Essays on Setbacks

Michael Dell Leadership Style

Michael Dell is a business leader, entrepreneur, and owner of Dell Computer Corporation. He exhibited interest in technological gadgets at an early age and purchased an Apple computer so as to find out how it worked. He played a critical role in the revolution of personal computers since Dell was the biggest manufacturer of personal computers (PC). He was elected the youngest CEO of Fortune Five Hundred Companies. Michael Dell uses a transformational kind of leadership (Kreitner & Cassidy, 2011). He acts as a role model to his employees and motivates them by being an example to them. He is ...

Management: What Must be Improved?

At the present time, the use of Global Positioning System or GPS, is becoming significant in various applications. Through the use of satellite systems, this technology is able to pinpoint the location of a certain object or person (Wickens, Mavor, Parasuraman, & McGee 90). The accuracy was proven to be high, making it suitable for communication and surveillance. Moreover, it can also be used for navigation. When using a set of satellites, GPS can determine a certain way to reach the other locations, as long as the satellites are within the range of the distance of the designated places (Wickens, ...

Introduction

The degree that digital terrorism is a threat to people’s safety is amongst the most challenging of themes in the twenty first century. To a limited extent, this is a result of terminological question . More far reaching originations of digital terrorism as any type of online terrorist action obviously have a tendency to be connected with a higher evaluated likelihood of the risk's emergence than accomplish more prohibitive records (Cassim, 2012). In the meantime, as itemized further underneath, contending risk evaluations stay regardless of the fact that we limit our centre to smaller understandings of this idea (portrayed, ...

Successful planning, construction, and completion of a large scale project like the one undertaken for completing the One World Trade Center is not easy since it requires a strategic focus on the construction plans in a realistic manner. Project leaders need to give external reviewers an opportunity to have an outside view of the whole project and suggest ways that can ensure completion within the stipulated time while avoiding deviations from the initial budget. The delays experienced during the construction of the Freedom Tower create the impression of how ineffective functional operations can lead to major changes in designs ...

Abstract

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Background

Megaprojects have become a significant issue in the economic and infrastructural development of projects nationwide. An estimated 8% of the global GDP is made up of megaproject related funds and they have become the primary vehicle for the creation and delivery of a variety of social infrastructural projects including “water and energy, information technology, industrial processing plants, mining, supply chains, enterprise systems, strategic corporate initiatives and change programs, mergers and acquisitions, government administrative systems, banking, ...

Introduction

The world of programming is huge and complex, so huge and complex that it can arguably be considered as an ecosystem on its own. There are numerous niches, product compatibilities, native programming languages, application program interfaces and platforms, among other possible variables that may be used for grouping and stratification. In this paper, the author focuses on one of the most commonly occurring problems in the realm of programming—compatibility. It is important to note, however, that the discussion was centered on one application development framework only and that is Apache Cordova (formerly known as Phone Gap, although some ...

The previous work done focused on the construction industry, particularly on its scopes, costs, schedules, and uncertainties. In this paper, the author tries to continue what was started in that discussion only that this time, the focus would be on the application of project management principles in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For the first part of this project, the author focuses on providing and discussing two qualitative studies about the chosen topic—i.e. the application of successful strategies in UAE’s construction project management industry.

Greening Project Management Practices for Sustainable Construction

The effects of climate change can be devastating. The world has witnessed the ...

Essay

Introduction The headquarters of Wal-Mart are located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sam Walton, the founder of the company, launched a variety store in Newport, Arkansas in 1945. His brother, James 'Bud' Walton, opened an identical store in Missouri in 1946. Until the 1960s the enterprise was focused wholly on variety stores (Brunn, 2006). The original Wal-Mart Discount City was launched in 1962, which became the original discount store of Wal-Mart. The original Sam's Clubs were then launched in 1984, which was followed by the opening of the original supercenter in 1988. The original neighborhood market was launched in 1999. In ...

