I. Weaknesses of Existing Management Team Lack of Participatory Management Joseph Crugnale states that he likes to "own everything myself, so I don't have to answer to anybody." However, the restaurateur clearly needs help and advise of others to rescue his operations. Participatory management encourages involvement of stakeholders at all levels in analysis of problems, development of strategies and implementation (Weisbord, 1987). Constant Disregard for the Voice of the Customer Crugnale listens to his vision far more than what customers are asking for. The salad dressing example where he refuses to serve blue cheesing dressing to customers even though they are asking for it is one indicator. And, Crugnale's criticism of Bertucci's restaurant including the higher prices and emphasis on entrees comes at a time when the restaurant is enjoying higher customer satisfaction scores and substantially improved average unit sales. Brooks (2001) describes how co

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This paper on The Long Bitter Trail gives a review on Anthony Wallace's novel named The Long Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians. This paper examines the writing style and the main argument of the author. It also gives an analysis of the evidence used by the author to support his argument. This paper also outlines some quotes to support its claim.

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric (GE). Specifically, it will answer several questions about Welch, his management style, and his programs. Jack Welch's management style took GE from a struggling national organization to a highly successful global marketplace contender. He created a new, profitable company, and made many organizations around the world rethink how they do business.

Carson, Clayborne. In Struggle: SNCEE and the Black Awakening of the 1960's. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College, 1981. Carson's book is a detailed and documented history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, one of several groups dedicated to bringing civil rights to African-Americans in the 1960's.

Current Strategies: The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc., which was founded in 1981, was on a path of growth and profitability till 1994, when the company changed its trajectory on the premise that a new direction will result in accelerated growth. This, in hindsight, was a serious mistake as the company's new strategy resulted in a situation where expenses, funded by debt, were far higher than an increase in sales. Pre-1994, the company's focus had been on designing, manufacturing, and direct marketing teddy bears, made exclusively with American materials in America. An analysis of its products and services, however, reveals that in all likelihood, the popularity of the company's products was more due to the fact that Vermont teddy bears were old-fashioned, handmade, jointed, and made available in several sizes and popular color selections. Also, the company provided more than 100 different bear outfits that allowed customers to personalize their personal or gifted teddy bear. Several oth

Emile Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" is a tale narrated by an individual named Lockwood, who rents a house in Yorkshire, and learns the tales of two local families. He describes the landlord of Thrushcross Grange, his residence, as a brooding man named Heathcliff. Lockwood uncovers the history of Wuthering Heights from the housekeeper, Nelly Dean. The story takes place as a series of flashbacks through the life and times of the main characters, and the doomed love of the two main characters, Heathcliff and Catherine. Heathcliff comes to live at Wuthering Heights out of the kindness of one Mr. Earnshaw, where he meets Catherine (with whom he falls in love) and Hindley. Hindley jealous of Heathcliff seeks to make him miserable. The story focuses on the misery of Heathcliff, who ends up lonely and alienated, longing to be reunited with his dead Catherine.

Like all other fields, the insurance sector has also witnessed an onslaught of technology. Companies can set up not only paperless but people less branches that would handle the entire insurance operation. Insurance businesses are now looking forward to new and varied concepts in technology that gives a marked advantage to software companies. Many insurance agencies using technology to expand their business operations and increase the efficiency have also shown a remarkable business growth. Let us first understand how technology helps insurance companies towards their transition to a paperless office. "Paperless" is synonymous with digital imaging. It involves scanning and storage of pages and photos, and integrates them into a computer filing system. Once the domain of rich big corporations, digital imaging today has found place with small firms as well. Take the case of Cortes & Hay. For the last 30 years as their

Violence in any form never leaves a good picture nor does it help in organizing people to stand up for their rights. Even if we are members of a group that believe in raising their voice against non justice governmental act, it still doesn't give us the license to promote a violent act. A violent act creates riots, rallies and disrupted peace in every state. Why does everyone think that an angry voice being shouted can reach many rather then a gentle act which may attract a bigger audience ' Political Violence and Non Violence Living in a world full of violence and terrorism, there are many who think that taking action is the only answer towards such acts and few people, who believe that we cab control such actions and resolve the matter more peacefully. Yet these people are fear voicing their thoughts; what if someone thinks they are talking against the government or what if in order to take peaceful actions without creating violence,

