Walter Benjamin‚ Jewish philosopher and cultural critic‚ once said‚ “History is created by the victors.” Assuming that this belief is true‚ the question becomes what then happens to the losers? Carlo Ginzburg presents a similar notion in his book “The Cheese and the Worms.” Rather‚ his notion is “history is created by the literate.” Historically‚ the population who could read and write was limited to the well-to-do upper class. This proves to be a problem for historians who seek to know more about
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position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. However‚ the qualities required of a CEO are not always in line with the training and experiences of a former CFO. Yet the CFO can bring many qualities to the CEO position to help a company succeed. What are the benefits to having a CFO as CEO‚ and what are the required qualities of a CEO that may hamper the CFO ’s success in this position?As the leader of a corporation‚ the CEO must be a well rounded leader. The CEO ’s key responsibility is "making
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EDLHODM/101/3/2014 Tutorial letter 101/3/2014 The educator as leader‚ manager and administrator EDLHODM Semesters 1 & 2 Department of Educational Leadership and Management IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3 2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE ..........
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“I am proud to be an Indian” India is a great country with many religions. It has rich natural resources and lengthy frontier with vast region. North has The Himalayas and south with the Hindu ocean‚ Bay of Bengal in the east and the west has the sea Arabian. It’s being administered with language wise partition. All are leading peaceful life with national integration. Enemy’s conspiracy is impossible with the unity of the nation. Festivals are celebrated here with memorable function. People
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DRAFT ADVERTISING PLAN 1) INTRODUCTION: The main Vietnam target audience for the Nissan Leaf is women‚ aged 40-60‚ with high incomes exceeding 1500 dollars per month These customers not only love gentle and silent cars‚ they are also worried about car pollution and prefer environmentally friendly products. They are the main influencers in their families to decide the suitable cars for their families. According to business monitor international (2012)‚ recently‚ rapid growth of the Vietnam economy
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Nissan Motors is a Japan-based vehicle manufacturing corporation. Since 1958‚ when Nissan entered the United States‚ it has been a major competitor among cars and trucks. Nissan now has headquarters for all of its major divisions all across the country; from Tennessee to California. Just a few of its divisions are Nissan Logistics‚ Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation‚ Nissan Data Center‚ and Nissan Design America. As companies expand and conduct business in other markets‚ a question arises‚ how can
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I read The Five Temptations of a CEO written by Patrick Lencioni. Lencioni breaks down that being a successful leader can come to practicing a few simple behaviors. The first behavior or “temptation” is being more interested in protecting your career status rather than making sure your company achieves results. An example of this would be the head of a nonprofit organization being happy with winning a large grant. A nonprofit shouldn’t be happy with winning a large grant unless the money was used
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For my Multicultural Project I selected the Japanese culture. I selected the Japanese culture because my sister in law is Japanese and I really don’t know much about her as a person or her culture. My interview took place with Satomi Kitabayashi Lane. I learned some things about my sister in law through this interview and research that I was unaware of before now. The first question that I ask Satomi was how do you personally identify? Satomi told me that she identifies as Japanese but not so traditional
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Meg Whitman‚ CEO of eBay Leadership and Organizational Behavior Transaction Leadership Transactional leadership involves motivating and directing followers primarily through appealing to their own self-interest (Hellriegel‚ D.‚ & Slocum‚ J. W‚ Jr. 2009). In this case Meg Whitman’s leadership reflects transaction leadership through the focus on basic management process of controlling‚ organizing and short-term planning. Hellriegel and Slocum mentions Whitman craves for statistics and
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executive officer of Exxon Mobil has many responsibilities and duties. The CEO is mainly responsible for carrying out the strategic plans and policies to keep Exxon Mobil moving forward. According to Exxon Mobil‚ the chief executive officer has to report to the board of directors to discuss the strategic goals of the organization and to evaluate the performance of the organization (Corporate governance guidelines). The CEO is responsible for the financial performance of the organization and achieving
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