Bible Course Works Samples For Students

Lesson 5.1: The Historical Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth comes publicly as the Messiah and preaches on the Kingdom of God. The Book of John notes, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” This was because Nazareth was an obscure village where Jesus lives. The gospels identify Nazareth as an inconsequential village (Bosworth, 2005). Jesus is the founder of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth he dies to consecrate humanity. Additionally, the Holy Quran mentions Jesus the Nazarene as an important person. The figure of Jesus has a popular historical treatment in the universe. Historically, Jesus was a Galilean the evidence to this assertion lays in ...

Inductive Bible Study

The Inductive Bible Study is the way one reads, understands, interprets and applies the message in the bible. There are two types of reading and interpretation of the Bible; these are the reader response, and the authorial intent. The reader’s response determines the meaning of the Bible; this can be a single reader or a community of readers. It means that since each reader will understand the bible or the text in his own way, interpret it and apply it according to the way he understands it. That indicates that the bible interpretation has different meanings, which may be positive ...

What is a worldview?

The term worldview refers to an intellectual interpretation of reality, the world or universe. Evidently, has a view, and though it has greatly been shaped by the thoughts of others, each has a unique perspective.

The Question of Origin

The Question of Origin asks, “How did life start?” and “how did mankind come to existence?” The bible tells that God (Genesis 1:1) created everything that exists in the universe. The verse explains that God created the heaven and earth. The bible also tells us that God created humans on the sixth day (Genesis 2:7). The book of Genesis narrates the story of creation.

The Question of Identity

The Question ...

The story of Jesus of Nazareth is one that is difficult to tell in written words, let alone in film. To be sure, it is not hallowed ground – the Roman Catholic Church permits these adaptations freely, not like Islamic institutions who are sensitive to adaptations of their own prophet Mohammed. However, there appears a number of constraints and restrictions that are otherwise absent if one makes a conventional film with a conventional character in its narrative center. For one, the director is constrained with telling the story faithfully to Jesus’s biblical sources. The scriptwriter, on the other hand, has the ...

In today’s society, the issue of life after death forms the basis for a number of debates. At one point or the other, everyone wonders at what happens after they die. Christians, in general, believe that there is life after death. They believe that there are two places that the soul goes after a person dies, and this depends on the ways in which Christian follow the moral teachings of the Bible. While the various Christian groups believe that when an individual dies, there is hell for those who continuously disregard the Commandments and the teachings of the Bible, they ...

Insights from the Handout

I think no one excused from experiencing grief. It is normal like what the handout says. We cannot escape this feeling because it comes naturally since we are rational human being capable of feeling and understanding. I believe that we all need to cry when we experience pain. Others cry for several different reasons. Among them includes physical and emotional pain. People also cry when they are frustrated or disappointed or unable to express what they feel. Crying, however, does not constitute to weakness. Contrary to the cliché men don’t cry, everyone is allowed to cry. In ...

Quran and bible are the sacred books of Muslims and Christians respectively. Many important aspects become visible when they are read in detail. From the Koran’s excerpts, the most surprising finding for me is that there is no discrepancy in this holy book. Koran openly challenges all to find and make similar book if you have any doubt in it (Peters). Moreover, it is also surprising to me that God has taken the responsibility of Koran’s protection Himself and has mentioned that “I have revealed this Holy book and I will protect it”, that is why, ...

BEING COURAGEOUS IN GOD

The story of Gideon can be, at first, marked by fear and doubts. Apparently, Gideon was found hiding in the winepress, trying the thresh wheat. Gideon was a weak and fearful person. He was afraid of the Midianites who kept plundering their crops during harvest. Nevertheless, God chose him to be His instrument in delivering the Israelites from these enemies. Indeed, God delights in choosing unlikely candidates for His work. Being a woman, I am faced with a social thinking of the inferiority and weakness of women.

Even in the ministry, I tend to wonder if I am really called to it. ...

