Essays on Vision

Apple’s company website.

Apple Company was established by Steve Jobs in April 1976 and incorporated in January 3rd 1977. Over the past years, the company has developed to become the leading computer hardware, software, consumer electronics and the digital distribution. Apple Company takes pride in making life easier and even more efficient for the consumers in the United States of America.

The founder’s vision statement was to bring the best personal computing experience to the students, educators, creative professional and the consumers across the globe through pits innovative software, hardware and internet offerings. In line with its vision, the company’s ...

- Burger King.

Vision: Burger King has more or less retained the same vision it had when the then known ‘Insta- Burger King’ restaurant was transformed by the two franchisees, James McLamore and David Edgerton into Burger King in 1954. The original Burger King vision was “Offering reasonably priced quality food, served quickly, in attractive, clean surroundings.”  Now, over the last sixty odd years, the company’s vision has morphed into a more consumer oriented approach with its “Have it your way” campaign. The new vision statement is “We proudly serve the best burgers in the business , plus a variety ...

People talk of vision, or having a vision at some point in their life. But do they really understand what it means? Do they really know what it takes to make their vision a reality? Taking a textbook definition, a vision is a state of foreseeing and anticipating for things that may not be seen at the moment through physical eyes. There are people who go through life with a clear and unwavering focus on their vision, and there are those who cruise through it uncaring. As someone who wishes for a happy and fulfilling future, both personally and ...

Strategic planning is vital for any business operation particularly near the beginning of its stages of formation. This is because strategic planning defines the ‘where’ the company is going or plans to go, and the possible ways it will arrive there. Ideally, it can be compared to when one is planning to travel without having a specific destination in mind; it would be therefore unrealistic to plan for the accommodation services considering the destination is not defined.

The success of any business is thus, solely dependent on the plans laid down for the future. It is necessary to note ...

The eye under study was the owl’s eyes. Owls have forward facing eyes located on the front of the face. Owls have rather large eyes in comparison to their body weights. Depending on the species, an owl’s eyes range between one and five percent of the animal’s body weight. The owl’s eyes enable it to have a binocular vision hence seeing objects in three dimensions and can hence judge distances just as humans. The view of an owl is 110 degrees with over 70 degrees allocated to the animal’s binocular vision the rest is ...

Re-uptake involves the reabsorption of neurotransmitters by any of the neurotransmitter receptors or transporters. The transporters involved are usually of pre-synaptic neurons. Re-uptake occurs after the neurotransmitter has transmitted a neural impulse. Re-uptake is very crucial in order for the normal functioning of synapses to take place. This is because it allows the neurotransmitters to be recycled, thereby regulating their levels in the synapse. This in turn dictates the length of time it takes for a signal - generated by neurotransmitter release - to last. Neurotransmitters are usually large hydrophilic molecules that cannot pass through the neuronal membranes. For ...

Personal Nursing Vision

Personal Nursing Vision

Growing up, I never though I would be a nurse but I had a passion for helping people. When I was 12, my elder brother had an accident and I was amazed by how the nurses in the ER did not care about what he ha done to land in the ER but concentrated on giving him the best care. My interest in nursing grew further when I saw nurses visiting him at home when he was recovering. My next turning point was in high school when a Family Nurse Practitioner was invited to give us ...

Introduction

The paper will be focused on the discussion of the Pre-kindergarten Elementary Math’s Curriculum developed and adopted by the Pre- kindergarten school. The mechanism towards the achievement of any mission or a vision of the school is pegged on the existing e curriculum employed and implemented by such schools. The school mission statement and the vision statement are directly linked to the goals and objective that a given school aims at achieving. The underlying factor in Pre-kindergarten school is the need to excel and produce student that can match the job market (Olivia & Gordon, 2013). Despite the several ...

Verizon

Verizon has an Entrepreneurial Culture as its foundation. Ivan Seidenberg started out as a cable splicer in New York climbing telephone poles before he climbed up to his position as Chairman and CEO. Now he wants to retire and leave a legacy that will keep Verizon thriving in the years to come. In order to do that he needs to leave a legacy for his successor to follow. Therefore, he needs to unite the company with a strong corporate culture. This must extend across all departments including their acquisitions. Entrepreneurs know their best was good for today; then promise ...

