bodies live. (Barlow‚ 1996) <br> <br>You ’ve been living in a dream world Neo. This‚ is the world‚ as it exists today: Welcome to the desert of the real. (Morpheus to Neo in The Matrix) <br> <br>From Plato ’s "Charmides" to the Wachowski brothers ’ "The Matrix" (1999)‚ there is a tradition of writing in Western literature‚ which thinks about and imagines the city as either a utopia or a dystopia‚ or both. I believe that what such imagining allows us is to do is locate ourselves within a type of dialectic
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MOVING MOUNTAINS AT MARKS & SPENCER This case was prepared by Martin Christopher and Helen Peck of Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield University Bedford‚ United Kingdom. ABSTRACT Marks & Spencer had long been the doyenne of British retailing‚ its name a by-word for quality‚ service and value for money. Having turned in record profits for 1998 and accelerated its global expansion plans‚ things suddenly went horribly wrong for the retailer. Out-of-touch management‚ complacency in marketing
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The Matrix is a film that catches the eyes of theologians. There are many points of emphasis that can correlate to Jesus’ story‚ relationship between God and humans‚ and the trinity. Neo‚ the main character‚ is trapped in a dark world as a computer hacker. To think that he was the best out of everyone‚ he got a message saying that he was being watched. The police was then chasing him. Mysterious men in a black car saved him. The people who saved him explained to him that he isn’t really in
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POINT OF PARITY AND POINT OF DIFFERENCE These can be utilized in the positioning (marketing)[->0] of a brand[->1] for competitive advantage[->2] via brand/product[->3]. In essence: Points-of-difference[->4] (PODs) – Attributes or benefits consumers[->5] strongly associate with a brand‚ positively evaluate and believe they could not find to the same extent with a competing brand i.e. points where you are claiming superiority or exclusiveness over other products in the category. Points-of-parity
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INTEGRATION OF POINT OF SALE TERMINALS WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGH WEB SERVICES ERIK-JAN MONSHOUWER‚ RAUL VALVERDE University of Liverpool Concordia University ABSTRACT With the conventional POS payment transaction method‚ vendors are bound to a payment institute in their region and can only use relatively expensive dedicated or slow dial-up lines to their financial institute. This paper report covers the work to produce an architecture and a prototype that supports Point of Sales
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Management Consultancy International Diploma of Management Session 7 BSBHRM402A Recruit‚ select and induct staff Welcome back to the program! This unit is important because as managers‚ we need to be aware of all the facets of recruiting and selecting staff as well as inducting them in to the team. Even if this is not something that you do right now‚ it could become part of your role in the future. Why do you think recruitment and selection are such vital skills for managers? Take some
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Mark Pitts Peoplestreet is recruiting a VP of Business Development; Mark Pitts is the leading applicant. The company serves as a human resource and recruiting service. Their strategic purpose was to develop an effective‚ popular and updated online hiring search engine for employees called “LiveCard.” This is an example of horizontal related diversification. Their competitive advantage is low cost. They achieve product differentiation by providing updated and almost live information on each
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Compare and Contrast of Select Leadership Models Leadership comes in different forms and in different aspects of life from private business to government entities (Wren‚ 1995‚ p. 5). The models of leadership used are dependent upon the individual attributes of the leaders‚ for example traits‚ values‚ self-identity‚ skills‚ and competencies (Yukl‚ 2013‚ p. 136). A close look at select leadership models and how they compare and contrast with each other provides insight into the types of leadership
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that has been used throughout the workplace. The employer believes that the employee is there because of their own will and the work will be able to be completed. I have selected the will theory to demonstrate how it applies to my current workplace which‚ is training camp and the relationships that I have. This is a fitness camp that has about six instructors‚ two of them run the whole operation and the rest of us are there to be the head instructors extra eyes and ears. The way the will motivation
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The movie “The Matrix” is based on a storyline about Neo looking for a “difficult to find” man called Morpheus. A man considered to be very powerful and dangerous. Neo believed this man could answer his questions about the Matrix. The Matrix is a highly advanced society that manufactures humans‚ control what they perceive and consider reality. Neo meets a lady named Trinity who takes him to the underworld to meet Morpheus. There‚ they fight for their lives against a dangerous intelligent service
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