Essays on Michel

Introduction

The apple Inc. is one of the major fast growing information technology companies in today's world. It is an American civic corporation which manufactures highly advanced technological electronics, as well as software. For instance, it produces iPhone. These are the most common phones used by many people across the world. According to the SWOT analysis carried as shown below, The Company has created a number of opportunities to people since it started its operation. In addition to this, the SWOT analysis also enabled the researcher to detect problems and challenges that face the apple Inc. in the production ...

In the article entitled, “Remarks on Mediation and Production,” the authors Soren Andreasen and Lars Bang Larsen make their remark on the currently perceived role and suggested future role of middlemen. Note that these two authors are seasoned artists, writers, critics, and curators. Being middlemen, themselves, the two authors aim to defend the idea that middlemen play a more significant role in shaping the style of production – that middlemen help bring modernity and creativity in the style of production.

Outlining the said article, Andreasena nd Larsen first defined what they mean by the term, “middleman.” Accordingly, they have defined ...

Stress is a “nonspecific response of the body to any demands made upon it.” (Murff, p. 102) Stress, when it is sufficiently severe, can cause psychological damage, as the body is exposed to heightened conditions for too long a period of time, making their behavior less effective. College students are often privy to “a unique set of stressors which can affect their daily experiences.” (Murff, p. 102) In college, there are multiple sources of stress that cause stress due to the ambiguity and strain that each role places on them. However, in order to become a successful college student, ways to ...

Discovery of identity is an important factor that controls the characters in various well known tales that have remained in our minds and hearts for centuries. The Grace of Silence and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky revolve around Rachel and Michel's journey while they attempt to ascertain their identities and the crests and troughs that they face during this voyage. This paper will be an attempt to acknowledge the sharp contrast between the characters here which is related to the theme that how does racism, outer reflections and relative connections control the paths that Michele and ...

The four articles summarized and discussed in this annotated bibliography were selected because they deal with some of the civilizations of the first Americans, the Aztecs in particular. There always seems to be a lot of information and research into Western and pre-Western archaeology and anthropology, such as studies about Celtic, Roman, and Egyptian culture and mythology, but less about pre-Columbian America. All four of these articles were selected from peer-reviewed journals. Journals were selected instead of a book because it seemed like the best way to get a general idea about some very diverse topics regarding the Aztecs. Topics for three ...

Introduction:

I decided to visit the Norton Simon Museum of Art, 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd and can safely say that I was pretty much bowled over by the experience. Paintings are arranged in a very helpful manner and I was definitely spoilt for choice with regards to the array of works on offer. First off I decided to analyse Pierre Auguste Renoir’s seminal painting, ‘The Pont des Arts, Paris’ dating from 1878 and which is oil on canvas. This is a truly seminal painting in French impressionist style and it demonstrates ...

Annotated bibliography

Introduction

Antler, Joyce, ed. Talking Back: Images of Jewish Women in American Popular Culture. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, for Brandeis University Press, 1998. 301 p.

The Jewish women were looked upon in many ways within the background of their times. Their images were in the first line in creating America Jewish culture identity, which was an important in becoming an America. The Jewish women internalized them self from self-hatred since they had sufficient means in response. In brief the book analyzes the images of Jewish women in narratives, stories and media since twentieth century. The ...

Language as discourse started with post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault, who wanted to understand the relationship between language, social institutions, subjectivity, and power (Weedon, 1997; Bryson, 2003; Mansfield, 2000). Foucault looked specifically at how bodies, in everyday situations, perform their gender category, their class position and their place in culture (such as sexual orientation, normative standards of beauty and mental health). Foucault also looked at how something comes to be true by looking at the political and economic institutions that produce truth (Schirato, Danaher & Webb, 2012) Foucault (1980a) argues that as peoplewe acquire language theywe learn the way how ...

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Analysis of aging workforce 3 Succession Plan 4 Conclusion 5 Introduction Nowadays, HR techniques prefer to hire people of older age (above 50) and this is because older people with their experience and knowledge can manage things in a better way. Various studies have proved that people of older age can put more focus any task constantly than younger people. It is, therefore, considered to have older people in the workforce who can perform tasks with more concentration. When it comes to managing something, older people think from all sides; however, younger people being passionate and ...

