National Business Systems Variations

National Business Systems Variations In this exposition I will investigate how Porters jewel model clarifies the varieties in national business frameworks and similar financial execution and how much different thoughts and approaches will be required. Watchman presented the jewel model of national upper hand (1990) to clarify why various nations are more serious than others and why various organizations inside the nations are increasingly serious. The model suggests that the national command post of an industry assumes a significant job in accomplishing a preferred position on a widespread scale. This command post contributes the fundamental factors that will bolster the associations in building favorable circumstances in worldwide rivalry. Japans car industry and US semiconductor industry have both been connected to Porters precious stone model in making interesting business frameworks and increasing upper hand over different ventures. Watchman (1990) recognized four determinants in accomplishing a national upper hand he presumes that a mix of the four determinates inside a country has a huge effect on the serious quality of the organizations situated there. Watchman (1990) contends that serious businesses appear as specific groups of locally situated firms. Groups are associated through vertical relations, for example, purchasers coordinating with providers or through flat relations through clients, innovation, abilities, dissemination channels and so on (Chen et al 2008). These particular bunches will empower a country to make business frameworks which will prompt upper hand and monetary achievement. Factor condition is the countries position on components of creation that is important to contend in a given industry, for instance talented work or framework. These national factors frequently give beginning favorable circumstances to the country. Every country has specific factor conditions that are progressively good. For instance, Japans enormous pool of designers is reflected by the quantity of building graduates. These building graduates have been fundamental to Japans achievement in assortment of assembling businesses. Watchman (1990) brings up that these elements dont must be nature made or acquired. Home interest conditions can impact the making of explicit factor conditions which can influence the heading of the advancement and headway of item improvement. Doorman contends (1990) that home interest settles upon three significant attributes. First the blend of clients needs and needs. Second the requesting purchasers in the command post will pressure organizations into satisfying high guidelines. For instance Japanese buyers esteem space-sparing gave the country a lead in minimal items and Americas significant distances have prompted serious quality in huge truck motors. Third, an industry will have a favorable position in advertise sections which are more significant at home than somewhere else. In every one of these cases, it isn't the size of the home market that is significant, however the degree to which it urges firms to develop. An enormous home market which meets every one of the three conditions will be exceptionally strong of universal seriousness (Davies and Ellis 200 0). A related and supporting industry is the point at which one universally fruitful assembling organization can make focal points in other comparable assembling organizations. A country businesses will be better ready to contend globally if there are groups of ventures in the command post economy which are connected to one another through vertical or level connections among providers, clients and dispersion channels. For instance Germany has a group in synthetic substances and USA in the semi-conductor industry. Dyer (1994) found in his examination that the Japanese system associations with their providers can empower the organization to send their laborers to help clients with the work, position the industrial facility close to the clients or even put resources into physical resources that are modified. This will accordingly permit the Japaneses auto organizations to stay aware of the stock and transportation costs low empowering them to improve the item advancement. For instance Toyot a had the option to profit by their creation arranges as they made get together industrial facilities that are topographically close with their providers. The firm structure, methodology, and competition are the conditions administering how organizations are formed, overseen and manage household contention in a country. The social elements are significant for every country. For instance every nation will have distinctive social characteristics in which the business is organized. This will make benefits for every country and industry. In Japan the car business contention is solid, has seven significant organizations: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Mazda, and Subaru which all battle for the piece of the pie. These seven organizations contend strongly in the home country, and inside different countries and markets. Solid household rivalry requests every one of these organizations to have prevalent innovations, items, and the executives practices to contend and make due, for instance there is high number of specialists in the executives that accentuation on improving assembling forms. The US has just two primary organizations i n vehicle industry which are Ford and General Motors. The US produces have expressed that the nature of the autos of Japanese vehicles is superior to the US vehicles. Toyota and different automakers in Japan had the option to get 25% of the US auto advertise industry while the US home makers for the vehicles couldn't rival the Japanese cost and on the nature of the item (Buffa 1984). Notwithstanding the four conditions, Porter (1990) brings up two significant segments which are the job of chance which are significant as it permits countries to move their serious position and modify the states of the precious stone model. Chance occasions impactsly affect countries for instance the oil stun assisted with overhauling Japanese industry (Porter 1990). The job of the administration is a significant effect on present day universal rivalry. The administrations can advance the approaches a country ought to follow to make favorable circumstances, empowering the enterprises in a country to build up a solid serious position comprehensively. For instance the administration strategy for Japan and US has made accomplishment for these countries. As indicated by Porter (1990) governments can advance the favorable circumstances by guaranteeing there is high capability of item execution, moral norms, or empowering sensibility and exchange between the providers and purchasers on a local level. For instance the US governments gave huge help in semiconductor industry in concentrating on explicit items that fulfill purchaser need for instance the rocket framework in the US national security. Countries can utilize Porters (1990) precious stone model to distinguish which organizations frameworks they can work to produce an upper hand and contend with others countries all around. The Japanese have significant focal points in Porters jewel factors. The semiconductor assembling and programming administrations are key ventures that have contributed significantly to US development and efficiency during the 1970s. Okimoto, Sugana and Weinstein (1984) research found that the US organizations had the option to acquire upper hand in key enterprises, for example, steel, vehicles and purchaser gadgets. These organizations had the capacity to set the principles of every industry, make new innovation and control portions of the world market. The business sectors and enterprises that Japan have picked or made an upper hand are the cars, steel, bikes, cameras and little apparatuses. The achievement of Japanese vehicle industry is because of the cozy associations with their providers. For instance both Toyota and Nissan can work intimately with their gracefully creation system to deliver great vehicles; this gives the Japanese producers a favorable position over the US automakers (Dyer 1994). Exploration found on Numakura (2004) article has indicated that the Japanese car organizations have more noteworthy higher overall revenues than the American organizations. This is on the grounds that the Japanese creation frameworks, for example, Just in time (JIT) and Kaizen have empowered the business to expand their profitability and cost decrease. Contrasted with US, as opposed to having a cozy relationship, the organizations are bound to impact their provider by various vital polices (Buffa 1987). During the 1970s the Japanese ha d work cost favorable circumstances, solid systems of providers, requesting buyers which empowered them to increase upper hand over different countries. Anyway Porter (1990) underplays the job of history, late advancement hypothesis, globalization, culture and administrative undertaking in deciding the upper hand. Because of characterizing the issue not completely, he offers an inadequate arrangement (O Shaughnessy 1997). This shows different methodologies are required to clarify different business frameworks and near monetary execution in countries. Gerschenkron (1962) hypothesis on late industrialisation could be another way to deal with Porters hypothesis to clarify the monetary exhibition of a country. The hypothesis shows how Japan as a country had the option to experience a time of quick development during 1951-1990 that helped them to contend universally. Japans economy supported after the US declined as during the 1970s the Japanese organizations had the option to supplant the US chiefs in key businesses. The creation and activity the executives empowered the Japanese ventures to turn into a serious country. This was done through their creation frameworks and assembling items requiring little to no effort. The Japanese organizations had the option to do this by offering the purchasers great quality items at modest costs. Table 1 (Capdevielle Alvarez 1981) shows a near proof of how US organizations efficiency arrived at the midpoint of at 2.7% in 1960 and diminished at - 0.3% at 1980. While simultaneously Japan found the middle value of an efficiency increment of 9.4%, Germany and France produ

