effects. By Maureen Glabman Contributing Editor In 1995‚ Harvard business school professors Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower put “disruptive technologies” in the business lexicon by introducing the term in a seminal article in the school’s journal. The phrase described what happened in 1960‚ for example‚ when an unknown company‚ Sony‚ began selling an affordable transistor television that eventually replaced RCA’s vacuum tube. Soon it became apparent the transistor alone —the disruptive technology
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In the article‚ “Organized Greek Games”‚ the author‚ William J. Baker’s goal was to educate on the difference between Olympic Games as they are today‚ compared to Olympic Games as they used to be in ancient Greece. In this article‚ William Baker also described to us‚ the relationship between the ancient Olympic Games‚ and Greek religion‚ what some of the Greek philosophers thought of the Olympic Games‚ and the role of athletics in general‚ in ancient Greek Society. William Baker’s article‚ “Organized
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An article analysis “The Eternal Coffee Break” The headline of the article is “The Eternal Coffee Break”. The topic of the given article is about the idea that the office of the future may become more like home due to computers and electronic communications. The first paragraph deals with the advice from Frank Becker‚ a professor at Cornell University who studies the pattern of office work. His advice is connected with the idea that companies need to devote more office space to creating places
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CITY TACKLES HOW TO ELIMINATE POLLUTERS The article was written by Katherine Poythers and was posted on July 28‚ 2012. According to the author of the article‚ National City‚ a suburb in An Diego County leaders try to convince both homeowners and business owners to work together to get rid of the businesses that pose health and safety hazards to their neighbors. The main reason for the eviction is because National City is known to be one of the cities that have the highest asthma rates in San Diego
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Running head: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC The relationship between instrumental music participation and standardized assessment achievement of middle school students: Article review assignment Md Emtiaz Rony Kent State University Previous researches on understanding higher order brain functioning based on music as a main effect‚ have been explored a possible relationship between the area of a brain that stimulated by music and the same area that controls spatial reasoning
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The Effective Executive - Peter F Drucker If you are ever stranded on that mythical deserted island‚ and can only have one management book‚ make this the book. Peter Drucker died on November 11‚ 2005 at the age of 95. His life and work spanned sixty years and he left behind a body of knowledge and ideas that continue to influence all “knowledge workers” (a term Drucker coined back in the 60s) today. Drucker starts the book by stating that this book is about managing oneself and that executives
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Report Introduction The productivity of a company is strongly related to its people and its strategies. The Employees bring along a wide range of qualifications‚ abilities and knowledge‚ which might as well be useless to the company needs. Some of them identify with the company and are motivated in helping reaching goals‚ while others see the company as a vehicle meant to satisfy their own targets. This paper touches upon the importance of retention of the employees and human capital investment
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with respect to their abilities the Capacities to perform various tasks and also differ greatly with respect to specific Skills dexterity at performing specific tasks‚ which has been acquired through training‚To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible For talent is the mark of genius. (Henri-Frédéric Amiel‚ Swiss philosopher‚ poet‚ and Critic‚ 1856) According to (Adams‚ Renee‚ Heitor Almeida‚ and Daniel Ferreira‚ 2005)‚Theorists have long assumed that employees
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The academic sector for a pharmacist’s career therefore makes sense and the day-to-day role can be described as that similar to any other academic. The next area in which I worked was community. Primarily the pharmacist’s role here is to ensure the essential services stated by the PSNC are being delivered. From my understanding‚ this is what defines the pharmacist’s role in community. The location of community pharmacies will dictate what additionally services are available and the pharmacists
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In my article‚ "What Makes a Leader?‚" the author talks about how emotional intelligence is the key behind becoming a great leader. However‚ emotional intelligence isn’t just being able to know your emotions it’s much more than that. The author explains that emotional intelligence has four components to it. The first component being self-awareness‚ which is having a deep understanding of ones emotions‚ strengthens‚ weaknesses‚ needs‚ and drives. The author goes on to say that being self aware means
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