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- 911: Video Games: The High Tech Threat to Our Younger Generation
- ... role and influence on the younger generation because, for better or worse, it clearly affects their academic and social life. Indeed, statistics are really alarming on the videogame industry. It is a multi-million dollar business growing at 40 per cent a year from 1987 to 1993 (Palmeri 102). Tetzeli in his article "Videogames: Serious Fun" compares videogames $ 6.5 billion--a--year business to the Hollywood film industry (110). He continues to point out that two Japan based conglomerate have put about 64 million videogame machines in US households in total. In addition to that they also produced ... with more statistical data. To some extend he sounds reasonable and his comments are logical but his criticism on the U.S base Atari and other similar producers are concerned he is more of a business oriented and patriotic. He seems to be concerened more about the financial point of view than the cultural and moral aspects. The question remains who judge the culprit? Should it be the culprit themselves ...
- 912: Monopolization And Its Implication On A World Scale
- ... hands of an oligarchy is an apparently unacknowledged destruction of the economy. In the imperialist nations (USA, Canada, Germany, Japan) a whole leferature has sprung up in support of what is proudly called the "big business." The job of the economists, publishing this garbage, is not to shed light on the debilitating methods of imperialism but to turn it into an act of skill and wit (which it uncontestably is) and ... doubling, their profit. The purpose is to eliminate or "buy out" the other monopolies or to merge and create one "super enterprise". To achieve total dominance, the monopolies artificially lower prices to put the small business out of business. After they have asserted total market control they double and sometimes triple the prices to make up for the loss. For this reason, mergers should be viewed with suspicion because the benefits they appear ...
- 913: Mi Vida Loca
- ... on the same night. With Ernesto out of both of their lives, they can move on and earn back each other’s friendship. After Ernesto’s death shadow takes over his brother’s drug dealing business with the help of Shadow, a female gangster that was shot with Ernesto. Meanwhile, Anhenica “Giggles” is released from a four-year sentence in prison for the crimes of her deceased boyfriend. As an older ... are either in prison, or handicapped, or dead!” She rejects Big Sleepy’s offer of becoming his partner after she has sex with him. Big Sleepy is an older generation gangster who has his own business as a mechanic and detailing cars. Sad Girl’s sister, Alicia “La Blue Eyes”, is a college girl who is infatuated with a prisoner (tercido) named Juan Temido. She constantly writes him love letters and ... is actually Shadow’s drug money. This points out that the role that men take care of their women. Whisper, who is a better drug dealer than Shadow, assumes that she cannot start her own business because of the role that she sees herself in. She sees the “glass ceiling” because she can be Shadow’s partner, but not work on her own. At the end of the movie, she ...
- 914: Motivation 2
- Motivation is the willingness to exert high levels of effort toward organizational goals, conditioned by the effort's ability to satisfy some individual needs (Robbins, 168). For some business analysts, employee motivation is a good way to increase productivity in an organization. When people get motivated, they will have a reason to put more efforts on what they are doing. Motivation is a crucial ... employee recognition. However, which approach should employers try? Team-based reward systems have been raised as an issue in work management areas. Many people prefer team-based reward systems to an individual approach. San Diego Business Journal, issued on Oct. 6, 1997, published an article titled "Team-Based Productivity Incentive System." This article summarized the ideas that supported the team-based approach. The author, Bob Harrington, opposed the individual reward system ... financial information. Instead, outstanding performance is based on a combination of items that measure the strategic objectives of the corporation. This paper will see if the team-based incentive systems are the best approach for business environments as Harrington discussed. Medical insurance and educational opportunities, among others are all common benefits in compensation programs for many manufacturers. Many people argued that these benefits attract and retain employees, but have little ...
- 915: Body Modifications
- ... Yes, piercing you can take out but tattoos will always be there. Thank God that I got my tattoo on my back where people can’t see it because I have learned that in the business world tattoos are nothing to be desired and that you could possibly risk a job because of it. Body piercing is believed to be a self-imposed rite of passage. By this I mean that ... I patiently tried to explain to him that the stud in my tongue didn't mean that I was on drugs any more than the color of his tie meant that he smoked cigars.” The business world is very conservative and that’s how you should look. It would be extremely uncommon to see people with tattoos all over and piercings everywhere to be working for a successful company. I know ... must understand that. In order to succeed in this tough society people must learn to fit in and relate to people. People do not communicate well with people who are considered outcasts. Especially in the business world, one must portray his or her appearance in a likely manner, for example, look conservative and professional. Tattoos and piercings are not conservative or professional.
