Startups: The challenge of managing people
Case study - 6 pages - Management
The notion of leadership is important in the big well-known companies as well as the new-born ones. In this paper, we chose to focus on ‘leadership in startups' to explain the challenges they are facing and how those problems can be solved in this specific context. We will begin...
On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way It Does - Simon Garfield (2012) - «Maps began as a challenge of the imagination, and they still perform that role»
Text commentary - 2 pages - World geography
« That map was a marvel. (...) It was late '67 now, even the most detailed maps didn't reveal much anymore; reading them was like trying to read the faces of the Vietnamese, and that was like trying to read the wind », here is how Michael Herr in Dispatches published in 2009, perfectly...
Levendary Café: The China Challenge - Christopher A. Bartlett and Arar Han (2013) - What changes should the new CEO make to manage the company's international operations better?
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Despite the promising growth achieved by Levendary Café in China, under Louis Chen's management, within a year and a half of launching its operations in this fertile market (see appendix 1), the company is in crisis because of Chen's recent approaches, who rebelled against the decisions...
The European citizenship: A transnational challenge
Essay - 5 pages - European union
A citizen is “by definition a citizen among citizens of a country among countries. His rights and duties must be defined and limited, not only by those of his fellow citizens, but also by the boundaries of a territory [...]”. Hannah Arendt asserted thus, in 1968, that the concept of...
Challenge of the tribunal chairman in Forezienne SA v Shunxi Coal and Commodities Trading Company Inc
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
We should not challenge the chairman because a challenge now effectively constitutes a waiver of annulment and refusal of recognition and enforcement on the grounds of lack of independence of the chairman later on, should we lose the case. However, this is only to the extent that...
Does devolution constitute a challenge to the British political tradition?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
In 1998, the New Labor government passed the Scotland Act, the Government of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Act, enforcing devolution in the United Kingdom. In order to determine if devolution constitutes a challenge to the British political tradition, one needs to look at...
In what way does Romanticism challenge the aesthetic values of Neoclassicism?
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
At a time when the ideal of enlightment dominated in European cultural life, Rousseau was the only philosopher to enhance the significance of individual experiment and the need for nature in the education of young boys. Nature is elevated to a moral guide, a source of innocence and timeless...
Conservative welfare states and the challenge of universal citizenship
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
When the newly unified Germany implemented in 1883 the first health insurance system, it paved the way for further moves towards extensive provision of public welfare for workers, but it also introduced a substantive change concerning the relationship between the state and the citizens. Basically...
The tourism challenge in the region for Paris Giverny
Law case study - 6 pages - Luxury marketing
One of the main priorities for the new McArthurGlen Giverny Brand Village will be to attract national and pan-European tourists. This is why a marketing strategy must be deployed, focusing in particular on destination marketing. In different sectors, most companies recognize the importance of...
The challenge of modernity/post modernity in the sociology of religion
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The rapid changes that took place in the last decades of the 20th century had a deep impact on the religious landscape as well. The new phenomena present a double challenge to the sociology of religion: on the one hand, it has to review, refine and reinterpret the classical statements in...
Challenge of developing and maintaining authentic relationship
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In the contemporary society, human beings have become so busy that they hardly have time for each other. The idea of an authentic relationship is of great concern to most families today. Learning to live with latest developments in the society is essential in developing healthy relationships...
McDonald's: Strategic challenge and SWOT analysis
Thesis - 30 pages - Business strategy
In the 90s, the firm had to cope with a number of challenges: The microwave oven, increasing health consciousness and competition. In 1999, as Jack Greenberg took over the reins of the firm, the situation was complicated due to competition between fast-food giants. McDonald's timelines:...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces the challenge of sustainable development
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The stakes by which the problems raise the concept of sustainable development, such as environmental protection and the fight against poverty, seems to represent an obstacle for further liberalization in trade as a factor in its favor. However, during the second half of the nineteenth century, it...
Challenging Underachievement in Boys: A Critical Review of Unreliable and Misinterpreted Data Collection Methods
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Raising the achievement level of male pupils, especially disadvantaged males, has been a concern of the UK educational system from several years. Many studies have been conducted using various methods and data sources. The following paper is a critical review of "Challenging Underachievement in...
Microfinance: the Challenge of Accessing Global Capital Markets
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
The main theme of this project is the facilitation and development of microfinance, which is the “provision of loans, savings, insurance, payments, and other basic financial services to low-income populations” . The project is dedicated to identifying and evaluating existing options for...