Film Journal: The Breathless (1960) and Blow up (1966) The camera style (shots and movement) of the film Breathless can be described as a bold visual style that attracts much attention for motion pictures. The police shooting Michel in the streets after an evasive and long death run signifies the motion picturesque that utilizes camaflex camera techniques. Such camera style, As a result, makes Godard wants to draw a picture of unsuited illusions not so best framed for my existentially challenging times in relationships. The Editing style of the film builds on the hyperactive style that use abrupt jump cuts ...

How are artists able to reach the intellect, emotions and imaginations of their viewers? The act of creating art enriches the life of the artist. The aesthetic inherent in their work, or their underlying philosophy, or their desire to communicate concept, or portray a narrative is what is transmitted to the viewer. Describe how certain artists do this. Introduction: Artists are important members of society since their primary aim is to reach the soul of the viewer. Perhaps the most important aspect of an artist’s skills is that he/she is able to communicate certain ideas and the intellect ...

The bond of sisterhood is very important and it forms very strong ties. When two women decide to help each other out, there is mutual trust between them and the thought of betrayal does not cross anyone’s mind. In this essay we will look at three different novels showing the strong sisterhood bond that exists between the different female characters. The three novels include a poem, a tale and a film. The three are Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, Bluebeard by Charles Perrault and Diabolique by Henri George Clouzot respectively. In Goblin Market the strong bond of sisterhood is felt when Lizzie decides ...

Introduction

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which patients exhibit impulsive behaviour and an inability to fix attention for any significant length of time. Behaviour patterns of such persons are not age-appropriate. This disorder is detected predominantly in children and presents between ages 6 to 12. Diagnosis can be definite only after the condition has existed for a minimum period of six months to a year. The major presenting symptom is lack of attention at school and home study which reflects on academic performance. Clinical diagnosis is based on certain standardized tests – questionnaires for parents as well as children. These ...

Aristotle’s notion of happiness is quite different from our understanding of happiness. He called happiness an “activity” while the contemporary interpretation of happiness is a placid state of human mind. Thus, happiness now is seen as an emotional state rather than the result of certain action. Greek word eudaimonia can be rendered as “success”. People who are successful according to this notion are not in a particular state, but they live successfully. Aristotle considered happiness as an ongoing state caused by actions, rather than temporary euphoria. He stated that virtuous people can be happy when they exercise their virtues. A ...

Crimes are rampant today and laws have been implicated to prevent crime and impose regulations in a nation. Many laws have been reformed from brutal tortures to a lighter punishment which is imprisoning the law breakers. Even if this is more humane than the previous punishments, prison is still criticized by many. Michel Foucault was one who criticized imprisonment in his book ‘Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison’. He discusses the disciplinary power and its difference from the sovereign power of the state. In his book, he discusses a prison, Panopticon, of Illinois State Penitentiary. His idea was adopted in ...

Executive summary of the case

The case study starts with a brief history of Mc Donald’s; how it came into being. McDonald’s “competency center” in each country uses their acquired to knowledge to innovate and develop strategies for growth of the company. The case focuses on the company’s Switzerland strategy. In 2001, McDonald’s diversified into hotel industry in Switzerland by setting up two hotels in Zurich and Lully. The hotels were operated under the brand name of "Golden Arch Hotel”. They were positioned as 4 stared hotels that were highly modern and technologically advanced in terms of interiors of the hotel ( ...

Supply Chain Management

In every business, there are some suppliers as well as some customers. For our suppliers we are customers and for our customers we are suppliers. Moreover, our suppliers also have suppliers and our customers have customers too. Therefore, the concept of supply chain management is to manage the coordination in flow of materials or service from our supplier's supplier to our customer's customer. The aim of supply chain management is to generate information from company's supply chain activities to gain competitive advantage by reducing cost and through increasing sales because of the customer satisfaction (Boyson, Harrington, & Corsi, 2004). With ...

