Movie critics and philosophers alike agree that the movie "The Matrix" is indeed based upon certain Platonic themes from Book VII of The Republic. In this story entitled "The Allegory of the Cave‚" he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age‚ all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen puppet handlers’ reflect
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The Functional to Matrix Transition Karen R.J. White‚ PMP RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN A CONSULTING ASSIGNMENT WHICH INVOLVED MOVING A LARGE ITS ORGANIZATION from an old-style functional-department organization structure towards one more friendly to proj- Common Pitfalls ects. The project faced the sorts of challenges that are common when trying to realign organizational structure with the new realities of managing by projects. In addition‚ there were added cultural barriers because the company
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Directional Policy Matrix 1. Introduction Many large companies comprise several distinct divisions or strategic business units (SBUs). So one of the challenges facing the parent company of a multi-divisional company is to allocate resources to each division. So in order to make wise decisions on resource allocation‚ is there a tool that can assist senior executives determine the direction for each division or SBU? Actually there are two tools‚ the BCG matrix and the Directional Policy Matrix (DPM). We have
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The product-process matrix‚ developed by Hayes and Wheelwright in 1979 was designed to show the trade-offs in operations and marketing by linking product plans and process choices. The model is based on traditional trade-offs evident in a single manufacturing facility environment. The product-process matrix has been empirically tested‚ but improvements in operations flexibility by applying advanced technologies have caused many to question the model’s continued validity. In recent years‚ the environment
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11.3) Advantages of matrix organization The matrix organizational structure divides authority both by functional area and by project. In a matrix structure‚ each employee answers to two immediate supervisors: a functional supervisor and a project supervisor. The functional supervisor is charged with overseeing employees in a functional area such asmarketing or engineering. Project supervisors manage a specific and often impermanent project. They absorb employees from various functional areas to
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they considered watching television as a hobby instead of doing healthier and benefiting activities‚ such as reading‚ exercising or interacting with other. Ever since the television become popular with films and programs‚ more and more children began to get obsessed with watching television. Parents nowadays have become the prime targets of accusation. In fact‚ despite being the target of blame‚ they themselves were also unaware of the conditions themselves. On the contrary‚ the caretaker(s)‚ whom
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realize that the reality they are so familiar with has never been true‚ knowing that it is not true is the real path to being knowledgeable. The importance of knowledge is portrayed in both and Socrates’ “Allegory of the Cave” and Wachowski’s movie “The Matrix” in describing the inevitable pain
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT- ASSIGNMENT #2. Outcome | Evidence for the criteria | Detail criteria | Check | Understand the behaviour oforganisations in their marketenvironmentLO3 | Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businessesExplain how market structures in the above case deviate determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses | - Market type as one of perfect competition‚ monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly‚ duopoly.- Decisions of the company
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11/18/2007 Online Social Networks and E-Commerce Their Threats to Privacy and a Proposal for a New Blanket Privacy Policy and Accountability Infrastructure for Consumer Online Privacy Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung Table of Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................6 Background...............................................................................
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