Sunday, January 19, 2020
Catcth Us If You Can Chapter 1-5
Chapter 1 Rory and his grandfather are waiting to see Dr Nicol, theirà family doctor at the doctorââ¬â¢s waiting room. Rory calls his grandfather as Granda. Granda cannot sit still. He goes off to smoke his pipe and comes back. Granda walks over to the noticeboard. There is an old woman sitting beside it. Rory asks Granda to sit still. A young girl about sixteen years old comes in with a baby in her arms. Granda stands up and opens the door for her. Granda asks Rory to help to take her bag. Granda likes the baby and starts talking to it. The young girl giggles and says the baby name is Lorelei.Granda then asks if the young girl calls her baby after Marilyn Monroe and she is confused. The young girl again says that her babyââ¬â¢s name is Lorelei and not Marilyn. Granda is good about films and Marilyn Monroe is one of his favourites. Suddenly the old woman smells smoke. The young girl also smells it as well. She jumps up and shouts that Granda is on fire. Everyone in the doctor ââ¬â¢s waiting room sees that Grandaââ¬â¢s pocket is burning. Then the smoke alarm begins to wail. The receptionist rushes to them yet Granda is still smiling. Rory grabs a vase filled with flowers from the receptionistââ¬â¢s counter and throws the water all over Granda.Dr Nicol is surprised to see Mister McIntosh wet. Granda complains that Rory is trying to drown him. Rory says that it is not the first time his grandfather sets something on fire. Dr Nicol likes Granda and Rory; both are like double act that always makes him laugh. Dr Nicol is glad that he has a grandson like Rory who looks after him and reminds him to take his medicine. Dr Nicol tries to get Rory a home help. Rory agrees that a home help will be a good idea but Granda does not like it. Grandaââ¬â¢s memory is getting bad from worse. He leaves shoes in the fridge and milk at the bottom of the wardrobe.Rory needs help to look after hisà grandfather who is very forgetful nowadays. CHAPTER 2 Roryââ¬â¢s grandfather likes to keep his homework ââ¬Ësomewhere safeââ¬â¢ and Rory is trying hard to locate his homework. Granda remembers putting it in Roryââ¬â¢s school bag when he is putting the rubbish down the chute. Roryââ¬â¢s guess is right when he finds a bag of eggshells and potato peelings in his school bag. He imagines his homework lying among the rubbish. Rory does not know how to tell to his teacher, Mrs Foley. Darren Fisher, Roryââ¬â¢s best friend suggests to him by saying that aliens take it away.Roryââ¬â¢s other classmates gather around him at the playground trying to help him too. His friends like Granda and his stories. Granda is almost arrested for shoplifting when a hanger with a suit on it gets caught in the belt of his raincoat and he walks out of the shop without noticing it. Rory confesses to Mrs Foley about the loss of his homework. Mrs Foley asks about Grandaââ¬â¢s condition and if he is coming to Parentsââ¬â¢ Night. Granda never misses it befo re. Mrs Foley asks Rory to stay back and do the homework. However, Rory cannot stay back because Granda is making lunch and is waiting for him to have lunch together.Rory runs out of the playground towards his flats. He buys two hot pies, one for him and one for Granda. Granda does not cook at all; in fact Rory has to bring him lunch every day. Rory has to make sure Granda takes his medicine too. Granda is old now and Rory thinks that he has the responsibility to look after him. Chapter 3 Mr Hood, Rory, Darren and Mary Bailey areà at theà field where football practice is going on. Mr Hoodà asks Rory to be in the football team. Rory refuses as he has to look after his Granda. Darren and Mary quarrel. Mr Hood drags Mary to the headmaster's office.Darren again suggests Rory to be on the team. Rory states the same reason. Darren thinks that Rory's Granda should be in a home and Rory is angry about it. Granda always talks about Rachnadar, the local old people's hospital to Rory. Hi s Granda would rather die than to live there. Darren's mother tells Darren that Rory's Granda will be better there. Rory runs off before Darren could say another word. Granda only has Rory and Rory only has granda as his kin. Rory tries his best to coach Granda on how to behaveà as Parents' Night is coming up soon. He wants to reassure Mrs Foley that Granda has all his marbles.One day, Rory comes home to discover that Granda mistakenly peels a bag of apples and cuts them into chips. Granda thinks that the apples are potatoes! Granda also tries to help with the cooking but he leaves the electric rings switch on and burns out a pot. That night Rory and Granda are watching television when Granda watches Rory closely. Rory is thinking about his father. Granda is angry at the mention of Rory's father. Granda and Granny have spoilt him too much. He gets what he wants as a child. When he is tired of them, he throws them aside. He treats Rory's mother inà the same way.Rory's father leav es Rory's mother and Rory when he is a baby. Granda does not want to talk about Rory's father. Granda only has a son, none other than Rory! Chapter 4 Rory and his Granda walk to the school on Parents' Night. Granda wears slippers and they go back home again to change so they are the last to arrive. There are many parents waiting patiently in queue. Darren comes and greets Granda. Granda looks around ans asks where Holy Foley is. Granda thenà goes to the toilet on his own. He does not want Rory to accompany him. Rory is worried about Granda.Luckily Grandaà steps back into the classroom. It is Rory's turn and Mrs Foley talks to Granda aboutà Rory's homework. Granda leans forward andà says that Mrs Foley indeed has moustache, just as what Rory has told him! Suddenly, Mrs Foley smells that something is on fire. Cloudsà of smoke is billowing from the pocket of Granda's coat hanging on a hook. Then Mrs Foley's coat, pale green with a little matching scarfà is on fire too becau se it is beside Granda's coat. People walk out of theà classroom into the playground as the caretaker ushers them. Granda goes to the toilet earlierà to take a puff.Then he puts his pipe in his pocket but he forgets about it. However, Granda finds the whole thing funny and exciting just like other boys feel. Luckily, Darren's father helps to put out the fire. Mrs Foley looks at Granda angrily. Chapter 5 Darren and Rory's otherà friendsà are delighted with Granda's attempt to ââ¬Ëset the school on fire' and they exaggerate on it. Granda admits that it must have been his fault. Darren's mother is worried that it might happen again maybe in the middle of the night at Rory's home. She thinks that Rory should not shoulderà such big responsibility. He should be playing football!Rory confirms it will not happen as he hides Granda's pipe before he goes to bed. Meanwhile, Val Jessup, the social workerà comes to see Granda and Rory. She is sent by Dr Nicol. Val Jessup is trying to organise a home help who comes in at