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Sridharan and Kanet production planning and control include four major activities aggregate capacity planning, materials planning, production activity planning and production activity control. Therefore it is a function of the organization that is critical to its success. Consequently, companies have found ways to improve its production planning and control systems by utilizing the technology that is available today. Some of the popular systems that technology has spurred on include material requirement planning systems (MRP), materials resource planning systems (MRPII) Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) and customer resource planning systems (CRP) among many others.Firstly, information
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which depends on its capabilities and potential. It is essential for me, the HR manager to have the ability to identify and plan for desired level of competencies. In addition to that, the skill is needed to design appropriate expatriate compensation programs. My firm’s mission and strategy determines its organizational structure, the level of centralization or decentralization and the recruitment strategy of the firm.
The various global human resource activities include normal HR activities like human resource planning, performance management, compensation management, training etc. The HR activities which are specific to global human resource management include expatriate assignment
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should be able to identify the key decisions and ensure the
reliability of decision making. And this decision making relies on the right leadership. And the
right leader foresees the contingency plan for the guidelines provided, in case the governance
results in a risk.
It is always recommended to review the governance plan prior to implementation, be it in any
field (Healthcare, IT, Education etc.).
Reference:
Lindros, K. (2017, July 31). What is IT governance? A formal way to align IT & business strategy.
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and-solutions.html
IT Governance. (2016, February 24). Retrieved from https://www.mitre.org/publications/systems-
engineering-guide/enterprise-engineering/enterprise-planning-and-management/it-governance
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Case Study Report
IMS100 INformation management Systems
Assessment 3
Student Name:
Introduction
ABC Timber and Hardware are a small chain of hardware stores operating out of 12 branches across the state. The current Information Management System (IMS) requires expert personnel to extract relevant information from the accounting system and therefore requires a longer period of time to progress down the supply chain. As a result, sales representatives are being presented with untimely and ineffective information. To resolve this problem a complete system overhaul is in place to replace the old information system with a completely new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Thus, providing
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. 145-166Lengnick-Hall, C. A. and Lengnick-Hall, M. L. 1988, 'Strategic Human Resource Management: A Review of The Literature And A Proposed Typology', Academy of Management Review, Vol.13, No. 3, pp 454-470Niebus, R. 2002, 'Do HR Systems Affect the Bottom-line? We have the Answer', Human Resource Planning, pp 61-63Pawan, S. B and Debrah, Y. 2001, Rethinking comparative and cross-national human resource management research, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp 497 - 515Rennie, W. H. 2003, 'The Role of Human Resource Management and The Human Resource Professional In The New Economy', August, pp1-100Teo, T. T. and Rodwell, J. J. 2007, 'To Be Strategic In The
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Keeping updates about advances in technology
Reading of news articles
Solving old problems with new creative ideas
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Global mindset
Knowledge about the fast-changing environment
International Finance
Spotting new trends in markets
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Self-Management
Self Development
(Pedler, Burgoyne & Boydell 2007)
Time Management
Goal Setting
Planning and Scheduling
Self Motivation
Self Discipline
Self Awareness
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Workplace related life-skills
Accounting and Cheque issuing
Internal Network Communi- cation
JD Edwards Enterprise- One applications
(Oracle 2008)
Lotus Notes business email software
(ibm 2008)
Accounting using JDE system
Setting of Lotus Notes accounts and
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company
· Workers compensation
· Employee benefits
· Human resource consulting
· Human resource regulatory compliance
· Human Resource Training
1.2.3 Reason why this mechanism is effective or ineffective
· The mechanism for Hampton In hotel is effective and below are the reasons
1. Aligning business and HR needs
· Before introducing the 100% satisfaction guarantee policy, the guest were dissatisfied with their service which resulted into loss of business reputation. The hotel decided to take on advantage of this informal communication and introduce the new company policy which will attract more guest and provide them with good service delivery to avoid competition
2. Organisational performance
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Article CritiqueInnovations in technology and management practices have produced a distinct paradigm shift since 1970. Even though companies are now focusing on customer satisfaction as a competitive weapon, the cornerstone of competition is still cost-minimization and affordability. With the invention of Internet, companies and manufacturing firms have been given the opportunity to effectively improve their supply chain management system.The article "New challenges in managing supply chain" by Derek Maggs explores the definition of supply chain management (SCM) and then focuses on the relations among SCM systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and information technology (IT).The
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collaboration between the locations. After each area has completed their portion of the accounting records, they send the completed information to the corporate office to be consolidation into one report.In addition, the methods used to send reports to corporate include data files and hard copies of reports that must be rescanned into the corporate system. Other issues with the system include outdated hardware used to store accounting information and locations using software from a vendor that is no longer in service.Improvements to this business system can be made by implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is designed for manufacturing companies like Riordan. The
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undertakings and
accordingly take a final call to proceed with the project. In an instance of implementing
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to projects, milestones, deliverables and execution are
important and should be prioritise. Such Information system would create a foundation to
regulate more complicated operations and process systems within the company to develop tools
like Customer Relation Management system and ERP’s for future enterprises.