Section A - Asking the Right Questions (1 Thessalonians 5)

In Thessalonian, five verse eight, the bible talks of wearing the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet of the hope for salvation. It is telling as to be prepared like a soldier. A soldier in battle is always armed and ready for the enemy to attack, he does not lay his weapons aside. As Christians, we should also be ready for the coming of the Lord, for like a thief or an enemy. He may come at any time. The bible says we should fast and pray and be like the five wise girls so that when the bridegroom cometh ...

Introduction

Oneida Community is an 1848 community that had diverse ideologies on the return of Jesus. John Humphrey Noyes is the founder of the community and believed that he possessed divine authority over the Oneida Community, which was directly given to him by God. This belief got support from the public, hence allowing him to rule the people of the community (Foster, 2009 p 35). It was controversial to abide by the rule that entitled Noyes the duty of giving birth to a child to serve as a birth control strategy.

The other major controversial issue was the mutual criticism policy where a member ...

- Who was Manetho? When did he live and write? What is the importance of his writings for our understanding of the ancient rulers of Egypt?

Manetho was a priest and an Egyptian historian from Sebennytos during the Ptolemaic era. Manetho lived during the 3rd century BC. The historian was from Rome and wrote his work in the 200 AD. Manetho wrote an immigrant success story from a patriotic perspective, his story resulted to a national tragedy. Manetho described a brutal and massive invasion of Egypt by eastern foreigners whom he called the “Hykos” meaning the rulers of the foreign land. In ...

1. What are the “stages of social development” that Finkelstein and Silberman suggest are necessary for the Pentateuch to have been written.

Archeologists contend that the bible is such a complex book that it could not have been written during the primitive times described in Genesis and other early stories. As a consequence, bible scholars are questioning the authenticity of Biblical stories in terms of where and when the stories were written. It is plausible that the Bible as we know it is the literary product of scribes and other writers of a period in history when it was possible to document historical accounts of the patriarchs.

Finkelstein and Silberman argue that much of the archeological evidence available from biblical excavations reveal artifacts that ...

Mergers are a common occurrence in healthcare. The ultimate goal of this is to create more value through a greater share in the market, increased productivity at lesser operational costs, lesser taxes or cross selling (Terjesen, 2009). Mergers can be friendly or hostile; the former is welcomed while the latter is often met with resistance by the management of the company to be acquired. In the process, hard (financial) and soft (culture and human resource) issues need to be addressed. Studies note that a majority of mergers are unsuccessful in the sense that no real value is created. This is because inadequate ...

This very magnificent 2008 documentary, which has been acknowledged by various film institutions and award giving body, humbly portrays the true to life ordeal when the natural disaster Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans. It is all about the redemptive story of an aspiring artist, Kimberly Rivers Roberts, and Scott Roberts who overcame the “troubled waters” and fought a new life beginning. They fought against man and nature in this story.

After the disaster, the nightly news showed various robberies and lootings. The situation was hardly managed by the government. The two heroes have witnessed and portrayed the real, ...

The switch to steam power led to the movement of factories away from the big cities, like London. Instead, locations close to water –out of which steam power is generated- and coal fields, another necessary ingredient for steam power, were preferred. Furthermore, as trade grew dramatically, locations close to markets and trade routes were highly favored.

Summarize Karl Marx's arguments against capitalism.

Karl Marx considered capitalism a deeply inhumane system. It increased the gap between rich and poor helping a very small percentage of the population become extremely rich while leaving the masses in poverty. The upper classes, or bourgeoisie, controlled the production and the workers, ...

Several institutions developed in both France and England in the 13 and 14th century and these institutions were behind the civilization of western countries. The first institution was the church. Many crusades were made in these countries facilitating the spread of Christianity. When church became an institution in these countries, leadership became a major issue and specifically the catholic leaders became too much involved in political affairs. They controlled monarchy in England that had a lot of power (Noble, 156).

Schools are some of the other institutions that were very important during the period. Many people got their education during the ...

Diversification implies business measures that allow companies to have additional products or services. The added products act as conditions that improve on the dynamics of a business and strengthen the competition. Successful implementation of diversification requires intense market knowledge and pre-assessments of the business with its environs (Hoskisson and Hoskisson, 2008). Discussed below are the different types of diversification, how they add to the competitive package of a business and real examples of how they can be applied.