lunchtime and prepares food for Granda. She will also make sure Granda takes his medicine. With the home help, Rory dreams of joining the football team again. Val Jessup makes Granda thinks of Grace Kelly, a beautiful film star just because both have fair hair! Granda tucks Rory into bed andà Rory thinks life will be better as they have a social worker now.Mrs Foley asks Rory about things at home. Rory tells that now they have a social worker and will have a home help soon. One day after school, Rory runs for the bakery and two hot pies. The baker tells Rory about his flats which is on fire. Rory rushes to his flats. His neighbour, Mrs MacKay scolds Granda for causing the fire. Rory is very angry with her. He tries to defend his Granda. Rory throws himself at her and tries to kick her. The policemen stop him. One policeman informs Rory that Granda is in hospital now but he will be all right. Rory recalls that he hides his Granda's pipe.Howe ver, the policeman tells Rory that Granda leaves the chip an on and forgets about it. this causes the fire. Rory is perplexed as he does not know what is his Granda doing with a chip pan. CHAPTER 1 Characters: 1. Mister McIntosh (Granda) (Roryââ¬â¢s grandfather) 2. Rory 3. Dr Nicol (Grandaââ¬â¢s and Roryââ¬â¢s family doctor) 4. old woman 5. young girl 6. baby (Lorelei) 7. Marilyn Monroe (was an American actress) 8. receptionist CHAPTER 2 Characters: 1. Mister McIntosh (Granda) (Roryââ¬â¢s grandfather) 2. Rory 3. Mrs Foley (Roryââ¬â¢s teacher) 4. Darren Fisher (Roryââ¬â¢s best friend) 5. Roryââ¬â¢s classmates CHAPTER 3 Characters: . Mr Hood 2. Rory McIntosh 3. Darren 4. Mary Bailey 5. Granda 6. Darren's mum 7. Mrs Foley 8. Rory's parents CHAPTER 4 Characters: 1. Granda (Mister McIntosh) 2. Parents 3. Mrs Foley (Holy Foley) 4. Darren 5. Darren's father CHAPTER 5 Characters: 1. Granda 2. Darren 3. Mrs Foley 4. Rory's friends 5. Some of the parents 6. the caretaker 7. Darren's mother 8. Rory 9. Val Jessup (the social worker) 10. Dr Nicol 11. a home help 12. Grace Kelly (a beautiful film star) 13. Mrs MacKay (Rory's neighbour) 14. the policemen CHAPTER 1 Settings: 1. doctorââ¬â¢s waiting room 2. toilet 3. the house 4. receptionistââ¬â¢s desk 5. he fridge 6. bottom of the wardrobe 7. Dr Nicolââ¬â¢s office 8. Roryââ¬â¢s pocket CHAPTER 2 Settings: 1. on the table 2. in the schoolbag 3. kitchen 4. chute 5. school 6. playground 7. road 8. across the street 9. block of flats 10. the bakers' CHAPTER 3 Settings: 1. Football field 2. playground 3. headmaster's office 4. Rachnadar, the local old people's hospital (home) 5. Rory's home CHAPTER 4 Settings: 1. school 2. the toilets 3. the classrooms 4. Rory's home 5. the playground CHAPTER 5 Settings: 1. the school 2. living room 3. Rory's bedroom 4. the toilet 5. Granda's bedroom 6. the bakery 7. flats 8. the hospital
Saturday, January 11, 2020
why an organisation might need to change
So you are standing by the H2O ice chest with the remainder of the staff, chew the fating. Then person points to a new notice on the staff cork board. All of you rush to the notice and moan in unison: yes, another alteration will be made in your section. You wonder whether your occupation is on the line, trusting against hope that it is non. Your organisation is traveling through an organisational alteration. ( www.bokca.com ) Many factors underpin the demand for alteration in an administration. Change can stem from growing, economic downswing, tougher or indulgent trading conditions, engineering and scheme alterations. Competitive and client force, authorities statute law and enterprises can all impel alteration. As we enter the twenty-first Century, alteration and how to take it successfully has become the first subject on the heads of organisational leaders. And for good grounds: Change is go oning everyplace ; its velocity and complexness are increasing ; and the future success of our organisations depends on how successful leaders are at taking that alteration. ( Anderson Dean, 2006 p34 ) All of us can be a small dying about alteration, hence, consciously or subconsciously we resist it as sometimes those frights are good founded and if established the alteration will truly hold a negative impact on us. Even though in many instances, nevertheless, those targeted for the alteration semen to gain that the alteration was for the better. Change is invariably increasing particularly with the reaching of the cyberspace and the rapid usage of new engineerings has led to new ways of making concern. In this essay I am traveling to exemplify how internal and external force per unit areas in the administration I work for initiated alteration. I will be pulling on theories and practical experience to convey to fore the procedures of alteration. There have been a batch of extremist alterations in UK schools in the past decennary. The authorities and other educational organic structures have introduced assorted signifiers of inventions that have affected our nursery school and kids ââ¬Ës Centre. The Single Funding Formula is one of the inventions that is impacting on my school and kids ââ¬Ës Centre. In June 2007 the Government announced that local governments will be required to make and implement a individual expression support for funding Free Entitlement to early old ages proviso for 3 and 4 twelvemonth olds across all sectors. This move was towards bettering equity and transparence in the manner that support is allocated to suppliers of early old ages instruction and in the procedure create support for the 15 hours extension to be delivered from September 2010. What the authorities agencies, is that support degrees and processs do non hold to synchronise for all early old ages ( baby's room ) suppliers but they must be just and any discrepancies should be sensible and incontrovertible. Basically the authorities wants private, voluntary and independent baby's rooms to be financed in the same manner maintained baby's rooms are funded. In 1999 the school support system was introduced based upon the Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) and its fiscal deputation to schools. Formula support and the deputation of fiscal duty to schools were its cardinal facets. The schools are located a ball amount budget so they decided on how to pass the money on students. In avertedly a mechanism is used to find how much budget each school is allocated. The implicit in rule for the alterations being required to Formula Funding relate to the debut of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Schools and early old ages suppliers have to follow a construction of acquisition, development and attention for kids from birth to five old ages old. This is called the Early Years Foundation Stage ( EYFS ) . ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www.direct.gov.uk ) This is a planned alteration initiated by the authorities and the Department for Children Schools and Families after recognizing the demand for alteration in their support policy and processs. An inaugural driven from top to bottom and catapulted into action by external and internal power. Private, Voluntary and independent baby's room suppliers have for a long clip complained about non acquiring adequate money from the authorities Nursery Education Grant to cover the cost some of their Sessionss. Planned alteration involves a witting determination by person ( Federal or national policy shaper, local authorities policymaker, school principal ) to alter or transform some bing pattern in a system or organisation. ( Ciaran Sugrue, 2008 ) The authorities and the Department for Children Schools and Families ( DCSF ) have committed to this planned alteration and they have created a sound measure by measure attack in order to carry through its purposes. They have issued counsel and held audiences to implement the new strategy. The ends of the alteration and its development were clearly set in the counsel sent out to local governments. Suppliers and local governments have been fixing for this for over two old ages, pattern counsel was issued to all local governments last twelvemonth and updated in July this twelvemonth. ( hypertext transfer protocol: //news.bbc.co.uk ) Consultations are besides being held to find why the alteration is necessary. Single expression support jobs and chances have been evaluated. Unison in the missive to it members describe some of the impact this alteration will hold on baby's rooms. The manner expression is developed could hold a major impact on kept up baby's rooms, school based baby's rooms and kids ââ¬Ës Centres. One of the chief differences in the new support mechanism is that kept up baby's rooms will now be funded on the footing of topographic points filled instead than on topographic points offered as was antecedently the instance. This means that nursery school support will be reduced if they offer topographic points in their baby's room that are non filled. This alteration could intend fiscal troubles for baby's rooms with unfilled topographic points and should be monitored closely by subdivisions. ( McAnea C, 2009 ) DSCF are the selected alteration agents responsible for the execution of the planned alteration. They are working with the local governments in audience procedure. Practice counsel, developed from the experience and acquisition of the nine governments working with the DSCF since November 2007, is now available below to assist all LAs get down to develop their ain individual expression. The six original pilot governments are: Hertfordshire, Somerset, Leeds, Rochdale, Croydon and Southampton. Thesiss have since been joined by Derby, Greenwich, North Somerset, North Yorkshire and Shropshire. ( www.dcsf.gov.uk ) In measure with the alteration, DSCF have gathered informations about the clime of the baby's rooms schools in order to assist them fix for the alteration. Nurseries and other educational establishments were asked to notice on the individual expression support. A interpreter for Newcastle City Council said, ââ¬ËAll local governments have been directed by the DCSF to reexamine the expression for funding the free entitlement to turn to incompatibilities and fund on the footing of engagement. An unfastened. transparent, clearly reasoned expression has been agreed by the Schools Forum, which has baby's room headteacher representation on it. Nursery school headteachers, governors and staff have been to the full engaged in the procedure, and are having targeted support to assist pull off the passage procedure. ( Nursery World, 2009 ) DSCF selected a few local governments who piloted the strategy to get down with so will turn over it out in April 2010. They have made themselves sensitive to the force per unit areas for alteration by utilizing webs of people and the pilot strategies. Cardinal stat mis rocks have been set up to find the when, where and how of the strategy. The DSCF released the concluding counsel for implementing the individual expression, have held audience procedures and recognised the cost in each supplier sector and understood the behavior cost. It has besides delegated duty to the local governments for each of the ends and aims of the alteration in expression support. After all questions have been answered, the program will be put into operation nationwide in 2010. This alteration can be described as transitional which is 2nd order established to transform Formula Funding. It is one the complex types of alteration which occurs in an administration. Transitional alteration looks to accomplish a known coveted status that varies from an bing one. It is sporadic, planned, 2nd order and extremist. Over the old ages transitional alteration has become the footing of much of the organizational alteration literature. It besides has its basicss in the work of Kurt Lewin who conceptualised alteration as a three-stage procedure. Transitional alteration is more intrusive than developmental alteration as it replaces bing procedures or processs with something that is wholly new to the company. The period when the old procedure is being dismantled and the new procedure is being implemented is called the transitional stage. A corporate reorganisation, amalgamation, acquisition, making new merchandises or services, and implementing new engineering are illustrations of transitional alteration. 9 ( hypertext transfer protocol: //businessmanagement.suite101.com ) Social scientist Kurt Lewin ââ¬Ës theory introduced a three measure alteration theoretical account. He saw behaviour as an active balance of powers working in opposite waies. These driving powers bring about alteration because they lead employees in the coveted way. Controling powers, nevertheless, hinder alteration because they push employees in the opponent way. He argued hence that these powers be examined. Lewin ââ¬Ës three-step theoretical account can assist travel the balance towards the way of planned alteration. The first measure in the procedure of altering behavior is to dissolve the existent state of affairs. To dissolve is of import as it helps get the better of the tensenesss of single opposition and group understanding. It can be achieved in three ways. One is to increase the driving power that controls behaviour off from the existent state of affairs. Two is to cut down the commanding powers that negatively affect the motion from the bing equilibrium. Three create some activities that can assist in the unfreezing measure like actuating participants by acquiring them ready for alteration. You could besides construct trust and place jobs and brainstorm solutions within a group. This is what happened with our alteration. DSCF and local governments created a pilot strategy and besides organised audience undertakings and meetings which will construct trust, place and work out jobs. As a formal topic for survey and application, alteration direction can be said to hold begun some 50 old ages ago with what has since become