My Personal Story

My Personal Story Chapter 1: Elementary School Years (K-6) All of my primary school years were spent in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I went to class ordinarily at Somerville Elementary. This is just critical in light of the fact that there were a lot of various schools, all clearly having to do with where you lived. I think there resembled 5. Yet in addition, the entirety of my companions went there. It was me, Peter English, Dougie Burek, Ryan Monroe, Cooper Shreve, Matt Myatt, Ned Winner, Frank Melli, Brian Wennersten and Michael Springer. Some way or another consistently, in any event 2 or 3 of us were consistently in a similar class. I surmise I was popular in those days, by both my friends and educators, as I was constantly picked to be the lead in plays, and to speak to the class at things. Truth be told I gave an Oscar winning execution Santa in my second grade play, Santa and his enchanted PC. I was picked to assume the job of â€Å"Old Man† in a play about China or something, don't generally make sure to be straightforward. Be that as it may, I did everything with those folks. We were continually playing football, b-ball, wiffle ball or something in somebody's patio. As far as getting the hang of during this time, it was all at a moderate pace, and I don't generally recall having any issue keeping up. My Mom used to take me Hackensack Hospital, a learning place for individuals who experienced difficulty learning at an ordinary pace. I never comprehended why I went there, until my folks disclosed to me I had a learning incapacity, which to me just implied I expected to work more diligently. My ADHD didn't generally influence me in my every day life, I simply recall getting truly hyper now and again, and that was helped by being given But when it came to grades, I did quite well, acquiring all Es (excellents) and Gs (Goods), with like one S (agreeable) in penmanship. I really was made an educator's assistant in both fourth and fifth grade, which implied I got the opportunity to help grade papers, and help kids with their math, spelling, and so on. Likewise, I was picked for Critical reasoning, which was a serious deal in light of the fact that just the â€Å"smartest† kids got picked for that, and there you got the chance to discuss propelled things like, geometry and books that you had perused. Else, I recollect my grade school a long time for the games I played. I played Little League Baseball, Soccer, and Biddy Basketball. My mother wouldn't let me play since she thought, notwithstanding me being one of the greater children in school, that I would get injured. I was on voyaging top pick groups for the entirety of the games, and was considering sports day in and day out at that point. I played in 3 b-ball associations one after another, Biddy, YMCA, and my All-star group. In fourth grade my father instructed both my Biddy group, and my elite player group. I despite everything like to give him trouble about removing me from a competition game against Neptune, NJ where I scored the initial 8 purposes of the game, in actuality our solitary 8 focuses in the quarter to keep us in the game! At that point he forgot about me until the fourth quarter. We wound up losing by 22. 22! I was feeling it, should've left me in. Likewise, the incredible thing about playing sports was that there were details included. After each game we played, my siblings and I would discuss what sort of numbers we were setting up. It was a serious deal to outscore the others. At a certain point, I held the record for most focuses scored in a sorted out b-ball game with 26 in fourth grade, which remained until my more youthful sibling broke it with 28 focuses when he was a senior in secondary school. The primary thing he did after that game? Called both me and my more seasoned sibling at school to tell us the imprint had fallen. We were an exceptionally serious bundle. Right up 'til today, we talk about these things at Thanksgiving. fifth and sixth grade were exceptionally huge for me as far as change in my life. In fifth grade, inside a range of a half year I lost the entirety of my grandparents, including my distant Uncle Johnny. There are 3 days throughout my life that I remember all that I did the whole day, and my Grandma biting the dust is one of them. The other two will come later. I returned home from school, was sitting in our sanctum with my 2 siblings, and staring at the TV. The telephone rang, and my mother addressed it, at that point she came in the room, and stated, â€Å"I simply need to tell all of you, Grandma just kicked the bucket. We as a whole begun crying right away. I recall my mother shouting â€Å"I need my mom! † over and again and feeling powerless. I had never truly experienced individual misfortune, as I had never met my father's mom since she kicked the bucket when he was 16. His dad re-wedded 3 months after th e fact, and my father never coexisted with his stepmother, and they showed him out of their home. I've never met my father's dad. In this way, losing my Grandma was a serious deal. I generally recall getting back home from school, seeing her, and her continually making me grin. I remember everything about her to be completely forthright. Her fragrance smell, the reality she generally kept bouillon 3D shapes in her wash room, and the way that she generally cherished everything my siblings and I were keen on. Her and my Grandpa became baseball fans as a result of us, after not so much caring somehow before we were conceived (I'm told). My Grandma was consistently near, and she adored her grandkids definitely. She was an extraordinary woman, continually singing, consistently glad. In sixth grade, My father got back home from work one day, sat me and my siblings down, and revealed to us we were moving to Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He said we were going in multi month, in the school year. I wasn't energized, as all I at any point knew was New Jersey, yet clearly needed to do it. It was extremely hard leaving the entirety of my companions. Section 2: Middle School (Grades 6 to 8) After at long last getting adjusted with center school life in New Jersey, and becoming accustomed to how things functioned there, I was torn out of there, and plunked into a modest community in Ohio. Coming into the center of a school year is hard for everybody, except particularly for a center schooler. I recall my first day, and being sat at the â€Å"nerd† table in light of the fact that the person demonstrating me around believed that would be ideal. I didn't allow that to occur however. I promptly got up and sat at the â€Å"cool† table, and really wound up turning out to be companions with those individuals. It was still truly difficult to make companions however, as in a modest community everybody realizes every other person's business, and have their own snaps. In homeroom, when I plunked down, two young ladies waked me around the room, promotion revealed to me whom I expected to mess with becoming more acquainted with, and who not to think about. It sort of set me up for what Chagrin was about. Many individuals who base their value off of what others think about them. I wound up making a great deal of companions, yet sort of felt like an outcast for my center school years, despite the fact that I was practically acknowledged. Everybody wanted to discuss things they did together when they were more youthful, and to what extent they'd been companions. SO I simply attempted to mix in, and attempt and not get took note. I'd generally sit my more seasoned sibling on the transport, and not so much converse with anyone, until one day my companions Cade Otstot and Trevor Gile advised me to sit with them and their companions. From that day on I had an inclination that I had a place. Class-wise, being in little study halls with less individuals caused me to feel like I was continually getting called out. I despised addressing inquiries in class, and truly detested getting my work done. I generally felt like there was such a great amount of else to do other then that. SO I set school aside for later and became involved with attempting to be mainstream, and playing sports. In spite of the fact that I generally did what's needed to get by. I never truly got Fs or Ds or anything like that, yet additionally didn't attempt to overachieve for dread individuals would see me like I was a geek or something. Thinking back, that was most likely a misstep. I played b-ball and football in center school, however truly wasn't so good. I cherished the games, yet this time is the point at which I began putting on weight. I wasn't fat or anything, however I wasn't fit as a fiddle either. I was on the B groups in the two games, however exceeded expectations in baseball. I generally thought I was playing great, however the mentors never appeared to take note. So I was consigned to the seat generally. In any case my center school years were entirely uneventful, in spite of the fact that I made a couple of great companions, yet in addition I dropped withdrawn from my New Jersey companions. Part 3: High School (Grades 9-12) Freshmen Year of secondary school was entirely run of the mill. My more established trouble Mark was a senior, and paid special mind to me generally, however I despite everything got fire for being his more youthful sibling. Nothing excessively insane however, in light of the fact that I knew in the end I'd be as large if not greater than those folks, and on the off chance that they truly planned something for me, I'd get them back ten times. Football training that year was enormous reminder. Everybody was greater quicker than us Frosh, and everything appeared to move significantly snappier. Particularly in school. There were no classes where I could simply float through, I needed to keep awake on my examinations, which I figure I worked admirably of, yet at the same time my psyche floated a great deal to sports, and young ladies. I didn't generally have a lot of collaboration with girl's, aside from them being pleasant to me to get to my sibling. All the first year recruits young ladies needed my more seasoned sibling, so individuals whom I had never conversed with concluded it was a smart thought to converse with me. I didn't go to numerous gatherings at that point, as my monsters and I were more into simply going out to see the films and hanging out at my parents’ house. Or on the other hand we'd play football in my lawn. Be that as it may, I got asked to the winter formal (a Sadie Hawkins move). I made some great memories on my first real date where I needed to spruce up in a coat and tie. Likewise, that year I got my first detainment, and needed to remain after school, and was grounded, despite the fact that it was my sibling's deficiency that we were late so often. Just confinement of my profession really. So's practically my Freshmen Year. Sophomore year was only a blah year. Nothing truly occurs in your sophomore year. Simply regular old regular old. Football insightful, I lettered, and I made the JV b-ball group. That year our football crew broke our 28 game losing streak, the longest in Northeast Ohio, We won our last