(i) Horizontal Diversification.

This involves acquisition of new products or services that appeal to the current groups of customers by improving on the technology involved in ...

Workplace writing is a phenomenon that is common in any form of workplace; whether there are only technicians or literature and linguist working in that office. This paper will analyze writing in a bank and non-governmental agency. The writing process will be attained and assessed based on the views of two employees who are working in the Princes Nora University, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two employees that I have chosen are Sadat Said, a programmer, working in a Princes Nora University, a university in the Middle East. I also undertook another interview with Network Administrator, in the same university. His names are Hussein ...

In the early 1800s, Neoclassical writing was par for the course; works were typically very restrained, conservative, and focused on structure more than anything else. However, as the 19th century rolled along, more and more authors (including Washington Irving and

James Fenimore Cooper) found themselves writing stories of passion, full of experimentation and discovery. In these works, notions of established language and literary structure were challenged, as the Romantics ceased believing in the established systems of literature and created wholly new works that were free from restraint. While the works of Smith demonstrate the observational, dry and formal writing ...

Every organization fosters its own leaders, each with individual leadership styles. According to Kurt Lewin, these leadership styles could be classified into three categories, of which the best is considered to be the democratic style. Even if there are leaders that come very close to one of the three styles identified by Lewin, I believe that some leaders could be combining the styles or slightly deviating from them in their work. This paper aims to explore my past experience in order to indentify a real life case of leadership and compare it to one of the leadership styles formulated by ...

Customer relations management software commonly abbreviated as CRM software is a program that helps an enterprise and/ or the entrepreneur to maintain the customer base and be able to meet the needs of the various kinds of customers that are there. Lepa, M., gives eight points that are necessary in searching for the best software in an article she calls “Choosing a Small Business CRM Software Solution”. This paper is a summary of the points that she lists. The paper summarizes the article into five subtopics; compatibility, installation process and costs, security, staff management, acquisition and pilot program.

Compatibility

User programs like ...

How did the bison survive the Ice Age and come to populate the Great Plains in such great numbers?

The ice age period realized much of the Earth’s water freezing into glaciers, lowering sea level while at the same time leaving dry land in places once known to have shallow channels that separated land masses. In order to survive this period the bison traversed the plains of North America in search of safer grounds. In addition to this, the bison’s reproduction at rate that was considerably high served to guarantee its survival even in the face of difficult times in which many other animals died.
Which of the bison kill sites presented in your reading ...

Part I: "Rip Van Winkle" is making a statement about the Revolution. What is it Washington Irving is trying to convey to the reader through his story? Then consider the characters of Rip and Dame Van Winkle. Discuss their traits in terms of them being important to the message of the story.

Rip Van Winkle, a descendent of the original Dutch settlers going back to the days of Peter Stuyvesant, literally slept through the American Revolution and could not comprehend the changes that had occurred over the preceding twenty years. When he arrived back in the village after his twenty-year ...

In order to do a trip to New York, I and a group of my friends had to plan it in advance and calculate time and costs of stay there. First of all, in order to see four performances on Broadway, it would take us a week of time to stay in New York. The roundtrip flight tickets would be around $270 per person. Potential accommodation would have to be quite far from the city centre and Manhattan in order to save some money. One of the potential options might be Sun Bright Hotel in Chinatown, which would cost $180 for 6 ...

Risk Planning

This is a proactive and systematic process of detailed recognition and programming required to minimize the anticipated risk in a project. It involves the project management and implementation of appropriate approaches to mitigate, control and prevent risk .For example: In order to start a new product category certain essential types of risks are kept under special consideration like; financial, legal, environmental, strategic, operational, marketing, production and advertising challenges. Strategic planning is needs to be done to cope up with all these mentioned types of risks and challenges to make new product development a successful venture.

Risk Assessment

This step entails the in depth assessment of ...