Galen Rowell, died at the age of 61, in a plane crash in California, with his wife Barbara. Rowell was the most famous outdoor photographer in the world, regularly shooting features for National Geographic during a life spent touring in remote countries around the world. Galen Rowell was a man who went into to the edge of the sea, the mountains, into the desert, to the last great wild places in the world to be absorbed by their grace and magnificence. That is what he did for himself. He shared his vision with the release of a shutter, creating ...

Leadership can be defined as the process in which a person influences others socially, and can help and support others in achieving a common goal or objective. Leadership is a necessary requirement in an organization since it enables organizations to achieve its goals. In order to achieve the goals, leaders should provide motivation, inspire their employees, and provide direction to their team members. As indicated by John, “a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” (Gardner, 1996). Efficient leadership is beneficial to an organization in enabling it to achieve stability and success. ...

Introduction

A leader is someone who inspires other people and guides them on what to do. Leadership can be termed as a practice of public influence where one individual can incorporate the help and support of members of an organization towards achieving a common goal. Directors are good examples of a leader and exercise of leadership.

Changes that should be made by the new director

How to develop a sense of urgency among workers The director can develop a sense of urgency among the employees by developing the nursing home’s mission and vision. The director should also ensure that each employee know his or her role to play. ...

Response to Stan Brakhage's Metaphors on Vision

The viewer of the film the Metaphors of vision in most cases find it more daunting and more to it a little puzzling. The visual approach that Brakhage makes the understanding a little difficult to the audience and thus it is a big obstacle toward the appreciation of the film. In the film and his writing Brakhage referred his film aesthetics as “imagine adventure in perception”. In his ways, he attracts the movie viewer and makes us an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective How many colors are there in a field of grass to a baby unaware ...

- Describe a full entry in the OED A complete entry in OED does not only provide the meaning of particular English words; instead, the entries are distinctively represented based on their value, the background or the history they have behind each phase of evolution that it took for such work do be developed. This is the reason why OED is often used when trying to decipher a particularly classic literature that uses old English terms or at some point symbolic phrases that are based on critical principles of semiotics. - A) Describe the English major rule in Cartoon ...

The Coca-Cola Company is the leading beverage company in the world. It refreshes its customers with more than five hundred still and sparkling brands. Coca-Cola is one of the company`s recognizable and valuable brands. Also featured in the company’s portfolio are sixteen billion-dollar brands which include Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, vitamin water, Coca-Cola Zero, Minute Maid, Powerade, Del Valle, Simply and Georgia. Coca-Cola company makes over 1.6 billion servings every day. It operates through a franchised system of distribution dating from the year 1889. The company just produces the concentrate which it sells to different bottlers located ...

Evaluation Toolkit for Vision and Mission Statements

Research Background Well-formulated and effectively supported by shared values strategy is critical for any organization. There are several crucial factors that determine the success of strategic planning. First of all, strategy turns from a plan to the reality only with the buy-in from the internal stakeholders. Secondly, strategy only worth if there are external stakeholders that are interested in what the company has to offer. Finally, strategy should be aligned with the industry´s potential and should address external influences. Mission and vision statements help the organization to communicate these strategic elements and its relevance to internal and external ...

Writing about a new product not existed in the market

The target market can be narrowly defined as all customers, whom the company wants to sell its products or to deliver services, and who are the target of company’s marketing efforts. Clearview On-the-go Eyeglasses Cleaning Case can be potentially used by the majority of people, who wear glasses, no matter what glasses they use. Therefore, there is a large potential in the future to extend the product to a variety of customer segments. At the moment, however, in order to categorize potential buyers and to limit the target market, it is possible to identify three primary markets that ...

