Status Quo Essays (Examples)
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Hip Hop History And Culture
… energy while also taking different roads towards instigating a dialogue as well. Some hip hop artists have been thoughtful and have challenged the status quo with lyrics and albums that have provoked discussion in a sober-minded way (such as was the case with Tupac Shakur), while others have … sober-minded way (such as was the case with Tupac Shakur), while others have been more provocative and have set out to disrupt the status quo through a kind of shock and awe approach (such as with NWA, 2 Live Crew, Beastie Boys, and Snoop Dogg). In the end, … a kind of shock and awe approach (such as with NWA, 2 Live Crew, Beastie Boys, and Snoop Dogg). In the end, hip hop&quo;s history and culture is eclectic, fresh, vital, and representative of a movement rooted in black empowerment but also indicative of the oppression that … in a way……
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Works Cited
BBC. “The birth of hip hop.” BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04s04nk
Best, Steven, and Douglas Kellner. "Rap, black rage, and racial difference." Enculturation 2.2 (1999): 1-23.
Brown, Jake. Tupac Shakur, (2-Pac) in the Studio: The Studio Years (1989-1996). Phoenix, AZ: Colossus Books, 2005.
Decker, Jeffrey Louis. "The state of rap: Time and place in hip hop nationalism." Social Text 34 (1993): 53-84.
Fluker, Walter. The Stones that the Builders Rejected. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. “The Message.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PobrSpMwKk4
Jones, E. Michael. Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2000.
Pareles, Jon. “Hip-Hop Is Rock ’n’ Roll, and Hall of Fame Likes It.” The New York Times, 13 March 2007. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/arts/music/13hall.html
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Aging Workforce
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The workforce is aging in the 21st century (Heggeness, Carter-Johnson, Schaffer, & Rockey, 2016). An aging workforce presents certain challenges for management in today&quo;s workplace. Not only does it mean that the workplace will consist of multiple generations of workers, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, … that issues like ageism, appropriate motivational approaches, and physical limitations of older workers have to be addressed. With more than a third of today&quo;s workers now expecting to work past the age of retirement, an aging workforce is fast becoming a reality (Lassila, 2019). As more and … loss of sleep, etc. (Truxillo et al., 2015). Cognitive changes can be result in challenges related to fluid intelligence—i.e., age-related alterations in the person&quo;s ability to process information, rely upon memory or focus and pay attention during a task. Crystallized intelligence presents another cognitive change and refers … process information, rely upon memory……
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References
Burtless, G., & Quinn, J. F. (2002). Is working longer the answer for an aging workforce? Working Papers in Economics, 82.
Ciutiene, R., & Railaite, R. (2015). Age management as a means of reducing the challenges of workforce aging. Engineering Economics, 26(4), 391-397.
Heggeness, M. L., Carter-Johnson, F., Schaffer, W. T., & Rockey, S. J. (2016). Policy implications of aging in the NIH-funded workforce. Cell Stem Cell, 19(1), 15-18.
Koh, T. Y., Rowlinson, S., & Pollock, S. (2019). Dealing with Ageing Workforce in the Hong Kong Construction Industry: an Initial Exploration. Proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference (2019) 091
Lassila, S. (2019). Managing Risks of an Aging Workforce. Construction Executive, 2020. Retrieved from https://constructionexec.com/article/managing-risks-of-an-aging-workforce
Perry, L. S. (2010). Designing the workplace for the aging workforce. White paper, Zurich in North America, Retrieved December, 20, 2010.
Schwartz, J., Monahan, K., Hatfield, S. & Anderson, S. (2018). No time to retire redesigning work for our aging workforce. Deloitte.
Streb, C. K., Voelpel, S. C., & Leibold, M. (2008). Managing the aging workforce:: Status quo and implications for the advancement of theory and practice. European management journal, 26(1), 1-10.
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Elite Business Solutions EBS Worldwide Inc Field Report
...Status quo Elite Business Solutions (EBS) Worldwide, Inc.
Introduction
Change management is a crucial part of any business because, given the ever-shifting economy and the relevant economic forces, a business must change to adapt to the prevailing market forces (Doppelt 2017). The process of change management can either be successful or a failure, and its success or failure can significantly affect the continuation of the business. It is not always that failure of change management will translate to failure of the business, but it can significantly affect growth. This paper focuses on the Indian business environment by analyzing a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and an Entrepreneur who has experience of managing change. The analysis of the business will be done through Lewin's Change Management Model. Therefore, this paper analyses EBS Worldwide Inc., formerly known as EasyBuyMusic and the entrepreneur Chris George.