Buying behavior refers to the process of decision making to buy and use products. There are deviations in buying behavior of customers depending upon the level of involvement and price of product. Besides this a number of other factors may influence the purchasing decision (Peter, Olson and Grunert)

In the case of James Baxter’s bakery, customers will be diversified according to the following changes:

Cultural These factors are embedded in a personality due to his upbringing in a specific society. These include the values, behaviors, attitudes, norms, beliefs, norms, perceptions and values. Customers will purchase in additional quantity if they have a cultural background for a specific product.

Social

These are due to the surroundings within the society. A consumer ...

“Banksy” is the pseudonym of a contemporary avant-garde street artist who has challenged the public with his provocative and often difficult to classify art. According to some, he is simply a vandal or “guerilla artist” (Mitchell, “Britain: The Strengths”). However, the acceptance of his work at venues as distinguished as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has placed him in the company of the artistic elite (Betbeze, “Banksy: A Postmodern Pioneer”). One piece in particular has gained quite a lot of attention recently. In his adaptation of “The Gleaners” by the French painter Jean-Franç ...

Introduction

James Baxter is a pastry chef and owns a small bakery in Adelaide. James wants to grow his brand nationally and compete with chains like Pie Face, Brumby’s, Michel's Patisserie and Bakers Delight. He has also considered selling through Coles and Woolworths bakery options or creating high end specialty stores like Adriano Zumbo’s. Taking the above discussion into consideration this particular paper attempts to analyze the business environment and customer preferences in the bakery industry.

The buyer behaviour associated with bakeries

Customers today have become more attentive than ever before regarding the food items they consume, and they wish to purchase items they feel satisfied ...

Transgender and Intersex Individual

In the present day society, many people do not rely on their assigned gender, or sex, at birth to define themselves. Male and female are not the only genders that humanity must embrace. Normal, as the community dictates, is when a relationship is anchored to the idea that it is only between a man and a woman. Normal is when you grow up as what kind of genital you have upon being born. With this kind of conception of normality, exclusion of some members of the society is being prominent for these members do not commit to the ideals of normality in a ...

All accounts and stories of how man came to be showcase humans as being good in nature. From the accounts of creation, to those who believe the origin of man to be from the gods, man has always been portrayed as being pure. The accounts explain that a man was sinless when he came to be. The reason is that nature played a crucial part in maintaining the divineness of man until he regrouped to form a society. Nature was depicted as being filled with goodness. In nature, everything is devoid of any evil or sin. What remains is only pureness. Therefore, ...

Introduction/Thesis

The idea of ‘everyday’ is intriguing because no two people see this as a common phenomenon; they see it differently. It can be a time anytime of the day, be it morning, afternoon, evening, or even night, or it could be routines or habitual activities that are repeated by individuals. Whatever the act, the ‘everyday’ phenomenon is hard to define as everyone perceives this differently. When perceived from an artistic point of view, the concept of ‘everyday’ finds a whole new meaning; it harbors on alienation, interaction, space and place, as well as materiality and dirt. Artists Francis Alys and Thomas Hirschhorn ...

Andy Warhol was an artist in the pop art. He explored the relationships between advertisement, celebrity culture, and artistic expression. Warhol was very successful as an illustrator of commercial art. He is however known for being controversial in art. His artwork is composed of different types of media such as painting, photography, hand drawing, printmaking, music, film, sculpture, and silk screening. He also pioneered computer generated art. He used collaborators to help him in accomplishing his art (The Warhol, 2013). Warhol focused on the popular people or items to form the subject of his art. Warhol focused on producing ...

Management

Introduction In his book, “Supportive Leadership: The New Role of Leaders in the 21st Century”, Gunther H. Schust declares that the paradigms of management and leadership are changing in an increasingly globalized world. Schust points out that leaders could get the job done with blunt tactics of hiring and firing. However, the need of the hour is for leaders to professionally select employees, support them in their endeavors, challenge them in the work environment, make them further qualified and enable them to function seamlessly in a networked world. Schust (8) uses the new requirements of leaders to call for ...

Question 1:

Valve sticktion refers to the condition where the valve’s stem is resistant to small changes in its input. The main cause of this is when the static friction of the valve at rest is greater than the dynamic friction resulting from the force acting on the valve. However, even under sticktion, once enough force has been applied the valve stem will move easily. This makes the movement of the valve to be unpredictable and inconsistent (Michel, n.d).

