It has been said that many organizations today find themselves DATA RICH → INFORMATION POOR → KNOWLEDGE STARVED It can be said today that many businesses are “data rich”‚ meaning that they have more raw data than they know what to do with. Most data rich businesses also find themselves “information poor”‚ meaning that they are not getting any useful information or value from their data. This in turn leads to organization’s becoming “knowledge starved”. In today’s competitive business environment
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The Rich Keep Getting Richer Robert B. Reich was born in 1946 and is a Professor‚ activist‚ politician‚ and an author. He graduated from Yale Law School‚ John F. Kennedy Government School‚ and was a Rhodes scholar studying at Oxford University. Reich served as secretary of labor in the first Clinton administration and has a reputation of being a "conciliator‚ who can see opposite sides" to every question and solve them (Jacobus‚ 287). He has written many books‚ such as the Next American Frontier
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socialites of the East Coast‚ written from the perspective of the newly moved Nick Carraway. As Nick has just moved away from his upper class family in the Midwest to make his own fortune in the New York stock market‚ he finds himself to be the neighbor of the richest‚ most luxurious man on the island of West Egg: Jay S. Gatsby‚ who‚ at his incredible mansion‚ is credited with throwing the most extravagant parties his guests have ever seen. Across the bay from Nick and Gatsby sits the more fashionable
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THE RICH AND THE REST OF US: A POVERTY MANIFESTO By Cornel West and Tavis Smiley “Our intent with The rich and the rest of us is to make [people] think about the pervasiveness of poverty‚ its real causation‚ and the threat it poses to our democracy. We want to raise awareness about poverty and discuss how best to end it- in out lifetime. “(Excerpted from the introduction‚ page 10-11) When I started with this book‚ I had expected it to be a book on how depressing poverty is and maybe how
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University Graham Lecture‚ 2008 Why are some countries rich and others poor? Since 1500‚ incomes have risen in most of the world‚ however: • Incomes have risen fastest in the countries that were richer in 1500 • Consequently‚ world inequality is much greater today than in 1500 • In 1500‚ average income in the UK was only 30% higher than in India • Today‚ the average UK income is ten times that in India. The graph shows when the West got rich. 25000 GDP per head 1990 US$’s 20000 15000 10000
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"A Child Called It." Dave Pelzer is the survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California ’s history. Dave grew up with his two brothers and two parents. Catherine‚ Dave ’s mother‚ loved to cook exotic meals for her family and decorate their home in creative and imaginative ways each holiday season. She was full of energy‚ often taking her kids on tours of downtown San Francisco while her husband was at work as a fire fighter‚ exposing them to Golden Gate Park and Chinatown. Once‚
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I was able to make a comparison between this news article and the story “Spoiled Brats‚” by Simon Rich. Both mention the issues of enclosed animals and the neglect the animals face on a regular basis. In the story by Simon Rich‚ a school pet hamster‚ Princess Jasmine‚ is being neglected by the students put in charge of taking care of him. The teacher makes a draw to see who will be taking care of and feeding the hamster for the time being. Princess Jasmine is devastated to see that Simon‚ one of
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Rich Dad‚ Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter This book was written about a man who had “two fathers” ’ one who had a Ph.D and the other who barely finished 8th grade. One of the fathers was actually his friend’s father‚ but someone who the author looked up to and appreciated very much. The other father was his own ’ who he also looked up to and appreciated‚ but who did not teach him much about money or finance. The first lesson of this book is: the rich don’t work for money.
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In the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter the author who is also the narrator talks about how to educate yourself and your kids about money and how to control your money instead of letting it control you. The author grew up in Hawaii in a middle class family but had the chance to learn about money from his rich friend‚ Mike whose father in the book is referred to as his rich dad. The lessons concentrate on six major points of view that his rich dad taught him. He
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The Rich and the Kingdom of God There are 3 books of the Bible that include the Parable of the Rich and the Kingdom of God. Mathew‚ Mark and Luke‚ are listed to have the detailed dialogue between the rich man‚ Jesus and His disciples. When the rich young ruler came to Jesus asking what he could do to inherit eternal life‚ Jesus told him to sell all that he had and follow Him. The scripture goes onto to say that the young man went away sorrowing (Mark 10:17-31‚NIV). Jesus used this confrontation
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