Friedman vs. Head on the Effectiveness of Online Writing *** ----- ----- The Effectiveness of Online Writing Courses (MOOCs) Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are one of the revolutionary trends in education across the world. Many controversies surround it with some education stakeholders viewing it as very costly but of little value. In addition‚ other critics consider it a cheaper model of teaching especially in higher education (Vimeo‚ 2014). Cheaper in the sense many students
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both Milton Friedman and Robert Almeder have strong opinions. Although their opinions are polar opposite they have valid arguments. The objective is to analyze both opinions from their perspective point of views based on the examples given in the text. A mixture of both positions would provide a common ground for all people involved. Friedman specifically states that the main objective of business is to maximize profits in any way‚ shape‚ or form as long as it is legal. Under the Friedman doctrine
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Management Genius: Peter F. Drucker By Md. Faruk Hossain (Faruk) Dear reader‚ there are many kinds of writings‚ many kinds of posts‚ that depict different kinds of tips‚ suggestions‚ etc. But I will try here to post something different‚ because there are really something differences to write. Actually sometimes there exist lots of geniuses in our invisibility‚ but we don’t know well about them though we did hear a little or knew the names of them. Today I will write about one of the best Management
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S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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less competitive with other countries in terms of employment‚ inventive ideas‚ and stronger education systems. In The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman‚ he divides globalization into three different eras‚ our current era involves individuals competing globally for jobs and power. Our world is only getting more competitive and making the world “flat” as Friedman describes. Meaning the world is now a level playing field for all countries to compete for the most power and success. As diverse as the Yakima
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numbers. Drucker explains us that the resources we have always been seen as limit to the human’s control over his environment but that now‚ thanks to management‚ it can be seen like a tool. Quote p.4: “resources have always been considered as a limit to man’s activities‚ a restriction on his control over environment – rather than an opportunity and a tool of his control over nature” The author tells us that management is crucial for the economic development of Western countries. Drucker takes the
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a profession and as a discipline as well. He also does not want to take management as a strict profession but to be more liberal which allows mangers to not only have skills and techniques but to also have the right perspective on them as well. Drucker does not look at management as something that one has one function but rather that it is something that has many functions. Each three of these functions work intertwined between each other all allowing them to improve what already exists and is known
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PHILPS Consumer Electronics division set up a joint taskforce to create a new audio format (i.e. Compact Discs) and thereon in 1984‚ the second wave of PAP’s were born with SONY introducing the “DISCMAN”‚ a portable CD player. Further‚ in the 1990’s with computers becoming truly “personal” and with the wide spread adoption of the internet‚ music and its consumption too became revolutionized. The revolution was primarily on account of the introduction of a sharable digital audio format called MP
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Milton Friedman was an American Nobel economist and his major concern was in the fields of economics and statistics. According to the The Economist‚ Friedman "was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century." He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis and his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. According to the "Lesson of the Pencil" video on YouTube‚ Milton Friedman used the pencil to
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Rural places do not offer the same level of choice and in very isolated areas and one might be forced to commute long distances to find even a remote selection of the diversity found in urban centers. Still‚ despite this lack of choice‚ there are a number of positive sides to rural living in terms of quality of life. For instance‚ living in a rural area allows residents to enjoy the natural world more easily instead of having to go to parks. In addition‚ people do not have to fight with the daily
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