3M Moves to a Customer Focus Using a Global Data Warehouse Dale Goodhue‚ University of Georgia Barbara Wixom‚ University of Virginia Introduction In 1995‚ 3M Chairman and CEO L. D. DeSimone along with his top management team recognized that the focus of 3M had to change. For nearly 100 years‚ 3M manufactured products to make life easier‚ safer‚ healthier‚ and more productive for people in nearly 200 countries. In the excitement of creating innovative products‚ however‚ 3M was ignoring its
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This week’s material was light‚ all of it relating to the rise of opera. To help understand the influences that allowed for opera to emerge‚ two late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s
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Despite his pugnacious appearance‚ the Boston Terrier is a lover‚ not a fighter. One of the few dog breeds to originate in the United States‚ the Boston was bred to be a best friend‚ happy to do just about anything as long as he’s with his human family. And he can go anywhere with them: not only is he a small-but-sturdy size for any situation‚ he’s one of the few dogs that’s always formally dressed‚ in markings that resemble a well-tailored tuxedo. The Boston can be happy as a couch potato or a canine
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“The Phantom of the Opera‚” has always been intriguing to me‚ it is now even more so that I look at it through a more educated musical lens. This musical expertly uses centuries old classic opera techniques‚ and musical elements‚ to create its enticing and captivating scenes. This short essay will include an analysis of the musical elements it uses to highlight each actors character traits‚ to set the scenes‚ develop the plot‚ and to bring forth the intense emotions it draws from the audience.
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Emphasis: Which HR Value Chain Elements Go into the Scorecard? Since the primary focus of HR’s strategic role is value creation‚ thinking about HR architecture means taking broad view of HR’s value chain. Just as a corporate scorecard contains both leading and lagging indicators‚ the HR Scorecard must so the same. Of the four HR architecture elements that we recommend including in the Scorecard- High Performance Work System‚ HR system alignment‚ HR efficiency‚ and HR deliverables-
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Even the upper-class colonist stopped buying luxurious goods from the British‚ and began living a cheaper lifestyle. 2) The Boston Massacre was an incident on a cold night in Boston‚ MA‚ on March 5‚ 1770‚ where a fight broke out between British soldiers and Boston civilians. The British soldiers had been stationed in Boston since 1768‚ and the people of Boston did not like this one bit. On that March night‚ men and boys started throwing rocks‚ snowballs‚ and oyster shells at the soldiers
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Byron Johnson Professor Briggs Music 24B 3 December 2014 Stop and Listen to the Music “War‚ what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” These are the lyrics from the 1969 smash hit titled “War.” Edwin Starr wrote this song in protest to the Vietnam War and it expressed many peoples’ feelings towards the war through a catchy melody. Music can have a profound impact on social politics‚ and can serve to connect people. Many of the songs written in the late 1960s captured the American public’s discontent
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The Boston Massacre was and is still a debatable Massacre. The event occurred on March 5‚ 1776. It involved the rope workers of the colonial Boston and two British regiments‚ the twenty-ninth and the fourteenth regiments. Eleven people were shot in the incident; five people were killed and the other six were merely wounded. The soldiers and the captain‚ Thomas Preston‚ were all put on trial. All were acquitted of charges of murder‚ however the two soldiers who fired first‚ Private Mathew Killroy
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In the song by Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars‚ titled “Billionaire”‚ the artists sing and rap lyrics that oppose practicing competitive elitism and individualism. In the music video‚ the two use a plethora of imagery and colloquial language to advocate being one with their audience. First and foremost‚ the video blatantly promotes a sense of belonging by having clips of the artists hanging out at a skate park and a beach with people who looks to be college aged. These two settings basically went back
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The Boston Massacre was one of the first massacres in the establish settlements. There is a question that long awaits an answer. Who started it all? Was it the soldier or was it the kids? I believe that the soldiers started it all. He shouldn’t have been swinging a sword around‚ they started shooting at innocent people‚ didn’t need guns to fix the problem. It all started with a drunk soldier. Alcohol is bad‚ lots of it is worst‚ and lots of it with a weapon is worst than worst. The drunken soldier
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