Cultural Materialism^ Othello‚ aed the Politics of Plausibility Alan Sinfield Alan Sinfield’s Faultlines (1992) is one of the best examples of Cultural Materialism at work. This chapter on Shakespeare’s Othello is an especially forceful rendering of the Cultural Materialist argument that texts are not simple registers of social power. Rather‚ they must necessarily harbor dissident‚ fractious energies that undermine the sense of cohesive certainty that ruling elites seek to impose on a culture
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Whether you loved Steve Jobs or hated him‚ whether you are a Mac or a PC user‚ whether you are an iPhone or an Android owner‚ there is one thing that there’s little doubt about: Steve Jobs was an amazing leader who expected and got the most out of those who worked for him. With his recent passing and the release of his biography‚ other leaders have gotten a chance to take a closer look at how Steve Jobs lived‚ thought‚ and ran his company. It’s an interesting opportunity to look at the inner workings
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP* Lead as I would like to be led. Exemplify a passion for excellence. Accountability‚ Commitment‚ and Integrity. Dare to be All I Can Be. Leadership IMAPCTS Practice … Preparation...Performance … Profess ionalism Leadership Begins with Self‐Leadership Begin with who am I? What are my values and Core beliefs? What kind of Leader do I want to be? What motivates me? What do I value? Student Leadership habits: Adapted from The 7 Habits of Highly
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Leadership Henry V This week’s lecture dealt with the theories associated to the skills approach to leadership. The skills approach can be thought of as very similar to the trait theory. In it we use some characteristics from a person to determine their leadership strength. The main difference between these two approaches to understanding leadership is that‚ while trait theory discusses personality characteristics in people‚ skills theory focuses on skills and abilities that these people possess
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that business would benefit from learning some management lessons from a surprisingly gifted governmental executive--Ronald Reagan. Those of us who had the good fortune of working for President Reagan witnessed firsthand the effective management style of an unusually successful chief executive. Here are 10 lessons that I learned from observing him in action. Lesson 1: Set Clear and Attainable Objectives‚ albeit Goals that Seem Difficult to Achieve. In early 1981‚ President Reagan set his sights
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Times Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Healthcare & Life Sciences Category (2002) The Economic Times Business Woman of the Year Award (2004) Leadership: The KMS way The Success MANTRA Listen to the little drummer in you who keeps saying break free‚ become large‚ build something memorable. • Strategy Leadership is about approaching opportunity through strategy. • Motivation – Motivating Oneself – Motivating others Mission or Vision?? All leaders need not be visionaries
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Attitude Reflects Leadership A leader is someone who is held to high standards and is looked upon to make decisions of his or her followers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a perfect leader because of the many attributes he demonstrated as President of the United States. He led this country through moments in history which consist of the Great Depression and World War II. There are six main qualities that define a good leader. President Franklin D. Roosevelt demonstrated such honorable qualities
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John Lomax and Alan Lomax collected‚ published and disseminated folk music and blues during the Thirties‚ Forties and Fifties. Discuss the importance of this work to modern popular music. Alan Lomax was known to be a legendary collector of folk music. A highly educated musicologist‚ he can truly be seen as a sort of pioneer in the recording and discovering of music. Put under the early apprenticeship of John Lomax‚ his father‚ he began a career travelling the southern states. Although they were
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novelty of life in the tropics/ to the novelty of large-scale sugar production? And to the novelty of slave labor?” Summary: Dunn’s book chronicles the settling and early growth of the first 3 generations of British colonists in the Caribbean islands. From a modest attempt to grow North American staples tobacco and cotton‚ largely with white indentures and their own labor‚ the islands quickly turned‚ with Dutch assistance‚ into great sugar plantations with large numbers of African slave labor and
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9-913-537 NOVEMBER 30‚ 2012 RICHARD G. HAMERMESH ALISA ZALOSH Sugar Bowl Shelby Givens checked her watch as she jogged along Raleigh’s Greenway Trail; she was running late again. Since Sugar Bowl’s launch‚ there simply were not enough hours in the day to satisfy the overwhelming demands on her time. Givens couldn’t remember the last time she went to dinner and a movie with friends. And though three months had passed‚ she still deeply regretted missing her college roommate’s wedding because of an
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