Objective 1. Reasons of success of John Lewis Partnership(JLP) We discovered that John Lewis Partnership owns the biggest department store chain in England. With $13.7 billion in 2011 revenues and 81 thousand employees‚ it would rank in the Fortune 200. With revenues (reference 撩s) up about 7.4 percent annually over the past years. It succeeds while providing fair compensation and giving employees control over the business. Why? Although the JLP is regarded as a kind of Employee ownership
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The Three Stages of Socialization Talcott Parsons saw socialization as the process through which‚ individuals developed and internalized a sense of norms and values. Parsons theorized that there were three stages of socialization‚ Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary. After one has gone through these stages of development‚ an individual may go through a re-socialization process‚ and this happens in different stages through life‚ for example; they retire‚ become unemployed or institutionalized. Parsons
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CHANGE TODAY BY CHOICE VS CHANGE TOMORROW BY NECESSITY Choice consists of a mental decision‚ of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. While a choice can be made between imagined options often a choice is made between real options and followed by the corresponding action. The route is then derived from information about how long each of the possible routes take. This can be done by a planner. Choices are of 4 types: Rational Intuitive Recognition based Combination
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------------------------------------------------- College Bound: The Changing Role of Parents Author: Janice Shaw Crouse Source: Concerned Women for America The New York Times advised parents of incoming college freshmen to drop their kids off‚ back off‚walk away‚ and move on so that their students can develop independence. In the article‚ parents who don’t hop in the car‚ return home and consider their parenting over are dismissed as super-involved or over-involved and are described as Velcro
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According to this theory‚ the aim of punishment is to educate or reform the offender himself. Punishment is inflicted on a criminal in order to reform or educate him. This theory is commonly accepted at the present time‚ because it is in harmony with the humanitarian sentiments of the age. This theory does not involve treating a person as a thing; a criminal is punished for his own good- not merely for the good of others. Reformation or education of the criminal is the aim of punishment. The
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It’s an honor to be here today to address HBS’s distinguished faculty‚ proud parents‚ patient guests‚ and most important the class of 2012. Today was supposed to be a day of unbridled celebration‚ and I know that’s no longer true. I join all of you in grieving for your classmate….today still marks a distinct and impressive achievement for this class‚ so please join me in giving our warmest congratulations to the class…. As a kid‚ I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas
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Thank you for meeting with me today‚ Ponyboy. You were once one of Tulsa’s “juvenile delinquents”‚ yet you became a hometown hero by saving the kids at the church. How has that affected your life? Well‚ it’s true that I once was a hood‚ but now I have a family and my brothers also and I am a author. What is your earliest memory of your friends? When we were hanging out when Johnny and Dally were still alive. How has the gang changed since Johnny’s death? We were sad but got use to it‚ we will miss
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story of Little Red Riding Hood. Because of the way American structure is set up‚ the story in this culture teaches the people told the story a lesson as well as has a happy ending. The American story of “Little Red Riding Hood” isn’t the only version of this story. As previously mentioned‚ there are stories that survive many decades and last through many cultures; this is one of them. However‚ they all have different names. There are also: Little Red Cap‚ Little Red Hood‚ The Grandmother‚ The True
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Red Riding Hood was a story from long ago and changed through the centuries. After reading the first story of Little Red Riding Hood I can say that I was not expecting the ending that it had. This would be frightening to a little child who reads this version of the wolf eating the people. Grimm changes the story a little for in the end the wolf does eat the people but they were saved in the end. The wolf was a very bad and misleading animal that led Little Red Cap/Little Red Riding Hood astray from
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John Dillinger was an infamous bank robber‚ some considered him as a dangerous criminal‚ and some called him the modern day Robin Hood. Dillinger was called "Jackrabbit" for his quick‚ and graceful moves during back robberies‚ and getaways from police. John Dillinger was born on June 22‚ 1903 in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. He joined the United States Navy in 1923‚ but he hated it and deserted after a few months. He was dishonorably discharged and moved back to Indiana‚ where he married a woman named
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