Blog Archive MBA Career News Build Your Network with Awesome Email Introductions

Blog Archive MBA Career News Build Your Network with Awesome Email Introductions In this new blog series, our mbaMission Career Coaches offer invaluable advice and industry-related news to help you actively manage your career. Topics include building your network, learning from mistakes and setbacks, perfecting your written communication, and mastering even the toughest interviews. To schedule a free half-hour consultation with one of our mbaMission Career Coaches, click here. As you build your network, you will need to connect people by making introductions. Sometimes the connections you facilitate for others are the ones that end up helping you the most. Potential options could include quickly crafted emails containing text such as “Hey, Laura! Here is Jake’s email address. He is expecting your email. Follow up at whim!” or “Hi, Laura and Jake. As promised, I am connecting you two. Enjoy!” But we can suggest some even better ways of doing this. Three Samples of Introductory Email Language Option 1 Subject Line: Intro: Jake and Laura Jake, I would like to introduce  Laura, a friend and colleague of mine from work. Laura is a strong management consultant and a tremendous young leader. Having completed her undergrad degree at Harvard and working in consulting for three years, she is interested in transitioning into an operational role within a health care company. Aetna is one of her target firms, and I thought you could give her some insight based on your experience there. Laura, Jake is one of my dear friends from business school. He has two decades of experience in consulting, marketing, and health care, including a long stint at Aetna. I hope you two are able to talk soon. Option 2 Subject Line: Introducing: Kylie and Jane Jane,  I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the fall weather back east. :) I wanted to introduce you to Kylie, my close friend from business school.  She recently moved to the SF Bay Area after a short stint in NYC and several years in LA.  She’s in product management at Facebook and is looking to transition into the media industry. I told Kylie about how fantastic and super helpful you were for me.  Hopefully, you have time next week and can connect. Kylie, as I mentioned, Jane is awesome.  She really helped me think through how to position myself in my career transition. She’s strategic, thoughtful, and experienced in the media industry.  You’ll love her! Have a great weekend, ladies! Option 3 Subject Line: Julie Kylie: Digital Marketing Introductions Julie,  I wanted to introduce you to Kylie, the digital marketing specialist I mentioned to you. I think she could be a great resource for you as you look to hire for your team.  Kylie is very interested in learning more about your team and your work at Macy’s, so I am excited to connect you two. Kylie and I worked together for almost three years at Urban Outfitters, where she launched the company’s social media presence with robust Facebook and Twitter accounts. Kylie is incredibly knowledgeable about the social media space as well as a consumer-centric thinker. I can’t say enough good things about her work ethic as well as her ability to integrate into a team and build consensus. You can read more about her background on her LinkedIn profile (URL). I am confident you will enjoy meeting her. I’ll leave it to the two of you to connect from here, but please let me know if either of you have any questions! Why Does This Approach Work? It deepens your individual relationship with each contact because it acknowledges what is great about them and shows your appreciation. It creates an instant connection between them by virtue of their values and strengths. There is no doubt the two will follow up and become useful connections. It makes things very easy for them. They do not have to figure out what they are supposed to do; you have spelled it out for them by suggesting the specific ways in which one contact can be useful to the other. Final Thought Be thoughtful and gracious when you connect people to one another. Do it because it is generous, but also because it will someday serve you in ways you cannot possibly predict. Have you been admitted to business school? If so, do you want to get a head start on defining your career goals? Do you need help preparing for job interviews or learning how to effectively network with your target employers? Maybe you want to be a top performer in your current role but are unsure how to maximize your potential. Let an mbaMission Career Coach help via a free 30-minute consultation! Share ThisTweet Career Advice MBA Career News

The Location And Formation Of Consciousness - 1173 Words

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Creon The Tragic Hero In SophoclesAntigone - 886 Words