Later in October, I plan on visiting New York with a group of four friends in order to see four Broadway shows; we have never seen professional New York theater performed before, and so we thought it best to go there and see what the city has to offer. Our proposed budget is approximately $9800 for five people; $4000 for air fare and accommodations, $4500 for show tickets and $300 for food and cab fare while we are in New York. We would leave October 19 and return October 23, booking a flight plan to New York and back from Home, ...

Autism spectrum disorder is not only one disorder, but a combination of disorders, that affect an individual. There are three main features of a person who suffers from autism: a lack of social engagement, difficulty with language, and a lack of imagination. There may be numerous other factors that the person struggles to overcome as well. There is an increase in the number annually of people who are being diagnosed with autism. There is no known cure for this lifelong disease (Comer, 2011).

When describing a lack of social engagement, there are several factors that occur. A person with autism has little or no ...

There are numerous factors in an organization’s macro-environment that naturally affect manager’s decisions. New laws, tax changes, demographic change, government policy and trade barrier changes all have an impact on an organization. This paper analyzes the political environment, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental environments of health care industry in Ontario.

It is evident that there is a growing political pressure on healthcare authorities across provinces. For instance, currently, the Ontario’s government health care stands at 42% of the total program spending. Equally, due to the state’s political stability and the likelihood of an increase in ...

Executive Summary

This report is intended to give a critical overview of the strategic position of Essar Energy by making an analysis of the current position of the company by the use the balanced score card. An analysis is made on the three non financial aspects; the customer perspectives, the internal process perspectives and the learning and growth perspectives in relation to the financial performance and position of the company to draw a conclusion on the strategic direction that the company ought to make so as to successfully achieve its stated strategic vision. Essar Energy’s financial performance in the financial period ending ...

Executive summary

The purpose of this report is to assist Sam De Boni with his investment decision. He recently won a lottery of $10,000 which he wishes to invest in the tourist industry and the skycity entertainment group in terms of financial and statistical data and key accounting ratios. From the financial statements the company has been performing well in the recent past and the trend is expected to persist in the near future.

The research for this report involved a thorough research on NZX Company Research Database website, Statistics New Zealand website, and SkyCity Investor Centre website.
According to the ...

Statistics involves studying the collection of statistical information, organizing and analyzing it then interpreting and presenting the information. Statistics is mostly used in experiments and surveys. Statistics has a major role in businesses and their day to day operations. Businesses utilize statistical methods to improve their efficiency, planning and output through strategy formation. Therefore, any business owners, workers or managers must resort to statistical methods to help them operate the business in the most appropriate manner.

Businesses use statistical information when conducting market research to obtain information that is of interest to their strategy formulation and decision making. Market research ...

1) Describe how to formulate and test hypothesis about a population mean and/or a population.

A hypothesis essentially refers to the prediction of the expected outcome of a research process. When one intends to research a particular subject, event or outcome, he ought to state his expected outcome. There are two types of hypotheses; null and alternate hypotheses. The null hypothesis refers to what the researcher is trying to nullify, disapprove or reject. In testing the hypothesis, the researcher attempts to prove the hypothesis either wrong or right. In hypothesis testing, the researcher needs to first state both the null and alternate hypotheses. The researcher then needs develops an analysis plan which describes how to use ...

Question one: static, flexible and activity based budgeting

A flexible budget incorporates elements of change in the level of activities of the firm. The budget allows for its application even in the events the level of activity deviates substantially from the initial expected level of activity. On the other hand, the static budget is geared toward one level of activity. As such, the budget does not find application in scenarios where the activities deviate substantially from the expected level of activity. Activity based budgeting, on the other hand, employs the process of budgeting through the authorization of the activities which facilitate the attainment of the budgeted activities. ...

Introduction

Guillermo Furniture Store was established some decades ago in Sonora, Mexico. The concern essentially manufactures furniture as its main product. The paper essentially examines the Guillermo Furniture Store Concepts in appreciation of the scenario in which it currently is placed. The options availed to the proprietor are given with the objective of making the best decision for the concern.

Concepts

Over the recent years, the concern has been faced by a number of challenges. For starters, the entry of a foreigner into the market has greatly affected Guillermo. This is because of the Guillermo’s use of high technology and low pricing ...

