: Reaching Hispanic Communities Conservatives know that a key component of the left's ongoing demagoguery is to portray us as uncaring, mean-spirited, and racist--the universal insult. Conservatives are described as opposing not just core minority beliefs, but also their very identity. This suggests that we have to either disassociate ourselves from certain ideas or change our ideas altogether in order gain support among minorities. The truth is that we do not have to change
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Global Communications Benchmarking Scenario
Introduction With the decision to move internationally, Global Communications will be faced with many challenges that they will have to overcome in order to be successful in the implementation of their plan. To help offset the risk of such a drastic change and to assist in identifying potential solutions for issues that might arise, generic benchmarking can be used is this scenario as a tool to help guide Global Communications. In the following pages,
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Communism in Cuba
Communism In Cuba The year is 1959 and the place is Cuba. It is January 1st and Batista, the president of Cuba has just fled the country fearing Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary who mounted a rebel force called the 26th of July Movement against Batista. Castro assumes power on the 16th of February and establishes a dictatorship. Communist Rule In Cuba So far, the Soviet leader, Khrushchev is in question of what political track
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Problem Solution: Global Communications
Problem Solution: Global Communications Global Communications is a telecommunications provider that is facing economical pressure. They are encountering competition with other local, long distance and international markets for the same business. With profitability at a low, Global communications must step it up to increase revenues and profits. Global Communications has prepared a plan to an effort enhance the companies performance, and profit locally and globally. This plan is targeted at an international level with
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