Mulholland acted on behalf of Los Angeles interests to secure water rights in the Owens Valley. Set in 1934 Los Angeles‚ Jake Gittes‚ a former cop who now specializes in divorce investigations‚ meets a woman pretending to be the wife of Hollis Mulwray‚ the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Water and Power Company. Claiming that people have seen Hollis with another woman‚ she asks Jake to investigate her husband’s to see if he is cheating on her. It seems like a simple enough job. But it isn’t. The woman
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many of the employees that viewed Burton as a charismatic leader now saw him as a dictator and a manipulator. An example of his dictatorial behavior was when he was asked why there were no outsiders in the Board of Directors. His reply was since he was the founder and the largest shareholder of the airline‚ he had the power to determine what was in the best interest of the company. 2. Was Burton a charismatic leader in the company at this time? Arthur Burton leadership behavior took on many characteristics
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DATE : 10.11.2011 Issue in the case The main issue in the case is all about failing to manage success after successful beginning. The leader in Astro Airlines Arthur Burton could not maintain the growth of its company. Being visioner‚ dynamic‚ stirring speaker and inspirational leader of Burton could start the airlines with reduced fare‚ innovating ticketing style‚ low cost service to all who could not afford high price and the employee was ready to work even in the low salary
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influences their lives and personalities. Ian Christopherson‚ experiences abandonment‚ which in return‚ creates a lot of confusion in emotions for him. Arthur Dunn loses his father and best friend‚ resulting in immensely impacting his life. Lastly‚ Jake Dunn‚ Arthur’s younger brother and polar opposite‚ is also affected by the death of their father. Ian Christopherson‚ the son of Struan’s doctor‚ Dr. Christopherson‚ experiences the sudden leave of his mother‚ which not only affects him emotionally
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Applied Problems for WS#1 Mauricio Cordero Universidad Metropolitana ECON 519 Workshop 01 Professor: Jose Ortega January 23‚ 2015 1. Applied Problems At the beginning of the year‚ an audio engineer quit his job and gave up a salary of $175‚000 per year in order to start his own business‚ Sound Devices‚ Inc. The new company builds‚ installs‚ and maintains custom audio equipment for businesses that require high-quality audio systems. A partial income statement for Sound Devices‚ Inc‚ is show
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valid contract may exist. On the other hand‚ “acceptance” is a final and unqualified expression of assent to the terms of the offer (Barron‚ 1997‚ Fundamentals of Business Law‚ p 171-172). This will be discussed in relation to Carol‚ Jake‚ Bill‚ Mark and Peter. Firstly‚ Jake and Mark came up with the idea of making an advertisement in the The Sun newspaper on selling secondhand cars and other models at great bargains. It was an invitation to treat. An invitation to treat is the inviting of people to
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When a company focuses on routine operations there can be no further growth for it and its products hence the Management should project where the company will be in future. In a nutshell‚ focus should be on the long-term development of the company. Burton Snowboard and Accessories Company Management has set objectives‚ developed a plan policy guidelines that will see the company develop. Burton’s management credits much of the company success to its ability to respond well to change. Taking up new
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is arrested and chooses Jake Tyler Brigance to be his lawyer. However‚ this case turns into more of an issue than any one of them would have suspected. The KKK‚ a group of racist white men‚ becomes involved. The KKK get involved in numerous ways‚ by lighting wooden crosses on fire‚ one of which lights Jake Brigance’s house on fire‚ also by attacking Jake’s secretary‚ Ethel Twitty and her husband‚ Bud‚ ending in his death‚ and Ellen Roark‚ a law student who’s helping Jake with the trial‚ gets abducted
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the crime rate is probably higher in those areas. I mean i watched a lot of movies that takes place in Chinatowns. So anyway the lovely Jack Nicholson plays a character called Jake Gittes and he’s this cool‚ charismatic and smart ex-cop turned private eye. He’s a bit of a cynical asshole. Throughout the movie Jake solves mysteries and
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In “The Mock Caliph” Burton’s intent of foreignizing the story can be seen throughout the text‚ for instance when he uses the phrase “prayer-carpet of yellow silk” while Lyons uses “rug of yellow silk”. Burton uses the phrase “lute of Hindu make” while Lyons uses “made by Indian craftsmen”. Burton describes the mock caliph to “rent his raiment to the very skirt” while Lyons describes him to “[tear] his robe down to its hem”. Lyons can be said to be evading culture-specific descriptions‚ and giving
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