Essays on Jeremy Rifkin

Economic growth is depended on the availability of resources, mainly energy, finance, and economic planning. Rapid growth in the last one and half century was possible due to the availability of cheap and abundant fossil fuels (Heinberg 7). But the burning of fossil fuel has a negative effect on our environment because it causes the release of Green House Gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere. Higher concentration of GHGs traps heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming. Unrestraint rise in global temperature can cause melting of glaciers and rise in sea level submerging landmasses, changing weather patterns with frequent incidence ...

Total compensation comprises a combination of monetary and non-monetary rewards offered to employees so as to motivate them to be more productive in the workplace. Motivating employees is also one way of retaining them at the organization and is, therefore, one of the objectives of the human resource management (Wilson 57). The results of a well designed and implemented total compensation include an enhanced performance at the individual and organizational level, employee loyalty and improved job satisfaction (Heneman 33). The Makey Company holds a belief that excellent customer service is an essential element for any business and holds this ...

Introduction

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are arguably beneficial socioeconomically. However, there are rising concerns over the harm GMOs pose to the humans and their environment. The process of genetic modification entails altering the genetic composition of organisms to award them properties that are more desirable. According to Rifkin (17), the world is in transition toward a biotech age as illustrated by the advancement of GMOs. In the current society, the adoption of genetically engineered crops, such as soybeans, cotton, and corn, is widespread in the United States following two decades of concerns over consumer reception, and environmental and economic impact ( ...

Part one

Biodiversity is essential in the sustainability of the environment. In fact, lack thereof compromises the nature’s ability to adapt to environmental changes, therefore, enhancing its vulnerability. The development of science and technology paved the way for the incorporation of genetic engineering to living organisms. Precisely, since its introduction in 1996, many nations have embraced the conveniences offered by the genetic modification of crops to enhance their resistance and overall sustainability (Rifkin 15). This method is influential as it enables scientists to combat the development of a crop disease by altering the genetic composition of an organism. However, this ...

A telephonic interview was conducted with a senior technician working in the Boeing manufacturing unit in the Greater Charleston metro area regarding the economic growth of the metropolis and future prospects for the industry. The interview was conducted with the aim of getting ground knowledge of the conditions in the city and what officials of the government feel are the reasons for the current state of affairs and what improvements can be made in the short-term and medium-term future. The questions focused on getting detailed information regarding the main drivers of the economy, industry and employment in the region, ...

With the fossil fuel energies and oil fast depleting, the industrial civilization is at a crossroad. After all, the entire infrastructure behind industrial technologies is aging and needs a new perspective. Governments and businesses are in a tight spot with riding debts and unemployment. Ever since the 2008 economic recession, the governments, business communities and civil societies are at loggerheads as to how to revitalize the global economy and help the world grow and self-sustain (Rifkin 1). Clearly, the era of great energy is over. A bold new economic narrative is repaired to transform the society. 1.1 A New ...

Analysis of Situation

As a company, Harley-Davidson is one of the most recognizable motorcycle brands in the United States today. The motorcycles produced by the company are the primary things that the company is known for, but it also produces transportation vehicles—including recreational and commercial vehicles, and participates in some defense contracting. The case study discusses the state of Harley-Davidson in the 1990s, when the company was experiencing serious financial trouble as a result of the environment, industry, organization, and marketing strategy of the organization as a whole. Understanding each of these facets is important to understanding an analysis of the ...

Virgin Group

Abstract Virgin Group is one of the biggest and most popular business organizations in the world who have developed a strong work culture over the years. Under Sir Richard Branson’s leadership, Virgin Group has developed several cultural practices that have helped their business grow. By keeping their customer’s happy through empowered employees, Virgin has developed a cultural practice that ensures their work culture remains at the fore of their business philosophy. There are different frameworks that can be evaluated for analyzing the cultural practice of Virgin Group, but Hofstede’s cultural theory has been utilized for analyzing ...

