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- 121: The Stone Angel and The Fifth Business: Analysis of the Main Characters
- The Stone Angel and The Fifth Business: Analysis of the Main Characters Every piece of literature that has been written uses words, which have concrete meaning in everyday life. As a result of that it cannot ever be completely abstract. Theme is ... one theme or many, and Margaret Laurence's and Davies Robertson's essential humanism makes it very inevitable that in this respect their novels are multifaceted. In their novels The Stone Angel and The Fifth Business the main characters Hagar Shipley and Dunny Ramsay through the birth, lack of feelings and escape from the family have undergone similar feelings of guilt through their whole lives. First of all, Dunny the main character of The Fifth Business, for whom the snowball was intended, feels extremely guilty because he knew that Percy Staunton with whom he had earlier a fight, would throw one final snowball at him before he goes into the ...
- 122: Federal Express
- ... what makes FedEx such a well-oiled machine? HISTORY This year marks the 28th anniversary of the founding of Federal Express. These have been 28 remarkable years that have transformed the way the world does business. From their early Falcon flying days operating in a few U.S. cities, to the global express powerhouse they are today, they have remained dedicated and committed to providing their customers the best possible service ... line of transportation entrepreneurs and learned to fly at the young age of 15. In 1969, he purchased Arkansas Aviation with the goal of doing something more than merely selling aircraft, as had been the business s sole purpose in the past. As a political science and economics major at Yale, Smith had done extensive research on challenges facing pioneering firms in the information-technology industry. Through his research he determined ... The distance driven per day equals more than 2.7 million miles within the United States alone (www.fedex.com/us/, 4-22-99). These statistics show the immense impact FedEx has on both the business and domestic factions of society. PACKING When packing an item for shipment via FedEx, the packer has many considerations to take into account in order to ensure that the item being shipped will arrive ...
- 123: Women As Leaders
- More and more women are rising to the leadership challenge, even in some of the most male-dominated industries. The increase in the number of women attending university, in the workplace or starting their own business has demonstrated to men who own businesses that women can be both managers and mothers, thus showing their male counterpart that women can in fact "do it all". In this paper the history of women ... have occurred over the last twenty-five years or so that have resulted in the rise of the female in the work-for-pay world. Beginning in the mid-1970's, women began going to business school and earning their Master's of Business Administration and, as a result, building on that education and gaining work experience (Nelton, 1999). The days of the one income family are over. Females need to be armed with a university or college ...
- 124: Total Quality Mangement
- ... is, what approach to take and how the company will have to change to make it work. The aim of TQM is to ensure that each activity contributes to achieving the key objectives of the business, and is carried out efficiently. The basic philosophy of Total Quality is "do the right things right first time". "It is estimated that the costs of not getting the right things right first time, the ... of errors. The underlying principles of TQM include Focusing the organisation on satisfying customer needs Developing and tapping the full human potential of all employees Including everyone in the efforts to find better ways Managing business processes, not just functions or departments. Fresher Plc has numerous problems within its organisational structure. These problems have led the way for the company to lose its hard earned customer base. These problems can be placed into a number of categories which must be worked on by the tools of TQM for the business to win back its customer base. It is necessary for them to remember that reputations for poor quality last for a long time and that reliability is the ability of the product to continue ...
- 125: Roaring Twenties
- ... gave the news hungry Americans what they wanted and took America closer to a more technologically advanced society. When the Twenties rolled around, Americans found themselves engulfed in a bolstering economy. In the 1920's business was an obsession. Economic expansion created booming business profits which in turn raised the standard of living for most Americans. Large businesses were expanding. In 1920, for example, Woolworth had 1,111 stores. In 1929 they expanded to 1,825. J.C. Penney expanded from 312 stores to 1,395, (Time-Life 102). Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times as they began popping up all over the United States. Americans were moving into a period of economic prosperity. Even industrial workers, whose strikes for higher pay ...
- 126: The Roaring Twenties
- ... gave the news hungry Americans what they wanted and took America closer to a more technologically advanced society. When the Twenties rolled around, Americans found themselves engulfed in a bolstering economy. In the 1920's business was an obsession. Economic expansion created booming business profits which in turn raised the standard of living for most Americans. Large businesses were expanding. In 1920, for example, Woolworth had 1,111 stores. In 1929 they expanded to 1,825. J.C. Penney expanded from 312 stores to 1,395, (Time-Life 102). Small business entrepreneurs took advantage of the good times as they began popping up all over the United States. Americans were moving into a period of economic prosperity. Even industrial workers, whose strikes for higher pay ...
- 127: Customers For Life By Carl Sew
- ... to teaching the businessperson of today ways in which they can turn one-time buyers into customers for life. He states that every customer has the ability to be worth 332,000 dollars to your business if you can keep them for life. Mr. Sewell is the number selling luxury automobile dealer in the country. He started from the bottom and manipulated his automobile business into a 250,000,000-dollar business. In his book he explains the things that he has found to work for his business in great detail so that you may also apply them to your business. The entire book revolves around ...
- 128: Drugs And Their Effects On Business
- Drugs And Their Effects On Business Drugs are used heavily for recreational purposes. It is becoming more common for addicts to get high at work. Stoned workers are inefficient and are costing companies millions in accidents and los t productivity. Searches ... people u sing drugs on the job are as varied as the drugs themselves. There are both stereotypical and practicality reasons for using drugs on the job. A chronolgical reason for drugs filtering up into business is that the drug oriented students of the sixties g rew up and went into careers bringing their drugs with them. Blue-collar workers use drugs to relieve the boredom of menial work. Years of ... stem the problem. BIBLIOGRAPHY Castro, Janice. "Battling the Enemy Within."\Time,\127 11 (March 17, 1986), 52-61. Chidsey, Donald Barr.\On and Off the Wagon.\New York: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1969 DeVries, Hilary. "Business and the Military Face Up to Drug Challenge." \Christian Science Monitor,\(May 5, 1982), 13. Flaz, Steven. "The Executive Addict."\Fortune,\(June 24, 1985), 24-31. Roan, Shair. "Substance Abuse: Can Employers Help?" \Ft. ...
- 129: Data Warehousing
- Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is a data warehouse 3. Past, Present and Future 4. Data Warehouses and Business Organisations 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography 1.0 Introduction In recent years, data warehousing has emerged as the primary method of analysing sales and marketing data for a competitive advantage. As the number of knowledge workers ... demands. During the past three years, data warehousing has emerged as one of the hottest trends in information technology for corporations seeking to utilise the massive amounts of data they are accumulating. Managers from all business disciplines want enterprise wide information access, as well as the ability to manipulate and analyse information that the company has gathered for a single purpose, to make more intelligent business decisions. Whether to increase customer value, identify new markets or improve the management of the firm's assets, the data warehouse promises to deliver the information necessary to accomplish these tasks quickly and efficiently. ...
- 130: Russia
- ... equipment, and services remains remarkably strong, with imports representing an unusually large percentage of the national market. Despite outstanding long-term market potential, Russia continues to be an extremely difficult country in which to do business. The Russian Federation continues to pursue a program of dramatic economic, political and social transformation. Despite President Yeltsins successful re-election campaign, continued economic reform remains subject to the influence of the communist controlled ... which businesses must comply, and completing the task of creating from scratch a highly effective and consistent customs administration. The duration and final outcome of this process are still uncertain. Consequently, Russia offers U.S. business both high risk, and potentially high rewards. Russian firms and customers admire U.S. technology and know-how, and generally are interested in doing business with U.S. companies. At the same time, there is a tendency in some quarters to suppose that the U.S. is responsible for the changes which have occurred in Russia, especially those which ...
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