known as the planned theoretical account of alteration. The fact that this theoretical account lies at the bosom of organisation development and is associated with its major theoreticians, such as Blake and Mouton [ 8 ] and Gallic and Bell [ 9 ] , is a testimony to its importance. The beginnings and kernel of planned alteration prevarication with the pioneering work of Kurt Lewin [ 4 ] . ( Burnes Bernard, 1997 ) The 2nd measure in the procedure is motion. Here, it is purported that it is necessary to travel the mark system to a new degree of balance. One of the three actions to be taken to assist the motion includes carrying employees to be in understanding that the position quo is non helpful to them and promoting them to see the job from a fresh position, working together on a Hunt for new, of import information and link the vision of the group to well-respected, influential leaders that besides support the change.. The 3rd measure in the three-step alteration theoretical account is refreezing. This measure is to be taken when alteration has already taken topographic point to do it effectual over clip. This is when new values are integrated into the community values and traditions. By equilibrating the drive and commanding power the new balance is stabilised. New forms need to be reinforced and institutionalised through formal and informal mechanism including policies and processs. This alteration has evidently non received a warm welcomed from some of the early old ages suppliers. Many particularly the kept up baby's rooms fear that support by caput count alternatively of topographic points available will cut down their support by comparatively big proportions. There is talk about baby's rooms shuting down because of cuts in support hence taking to occupation loses or cut. Megan Pacey, main executive of Early Education, which represents baby's room schools in the kept up sector, said they were confronting budget cuts of between a one-fourth and a 3rd. She said: ââ¬Å" At the really least it means there will be redundancies to staff and it is improbable that baby's room schools will be able to make the extra things like address and linguistic communication therapy and extended household services. ( www.bbc.co.uk ) Others feel that any cuts will hold a damaging consequence on the kids ââ¬Ës life and acquisition and are recommending for physical action. Nurseries are being urged by Early Education to subscribe a request against the execution of the Early Years Single Funding Formula ( EYSFF ) , which it claims will hold a negative impact on the most deprived kids. ( www.nurseryworld.co.uk ) ââ¬Å" It ââ¬Ës a 2nd place for my household. When we ââ¬Ëre both working we have to cognize our kids will be loved, cared for and educated to the highest criterions, â⬠her male parent, Dean Halfpenny-Steel, says. ââ¬Å" The whole Centre is portion of the household. â⬠But from September following twelvemonth that could alter as the baby's room is confronting losing a one-fourth of its budget in the support difference that is endangering every state-run nursery school in England ( www.guardian.co.uk ) Headteachers of kept up baby's rooms are afraid that hard currency will be switched to private baby's rooms. This will hold annihilating effects on kept up baby's room schools. Our baby's room has already experienced the above and has made immense accommodations to our budget in clip for new alterations in support policy and processs. Casual staff have had their hours slashed and one individual voluntary stood down. Two people who are on pregnancy leave have non had their station covered by other staff as new people have non been employed. We presently short staffed but everyone is willing to work towards salvaging money. Not all employees will oppose alteration, and cabals of support and opposition are non uncommon, for employees frequently will take sides. For illustration, those who favor a peculiar alteration and who feel most comfy with it constantly will back up the alteration, while employees adversely affected by the alteration normally will be less excited by it, are more likely to be dying about it and normally will defy it ( Carr, 1994 ; Geyer, 1995 ) . It is no surprise, hence, that employees who feel threatened by a alteration attempt can defy with a resiliency that matches or exceeds the will of the alteration leaders, particularly when those employees possess power. ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www.esc.edu ) Resistance was met by go toing assorted meetings and allowing our concerns be heard state broad. There have been concerns raised sing the alterations to the support expression for early years.A Local Authorities are expected to hold in topographic point by April 2010 a individual support expression which allocates support to all early old ages suppliers, maintained, private, voluntary and independent, based on the same principles.A This has caused troubles in a important figure of LAs and has resulted in the Minister, Dawn Primarola, composing to LAs and directing extra counsel to them. ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www.naht.org.uk ) The DCSF select commission has decided to establish an enquiry into the impact the individual support expression will hold on maintained nursery school. The NAHT is stating their members to supply written entries to the commission. Following the Committee ââ¬Ës unwritten grounds session on the Early Years Single Funding Formula on 28 October, the Children, Schools and Families Committee is now ask foring written entries on: The expected impact of new local support expression on suppliers of early old ages instruction and child care services ; Difficulties which have been encountered in pulling up new support expression, and how they are being overcome. ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www.naht.org.uk ) Change is natural and sometimes good, but people ââ¬Ës response to it is unpredictable and even irrational sometimes. It can nevertheless be managed good if done decently. Change is upsetting for people and has greater possible to do failures, loss of production, or falling quality in work done. Besides there is nil every bit of import to the endurance of an administration as alteration. There are so many historical illustrations of administrations that failed to alter and are now out of concern. I feel to successfully pull off this support alteration, things will hold to be seen from the position the employees. There should be definition and apprehension. Everyone is fearful of the unknown and most alteration ever brings the unknown and or an outlook of loss doing people to defy it. The front-end of a individual ââ¬Ës opposition to alter is how they see the alteration and the back-end is how good they are capable of covering with the alteration they imagine. A individual â⬠Ës grade of opposition to alter is normally dominated by whether they see the alteration as good or