Action for health in the Sonagachi red-light area of Kolkata

The sex workers of the Sonagachi red-light area of Kolkata were a vulnerable and exploited group at the bottom rung of the societal ladder: they had no rights, little education, few opportunities and lived a life full of violence and with the very real risk of ill health. As well as the risk of ill health to themselves, there were also wider public health concerns – most notably of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV transmission. In this essay we shall look at how the sex workers were able to achieve a previously unheralded change and improvement in their lives ...

- Introduction There have been a number of important changes in the world in recent years, and many of these changes are due to technology. There are very few technologies that have not changed with time, and many of these technologies have evolved to make humanity live easier, more comfortable lives. Examining how technology has allowed us to live easier lives can be investigated in a number of different ways. There are now computers we can carry in our pockets; our car can give us directions to the nearest restaurant, and we live much longer lives thanks to advances in ...

In this essay I will respond to Rifkin and Marshal debate regarding “St. Mathews Passion” by J.S. Bach by explaining their positions about this piece and the way of how modern instruments influenced the sonority in the performance of Baroque Music. To sustained my arguments I will use two articles from “The Musical Times,” the first is called “Bach’s Chorus. A Preliminary Reply to Joshua Rifkin” by Marshall and the second one is named “Bach's Chorus: A Preliminary Report” by Rifkin. Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most important composers from the Baroque period who wrote ...

INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY ON EMPLOYMENT

INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY ON EMPLOYMENT Advancement in technology in the recent past is having serious issues in the world. In particular technology is replacing people in many jobs. During the first industrial revolution between the 18th and 19th century, steam power took over manual jobs in the industrial, during the second industrial revolution saw machines powered with fossil fuels and cola replace humans in the work places. However, economic growth created more jobs for those displaced. Today, the third phase of industrial revolution is causing massive unemployment rates due advancement in technology. How shall technology affect the ...

The concept of net neutrality states that governments and internet service providers should treat data on the internet with no discrimination. Data should be treated equally despite the user, content, site, application, attached equipment and mode of communication. Critics argue that data discrimination of some type is not problematic but rather highly desirable. Opponents of net neutrality are of the opinion that the best solution to discrimination done by broadband providers is encouraging a larger competition among providers that is limited in many areas. The Federal Communications Commission is making new rules that will permit internet service providers to give ...

Besides common recruitment channels that are used by human resources specialists, such as ads on job sites, newspaper advertisements (increasingly less used, some companies even completely abandoning this method), specialized magazines, internal recommendations or the hiring of specialized recruitment agencies, lately there has appeared a method for recruitment that used in an intelligent manner can bring much added value to the recruitment process: the use of online social networks. The expansion of social networks in the most recent years has lead employers to consider the online profiles of the potential candidates in the recruitment process. Social Media has become ...

The problem of the Zipcar is in the sustainability of its growth in the long term. The reason is, at first, that the company hasn’t posted a profit yet, mostly because of the cost of its fleet. Fleet operations are considered as Zipcar’s most important expenses, namely lease expenses, depreciation, parking, fuel, insurance, repairs and maintenance among other costs. In addition, it is concerned about the end of its potential market due to the fact that Zipcar’ US car sharing market amounted to 80% and 50% among all car sharing members in the world. Working to protect the ...

Global warming has been a major climatic concern for a couple of decades. Many countries suffer from this menace either extremely or mildly. The effects of global warming is evident in agriculture, whereby crops do not thrive well as a result of it, and also affects the human population due to its numerous effects on human beings. This paper is going to focus on the cause as well as the effects of global warming and other fuel use in the UAE.

Causes of Global warming

There are many things that bring about global warming. They include; Emission of carbon dioxide gas by plants that use fossil ...

As technology advances, the number of jobs that were once done by humans decreases in number. This is the sad reality of the progress happening around the world due to innovations in digital technology. Everywhere one looks at - in schools, at home, at work – almost everything that people do uses equipment or devices that are controlled by machines. Lawyers need computers to research about results of similar cases they are handling. Doctors use the computer to get more information about illnesses they are not familiar with. Teachers encode their exams and create multimedia presentations so that students can ...