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These companies have been increasingly using the societal marketing approach for realizing the benefits of this appro ach in boosting the sales performance and turn-over. By adopting this approach, the companies are able to create a good brand identity and corporate image among the societies and the consumers. The societal marketing approach assists these companies to hold socialand ethical responsible by consideringthe consumerism, CSR, and ethical principles. Both of the Australian companies adopt the societal marketing tools that provide the long-term benefits to both companies and the Australian society. Eco-friendly marketing, Sustainability marketing, Green marketing, and digital marketing campaigns are important societal marketing tools that promote the products and services of the companies in order to create a good brand identity among the society members and the consumers. The eco-friendly marketing promotes the companys products and services by focusing on recycling of old products, minimization of wastage of resources, water, and unused materials, and prevention of hazardous activities to the societies. The green marketing tool is adopted by the Australian companies to create clean, green, and safe environment by ensuring the protection of the societies and the consumers from the green-house effect, ozone depletion, carbon footprints, and unnecessary wastes (Yeh, Lin and Chen, 2016). The Australian companies also use the sustain ability marketing to enhance the environmental sustainability performances of the products and services. Along with this, the sustainability marketing enhances the product durability, reliability, efficiency, and social image. 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By using the societal marketing approach, the companies have been promoting the products and services to preserve the values and interests of the consumers and welfare of the Australian society. These companies are holding themselves socially responsible by ensuring the minimization of the resource wastage, reduction of environmental deterioration, elimination of pollution and carbon footprints, alleviation of hunger and famine (Rix, 2015). Alon g with this, these are producing the quality and value-added goods and services by meeting the quality and performance standards set by the National Standards Authority of Australia. The both of companies are mainly focused on producing the consumer-oriented products and services and earning the reasonable profits. Australia is the workplace where a large numbers of ethnic companies exist contributing to the Australian society by using the societal marketing approach. These Australian companies present a good corporate image in the society by adopting the environmental protection measures. These companies are offering the sustainable products as per consumers wants and societys expectations. The companies have been using the societal marketing approach to prevent the Australian society from the unnecessary harms and threats. These Australian companies have also been adopting the fair competition policies as well as following the society norms and regulations by eliminating the possibilities of monopolistic conditions, over profits, biases, and unfair trade policies. The products are marketed by the companies not only by considering the organizational needs but also the customers needs and wants and long-term well-being of the societies as a whole. These companies take into account the ethical a nd social considerations into the marketing plan while promoting their products and services (Idowu, 2015). These companies use the societal marketing campaigns which promote the consumer health and safety and society welfare. The eco-friendly approach assists the companies to protect the Australian society from the unprotected damages and undesirable pollution by giving emphasis on the recycling of old or wastage products to be used in the development of new products. Additionally, the eco-friendly approach assists the companies to prevent the wastage of materials that can be used for producing the alternative products through recycling of old products, unused or rejected materials and waste. In addition to this, the green marketing and sustainability marketing will enhance the environmental sustainable performance of the products and services by protecting the Australian society from the ecological footprints, Co2 emissions, unnecessary wastes, and global warming effect (Social Ventures Australia, 2015). So, all these societal marketing tools will assist the companies to contribute to th e Australian society by protecting the interests of society and society members. References Anna (2015). Social Outcomes Report: Shared Value in Australia [Online]. Available at: https://socialoutcomes.com.au/social-outcomes-report-shared-value-in-australia/ [Accessed: 23 Aug. 2016]. Arup (2015). Arup listed in Top 10 Australian Organizations recognized for leadership in the area of corporate social responsibility in the sixth consecutive year [Online]. Available at: https://www.arup.com/news/2015_05_may/28_may_csr_6th_year_running [Accessed: 24 Aug. 2016]. Bhasin, H. (2016). Societal Marketing Approach [Online]. Available at:https://www.marketing91.com/societal-marketing-concept/ [Accessed: 24 August 2016]. Blowfield M. (2005). Corporate Social Responsibility: reinventing the meaning of development, Journal of International Affairs, 81(3), pp. 515-524. Cronin, C. (2016) Corporate Social Responsibility in Australia: A Select Review of the Literature [Online]. Available at: https://library.bsl.org.au/jspui/bitstream/123456789/382/1/Corporate%20Social%20Responsibility%20in%20Australia_SmithFamily.pdf [Accessed: 23 Aug. 2016]. Eilenberg, J. and Hokkanen, T. M. H. (2007). Societal Marketing Approach. London: Springer Science Business Media. Idowu, O. S. (2015). Key Initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Dimension of CSR in Corporate Entities. Sydney: Springer. Melbourne Water (2015). Corporate Sustainability [Online]. Available at: https://www.melbournewater.com.au/aboutus/whoweare/pages/corporate-sustainability.aspx [Accessed: 24 Aug. 2016]. Rix (2015). Marketing: A Practical Approach. Australia: Tata McGraw-Hill Education. Social Ventures Australia (2015). Shared value delivers social and economic benefits for Australia: new survey of ASX 100 reveals [Online]. Available at: https://www.socialventures.com.au/news/shared-value-delivers-social-and-economic-benefits-for-australia-new-survey-of-asx-100-reveals/ [Accessed: 23 Aug. 2016]. Yeh, C., Lin, Y., and Chen, J. (2016). The Impact of Societal and Social Innovation: A Case-Based Approach. South Korea: Springer.

