Larry Ross: A Manager in His Own Words 1) Larry Ross (not his real name) was interviewed by writer Studs Terkel over 30 years ago. Do you think most managers in the 21st century would describe their jobs in the same way? I think most managers in the 21st century would describe their jobs in the same way which is manager is a difficult job. Over 30 years ago Larry Ross described the corporation as a jungle in where everybody had to be alert‚ even the CEO. “You’re thrown in on your own and you’re
Premium Management 21st century
Machado 1 Robert Machado Professor Santillana WMNST 113 15 September 2012 Advantage to Some‚ Disadvantaged to Many White privileges are natural advantages shared exclusively by the White community. To identify common White privileges‚ Peggy McIntosh constructed a list of various White privileges she was granted for simply being White. Benefits included the peace of mind while shopping alone‚ seeing her race widely represented in various forms of media‚ and access to superior housings and locations
Premium Racism Race Ku Klux Klan
When most people think about the “American culture‚” images of Coca-Cola‚ hot dogs‚ baseball games‚ big cars and suburban mansions come to mind. But there is a deeper side to American culture than Hollywood and Disney World. Underneath the layers of TV advertising and hyper-consumerism‚ there is a cultural DNA that makes America what it is. Here is a brief look at several cultural “genes” that influence the way Americans think and act. Individualism Individualism is a way of life by which a person
Premium Religion United States Faith
Rachel Yaghar Working Essay The book Working‚ by Studs Terkel‚ contains many transcriptions of interviews conducted with people in the work force. These people discuss what they do to make a living and how they feel about doing it. The people interviewed for this book come from all walks of life. Some of them own and manage their own businesses‚ while others work for factories or other individuals. Maggie Holmes and Barbara Terwilliger are two people who have been interviewed
Premium Interview The Work Life
in today’s time. She also goes to explain that even patriarchal men are suffering because “If patriarchy were rewarding‚ the overwhelming dissatisfaction most men feel in their work lives- a dissatisfaction extensively documented in the work of Studs Terkel and echoed in Faludi’s treatise- would not exist.” In other words if being patriarchal led to a better life then so many men would not be experiencing such dissatisfaction with life. She then goes off to end her argument with explaining that men
Premium Rhetoric Rhetoric Feminism
Songs of the 20th Century The Twentieth Century exists as the start of the fast paced changing world the human race lives in today. Each decade of the twentieth century possessed its own great characteristics and because of this‚ each decade left significant changes in music from year to year. The 1920s‚ ‘30s‚ and ‘50s lived as three radically different decades based on values‚ morals and music. The mindset of the people living in these times transpired with completely different ideals and ways
Premium Roaring Twenties United States Rock music
LITERARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS TO DEFINE Allusion- An allusion is reference from one literary work to another. Most people use allusions in every day conversations‚ although they may not be aware of it. For example‚ Shakespeare’s famous line‚ “To be or not to be” has been used and reused in many different contexts. An example of an allusion from Week one’s reading assignments comes from The Hack Driver by Sinclair Lewis. During the story‚ the author makes reference the express man. He comments
Premium Metaphor Literature Meaning of life
Section 1 “Why I Quit the Klan” is a non-fiction story written by Studs Terkel‚ which talks about former Ku Klux Klan leader‚ C.P. Ellis. Ellis was invited‚ as a Klansman‚ to join a committee on how to solve racial problems in the school system. This committee included people of all different ethical backgrounds‚ including African Americans. He reluctantly accepted‚ however after a few short meetings‚ he was elected co-chair of the committee‚ along side of Ann Atwater‚ an African American woman
Premium Ku Klux Klan African American Southern United States
Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration‚ these only served to alleviate some of the problems but not end the depression. 1 Ronald Reis‚ The Great Depression and The New Deal (New York: Chelsea House‚ 2011)‚ 7. Quoted in Studs Terkel‚ Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression. (New York:
Premium Great Depression Wall Street Crash of 1929 Unemployment
Throughout history the lives of the people in the working class have not always been easy. People always work hard to earn money and support their families; however‚ people don’t always work in a suitable working area. The term “Blue Collar” is jobs that require manual labor from people. The problem with these kinds of jobs is that the places the people work in can be extremely unsanitary and may cause a bad working environment for the people in it. Blue collar work is also the work most people
Premium White-collar worker Slavery Blue-collar worker