Karl Marx’s Theory of alienation describes the separation of things that in nature belong together. It also discusses the placement of resentment between things that ought to be in harmony with each other. In particular, the theory describes social alienation or the estrangement of people from certain aspects of human nature as a result of living in societies that are divided into social classes between the rich and the poor (Krugman, 2002). Marx’s theory of alienation in respect o capitalism is very relevant in our contemporary society. According to Mészáros, (1970) alienation can almost be ...

Globalization has many differing and similar meanings, many scholars have tried to define the real meaning of globalizations, but generally globalization can be defined as integration of economies and societies all over the world, it can be defined from cultural perspective, technological perspective, political and economic perspective (Oman,1996). Oman defined globalization as the process by which all people of the world are incorporated into a single world society (Oman,1996). This definition is similar to the one Rifkin’s definition because in incorporates all the components of globalization ranging from culture, economy and political. Margison and Considine ...

Part 3. Economic Growth

Environmental sustainability in the EU The European Union primary goal is the sustainability development since it remains a great hurdle in the community. Sustainable development is comprised of three parts: economic, social and environmental sustainability. The main objective of EU is to consistently improve the quality of life in the environment for both the existing and future generations. The environmental sustainability is of great concern due to the energy crisis, climate change and global warming. This has led to the EU to develop long term missions and visions to prevent such an incident in the future (Rifkin & Jeremy 2004). ...

Introduction

Primary health care (PHC) is considered the pillar of health care systems because it aims to reduce health-related inequities and enhance access to health care. It is regarded as essential, universally accessible and affordable health care founded on interventions that have been scientifically proven (UNICEF 2008). PHC is comprised of the following elements: “health education, adequate nutrition, maternal and child health care, basic sanitation and safe water, control of major infectious diseases through immunization, prevention and control of locally endemic diseases, treatment of common diseases and injuries, and the provision of essential drugs” (UNICEF 2008). However, decades after ...

Has Canada become post industrial society?

The importance of industries in economies around the world has been the subject of many studies. For centuries, major economies have relied on specific industries to boost and maintain their wealth. In the late 20th century, we’ve seen a shift of some major industrialized economies away from producing goods toward producing services, this is what we refer to as post-industrialism. A post industrial society is one which has experienced structural changes to its economy: shift to services, decline of traditional industries and the rise of an information economy. “The information age has arrived” wrote Jeremy Rifkin in his ...

Experience with e-business

What is e-business? According to Grefen (2010), it denotes a specific kind of activity or activities carried out by a business with the use of information technology (p. 21). The activities must be core to the business, i.e. related to the reason for the company’s existence for example online banking for a bank. The activity must be IT enabled as opposed to IT enhanced which means it is essential and does not merely improve the activity. Lastly, the information technology must be integrated in both the processing and communication of the information.

E-business took the world by storm by providing superior ...

In Roszak’s text, he seeks to discover exactly why religious mysticism has disappeared from modern society. According to him, the “energies of transcendence” have vanished from our culture, which has incredible effects on how we live our lives. He states that religions sensibilities have been excised in order to make room for urban industrial development and the advancement of technology. The increasing secularization of our culture has stemmed from an idealism stating that we can do things on our own, and that we do not need pie-in-the-sky figures to help us along the way. There is no feeling ...

Where the Wasteland Ends by Roszak

Roszak’s book is about the political life and its many religious dimensions. He argues that one cannot possibly and adequately talk of politics without referring to religion. What Roszak is referring to here is not the commonly known religion, but rather what he refers to as the Old Gnosis, or what he calls mysticism. The author aimed to discover how this type of religion was eliminated from many cultures, and how this elimination affected the lives of the society and the politics within that society. Roszak is of the opinion that the repression of many religious dimensions has ...

It is a fundamental fact that to be able to begin to understand how society works, we must first garner an appreciation for the individual self and the role that they play within the bigger picture. As human beings, we are socialised into behaving within the sets of norms and values which society and culture place upon us. However, these values are changeable according to specific cultures and societies; paving the way for sub-cultures to arise. When discussing our understanding of society, we are able to assess it from a material viewpoint with the emphasis being on means production and exchange, ...