What Is Grand Strategy?* by John Lewis Gaddis** Yale University When my colleagues Paul Kennedy‚ Charlie Hill‚ and I first began talking about setting up a grand strategy course at Yale in the late 1990s‚ at least half the people to whom we tried to explain this thought we were talking about “grant” strategy: how do you get the next federal or foundation grant? This misunderstanding would not have occurred‚ I think‚ during the fifty years of insecurity that separated the Japanese attack on Pearl
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outlawed motorcycle gang (OMG). The work a prospects must do‚ in order to receive entrance into the gang‚ is portrayed in William Queen’s Under and Alone. “After Queen spent twenty eight month as Billy St. John‚ a bearded beer swinging‚ Harley-riding gangbanger‚ the truth of his identity became blurry‚ even to himself” (cover). Billy St. John is known as the undercover cop with desires to enter and then expose one of the rowdiest motorcycle gangs called the Mongols. The Mongols were a motorcycle gang
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Ducati & Texas Pacific Group – A ”Wild Ride” Leveraged Buyout 1. What is the nature of the opportunity? Could the Ducati brand be expanded beyond motorcycles? Why or why not? TPG strategy is to invest in undervalued firms’ that usually have been poorly managed. The investments are made in privately hold firms that are either unlisted from the beginning or that is being delisted from the stock exchange under the LBO process. TPG wants to invest in firms with a “healthy” basis but that are experience
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The Grand Master of Sociopaths A sociopath is a person with an antisocial personality‚ usually a criminal who lacks a sense of moral responsibility. In the comic book‚ television show and movies; the character the Joker is the king of Sociopaths. He again and again commits crimes with no hint of remorse. The Joker has much charm. He charmed his way into convincing a psychiatric counselor into letting him out of his holding cell. He convinced her that they were meant for each other. This same
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losing power because of the practice of empowerment. Most of the managers waste time on dealing with minor issues. The general manager John Becker is sick of giving minor decision instructions to his subordinates. Organization – The Regency Grand Hotel Verbal and written complaints from the customers increase rapidly. The prestige of the hotel is replaced by negative feedbacks given by the public. The business is definitely losing money. *Relating to Organizational behaviour* concepts
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Michigan Motorcycle helmet law Hello‚ I am here today to talk to you about the Michigan Motorcycle Helmet Law. -This law permits anyone that is 21 years of age or older that has at least 20‚000 dollars in heath insurance and has passed a safety course in the past 2 years to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I am also here to persuade you that this law doesn’t have a person’s safety as the top priority. Just recently I have witnessed a motorcycle crash happen right before my eyes
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Grand Rapids‚ Michigan Most people don’t consider the amount of opportunity and excitement that Grand Rapids Michigan has to offer. Slowly‚ its getting more and more attention from media‚ but has yet to scratch the surface. Moving to Grand Rapids provides many conveniences that other cities may not offer. Grand Rapids is a great place to live because it has great food‚ many attractions‚ and a great overall cost of living. Much like many other places in the northern hemisphere of the United States
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Supply Chain Management System at Ducati The position of Information Systems in enhancing management of operation in the supply chain at Ducati Motor Holding S.p.a. Report’s length: 1995 words‚ 9 pages. AUTHOR Andrea P.F. A. Table of Contents Executive summary ............................................................................................................................3 1. Introduction...............................................................................................
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The Grand Canyon was once a part of a continental collision about 1.7 billion years ago when volcanic islands collided in the south west of America‚ where the North American plate is now. Mountain building occurred about 75 million years ago when the uplift of almost 2 miles in the region‚ (called a Laramide orogeny event) started and created the Colorado Plateau. The rocks in the Grand Canyon were igneous or sedimentary rocks before the collision of tectonic plates. The collision pushed the plates
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Layers of the Grand Canyon During the earliest periods of the Grand Canyon formation where we have Tapeats sand stone‚ bright angel shale and muav limestone it would appear that there was a relatively shallow‚ warm sea. This is indicated by the presence of Trilobite fossils found in this layer which thrived in that environment. Trilobites were early animals that had exoskeletons that are usually the only part of them that is preserved in the fossil record. They were marine bottom feeders who thrived
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