In his article “Why the United States is in Decline,” Professor Hu Angang discusses the rise of China by examining a number of aspects which he considers demonstrate the decline of United States (Hu, 2014). In making his point Hu, discusses the specific circumstances of America’s decline and China’s rise. In his explanation, Hu concentrations on five main areas of scrutiny: GDP, manufacturing output, exports, human capital and national strength (Hu, 2014). While Hu’s analysis of the U.S. seems reasonable enough, the truth is that there is no proof to substantiate an inevitable and permanent American ...

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According to Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, around 45 million children in the United States play in an organized sport. This could have been a good figure; however, by the time these children reach 15 years old, 80 percent of them quit (Atkinson). There are many possible reasons why these children decide to stop participating in sports. One of these is the wrong perspective that parents hold about sports. For instance, there are parents who believe that winning is the main goal of sports (Atkinson). When their children do not succeed, they will either tell them ...

Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building and was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architects, who have been bestowed with the “Global Icon” award. The design of the high-performance building makes use of cutting edge technology and carries cultural and historical influences. The architects faced several challenges when building a tower of this height such as wind, heat, humidity, gravity and earthquake forces. The essay looks at the advanced technical and engineering skills used to create Burj Khalifa and how a skyscrapers’ design should respect cultural values and make the best use of space utilities and add to ...

A fundamental problem facing new democracies is the hijacking of the political process by elites. Economic performance is affected by elite politics leading to underdevelopment and sometimes morphing into political violence. The transition from colonial regimes to democracy has been subverted by the harm that was done by the colonial subversion of traditional institutions in favor of artificial Western ones. This provided an opening for the rise of elites and the rule of ‘the big men’ (Owusu, 1992). What role do elites play in transition to democracy or its opposite? This paper seeks to provide an analysis on how ...

Myanmar Tea leaf salad and Myanmar Thingyan Dance

Project name Myanmar Tea leaf salad and Myanmar Thingyan Dance

Business name

Myanmar Tours and Travels Project Progress Since the commencement of the Myanmar Tea leaf Salad and Myanmar Thingyan Dance , it has always been the desire of Myanmar Tours and Travels to keep all the operations on track. However, there are always few setbacks that we plan to handle through various approaches. All the milestones and visions for the first part of the project have been achieved thus demonstrating the business is following a growth trajectory. For instance, the ingredients required for the preparation of the popular Tea Leaf Salad ...

Overview

The Burj Khalifa boasts the accolade as the tallest structure in the world (Baker, 2009). The construction of this building surpassed several construction records that had been set by previous record holder skyscrapers. The recording-holding height is not the only interesting aspect of the structure. The construction of the building took six years. The construction of the building required the input of more than thirty contracting companies and over twelve thousand workers drawn from over one hundred countries. A construction project of this magnitude is faced with various challenges (Baker, 2009). In additional, sound geotechnical, structural, and economic aspects ...

The Great Depression of 1929 is one of the most tragic collapses in the history of America. It was a direct threat to the cultural and social foundation of the great American nation. The complacency that had been allowed to flourish during the so-called Roaring Twenties created the foundation for the eventual collapse of the Stock Market. The famous American Dream was for the first time thwarted by the market dynamics. The collapse and devastation of the Great Depression coincided with the entry of Franklin Delano Roosevelt into the presidential seat. His entry into power rode on the concept ...

Adult education is a system that has been embraced by various countries to produce people who have better-working capabilities, have good family relations as well as forming the foundation for better citizenship (Rogers, 1). Adult education is a system that has been able to enhance the education levels for various individuals could not be able to get the core and the standard education. “A persons’ practice can be located in their history of literacy (Barton & Hamilton, 6) This form of education is a system that incorporates all the individuals who have the age of sixteen years and above and ...

Klein, D. V. (1990). Foiling the cracker: A survey of, and improvements to, password security. In Proceedings of the 2nd USENIX Security Workshop (pp. 5-14).

The article ‘‘Foiling the Cracker’’: A Survey of, and Improvements to, Password

Security by Daniel V. Klein was published in 1990. Klein looks into system security and discusses how people can hack passwords. He claims that the issue of security has always been a challenge to most individual accounts as there are people who know how to manipulate such accounts such that they hack them and get vital information about another party. He discusses the various ways in which technology has motivated the interference of system ...