Question 2:

Sticktion contributes to poor loop performance since if there is sticktion and an input is present the valve may overshoot leading ...

New York Artist

Jean-Michel Basquiat is a renowned artist f New York, who got fame during 1980s, and fame he got is, however, unprecedented in the world of the art (Fretz). He is the exceptional black painter that has achieved the status of the numinous celebrity. He has turned the primitivist, romantic, and the expressionistic directions in order to create the work that delved into myth as well as in history, and played an important role in affirming the redemptive power of the art. In the paintings of Basquiat, the focus is on the textual imagery as well as on the specific visuals; ...

Increased rates of elective caesarean section procedure

Literature review Caesarean section or rather c-section is a medical procedure of delivering babies that involve a surgical incision on the belly and through the uterus. The procedure is used for delivering babies as well as removing foetus from the womb. It is usually, as a result of difficulty in vaginal delivery and also patients request for it for which it is pre planned. The use of this procedure has been widespread in the recent past and is mainly because of the advancement of medical technologies and surgeries (Drife, and Walker, 2001 p. 156) There are several reasons that explain ...

Introduction

According to Iliadou (2012), “labour support as a term used to describe the presence of an empathetic person who offers advice, information, comfort measures and other forms of tangible assistance to help a women cope with the stress of labour and birth”. It is the midwives role to be able to identify the woman’s needs and address them appropriately and within a timely manner. There are many ways, in which midwives can offer support during labour and birth both physiologically and psychologically. However, the support provided to women in labour also varies enormously depending upon the birth environment. This essay ...

Abstract

This research paper was had one objective: to investigate the circumstances that saw the Kuwait Gulf Bank survive a financial crisis. Kuwait Gulf Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in Kuwait and, therefore, one of Kuwait’s major lenders. Before the financial crisis, the Bank had been very successful in its operations. It first became operational in 1961 after having been established in Fahad al-Sahem Street the previous year. Its headquarters were, however, later moved to Abdulla al-Sahem Street three years later. In the years following that, it has continued to grow and has been able to finance ...

It is the process of acquisition of new things in life that motivates most human beings to work every day. After a successful acquisition, a person is always happy to have acquired the said object and now projects at his future target to be acquired. There are mediums that are used in the payment of such objects that are acquired. However, different objects require different prices for their respective acquisition. Money is a common medium that is used in the acquisition of different objects in the life of a person. Most people acquire different items by using money to pay for the items. ...

CULTURAL POLITICS

V92CUP The Contestation of Power within Modern Day Belly Dance: A Cultural Politics Approach Introduction The origins and purpose of belly dance have no clear historical background. However, it has a very strong root from the Middle East and has spread into the Western world today. More and more women are getting involved in this dance as they try to embrace their feminine essence. Unfortunately, due to its historical background, belly dance has a negative connotation to it because of the erotic attachment behind its dance movement. Despite the said fact, men and even women would still spend money ...

Introduction:

I decided to visit the Norton Simon Museum of Art, 411 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd and can safely say that I was pretty much bowled over by the experience. Paintings are arranged in a very helpful manner and I was definitely spoilt for choice with regards to the array of works on offer. First off I decided to analyse Pierre Auguste Renoir’s seminal painting, ‘The Pont des Arts, Paris’ dating from 1878 and which is oil on canvas. This is a truly seminal painting in French impressionist style and it demonstrates the ...

Orientalism encompasses an academic discourse featuring a patronizing attitude by Westerners towards Asian and African societies. The West perceives Asian and African societies as undeveloped and static and in this way, creates a fallacious oriental culture by which Asians and Africans can be studied, shown and reproduced. On the other hand, in this fabrication by the Westerners, the West is taken to be developed, flexible, dynamic and superior. An etiological analysis of this term will suffice. Orientalism finds its origins in the word “Orient” which translates to the East, as seen by the West. Further, the term Orient has its origins ...

Today the question of where to give birth is very topical for all the pregnant women and generally, they have two variants – birth in a hospital or homebirth. There many different possibilities is each of these two variants, and each of them has its advantages and drawbacks, as well as risks. This paper will concentrate on the latter variant and will show why many women decide to give birth to their children at home – what they receive, and what they miss. Many studies have already shown that only about 5% of women are in real need of care at ...