Overview of the Company
EBS Worldwide is an international full-service……
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Doppelt, B., 2017. Leading change toward sustainability: A change-management guide for business, government, and civil society. Routledge.
EBS Worldwide Inc., 2009. Retrieved from http://www.ebsworldwide.biz/index.php
Financial Express, 2002. EasyBuyMusic renames itself, expands product range. Retrieved from https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/easybuymusic-renames-itself-expands-product-range/37717/
Rodrigues, M., 2012. Five entrepreneurs tell us how they reinvented themselves. India Today. Retrieved from https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20120813-business-entrepreneurs-stock-vinay-gupta-nikhil-velpanur-759294-2012-08-01
Shirey, M. R. (2013). Lewin\\\\\\\\\\\\'s theory of planned change as a strategic resource. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 43(2), 69-72.
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Strategy For National Defense
… rivalry, and potential opportunities across all regions. Such strategies become the premise of International Relations and U.S. foreign policy. [1: The White House, &quo;National Security Strategy of the United States of America&quo;, The White House, December 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf]
Issue in Indo-Asia-Pacific Region
Indo-Asia-Pacific region is one of the regions targeted by the United States National … one of the regions targeted by the United States National Security Strategy. It extends from the west coast of India to the United States&quo; western shores and represent one of the most economically vibrant and populated regions in the world.[footnoteRef:2] America&quo;s interest in this region, which is currently facing competition between free and repressive visions of world order, dates back to the earliest days … addressing these principal priorities because of the threats they pose to her national interests and prosperity.[footnoteRef:3] [2: Ibid., 1] [3: Department of Defense, &quo;Summary of the 2018 National……
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Bibliography
Davidson, P.S. “Statement of Admiral Philip S. Davidson, U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Posture.” United States Senate, March 27, 2019, https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Davidson_02-12-19.pdf
Department of Defense. “Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America.” National Defense Strategy, 2018, https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf
Muller, K. “The Essence of Coercive Air Power: A Primer for Military Strategies.” Air University, https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Chronicles/mueller.pdf
Pape, R.A. Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War, 1st ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996.
Tammen, R.L., Kugler, J. & Lemke, D. “Power Transition Theory.” International Relations, June 27, 2017, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199743292-0038
The White House. “National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” The White House, December 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf
Withers, P. “Integrating Cyber with Air Power in the Second Century of the Royal Air Force.” Medium, March 4, 2019, https://medium.com/raf-caps/integrating-cyber-with-air-power-in-the-second-century-of-the-royal-air-force-bca74b8d42ed
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Physical And Mental Disabilities In The Workplace
Introduction
By analyzing the critical issues of diversity in today&quo;s world through the lenses of history, the humanities, the natural and applied sciences, and the social sciences, one can see how the feedback … feedback loop within society is created. This paper explores the issue of physical and mental disabilities in the workplace. Until recently in this nation&quo;s history, individuals with disabilities were viewed as liabilities—but now the very language that people use when discussing individuals who have physical or mental … as liabilities—but now the very language that people use when discussing individuals who have physical or mental disabilities is changing. Even the term &quo;disabled&quo; seems to stem from the problematic concept of ableism: as the Center for Disability Rights points out, some managers still operate under &quo;the assumption that disabled people need to be 'fixed' in one form or the other.&quo; That assumption is being challenged across the country as……
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Baruch, Y. (2000). Teleworking: benefits and pitfalls as perceived by professionals and managers. New technology, work and employment, 15(1), 34-49.
Bortz, D. (2018). Can Blind Hiring Improve Workplace Diversity? Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/0418/pages/can-blind-hiring-improve-workplace-diversity.aspx
Center for Disability Rights. (2019). Ableism. Retrieved from http://cdrnys.org/blog/uncategorized/ableism/
Corrigan, P. W. (2016). Lessons learned from unintended consequences about erasing the stigma of mental illness. World Psychiatry, 15(1), 67-73.
