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- 1131: Monopolies - A Case Study
- ... This is incredibly detrimental because the general well being of the nation is confined and restricted to the demands of the money-making process. As a result over 95%of the population who does not control capital, is ignored. Lenin said it best, "The building of development...of capitalist monopolies is going full steam ahead in all natural and supernatural ways". The Suicidal Nature of Monopoly Capitalism A logical consequence to ... 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 to offer at first will in the end ... are tariffs, blockades, embargoes. However the international monopolist bourgeoisie deal differently and very viciously with less developed countries (especially with those in possession of raw material eg: oil). When the Arab States sought to assert control over their oil industry, these States were labelled as renegades and dealt with military (eg: Iran, Iran, Libya). It is part of the tyrannical nature of monopolism to liquidate its opponents at home and ...
- 1132: The Stranger - Immersed in Sensuality: A Contemptible Trait
- ... A Contemptible Trait Outline Thesis: Albert Camus expresses this contempt for indifference through the setting in his novel, The Stranger, as shown by Mersault being put to death for allowing the sun, a sensual object, control him at Maman’s funeral and in the murder scene. I. Actions at Maman’s funeral A. Primary reason for death sentence 1. Prosecutor’s line of questioning 2. Prosecutor’s Statement on purpose of ... contemptible for his indifference (Parker). Albert Camus expresses this contempt for indifference through the setting in his novel, The Stranger, as shown by Mersault being put to death for allowing the sun, a sensual object, control him at Maman’s funeral and in the murder scene. While it is typically human nature to be upset, even hysterical at the passing away of your mother, Mersault was not. When asked whether or ... his heart” (Camus 96). The prosecutor’s statement is reinforced by his seemingly irrelevant line of questioning. Even the inattentive Mersault realized that he is contemptible for letting the sun as opposed to his emotions control his actions at his mother‘s funeral: To another question he replied that he had been surprised by my calm the day of the funeral. He asked what he meant by “calm.” The director ...
- 1133: Declaration of Independence: Abstractions in Power
- ... the word power meant to have strength and the ability to do something, "With all thair strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred years later in 1785 the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength, and force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it; otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition explains how the power government or social institutions rests in ... the King, the holder of power. Foucault's interpretation of power would differ sharply from the framers of the Declaration Of Independence. Foucault sees power as coming from the many technologies that society uses to control people: tax systems the law, patriarchy, family systems, legislatures, and even democracy. These technologies according to Foucault all represent different ways in which society controls its members (Foucault 307). The King under Foucault's interpretation of power bares little responcibilety for the grievances colonists have with England. The King in his view plays merely a role in the web of different technologies of control. Foucault would see the King as being controlled by many of the forces in society. Fulfilling his role is not so much his manifestation of his power as the power of English society and ...
- 1134: Total Quality Management
- ... Total Quality Management(TQM) is an organisational process that actively involves every function and every employee in satisfying customers needs, both internal and external. TQM works by continuously improving all aspect of work through structured control, improvement and planning activities that are carried out in concern with guiding ideology that focuses on Quality and Customer Satisfaction as the top priorities. There has been many arguments that TQM succeeds only by incorporating ... Right First Time / Zero Defects TQM stress of the importance of zero defects and achieving the right target the first and everytime. Variances in product are not acceptable and methods such as the Statistical Process Control (SPC) is use to achieve the objective. Zero defects is the result of an emphasis on prevention and diligent use of measurement, process control and the data driven elimination of waste and error. As Crosby said, “The purpose of quality management is to set up a system and a management discipline that prevents defects from happening in the ...
- 1135: Computer Science
- ... For example, mining the sales records from a grocery store could identify shopping patterns to help guide the store in stocking its shelves more effectively. (See Information Storage and Retrieval.) Operating systems are programs that control the overall functioning of a computer. They provide the user interface, place programs into the computer's memory and cause it to execute them, control the computer's input and output devices, manage the computer's resources such as its disk space, protect the computer from unauthorized use, and keep stored data secure. Computer scientists are interested in making operating ... accuracy of their models depends on the design of the computer's circuitry. Many computer architects are interested in developing computers that are specialized for particular applications such as image processing, signal processing, or the control of mechanical systems. The optimization of computer architecture to specific tasks often yields higher performance, lower cost, or both. c) Human-Computer Interfacing Human-computer interfaces provide the means for people to use computers. ...
