CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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takes you through mystery and troubles of a relationship in this movie. You are shown what it is like to be stuck in your apartment and nothing to do but watch your neighbors. Also seeing how relationships were during the 1950’s and how Jeff (James Stewart) and Lisa Carol Fremont’s (Grace Kelly) relationship works and how you see who is in charge in the relationship and how their relationship goes from bad to good. In this movie it starts you off with a picture of Jeff’s girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont
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Review of the related literature The purpose of this study was to develop a concrete idea about the level of satisfaction of tourists who visited the Historical Spot in Corregidor Island. This chapter includes the opinions‚ reactions and reviews of tourists inside and outside the Phillipines who visited Corregidor island‚ The literature about the death march in bataan‚ malinta tunnel‚ the Filipino and American defenders‚ and the world war 2. Also included are the number of tourists visiting the
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Tony Nguyen The 1960s or "Sixties" were a highly influential decade for American culture. The anti-war movement‚ the new left‚ feminism‚ civil rights movement‚ and social revolution were among the notable movements at the time which had a drastic effect on American society. But why was there the need for movements in the first place? The outcry for reformation indicated that something was wrong with the political and social structure. The Counterculture revolution was the
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large industrial city in northernEngland. His real name is Gordon MatthewThomas Samir. His mother had a musicaleducation. She taught her son to the wonderful world of music by teaching him to play the pianofrom his childhood. An American drummer Stewart Copeland noticed him‚and persuaded him to do rock.He got the nickname "Sting" because he loved to wear black sweaters in a gold stripe‚ which made him look like a bumblebee. In 1981‚ Sting left the group‚and in 1985 he released his first solo album
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legitimacy and ethics of ‘fake’ news sources. Zinser begins by discussing if it is acceptable to obtain information from a humorous and often satirical news source (in this example‚ The Daily Show)‚ he points out that “the question isn’t whether Jon Stewart or the show’s producers and writers are morally corrupt people‚ but whether or not fake news is‚ on the whole‚ beneficial or damaging to society” (Zinser 363-364). In other words‚ he begs the question‚ can we really be an informed public that can
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Jose Perez P.4 8/20/13 Humorists and their Role “There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they’re called humorists.” Alen De Botton states that “the chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain but`to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly`” I agree with his opinion. Humorists are entertainers; even before written history they have always been essential to society. Comedians such
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Oftentimes‚ the American people expect the President to be a machine churning out progress in government and the country. However‚ we may occasionally forget that the president is a human being‚ just like every other American citizen. What makes the President the “President” is his personality‚ which has developed as time progressed. His personality is what makes him not a machine‚ but an admirable human being that paradoxically can represent what the government isn’t‚ a majority-rule entity.
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The X Theory and Y Theory Douglas McGregor‚ a social psychologist‚ introduced us to his famous X-Y Theory in his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise. Theory X and Theory Y are most commonly referred to in the field of management and employee motivation. McGregor’s theories‚ although over 40 years old‚ remain a basic principle from which to develop positive management. Both the X and the Y theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production. Theory
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