People that appear in the public eye such as political leaders and celebrities must create a persona for the people they are entertaining or leading. In Empire of Illusion‚ Chris Hedges discusses how he believes that artifice is a skill that anyone who is a public figure should have mastered. Without using the art of artifice‚ many public figures could not be where they are today. Since not using artifice will typically bore the people they are trying to persuade‚ it is essential for public figures
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Disruptive and transformational technologies typically appeal to segments of the market that are undeserved‚ and not to the main stream of the market (Shane‚ 2009). These technologies have the ability to make traditional tools and processes obsolete virtually overnight. In this paper I use Netflix as an example of a disruptive technology and Toshiba– NEC’s HD-DVD as transformational technology. I begin with a discussion of disruptive technology. Afterwards‚ I will speak on the success of Netflix;
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The author of the article “How to Influence People” is Dr Jeremy Dean‚ a psychologist. The article was posted on one of his websites‚ PsyBlog. In that article‚ he claims that it is vital for us to understand the three universal human goals in order to influence others effectively. The three goals are goal of affiliation‚ goal of accuracy and goal of maintaining positive self-concept. He describes the six common techniques of influence: liking‚ social proof‚ consistency‚ scarcity‚ authority and reciprocity
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Why do people feel that their lives are a series of traps? Do you feel the same? In what way? People feel that their lives are a series of traps because they sense that within their everyday worlds‚ they cannot overcome their troubles yet another trouble is about to come. They feel in their worlds they can’t overcome their troubles. They feel it because they are bounded by their private borders‚ their visions and powers are limited to their job‚ family‚ neighborhood‚ school‚ etc. Also when people
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How do people define a community? Some many define community upon several features such as ethnicity‚ race‚ occupation‚ gender‚ or on geography. Others many define community as a group of people that come together that have similar interests and ideas. “In the United States‚ we pride ourselves on rugged individualism and the pioneering spirit; at the same time‚ we believe in collective values” (Shea 259). Community remains a group of people that have the same interests and intentions and community
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KIEI 926 – PE/VC and Human Elements Final Exam Western States Optical Corporation Part I – Case analysis Based on the information given in the case‚ I would like to take below actions: 1) Hire Barry Fielding as the new CEO for Western States Optical Corporation (WSO); 2) Hire Barry’s wife‚ Betty Fielding‚ as the director of Marketing and Merchandising for WSO; 3) Leverage Meredith McDougall as CFO to keep an eye on the Fielding couple; 4) Remind Ron Weiner not to interfere new CEO’s business
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remake his past with Daisy‚ He messed up his own American-Dream‚ which was being successful. In Scott F. Fitzgerald’s Novel The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby past created an obsessive illusion‚ a vision of himself and Daisy living in a perfect world‚ in which lead him to destroy his own life. It is Gatsby’s ideas and illusions created by his past that blind him to reality. The authors use betrayal in the Great Gatsby to describe the characters to get what they want. Tom betrayed his wife by ignoring the
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William Paley’s View on the Watch and the Watchmaker. He was an English theologian and philosopher who lived in the 18th and early 19th centuries. He is best known for his influential work "Natural Theology‚" in which he presents the famous analogy of the watch and the watchmaker. With his argument‚ which is often referred to as the argument from design‚ which asserts that the complexity and orderliness observed in the natural world are symbolic of a divine creator‚ just as the intricate design of
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Case Instructions – Zeal Optical Michael and Wink Jackson are receiving advice from 3 different individuals/experts: Scott Jaeger‚ Laura Kornish‚ and Dave Maney. For this assignment: 1. Identify the problems that Zeal has. It is helpful if you list these problems in the first paragraph of your case write-up. 2. Think about it: If you were the Jacksons‚ what would you do to grow your business‚ i.e. what are your recommendations? Why? Be specific. You can use advice from one or more of the
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Thus‚ I do not know P. This is akin to the question posed by Descartes‚ and the inability to legitimately verify that our own experience isn’t an individual illusion/hallucination/delusion‚ despite our ability to verify its exist-ent ergo “I think therefore I am”. It is the table on which most every skeptic rests his hat in this re-gard. A simple argument of logic combined with the doubt of the
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