During the early years, a spirit of exploration developed amongst individuals. Governments and individuals began funding explorations into new lands. The need for exploration was driven by diverse aspects. Among these included the need for new trade routes, spirit of adventure, and a search for new colonies. In addition, some voyages were carried out in search of wealth. During the various voyages, the explorers’ correspondence in the form of letters served as an avenue for divulging information regarding the various discoveries. Explorers were awed by the various discoveries that included the discovery of new people, lands, and experience of new cultures. ...

Question one: Explosives

The Oklahoma City bombing occurred at nine o’clock during the day in April 1995. It saw the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building. Two critical safety steps that were essential in the management of the disaster entailed the establishment of a safety perimeter that would limit the extent to which the first respondents could reach and the immediate withdrawal of the trapped bodies from the danger zones. The former essentially contributes in accountability and management of the respondents. It should be noted that the respondents’ desire to save anybody in the disaster must never escalate to levels that ...

Introduction

This presentation outlines a community assessment conducted at South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It would entail a description of the community; display and explanation of data; designing of a genogram; interpretation of important features portrayed in the diagram and making a community diagnosis.

A.1: Community Description-South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Queens, New York

South Ozone Park is geographically located at the southeastern boundary of Queens’ borough. This awesome development aroused out of low class housing projects in the 1990s. On the north of its magnificently transformed landscape is the John F. Kennedy Airport. These boundaries extend outwards from the Aqueduct Racetrack east, towards Van Wyck Expressway. Rockway Boulevard is its main traffic ...

Generally a business cycle is defined as a cycle consisting of a period of declining aggregate economic activity that is followed by a period of rising economic activity. The lowest point of the contraction is called the ‘depression’ or ‘trough’ and the highest point of the expansion is called the ‘boom’ or ‘peak’. According to Abel/ Bernanke (2007) “A complete theory of business cycle must have two components. The first describes the types of shocks or disturbances that are believed to affect the economy the most. The second component is a model that describes how key macroeconomic variables, such ...

Computer forensic refers to the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation and documentation of computer evidence (Wiles, Cardwell, and Reyes, 2007, p.2). Such evidence retrieved is usually aimed to be used in a court of law. Electronic crimes increased in the 1970s especially in the financial sector. These crimes resulted because people saw an opportunity of making money by manipulating computer data (Nelson, Phillips, and Steuart, 2010, p.5).

According to Mohay (2003, p.113), computer forensics was first used in the 1970s by the US military and intelligence agencies. Daniel (2011, p.14) notes that computer forensics began in 1984. During this year, the ...

In the contemporary computer technology environment, networking has become the order of the day since it reduces physical movement of people so as to deliver and collect information. In fact, networking has become so important to a company or any organization that even the smallest computer based organization seeks to have a computer network. However, in the process of setting up a computer network several factors have to be considered. Some of the basic considerations are discussed below.

One of the factors to consider is hardware requirement. This is dictated by the type of network that a company of computer owner wants. Most ...

Apple is a successful computer, phone, and computer hardware and software producer. The external environment of the business has evolved drastically over the years opening up new opportunities as well as exposing the company to new threats. The company has numerous opportunities and threats which can be exploited and avoided respectively to ensure the company remains competitive and successful.

There are major threats that the company needs to curb in order to realize its mission and serve its stakeholders effectively. The IT software industry has many competitive and innovative companies such as Microsoft. The company faces similar conditions in the ...

Information security is a crucial concept in ensuring organizational performance and efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery. This is so, especially since the application of technology in delivering services is now a basic need to any organization that desires to compete favorably in the market economy, given the rise and move towards globalization (Whitman & Mattord, 2005).

Information security faces numerous issues, some of which seem effortless, but it is riveting how interestingly complex they can be, when it comes to handling them. One such issue is risk management. Complexities that come with automation in the information sector seem to be ...

Almost every person has his/her favorite place and being there makes him/her feel happiness, peace and joy. I also have such a place and this is my library. I spend much time there because it brings me good emotions and I feel myself there. In this room I can be myself and no one can disturb me here. The library is like a living organism that lives its own life changing its mood depending on the time of the day.