Human perception of sounds is not only performed by an ear as a part of the body. In fact, a person hears through the organ of hearing, which has got complex structure. The ear is only a visible part of it. Auricle or pinna essentially acts as a funnel through which a person catches vibrations in the air. Coming through the auditory canal, they affect the eardrum – a thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ears. Then the eardrum vibrations are transmitted to the auditory ossicles and reach the inner ear, the main part of which is an ...

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www.thestation.com

Executive Summary 3

Business Description and Vision 5 Vision and Mission of the Company 5 Definition of the Business 5 How The Idea Was Born? 6 Definition of the Market 7 Target market 8 Market share Projections 9 Description of the Products and Services 10 The Station Product 10 The Station Service 10 Organization and Management 11 Corporate Structure and Management 11 Legal Structure 12 Marketing and Sales Strategy 13 Target Customer Groups 13 Distribution Channels 13 4P´s Strategy 13 Financial Management 15 Appendices 17

Appendix I – Market Statistics 17

AI – I: Income Profile – Holly Springs, NC 17 17 Appendix II – Products and Services 18 ...

Sensory Perception

The Nervous system plays an important role in many mammals including man. The nervous system is responsible for the coordination of different stimuli in the body. Environmental changes can be felt in the body due to the nervous system present. The sense of touch, vision, audition and taste can be understood solely due to the nervous system. A minute change or deficiency in these senses could lead to fatality. A failure in perception of any of the senses makes an individual dependent. Sensory perception is essential for all living organisms and forms the basis for homeostasis. A series of ...

Islamic Arts: My Dream, My Vision

passionately own the vision, and relentless drive it to completion.”

Jack Welch

Employed as General Manager at Setia Motors in Brunei, my dream is to contribute to the company’s growth and intelligent designs, as well as continue to provide responsive leadership. When joining the company five years ago, it was the sole distributor of Hyundai vehicles and needed a “turn-a-round” to remain competitive in the automobile industry. Under my management, in part,it is now one of the top three automotive brands in Brunei. Providing creative thinking and hands-on management skills enabled me to be an asset to the company ...

The resolution to move to dual stack will mean that there are protocols in both IP address scheme. It means that there will be the same protocols from the application to the network layer. There is a duplication of all levels that are found in the protocol stack. One thing to note in the dual stack implementation is the memory management of the tables that are found in the network. In most cases, there arise problems where routing tables have faulty forwarding mechanisms and schemes. It calls for the network administrator to assess the network to check for the ...

Introduction

Theater is one of the oldest forms of entertainment in the history of mankind. Even the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle and Plato, argued about the nature and purpose of theater(Downs, Wright and Ramsey 7). Perhaps the reason behind its long lasting persistence is because theater is a complicated and multi-dimensional work of art that when done correctly can truly speak to the deepest parts of the human soul. But for it to be done correctly, multiple aspects should be taken care of. This paper will discuss three of those aspects, namely writing, directing, and acting. I chose to ...

Thesis Background

Visual impairment is classified as a type of impairment where the patient loses or has a decreased ability to see so much so that normal aids like glasses or lens are no longer helpful the person. There can be many causes to this such as disease, trauma, degenerative conditions etc. According to the American Medical Association, impairment is classifies as: the loss of one eye equals 25% visual impairment and a 24% impairment of the entire body; total blindness in both eyes is considered to be 100% visual impairment and 85% impairment of the body. In USA, visual impairment ...

A lot of technologies, gadgets, and devices being introduced today require the use of an individual’s vision, among other things such as hand to eye coordination, a perfectly working sense of hearing, and of course, the ability to understand how the device works and to actually manipulate it. Thanks to the advancements in teaching education and lifestyle modification for the people with visual impairments, these particular segment of the population can still have experience to have a near normal life—same as those who do not have visual impairments. It is important to note early at this point, ...

The Anishinaabe is a group of native North American people consisting of the Ojibwa and Odawa. The name Anishinaabe stands for people who are on the right path to the creator or the good people or the upright people. Traditional records called the wiigwaasabak which are scrolls indicate that the Anishinaabeg speakers originated from the east coast. The Anishinaabeg says that their original homeland was a place called Turtle Island. The name was from the belief of the people that North America as a continent was the back of a great mysterious turtle. The Anishinaabe believes themselves to be ...

