The Crucible takes place in a very intolerant setting. The Puritans in Salem‚ Massachusetts uphold a strict theocratic society. In a theocracy‚ the community is governed by God and the laws revolve around what God says to be right or wrong‚ meaning people can be punished for sinning. Anyone who strays away from the set ideals or beliefs is punished and persecuted accordingly. The weakness in such societies is that the people in authoritative positions can become easily corrupted. In The Crucible
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The relevance of Arthur Lewis’ “Industrialization by Invitation” Model to Contemporary Caribbean society According to Nassur Mustapha‚ development is defined as‚ ‘the progressive process of human‚ cultural‚ political‚ and economic and social change‚ which shapes people’s lives.’ The southern countries and particularly the Caribbean have been classified as developing countries‚ which are still somewhat dependent on the metropolis’ which once colonized them. It was Sir Arthur Lewis who first formulated
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2.2 Conceptual Framework 2.2.1 Video-Based instruction Video is a medium of conveying knowledge in a verbal and visual form to be displayed. It is generally grouped along with television and films (Bada‚ 2006). Video is one of the most diversify and influential effective knowledge medium‚ it captures and presents information and offers a sensory learning setting that enhances learners understanding and retention of knowledge (Fern‚ Givan and Siskin‚ 2011). Similarly‚ Omiola et al (2012) view video
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Great Offshore Take Over Battle Prologue The battle to acquire Great Offshore Limited (“GOL”) saw aggressive bidding by two companies‚ Bharti Shipyard Limited (“BSL”) and ABG shipyard limited. Of these two companies ABG limited withdrew from the bidding race a day before it had to make an open offer by selling its stake to Edelweiss capital and others. After ABG withdrew from the battle Bharti Shipyard Limited paid approximately Rs 900 crores to complete the acquisition of stake in Great Offshore
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Management education is a great beneficiary of Indian economic reform‚ where transformation from state controlled market to free market is imperative. In India‚ MBA degree has been perceived as a way of achieving assured careers and sound wages at early stage of life. The ambition of Indian youth today is to get a job in the business‚ industrial or service sectors and settle down well as early as possible. No doubt management education is needed an infusion of professional ability but the given
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The history of philosophy is full with great minds that have had such great impact on humanity. Even in the present day‚ philosophers’ names‚ views on life‚ and the world are still remembered and passed down generation to generation. One philosopher is the man born in 551 BC in the ancient state of Lu in China. He is known in the east as K’ung Tzu or Kung Fu Tzu but in the west he is known as Confucius. Born during the depressing age known as the Warring States Period‚ Confucius grew up in a society
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Artikel: A conceptual framework for the design of organizational control mechanisms Problem: When a team of individuals produce a single output the problem arises on how to contribute the reward so that every individual is equally rewarded. This article examines three different mechanisms to deal with this issue: 1. Markets Markets deals with the control problem through precise measurement and reward of individual contributions. 2. Bureaucrats Bureaucrats rely on a mixture of close
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Relevance lost: the rise and fall of activity-based costing by: Nitza Geri & Boaz Ronen A Critique After having been exposed on how activity-based costing works‚ I am wondering why it is not adopted by all of the companies. While it is true that the debate between the traditional cost system and the activity-based cost system seem to be endless‚ here is paper written by Nitza Geri and Boaz Ronen that introduces another concept and that is global decision-making methodology or GDM. Through
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Learning Outcome 6 Identify and assess the relevance of the ‘product life cycle’ to the notion of employee engagement. Employee engagement can be viewed through the four stages of the product life-cycle Step one is the introduction of the concept of employee engagement‚ its principles‚ strategy for enhancing engagement and involving employees‚ process of change to ensure engagement is fully embedded into the organisation. Step two is growth and growing the concept of engagement through a
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Relevance of the communication cycle for effective communication in management The success of any organisation depends on efficient and effective communications‚ it is important for building and maintaining personal and working relationships within the organisation and with service providers and customers. The ability to express an idea is well-nigh as important as the idea itself. – American businessman‚ Bernard Baruch Effective communications is essential to facilitate effective exchange of information
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