Founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad‚ IKEA generated the sales of 23.1 billion Euros in 2010 through its operations in more than 38 different countries with 27 distribution centres. The IKEA Group has 280 stores in 26 countries and the remaining of the stores are run by franchisees (Berger‚ 2011). The business concept of IKEA involves selling high volume of mostly furniture products in low prices. Moreover‚ “with an aim of lowering prices across its entire offering by an average of 2% to 3% each year
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The sensitive periods "A child’s different inner sensibilities enable him to choose from his complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things‚ but leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light that shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world." The Secret of Childhood p. 42‚ Chap 7 A sensitive period refers to a transient state that children go through
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The Ordovician Period‚ which is best known for its diverse marine invertebrates‚ began 488.3 million years ago and ended 443.7 million years ago. As mentioned‚ this period is famous for its variety of marine life but also for the major Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event and Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction which began and ended the Ordovician Period. These extinction occurred nearly 488 million years ago and 443 million years ago and eliminated many brachiopods‚ conodonts‚ and intensely lowered
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1) What are the six sensitive periods? Describe each briefly. The six sensitive periods are: a) Sensitive to order b) Refinement of senses c) Sensitive to language d) Sensitive for walking e) Sensitive for small objects f) Sensitive to social aspects Sensitive to order: This sensitiveness to order appears to the child at their first year and it continues to the second year too. This is characterized by a desire for consistency and repetition. There exists a passionate love for
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The concept of a sensitive period‚ that is a phase during development when learning a particular skill can occur more effectively than later on in life‚ is well known in nature. A few examples are imprinting in ducks and song learning for songbirds (Clark 2009). The sensitive period is sometimes regarded as critical‚ implying that‚ once it is past‚ that specific skill can no longer be learnt. The idea that human language is normally acquired during a critical period was proposed by Lenneberg with
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The renaissance period and ideologies The renaissance period was highly influenced by artists who promoted religious ideologies. The word Renaissance in itself is means ‘rebirth’ or ‘reconstruction’. It refers specifically to the revitalization of the early renaissance in Italy in the fourteenth century‚ which eventually spread to England in the sixteenth and further north in the seventeenth. Christianity was the leading religion at that period of time‚ artists such as Michelangelo‚ Leonardo
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The Romantic Period (1825-1900) History The Romantic era developed from the social and political disorders that were post the French revolution. One major historical highlight of Romantic era was the death of Beethoven in 1827. In addition‚ people broke free from the government during the Romantic era and that brought forth many new artistic ideas. Individuals were now free to experiment with their passions‚ personal feelings‚ and they had the freedom to wonder. Because of this socio-political
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I am honored to be chosen as one of the medieval time travelers to witness the history in the Fifth Century. I found out that the people during that time suffered greatly due to disease and war. They studied‚ worked‚ and they played‚ just like we do today. I discovered also a huge gap between rich and poor. They had highly organized system of government and religion. There’s no doubt that our today’s modern society is developed from the past. Europe in the Middle Age saw a mix of Roman‚ Germanic
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My Method of Picking a College Prototype In the United States‚ the term “college” is a generic term applied to any postsecondary education. My concept of a college is a 4-year university‚ one that offers bachelor’s degrees in many academic disciplines. There would also be a graduate school and several professional schools‚ such as law‚ medical‚ and business schools. Heuristics In order to select the right college‚ I should evaluate each school on the factors that are most important to me.
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The Japanese Edo period is the time between 1603 and 1868 when ancient Japan was under the leadership of Tokugawa Shogunate. The period was marked with strict social order. One of the notable strict orders during this period was the rules that guided the marriage of women. There was a marriage between the higher authorities and the one among the common members of the society. The rich and high class were known as samurai‚ and a clear distinction of rules regarding marriage existed between them The
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