Fabian, R. (2019). New Marvel Film \\\\\\\\\\\\'The Eternals\\\\\\\\\\\\' Will Feature First Deaf Superhero. Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marvel-film-eternals-feature-first-211402332.html
Faurer, J., Rogers-Brodersen, A., & Bailie, P. (2014). Managing the re-employment of military veterans through the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). Journal of Business & Economics Research (Online), 12(1), 55.
Guruge, S., Wang, A. Z. Y., Jayasuriya-Illesinghe, V., & Sidani, S. (2017). Knowing so much, yet knowing so little: a scoping review of interventions that address the stigma of mental illness in the Canadian context. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 22(5), 507-523.
Marquis, J.P., Lim, N., Kavanagh, J., Harrell, M.C. & Scott, L.M. (2007). Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis. Pittsburgh, PA: Rand Corporation.
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Papa Johns Strategic Analysis
Papa John&quo;s is the fourth-largest pizza chain in the US, and 20th-largest quick service restaurant overall (QSR, 2018). Its total revenues for 2018 were $1.573 … quick service restaurant overall (QSR, 2018). Its total revenues for 2018 were $1.573 billion, with net income of $1.64 million, according to the company&quo;s latest 10-K. In terms of sales per unit, QSR Magazine (2018) lists Papa John&quo;s with $968,000, higher than Little Caesar&quo;s and Pizza Hut, but lower than Domino&quo;s. The company has over 3300 units in total. According to the company&quo;s website, it has over 5000 locations total, in 45 countries. Founded in 1985 in Jeffersonville, IN, the company began franchising the next year, … of stores in 2017 (QSR, 2018).
According to IBIS World, the pizza industry in the US is worth $47 billion, which gives Papa John&quo;s a 3.3% share. The largest competitor, Domino&quo;s, has a 12.5% share, so there……
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Halzack, S. (2018) Papa John’s just went from bad to worse. BNN Bloomberg. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.bnnbloomberg.com/papa-john-s-just-went-from-bad-to-worse-1.1120265
IBIS World (2019) Pizza restaurants industry in the US. IBIS World. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-trends/specialized-market-research-reports/consumer-goods-services/food-service-drinking-places/pizza-restaurants.html
Kenton, W. (2019) Porter’s 5 forces. Investopedia. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/porter.asp
McCormick, M. (2018) Key success factors in a pizza business. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/key-success-factors-pizza-business-2788.html
Navellier, L. (2009) Papa John’s – how to beat the recession with pizza. NASDAQ. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.nasdaq.com/personal-finance/papa-johns-PZZA.stm
Papa John’s Form 10-K 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://ir.papajohns.com/static-files/2977c391-0218-4bac-8eb2-dcabd4561cfe
Papa John’s website, various pages. (2019) Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.papajohns.com/company/about-papa-johns.html
QSR (2018) The QSR Top 50. QSR Magazine. Retrieved April 7, 2019 from https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr50-2018-top-50-chart
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The Bell Jar Shows How Shock Therapy Makes Women Strong
How Esther is a Model of a Self-Sufficient Woman in The Bell Jar
Introduction
Sylvia Plath&quo;s first person narrator in The Bell Jar comes across as a Holden Caulfield type—a disaffected, somewhat lost, but highly intelligent individual capable of … exceedingly lonely in a world of conformists, who seem to show no desire to question anything or to know themselves. The narrator of Plath&quo;s novel is Esther Greenwood—a young woman living in New York, a city she loathes. As a result of an acute sense of not … that Esther is the model of a strong, independent, self-sufficient woman, and this paper will show why.
Feminist Criticism
Feminist Criticism focuses on &quo;the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women&quo; (Tyson, 2006, p. 83). It stems from critical theory, which posits that &quo;to be critical, an inquiry must challenge……
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Alberga-Parisi, A., & Pope, B. (2018). Loss and the Perfection Crucible in The Bell Jar and The Catcher in the Rye. When Loss Gets Personal: Discussing Death through Literature in the Secondary ELA Classroom, 141.
Bell, E. (2016). Adolescence and Liminality in Carson McCullers’ Short Fiction. In Childhood through the Looking Glass (pp. 89-98). Brill.
Codina, N., & Pestana, J. V. (2019). Time Matters Differently in Leisure Experience for Men and Women: Leisure Dedication and Time Perspective. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(14), 2513.