My Vision of a Nurse Leader

The healthcare environment is constantly changing becoming increasingly more complex (Marshall, 2010). Nurse leaders can play a significant role in healthcare. The role of nurse leaders in healthcare is advocated for by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its report titled “The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health” and other organizations such as the American Nurses Association (Smith, 2011). Nurse leaders play diverse roles in organizations such as charge nurses and specialists. Previously, my vision of a nurse leader was limited to tasks performed by nurses in managerial positions. This perspective has, however, changed to include nurses in ...

Philosophy of Small Groups

Small groups in a church and ministry function solely to not only help bring people closer but also to work together towards a single, purposeful cause or goal. The philosophy behind these groups is based mostly on the need for the propagation of God’s message and his word. There are various steps which one must take in order to truly comprehend the message of God while working together with other people. It is also important to understand what qualifies as a group in order to further understand their dynamics. A group is overseen by a leader in order ...

Introduction

Adolph Lorenz Dial is one of the most respected and well known Lumbee scholar who struggled for rights of the People of Lumbee tribe. Adolph Lorenz Dial was one of the ‘Great depression children who in his lifetime struggled against all odds to become one of the top educators in the country. Adolph Lorenz Dial had served the education industry holding different positions including that of teacher, professor, and educator.

Vision, persistence, and passion of Adolph Lorenz Dial

Adolph Lorenz Dial believed that it is only education that can make people more aware about the other cultures and communities that coexist in the society. This will help ...

Introduction

There are several parties involved in the current state of affairs of H-IT Russian subsidiary. The MD, Sergei Lebedev is central to the poor performance that the company had experienced in 2006 and was continuing to experience. To a large extent, this is as a result of his management policy; central management and what is referred to as “management by fear” since he wants to control every aspect of the organization and decisions being made in the company. The Russian culture has also played a role in the poor performance of the company, and many feel obliged to be ...

What special insights did I gain from the readings?

Leadership is a skill that is developed through judicious application of power. I learned from Sharer that a leader goes through a lot of personal and corporate disappointments before making it. Effective use of power yields organizational success. I now understand that leadership is simply the effective utilization of various types of power to influence peers, subordinates and superiors towards a desired and noble ideal. Finally, visions and values give a human face to leadership.

Personal reflections

I know people are generally resistant to change. Now I understand that the panacea lies in the ability to influence and persuade fellow employees ...

Robert Green Leaf coined the phrase ‘Servant Leadership.’ Servant leadership model is something that is not really new in today’s world. The Chinese ruler Lao-Tzu was said to be one of the earliest servant leaders living between 570 and 490 B.C. Tao Te Ching says that the highest type of rulership is one whose existence is barely known to the subjects. The Indian book on political science ‘Arthashastra,’ authored by Chanakya says a king is someone who is not to please himself but his subjects, and that a king is a paid leader enjoying the resources of the ...

Final Responsion

Having taken on this new position as a principal for a particularly troubled school, there are quite a few goals I would like to achieve within my first few months. First and foremost, I need to be able to establish myself as a leader in order to gain the trust of my teaching staff, who are still getting used to me and who are unsure what to think of me. I must be able to improve their perception of me to have a better effect on them than they might have otherwise. Low morale is another huge problem that ...

Optical character recognition involves the change of images of printed or typewritten text, either mechanically or electronically into machine-encoded text. This technique is used in data entry from data records on printed paper. The applications include invoices, receipts, passport documents, bank statements among other documents. Additionally, optical character recognition is used to digitize text that is in print, thereby allowing such text to be searched, electronically edited, displayed online and stored in a more compact manner. By turning print data into electronic data using optical character recognition, various other applications such as text-to-speech, machine translation, text mining and key ...

PART 1:

- Describe Peter Norvig’s vision. Peter Norvig’s vision is about making learning a social task rather than an individual task. The socialization, however, is not among people alone, but with machines or robots. In this case, it will be the socialization with computers and computer programs. Norvig is thinking of a team that is composed of robots or computers and people. In this team the people make the final decision while the robots are consulted. Both obtain as much data as possible to learn. - How has learning changed? Learning has changed from coming up of new ...