bad, and how strict they anticipate the impact of the alteration will be on them. If they should accept the alteration it would hold been based on the quality of their header accomplishments. The political metaphor is more applicable to understanding opposition to alter because it acknowledges the importance of organisational civilization and political relations ( Gallagher, Rose, McClelland, Reynolds, & A ; Tombs, 1997 ; Hartel & A ; Berry, 1999 ; Meyerson & A ; Martin, 1987 ; Pettigrew, 1973, 1985, 1987 ) and that opposition is frequently site specific ( Knights & A ; Vurdubakis, 1994 ) . It more readily acknowledges that employees will of course be leery about alteration ( Toffler, 1970 ) , and that opposition is frequently a consequence of the employees ââ¬Ë subjective constructs of what is desirable ( Collinson, 1994 ; Jermier, Knights, & A ; Nord, 1994 ) . ( Phil Hay et Al, 2000 ) My occupation, if I was a leader would be to turn to their opposition from both terminals to assist the headteachers cut down it to a minimum, manageable degree. I would non bulldoze through their opposition so that I can travel in front which sometimes feels like they are making. If I was DSCF I would carry Headteachers of the benefits the proposed alterations will convey. I would besides do certain that headteachers have the chance to act upon the alterations by organizing a working group, for case. Its members would be the respected amongst the schools and would besides be people who have a existent positive attitude towards the alteration. They would be working group that is unfastened to new thoughts and capable of bring forthing originative solutions. Finally they would be cognizant of the practical deductions of any solution to individual expression support.
Friday, January 3, 2020
The Questions Macroeconomics / Microeconomics - 1458 Words
Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics Your Name:___Yurui Yao_____________________ Instructor: Jim Borer, MBA Homework Assignment #3 due by 11:59 PM on February 7 (100 points) Part 1: Answer the following multiple choice (MC) questions (you may highlight, bold, or enter a letter in the blank ââ¬â 2 points each): 1. __D____ If the price of a sub sandwich increases by 2% and the quantity demanded falls by 5%, then there will be a. an increase in the price elasticity of demand. b. an increase in the price elasticity of supply . c. a shift in the demand curve. d. a decrease in revenue. 2.___A___If an increase in the price of a good leads to no change in the quantity demanded, then the demand for the good is a. perfectlyâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦d. both a and b. 15. ___C____ Cross-elasticity of demand a. will be positive for substitutes like cabbage and lettuce when the price of cabbage goes up. b. will be negative for complements like SUVs and gasoline when the price of gasoline goes up c. both a and b d. none of the above. Part 2: Answer the following questions (insert your answers directly below each question): 1. How does tax revenue generated on a product with inelastic demand compared to the tax revenue generated on a product with elastic demand? Why the difference? (page 86) (10 points) A tax imposed on a good that has an inelastic demand will generate more tax revenue than a tax on a good with elastic demand, assuming similar supply conditions. If the goods demand is more elastic, that means its demand is more sensitive to a price increase. There, the price increase due to the tax will cause quantity purchased and tax revenue to be less than the revenue on a product with inelastic demand. 2. What is the relationship between elasticity or inelasticity of demand and who bears the most burden (customer or business) of a tax on various products/services (see pages 84 and 85). (10 points) The more inelastic the demand relative to supply, the more tax burden the customer will bear. 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The difference between macro and microeconomics A decentRead MoreApplying Supply and Demand Concepts1027 Words à |à 5 Pagesa series of questions that will be answered and the topic of this paper will cover different concepts of micro and macroeconomics including; shifts in the supply and demand curves and its effect on the equilibrium price, quantity, and decision making. I will explain my understanding and applications of these concepts to my workplace. Finally, it will cover how the price elasticity of demand affects a consumerââ¬â¢s purchasing and the firmââ¬â¢s pricing strategy Identify two microeconomics and two macroeconomicsRead MoreSupply and Demand719 Words à |à 3 Pages Microeconomics is ââ¬Å"the analysis of the decisions made by individuals and groups, the factors that affect those decisions, and how those decisions effect others.â⬠Microeconomic decisions by both firms and individuals are motivated by cost and benefit considerations. Costs can be either in terms of financial costs, such as average fixed costs and total variable costs or they can be in terms ofà opportunity costs, which consider alternatives foregone. Macroeconomistââ¬â¢s consider questions such asRead MoreDifference Between Micro And Macro Economics895 Words à |à 4 Pagesof a microeconomic phenomenon and an example of a macroeconomic one. If you look at the definition of the word micro, some words that come to mind are small and extremely tiny. Therefore, we can look at microeconomics as dealing with small quantities of the whole or specifics. At this end, microeconomics deals with things at an individual level and studies issues such as consumer behavior, individual labor market and supply and demand. According to Taylor et al. (2014, pp. 14), microeconomics studies
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Civil Disobedience Freedom Fighters or Criminals Essay
ââ¬Å"No radical change on the plane of history is possible without crime,â⬠This quote from Hermann Keyserling is just one of many statements that help describe the meaning and true raw power of Civil Disobedience. Civil disobedience as defined by Merriam Webster is the ââ¬Å"refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the governmentâ⬠. The most promising and understandable of the definitions of Civil Disobedience would be that given to us by Gandhi from India ââ¬Å"Compassion in the form of respectful disagreementâ⬠. Even the Veterans Fast for Life from here in the United States must agree when saying, ââ¬Å"when leaders act contrary to conscience, we must actâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Throughout all of the valiant efforts of Hungarian Students and workers the Hungarian revolution had begun only to see hundreds die and thousands more leave with fatal casualties. The only way the Hungarians could fight back was to take up arms and fight back with as much force as possible and eventually they did succeed only to watch all of their hopes a dreams crushed when the soviets returned to decimate the Hungarian Freedom Fighters within a matter of a few short days. The Soviet Unionââ¬â¢s Reign had only ended when the Berlin wall was demolished in 1989 when other countries finally realized that the Communist were also a very large threat to the rest of the world, which bring me to yet another point in history when the same efforts concluded to very fruitful rewards. ââ¬Å"You must not lose faith in humanity, humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty,â⬠Gandhi one of the very few self-actualized people that was left on the planet can be considered the father of CivilShow MoreRelatedThe Myth Of The Latin Wom I Just Met A Girl Named Maria Essay1830 Words à |à 8 Pagesexample of civil disobedience was à ¢â¬Å"in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar, on the ground that a higher moral law was at stake. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians, who were willing to face hungry lotions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks rather than submit to certain unjust laws of the Roman Empireâ⬠(King 210). He added that ââ¬Å"to a degree, academic freedom is a reality today because Socrates practiced civil disobedienceâ⬠(King 210)Read MoreTerrorism And Its Effects On Terrorism Essay1442 Words à |à 6 Pageson Pakistan sponsored militancy within Kashmir is based upon terrorism. In contrast, the greater number of the Kashmirââ¬â¢s use the term ââ¬Ëfreedom fightingââ¬â¢ and alternatives for the need of violent force through the Indian troops which is known as state terrorism. This makes it difficult for academics or any nations to define terrorism due to some express it is freedom fighting whilst others say it is te rrorism. 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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Money Laundering And Its Effects On The World - 2534 Words
Arvon Lunsford Professor Kuchta ENGL 102 15 November 2016 Money Laundering In todays world there are so many different ways to commit a crime. You might not even realize it, that it could be a family member or even a really close friend committing these crimes. I am talking about a white collard crime called Money laundering. Have you ever wondered what Money laundering really is? With this research paper, you will get a chance to finally learn what it really is all about. You will get an inside look into Money laundering. From their we will learn about the types of people that commit this type of crime and why. Then we will look into how they ended up getting caught. After that we will take a look into all the cases against the people and corporations that were caught red-handed laundering money. Now that I have caught youââ¬â¢re your attention, you are probably thinking to yourself; ââ¬Å"What is Money laundering?â⬠Money laundering is a term that ââ¬Å"refers to the activities and financial transactions that are undertaken specifically to hide the true source of the moneyâ⬠(IRS.GOV) that you have received. This is usually happening when you are receiving your money illegally and trying to show that you are receiving the money from actual business type situations. A great example would be a drug dealer receiving all of his money from selling drugs and then turning around and saying he is receiving the money from a fake storefront or even from construction. When in reality they do notShow MoreRelatedMoney Laundering Essay1059 Words à |à 5 Pages ââ¬Å"Money launderingâ⬠, is a term that is often used in association with illegal activities, especially in terms of terrorist actions. 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With the responsibility of handling the assets of millions of people banks are sometimes accused for activities that may be illegal, such as money laundering: the method of concealing illegally acquired money or invasion of a clientââ¬â¢sRead MoreProstitution, Drugs And Money Laundering922 Words à |à 4 Pages Prostitution, drugs and money laundering are all tied together in the underground world of the public crimes arena. In fact, acts are all influenced by the political, economic, and social relations intertwined with organized crime resulting in violence, public health issues, and money laundering schemes. Markets can be found online, on the streets, and through legitimate and illegitimate practices. 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Training Circular 7-100 defines HT as, ââ¬Å"the diverse and dynamic combination of regular, irregular, and terrorist forces, criminal elements, or a combination of those forces and elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.â⬠NK can create strategic diversions, challenges, and deterrence through the threat of development and/or use of its WMD/missile program. NK can use missile threats on US territories to provoke offensive action, create strategic divisions betweenRead MoreBernie Madoff1600 Words à |à 7 Pagescharges but when the acts of embezzling money or falsifying business records are committed a company is more apt to prosecute. People have different views regarding what is ethical and what is unethical. Some feel that itââ¬â¢s okay to tell a little white lie, or to make a quick long distance call on the companys dime, as long as they are not hurting anyone. In the case of Bernard Madoff unethical behavior crossed over from gray to definite black and white. 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Monday, December 9, 2019
Corporate Governance & Ethics
Question: Discuss about theCorporate Governance Ethics. Answer: Introduction: Plagiarism has often emerged as one of the critical issue about which academic students complain along with their grades and assessment (Lathrop and Foss, 2005). In this context, the present report aims to analyse and examine the reasons behind the punishment given to students for doing plagiarism. Reason for Universities Punishing Plagiarism Plagiarism can be defined as incorporating the opinions and views of other authors in carrying out an academic work without giving them proper credit. It is regarded as cheating and unfair practices by the students studying in the international universities. Plagiarism is considered as strict offense as it is considered as stealing the work of others without giving them proper credibility (Lathrop and Foss, 2005). The international colleges and universities have regarded it as an academic offense and have implemented strict legal rules and policies against the students involved in such fraudulent activities. Plagiarism as a stealing offense is taken as issue of copyright infringement and thus is subjected to be dealt though taking proper legal action (Bloch, 2012). International universities regard it as criminal offense as they consider it as unethical and morally wrong. This is because students engaged in such activities often do not develop the requisite skills that they should obtain through carrying out a specific task provided to them. The completion of a specific academic task requires