Shloka Parvatrao Period 2 U.S. History Honors 4 May 2012 Favorite Character: Glory In the movie Glory there were many inspirational characters that went against the normal behavior of the time‚ and acted out of honor‚ justice‚ and equality. Even when the North was against slavery and the South was for it‚ there were many people in the North who treated blacks as inferior to whites. They were not advocates of slavery‚ but they still believed that blacks could be considered as less‚ and
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BILL GATES : Transformational leadership models are grounded in a world view of self-interest. But the exclusive Pursuit of self-interest is found wanting by most ethicists (Gini‚ 1995‚ 1996; Rosenthal & Buchholz‚ 1995). Authentic transformational leadership provides a more reasonable and realistic Concept of self- a self that is connected to friends‚ family‚ and community whose welfare may be More important to oneself than one’s own. Burns (1978) discussed leadership as transforming‚ and on occasion
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Skinny‚ shy and awkward‚ teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father‚ powerfully built and 6’6’’ tall‚ was a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic‚ young Bill‚ a middle child‚ was no one’s idea of a natural leader‚ let alone a future billionaire who would reinvent American business. Born in 1955‚ Gates attended public elementary school
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Bill Gates is a hero that has a great impact on the world‚ he is a hero because he created useful technology. He started his own company‚ Microsoft‚ from scratch. Heroes have specific characteristics to fulfill their requirements. Heroes are often clever‚ promptitude‚ brave‚ and not afraid of taking risks. Promptitude is to be mentally quick and act in tough situations. Cleaver is how to know to act in very tough situation quickly as possible. Bravery is to take risks and not to be afraid of
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Millennium‚" no one else even came close to William Henry Gates III‚ founder‚ chairman and CEO of Redmond‚ Washington-based Microsoft Corp. Although he arouses as much animosity as admiration for his hardball tactics (there’s even a book about his mortal enemies: Gary Rivlin’s The Plot to Get Bill Gates‚ Times Books)‚ everyone‚ friend or foe recognizes Gates as the rightful Usher-in-Chief of the Information Age. It all started when‚ at age 25‚ Gates persuaded IBM to let him keep the rights to the DOS
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a foundation that supports other organizations who share its guiding belief that every life has equal value. Located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have an asset trust endowment of 36.2 billion dollars as of September 30‚ 2012. It supports grantees in all 50 states and 100 countries internationally in areas of global development‚ global health‚ United States program‚ and a smaller charitable support initiative sector. Bill Gates‚ Melinda
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William H. Gates (Bill Gates) is a visionary man who uses that gift to advance technology and extend the boundary of what software and machines can do. As a result of his work‚ he had widely influenced many peoples; and along the line he became the true entrepreneur. Bill Gates was born on October 28‚ 1955‚ in Seattle’s Swedish Hospital .He was the only son and the second of the three children of William Henry Jr. and Mary Gates. Bill grew up like any regular child‚ but he had a talent that distinguished
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Kathryn Dorr Eng. 122 September 9‚ 2013 Robot in Every Home Bill Gates‚ Co-founder of Microsoft has another dream similar to the one he had 50 years ago. His dream back then was to put a computer in every household in America. Back then‚ this never before seen industry that can change the world had a very foggy future and it had a long way before anything really significant happened. It was the computer industry and 30 years ago B. Gates and P. Allen were working on foundation for the information
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they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If you mess up‚ it’s not your parents’ fault‚ so don’t whine about your mistakes‚ learn from them. Rule 7: Before you were born‚ your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills‚ cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation‚ try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8: Your school may have done
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Case summary 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gate’s personality traits are for each of the Big Five dimensions? Compare the two. Big Five Dimensions * Surgency: leadership & extraversion traits * Agreeableness: traits related to getting along with people * Adjustment: traits related to emotional stability * Conscientiousness: traits related to achievement * Openness to experience: being willing to change and try new things Comparing (Xem cái bảng trong slide)
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