Question # 1

Summary This sort of comparison also serves as a benchmarking tool. Due to the gap created, it is imperative to ascertain that the club is putting necessary efforts while establishing budget commitments to attaining the new desired level. Use of the symbolic automobiles to elucidate the strategic mission and vision statement of the club will result in a more modest agreement with regards to the clubs’ positioning after members of the board evaluate the projected costs. This gap directs members of the club to appraise its actual status rather than the ideal, and it demands for constructive participation by ...

Visual acuity is a bulky topic in the sphere of pediatric ophthalmology. Visual acuity is clearness of eyesight. It is interrelated with neural and optical aspects (functioning of the retina, the sharpness of its concentration, and the sensitivity of the particular part of the brain). A formation of vision is associated with the total formation of the body. The ability to see objects often wondered scholars. In the threshold of 19th century, exploration of the sight was made with the help of microscope. The ability to perceive colors clearly is in accordance with the formation of the visual cortex, ...

Mind Map for the differences between humans and cats

Humans and cats are different in several ways. The variance surfaces in various ways. They differ in their vision, dentitions, organs and the brain system. Firstly, humans and cats differ in the brain systems. The cats’ whiskers are a crucial part of their sensory mechanism. These whiskers are deeply rooted in follicles in the muscle tissues rich in sensory nerves and cells connected to the brain. As such, the whiskers are important to the cats. These whiskers are scanning systems to detect items before the cats can touch them. Slight air movements cause vibrations of the whiskers, which send ...

Hewlett Packard

Create a sense of urgency. The case study shows that the Carly Fiorina the C.E.O was unable to create a sense of urgency. Dr. Kotter has listed this step at the top of his change strategy. He emphasizes that a number of companies that initiate a change process, underestimate the importance of this step. It seems like Fiorina too underestimated the need to create a sense of urgency. She seemed completely aware of the consequences if the merger does not take place. But she could not make realize, the staff of the company, how essential it is to initiate ...

The vision behind forming the Mystic Monk Coffee is that Father Daniel Mary wants to help setup the business that would help them with the purchase of the Ranch that Father Daniel Mary wants. He is achieving this by serving a niche market of the coffee drinkers. This niche market is very large with more than 150 million consumers. There are also expansion plans that Father Daniel Mary has in mind. He wants to increase his sales and wants to buy a bigger Roaster to meet the demand. His marketing techniques are aggressive, but only limited to word of ...

Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyah is a Lebanese Islamic reformist movement that tries to satisfy the Islamic creed of total obedience to Allah and fulfill his objectives. The movement is a non-violent one, which it shows by full cooperation with non-Islamic individuals in order to promote human rights and social justice in the country ("The Political Vision of the Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyah" 153). Like all Islamic movements, it seek to influence different social, moral, economic and political factors to make them more in line with Islamic principles outlined in the Quran. A summary of the association's objectives reveals that it is a simple ...

- Introduction “Change is inevitable” as most researchers and scholars argues. Organizations need to align the respective changes within their operational policy through a set dynamic framework. Failure of the organization to implement a dynamic framework to align or address the respective changes is likely to have marginal implications hence the need for planned organizational change (Gerhardt, 2004). The planned organizational change is termed as the process which moves organizations from a present state to a more desirable future state in relation to enhancing the organizational effectiveness. Through the different frameworks and models, organizations are able to conduct organizational ...

Leadership is a vital tool in any progressing organization. Contemporary world has completely embraced and ingrained leadership in the organizational structure. Worth mentioning is the fact that organization goals and objective have been easily attained through leadership. A clear understanding of leadership, therefore, is the ability to inspire the team members to follow your vision. The employee charged with the onus of leadership must, therefore, possess all the leadership qualities. The fact is not all employees can lead, however, only the employees who have evinced the leadership traits should lead. Findings further elaborate that leadership comes without learning, but ...