a student to conduct thorough research by critical evaluation of available sources. This results in enhancing the problem-solving and critical thinking abilities of students (Bloch, 2012). As such, students plagiarising their work are believed to lack appropriate reasoning and critical thinking skills and thus does not fulfil the criteria of completing their academic course. The main objective of international universities behind providing academic tasks to the students is to increase their analytical and reasoning skills. However, plagiarising of work by the students does not result in enhancing their academic skills and competencies. Therefore, internati onal universities undertake plagiarised work as unethical and criminal offense and undertake strict actions against the students involved in such corrupt practice (Lathrop and Foss, 2005). In addition to this, academic students involved in plagiarising also negatively impact the grades of other students. This is because undetected plagiarised work will achieve good grades and therefore will affect the grades of others students who have completed their work ethically. Plagiarism also negatively impacts the brand reputation of the college or university (Pecorari, 2010). The occurrence of plagiarism work by a student of a university implies that teachers or professors in that university are unable to develop the requite skills in the students required for completing a specific task. Thus, universities have implemented strict rules for students involved in plagiarism activities such as huge penalties or legal action to be taken against them (Pecorari, 2010). Conclusion Thus, it can be inferred from the discussion held in the overall report that plagiarism is indeed a serious academic offense and must be avoided by the students. References Bloch, J. 2012. Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing: Explorations in the Detection based Approach. Multilingual Matters. Lathrop, A. and Foss, K. 2005. Guiding Students from Cheating and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity: Strategies for Change. Libraries Unlimited. Pecorari, D. 2010. Academic Writing and Plagiarism: A Linguistic Analysis. AC Black.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Walt Disney Essay Sample free essay sample
A ) Industries where Walt Disney compete: Walt Disney tries to be the biggest planetary supplier of media and amusement contents. for that intent. operates in four different sectors: 1. Media Networks: with two chief organic structures. on the one manus Broadcasting units. which include the ABC telecasting acquired in 1995 for $ 19 billion ( 2nd largest acquisition in US history at that minute ) . doing Disney the largest amusement company in US and supplying it with world-wide distribution mercantile establishments for its originative content. On the other manus. Cable Networks. which include ESPN-branded overseas telegram webs. Disney Channel. Disney Channel International. bets in Tocopherol! Entertainment and Lifetime and the start-ups like Toon Disney and SoapNet. 2. Entertainment Studio: bring forthing several films. telecasting life plans. musical recordings and unrecorded phase dramas. Besides engages covering sectors such as theatrical. place picture and telecasting distribution of Disneyââ¬â¢s movie and telecasting library. And eventually including studios like Walt Disney Pictures. We will write a custom essay sample on Walt Disney Essay Sample or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Touchstone. Buena Vista. Miramax and Pixar ( the successful life studio created by Steve Jobs ) . 3. Subject Parks and Resorts: which are reasonably celebrated all over the universe and include the Walt Disney World resort in Florida with around 15 million visitants per twelvemonth. the Disneyland Park and two hotels in California. and the Disney Cruise line operated out of Port Canaveral. Florida. It besides produces royalties on grosss from Tokyo Disneyland where Disney receives 10 % of gate grosss. 5 % of other gross revenues and ongoing consulting fees. and Disneyland Paris. which was bailed out by some investors after enduring of import economic troubles. 4. Merchandises for consumers: it licenses the companyââ¬â¢s characters to consumer makers. retail merchants. and publishing houses throughout the universe. The company besides works in direct retail utilizing The Disney Stores. and produces books and magazines in the US and Europe. The company besides produces sound and computing machine package merchandises. movie. picture and computing machine package merchandises for the educational market place. B ) Strategy and corporate aims of Walt Disney: Engagement in these four sectors allows the company to profit from synergisms and accordingly be able to cover the whole amusement experience of clients. Eisner ( Walt Disney CEO known for being able to rebirth the company in the late 20th century ) used to state: ââ¬Å"the ability to leverage the Disney trade name depended on corporate synergyâ⬠. for this ground it was created different activities such as the ââ¬Å"synergy boot campâ⬠where employees learn about the company during 8 yearss non being allowed to manage their regular responsibilities. they besides have an award system for those who had been to the highest degree committed to synergy. coercing everyone to look left and right and to construct Bridgess between divisions. This synergy procedure. boosted grosss through cross-promotion among different divisions. for case one twelvemonth before a film was traveling to be released. it was presented to managers of consumer merchandises. place picture and subject Parkss. so they were able to take part in the procedure and fix their schemes for new merchandises. In its web page the Company states its chief corporate aim: ââ¬Å"The mission of The Walt Disney Company is to be one of the worldââ¬â¢s taking manufacturers and suppliers of amusement and information. Using our portfolio of trade names to distinguish our content. services and consumer merchandises. we seek to develop the most originative. advanced and profitable amusement experiences and related merchandises in the universe. â⬠This can be considered as excessively general but is such a immense Company that it is really hard to put an identified alone aim for all its divisions. There are two chief ways for making competitory advantage. 1 ) cost leading ; and 2 ) distinction. Walt Disney follows chiefly the distinction method. they try to be different from other sketchs. television channels normally take the best plans ( ESPN is leader in the athletics field ) . Parks and resort are really celebrated all over the universe. therefore they use the chief tools for accomplishing distinction. such as stigmatization. merchandise design. quality. creativeness. invention and new merchandises development. which gives the chance to hold better borders for their merchandises through an invention procedure. C ) To analyse firm?s current scheme. beginnings of competitory advantage and to take into history possible jobs that the Company will hold to face. it has to be made a SWOT analysis: Strengths ( internal ) :* Worldwide known trade name with strong repute and the ability to keep strong individuality with consumers. * Adaptation to new engineerings.