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Canadian Multiculturalism Reflected In Poetry It was in the autumn of 2007 when our teacher announced us that at our following meeting we were going to have a special guest, coming from Canada. It raised my attention the fact that our guest was a Romanian born Canadian poet and she was going to share with us her experience as a poet and, moreover, as a citizen in the multicultural Canada. This was how I first heard about Flavia Cosma. She entered our class accompanied by our teacher and by one of her editors, carrying a heavy bag which proved to be crammed with books and told us that books represented her life. My first wonder was to hear her speaking in Romanian, especially after I had been told that she had been living in Canada since 1974. She took care to explain us that she would never cease thinking, writing and loving in Romanian. It appeared to me that tears were going to trickle on her face. This happened each time she was mentioning something about her native country or about her mother tongue, managing to transmit us her feelings. It was even more impressive to find out the circumstances that made her leave her country. Little by little she imparted us her entire story, showing that she was a perfect case to fit in the multicultural Canada. As her life was thoroughly influenced by the social situation of Romania, in a period when she was afraid to make her writings public, Flavia Cosma is eager to promote around the world the policy of the country that offered her the help to become such a renowned poet. She praises Canada for giving her the hope and the confidence in her, as well as for offering her the chance to prove herself and her mother country her real value. At a time when her own country was oppressing her for writing in such an original way, a foreign country helped Flavia to become famous and backed her up almost unconditioned. Actually, the only thing that she had to do was to translate her work in English, which proved to be of great difficulty at the beginning. She went on telling us that her first feelings that she had for Canada were of intense hatred, as she did not know a single grain of English. But Canada was willingly to adapt her as a citizen, and gave her the opportunity to study English and adapt to the Canadian culture. She preferred to leave the compromise that she had to do in Romania for the work that she started to do in Canada. Her work was even more praised abroad than in Romania and Flavia felt extremely lucky to find this, after a couple of years that she had spent in different Refugee Camps. She took pleasure in giving birth to her work and struggled to make it public. After so many years, she says that it was worth, and declares that she was not that courageous as some of her Romanian counterparts were. Many of them ended up in prison or even dead, due to their desire to act different then the others did. She left Romania with the hope for freedom, and she knew that she had nothing to lose, as in her country she had abs olutely no chance to publish her poems. Being out of the country, she heard of the Romanian Revolution and felt a great joy. Canada offered her the possibility of creating The Association of Democracy in Romania. Since its formation, this organization has supported eleven Romanian orphanages, a help that proved to be reciprocal, as it enabled Flavia to resume her relations with Romania. Once again, she was grateful to the Canadian society that roused in her the interest in social themes and social justice. It also motivated her to start the work at some documentaries about the situation of post-communist Romania, the one entitled Romania a Country at the Crossroads receiving The Canadian Scene Prize for Television Documentaries. We were listening carefully to her, and could hardly believe all the hardships she had to fight with in order to achieve her dream, the sweet dream of liberty, as she told us. She took out a couple of books from her bag and handled them with special care. She started to recite to us, and we were more absorbed by her emotions than by her lyrics. Her voice was trembling with thrills at each word, at each verse. It was clear how much the Romanian language meant to her. She had probably noticed our surprise and explained to us that she gets very nervous when she recites her poems in the language they were composed in, because she finds no other language more musical than Romanian itself. Her point of view was strengthened by many foreigners who listened to her reciting in Romanian. She said that they were profoundly impressed by the way the poems sound in her native language and that the fact that she continues to write in Romanian helps her to remain in touch with her mother country. Later on she invited us to read aloud some of her poems. It was surprising how beautiful they appeared in the silence of our classroom. We were told that she received an important Translation Prize for her 47 Poems, a book that appeared with the support of an American English Professor that helped her with translations. The English variant also sounded fine, but it did not manage to touch our souls the way the Romanian version did. Other publications of Flavia Cosma that followed this one were represented by the novel The Fire that Burns Us, whose pages she took out of the country with great risks, the books Wormood Wine and Fata Morgana which also represent publications that appeared abroad. She left our seminar with the promise that she would return soon, and that she would share other information about her literature and, of course, about the Canadian space. The latter theme does not miss from any of her discourses and lectures, as she is a member of a Canadian association that promotes Canadian values abroad. When asked in one interview that I found published in one of the books of my teacher, Flavia Cosma mentioned that the Canadian state is very generous to her for her speaking in the universities about their multicultural policies. Cf. Balaj, (Interviu cu Flavia Cosma, in Rodica Albu, English in Canada. Representations of Language and Identity. 