Close Reading: Analysis of The Story of Abraham (Genesis chapters 15-22)

“Fear not, Abram: I am a shield to thee, thy reward very much.” (Genesis15:1). The above verse sums up the entire paragraph where God seems to use vision as the platform to convey his message to Abraham. In his dream, Abraham had God telling him that he would never go back on his promise to reward or save those who believed in him. While Abraham was protecting his kingdom with all his heart and soul, he knew he was doing a service to God. He was so much involved in the protection of his subjects, that he hardly had ...

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Garret Salmon the Manager

When Joan Salmon takes over as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in two months, and the first month of the new fiscal year, Garret Salmon will be working as the Vice-President for Operations, and will be handling all management functions in the Invitations, Inc., under the new Green “Invitations” Vision (Alvesteffer, 2014). Planning (Kotter, 2001): The flat sales performance of $1.5 million in the last two years posed a challenge that will be dealt with in the new fiscal year. The increased costs by 3 percent in the latest fiscal year eroded significantly the year’s ...

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The Vision and Mission Statements

Vision Statement “Monster Worldwide, Inc. is the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world’s most advanced technology to help people Find Better, matching jobs seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions including monster.com®, our flagship website, and employers to the best talent using a vast array of products and services” (“Our Company,” 2014).

Mission Statement

“To help people find better, not only at work, but in life” (“Our Company,” 2014). Recent Challenges and New Strategic Plan Sales and Profitability Downturns in Careers-International In 2012, revenue in the Careers-International segment decreased 11.9 ...

Management

Module 1 – SLP Mission and Vision statements defines an organization’s core values and are often used as the guiding principles in establishing organizational objectives. However, more and more companies have a discombobulated notion about the role of the mission and vision statement resulting to a creation of a rather more confusing jargon. What constitutes a good mission and vision statement according to Welch and Welch (2008) should convey a clear definition of realistic and more achievable expectations. Mission and Vision statements should possess specific elements that define the universal values of an organization.

The key elements that an explicitly constructed mission statement that demonstrates definition of an organization’s priorities are:

- Specific aim - Organizations ...

Introduction

High Liner Foods is a premium North American seafood company that processes various types of sea food and sells them frozen packages. The company is widely reknowned in the sea food industry and its brands are known all over North America particularly in Canada and the United States. The company's operations commenced in the year 1899 with the founding of the company W.C. Smith & Company. Throughout the years, High Liners has grown rapidly, and its business operations are projected to reach a global scale very soon. One of the companies strengths that have facilitated its dominance in the sea ...

Technology has made communication much easier for training purposes. Because of distance learning possibilities, it is no longer necessary for companies to spend significant sums of money to send their personnel to a distant seminar or to pay a hefty fee for a speaker to come to their site. Instead, speakers can present their content online via a webcast or webinar. That way, not only can people view the content from anywhere on the planet, they can even view it at a time of their own choosing, if interactivity is not a necessity. While this is a real boon ...

Personal Leadership Model

My passion of helping the artists to exhibit their excellent works, ability to evaluate the style and worth of art work, and achieving personal fulfillment through art projects drives my life. I have patience, aspiration and commitment to take my life into the vision that I formed in my mind. I can carve out a personal leadership model for myself. I am ready to lead, and my definition of leadership is about following a purpose, working for it and linking others also to work for it. Keeping the purpose in mind, I think of the results to be achieved. ...

Business – Leadership

Critical writing: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction; Leading Change The two articles which we would discuss here are: (1) Leadership Vision and Strategic Direction; published by the Quality Management Forum, Vol-30 and (2) Mission, Vision, Values by Jane Logan. In the first phase or section of this assignment we would take the discussion towards understanding the thoughts of the writer and in the next section we would have critique’s view on it. We begin with ‘Leadership Vision and Strategic Direction’. In this article, Don Bracken has focused on Leadership. He begins with a very simply explanation of leadership – “ ...