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, including:
· Planning & Organization
· Delivering and Support
· Acquiring & Implementation
· Monitoring & Evaluating
All of this is further understood under 34 processes as per specific line of responsibilities. COBIT has a high position in business frameworks and has been recognized under various international standards including ITIL, CMMI, COSO, PRINCE2, TOGAF, PMBOK, TOGAF, and ISO 27000. COBIT basically acts as a guideline integrator—merging all solutions under one umbrella.
The latest COBIT version 5 came out in April 2012 and consolidates the principles of COBIT 4.1, Risk IT Frameworks, and Val IT 2.0. This version draws reference form IT Assurance Framework (ITAF) from ISACA and the
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· Business Process Level E-Business Models - Customer relationship management, Knowledge management, Supply chain management, network building, Database promoting, Enterprise resource planning, and Mass customization. One example is American Airlines Web site that allows customer access to frequent flyer and other account information.
· Enterprise Level E-Business Models – At the enterprise level of the pyramid, the company automates many business processes in a unifies system – demonstrating a significant commitment to e-business. Firms relying heavily on these models (Such as Dell, Google, and Facebook) believes that their future will depend on e-business activities.
· Pure Plays
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; Organization Development Journal, 15/2, 24-28.Mobrman, S. (2007). Designing organizations for growth: the human resource contribution. Human Resource Planning, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p34-45.Ogbonna, E. & Harris, L.C. (2003). Innovative organizational structures and performance. Journal of Organizational Change Management,. 16/5, 512-533.Punnoose, E. M. (2007). Organization structure and inter-organizational dependency: The environmental imperative. The Icfai Journal of Business Strategy, 4/4, 22-30.Robbins, S. and Judge, T., Organizational Behavior, (Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2007).Sehanovic, J., & Zugaj, M. (1997). Information technologies and organizationalstructure
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with MS Access is the size limitations that can become problematic over time. Larger, more complex applications, such as our analytical chromatography system or our Enterprise Resource Planning system utilize Oracle or SQL as their database engine.An example of an MS Access application in use at our facility is our asset performance management software, Datastream7i. Datastream7i helps our company incorporate Asset Performance Management into every aspect of our operation and manage assets with unprecedented efficiency. We utilize Datastream7i to do the following tasks:* Work management* Materials management* Preventive maintenance* Asset management services* Budgeting* Equipment management
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throughout the semester. Please note that this list is not comprehensive and students’ might find other concepts, related to ITM 211, that they need to address in their project.
List of the major potential concepts to include:
· Data, Information, Knowledge
· Decision Support DSS
· Networking
· Databases
· Artificial Intelligence
· Network Security
· Porter Strategies
· Electronic Commerce
· OLAP vs. OLTP
· Porter’s five forces model
· Porter’s three strategies
· Systems Development
· Methodology chosen and why
· MIS software(s) (General Ledger, Accounting, Payroll…etc)
· Customer Relationship Management
· Marketing MIX
· Hardware and Software
· Datawarehouse
· Data mining
· Enterprise Resource
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Why should ERP architecture include a discussion on organizational structure, business processes, and people, instead of just information technology and systems.
“ERP is a set of integrated programs that manage a company’s vital business operations for an entire organization” (Stair, p. 245). For a successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation key components not only include information technology and system but also include organizational structure, business processes, and people. While discussing the realm of implementing an ERP system the project manager should never view this as just an IT project. The implementation is much more than IT it is a business project with
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area that will be discussed; internal
and external that will lead the successful rate in a company. All the factors will be
discussed on how it will be affecting the competitive business operations with
real case studies and examples.