- 916: Kurt Vonnegut And Slaughter-Ho
- ... Lecture, Vonnegut told a North Central High School audience: "All my jokes are Indianapolis. All my attitudes are Indianapolis. My adenoids are Indianapolis. If I ever severed myself from Indianapolis, I would be out of business. What people like about me is Indianapolis." This connection has not escaped notice by readers. Fellow Hoosier writer Dan Wakefield once observed that in most of Vonnegut's books there is at least one character ... s habit of appearing in each of his movies. The connection between the Vonneguts and Indianapolis stretch back to the 1850s when Clemens Vonnegut Sr., formerly of Westphalia, Germany, settled in the city and became business partners with a fellow German named Vollmer. When Vollmer disappeared on a trip out West, Vonnegut took over a business that grew into the profitable Vonnegut Hardware Company - a company Kurt Vonnegut Jr. worked for during the summers while attending high school at Shortridge. Kurt's grandfather, Bernard Vonnegut, unlike his grandson, disliked working ...
- 917: Benefit Programs In The Airlin
- ... realize these differences in employees, in order to provide a benefit program that will attract the high quality employees they are looking for. Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is currently the fastest growing airline in the business. Over the past 10 years Southwest have grown its revenues by 388% and its net income by 1,490%. Some of the things that have helped Southwest to grow so quickly are their personnel. They have found ways to hire employees that have out-performed every major airline for the past three years. Their hiring tactics can be accredited to a healthy business network, in-depth research, a good job database, strong recruiting staff, and an outstanding benefits program. Southwest offers its employees a very competitive benefits program. Their program offers passes and travel privileges, medical insurance, dental ... being a company where opportunity and advancement are determined solely on merit and individual achievement. United supposedly values diversity not only because it is the correct thing to do, but because it is the right business thing to do. United’s stated position is that all employees should be treated with respect and dignity. The policy not only extends to employees, but to United’s customers, vendors, and independent contractors ...
- 918: Flexible Benefits Plan
- ... only to those who need it. Even though the employee almost always shares the cost now, the employer still provides the major portion of the cost of health care insurance. In today’s increasingly competitive business climate, everyone is forced to operate as efficiently as possible. The advantage to the organization and employees of having a flexible benefit plan is clear. Businesses are not required to pay for services its employees ... Ideas May Work Against You. Personnel Journal, 74, 74-90. Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Nachmias, D. (1996). Research Methods in the Social Sciences (5th ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Press. Graham, B. W. (1996). The business argument for flexibility. HR Magazine, 41, 104. Hannah, R. L. (1994). The Tradeoff Between Worker Mobility and Employer Flexibility: Recent Evidence and Implications. Employee Benefits Journal, 19, 23-25. Jurek, K. (1995). Pension plan choices keep consultants in demand. Crain's Cleveland Business, 16, 21. Kleiner, B. H., Sparks, A. (1994). How Flexible Should Benefits Programs Be? Risk Management, 41, 11-17. Leonard, B. (1994). The new age of manageable flexibility. HRMagazine, 39, 53. Sheley, E. (1996). ...
- 919: Ireland 2
- ... consists of universities, technological colleges and colleges of education. All of these are substantially funded by the State and are autonomous and self-governing. In recent years several independent private colleges have opened offering mainly business-related courses. There are more than 100,000 students in this sector. Almost half of Ireland’s young people, proceed from second to third level, and 50 per cent of these take degree level programmes ... in Ireland! If this is still too bitter for you, try stout called Murphy's, available all over the south of Ireland. Very SMOOTH (http://hometown.aol.com/RodyK/nomiss.html)! INFORMATION USEFUL FOR A BUSINESS TRIP Distance between New York, New York, United States and Dublin, Ireland, as the crow flies 3185 miles (5126 km) (2768 nautical miles) Initial heading from New York to Dublin: northeast (50.1 degrees Initial ... areas, may not accept U.S. bank ATM cards. Most Irish banks will not accept U.S. 100-dollar bills. Entry Requirements: A passport is necessary, but a visa is not required for tourist or business stays up to three months. Medical Facilities: Medical facilities are available. U.S. medical insurance is not always valid outside the United States. Travelers have found that in some cases, supplemental medical insurance with ...
- 920: Al Capone
- ... went to work for Yale's old mentor, John Torrio. Torrio saw Capone's potential, his combination of physical strength and intelligence, and encouraged his protˇ gˇ . Soon Capone was helping Torrio manage his bootlegging business. By mid-1922 Capone ranked as Torrio's number two man and eventually became a full partner in the saloons, gambling houses,and brothels. When Torrio was shot by rival gang members and consequently decided ... controlled speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, income of $100,000,000 a year. He even acquired a sizable interest in the largest cleaning and dyeing plant chain in Chicago. Although he had been doing business with Capone, the corrupt Chicago mayor William "Big Bill" Hale Thompson, Jr. decided that Capone was bad for his political image. Thompson hired a new police chief to run Capone out of Chicago. When Capone ... government wanted to indict Capone for income tax evasion, Capone never filed an income tax return, owned nothing in his own name, and never made a declaration of assets or income. He did all his business through front men so that he was anonymous when it came to income. Frank Wilson from the IRS's Special Intelligence Unit was assigned to focus on Capone. Wilson accidentally found a cash receipts ...
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