HOMO HOMINI LUPUS Addressing Violence and Power within Societies “The problems of violence may be cardinal to a proper understanding of political life‚ yet the concept of violence remains elusive and often misunderstood”[1]. Scientists are asked to explain‚ define and describe the object of their studies‚ make questions and give answers helping people to be less scared about the various “world mysteries”. In social sciences‚ to define‚ to give an objective‚ almost scientific‚ brief description
Premium Sociology Michel Foucault Violence
1 Spandan Marketing as an Art of War Malini Pande ____________________________________________________________ __________ The true nature of marketing today is beyond serving the customer; it is outwitting‚ outflanking‚ and outfighting your competitors. In short marketing is a war where the enemy is the competition and the customer is ground to be won. Marketing battles are not fought in physical places but in the minds of the prospective consumer. The mind is the tricky terrain both difficult
Premium Guerrilla warfare War Marketing
POLITICAL SCIENCE 150: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Fall 2014 Mondays and Wednesdays 10am Stiteler Hall B6 Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-3:30pm or by appointment Professor Jessica Stanton Office: Stiteler Hall 214 Phone: (215) 898-7646 Email: jstan@sas.upenn.edu HEAD TEACHING ASSISTANT Ruolin Su suruolin@sas.upenn.edu TEACHING ASSISTANTS Julia Cramer Patrick O’Halloran Javier Revelo-Rebolledo Jeremy Springman cramerju@sas.upenn.edu pohal@sas.upenn.edu jrev@sas
Premium International relations World War II Cold War
In the aftermath of WWII‚ the United States found itself imbedded in a struggle to halt the expansion of communism. In doing so‚ the U.S. Military would be forced to protect its influence in nearby regions‚ its allies‚ and engage the communist forces of North Korea in 1950 and North Vietnam in 1965. In each of these initial engagements the U.S. Army‚ Task Force Smith in Korea and the 1st Air Cavalry Division in South Vietnam‚ stood heavily out-numbered against a very formidable enemy. Although being
Premium Cold War World War II United States
74 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT Case Study: Jack Welch’s Creative Revolutionary Transformation of General Electric and the Thermidorean Reaction (1981–2004) Pier A. Abetti This case study draws a parallel between the French Revolution and the GE ‘revolution’‚ according to three waves of transformation. We discuss the ‘hard’ effects on GE employees (strategy‚ structure‚ employment‚ rewards) and the ‘soft’ effects (culture‚ work climate‚ indoctrination). In parallel with the French
Premium General Electric October Revolution
what the Fechmeisters were talking about. The OODA Loop & HEMA C. VanSlambrouck "Knowledge is not power. Power alone is power. What knowledge does is provide the means to determine where to focus that power‚ for maximum effect." - Carl von Clausewitz [3] The gears of war turn throughout the Ages as combat perpetually evolves. This evolution of weapons and tactics does not include a change in the process‚ the intent or the results. Combat is violence and a constant series of decision (making)
Premium Fighter aircraft United States Air Force
The Great Conqueror‚ Napoleon Bonaparte Alexander Tat History 4B Professor Swanson April 09‚ 2015 When I ask you who the greatest conquerors in history‚ who do you think about? Is it Alexander the Great? Alternatively‚ is it the infamous Adolf Hitler? How about Napoleon Bonaparte? Who are these people? They were all very influential in their lifetime‚ but how did Napoleon stand out from the rest? We sometimes wonder what made this man a great conqueror. All great leaders have different
Premium Napoleon I of France Leadership Napoleon I
Is Realism an outdated paradigm in today’s globalizing world? Realism‚ as many scholars put it‚ is the most well-established theoretical perspective in international relations. It focuses on nation states as the main actor and power and self-help as drivers in international relations. It remained successful in satisfying the answers to the questions about the causes and effects of war. Realists figured war as an inevitable event in world politics. It was‚ however‚ challenged prior to the end of
Premium Cold War International relations World War II
Could Russia have defeated Japan in the Russo-Japanese War? If not‚ why not? If so‚ why and how? by Terra McIntyre Introduction This essay will examine Russia ’s advantages and disadvantages pre-war‚ war and post-war that could have changed the course of history and enabled Russia to defeat Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. Russia‚ despite major advantages in resources‚ military personnel‚ naval forces‚ and strategic depth‚ lost the Russo-Japanese War to Japan‚ a rising power whose
Premium Russia Imperial Japanese Navy
definitions in a variety of fields reinforce this view. For example: * In the military: Strategy is concerned with "draft[ing] the plan of war ... shap[ing] the individual campaigns and within these‚ deciding] on the individual engagements" (Von Clausewitz‚ 1976:177). * In game theory: Strategy is "a complete plan: a plan which specifies what choices [the player] will make in every possible situation" (von Newman and Morgenstern‚ 1944:79). * In management: "Strategy is a unified‚ comprehensive
Premium Management Strategy Evolution