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The Stanley Parable has an excellent standard engagement curve. For this paper two curves will be talked about. First, the broad engagement curve, where the curve is the title and content is the episodes. This curve is based on discovery. Second, the finer engagement curve, where the curve is the episode and the content of the graphs are the segments. This curve is based on the engagement type of catharsis. Both curves are determined by the tension created in the game, and naturally only works on an audience that enjoys the elements of discovery and catharsis. The broad engagement curve is the title with the episodes determining the curve. An episode in this game is whenever the game resets or ends, with some exceptions. The discovery element of this game comes from the unexplored choices of the game. The curve’s initial engagement is from the beginning introduction that makes the player begin to think about the story. Then at the end of each episode it becomes more engaging as the player desires to beat the game, find a different ending, or even just trying to figure out the game. The peak is the conclusion of the episode and the…

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Introduction The advances in technology have made organizations work in a different manner than they had in the past. Technology has become an important tool for organizations to advance, to innovate, and most important to make a profit. New technological advancements have made it easier for the world to be more connected than ever before. As a result, individuals and organizations have access to investigate on topics that were never seen as important in the past. One must have in mind that not…

Indoor Farming!? The Potential Solution of the Ever-Flattening World? All my life I’ve been surrounded by farming. Yet I’ve always wondered what will happen to farming as we know today by how fast our population is growing. Where will we get the food to feed this ever-growing population? Well there is a new innovative idea that could become the solution, Vertical Farms! As Friedman says in “The World is Flat”, “Whatever can be done will be done. So, if you have an idea, pursue it. Because…

In his article “It’s a Flat World, After All,” published in the New York Times in 2005, Thomas Friedman discusses how technology and globalization are rapidly allowing work to be done from anywhere in the world, reducing the West’s economic dominance. Furthermore, he characterizes globalization as an exhaustive and revolutionary transformation in which the entire globe becomes deeply and permanently interconnected. Friedman establishes that the world has been “flattened” as the result of…

A flat world is a sea of opportunities within a globally dispersed supply chain. Li & Fung defines and instructs the public how to utilize this flat world through network orchestration and competing network to network in a globally competitive economy in order to maximize the customer’s demands. This is not an easy tasks as the world is not completely flat and many stipulations cause companies in the global market to become stagnant. The following essay answers the questions of what is the flat…

Motivating employees The era we live in is rapidly changing and growing. Hundreds of new jobs are being created every day, and it is all thanks to the fast growing telecommunications and technology industries. Although tons of new jobs are being created yearly there are certain challenges that today’s managers are facing. One of them is motivating their employees to stay with the company. Fifty years ago this issue was not much of a problem, but with the rapidly changing world and economy we…

an organizational plan that shows the firm’s structure, chart, evaluation schemes, measurement, planning, rewards, selection criteria, and training for purposes of enhancing the success of the business venture. Organizational structure including an organizational chart The coin Laundromat business will take the structure of a company. The company structure will make use of the flat organizational structure. In the early stages of a business, the flat organizational structure is the most…

“The playing field is being leveled” states Thomas Friedman in his bestselling book The world is Flat.1 What Thomas Friedman is referring to is globalization of our world with the advent of new technologies and communications. Gone are the barriers to collaboration as you can now reach out quickly and easily over waters, mountains and boarders to instantly get or send information, collaborate, or market. This leveling has occurred across many industries such as retail, communication and more…

Friedman 's “Globalization: The Super Story” is a commentary on the constant connectivity of the world today that is based on the ever growing world wide global systems, such as the global market, the various ways to communicate and interact between nations, and the invention of the world wide web or as we now known as the internet. This new system is a way to replace the previous system that was already established ever since the end of World War II, the cold war system. The cold war system was…