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    Two Different Societies: Two Twisted Foundations Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orewell’s 1984 were both composed surrounding times of war in the twentieth century. The authors were alarmed by what they saw in society and began to write novels depicting the severe outcomes and possiblities of civilizaton if it continued down its path. Although the two books are very different‚ they both address many of the same issues and principles. In Brave New World Huxley creates a society

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    Robin Hood Case Study

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    to gain profits) * Obsolete strategy to generate revenues (Travelers started to avoid the forest not to have their goods confiscated) * Food shortage (the growing band started to exceed food capacities of the forest) * The growing strength of the rivals (The Sheriff was growing stronger and becoming better organized) 3) Do Robin Hood and the Merrymen need a new mission and plan? Is continuing with the present course of action an option or is that now obsolete? The old mission of

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    Cell Phones Being Bad As time passed and society grew larger and larger‚ so did the way we communicate to each other. We went from face to face interaction‚ to handwritten letters‚ to typed letters‚ to phone calls‚ to email. Now in the twenty-first century most of society has cell phones. With cell phones they have two different functions. One is to call and actually talk and the other one is to type what you want to say and send it to another person who also has a cell phone and receive it as a

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    New technology allows scientists to grow sheets of human skin in labs‚ products can now technically be tested on humans without the possible danger that comes along with traditional testing. Animal experimentation is now not only cruel‚ but also obsolete. “Epidemiology‚ cell culture experiments‚ and human clinical studies‚ as well as recent advances in in silico biology (computational modeling)‚ are all better suited to efficiently and safely uncovering the cause of a disease and its treatment than

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    Part I.c – Summary of Observations Including Assessment of Business Risk Based on the financial ratios calculated‚ it appears that Pinnacle Manufacturing (the “Company”) is both using up cash assets and increasing its debt. The Cash Ratio has declined each of the past three years indicating that the Company has a decreasing ability to pay its current liabilities from cash and will be required to liquidate assets to pay off current liabilities. The Current Ratio has also declined each of the

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    proper accounting. Many businesses have too much of their limited resource‚ capital‚ tied up in their major asset‚ inventory. Worse‚ they may have their capital tied up in the wrong kind of inventory. Inventory may be old‚ worn out‚ shopworn‚ obsolete‚ or the wrong sizes or colors‚ or there may be an imbalance among different product lines that reduces the customer appeal of the total operation. Inventory control systems range from eyeball systems to reserve stock systems to perpetual computer-run

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    value that these systems will bring to them. It is vital that they do not feel threatened by the prospects that these systems will result in their no longer having a position within the organization. Q2: The internet may not make corporations obsolete‚ but corporations will have to change

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    had to endure his mission‚ identifying the goals the organization wanted to reach and what was next. 3. What strategic options does Robin Hood have? Is continuing with the present strategy an option or is the present strategy obsolete? The present strategy is obsolete‚ he never put a limit now he’s on the edge. He has two options: decline or he reengineered his organization and make an analysis of his strengths and weaknesses‚ (SWOT Analysis) evaluate their opportunities and threats and then

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    ratio annlysis

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    turnover ratio has a relatively slight rise ‚ it also can be an indicator for the overstated inventory. As per the current ratio‚ overstating inventory allows qantas to avoid booking expenses and reduces the cost of goods sold. It could also indicate obsolete stock problems. Ratio Explanation Account Key assertion Explanation Current ratio The change in current ratio compared with the previous year‚ supports the idea that inventory could be overstated. As a decrease in inventory lead to a decrease

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    computer technology easily into their classrooms to take advantage of students needs‚ interests‚ and learning styles. The role of the teacher is to present information. Traditionally‚ the presentation is in the form of a lecture or reference to a textbook. A computer with PowerPoint and a digital projector can make presentations much more effective‚ engaging‚ and easier to deliver. PowerPoint can easily import outlines from Word. Templates and themes make it easy to format slides to make them more

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