Major Essay II Culture and Values (final draft) The short story‚ “The One Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin is a metaphorical look at how we as a society are content to accept things the way they are instead of taking a stand for what is right. In the story Le Guin begins by describing a perfect utopia‚ from the “eighteen peaks burned with white-gold fire across the miles of sunlit air” to the “great water-meadow called Green Fields”‚ Omelas is a picture perfect city (Le Guin pg
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Core counselling skill 1: Unconditional Positive Regard - used to help separate actions and beliefs to ensure the client does not feel judged on their actions. This also helps to build rapport with the client‚ and to develop a good relationship with them. If a client feels judged‚ they are less likely to open up to the counsellor. Core counselling skill 2: Genuineness - will help to build rapport with the client and develop a good relationship with them. When a client feels the counsellor is genuinely
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amounts of income. Question Mark- growing rapidly and thus consumes large amounts of cash but because they have low markets shares they do not generate much cash 2. What are core competences? Core competences are critical capabilities to a business achieving competitive advantage. The starting point for analysing core competences is recognising that competition between businesses is as much a race for competence mastery as it is for market position and market power. Senior management cannot focus
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Marine Mammal Trainer/Biologist Mikayla and I decided to interview Irene Gilgoff from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. She is one of the most experienced employees there‚ being there for about fifteen years‚ marine animals are her life. The main parts of Irene’s job include working with the mammal’s hands on and taking care of them throughout the day. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center can be reached at (949) 494-3050 and is located at 20612 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach‚ California. Also
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McDonald’s Corporation 1.0 Introduction of the company McDonald’s is the world’s largest chain of fast food restaurants‚ serving 69 million customers daily. Since its founding in 1948‚ McDonald’s has grown from a family burger stand to a global fast-food behemoth operating more than 34‚000 local restaurants in 119 countries. 80% of the restaurants are owned and run by independent local men and women as the result of franchising. McDonald’s is known as a sign of globalization‚ as it operates all
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business strategy is identifying the organization’s core competencies. Therefore‚ an important part of strategic planning is identifying and predicting the core competencies. Core Competencies According to Prahalad and Hamel (1990) “Core competencies are the collective learning in the organization‚ especially how to coordinate diverse production skills and integrate multiple streams of technologies.” From their points of view the core competencies are the collective knowledge and skills
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Classification and Marine Biodiversity Important Background Information that you need to know and understand: (Understand the Key Concepts) Key words: binominal system of naming; science of classification is taxonomy; species; levels of classification (know them); dichotomous identification key; 5 kingdoms; etc… CLASSIFICATION Our oceans have a great variety of life forms. Thousands of new species are discovered each year. We need to identify‚ name‚ and know the biology of all the marine species.
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Congoleum Corporation Executive Summary In valuing the target company Congoleum after an LBO by First Boston found the expected free cash flows generated by this firm from 1980 to 1984. These numbers were based on values provided in the case. From there‚ we employed the Adjusted Present Value method to discount these cash flows because we assumed that Congoleum was varying its Debt to Equity ratio during those years. We discounted these cash flows by the required return on assets that was in turn calculated
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Marine National Park in the Gulf of Kutch is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh in the Jamnagar District of Gujarat state‚India. In 1980‚ an area of 270 km2. from Okha to Jodiya was declared Marine Sanctuary. Later‚ in 1982‚ a core area of 110 km2 was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act‚ 1972 of India. It is the first national marine park of India. There are 42 islands on the Jamnagar coast in the Marine National Park‚ most of them
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acculturation The process by which people in one culture or subculture learn to understand and adapt to the norms‚ values‚ life styles and behaviors of people in another culture or subcultures. For example‚ acculturation is the process by which a recent immigrant learns the way of life of the new country. Library services and materials facilitate this process. acquisition value The users’ perception of the relative worth of a product or service to them. Formally defined as the subjectively weighted
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