- 1136: Narcissim
- ... from the feelings of despair. The narcissist views his or her situation arising not as a result of a personal maladjustment; rather it is some factor in the environment which is beyond the narcissist’s control which has caused his or her present situation. Therefore, the narcissist expects the therapist not to ‘cure’ him or her from a problem which he or she does not perceive to exist, rather the narcissist ... prevailing opinion amongst Psychodynamic theorists is that the best way to address the narcissist’s present experience, is to utilize a hands-off type of approach. This can be accomplished by letting the narcissist ‘take control’ of the sessions, processing the narcissist’s injuries as they inevitably occur during the course of treatment. When a mirror transference develops injuries will occur when the therapist improperly understands and/or reflects the narcissist ... rewards for the individual who conforms to its rules. Such an individual becomes alienated because he or she feels that society’s rituals and demands grant him or her little significance and options in the control of his or her own destiny. To compensate such an individual takes pleasure in his or her own uniqueness (grandiosity), he or she enjoys what others cannot see and control. Thus, the alienated person " ...
- 1137: Introduction to Business
- ... Economic systems can be classified into three categories. These include capitalism, socialism and communism. Pure capitalism is an unrestrained freedom to buy, sell and compete. Private enterprises allow entrepreneurs to run businesses without central government control and can operate within a free market. Capitalism is a system of true private enterprise. Some aspects of capitalism are free choice, private ownership, private profit and free competition. The only drawback of this type ... own boss. This is why small businesses are on the rise. There are many aspects that go along with creating a successful business, regardless of it's size. These include networking, planning, environmental examinations, internal control and resources. The problem is, however, that it is up to the sole proprietor of the business to bring all of these aspects together in working order which is harder for a small business then ... as the first-level supervisors. This is what I mean by the managers being ranked in the company. An executive will be known to have much more responsibility, plan and implement strengths and have more control of the business than the lower level managers do. However, all managers are trying to achieve the same goal regardless of the size of the company, this goal being to work effectively with the ...
- 1138: Brutus, A Tragic Hero
- ... a tragic hero, Brutus was dignified, courageous, and high ranking, but he was naïve and so he had a tragic flaw. Moreover, Brutus was a tragic hero for other reasons. His downfall was beyond his control and in the end, despite his death, he gains self-knowledge or wisdom. Brutus's downfall was beyond his control. His tragic flaw of being naive led him to be fashioned by Cassius and the conspirators. Equally important, he cared for Rome more than Caesar, his loyal friend. As a tragic hero, Brutus gains self ... his country. Brutus realized that everything was misconstrued which led to the deaths of his wife Portia, his friend Cassius, and his loyal friend Caesar. Finally, in the end Brutus's downfall was beyond his control and he gained self-knowledge. In the play The Tragic of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus is a tragic hero. To be a tragic hero one must have a character downfall, which may ...
- 1139: Classical Liberalism
- ... them o use their capital and labor where were are most productive. The search for more money would be all society would need to keep itself together. They believed that the government should have no control to limit or control in any way to what is to be produced and how. A better product will always top another so self-interest would strive producers to produce better quality products for the consumers. The political creed ... to get more money which in turn will cause better quality goods and also more jobs. Which in turn will cause a better society. I also believe that the government should not be able to control businesses only watch over them. I also agree that the government should only protect us from "injustices" and to help maintain contracts. Classical liberalism is a view that people know how to run a ...
- 1140: The Unemployment Rate
- ... of vacancies of jobs and a lot of unemployed labour. This kind of unemployment is called the structural unemployment which is a kind of involuntary unemployment. 3. China Policy Recently, the Chinese government tries to control the economy by macro policy such as implementing the contractionary monetary policy , inflation control policy. This leads to the slow down in the Chinese economy. The flow in of the Chinese capital to Hong Kong for speculation and investment reduce. This affects Hong Kong's economic growth simultaneously. In ... to let them realize that Hong Kong's unemployment level will be at a rather stable rate of 3-4% these few years. So, by maintaining the unemployment rate at 2-3% can help to control the increase in labor cost as well as the stability of the Hong Kong economy. 2) The high unemployment rate of Hong Kong is partly attributed by the increase number of imported labor. Therefore, ...
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