MGMT530 – Conference Decision Week 1 Case Analysis 1) Define the decision problem? The decision problem at hand would be how exactly we still continue with the conference at a new location given all the surrounding circumstances due to Hurricane Katrina. 2) What is the general nature of the problem? The general nature of the problem is that we do not currently have a conference location as we are nearing the eleventh hour due to a hurricane but last minute adjustments would risk losing
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Louis Armstrong’s performance of “(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue”‚ along with many of his other works‚ helped establish the “bluesy” feeling as part of Jazz’s harmonic foundation. In observing Armstrong’s performances‚ the meaning of his lyrics and the emotion behind the words are what helped makes jazz music so unique. Some of the lyrics that he sings‚ such as “I’m white… inside… but‚ that don’t help my case…” helped give Jazz expressivity as well as shows how Jazz could be very blue. Louis’
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represent the people he has lost. They also represent the struggle he has endured through out his life. On the side of Lil Wayne’s face there is a fleur-de-lis. Lil Wayne is from New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His neighbor hood was one of the most affected areas during Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane the city of New Orleans adopted the fleur-de-lis as a symbol to remember the storm. The fleur-de-lis represents his past. On Lil Wayne’s eyelids he has a tattoo that says “ FEAR GOD”. This tattoo shows
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the country and have paid registration fees already. Due to hurricane Katrina causing for New Orleans to be considered a disaster area it is impossible to have the conference in this city due to the devastation. If the conference is not a consideration there will be a serious impact on the company if the conference is not held. The conference is A large part of keeping current customers and obtaining new ones they are depending on the conference in order to drum up business. 1. Define the
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 the Zeitoun family could not decide on whether or not to flee or to stay in the city. In the end‚ Abdulrahman‚ more commonly known as Zeitoun‚ stayed behind and Kathy took the children to visit her family in Baton Rouge. What was his justification to stay behind? What happened in his past that gave him the faith to remain during the storm? The book‚ Zeitoun‚ answer many of these questions through anecdotes. Dave Eggers uses anachronistic anecdotes to
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JAZZ IMPROVISATION At the heart of jazz lies improvisation. Jazz improvisation is the process of spontaneously creating fresh melodies over the continuously repeating cycle of chord changes of a tune. Musical improvisation is the spontaneous creative process of making music while it is being performed. For example‚ improvisation is like speaking or having a conversation as opposed to reciting a written text. Most improvisation is structured‚ with certain predetermined structures shaping
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the flood. According to Wikipedia‚ the floods were so bad that they flooded over 27‚000 square miles which was double the volume of the amount of water in Niagara Falls. In April of 1927‚ there was 15 inches of rain that came down on the city of New Orleans‚ with floods up to 4 feet high covering some parts of the city. Wikipedia also states that the flood caused over $400 million in damages and killed 246 people in seven states. Clearly‚ the flood was destructive and did extensive damage to the cities
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and delusions of grandeur. Her poise is an illusion she presents to shield others‚ and most of all herself‚ from reality to try to make herself still attractive to new male suitors. Blanche arrives from her hometown of Auriol‚ Mississippi at the apartment of her sister‚ Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter)‚ in the French Quarter of New Orleans‚ on Elysian Fields Avenue. The local transportation that she takes to arrive there includes a streetcar route named "Desire". The steamy‚ urban ambiance is a shock
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actual words. He had done this before during instrumental breaks but never before on a record. He combined sounds of consonants and vowels with a skill‚ rhythm and phrasing that was able to convey a particular mood in the musical sequence. It was a new means to produce a musical sentence. Scat signing became one of Armstrong’s greatest contributions to American
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During the Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ it is believed that leaders decided to blow up the levees to save the cities and places that brought in the most money and instead try to direct the water towards the wetlands and marshlands. There are different ideas regarding this topic. It is said that leaders promised restitution to the people who would lose their homes. Many people heard explosions and reported it. Officials said they were transformers blowing up. There is more evidence that the levees were
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