Essays on Upside

Indeed, there are numerous reasons behind Vineet Nayar’s “Employee first; Customer Second” philosophy is playing a significant role in enabling companies to understand better the conventional wisdom in putting customers first. He then inverts the pyramid upside down and opts to make the organization’s management to cater for the employees as a prime responsibility, as opposed to the said conventional way. Nayar used the same approach as the new President of HCL Technologies (HCLT), a renowned global IT firm in India. The author managed to extend his imagination of how employees need to treated and set HCLT ...

Dear _______,

I am writing you to give my explanation regarding my failure to successfully complete all of the requirements for re-admission to the School of Social Work’s undergraduate program by the deadline of May 1, 2016. After my suspension from the School of Social Work, I felt that I needed to spend the summer of 2015 taking care of both myself, and my family. During my last semester at the University, my nephew was a victim in a homicide. I was responsible for the planning, and final expenses of his funeral. During this time, my husband and I adopted ...

The Museum of Asian art in San Francisco is one of the must-see museums in the town. It is situated quite near to the Civic center and more than eighteen thousand pieces of fine art are exposed permanently in the arranged collections. Some of the exhibited articles are about six thousand years old. The arts and objects are collected from the entire Asian continent. Entering the museum, visitors can enjoy beautiful objects as paintings, furniture, sculptures, armor and textiles, and also there are represented objects from China, India, Turkey, the Philippines and Japan showing the culture of these countries ...

A billboard advertisement for a company called Voodoo, this ad was selected because it inverts the traditional roles of power between men and women. Intended for women’s gaze, the billboard ad animalizes and objectifies men, empowers women, shocks “conventional” morality, and does all the above under the cloak of anonymity. Clearly, the Voodoo advertisement’s intended audience is young, career-oriented, ambitious women with a flair for fashion and hipness. Pictured in the ad is a slender, leggy woman wearing tight red leggings (the winter hosiery) and black leather shoe-boots with stiletto heels. She also wears a leopard-print blouse, ...

Parallel Worlds in “Bridge to Terabithia”

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson is the story of two children, adolescents, who came up with their own, fantastic country, hiding from the world that does not accept and understand them. This book is about life and death, about the fragility of life and the way of life, about that how hard to find friends, and that people should forgive even enemies. It is sad, but incredibly touching story of friendship, loyalty and love, the first mistakes and incorrigible consequences that children faced living in parallel worlds. Bridge to Terabithia is a story about the friendship of two ...

Introduction

Campbell states that there are twelve stages of the heroes journey they are; The ordinary world - something occurs in the heroes life that causes stress. The approach - the hero and allies prepare for the challenge. The call to adventure - something occurs within the heart of the hero that starts them on their journey to leadership. The ordeal - the hero confronts, death, fears, anxieties, where something is learned (Campbell). Refusal of the call - the hero now aware of his / her call, feels anxiety about it, unprepared, unworthy etc. The reward - the hero fights ...

The United States in the eyes of Europeans was an amazing country where democracy prevailed, instead of a monarchy, with no division into classes. In the United States, there was the freedom of conscience and tolerance. Thus, Americans have unprecedented freedom for the rest of the world. At that time of the Golden Youth and Great Gatsby the American Dream arose. It had its causes and long-lasting effects. The essay is going to discuss what is the American Dream and what cause-effect relationship does it have today. First of all, it is important to understand in full the meaning ...

Question 1

Identify what methodology (ies) are being employed in this analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's "La Joconde," and explain why/how. What questions might other methodology (ies) ask about this particular work?

Formalism: - a formal approach has been taken towards this image. Several physical properties have been engaged so as to disclose the function and meaning of this work. Also, intrinsic beauty is the main idea behind this work. The image has a slight smile (slight lips opening at the mouth corners) which was considered as a sign of elegance. A delicate atmosphere dominates this image with perfect interaction of light and shade, ...

Freeing America from Foreign Oil Dependency

In Presidents’ Obama’s acceptance speech, one of the bold promises he pledged was to see an end to the United States of America’s ‘addiction’ to foreign oil. Judging from his words, it is understandable that he was addressing American’s oil dependency for the sake of the nation’s environment, security and economy. However, his sentiments attracted sharp criticism from all corners as debate raged on whether it was a possibility or impossibility. I beg to differ with US foreign oil dependency policy and tend to think that it will be a matter of being stuck between a rock and ...