2006, 327-332). The spring of 2008 brought again the Romanian poet to the University of Iasi. This time she delivered a lecture about traditions and tolerance in the Canadian society. She talked to us about the unique experience Canada offers in what concerns the diversity in all fields of culture: language, nationality, religion etc. Flavia was happy to tell us that the Canadian society invites you to bring your contribution to their culture, and not to forget your national values, as the United States do. She also talked to us about the numerous organizations of art and literature that encourage immigrants to develop their talent and make it known over the world. She spoke to us with such emphasis as though she was a Canadian-born person herself. She was also proud to inform us that the nationality that is placed first in Canada in terms of level of schooling is represented by Romanian children. Just as she said in the interview I mentioned above, she feels at home in the plane, between the two de stinations: Canada and Romania. I had a great pleasure to accompany Flavia on a short walk around the city of Iasi. At the Metropolitan Cathedral she asked for an icon with Saint Anthony. She explained to me later that even though she is orthodox, she borrowed this saint from the Canadians, as he offers her great help, especially in the art of creation. For Flavia, the art of creating poetry is given by the Holy Grace, and she is thankful to God for the fact that a poem is sometimes written even before seeing the paper. This happens because Flavia does not write only on paper, but she writes in her thoughts, and she feels that something misses to her if she does not write on a certain day. This proves how great significance poetry and writing in general have for her. She left me in Copou, offering me one of her books, together with her Internet site. She advised me to visit it, to find more things about her and about Canada. I realized how much she loves this country from the simple fact that she also offered me a little red trinket with a maple leaf below and with the inscription Canada. She took such a pleasure when talking about her poetry that made me get closer to her poems and try to understand them. She said that her work is for everybody and that she dislikes being a hermetic poet. As soon as I started to read her lyrics, I also understood her double identity: she writes with the freedom of a foreigner, having a very open horizon, but she does not deny the Romanian soul. There are so many constructions in her poetry that are just untranslatable and even difficult to be given an English counterpart: lumină lină, vajnici duÃ…Å ¸mani, zborul-nezbor and braÃ…Â £ul mlădios are to be found in the poem entitled Anotimpul iubirii- The Season of Love. Flavias poetry abounds in such constructions that pose great difficulties when being translated, for she writes with her Romanian soul. Poems like Cà ¢ntec de seară, Durerea te à ®mbată, Noapte, Cà ¢nd singuratatea, which is a specific Romanian construction, and Se-n volbură vulturii were translated as Song of Evening, The Pain that Intoxicates You, Darkness, When Loneliness and Eagles Are Turning Circles. The poems of Flavia Cosma also abound in entire stanzas that are difficult to be translated, due to the Romanian context: Ah, pasăre, / Dulce te pleacă, / Lin te coboară, / Mamă gingasă, / Mamă năframă, / Peste iedul uitat in cà ¢mp/ de-astă-vară. The English version does not sound that musical, even though it renders the main idea: Ah, bird, / Bow sweet, / Come down calmly, / Gentle mother, / Kerchief mother, / Above the kid forgotten in the field / Since last summer. Another poem that seems not to have found its proper English counterpart is represented by America: E tulbure mierea / Prelinsă din faguri deschiÃ…Å ¸i dimineaÃ…Â £a. / Frate, de ce Ã…Â £i-e palidă faÃ…Â £a?. This poem was translated with the help of Don Wilson: The honey is like mud / Oozing from open honeycombs in the morning. / Brother, why is your face pale?. Besides this sort of poems, Flavia also wrote extraordinary lyrics that had an impressive impact in English: But on the roads of night I goad / The chalky-white buffaloes-for-burden / Circling hills, climbing, descending, / Seeking answers, breathing. This poem is part of the 47 Poems, the book that received the Translation Prize. I singled out Flavias case because I happened to be familiar with it, but, starting from that and from what I have been able to identify as tipycally Canadian, I can imagine a true cultural mosaic of ethnic voices writing between cultures. What I have no way knowing is to what extent these Canadian writers of various origins listen to each other and resonate with each other aesthetic preferences. As I continued to read the poems, I felt that poetry represents for Flavia the only thread that binds her to Romania. Writing poems makes her discover the unknown mysteries and convey them to the readers through her lyrics. A few lines above I made a mistake and I wrote potery instead of poetry. I believe that the only mistake consists of the fact that I missed one t, because this is what Flavia does: just like the potters make real pieces of art out of simple sand and water, she builds up masterpieces out of simple materials, such as words, because when it comes about working there is nothing for Flavia to love more than words.