Pierre August Renoir: The Pont des Arts, Paris (1878, Oil on Canvas)

Renoir’s bold form of impressionism lent itself to a number of finely wrought paintings which definitely show his affinity with the landscape genre. This magnificent view of Paris in the late 19th century almost brings up memories of Proustian elegance with its cultivated beauty. One of the most enlightening features of this painting is the manner in which the boats are portrayed as they laconically await other passengers to board them. Renoir uses bold brushwork to convey a heady sense of imagery and relaxation; this is an artistic form which permeates the whole painting. The glut of people who ...

“America” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in the 1958. The poem revolves around the life of the speaker, who feels overwhelmed by life in U.S. Specifically, the speaker is dissatisfied with the level of capitalism in the country, which makes him admire his communist upbringing. He also conveys his admiration for Marxism. Although there are several literary strategies (put forward by different theorists) on the best means to interpret a text, none would be more appropriate than Michael Foucault’s in analyzing Ginsberg’s poem. In his articles “The Archaeology of Knowledge” and “What is an Author?” Michael ...

Music therapy is defined as a clinical technique employed by physicians to complement medicine; however, the therapy needs a prescription from a trained music therapist to achieve the desired objectives. Such techniques are designed to aid patients in overcoming challenges; music therapy is employed in many settings including community centers, schools, and rehabilitation centers to help the patients deal with the challenges they face. Childbirth is an experience associated with a significant amount of pain; some people compare the pain experienced during childbirth to the pain endured by a person burnt alive. This comparison serves a purpose to describe the intensity of the childbirth process. ...

In Michael Foucault’s thinking and opinion, he refers subjectivity to an individual’s view of things in the world. He argues that level of subjectivity vary from one individual to another. This is however based on personal opinions that are predetermined by their experience and the setting they are brought up in. In his “Ethics, subjectivity and truth”, he draws a line showing how subjectivity relates to power and its impacts on the people. He brings out the argument that individuals ought to take care of themselves as a way of exercising their freedom and democracy. In his argument and ...

Question 1

Discourse on a subject means that the subject is relevant and modern enough to warrant the concern of the people discussing it. This discourse usually leads to popular opinions and generalizations on the particular subject matter after continued engagement on the subject. Discourse on the subject of sexuality as tackled by Foucault reveals how discourse in the matter of sexuality led to sections of the society gaining power, over the others due to their sexual orientations. Power as understood by Foucault is an ability by a person or a circumstance to influence the decision-making and the actions of an individual. Following these ...

Introduction

Based on Michel de Montaigne’s claim that it is “problematic to have both a body and a mind”, because the body’s monstrosity contrasts with the mind’s dignity (de Botton 122), is sexuality inadequate because it combines the bodily instinctive impulses with the reasoned intentions of the mind? De Montaigne’s view on the inadequacy of sexuality reflects the idea that the body is sometimes fighting against the mind, putting the mind in awkward situations, and further influencing it, as the mind develops processes that include hanging on the bodily effects, which once acted against it. When something goes ...

- Psycho (1960) - Alfred Hitchcock The movie is about a couple who meet in a hotel in phoenix Arizona to discuss their marriage plans. They discuss about the scarcity of finances to afford a decent marriage. Upon returning to the offices the lady, Marion, gets a client who brings $40000 to buy an apartment for his daughter. Marion devises a way in which she can elope with the money where she succeeds. The movie director shows how desperate Marion is to get finances. She embarks on a long journey out of town. She has a lot of troubles on the way from suspicion by ...

“Football’s not a matter of life and death, it’s more important than that.” These are the famous words of former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, in response to the statement that football is a trivial pastime, just a game. Even though his remark may appear to be an exaggeration, I don’t believe he was just joking. There are few activities that generate as much human interest, as much passion, as football. Football is without doubt the most popular sport in the world. It is played in every continent. The major competitions of football are international events, topics of everyday ...

