Should Toys Be More Gender-Neutral? This topic is one that does hit me close to home because I have a ten year old sister and a few other cousins younger than her. Though I did not really think about this topic much until now. It is the twenty-first century after all‚ shouldn’t gender-neutral toys be a thing? With this I researched this topic more with this help of my sister to learn more about. Though sadly I do believe that toys should be more gender-neutral even though they currently aren’t.
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Mattel‚ Inc. is the largest toy company in the world. This largest toy company in the world was founded by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler in 1945‚ as they started to produce picture frames. However it was Elliott Handler who had a visionary of a side business in dollhouse furniture out of the converted garage (Mattel). As a top company‚ the primary activities of Mattel are to design‚ manufacture‚ and market the toys. As the company’s sales growing slowly‚ Mattel started to produce varieties of
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children’s toys (Wagner-Ott‚ 2002‚ p. 246). Socialization begins from the day we are born and will continue until the day we die and since toys take place in children’s lives from the day they are born; it is safe to say that they play an important role in a child’s gender socialization (Wagner-Ott‚ 2002‚ p. 246). The nature of this project will be to compare and evaluate children’s toys on the basis of gender. I will be discussing the differences that are portrayed amongst children’s toys and what
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Toy cars have been played with by children for many years. Would one wonder the way a model or toy car rolls down a hill? One would think it would be because it has wheels‚ this is true but there is more to a car rolling downhill than it having wheels. Gravity is the force that is keeping all things on the ground. The heavier an object is the more gravity has an effect on its momentum. If you put a toy car on a downhill slope it will begin to roll because of gravity. The more the car weighs will
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form * Home Page » * Business and Management Jot Toy Case In: Business and Management Jot Toy Case   Note: This report is far more comprehensive than would be expected from a candidate in exam conditions. It is more detailed for teaching purposes.  T4- Part B – Case Study Jot – toy case – March 2012 REPORT To: Jon Grun‚ Managing Director‚ Jot From: Management Accountant Date: 28 February 2012 Review of issues
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Despite this‚ in many cases‚ children that have disabilities are neglected by their schools. As a society‚ we all want to make sure that these children are being taken care of. However‚ there is a large spectrum of students with disabilities‚ and more needs to be done in order to meet every individual’s needs. In some cases‚ they do not receive enough attention‚ and others receive so much that it holds them back from succeeding on their own. Generally speaking‚ students with special needs benefit from
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G.G. Toys 1. Do you recommend that G.G. Toys change its existing cost system in the Chicago Plant? In the Springfield plant? Why or why not? In the Chicago plant‚ G.G. Toys should change its existing cost accounting system from the legacy or traditional costing methodology to activity-based costing (ABC). In allocating overhead as a percentage of direct labor cost‚ the margins of 9% and 34% in the Geoffrey doll and the specialty branded doll #106 respectively‚ do not reflect the actual cost of
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Otis Toy Trains Company of Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ was extremely popular in the 1960’s‚ 70’s‚ 80’s‚ and somewhat the 90’s‚ however since then they have struggled to meet sales that cover their total costs. This lead to a proposal by the Joyous Luck Prosperity Toy Company (JLPTC) of China‚ who offered a price per unit of production to be between 40 and 60 percent lower than their current costs. When considering the attractiveness of this proposal‚ Otis Toy Trains must look at more details than just
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Toy A teddy bear A toy is any object that can be used for play. Toys are associated commonly with children and pets. Playing with toys is often thought to be an enjoyable means of training the young for life in human society. Different materials are used to make toys enjoyable and cuddly to both young and old. Many items are designed to serve as toys‚ but goods produced for other purposes can also be used. For instance‚ a small child may pick up a household item and "fly" it through the air as
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Mattel has been criticized heavily for having to recall not once but thrice in 5 weeks 20 million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose‚ potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel does not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing to Chinese subcontractors and clearly there are design flaws in the toys with the magnets that could come loose. Although many observers give the company credit for responding
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