* Ability to develop new trade names and merchandises to accommodate to altering consumer penchants. while staying profitable. * Offers their clients high quality merchandises and services. which gives the possibility to distinguish and bear down more for their merchandises. * It is present in multiple subdivisions of the amusement industry. * Diversification of its portfolio offers the company significant advantages in footings of diminishing its hazard. Opportunities ( external ) :* Continue turning through farther variegation. there is room to develop the market in emergent states such as China where they are building a new park. * Leverage from synergisms through its four principal concern. which are truly interrelated. * As a effect of its good fiscal place. they have opportunities to get new concerns to spread out into new profitable sections and new merchandise markets. Failings ( internal ) :* Low return on investings on Studio Productions. as a effect of buccaneering in the film industry. * Difficulties to command such a large Enterprise.* Risk implied in all their investings. as large bulk of them are immense. * Huge investings cut down benefits and equity place in the short tally. Menaces ( external ) :* Strong rivals in the amusement industry. like Warner Bross. * Very hard to happen and afford the most originative employees. which is the key to success in this sort of concerns and for that ground there is a batch of competition to engage them increasing fixed costs. * Troubles on integrating large acquisitions like ABC. * Negative promotion ; mentioned in the instance. for case utilizing sapphic and cheery histrions when Walt Disney is considered to be for traditional households. * Lack of protection of rational belongings in many non-developed states. * Economic force per unit area around the universe. D ) Once briefly analyzed the Company through the SWOT method. to detect the sustainability of the competitory advantages of the company and the sustainability of current market conditions. it is of import to see the 5 forces of porter: Menace of new entrants: it is hard for them to entry. Disney has been able to happen a really typical niche in the industry. By experience. the Company knows what the clients want. Disney has focused on market variegation for old ages and the company covers a broad scope of merchandises and services. Bing a market leader has made it possible for the company to pattern effectual economic systems of graduated table in production as merely really big companies can run into such big capital demand to do investings like the ABC. Dickering power of clients: it is high in the service and in the amusement industry. Since a big figure of clients are needed to do Disneyââ¬â¢s operations profitable. the clients have certain powers. For case. if the monetary value on a peculiar place picture is excessively high. clients may be loath to passing the money needed to buy the merchandise and accordingly it will be hard to cover the costs. Dickering power of providers: it can be considered as medium. Disney is runing in a extremely differentiated industry with high shift costs associated with operations. a few companies dominate the providers and for this ground it is really concentrated. However. Disney is a alone and of import client of many of those providers. so the Companies size may surely be a great advantage. To be able to order big volumes of alone merchandises from providers it creates dependent relationship of providers. Menace of replacement merchandises or services: it is low because even though there are several options. such as consoles. The necessity of households to amusement and leisure. all together. will ever be at that place. Tocopherol ) Two chief rivals: On the one manus. News Corporation operates as a diversified media company worldwide. It operates in several sections: Network Programming section ; the Filmed Entertainment section ; and the Publishing section. The endeavor has followed a perpendicular integrating scheme that is based on the control of the supply concatenation of its merchandises. On this manner. it keeping the content and distribution moral force. thereby doing easy to pull off contracts and this is critical in instance of information goods. News Corporation took over the full value concatenation of the amusement and media industry. which gave him control over different media. On the other manus. Time Warner Inc. operates as a media and amusement company in the United States and internationally. It operates in three sections: Networks. Film and TV Entertainment. and Publishing. In this instance the scheme followed has been the horizontal integrating one. particularly due to the merger between Time Warner and AOL. an cyberspace service company. in 2001. With this operation other media companies oriented towards the content felt force per unit area come ining the distribution concern. F ) New strategic determinations and execution programs: The key to success of Walt Disney during so many old ages has been to be originative and advanced plenty to accommodate to universe alterations. for this ground I would concentrate my attempt on engaging the ââ¬Å"best mindsâ⬠. for being able to go on with this advanced procedure. For this intent I would seek to engage top managers from rivals by offering them non merely better wages but besides the sense of belonging to a Company. which is altering the universe through doing people happier. At the same clip. I would make a Walt Disney survey centre where the best immature alumnuss will prosecute to be trained with the most originative professors in the Disney values. As Steve Jobs used to state: ââ¬Å"employees from first division are merely willing o work with employees of first divisionâ⬠Additionally. I would seek to leverage the great trade name image that Disney has all over the universe to construct new subject Parkss in developing states with large population such as Brazil. India and Turkey. Furthermore. taking into history the harm suffered from buccaneering I would seek to get new concerns with solvency jobs. to come in into new sections related to the amusement industry. for case consoles. Finally. as the reproduction of films at place is diminishing all over the universe because of buccaneering and alternate methods such as streaming. I would concentrate on making fewer new films with immense advertizement investings and particular effects doing them more attractive to be watched at the films and accordingly doing truly profitable through box offices remembrance.
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