The sports world has a plethora of products including pills, potions and tonics that provide loads of promises to give the athlete that winning edge. Their promises include improved performance, better endurance, increased strength and better recovery. These can be achieved by reducing body fat, increasing muscle mass and reducing chances of illness. These temptations are often used as shortcuts to success in sports and have found many takers in the sporting community. Nutritional sport supplements, many of which are endorsed by professional athletes, are becoming popular, especially among the adolescents. This age group is characterized by a thirst for quick results and a total lack of concern for consequences. The hard-core sporting fraternity is receiving the attractive assurances of these products with such enthusiasm, since in elite competition, minor differences can separate the winners from the

The painting of "The Oxbow" is on its surface merely a landscape, a portrayal of a meandering river that folds back upon itself in the shape of a bow or oxtail. Today, the work hangs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the section of the museum devoted to American Romanticism. The American painter, Thomas Cole, painted the work in 1836. This was during the end of the Romantic period of art in Europe, but only the beginning of the flourish of the Romantic Movement in American art. The painting's style, perspective, and ideological themes make use of European aspects of the landscape tradition and Romantic ideology, yet ultimately its rendition of these themes is quintessentially and uniquely American in the ways that it portrays the themes of humanity versus nature and the wilderness versus industrialization and civilization. In gazing upon the painting, the viewer notes that the painting is situated in its perspective in traditional Romantic style, and the gazer's perspective has

Promotion for the Customer: Because the company is launching a new product in the market, the first role of the advertisement is to make customers aware of the product. Therefore, the company will need to make the use of the television advertisements and print media. Both of these advertising avenues are critical to make customers aware of the opportunities of finding new products in the marketplace. In general, TV advertisement offers the availability of a new product; and print advertisement provides more details about the specification and use of the product (Garfield, 1993). Once customers become aware of the product, the company can also adv

Organizations have always looked for ways and means by which they could grow their organizations. Total Quality Management (TQM) is one of the many management models used for this purpose. Just-in-time, Theory of Constraints and Supply Chain Management have been used by organizations to improve their productivity and consequently their profit margins. This paper selects the tire manufacturing company Goodyear for analysis. History and Values of the company:

In his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman argues that America is moving from a print based culture to a video based culture. Postman notes that text based media force the reader to learn and consider information, while video is primarily a visual and entertaining medium. Further, he argues that this movement to a video-based culture has reduced public and political discourse to a form of entertainment. While Postman's analysis is largely convincing, he fails to provide meaningful solutions to the problems he notes, and his analysis often goes too far. Postman does not seem to give Americans enough credit for being aware and cynical observers of visual media. In addition, his claims can be countered by arguing that more Americans than ever before are literate, and that reading is a common, everyday activity. Postman further fails to note the importance of the Internet, which contains large amounts of text, thus damaging Postman's assertion that America

"A, b, c, d"â€"how could the creation of the linguistic confines of the English alphabet, that which is the source of our language, the source of the ability to communicate on this paper, on this computer, in this moment, be an act of misogyny' On the surface, the alphabet seems so innocent, so Sesame Street. The act of reciting the alphabet is one of the first education experiences of children in our culture. In the realization of the alphabet and of language's highest forms of the novel and of poetry, language seems infinitely inspiring in its potential for creative linguistic interpretation and creation. However, in his text The Alphabet versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain alleges that the creation of a text and language based culture limited the role of female development in out culture. Language evolved as an act of linguistic exclusion of the female, according to the author. In his first chapter, Shlain writes that literacy has promot

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Regarding the Pain of Others" by Susan Sontag. Specifically, it will contain a general review of the book. Sontag's book is a revelation in horror, but a revelation of the need for photography to graphically keep us aware of the world's most horrific happenings, too. She maintains modern photojournalism chronicles war, but in a way that numbs the viewer to the real, horrifying affects of war and violence, and that is one reason violence is so common in society today.

Sure, everyone thinks Hawaii is a paradise, and it is. Beautiful swaying palms trees, long stretches of white and black sand beaches, and warm, tropical breezes day and night. Hawaii is a paradise, but there is more to Hawaii. It's a special beach, off the beaten path and hard to get to that is the real paradise of Hawaii, and that beach is Secluded Beach in Hana, Hawaii. Lush, emerald, and quiet, that's Secluded Beach. You can stretch out on the pristine golden-white sand while listening to the pounding of rhythmic waves lapping at the shore, just a few feet from your tanned and contented toes. That rhythmic washing of the waves is the perfect sound to lull your senses into a deep and untroubled sleep, and when you awake, you feel fully refreshed and alive, for the first time in months. The air has the tang of salty freshness that only comes from the ocean, and the birds warble and chirp in the dense foliage that surrounds this magical and empty beach. Having the beach to yourself is a treat anywhere but in Hawaii, having a pristine beach to yourself is a miracle, and that is only one of the miracles of Secluded Beach