In the morning this place is enchanting and inspiring. When I come into my library in the morning to have the ...

Chapter 5 identifies several diagnostic models. The first five speak of the overall structure of the organization. Select one of these five and research it on the Internet. Discuss why you chose this particular model, with special emphasis on the components included and how they (and the model) fit with your view of the organization you are researching for your project. Speak also to what you see as the model’s strengths and weaknesses.

I choose the Star Model, which I believe also applies to both Oracle and SAP. This model consists of five organizational design categories, which include ...

Learning is a continuous process that doesn't end after we received our hard-earned diploma. People have the capacity to discover and explore new things, thus constitutes a continuous quest for learning new things. In the psychological point of view, learning has related principles and theories that explains the process in which a person can effectively absorb new information. One example is myself initiative to learn a new language specifically French. It is not easy to just listen to a French conversation and be able to pick-up the details of the conversation's entire context. It takes a lot of practice and practical application of ...

I) What are the current opportunities for Toyota?

The Toyota Automobile Corporation operates in a complex global industry. In order for this company to realize the current available opportunities for growth and expansion, Toyota Corporation has to take into account the entire global automotive environment. The company’s mission is to make better cars and contribute to society (Toyota Motor Corporation, 2010). To achieve this mission, Toyota offers quality cars at affordable prices, puts its customers first and practices good customer service to all the clients.
There are various current opportunities for Toyota. One of these opportunities is investing in the production of some of its own ...

Back in 1971 Southwest Airlines was the brainchild of Rollin King, John Parker and Herb Kelleher. It started as a small Texas intrastate carrier know for its progressive policies and innovative thinking. Southwest Airlines’ corporate culture differs from other airlines in that it that prides itself on “ doing the right thing by our Employees and Customers” . When the stock went public on the New York Stock exchange it adopted the ticker name “LUV” to match its attitude and the way it feels about its people and community. This attitude has paid off and it is the only airlines ...

Human resource management is more than just procuring health plans and cutting paychecks. Strategic human resource management looks at the organization as a whole to identify what sets it apart, and how it can be made better. One of the tools used to do this is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. This looks at the organization, where it needs to improve, what should stay the same and the steps necessary to make improvements without affecting what makes the organization a success.

1. Strategic human resource management focuses on the larger, organizational picture and its strategic goals to address ...

1. Why does the effective management of change represent a critical core competence that all organizations and leaders must master?

As such, it is important for organizational changes to be managed effectively. This ensures that such changes won’t cause disruptions in the organization’s operations (EML, 2012). Whatever the nature of the change – be it a business process change or a restructure of the organization – it is important for the transition to be effectively managed to ensure that the organization will benefit from the change and not suffer during the adjustment period.

Not only is change a natural occurrence in ...

1. What effects did domestication of plants and animals have on human societies?

Until 10.000 years ago, people were nomads, without permanent residence, always in search for food, gathering plants and following animals. Then, according to Mac Neash, the famous archeologist, some 10 000 age people began to farm. People realized what cultures could be preserved during the dry period of time. For an example, we have the culture corn. It is culture that can be saved as a seed for a long period of time. Effect that domestication of plants and animals in The New World, as well in The Old World can be seen on the examples of three civilizations in The ...

The Renaissance was a time, as the name suggests, of rebirth and renewal in Europe; a time that led society into a new modern age. Inventions shaped society and brought it closer to what people would recognize today; and philosophical and religious enlightenment moved civilizations out of the dark ages and towards a deeper understanding of humanity. This essay will analyze the importance of these two features of the Renaissance as a portal to the modern age.

New inventions during the Renaissance still play a part in the modern age today, from everyday necessities such as the toilet to technological innovations like the microscope (“ ...

The dramatic dynamics to the today’s ideas and cultural practices can be traced back from the explorations and discoveries which took place five centuries ago. The exploration of the new world is driven by curiosity and demand for goods and resources as famine, war and diseases have become inseparable with mankind.