Keywords: operational management, enterprise resource planning, supply chain
management, competitive operations management factors, total quality
management, operations strategy
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my Lecturer Mr JK
Chan, School of Business and Management, Trinity International College,
Singapore, you have been a tremendous mentor for me. Your advice on both
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that even though the individual departments are happy to stay with their own stand-alone IT systems that serve their own individual needs well, ACME Technology must transition to an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system where one IT solution for the company, purchased from Intergalactic Software Solutions, will be implemented company wide.
Knowing that they can't afford a massive drop in productivity during this period of growth, as a result of the expert training that you received in Professor Pamela's OD class they have hired you as a change expert to design and implement a change management initiative to enable the success of this critical initiative at ACME Technology
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. inefficiency of Meditech supply chain and production planning.
3. Poor service quality because of production capacity strain
4. The introduction of new improved product experiences in constant shortage.
5. There is also problem with high finished goods inventory level (almost 40% above desired level.)
Problem Statement
Meditech is now facing increasing customer dissatisfaction and providing the poor service for their customers. The main problem is that the long lead-time of delivering and shortage of product which cannot meet customer demand.
Root causes and Analysis
Inefficiency supply chain management of product innovation
Meditech introducing new improved products continuously. It has shortened
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industry was around 1 million.
The products of automobile industry's are: light and heavy trucks, and sport utility vehicles. Using various casting, stamping, molding, welding, painting, and forum processes produces these. Each of the performance has a distinctive set of environmental challenges.
Drivers of Environmental Performance Improvements:
Regulation is the major force of environmental change in the industry. Federal regulations that have effect on automobile manufacturing are the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
Environmental
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believe investments in Russia will bring a high return.
In order to achieve the organisational goals human resource planning must be balanced with organizational plans. It must be based on the organizational objectives and plans. This requires development of good communication channels between organization planners and the human resource planners
Human resource planning is the most important managerial function of an organization. It ensures three main things:
• It ensures adequate supply of human resources.
• It ensures proper quality of human resources.
• It ensures effective utilization of human resources.
3. Differences in cultural patterns and organisational styles between Russian and German
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Honda Strategic Management EssayStrategic management is the highest level of managerial activity, in general performed by the chief executive officer (CEO) and executive team of a company, used to specify objectives of the organization by developing policies and plans to achieve these objectives and reach the company's goals. Also it's a process of distributing resources of the company so as to pursue the plans.Strategic management supply overall direction to the entire enterprise. An organization's strategy should be suitable for its resources, situations, and objectives. The process takes in consideration to join the companies' strategic advantages to the business environment the
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between transaction costs and production costs is that the former can be varied by a change in the mode of resource allocation, while the latter depend only on the technology and tastes, and would be the same in all economic systems." It has been estimated that at least 45 percent of gross national product in a developed society is generated by transaction costs (Ghertman, 1998).2.3 Distinctions in factors determinedProduction cost result from both specificity and economies of scale, while transaction cost arise from asset specificity, uncertainty and so on. Next part will discuss them in detail. Production cost determines the price in market, while structure of firm is determined by
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first is a green-field investment, which involves the establishment of a wholly new operation in a foreign country. The second involves acquiring or merging with an existing firm in the foreign country. On the other hand, FDI is divided into two kinds; horizontal FDI (market-expansion investments) which is investment in the same industry abroad as a firm operates in at home; And vertical FDI (resource-seeking investments), which comprises two forms further; the first is backward vertical FDI investing an industry abroad that provides inputs for a firm's domestic production process. The second is forward vertical FDI in which an industry abroad sells the foods of a firm's domestic production
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.Traditional approach - This was the first approach on study of employee motivation and was done by Frederick Taylor. His work was based on the idea that employees were primarily motivated by monetary incentives. Although his ideas are not widely accepted today, still there are schemes that adopt incentive pay systems.Human relations approach - According to this approach non monetary rewards such as social relations in a workforce could be a powerful motivating factor. Research begun with the landmark Hawthorne studies conducted at a General Electric plant in the USA by Elton Mayo.Human resource approach - This approach carries forward the first two approaches and further introduce the concept
