YEAR 12 ENGLISH ADVANCED “BELONGING” Belonging‚ what is it? I believe belonging is when you can say that you are a part of something‚ when you have a group or a club or even a lifestyle that other people share. In short‚ I believe that a sense of belonging can be found in the things or people that have shared the same experiences‚ both good and bad‚ because we can identify ourselves in those people. Today we will be exploring this idea of belonging in two texts; one is the of poems “Feliks
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Key Issues The key issue faced by general manager Shelby Givens of Westlake Lanes is whether or not to maintain the current practices of the business or seek new alternatives. She must convince the board that within her allotted one year‚ progress has been made in improving the business and ultimately convince them that profitability is in the foreseeable future and that their personal debt will be repaid. Analysis External Analysis: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Threat of new entrants:
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that outlines four different frames (perspectives) to assess organizational issues. How do the issues that Westlake Lanes face‚ fit within each of the four frames? Structural Frame: - Are there clear goals and objectives / vision / direction? – No‚ Sheila Givens consulted the employees personally and allowed them to create the vision statement due to the understanding of Westlake lanes. Also‚ the objectives were not clear due to multiple discrepancies including poor sales in food and beverages‚ and
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TO: Shelby Givens‚ General Manager‚ Westlake Bowling Lanes FROM: Exemplar #1 SUBJECT: Business Strategy for Westlake Lanes – Analysis and Recommendations DATE: March 10‚ 2010 1. Issues and Options Since 2004‚ Westlake Lanes has experienced declining revenues and increasing costs driven primarily market factors and an absence of effective cost and operations management. Despite the company’s recent turnaround under Shelby Givens’ leadership‚ it is not on track to repay the Board for
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strategy is not properly set because Westlake Lanes hasn’t identified the market’s new needs and trends at the same pace that the growth of Raleigh’s population has been developing. Facts: A business profile in a Raleigh paper stated that stepping into Westlake Lanes was like taking a step back in time. Shirley Smith said that the menu hasn’t changed much since late 1980’s. Between 2000 and 2010 Raleigh population grew 43% while the revenues for Westlake Lanes decreased 10% average annually for the
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Mrs. Monica Wilcox stated that she if an individual is considering choosing her career field they have to first ensure that they genuinely care about people‚ be patient‚ and have their own anger management and self control. She stated that she had parents walked in on her and yelled at her as well as cursed at her in her face. Mrs. Monica Wilcox stated that one day after counseloring a teenager that was having emotional and behavioral problems at the high school where she was. The child went home
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PEST - Brazil Political and Legal Forces in Brazil As the country is handling a program for economic growth‚ investors can access the support of the government in both financial and advising aspects. One potential barrier for the Australian energy producer is the presence of state-level federations. These are association of industrial companies that cooperates to achieve operational success and also to lobby effectively to the government. MERCOSUL is supportive to direct investments in the country
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The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby Which elements of the decade can be spotted in the novel? The 1920’s was a very special decade for the United States of America. Sometimes referred to as “the roaring twenties”‚ this was a time of possibility‚ new technology‚ of dreams‚ of a society with changing habits and ideals‚ and of prosperity. It was a time of celebration after a devastating war. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby manages to catch all these key elements‚ and as it sets part in 1923 it does not
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Carl von Clausewitz and On War Clausewitz was a part of the Prussian military in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a great military strategist whose strategies have been used and studied my many military commanders. Clausewitz’s description of war is still applicable to modern warfare. Clausewitz said that the side with the most force and the willingness to use it has the advantage. To this day the side that has the most force and uses it defeats their enemy. The United States has more force
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Brick and Maggie had been married since college‚ so you would think that what they shared was special‚ unbreakable‚ true love. Everything that they built became deferred when Maggie slept with Skipper‚ Brick’s best friend. We can’t really give a solid explanation as to why she did this because we don’t know her motivations‚ but she may have committed this act for various reasons‚ one being to shift any displacement in Brick’s mind from her to skipper. Perhaps she was trying to prove a point because
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