1 General Title + explanation : Miguel street The story is about people that live in Miguel street Author + background : V.S. Naipaul Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul‚ TC (born 17 August 1932) is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Bhumihar Brahmin[1][2] known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction‚ such as travel writing and essays. Naipaul was
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REINVENTING GOVERNMENT: THE IMPERATIVES OF INNOVATION AND QUALITY by Dennis A. Rondinelli Innovation and quality are concepts not frequently associated in people’s minds with government. Too often‚ government is seen by citizens‚ the media‚ and sometimes by public servants and political leaders themselves‚ as plodding‚ inefficient‚ bureaucratic‚ change-resistant‚ incompetent‚ unresponsive‚ or corrupt. Citizens often complain that governments provide services that are inadequate‚ inappropriate‚ inferior
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CASE STUDY#1 REINVENTING ERICSSON I. Background Ericsson a Swedish telecommunication company told us on how the it’s survived in order to maintain sustainability the company to compete with other companies and also how to develop the technology to support company growing up. Company still saw telecommunications as a long-term market business with reason most of the people around the world think that communications is not just important but a necessity. As a long-term business Ericsson
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Acar Niar April 15‚ 2000 Business Case: Nissan Reinventing Nissan 1) What benefits will Nissan gain if its procurement of parts is combined with Renault’s parts procurement on a global basis? Are there any costs to this change? What problems does Nissan create if it abandons the keiretsu system for purchasing parts? In what ways might the Internet facilitate this change? Ghosn’s plan to combine‚ centralize‚ and globalize Nissan and Renault’s parts procurement would cut
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Miguel Sanchez walks under the bridge every day hoping for spare change from incoming drivers. As Miguel walks to the bridge‚ he often wonders how his life could have been different if a magical place filled with books and Internet access had existed in his school days. When Miguel was seventeen-years-old‚ his parents immigrated to America. He begged his father to help him learn Spanish‚ but what money his father made from his job at his brother’s car dealership went to food and bills—not
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Reinventing Ericsson Ericsson had almost gone bankrupt when the dot-com bubble burst and the telecom market collapsed in late 2000. When Svanberg (first externally recruited CEO in 60 years) took over in April 2003‚ he launched yet another cost cutting package (after CEO Kurt Hellström in early 2003)‚ the fourth in two years. Svanberg wanted to do more than just restore the company to break-even‚ he wanted the latest round of cuts (coupled with revenue increases) to return Ericsson to profit. Svanberg
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It’s All For You “Miguel‚ eat your frijoles” I said. “They’re called beans‚ dad.” Este ignorante. “You can teach me when you’re actually in school.” “It don’t matter if I can get what I want” said Miguel. I let out a sigh. I looked at my dear wife‚ Maria‚ and she just smiled at me. She doesn’t speak English as well as I have learned to‚ but she understood what was going on. Her smile calmed me down from a swelling of emotions that cluttered inside me. Seeing my son‚ Miguel‚ and the rest of mis
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The Novel Miguel Street has been variously classified as a group of short stories‚ as a series of sketches‚ and as a novel. The latter classification is supported by the fact that it is unified by a single narrator and by several patterns and themes. Furthermore‚ although each chapter is dominated by a single character‚ those major characters reappear as minor characters in other chapters. At the end of the book‚ all the characters who still live on Miguel Street gather to present to the narrator
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Late one September evening the name of Miguel Hidalgo became forever engraved in Mexico ’s history. Since that night‚ his life as well as Mexico changed radically. Miguel Hidalgo was born in the Corralejo Hacienda in Pénjamo‚ Guanajauto on May 8‚ 1753. His father‚ Don Cristóbal‚ was of middle-class of creole background and served as the hacienda ’s administrator. He was sent to Valladolid to study at the San Nicolás Obispo College‚ where he later taught theology‚ philosophy and ethics. In 1792
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Date: January 16‚ 2014 To: Miguel and Linda From: Jane Doe Subject: Implementing a Web-Based Performance System As previously discussed‚ you will be giving a presentation concerning the implementation of a web-based performance appraisal system to the vice president of marketing and his team of managers. Provide them with compelling reasons to switch to the new system and provide information on the benefits of the system. It is important that this presentation is successful‚ so
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