The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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April 1996‚ Bill Lancaster‚ president of Black & Decker – Eastern Hemisphere‚ faced a difficult decision. He must choose one of two performance appraisal and management development systems for Eastern Hemisphere. One was introduced by Anita Lim‚ manager of Human Resources or ADP‚ US – who designed the Appraisal Development Plan (ADP) which provided each employee with feedback from subordinates‚ peers and supervisions. ADP had the positive impact on Black & Decker in the US‚ but some of the managers were
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Issues and Problems. Bill Lancaster‚ president of Black and Decker’s Eastern Hemisphere‚ was facing a difficult problem regarding the implementation of a new performance appraisal system. He had three choices to accept the modified ADP system developed by Anita Lim‚ manager of Human Resources to implement the ADP system adopted in the U.S. or to continue allowing the different sites to use variations of (MBO) Management by Objective plan. (ADP) Appraisal Development Plan‚ also called the 360 degree
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Read the case ’ Strategic and Organizational Change at Black & Decker ’ and answer the questions below. Each question carries 25% of the marks for this assignment. Questions How would you characterize Black & Decker ’s international expansion during the 1950s and 1960s? What strategy was the company pursuing? What was the key feature of the international organization structure that Black & Decker operated with at this time? Did Black & Decker ’ s strategy and structure make sense given the competitive
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1. What are Lancaster’s concerns for the future of the Eastern Hemisphere Organization? What problems does he hope to address with ADP? In 1995 when Bill Lancaster was appointed the President of Black and Decker Eastern Hemisphere his initial impression about the organization was depressing. There were some major concerns one of them is the management style that was followed. The current managers were using the Management by Objective (MBO) type plan which is believed to be outdated system that
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What Do You Really Want from Us? 你们究竟要我们如何做才能满意？ When we were the Sick Man of Asia‚ we were called The Yellow Peril. When we are billed to be the next Superpower‚ we are called The Threat. 当我们还是东亚病夫时，你们称我们为黄祸， 当我们被舆论宣传将成为下一个超级大国时，你们又视我们为威胁。 When we closed our doors‚ you smuggled drugs to open markets. When we embrace Free Trade‚ You blame us for taking away your jobs. 以往我们闭关锁国，你们走私鸦片来强行打开我们的国门， 现在我们拥有自由贸易了，你们又责骂我们抢走了你们的饭碗。 When we were falling apart‚ You marched in your troops and
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‘What do we learn from Juliet’s relationship with her father?’ 17.03.13 William Shakespeare’s‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ provides an insight of the experience of women in an Elizabethan society. The play was written in the late 1600’s‚ and is about two feuding families whose children fall in love. Their love leads to marriage‚ however‚ Juliet’s decision to marry Romeo was against her father’s will‚ this made life even harder for her‚ as in the 1600’s a women did not have the privilege to choose
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What Would You Do? Scenario 1- Della the Delinquent Cat Lady As the president of the board of directors of the cat shelter‚ I am faced with rather or not Ms. Della should remain as part of the staff at the cat shelter. There are several problems that have been brought to my attention and I feel that now is the time to figure out exactly what should be done regarding the matter. After‚ evaluating the situation and giving it a great deal of consideration‚ I have come up several solutions to
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Unfortunately I found out I was not a kinesthetic learner whenever I reached my junior year of high school. I assumed I was a pure kinesthetic learner. I thought I could only learn best when my body was in motion or doing something hands on. My entire life was a misconception until I reached adolescence. Transitioning from my sophomore year into my junior year I realized something. Out of all the different types of multiple intelligences the naturalistic intelligence fits me best because I like
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Wayne May Erin Rehberg DANCE APPRECIATION – DANCE 1000-D01 December 4‚ 2014 What Do You Dance? After the Swing Era and World War II‚ American social dancing cooled down in the late 1940s‚ in a shift from dance bands to concerts in night clubs. In Michigan I was a teenager that was used to my parent’s country music and dancing. Throughout the years of me growing up to listening and dancing to country music and some rock music my uncle listened to that was all I was use to until I became 14yrs old
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