Characteristically supported by a fabric of decisions and commensurate processes‚ strategic endeavors undeniably necessitate thorough preparation to enhance their desired outcomes. On the whole‚ these pursuits represent outliers contrasted against the more commonplace decisions they diametrically oppose and can produce insidious consequences when gone awry. Since all decisions involve balancing a certain amount of risk relative to a reward sought‚ what about individuals exhibiting such profound aversion
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Plato’s Republic was a construct of an elaborate system that would put philosophy as the ultimate judge of good‚ and halt all ideas of political and social change.1 Popper goes on to argue that Plato’s vision of utopia in the Republic‚ was inspired by Sparta‚ because Plato saw Sparta as a perfect construct of the closed society.2 Popper accused Plato of laying the groundwork for totalitarianism by establishing a community in which individual rights and liberties are sacrificed for the community
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substantial destruction result in poor water flow to farmlands. The constant search for useable water drinks wells dry‚ making clean water seem like a luxury to the poorest parts of Afghanistan who rely on groundwater as their only source of water. The quandary of drought exceedingly cuts into agricultural production‚ where it was once possible to farm rain-fed crops without having to worry about the severe lack of water. Introducing and carrying out new strategies and campaigns to help cope with dehydrated
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According to Christian belief‚ in the beginning‚ god made Adam a man and then made eve a woman. He gave Adam a woman‚ not a man‚ so that the human race can maintain. For thousands of years homosexuality has been a sin or misconduct in many‚ if not all‚ religions. We are continually beset with this controversial topic and now have reached an age in where homosexuality is more open and widely received than it has ever been before. Now‚ gay men and women fight for the right to be married. In Christianity
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So‚ Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle walk into a Bar.......wait‚ wrong story. On a mid-summer’s morning‚ Spartacus‚ fresh from the labors of strife‚ arrived to commune with his close confidant‚ Crixus‚ as to the nature of a quandary that has vexxed him since the spring. As a tale of this nature is by its very root a circuitous and perplexing beast‚ I will forgo the usual battles of the third person and give an account as it was fostered onto me. To each gladiator of this narrative‚ I will
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Case 7 – Volkswagen of America: Managing IT 1. What is your assessment of the new process for managing priorities at Volkswagen of America? Are the criticisms justified? Is it an improvement over the old process? The new system of prioritizing IT projects to determine funding is a very efficient way of ensuring those projects that are critical to business strategy meet their financial requirements. However‚ the method of dropping entire goal portfolios simply because they ranked lowest in the
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The Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars In his 2015 article‚ Kirkpatrick introduces the reader to the topic of self-driving cars‚ broadly outlining the significance of their development‚ as well as some of the accompanying ethical questions that require careful consideration. Most importantly‚ Kirkpatrick highlights that the advent of self-driving cars comes with the serious ethical dilemma of how they should be programmed to behave in the face of an unavoidable accident. That is‚ it is inevitable
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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Plot: 1. RISING ACTION • In the summer of 1968‚ Tim O’Brien receives a draft notice. Despite a desire to follow his convictions and flee to Canada‚ he feels he would be embarrassed to refuse to fulfill his patriotic duty and so concedes to fight in Vietnam. CLIMAX • During their tour of duty‚ the men of the Alpha Company must cope with the loss of their own men and the guilt that comes from killing and watching others die. FALLING ACTION • After he returns
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Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community Causes‚ Preventions‚ and Treatments Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to the dysfunctional conditions of the heart‚ arteries‚ and veins that supply oxygen to vital life- sustaining areas of the body like the brain‚ the heart itself and other vital organs. Since the term cardiovascular disease refers to any dysfunction of the cardiovascular system there are many different diseases in the cardiovascular category‚ and many of these diseases
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Studies have shown that many people all over the world are unaware of where their food comes from. When an individual goes to consume a food product‚ he or she could be completely oblivious to the methods of manufacture‚ processing‚ packaging or transportation gone into the production of the food item. It is often said that ‘ignorance is bliss’ – perhaps this rings true in the case of food‚ its origins and its consumption as well. In such a scenario‚ eating well could seem like an unlikely prospect
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