The Drive-By :: Personal Narrative Writing

The Drive-By Many people have experienced a drive-by shooting before. Some are the victims and others are the people who commit these crimes. Either way, these shootings are very horrifying. You feel your adrenaline rush 100 miles an hour. People who can't run will soon find themselves hopping over gates and hitting roofs tops. The sad truth is that people die as a result of these shootings. Bullets don't carry names. They fly in all directions killing innocent people. I woke up one Sunday morning tired from the night before. My neighbor Sergio called me up to ask me if I would go with him to the car wash in Whittier. I got ready and left my house at about 12 o'clock. As I walked to his house, I noticed that the sun was bright and the sky was clear. "The day is too good to be true," I thought to myself and believed nothing could possibly go wrong. We got to the car wash and washed his car. The day was going fine. Then Sergio asked me if I wanted to go to East L.A. with him. I agreed and went with him. We arrived at his cousin's house and his cousin's friends were all drinking on the sidewalk. I felt strange to be there. I didn't know anyone except Sergio and his cousin. To top it all off, I was in a strange neighborhood with some gangsters that I didn't know. After being there a while, I noticed a grey van passing down the street repeatedly. I did not think much about it since it was not my neighborhood, and Sergio's friend did not pay much attention to them either. All of a sudden, one of Sergio's friends jumped off the hood of a parked car and yelled, "Trucha! Trucha!" (Watch Out!) As he shouted that, I looked up and saw the passenger of the gray van pointing and shooting a gun at me. I felt a tremendous cold chill all over my body, and began to run as fast as I could to the back of the house. All I remember is looking for safety. When the shooting was over, I went to the front and saw Sergio's cousin laying on the ground with his pants full of blood. We quickly got him into Sergio's clean car and drove to the hospital. We were driving much faster than the speed limit and running red lights while I tried to calm Sergio's cousin. The Drive-By :: Personal Narrative Writing The Drive-By Many people have experienced a drive-by shooting before. Some are the victims and others are the people who commit these crimes. Either way, these shootings are very horrifying. You feel your adrenaline rush 100 miles an hour. People who can't run will soon find themselves hopping over gates and hitting roofs tops. The sad truth is that people die as a result of these shootings. Bullets don't carry names. They fly in all directions killing innocent people. I woke up one Sunday morning tired from the night before. My neighbor Sergio called me up to ask me if I would go with him to the car wash in Whittier. I got ready and left my house at about 12 o'clock. As I walked to his house, I noticed that the sun was bright and the sky was clear. "The day is too good to be true," I thought to myself and believed nothing could possibly go wrong. We got to the car wash and washed his car. The day was going fine. Then Sergio asked me if I wanted to go to East L.A. with him. I agreed and went with him. We arrived at his cousin's house and his cousin's friends were all drinking on the sidewalk. I felt strange to be there. I didn't know anyone except Sergio and his cousin. To top it all off, I was in a strange neighborhood with some gangsters that I didn't know. After being there a while, I noticed a grey van passing down the street repeatedly. I did not think much about it since it was not my neighborhood, and Sergio's friend did not pay much attention to them either. All of a sudden, one of Sergio's friends jumped off the hood of a parked car and yelled, "Trucha! Trucha!" (Watch Out!) As he shouted that, I looked up and saw the passenger of the gray van pointing and shooting a gun at me. I felt a tremendous cold chill all over my body, and began to run as fast as I could to the back of the house. All I remember is looking for safety. When the shooting was over, I went to the front and saw Sergio's cousin laying on the ground with his pants full of blood. We quickly got him into Sergio's clean car and drove to the hospital. We were driving much faster than the speed limit and running red lights while I tried to calm Sergio's cousin.