Introduction

Alexis de Tocqueville and Robert Michel’s remain some of the renowned and proficient scholars who contributed in the development of sociology. They published and wrote numerous sociological materials in pursuit of addressing social constructs and challenges that faced humanity. Their social background, education, and career are some of the pertinent factors that played an integral role in shaping ideas, thoughts and argument brought forth by these scholars. The paper compares and contrast Alexis de Tocqueville and Robert Michel’s and their contribution in sociology discipline.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis Charles Henri de Tocqueville was a renowned French historian, policy maker, and political ...

Classic English Literature

Marcp8, 2013

Thesis Statement:Du Bois argued that people from African decent live through a special double consciousnesswhere there exists a psychological challenge of integration of African heritage to the European cultural background and education. Walker used the mule as the representation of black women who surpassed the abuses and oppression they went through to establish African identity, territory, class, culture and kinship with other nations. King’s letter was used as the medium to expose his sentiments against racism and human conflict where he expressed optimism in his battle despite the extreme prejudices committed against the blacks. Race is proven to ...

Movie review: The Artist

Introduction Michel Hazanavicius' interesting courageous, non-verbal comedy-drama, was a movie that lacked talking but did build up some nonverbal performance. The Artist displays a performance idol in Hollywood right before talkies came on the scene. His marriage appears to be on the rocks, and things start to change for him once he meets the go-getting chorus girl Peppy Miller and is smitten. Very quickly thereafter, sound comes to movies, and George throws every penny right into the last classic silent film, while Peppy turns out to be the infamous star of the new period. This essay will discuss the scenes ...

If Foucault was correct, then contemporary society really is an authoritarian, disciplinary state, although it is not necessarily clear that he is right, at least compared to what existed in the past. Nor is present-day society really all that decentralized, given the power of global corporations and powerful institutions like the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund. Most of the new technologies that exist really are under the control of large capitalist interests, which also control governments. In addition, the military power of states is certainly as great as it ever was, including the capacity to destroy the ...

Abstract

Michel Montaigne was a French philanthropist who authored several essays which he wrote mostly out of his own experience. He seeks to describe people in the outmost honesty, including him. Montaigne was writing his essays at a time when Europe was experiencing great political and religious calamities. There were divisions in the Christianity arena and the papal authority was being challenged. Although this did not directly influence his writing it had some impact on some of his works. He was trying to pass on his own reflections to the readers most of which were derived from his personal opinions and experiences. ...

Launch of New Portable Audio Player by Nakamichi Corporation

Many reports suggest that portable audio players were mostly replaced by smart phones especially by iPhone. These smart phones can play both audio and video files, however the fact is that these smart phones won’t be able to replace the portable audio players completely due to the expensive nature of smart phones and the low battery capacity to support sustained audio playing. There are many studies which also indicate that consumers in today’s market prefer to buy portable audio players rather than these smart phones (Gilbert, 2001, pp330-341). In a survey carried out on 2,408 respondents, 52% ...

There is no doubt that performance appraisals not only form major steps in career development of many an employee but also an essential tool in motivating employees. Andrew (2005) argues that effective appraisals play a vital role in building a committed and motivated workforce. On the other hand, poorly planned and administered appraisals lead to diminished levels of employee performance.

Background to the study

The increased desires to deliver good results have forced many leaders and management officials to commit themselves into becoming profitable resources to their organizations (Appelbaum, Michel, and Gilliland, 2011). Many a leader aim at delivering high performance outcomes to their organizations, and ...

When reading a text, how important is the actual intent of the author? If a reader gleans a different meaning from a work than the author intended to include, is that viewpoint still valid? According to the Formalist school of literary criticism, the intentions of the author are irrelevant; as long as there is a concrete meaning to be gleaned from some interpretation of the text itself, it is valid. Formalism looks at the structure of a work itself to determine its meaning, regardless of whatever sociopolitical or narrative ends the author originally had in mind. In this light, the text takes precedence over the ...

When reading a text, how important is the actual intent of the author? If a reader gleans a different meaning from a work than the author intended to include, is that viewpoint still valid? According to the Formalist school of literary criticism, the intentions of the author are irrelevant; as long as there is a concrete meaning to be gleaned from some interpretation of the text itself, it is valid. Formalism looks at the structure of a work itself to determine its meaning, regardless of whatever sociopolitical or narrative ends the author originally had in mind. In this light, the text takes precedence over the ...

