Robert Tappan Morris created the first ever computer worm‚ and used it to‚ according to Morris‚ gauge the size of the Internet. Morris served no jail time‚ but rather was charged a $10‚000 fine and was assigned to 400 hours of community service time. Morris created the worm while attending graduate school at Cornell‚ and it apparently caused disruption for numerous computers linked to the Internet. Morris claims that he was not creating the worm with malicious intentions in mind‚ but he did get the
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3M’s Leadership Competency Model: An Internally Developed Solution • 133 3M’S LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY MODEL: AN INTERNALLY DEVELOPED SOLUTION Margaret E. Alldredge and Kevin J. Nilan This article describes the development of an executive-level global competency model at 3M. The work on this model was completed in partnership with the company’s top executives and a global team of in-house professionals. The competency model itself consists of 12 competencies and generalizable behavioral anchors
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Robert Morris‚ a founding father of the United States‚ signed the Declaration of Independence‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ and the United States Constitution. Not only did Robert Morris suffer from signing these documents‚ but so did the other 55 men who were involved. Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army‚ another had two sons captured. Nine of the
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The Genesis Flood‚ by Morris and Whitcomb is about how the Bible‚ “specifically the early chapters of the Genesis flood‚” explain the historical scientific story of the earth and the beginning of humans. Morris and Whitcomb argue that neither creationism nor evolution are scientific but more spiritual. The deepest source of knowledge for the text is scripture and the science and religion implication is an conflict perspective. Morris and Whitcomb believe that the bible is the only source that can
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Philip Zimbardo was a psychology professor at Stanford University. His plan was to set up a research experiment to study how people conformed to the roles they are given. The experiment was set up in the basement of Stanford Psychology building. Zimbardo’s goal was‚ “... to understand more about the process by which people called “prisoners” lose their liberty‚ civil rights‚ independence‚ and privacy‚ while those called “guards” gain social power by accepting the responsibility for controlling and
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Philips versus Matsushita Case Analysis Competing Strategic and Organizational Choices Erik F. Spear Lynelle C. Vidale Vannessa. D. Williams IMAN601‚ Section 9040 Dr. Mariana Feld November 2‚ 2010 Philips versus Matsushita Case Analysis Competing Strategic and Organizational Choices Introduction Royal Philips NV and Matsushita (owner of the Panasonic brand among others) are two of the world’s biggest electronics multinationals. After successfully building their global empires in
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What is core product? And what’s the relationship with core competence?A core product is not the actual product but can be defined as the benefit of the product that makes it useful to the purchaser. This benefit might be an intangible idea or concept connected with convenience‚ status or the ability to achieve a certain task quickly. This benefit gives the product value and meets the needs of the intended customer. The core product should be distinguished from the actual product and from the augmented
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CULTURAL COMPETENCY DEFINITIONS – A paper to inform development of Cultural Competency Framework for First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples of British Columbia‚ Canada Cultural Definitions in health care – what does it all mean? There are many definitions and iterations of culture in health care – all with different meanings but many with overlaps. In order to develop a Cultural competency framework‚ it will be important for stakeholders to agree on what ‘cultural competency’ means and the differences
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Byrd 1 Wesleigh Byrd Mr. Holloway Composition 11 8 March 2013 At the “Core” of Technology ! Traveling backwards along the timeline of how technology has impacted the day-to-day responsibilities of life can seem archaic to most. For quite a few years offices thought of the fax machine as the most expeditious way of transferring information‚ namely documents. This process of “sending” information often created frustrating scenarios resulting in a loss of time. A fax machine would have
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easier to recognize that life is meaningful. All theses approaches that are mentioned in Philosophy for Dummies answer the underlying questions‚ does life even have a meaning and if so what is the meaning. First looking at Nihilism‚ according to Morris “Nihilism is the ultimate negativity.” Nihilist view that nothing has meaning. There is no reasoning behind anything. Basically nothing is significant. According to nihilism you could try hard your whole life become someone important or you could
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