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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To Help or Not to Help: The Samaritan dilemma - Nivedita Ravi The Samaritan dilemma is a dilemma in the act of charity. This was proposed by James M Buchanan. According to this theory‚ when given charity‚ a person will act one of the two given ways: using the charity to improve their situation or look for charity as a means of survival. A similar situation arises when a country receives foreign aid. The donor country
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Culture is an integral part of the human experience and it highlights the fascinating differences in both individuals and groups of people. One can only imagine the kind of peaceful existence we would know if we were all aware and respectful of each other’s cultural values‚ but like many things in life‚ it’s easier said than done. The values and norms of one cultural group may be admirable in the sight of another‚ while simultaneously offend the members of the next subculture. Clear communication
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certain respects. When you travel you gain new ideas and experience new things. However you do not have to travel miles to expand your horizons‚ and there are many disadvantages associated with traveling. Travelling makes it possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means traipsing round an Indian mosque‚ or visiting an Egyptian temple. While traveling‚ you can learn new languages‚ which may increase your confidence. If you learn
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Journal of Holistic Nursing‚ “Holistic nursing focuses on health promotion‚ viewing the individual as a whole‚ body‚ mind and spirit” (McElligott‚ Leask Capitulo‚ Lynn Morris & Click‚ 2010)) so this knowledge that I have obtain will not only change the way that I do a nursing assessment but will benefit both my patients and co-workers as well. As a nurse I see this image of myself as an agent practicing excellent health care. As I am currently employed in a long term care facility I am
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is market-based by both product and geography. From Rodgers’ recruitment system to killer software‚ Cypress’ architectural features instill and maintain the company’s competitive and cutthroat culture. The tight control of the hiring process reflects the internationalization of Cypress’ competitive culture. The pressure and expectation for candidates to sign job offers on the spot demonstrates the need for employees’ to identify with the inherent values of the company. Hiring is not only a process
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83 The Romanian Economic Journal Strategies of Entering New Markets Mihaela Belu Andreea Raluca Cărăgin Entering new foreign markets may be achieved in a variety of ways. Each of these ways places its unique demands on the company in terms of organizational and financial resources. Most of the times‚ entering international markets is not a matter of choice but of necessity to remain competitive in new or established markets. Our paper is going to analyze the possibilities that a company has when
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and stay home with family. But despite all my protest it was set and we were going. <br> <br>For volunteers your day starts rather early we were to report to Thomas Jefferson Middle school by 10:00 A.M. sharp. As the thoughts ran through my mind of what to expect when we got there. I started to make up the crazy ideas that we would get there and all around us would be these drugged out‚ filthy‚ and uncivilized people. People who choose not to try or to make a difference with there lives. People who
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the overall objective is to implement new technology in the form of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in order to streamline workflow‚ provide safe and quality care for patients and remain competitive with other healthcare facilities in providing these components with the use of advanced technology. The implementation of an EMR is the desire of the physician group‚ WMS‚ who refuses to listen to the advice of the CIO and IT staff to implement a new system. But‚ the hospital has already
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Corporate-level strategy is focused mainly on the decisions over the scope of the firm ’s activities‚ mainly: product scope‚ geographical scope‚ and vertical scope. One of the myths of corporate-level strategy is that strategy formulation can be separated from implementationthat strategy is constructed first‚ then the appropriate management and organizational structure is selected afterwards. Unfortunately‚ this will result in a poorly designed strategy since it does not take into account the
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