Movie: The Birth of A Nation Essay

Tim Dirk’s review of The Birth of a Nation[1] is one of the most detailed and comprehensive reviews that has encompassed almost all the aspects of this masterpiece. This movie was made in 1915 by the producer/director D. W. Griffith. The story moves in the background of civil war affected America and are manifested in the form of lives of two families Stonemans and the Camerons. The pathos and miseries afflicted by the war are shown with close connection to key historical proceedings i.e. the growth and expansion of Civil War and the origin of the Ku Klux Klan.This film is also manifest   epitomize the historical justification for racial segregation. The movie tried to disperse the notions that Reconstruction was a disaster and African American can never be assimilated into white society. It further propagates the ideas that Ku Klux Klan emerged to restore the dominancy of whites in South that was at stake by uncontainable blacks. The film’s considerate depiction of whites lynching activities and emergence of Ku Klux Klan as messiah affirms the racial discriminations and notion of blaming the blacks for all evils in American society at that time. The Birth of a Nation further explores the two other themes related to post war era i.e. interracial sex and marriage, and the empowerment of blacks. Tim Dirk has analyzed all basic elements of the movie i.e. title, story, plot, narration, characterization, dialogue, motifs etc. Firstly, he takes into account the artistic and thematic aspects of the movies and then provides a brief synopsis of the story and at the end evaluates its technical merits. I agree with his overall verdict about the movies as â€Å"A controversial, explicitly racist, but landmark American film masterpiece† because despite its anti-black, it has introduced certain technical and artistic innovation for the first time in American cinema. Tom Dirk says that these innovations includes usage or ornamented title cards, the close-ups, the use of natural outdoors backgrounds, the wide-angle shot and panoramic long shorts. Director Griffith has further implied the amazing technique of parallels actions in a single sequence for example Gus’ endeavor to rape Flora and Ku Klux Klan salvage of Elsie and Margaret. He picturized the battle scenes in a way that hundreds of extras appeared as thousands. Dirk further pays homage to the work of Billy Bitzer, the cameraman of the movie who introduced the night cinematography with the help of Magnesium flares and the technical effects by camera iris i.e. expansion and contraction of camera’s circular masks. (Dirk, 2006) While analyzing the theme of the movie, he has rightly pointed out that Birth of A Nation is definitely one of the most significant contributions in nurturing cinema’s role as an art form. I concur with his stance The Birth of a Nation portrays some of the most chaotic and turbulent conflicts of American History. Dirk points out that the post civil-war period is picturised with colors of racial discrimination and African American are depicted as the cause of all socio-political and economic problems of the Reconstruction era. Dirk further takes into accounts set of components that must be taken into consideration while making a movie analysis. This set is known as MISE-EN-SCENE and includes Setting and sets, Acting style, costumes and lighting and asserts that in Birth of A Nation, ideological or symbolic information is conveyed through these particular setting. Overall, the review contains all the mandatory information about the story and provides an in-depth analysis of necessary paraphernalia of the movie. But it ignores the characterization by the author and its presentation by the actors and actresses. References Dirk, Tim. The Birth of A Nation (1915) Website:http://www.filmsite.org/birt.html [1] Initially it was released and premiered with the title The Clansman in January, 1915 in California but later on the title was changed to Birth of A Nation.

A Critical Review of the Introduction (pp.xi-xvi) to...

Introduction Franz Cumont’s introduction in Astrology and Religion Among The Greek and Romans, the Dover 1960 edition of the unabridged and unaltered original work published, by G P Putnam in 1912, is aimed at the general historical and theological audience. On reading Franz Cumont introduction it is obvious he is scathing in his comments towards the practise of astrology. Along with his contempt of the continuing growth in the belief of astrology and how, throughout humankind, intellects, academics and ordinary folk continue to show interest in it.1 It will be argued that Franz Cumont is outdated with his thoughts on the decline of astrology. He makes reference to the scientific discovery of the†¦show more content†¦This was difficult, but it was not impossible. 4 Therefore showing how Cumont’s comment; that the planets and their influences made no sense or difference to humanity after this new scientific discovery, can be considered as outdated. Nicholas Campion, author of Prophecy, Cosmology And The new Age Movement: The Extent and Nature of Contemporary Belief In Astrology†, also argues against this theory of the decline of astrology by explaining Patrick Curry’s distinction of a three tiered astrology in Power and Prophecy. A ‘high’ variety of astrology for the academics and Philosophers, a ‘middling’ astrology based on horoscopes cast for individual clients and a third the ‘low’ form of astrology mainly mass-produced chronicles. Campion suggests that Curry demonstrated that only the ‘high’ form of astrology declined and the ‘middling’ astrology dwindled in isolated cases, whereas, the ‘low’ form of astrology continued to grow.5 Illustrating once again that astrology did not necessarily decline or die with the scientific discovery of the heliocentric theory as Cumont suggests. Cumont continues to show his contempt for ancient astrological roots by suggesting that astral mathematics had been wrapped up in ancient primal superstitions and he is astonished it could be linked with intellectual