The Darwin’s discovery on origin of species in 1859 opened up anthropology, geology and paleontology. During World War 1, the Germans invented U-boat for breathing in deep submersion and propulsion. They were later standardized into naval warfare ships and diving gears with modern technology e.g. remote ...

There is little doubt that the New iPad 3 is the best gadget in the industry when it comes to delivering unmatched and finest array of applications on a wide screen. The New iPad 3 offers improvements on its predecessor the iPad 2, making it brilliant in every sense of the description, be it reading, browsing, gaming, or entertainment. For instance, the Retina Display ensures that everything viewed on the screen appears superbly crisp (Apple). The A5X processor delivers maximum speed performance and exceptional graphics coupled with low-power system (Apple). The 5MP iSight rear camera improves HD video recording, photo ...

Problems at the Ottershaw branch of Zinn’s Burgers and Pizza

The social reengineering of Zinn’s Burgers and Pizza is a capital investment and probably the most important and one that drives the whole business and its outlets all over UK. The problems associated with a change to make the business good using metaphors are extensive and disturbing. It will be negligent to ignore cultural themes while approaching a change initiative. (Blythe, 2005)

A common culture’s metaphor is the Morgan’s metaphors, which compares culture with brain and organisms. The metaphor becomes appealing by the fact that it summons up images of culture as one system having interconnected themes that comprises ...

As per Dr. Carr arguments, I will have to agree. Companies approach the use of IT has been based on gaining competitive advantage. The use of this approach was beneficial to companies when the technology was not readily available to other competitors. This is evident in the 1950s and 1980s, when introduction of computers changed the way companies handled businesses. Dr. Carr clearly illustrates this by giving an example of the American Hospital Supply that introduced electronic ordering of medical supplies by hospitals. The use of this system provided AHS with a competitive advantage but later became a liability after the ...

When designing a new information system it is important to consider the practical elements before you begin create the structure. The first element to consider is the system requirements such as the number of users who will be accessing the system, the number of locations, the data itself that will be entered and the uses of the data output.

Once the basic requirements are established, the design process can begin. The hardware that will be used must be evaluated; considerations in this regard are what preexisting hardware will be used, and what new hardware will be purchased. Additional concerns can ...

Leaping lizard Integrated marketing communication plan

Leaping Lizard Company is a new company that produces a natural energy drink called Leaping Lizard. The drink is purely non-alcoholic and it provides a high amount of energy to the users. The company has just launched the drink and it is yet for introduction in the market. It is obvious that the company has to work hard for a successful capture the market for the product. There is already a stiff competition in the market of natural drinks, the leading competitor being Red bull. The company wishes to reach as many customers as possible. Therefore, the main challenge is to find effective ways ...

The business environment is constantly reinventing itself with businesses combining new methods to improve efficiency. According to Schoenbachler & Gordon (2002), it is now necessary for businesses to change or risk being driven out of business by competitors. Top of the factors that have been a driving force in the business scene is technology. Through the years, technology has constantly changed due to individual’s demand for efficiency. This continued development has enabled people to connect and communicate more easily. The incorporation of technology into business has contributed to the efficiency of service delivery to consumers. A major technological incorporation ...

There are many religious beliefs across the globe and all of them were spearheaded by a belief that was propagated by a given individual. The individual’s who invented these religions often had some characteristics that drove them to come up with the beliefs. This essay looks at some of the characters that were responsible for bringing these religions in the Eastern world.

Eastern Religious

Whenever an individual comes up with a new invention, there are always some who agree with them and others who are against them. However, it is more agreeable that religious leaders are often taken with a higher regard since they ...

Cutting Edge technologies used by Corporations

An example of innovative technology being used by corporations includes Cisco systems. This technology has low power consumption, recycling efforts, switching tools and green power supplies. Cisco’s networking equipment is the backbone of the Internet and most private networks (Shelly and Vermaat, 2010). Additionally, corporations are employing the use of geographical information systems as another innovative technology. With geographical information system (GIS), corporations can be able to perform certain activities such as disaster management, simulation and modeling, environmental management, watershed management, homeland security, GIS based support systems, global positioning systems and remote sensing. Organizations are also employing innovative ...