Intelligent system for visually challenging people
Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science
The proposed Guidecane system assist the visually challenging people to navigate in an indoor environment to give prior knowledge and avoidance of obstacle during navigation .The existing guidecane added with the light weight kit Guidebot. The Guidebot has an ultrasonic sensors and microphones to...
The Wicker Man: Challenging the Audience, Transcending the Genre
Thesis - 5 pages - Film studies
A horror movie does not work unless it is frightening. A meek horror film is as ineffective as an unfunny comedy or an uninteresting drama. If a horror film succeeds at being scary, then, by definition, the filmmakers behind it have accomplished what they set out to make. The difference between a...
How to manage people in this challenging environment?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Human resources
Over the years, motivated by the performance of companies such as Facebook, Google and Uber, many entrepreneurial-minded individuals began to bank on this business model because they envisioned the potential for profitability and the low initial apparent complexity of its structure. However, in...
Populism: a new challenge for the European democracies?
Dissertation - 19 pages - Political science
While Europe seemed affected by a sudden rise of populist leaders (Berlusconi in Italy, UKIP in Britain, Switzerland with Brocher, France with Le Pen and De Villiers), they were alarmed by this development. Should it be considered as an epiphenomenon of populism? The question is central to the...
Challenge Day: A Transitory Charismatic Movement in the Milieu of Modern High School
Essay - 9 pages - Philosophy
Starting in the 1970s, activists, counselors, and state school boards across the country have taken measurements to quell violence in middle and high schools. The violence stems from the adolescent tendency for concentrated peer groups, which leads to gangs and inter-gang violence, especially...
How is the traditional notion of subject challenged in "Boating for Beginners?" (Jeanette Winterson)?
Essay - 6 pages - Literature
Boating for Beginners is the second novel published by Jeanette Winterson in 1985. It deals with the growing up of Gloria Munde, who seeks her way in the world. The resemblance between Gloria Munde and Jeanette Winterson is striking and some elements of Gloria's life echo Jeanette's: both...
How climate change can be reframed as a carbon cycle management challenge
Thesis - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
The planet Earth's climate change has been given a considerable degree of attention by the human population lately. Detailed climate change patters, predictions and fact get unleashed every second of the day. Some aspects that can be closely analyzed when drawing conclusions on climatology trends...
Methamphetamine laboratories: A challenging hazardous chemical cleanup situation
Thesis - 4 pages - Physics
For several months, Greg Sweeney operated a makeshift methamphetamine (meth) lab in the basement of his flower shop in Clendenin, West Virginia. He then used the floral delivery truck to deliver the meth and hide dumping of the hazardous wastes such as toluene that had been left over after...
Globalization in Russia: The challenge of the transition to the world economy
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
Fifteen years ago, the Soviet Union was a socialist authoritative country, tightly isolated from capitalist countries. Nowadays, its direct heir, Russia, is one of the most quickly growing markets of the world, strongly open on the global economy. During the 1990s, Russia underwent an...
Integration of parenting in HR policies: A challenge
Thesis - 6 pages - Human resources
In France as in most industrialized countries, major issues such as stress and equality between men and women highlight the difficulty in reconciling work and family life. This is particularly because of the emergence of new forms of organization of work and the increasing feminization of...
Using technology to challenge the 'I, The Time, and the Theater' in Beckett's play 'Krapp's Last Tape'
Thesis - 6 pages - Film studies
There is little doubt that the cannon of Beckett's work is one of experimentation and investigation, with the author constantly exploring the boundaries of content and form, pushing the limits not only of theme and narrative, but also of the very mediums themselves that are in use in each...
Sustainable remote work practices for progressive reductions of road traffic emissions
Dissertation - 68 pages - Ecology & environment
Although technology developments brought about possibilities for all work which could be done remotely to be done remotely within the Netherlands, limitations for additional and sustainable implementation of remote work practices remained. Secondary research sheds light on the extent to which...
Rural Educational Setting - The Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Future
Dissertation - 7 pages - Educational studies
The emergence of AI in rural educational contexts represents a case in point, since the challenges of AI implementation are more pronounced in these settings. While AI has fantastic potential to transform the education process by providing individual experience, automating administrative...
Insights and Strategies in Optimizing Organizational Management Dynamics
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Effective organizational management is critical in ensuring success in competitive business environments. This paper adopts three case studies critically analyzing their approach and concepts in organizational management. The three case studies presented above provide critical points in the...
European urban policies - A summary note on the urban agenda for the EU
Summary - 15 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. This figure is projected to increase to 80% by 2050 (United Nations, 2019). Even though Cities are home to many complex, interlinked challenges (related to climate control, energy efficiency, pollution, and many...
