1. Briefly summarize the article. What is the main point or key concept in the article and how do you think it affects or influences you as a current or future employee? The article “Decision Making” It’s not what you think” (Mintzberg & Westley‚ 2001) is about making decisions‚ but using different approaches. When making decisions as stated in the article (Mintzberg & Westley‚ 2001 p. 89)‚ you have to: Define the problem‚ diagnose causes‚ design possible solutions‚ decide what’s best
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Introduction In the article “Why we need violent video games‚” Gilsdorf (2013) draws attention to the fact that violent video games are not the reason for aggressive behavior amongst youths; rather he suggests that they are an outlet for people’s aggression. Ethan Gilsdorf started out in journalism as a Paris-based travel writer and he is the author of the travel memoir investigation Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players‚ Online Gamers‚ and Other Dwellers
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GREG BEATO: Amusing Ourselves to Depth 1. Tim Keck started The Onion because “he wanted to create a compelling way to deliver advertising to his fellow students”. “Part of the first issue’s front page was devoted to a story about a monster running amok at a local lake; the rest was reserved for beer and pizza coupons.” (389) This shows that the newspaper’s direction towards “fake news” and advertisement. 2. The Onion is one successful newspaper because it prints 710‚000 copies of each
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In actuality‚ Adnan did not receive a fair trial. His Alibi is inconclusive‚ Asia’s story is inconsistent‚ and he fails to recall any specific details of what happened on January 13‚ 1999. Social media and text messaging does not exist in 1999‚ making it even more difficult to find tangible‚ concrete evidence to show his innocence or guilt. It is of utmost importance to analyze the situation from multiple perspectives.
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Linda: When we engage in the process of making room for it all‚ there is likely to be some things that need to let go of so that we are not cramped‚ and there is space for the new to flow in. This may feel like a sacrifice‚ but what we are letting go of may just be confining images of who we think are‚ and also of who we see our partner to be. It is so easy to get caught in the notion of the limited self that wants look good‚ feel good‚ and be right. An integral part of the process of making room is
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Adriana Zuniga LAS 377‚ Making a life vs. Making a Living When comparing the processes of making a living and making a life both differ very much‚ but both play a role in the process of finding true success as an individual. Making a living is geared towards plain survival. In our society plain survival would be to pay the bills‚ buy food‚ buy clothes‚ pay the rent…etc. The idea is to settle for the least possible in order to get by‚ or as we call it survival. Making a life is geared towards knowing
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In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ the author‚ Neil Postman‚ states that age of television has changed the way we view the world and the way we think. Of the two views presented in the book‚ Postman proclaims that Aldous Huxley’s visions are more applicable today than that of George Orwell’s. Huxley‚ as outlined in Brave New World‚ believed that people‚ too amused by distractions‚ would be made powerless‚ while Orwell‚ in 1984‚ believed that political tyranny would make us helpless. Postman’s
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The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History Edited by John Parker and Richard Reid Oxford University Press 536pp £95 Colonialism was predicated on the negation of African history or‚ as one of the two editors of this volume‚ John Parker‚ wrote in his African History: A Very Short Introduction (2007): a ‘general European perception [...] that Africa‚ especially Sub-Saharan Africa‚ had no history to speak of’. The emergence of sub-Saharan African history in both western and African universities
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Hutchins‚ B. C.‚ & Leung‚ M.-C. (2006‚ April 5). School adjustment and the academic success of rural African American early adolescents in the Deep South. Journal of Research in Rural Education‚ 21(3). Retrieved [date] from http://jrre.psu.edu/articles /21-3.pdf This study examined the relationship between end-of-year grades and the academic‚ behavioral‚ and social characteristics of rural African American youth. Participants included 392 7th and 8th grade students from 2 rural middle schools
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the current fiscal year‚ the Albuquerque Journal reported online Sunday. “It’s something we don’t want to [just] let happen‚ it’s something we want to take more of a leadership and ownership role in‚” Jacobson said. With its diverse and distinctive edible offerings‚ Jacobson said New Mexico is well-positioned to excel among the growing number of food-conscious travelers. “I think it’s an area where we actually have a competitive advantage and a right to succeed‚” Jacobson said. And while
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