Immigrant experience in the United States has not been very positive. Assimilation was a major issue with the minorities when they moved to the US in search of better economic conditions. The whites normally did not accept or embrace the newcomers who were mostly colored and spoke a different language. To the immigrants, this was indeed a very harsh situation since on the one hand they needed to assimilate with the locals and on the other; they were shunned by Americans for various reasons. Immigrants have thus faced more than their fair share of troubles upon coming to the land of opportunities yet some managed to overcome them and gave us those enviable rags to riches stories but there were still a large majority that remained stuck in its poverty ridden neighborhoods and turned to the world of crime and drugs to gain some sort of control in the strange land. Besides the general public, immigrants found the entire political, economic, social and judicial system oppr

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze two works, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass, and "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen. Specifically, it will discuss the struggle for freedom in both works. At first glance, these two works could not seem to be more dissimilar. One discusses the life of a fictional woman who is disagreeable and selfish. The other chronicles the real life of a man who began his life in bondage and later spent his life lecturing on the evils of slavery and oppression. However, the core concept at the heart of both works is freedom, and how humankind will always struggle to be free, despite the consequences and the results.

Many classic accounts regarding "man against nature" adventures liken these adventures to conquest. A mountain, for example, is a force to be mastered or conquered. Reaching the summit is akin to a victory over the mountain. People who forge trails into the wilderness refer to "taming" the wilds. Through these terms, nature is presented as entirely subject to human will, as targets to be assaulted and subdued. For Jon Krakauer, however, nature is itself is possesses an archetypal power. Whether mountains or wilderness, Krakauer writes of nature with an imbued collective and spiritual energy. These places are physical reminders of a transcendent world to which most humans aspire. This paper examines Krakauer's portrayal of nature in Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. The first part of this paper compares how the author portrays nature as spiritual forces that attract seekers, not conquerors. The second part of the paper focuses on how nature assert

The most natural place to start a discussion on the Six Sigma quality improvement process is the definition taken from the General Electrics website, company that, as we know, applied this process to the highest degree. As such, Six Sigma is NOT "a secret society, a slogan or a cliché", but "a highly disciplined process that helps us focus on developing and delivering near-perfect products and services"[1]. In an ever growing and more dynamic business environment as the companies are competing in today, the customer plays a center role. As a company, you sell products or services. Making sure that you have a targeted market or a potential one, a defined set of customers to whom you can sell these products is a must. However, because of a dynamic business environment, this must is often not enough. You must make sure not only that you can retain the present customer base, but also that you can gain new customers in time and expand your business. In this

Tom Clancy is one of the most successful novelists today. Author of numerous best sellers, smash hits such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games" rallied him to the top, making him an overnight phenomenon. Clancy's main character, Jack Ryan, who first appeared in "The Hunt for Red October" has become a household name. Not only is Clancy a best selling author, he has become a merchandising machine as a result of numerous movies based on his books and the success of the Rainbow Six video games. Tom L. Clancy, Jr. was born April 12, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. While an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College, he dreamed of writing a novel someday.[1] Clancy worked as an insurance broker in Maryland until the mid-1980's when the story of a Soviet frigate's failed attempt to defect to Sweden, together with his deep interest in naval history, inspired his first novel, "The Hunt for Red October."[2] Interestingly, this novel was first publis

Comparative Analysis of Pride and Prejudice and Emma by Jane Austen âž
• Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse are portrayed differently by Jane Austen in the novels Pride and Prejudice and Emma, respectively. While Emma is portrayed as an influential and powerful woman because of her wealth, Elizabeth or Lizzy is considered as an average woman belonging to humble parentage. Indeed, Emma is described as a woman who has "the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself;" while Elizabeth is described by her parents as, "not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydiaâ€" âž
• Mr. Darcy and Mr. Knightly are characterized in the same pattern in both novels. Mr. Darcy, characterized as an individual who is "continually giving offense," and is also "haughty, reserved, and

Self-discovery is the predominant theme that appears in Jane Austen's novels, Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Emma discovers herself through other characters, which allow her to see herself as she really is and also cause her to mature. Emma values money and social position over matters of the heart. Elizabeth and Darcy illustrate how individuals must overcome their own pride before they can develop. Austen uses complicated relationships to illustrate the importance of humility. Her characters must undergo a certain amount of self-discovery in order to achieve happiness. Emma represents the upper-class society and has lived a somewhat sheltered life at Hartfield. We are told, "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty- one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her" (Emma 1996 299). This image of Emma is one of a