Essays on Courtyard

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013). A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

I agree with you on both points that you make. I do think that healing gardens in a working environment could stimulate productivity and activity, especially to those that are open to receiving, or made aware of, the positive energies that a healing garden generates. That is to say, for those people that are not open to the idea, there is likely not much that they will see and feel in a healing garden. I recall once having a talk with friends that had travelled to Japan and said that had the opportunity to stay at a Buddhist temple. ...

The history of Japanese gardens counts more than a thousand years and is strictly associated with Japanese culture. Japanese gardens were initially built by upper-class people such as aristocrats, warriors, monks, politicians for recreation and religious fulfillment. The art of Japanese gardens includes different types of gardens; rock gardens or zen gardens, tea gardens, promenade gardens, and courtyard gardens, all created for a different purpose. The one-hour movie by Junkerman presents famous examples from each type explaining the philosophy, the materials used, the choice of design, and its use. Zen gardens are designed for meditation. They preserve the natural ...

GROUP DISPLACEMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST

Latest decades have seen an alarming growth on involuntary displacements of populations due to a wide set of reasons. In the Arab World, most literature has agreed upon focusing towards population movement caused by political conflicts that led to war. The extent of this phenomenon becomes evident after realizing its scope: Syrians, Palestinians, Lebanese and Egyptians have been the target of displacement caused by wars fought by the Arab and Israeli. It’s important not to look at this phenomenon as a mere isolated event, but more of a process that keeps developing. More recently, the occupation of parts ...

1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the ancient wonders, which had been constructed in Babylonia’s capital city, Babylon, situated in the Persian Gulf of the present-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylon for over 43 years, built the gardens for his wife, Amyitis in seventh century B.C. . The gardens were 400 feet in length and width, with a height of over 80 feet. The gardens consist of arched terraces placed one above another, which rest upon huge cube-shaped pillars. The terraces are not only hollow, but filled with earth to ...

Egypt is the home of great temples particularly the famed stone temple of Amun Ra located in the most sandy and isolated part of the Sudan. The architecture of this building is post-and-lintel style; the evidence of this can be seen on the façade of the temple consisting of string horizontal stone framework and thick columns. The walls were enclosed, refusing any light to enter except for the small square windows. This temple has a rectangular ground plan with scattered buildings located on the left and right side of the main temple. A wide central courtyard made of ...