Effthimiou, O., & Franco, Z. (2017). Heroic intelligence: The hero\\\\\\'s journey as an evolutionary and existential blueprint. Journal of Genius and Eminence, 2(2).
Plath, S. (1996). The bell jar. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Short, E. C., ed. (1991). Forms of curriculum inquiry. New York, NY: SUNY Press.
Tyson, L. (2006). Critical theory today: A user-friendly guide. New York, NY: Routledge.
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Promises Of Democracy Capitalism In Ukraine
Alternate Titles:
Rise of the Oligarchs in Russia and Ukraine
How Boris Berezovsky Fled Russia and Supported a Coup in Ukraine
Introduction
The &quo;expulsion&quo; of Boris Berezovsky from Russia under the Putin Regime sparked a chain of events that led to Ukraine&quo;s upheaval. Though considered an &quo;expulsion&quo; by the Russian billionaire, Berezovsky was actually summoned to appear for questioning by the Prosecutor General but chose to remain in exile in … political power in Russia and the oligarch who helped to install Putin in the Kremlin had an indirect but ultimately disruptive effect on Russia&quo;s neighboring state—Ukraine (Mezrich, 2015). Ukraine is perhaps the best and most devastating example of how elusive the promise of democracy and capitalism has … elected with just over half the popular vote. Kuchma opened the door for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be part of the country&quo;s reconstruction, and in 1996 a new, formal……
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Alexievich, S. (2007). Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets. NY: Random House.
Alexievich, S. (2017). The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II. NY: Random House.
BBC. (2012). Russian godfathers. Retrieved from https://www.documentary24.com/russian-godfathers-putin-and-the-oligarchs--848/
Forbes. (2020). Ihor Kolomoyskyy. Retrieved from https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-russian-oligarchs-changed-country%E2%80%94and-not-better-97472
Klebnikov, P. (2000). Godfather of the Kremlin. New York, NY: Harcourt.
IMF. (2007). Report for Ukraine. Retrieved from https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=1992&ey=2008&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=926&s=PPPGDP&grp=0&a=&pr1.x=41&pr1.y=2
Mezrich, B. (2015). Once upon a time in Russia. New York, NY: Atria.
Risen, J. (2019). I Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Retrieved from https://theintercept.com/2019/09/25/i-wrote-about-the-bidens-and-ukraine-years-ago-then-the-right-wing-spin-machine-turned-the-story-upside-down/
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Film Plots And Character In Mise En Scene Reflection
… world. The adults seem to suggest that their world does not condone such behavior as that of disturbing the peace and calm, the status quo, of traipsing through the middle of the street just to upset the birds there.
One adult in the background stands at the corner … frame reflects perfectly the right half of the frame, right down to the row of photographs framed and hanging on the wall behind Rose&quo;s head over…[break]…frame and then are made free to roam over the geometrical shapes that dominate the still.
There are the square patterns of … soup and a bowl of fruit. These are complimented by the cone-shaped lamp shade in the background that sits just behind and above Polley&quo;s head as she squints at the viewer. The effect gives a dramatic sort of dim halo visual over Polley, as though she is ……
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How Healthcare Policy Impacts Advanced Practice Nursing
… commit to the policy change process.
Intellectual stimulation – this pillar describes a leader who can encourage creativity and innovation by challenging the status quo (Metz et al., 2019). Thus pillar is very relevant to policy change because a person with intellectual stimulation can bring on board the ……
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Choi, P. P. (2015). Patient advocacy: the role of the nurse. Nursing Standard (2014+), 29(41), 52.
Flemming, P. L. (2017). Building a Climate of Change with a link through Transformational Leadership and Corporate Culture: A Management key to a Global Environment. International Journal of Business and Social Research, 7(1), 44-55.
Gerber, L. (2018). Understanding the nurse\\\\\\\\\\\\'s role as a patient advocate. Nursing2019, 48(4), 55-58.
Lathrop, B., & Hodnicki, D. R. (2014). The Affordable Care Act: Primary care and the doctor of nursing practice nurse. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(2).
Metz, S., Piro, J. S., Nitowski, H., & Cosentino, P. (2019). Transformational Leadership: Perceptions of Building-Level Leaders. Journal of School Leadership, 29(5), 389-408.
Taft, S. H., & Nanna, K. M. (2008). What are the sources of health policy that influence nursing practice?. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 9(4), 274-287.
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