That Vision Thing: Do We Need It? Michael E. Raynor T H E CEO OF IBM‚ LOUIS V. Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ was widely quoted in the press when‚ faced with the challenge of turning around the beleaguered computer maker‚ he said‚ ’the last thing IBM needs right now is a vision ’. 1 For a good many critics‚ Gerstner ’s comment was greeted with a heartfelt ’it ’s about t i m e ’ - - t h a t is‚ it is about time that a senior executive had the courage to speak up and put all that rhetoric about visions and
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"the most difficult thing I ever learned to do" Most pepole have learned many things to do and some of the learning is the hardest of the others . For me ‚The most difficult thing I ever learned to do in is how to live as an immigrant . Most of all‚The lack of English proficiency was a barrier to a better life.When I came to the United States ‚I couldn’t find any word to express my self in English.Learning english was not
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Nosleep_630-296-7536 I’m sure that all of you on /r/nosleep are used to the cry for help type stories by now. Help me‚ help me‚ blah-blah-blah. I won’t bore you with another. Even if I wanted your help‚ you couldn’t give it to me‚ because your help is useless. Why? Because you’re not a member. I just wish that I wasn’t either. It all started innocently enough. With a phone call. I’d been up for a few hours‚ unpacking and cleaning‚ waiting for the plumber to call. I just moved into a cabin and
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aspect in the lives of human beings‚ positively but more negativity arises. Summary The existence of Cell Phone and Internet is changing the way human does things. Back in the days‚ technology used to be for entertainment and communication purposes but not anymore. The plus side of these technologies is that it gives users greater mobility whereby they can work and socialize with others easily. Besides‚ working does not limit them to be confined in a cubicle; they can work anywhere as long as they
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Enron case 1. What activities and practices of Enron’s management team do you believe were unethical and/ or illegal? Concealing debt By using SPEs‚ Enron’s balance sheet understated its liabilities and overstated its equity and earnings. Enron disclosed to its shareholders that it had hedged downside risk in its illiquid investments using special purpose entities which were lies. Enormous spending Extravagant expenses were rampant in the company which included enormous salary expenses
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There’s something in all of us: the desire to do something with our lives. Unfortunately‚ most of has have learned to suppress that desire so much that we’re not even aware of it anymore. We fill our lives with so many activities that there’s just no time anymore to do something meaningful and there are good reasons for doing this. The first is that we often don’t even know what we’re supposed to do with our lives. While we have a clear idea as children we often get discouraged because what we
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How to avoid procrastination. “I’ll do it tomorrow” is a famous line that many of us use‚ especially when we don’t feel like doing something that does not need immediate attention. For instance‚ that English paper that’s due at the end of the week or the pile of dirty laundry left untouched for days or maybe even that doctors appointment you’ve been meaning to make since February. I was the Lord of putting things off until the last minute but what I’ve learned is that delaying things is extremely
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In his film‚ 1989’s Do The Right Thing examined all of the above and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. It was his third full-length feature‚ is one of the director’s most daring and controversial achievements‚ presenting one sweltering day‚
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the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things and virtue
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The documentary film‚ Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room It is a story about the greed in corporate America that is always exposed after the fact. The film examines the 2001 collapse of Enron. At the time of the collapse‚ Enron was the largest bankruptcy in history. The Enron story is one of money and politics‚ which are two areas that embody the culture of big business in America. The film does a great job of illustrating the laissez-faire culture that allowed Enron to rise to prominence while
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