In his book “Discipline and Punish” Michel Foucault establishes a social theory called panopticism. The title of this theory originated from the idea of Jeremy Bentham’s prison called Panopticon. Foucault gives a detailed description of this 18th century prison that was constructed in a very sophisticated way: a supervisor can easily control each prisoner, while prisoners never see anyone and are completely alone. Foucault admires the construction of the building: “And this invisibility is a guarantee of order”. (Foucault, p. 287) Thus, Panopticon’s major effect is “to induce in the inmate a state of consciousness and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning ...

Paul Michel Foucault is a renowned scholar of philosophy and psychology. He also participated in several political activities and visited several countries. Foucault also visited prisons in France and America and developed his analytical approach about the conditions of prisons. He wrote about this issue thoroughly and in his book Discipline and Punish discusses several practical aspects of the issue. His influence is widely visible in America and after the incidents like 9/11 his relevancy has been accepted even by those who use to criticize his opinions. This paper discusses Foucault’s theory of Panopticism and several other aspects of ...

“Golfe Juan” is one of the representative creations of the French painter Raoul Duffy and a depiction of the Fauvist movement to which the artist adhered to. The painting, created in 1927 is oil on canvas, measures 32 3/16 x 39 5/8 inches and currently resides in the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum. Being known for his courageous use of bright colors and vivid illustrations of pleasure and luxury scenes, Raoul Duffy went beyond the act of representing nature – he invented it. In “Golfe Juan” we are offered the scene of the French Riviera or Cote d’Azur, with a single ...

Relationship between continuous improvement and (a) strategic plan (b) Business plan and (c) operational objective

Relation of strategic planning to continuous improvement According to the National Academy of Sciences (2009), strategic planning is the process of defining an organization’s future endeavours and formulating the appropriate means of achieving them. Strategic planning involves an organization incorporating elements that are necessary for continuous improvement without which there would no improvement. The elements incorporated focus on the future of the organization. Strategic planning is therefore related to the continuous improvement of an organization.

Relation of business planning to continuous improvement

Business planning is also related to continuous improvement of an organization. In business planning decisions have to be made about the organization ...

The Impact of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist who died young but his art continues to have a huge impact in the world today. He died of a heroin overdose when he was only 27 years old. From an early age, his parents and teachers noted that he was quite talented in art and encouraged him to pursue it then and even in the future. When his parents separated, his father took custody of him and his siblings. However He ran away from home at the age of 15. He lived on the streets where he slept on park benches where he was picked ...

Knockoffs in the Fashion Industry

Keeping on top of trends and being “in fashion” has preoccupied men and women throughout history. Average consumers cannot afford to fill their wardrobes with the current styles set by top designers like Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, or Prada; however, they still want to wear clothing that is current and trendy. This is where the knockoff comes into play. Fashion teacher Lauren Michel defines the term knockoff as distinct from counterfeit items, writing, “Counterfeiting is making a copy of someone else’s design, be it a dress or a handbag, and selling it while representing it as the real thing. A knock-off ...

The heterotopia is capable of juxtaposing in a single real place several sites that are in themselves incompatible. Use Foucault's Theory of heterotopias analyses the use and representation of space in Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should.

Foucault’s above mentioned statement in the scholarly article of Other Spaces, discussed the concept of heterotopia or heterotophic spaces (1986). This concept referred to real spaces that could be physical or mental and coexist with the spaces generally acknowledged by the society (1986). He formed six principles to explain this. He observes that although according to the knowledge accumulated ...

Professional Experience Interview with Lou Michel

Lou Michel is a reporter at The Buffalo News. Currently located at 1 News Plaza Buffalo, NY 14203 and reachable at 716-849-4444, Mr. Michel has worked as a reporter for over three decades. Prior to the Buffalo News, he worked at the Tonawanda News just north of Buffalo. An inspiration to budding journalists, he is the recipient of several Associated Press awards. He is both a local and national celebrity as a frequent speaker at schools and as a guest on many local and national radio programs. Mr. Michel has also appeared on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight. He is ...