Essays on Schlesinger

The 1880s were the beginning of dramatic changes in the lives of Americans living in urban areas. As cities grew at astronomic rates, the population expanded in conjunction to the Second Industrial Revolution and rose to over 15 million people by 1900. The Second Industrial Revolution was distinctly different from the first Industrial Revolution in that “pure science played a major role in developing new industries,” including the development of “steel, chemicals, and electricity” (Horn, Rosenband and Smith 84). For the average American, such industrial expansion and massive population growth dramatically altered the way of life for city dwellers. ...

Perrier, an iconic brand in the world of mineral water, started to experience some problems the year after it great success of 1989. The previous year it had remarkably sold 1.2 billion bottles of mineral water, almost half to the population in the United States. The reason for their remarkable sale can be attributed to the absence of potential competitors in the market. The people had no choice, and therefore, they had to buy Perrier’s bottled water. However, in the year 1990, a minute quantity of benzene detected in the bottle reduced its sale by almost fifty percent ( ...

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Introduction The Boston Tea Party was an important episode in the history of America which gave way to the American War of Independence. This war was fought to highlight the oppressive measures by Britain, or the mother country as it was known. The Boston Tea Party is the reaction to the attitude of Britain towards its American colonies. According to TH Breen, ordinary people in predominantly rural communities were the highlight of the ensuing American Revolution (Carp, 421). This essay begins with the non-importation agreement in Boston. This is followed by the lapse of the ...

Exposure to Racial Discrimination in Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system of the United States comprises several challenges and flaws, while the issue with the spread of the racial disparity poses the most significant problem to the welfare of the citizens of the country. This problem is not new to the criminal justice system as it has roots in the XX century with the consideration of the cases of African Americans in trial. In the beginning of this period of time, African Americans amounted to 10% of the entire population of the United States, while the amount of the sentenced prisoners may be regarded as relatively ...

MANAGEMENT

Today, the world of sports has an immense number of fans following with subsequent industrial growth. According to Schlesinger (2016), the American population was recorded more than 320 million and Jones (2015) claimed that more than 60% of American population is a diehard fan of sports. Among innumerable sports, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has 17.7 million viewers; the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series has 14.9 million viewers, and the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl had record-breaking 108.7 million viewers throughout United States of America (USA; Thompson, 2014). Surprisingly, more than half a million viewers of each ...

Overview

American Presidency and leadership has been viewed in varying perspectives depending on the power, obligations, and responsibilities associated with the position of presidency as well as the discrete use of the position`s powers by the persons holding office (Gutman 73). Pika and Maltese have reviewed the American Presidency in the lens of service to the community and the use of the position to create a power centered in the society`s needs that represent the White House as the symbolic and centre of representation of the American`s civilization, democracy and leadership. On the other hand, Schlesinger’s ...

Competition is a major factor that creates a necessity for change. Businesses can be forced to change their strategies when new competitors enter the market. Such change is necessary to avoid losing customers to the new competitor. Organizations can also be forced to change because of technological advancements. The development of new technology can render some business processes and practices obsolete, which forces the business to change to keep up with its competitors (Iveroth & Hallencreutz, 2015). Another major factor that leads to the necessity for change is the enactment of changes in government regulations. Governments can mandate businesses to ...

The timespan between the post-colonial era and the early 20th century was marked by a specific rise in the urban culture (‘city life’) in America and there were some uniquely identifying characteristics of this emergence of the city life. This essay aims at exploring the various identifying aspects of the American cities that separated them from the rest of the country and conditions that led to a widening social stratification between the lifestyles of the rich and the poor in these cities. In order to understand the various unique characteristics of the American urban life during the chosen era, ...

Introduction

The paper will review contemporary management practice involving a case study of one UK’s power and energy Services Company named Energy Co. One topic from HRO 383 curriculum that is related to the contents of the case is the company structure. The thing that relates this topic to the content of the case is the company’s leadership hierarchy that the case discusses. Therefore, the mentioned issue of staff resistance towards change results from the way the leadership of this company approaches the change process. The case study indicated the Energy Co. has been through a process of ...

The assumption that changes are as good as rest is not always taken positively when it is eventually put into practice. Often than not, reorganization is feared and strongly resisted because it brings around disturbances of the status quo, a threat to individuals vested interests in their jobs. Sometimes changes are altered resulting in a loss of effectiveness and an increase in costs. Vehement resistance to cultural, ethical and professional changes as is witnessed in the New Zealand Police Unit. The top brass in the New Zealand Police though some in subtle ways is up in arms against almost ...

Managing Change

Introduction Organizational change has become a significant feature in today’s business environment. According to Burke (2008), the need for change and the demand for organizations to adapt and modify their operations have intensified. In fact, the most prevalent challenge in many organizations has been the need to cope with the rapid change. In a recent study conducted by leadershipIQ.com, a failure to manage the organizational change is one of the top reasons for termination of jobs for many managers (Murphy 2015, para 1). This failure is attributed to the managers’ inability to motivate employees, especially by not articulating ...

The 1960s as a historical era recount what can easily be counted as the apogee and the obvious limits of government power to try and affect positive change in people’s lives. Both Kennedy and Johnson were consummate liberal American politicians that had lived through the New Deal, World War II and the Fair Deal how hose government led efforts although completely different had totally changed the landscape of American culture, society and politics from a very libertarian laissez faire and hands of form of government to the creation of what was then an embryonic American Welfare state. Roosevelt ...

'Midnight Cowboy' is a drama film of 1969 based on the novel 'Midnight Cowboy' by James Leo Herlihy. 'The American Friend' is a 1977 movie by Wim Wenders, loosely basing its themes on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, 'Ripley’s Game.' 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The American Friend' reflects the events in the society during the time. They both fit perfectly towards the depiction of the ‘counter culture’ film movement of the 1970’s. Through their themes and character representation, the two movies give a strong challenge to genre conventions thus enabling them to successfully depict the counter-culture period in ...

Introduction

The United States is depicted as the most democratic nation in the world. The aspect of democracy arises from the choices that people are presented with. The ability to determine one’s leaders, goods, services, regions and rights are some of the choice elements that the American population is presented with. Another aspect that can be associated with the United States is its diversity in regards to the ethnic groups and races; immigration has resulted in the creation of one of the most interracial communities in the world. Nearly all races are present in America as a result of ...

It is difficult to pinpoint where the decline of modern journalism began to slide down the perilous chute towards sensationalism and garbage news, but what is certain is that at this current time the industry needs a new start. From what is covered and what is considered to be newsworthy the world has been steered again and again towards increasingly inane and nonsensical material. That which is considered news is easily likened to a mudslinging contest in a grade-school playground, or a smear campaign devised by a high school student to become the most popular. Journalism has become less ...

“Should Immigration Require Assimilation?” by Tom Gjelten explores the complex dimensions of what it means to be “American” through the experience of one Salvadoran immigrant and several theorists’ views of assimilation. Gjelten focuses specifically on the experience of Hispanic immigrants to the United States, as well as the political and cultural aspects of “American identity” (Gjelten 4). I agree with Gjentle’s assertion that what it means to be an American is not as simple as citizenship, but I do not agree with his assessment that “ ‘Americanization’ brought certain obligations” (Gjelten 5). I agree that American identity is composed ...