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Analysis of the Showtime Series Shameless

Analysis of the Showtime Series Shameless Over the decades, there have been a lot of television shows that attempted to reveal the inner workings of American working-class families. Shows like All in the Family, Good Times, Roseanne, Malcolm in the Middle and many others have portrayed ordinary people (and mostly ordinary families) and their struggles just to get by. Virtually all of them have done this using comedic elements. A few years ago, a new series appeared on Showtime called Shameless. At first glance, Shameless appears to have a good deal in common with all of these other sitcoms ...

DMAIC Improvement Cycle

DMAIC is an abbreviation for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. DMAIC is a data-driven cycle that is used to stabilize, optimize and improve the design and process of business operations. This is the main tool that is used to support projects that incorporate Six Sigma. DMAIC is not restricted to Six Sigma and can be used with other frameworks as well for improvement of business applications (Sokovic, 2010).

Define

The main goal of this phase is to define the problem for which the DMAIC cycle is used along with the resource allocation and time required to resolve a business problem.

Measure

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The landscape of current markets has changed considerably. Globalization forced business organizations to cast their eyes beyond the national borders in order to protect their local markets by fighting competitors, which may later invade their current markets, offshore. As competition moves offshore, value chain are setup for self-fragmentation due to outsourcing and collaborative associations; knowledge became increasingly indispensable; heightened demands for better products and services; to name but a few (De Meyer, 2011). Consequently, participative leadership no longer meets the demand of global leadership. A more expansive style of leadership is necessary. Collaborative leadership fits the bill. This essay ...

What do sociologists mean when they say that the concept of "youth" is socially constructed?

Arguably, the concept of “youth” is believed in sociological aspects, to be something that has been socially constructed. Social construction of the concept “youth”, implies that youthfulness is not a natural concept but rather a result of society identifying and labeling a stage of human life, and describing and giving meaning to all behaviors of that phase. Sociologists believe that the youth in society to be biologically, socially, and physically separate, but the meaning of these differences can be defined by society (Leach & Stephens, 1998). The development of young people has been subjected to numerous researches. The findings reveal that youth ...