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by the 'government and freedom of individual enterprise and in which the basic economic questions are answered in the market place'. (Hill, C, 2005, p49) The difference of economical systems in each country is the degree to which government and privatisation control business.'The policital, economic, and legal systems of a country can have a profound impact on the level of economic development and hence on the attractiveness of a country as a possible market and/or production location firm'. (Hill, C, 2005, p44) An Australian MNC will more than likely set up subsidiaries in country's that is not as economically developed as its own. There are downsides but the attractiveness of the
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Test scenarios where ship-to party ≠ sold-to party
Exception - special logic or exceptions (e.g. report shold exclude certain specific condition)
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Appendix
Acronym Table
Acronym
Full Name
ZIDS
Zoetis Interface Design Specification
ASN
Advanced Shipping Notification
M2D
Make to Deliver
PDD
Process Definition Document
RS
Requirement Specification
LO
Logistics Operations
BT
Business Technology
ECC
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Central Component
O2C
Order to Cash
M/W
Middleware
PGI
Post Goods Issue
STO
Stock Transport Order
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
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issues which concern cave resource use and protection, fostering a co-operative Waitomo community economically, socially and culturally, having fun and helping others to have fun and obviously making a profit." (Black Water Rating Ltd- 1999, University of Manitoba)According to Johnson & Scholes (1999) in the mission should be a statement of the key values of the organisation and BWR has these core values:Non-negotiable safety of clients and guides, conservation and sustainable management of resources, superior personal and professional service to clients, development of unique and innovative products and an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding employment environment. A business culture
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reduce the time to value for all procurement activities; maintain an efficient low cost end-to-end supply chain; drive value and leverage across all procurement and travel logistics opportunitiesHuman resource managementThe Company has a clear and transparent recruitment and selection which allows it to recruit the best personnel. La Senza has been searching for its identity over the past few years and in turn many great practices have been developed to improve employee satisfaction. Incentives are offered often to performance driven associates and management. Overall the company is rewarding although the standard for performance and customer experience is a lot higher than the industry
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IQRA University (IU) Efficient Markets
Abstracts"What looks like a small project turns into a big project. What looks like a big project turns into a small project. So I don't think there's been a lot of planning involved. At least in my case, there hasn't been." [Eugene Fama for his work on Efficient Market Hypothesis]The purpose of this report is to study and analyze that how effective "Efficient Market Hypothesis" can be implemented in capital markets.This report describes the basic concept of market efficiency and efficient market hypothesis and their implications.Other parts of report include the, forms of EMH along with their limitation including concept of risk, arbitrage and time
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environment. It may involve interactions among many subject areas, including occupational medicine, occupational hygiene, public health, safety engineering, environmental health, industrial relations, public policy, sociology, and occupational health psychology.In Malaysia, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) under the Ministry of Human Resource is responsible to ensure that the safety, health and welfare of workers in both the public and private sector is upheld. DOSH is responsible to enforce the Factory and Machinery Act 1969, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994.A study indicates that in Malaysia, for every 1,000 workers, the rate of accidents is 10 cases compared to
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The short story 'The Yellow Wall-Paper' written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a cry for freedom. This story is about a woman who fights for her right to express what she feels, and fights for her right to do what she wants to do. The narrator in this short story is a woman whose husband loves her very much, but oppresses her to the point where she cannot take it anymore. This story revolves around the main character, her oppressed life, and her search for freedom.There are many male influences in this woman's life and although they may mean no harm, push her over the edge. The main character's husband, John, and her brother are well-known physicians. They use their power to control the main
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Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism of Death in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'Death is defined as, 'The termination or extinction of something' (American Heritage Dictionary). Edgar Allen Poe uses this description in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in different ways. Poe's intention when writing 'The Fall of the House of Usher' was not to present a moral, lesson, or truth to the reader; he was simply trying to bring forth a sense of terror to the reader. Poe's mind works this way, and critics believe this statement, especially when related to this story.Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His life was filled with tragedies that started when he was ten months old and until he
