Race and mass incarceration. It is a harsh topic for many‚ but Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th provides all of the background information needed for that conversation. On the other hand‚ the Selma director’s film manages to capture the depth and insidiousness of more than a century of cultural‚ societal and economic oppression along racial lines and then condenses it into a brisk 100-minute movie. Furthermore‚ unlike many films that surface the same conclusion‚ DuVernay pinpoints the injustice of
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Temporary-Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) – An Operations Research Software TORA is an algorithm i.e. a mathematical set of instructions or programs (mathematical-software). It is an optimization system in the area of operations research which is very easy to use. Further‚ TORA is menu-driven and Windows-based which makes it very user friendly. The software can be executed in automated or tutorial mode. The automated mode reports the final solution of the problem‚ usually in the standard format followed
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Global Finance‚ Inc. is an international organization with expansions in many states. In every state‚ the company has a number of sites and each site has several workers and customers. Offices are interconnected to each other and to the host organization. As an international organization‚ Global Finance‚ Inc. requires a robust network that can support its daily operations‚ a secure network system and efficient network management strategies. Normally‚ network choices rely on the company budget‚ network
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Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Front cover imagery The Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Ramform Sterling seismic vessel‚ which conducts seismic surveys for BP. Left image: the vessel working in the Ceduna Basin‚ Australia. Centre image: the vessel tows 12 streamers (pictured) behind it‚ each 8km long and equipped with hydrophones to pick up echoes from
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Term Paper Managerial Success Productivity is the essence of any work environment. Despite the type or arena of employment; workers produce something whether it is an object or an intangible item. Many occupational tasks are manual‚ clerical‚ or intellectual. Despite which type of task; a manager is responsible for the product‚ which is a large responsibility. Such responsibility necessitates skills such as goal setting‚ planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling. These four skills dictate the
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Anonymous | Managerial Accounting Career Paper | | | Managerial Accounting Career Paper What is managerial accounting? Managerial accounting provides managers with information to help control operations inside the company. Managerial accounting is sometimes called cost accounting‚ which is basically an expanded phase of general or financial accounting which provides management with the production cost‚ selling cost‚ or the cost of services that the company may provide. Managerial accountants
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INTRODUCTION Valve software is a successful entertainment and software company with over 300 employees. Valve software wanted to create a working environment that empowered their employees and gave them the freedom to be creative. What they have achieved is a very successful company that operates on a ‘flat’ structure where there are no managers or supervisors to report to and all employees are equals. “The company tries to keep its structure flat to remove or reduce barriers between the employees
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the company name] | FORWARD SOFTWARE | Settlement or Else? | | | INTRODUCTION Forward Software‚ Inc. is a software company potentially facing a copyright infringement lawsuit. The spreadsheet product Forward sells includes an optional menu navigation system identical to that of Focus Software‚ the original developer of the menu system. Forward’s spreadsheet product currently dominates the market. Focus Software is currently suing a smaller software company that has also used this
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The concept of elasticity of demand is made practical use of by the Finance Minister and the monopolist. When the Government imposes a tax on a commodity‚ its price will tend to rise. But if the demand is very elastic‚ it will considerably fall when the price has risen. The result will be that Government will not get larger revenue from this tax because the people will have considerably curtailed their demand for it. If the Finance Minister‚ therefore‚ wants to be certain of the revenue from a particular
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Chapter One HRM: Theoretical Framework Human resource is an increasingly broadening term that refers to managing human capital‚ the people of an organization. The field has moved from a traditionally administrative function to a strategic one that recognizes the link between talented and engaged people and organizational success. The field draws upon concepts developed in industrial/organizational psychology and system theory. Human resource has at least two related interpretations depending
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