Criticisms of Benchmarking Despite all of the positive recommendations for benchmarking cited‚ there are critics of the benchmarking proces. Wolverton (1994) states that benchmarking‚ as a cornerstone of CQI‚ is based only on current information‚ and may not give us the freedom and flexibility to see the future. In addition‚ Wolverton adds that this focus may relegate us to the role of follower‚ instead of leader. In writing about a related quality improvement technique‚ Business Process Reengineering
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She is oppressed in her marriage. In the hour of the story Louise realizes life is a many different things. She takes Brently’s death as a release emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. Seems Louise’s heart trouble is conditional to her relationship with Brentley and the marriage. I know from reading the story there is a hint of relief in his death. Louise only wants to be free of Brently and a bad marriage. There is never stated that Louise has no feelings or love for Brently only that the choice
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sober‚ goes down the stairs‚ into the living room to be greeted by ROSE and her friends: her boyfriend‚ JOHN; MARK; and twins LISA and LOUISE. JOHN and MARK look quite similar in that they’re both tall and have brunette hair‚ except MARK has the sides of his head shaved. LISA and LOUISE are completely identical‚ but have different colors. LISA has black hair‚ while LOUISE has blonde hair. ROSE Hey Charlie. I want you to meet my friends. This is my boyfriend John‚ and his best friend‚ Mark. JOHN and
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one of the feminist masterwork in the world. In the short story‚ Louise was excited that she would no longer have to bend to her husband ’s will. She was briefly described as "young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" (49). After she learned the death of her husband‚ she was sad at first. However‚ she quickly started to feel a kind of uncertain sense of freedom. The happiness‚ which Louise gained by the death of her husband‚ was so strong that‚ when she
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Colonel Weber‚ who is a U.S. Army officer‚ recruits Louise Banks who is a linguistic expert and physicist Ian Donnelly to discover why they have landed on Earth. He takes them to a camp near one of the spacecrafts. Louise and Ian start discovering their purpose of coming on Earth by understanding their written language. As Louise is communicating with them through their language‚ she starts to have flashbacks of her unborn daughter Hannah. Finally Louise get succeed to understand their language and find
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opposite. In The Story of an Hour‚ Louise says that her husband Brently is kind to her‚ yet she loves him sometimes. This is ironic because Louise states that she loves her husband only sometimes despite Brently being a kind husband. It is impossible to love a person sometimes because love is an intense feeling of deep affection; loving someone sometimes only means that person doesn’t love the other person at all. Another example of irony in the story is the fact that Louise is young and alive‚ yet young
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(Lakoff 627) If the two genders do communicate in the same way‚ there is bound to be serious conflict that usually involves violence. The movie Thelma and Louise tells the story of two women who have run away from their traditional roles as women. They have been put under too much pressure from society and especially men. Both Thelma and Louise feel a need to change their position in society and they do it by changing the way they communicate. This change in communication between men and women causes
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be seen as simple. This short story tells the tale of Louise Mallard‚ who has heart issues‚ learns from her sister Josephine that her husband‚ Brently Mallard was killed in train accident. Upon hearing this terrible news‚ she immediately started to cry before retreating to her room. In her room Louise Mallard goes through a profound awakening. Sometime later‚ Josephine goes and gets Louise from her room and upon going down the stairs; Louise is shocked to see her reportedly dead husband coming into
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throughout history. The story itself presents a valid argument in favor of Louise as she is portrayed as the oppressed wife finally set free after her husband’s death. In the beginning of "The Story of an Hour‚" Mrs. Mallard is just a typical wife. It is not until she hears of her husband’s death that she then simply becomes Louise‚ now an individual‚ no longer overshadowed by her husband. Following her husband’s death‚ Louise feels she will no longer suffer a "powerful will bending her" (14)‚ thus
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In “the story of an hour‚” author Kate Chopin develops the main character Louise Mallard initially as a submissive young spouse. Then the author develops the characterization of Louise Mallard‚ through her diction and imagery‚ into an empowered‚ freed “widow.” The diction used by the author is crucial to the development of the story. In the opening line the author refers to the main character as “Mrs. Mallard‚” and states that she is “afflicted with a weak heart. These choices of diction imply
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