HUMN303 - DeVry University- April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf vs. Barbie With Time‚ Brings Change HUMN303 - DeVry University- April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf vs. Barbie With Time‚ Brings Change Introduction Venus de Willendorf is a statuette that first appeared during the Upper Paleolithic period. The exaggerated carvings of the body parts were how the artists of that time viewed women‚ fat and fertile. History often takes from the past to reinvent the future. Today’s society has
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ever been made on qualitative data“ John Sculley- Ex-CEO de PEPSI y APPLE‚ • “The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday‚ not tomorrow. It’s like driving a car using a rearview mirror.” Bernard Loomis-Mattel •"If I’d asked my customers what they wanted‚ they’d have said a faster horse." Henry Ford-Ford Motor Company •"It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times‚ people don’t know what they want until you show it to them." Steve
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Running head: MANAGING CHANGE ETHICALLY Managing Change Ethically Argosy University Online Ethics in Business Managing change ethically has become a ubiquitous concern in organizations as they evaluate strategies to increase profit margins and remain competitive in their industry. Outsourcing and offshoring are common business methods used to manage economies. An increase in the use of outsourcing by U.S manufacturing companies in 2001 generated approximately 7.8 billion dollars in spending
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and nerd culture‚ there have been efforts to diversify them. For example‚ in the article “Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On” Ann Zimmerman discusses how women in the STEM field tried and succeed to get representation through Barbie. Mattel Inc.‚ opened a poll to let the people vote on what Barbie’s next career was. The options were: “architect‚ anchorwoman‚ computer engineer‚ environmentalist and surgeon.” Zimmerman writes‚ “Female computer engineers who learned about the election launched
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chemistry. Fluffy slime isn’t the traditional sticky slime. This slime is soft‚ squishy‚ and fun to play with‚ while maintaining a solid form. There’s different ways to play with it‚ you can stretch it‚ squeeze it‚ bend it‚ and put it back together! Mattel first created slime. It was mostly made of guar gum (polysaccharide) and borax (sodium tetraborate). The non-toxic green slime was made in 1976. Due to the history and past experimentations the experiment of “Fluffy Slime” illustrates the science
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money? What are the key success factors in Smart Union’s business? What are the major risks the company is exposed to? Smart Union is engaged in the manufacturing and trading of recreational and educational toys and equipment for OEMs‚ such as Mattel‚ Hasbro‚ and Megablocks. The company has diversified product classes including hard and electronic toys‚ soft toys‚ educational and recreational products‚ and sports products. The company’s major product line was hard and electronic toys‚ followed
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Imagine a time when being cool meant long hair‚ a slick car‚ and tickets to the weekend double feature at the drive-in. The 1960s made this dream the goal of teenage boys; near the end of the 2010s‚ if a person has similar things‚ they can still be considered cool‚ hip‚ and with the times‚ excluding the drive-in. Drive-ins are nearly extinct‚ so maybe just a normal movie. With its share of similarities‚ the 1960s did have profound differences in many categories. Some of these categories include
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Avatar was released by 20th Century Fox and was directed by James Cameron and has been one of the most anticipated movies of the decade that grossed over $2.78 billion worldwide. James Cameron had made sure that Avatar is nothing like what the audience has seen before. Avatar was released by 20th Century Fox in 2009. 20th Century Fox is one of the six major American film studios which produced some of the best grossing films of all time including the Star Wars and X-Men franchise. The director
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The Angry Birds characters have been referenced in television programs throughout the world. The Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet (in English: a Wonderful Country)‚ one of the nation’s most popular TV programs‚ satirized recent failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempts by featuring the Angry Birds in peace negotiations with the pigs. Clips of the segment went viral‚ getting viewers from all around the world. The sketch received favorable coverage from a variety of independent blogs such as digitaltrends
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competition with others. Some real-life companies that are competitors are Coke vs. Pepsi‚ Comcast vs. Verizon‚ Red bull vs. Monster‚ the more famous McDonald’s vs. Burger King‚ CVS vs. Walgreens‚ UPS vs. FedEx‚ Duracell vs. Energizer‚ Hasbro vs. Mattel‚ Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Starbucks‚ Canon vs. Nikon ‚ Netflix vs. Amazon and plenty of others. The first real-life company competitors that I will take a look at are Coke vs. Pepsi. They are both large corporations that distribute soda of different
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