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When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden, Germany was subjected to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the bombing 135,000 to 250,000 people had been killed by the combined forces of the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was different then Berlin or many of the other military targets which were attacked during World War II because it was never fortified or used for strategic purposes and, therefore, was not considered a military target. Because of it's apparent safety, thousands of refugees from all
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Psychoanalysis is a system of psychology originated by the Viennese physician Sigmund FREUD in the 1890's and then further developed by himself, his students, and other followers. It consists of three kinds of related activities: (1) a method for research into the human mind, especially inner experiences such as thoughts, feelings, emotions, fantasies, and dreams; (2) a systematic accumulation of a body of knowledge about the mind; and (3) a method for the treatment of psychological or emotional disorders.Psychoanalysis began with the discovery that HYSTERIA, an illness with physical symptoms that occurred in a completely healthy physical body--such as a numbness or paralysis of a limb or a
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It can be said that a certain degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. If one's inner darkness does surface, the victim then is given the opportunity to reach a point in personal growth, and to gain a sense of self-knowledge from it. That is, when one's darkness appears, one must learn from this experience how he or she can prevent similar results from occurring in the future. It is ultimately through self-knowledge that we gain the power to defeat our inner darkness, and all of its elements. Just as everyone has the
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The Odyssey is an epic about a Greek warrior in the Trojan War whose wanderings around his known world and his perilous encounters are the basis of the story. Odysseus' absence from his home is prolonged by the influences of the women whom he encounters.In this epic, several female characters had a profound effect on the plot. They wielded their influence through typically feminine skills and attributes: seduction, supernatural powers, intelligence, and beauty. Some of the women of The Odyssey influenced the actions of men, playing key roles in the epics, such as Calypso, the Sirens, Helen, or Circe; all of these women were responsible for the actions of the men.In The Odyssey, the females
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Aggressive and PassiveAggressive and Passive are two inverse attitudes to things, events or life. They cause different results. Offred and Ophelia are two women who have contrary destinies because of their different attitudes.Offred is a powerless woman in "the Handmaid's Tale". She's a handmaid of a commander in Gilead. She has no freedom. She belongs to him as a property. Her only duty is to have sex with the commander and give birth to a baby. Ophelia is also a weak woman in "Hamlet" play. She has no power over anybody. But their fates in the end are quite different. Offred succeeds in escaping from the dystopian socityGilead, while Ophelia dies of drown. Because Offred is affressive but
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Leprosy is very dangerous for your personal health. It can make you skin fall off. Leprosy slowly eats away at you body. It is deadly to all genders, all ages, all sizes and all races.Another name for leprosy is Hansen's Disease. Leprosy is caused by the organism mycobacterium leprae. The pathogen that carries it is bacteria. Throughout the years people have suspected that inhaling and touching the bacteria could spread leprosy.Symptoms of leprosy appear three to five years after contact. Symptoms include; redness or white patches of skin, lumps on several parts of the body, and fingers and toes may curl inward. The bacteria of leprosy can sometimes cause blindness. If leprosy is not treated
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Rachel ZimmerProf. GraffMilton: ENGL 420June 10, 2002Mockery and Superiority in Canzone:Supported by AreopagiticaMockery, as well as a sense of pride and/or superiority comes out in many of Milton's works and he exemplifies this by writing in ways that seems to humble himself, charm the subject of the poem, and yet scoff at him/her at the same time as well as prove his high intellect. Milton's often-circular logic exemplifies his cunning as well as his superciliousness.He first charms his subject (which also happens to be his reader/audience in many poems-Canzone, Areopagitica, Of Education, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates…) with words of praise while humbling
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J. K. RowlingC/O Scholastic Inc.555 BroadwayNew York NY 10012Dear Mrs. J. Rowling,I have read all four of your adventures, mystery series, Harry Potter. Most amazing out ofthe four is, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Through out the series I could not live toput the book down and had to watch harry out wit every person who thwarted him. In effect hisenemies became more vengeful."Malfoy was furious about Buckbeak. He was convinced that Hagrid had found a way ofsmuggling the hippogriff to safety, and seemed outraged that he and his father had been outwittedby a gamekeeper."That is what kept me reading. You kept putting Harry in to these near impossiblesituations and through friend
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Although they use different terminology Susan Douglas, Ralph Ellison, and Walker Percy mention and emphasize the importance of control at several points throughout their essays. It can be concluded that all three authors believe that it is important for the individual to maintain control over their own self for to sacrifice control would be to lose the individuality that makes a person. The methods society uses to control the individual varies, according to each author.Douglas discusses the media and the immense power it wields over women and their "narcissistic" selves in her essay. She argues that the media contrives to deceive women into thinking that they are truly the ones in control
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