The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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FHE INC. FHE‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of pumps and related fluid-handling equipment used primarily by the automobile‚ appliance‚ and construction industries. For a five year period sales and profits have risen due to aggressive new product introduction. However‚ aggressive new product introduction has resulted in bottlenecks in the engineering services department and a breakdown of communication and coordination among management and departments. There are several steps Lum Donaldson needs to adopt
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Steven Pinker has a voice all his own- engaging and amiable‚ but also informative and scientific. His light style provides an interesting contradiction to the heaviness of the topic he presents to us. It’s a tough question: where does morality stem from? Is it genetic? Does it come from the structure of our brains? We don’t get an answer‚ per se‚ allowing us to come to our own conclusions and wrestle with the evidence for ourselves. However‚ as we the audience read the essay‚ it doesn’t take a particularly
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Introduction Michael Stevens is a relatively new investor struggling to maintain profits in an uncertain economy. Recent conflicts and conflicting reports have left the Canadian Market muddled and somewhat divided. Michael capitalized on recent volatility in the market and has gained some unrealized profits. He sees a bullish economy returning in the near future but would like to ensure that his profits are maintained even through minor volatility for the next six months. He plans to do this through
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Economics: The Study of Incentives The book‚ “Freakonomics‚” written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ explores and explains the secret causes behind many economic situations. The main argument presented by this book is what economics really is: the study of incentives‚ and how people are rational‚ and will do whatever is in their ultimate best interest. Sometimes this will lead them to actions that are moral‚ and sometimes the very opposite. The first technique the authors used for
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Question: (Case 1-1 Google‚ Inc.) Where is the company most vulnerable‚ from a communications standpoint? Answer: Introduction To be a major competitor within the world of computer science and technology‚ you have to be innovative‚ creative‚ and crafty. Two of Stanford University’s very own doctoral computer science students‚ understood this idea all too well. Sergey Brin and Larry Page‚ cofounders of Google Inc. went on to do just that‚ by creating a web “search engine” that delivered
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Schindler’s List‚ is a 1993 American film‚ directed and coproduce by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian‚ based off the book; Schindler’s Ark. The movie focuses on a greedy German businessman‚ Oskar Schindler during the events of WWII. Building a company from scratch‚ hiring Jews to help make a profit‚ but due to the events of the war‚ he becomes a humanitarian and his factory slowly develops into a refuge for them. This is a historical movie based on the true story of Oskar Schindler
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Gull Products Incorporated Camosun College Summary Gull Products INC. is a small business in Moose Jaw that supplies commercial products to other regional business. A big multinational corporation‚ Delnex‚ has moved into their area and could possibly represent one of Gull’s biggest customers. Phil‚ the sales supervisor and the key decision maker‚ leads the discussion on how to acquire Delnex as a customer. The sales team has four member; Bob‚ John‚ Cindy and Joe. Bob has the most experiences
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Motorola Mary Pugh BSA 523 – Operations Management Averett University Dr. Bruton November 8‚ 2013 Motorola Solutions‚ Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc. following the spin-off of the mobile phones division into Motorola mobility in 2011. (motorola.com) Motorola Inc. was an American multi-national telecommunications company based in Schaumburg‚ Illinois. The company was founded September 25‚ 1928 in Chicago
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catastrophic views of the decline of our society leading to eventual anarchy and the destruction of our planet. The views of Kaplan on events leading us to eventual anarchy as “he addressed in the reading of The International Security Environment is crime‚ overpopulation‚ tribalism and disease.”1 I offer a different perspective by suggesting that the catastrophic events depicted by Kaplan will most likely only manifest itself‚ due to the resulting loss or massive food and water shortages or the dramatic
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