The Chameleon has one of the unique eyes among the reptiles. This makes it one of the highly visual- oriented reptiles. The eye of the chameleon has a 360-degree arc view. The eyes are unique in that they allow the animal to see in more than one direction at any given time without the chameleon turning its head (Kirmse and Schaeffel 320). A chameleon’s eyes can move independently of each other which allows the animal to focus on one object while scanning the surrounding environment simultaneously. The eyes have separated nodal and center points which allow them to ...

Leading change by John Kotter provides a couple of processes that organizations can use to achieve the set goals. Apart from organizations, these processes can also be used by individuals; whether they are leaders or not. More to it, the author has also outlined where and how the top performers fail during the process of changing. He has also provided practical resources for individuals that are charged with the responsibilities of ensuring the needed change is pursued. To avoid failure and disappointment when effecting changes the author has provided a number of steps that are effective. According to Jung ( ...

Place making incorporates listening, observing and questioning the persons who work, play and mainly live in appropriate spaces. It allows discovery of their desires and needs regarding such a place. Therefore, place making is a strategic approach involved in planning, designing and managing public places. The process occurs after an understanding of persons, needs and aspirations. As a result, a shared vision is created from it. Place making is thus a philosophy, as well as a process employed to help in unifying people living around the larger version in a particular place.

Principal Components of Successful Place Making Initiatives

In place making, it is ideal to ...

In his article "Leading change - Why transformation efforts fail?" John Kottler identifies eight most wide-spread errors that prevent change managers from conducting effective change. Considering the efforts, described by the author, one becomes capable of identifying steps that are viewed as the necessary ones for the implementation of a successful change. The model, developed by Kottler, can be applied to any top-down change process (i.e., a project that was developed by the top management of the organization). The steps, addressed in the article, are increasing urgency of the change; building the guiding team for a change; creating the ...

Patagonia targets customers from a different direction using demographic and psychographic market segmentation. Patagonia organization has different countries where they are marketing their product and merging with major manufacturing organization. The Patagonia has employed different marketing criteria and directing the effort in attraction of customers through advertisement and promotions (Fifield, 2007). The information that is presented to the customers is mainly concerned with the products such as clothes and drinks. Jackets that are being advertised have different colors and materials quality hence covering different wide region depending with the weather and climate in such places. In demographic market segmentation, ...

One’s mindset is the totality of their knowledge, their thoughts and beliefs about themselves and the world they live in. Developing the right mindset is a very important ingredient to success in anything ones does in life. The state of the mind can either lead one to failure or success. One's perception affects how they act and react to information that gets to their mind. There are various types of mindset; they include the fixed mindset, the growth mindset, productive mindset and defensive mindset. Through this essay, I plan to give the reader an insight into my mindset ...

Introduction

Leadership is an asset specific to the business environment, defining the people who move and inspire others by transmitting a vision and instilling passion and motivation. However, such skills of influencing people towards achieving a goal are not specific solely to the business world. Leadership traits can be identified in every setting that implies the existence of more individuals, organized in a group, wherein one individual distinguishes as the leader of the group. However, leadership can also be exerted individually, to self in various contexts, including the academic one. This essay discusses the student self-leadership, indicating how students can ...

Salvation Army balanced scorecard.

Mission: the mission of the Salvation Army is to preach the gospel to all without discrimination and furthermore help those that are in need without prejudice or discrimination (Cohen, 2013). Vision: the vision of the Salvation Army is to God’s mission in such a broken world (The Salvation Army yearbook, 2000). With an organization as big as the Salvation Army, there has to be a certain way in which they organize their missions. The Salvation Army is a Christian denominational organization whose mission is to spread the gospel and offer assistance to all those that are in need. ...

Baroque is a form of artistic period that seeks to feature art in 17th and 18th century. Ornate details characterize it, which follows mannerism (Fitzpatrick 20). Most recognized works of the baroque era are the architecture of Bernini in Italy, palace of the Versailles. Today, baroque art is featured mostly through Italian paintings. On the other hand, classism architecture era was during the 17th and 18th century, just like baroque, but it was experienced in Greece and Rome majorly. This era incorporated various aesthetics such as; architecture, painting, literature among other arts (Gazda 240). Despite much difference noted in ...