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    Only Canadian Literature in Grade 12 What is it that grade 12’s learn in English class in the country of Canada? The one thing that is not taught is Canadian literature. All across Canada‚ grade 12’s are being taught Shakespeare and other American or British playwrights. Sure the writings are excellent pieces‚ but how are they relative to our Canadian Heritage? This essay will prove that graduating students must be taught only Canadian literature in grade

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    in which we have stored American and British literature without considering our own. No wonder a Canadian student has problems appreciating their culture. Often the Canadian literature studied is very old such as Mordecai’s Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz or Lawrences Stone Angel. The novel Fifth Business‚ which was published in 1970 over 35 years ago‚ is still on many courses of study in Gr. 12 classrooms. Atwood’s Handmade’s Tale was published in 1985 over ten years ago. Again while most teachers

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    approval he wants from his family. Ironically‚ Duddy at the conclusion of the book‚ with his actions‚ disappoints them‚ making his search pointless. With his eldest brother‚ Lennie‚ in university to study medicine‚ the competition that Duddy has – especially because he is the unfavoured child - makes it difficult to win the approval of his father‚ Max‚ (pg 118). Duddy believes that if he achieves success‚ he will gain his father’s approval. Unfortunately‚ Duddy does not realise the means he wants to gain

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    errors leading to differing interpretations of the same events. The protagonists are Lyndon Brooks (Brooks)‚ an employee‚ and Jane Kravitz (Kravitz)‚ his new supervisor. An additional character is Chuck Taylor (Taylor)‚ a vice president who is initially the direct supervisor for both Brooks and Kravitz‚ until he reorganizes his department and has Brooks report to Kravitz. When reading each case individually‚ you can see how each person came to their specific point of view. The case from Kravitz’s

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    opportunity to begin anew and prove himself‚ and working for Kravitz was fine with him. However‚ beginning in Kravitz’s first staff meeting‚ Brooks felt as though he had been stereotyped as a minority. Seeing that his first assignment at Jensen Shoes was working on the African American and Latino lines‚ even though he had no professional experience marketing to these segments‚ and now being assigned these lines again‚ Brooks’ perception of Kravitz is that she may be coloring him as a minority that can

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    #2 – Jensen Shoes: Jane Kravitz & Lyndon Brook’s Story Case Summary : Jensen Shoes‚ a premium shoes company for children and adults‚ was founded in 1953. This company was known for valuing their human resources as much as products. In the early 2000’s‚ sale business began to gradually shrink. Sally Briggs‚ Vice President of marketing‚ was assigned to identify opportunities for new products and markets. Chuck Taylor‚ the director of strategic division‚ asked Jane Kravitz as the product manager of

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    this task to devise the new plan to Chuck Taylor‚ Director of Strategic Marketing. Taylor re-organized his group and established thee Strategic Product Managers Jane Kravitz‚ Kyle Hudson and Robert Murphy. Each was assigned to supervise a team of marketing professionals to develop the new marketing plan and strategy. Jane Kravitz was assigned casual wear. Her strategic performance objectives included marketing plan for several market vertical markets: African-American‚ Latino‚ Mature College‚ Pre-teens

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    Introduction Jensen Shoe explains a situation between an employee (Lyndon Brooks) and his immediate supervisor (Jane Kravitz). Here‚ both parties came into a situation with different motivations and perceptions. Brooks felt that he was being demoted by being taken off the line management and this interfered with his plans of advancing within the company. While‚ Kravitz also wanted to be a successful manager and have her team complete their task at hand. The initial working conditions started

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    PhoneDog v. Kravitz In 2012‚ a case emerged that put the ownership issue in the spotlight: PhoneDog v. Kravitz. Defendant Kravitz was an employee of PhoneDog. He was provided with a “company” Twitter handle‚ @PhoneDog_Noah. One of his job responsibilities was to promote his employer’s services and share company information through the account. Over 17‚000 people followed @PhoneDog_Noah. Kravitz later decided to leave PhoneDog and the company requested the return of the Twitter account. Kravitz refused

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    program for staff to motivate them in good and bad time. Analysis of the Engstrom Auto Mirror case will explore specific perception and motivation factors. Finally‚ using knowledge of perception and individual decision making‚ suggestions as to how Kravitz and Brooks could have reacted better to the situation will follow. Analysis Due to the low productivity and profitability of the Indiana plant‚ the Engstrom family was threatening to close the plant altogether (“Engstrom”‚ 2008‚ p. 6). Bent described

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