Essays on Symonds

Video in Opera Stage

Introduction Advances in technology and the corresponding creation of digital technologies have significantly impacted the performing arts (Poole & Ho, 2011). Opera has not escaped the technological advancements and as such, new forms of opera have emerged in both digital and virtual formats (Symonds & Karantonis, 2013). Salter (2010) explains that since the 1990s, the scenography of opera has emerged with technological advancements transforming stages into video and monitor accompaniments. The obvious payoff is an enhanced experiential, virtual reality of the opera’s stage. The new technologies blur the lines between the opera’s stage and the motion picture common in ...

Executive summary

This report is an analysis of the performance of Kodak over time since its inception. The report finds that the dismal performance of Kodak is largely as a result of the poor leadership elected to lead the company. The report traces the failures of the company to the hierarchical and toxic leadership styles that saw the company lag behind in joining the competitors in the migration to digital photography. The report concludes by highlighting the specific failures of leadership that cost the company a fortune had it transformed into digital promptly. The report recommends a series of actions to ...

Introduction

Eastman Kodak Corporation is an American multinational public company that engages in production imaging as well as photographic tools and equipment. It is a renowned market leader that provides photographic products as well as services to customers around the globe either for fun purposes or commercial purposes. The company introduces innovative and up-to-date photography products to the market, hence allowing people to take photos, share them while enjoying the beauty of the picture. The company is among the leading in the world in the provision of the associated products and services, and the company’s management is always inclined ...

Introduction to the business (cover letter in this section)

What an entrepreneurial organization is Why the business is entrepreneurial My entrepreneurial skills, attributes, and behaviors The benefits of entrepreneurial employees Summary and recommendations Introduction to the business Zara is one of the largest multinational fashion brand based in the UK. It is a retail store chain having more than 1,751 stores around the world. I am writing about my skills to work in Zara for the job in Public Relations department. Having keen interest, knowledge and experience in this field, I believe that I can serve the team of the organization delivering high value to work. Being ...

Perhaps the largest advantage of interpreting mixed methods data is comprehensiveness (Mason, 2006). In other words, examining a research problem through the collecting, analysis, interpretation, and ultimately, the connection or “mixing” data from different aspects or considerations; provides a more complete answer or understanding of the search problem than could be accomplished by only using one set of data. A second of interpreting mixed methods data, is that it will force the research to develop a better understanding of the research in the initial stages of the process. Without the ability to accomplish this, the researcher will not be ...

Japanese optimism was already very high even before the attack on Pearl Harbor. A large sect within the Japanese Military government held the same ideological notions about the United States and Western Democracies as Hitler did. The U.S. was decadent; it was afraid of the cost of war; it was split with racial and class conflict. Most had expected the attack on Pearl Harbor to lead directly to a treaty granting Japan rule over much of the Pacific (Johnson, 2006, p. 120-126). Even realists within the Japanese cabinet, like Yamamoto, the mastermind behind Pearl Harbor, who accepted the industrial ...