videos we watched through this course helped me realize I used rhetoric on a daily basis more often than I had thought. Rhetoric is not only useful in written work, but in my field of work as well, I am a salesman by profession. My methods of persuasion use rhetoric in order to convince a customer to purchase…
underage drinking often causes health issues and risks of drinking & driving in today’s society, the United States government should maintain the minimum drinking age at 21 years-old as opposed to lowering it. In general, alcohol consumption of any age is unhealthy and dangerous, but more so…
can be in fictions, publications, documentaries, and movies. People go on to relate AI machines with fictional monsters, aliens, robots which are all potential threats to mankind. Unsurprisingly, they don 't realize that AI is a technology that we use in our daily lives; AI is seen as a technology that will be arriving in the future. One explanation may be because not every AI application is labeled AI and another well-acclaimed explanation is that AI doesn’t a definite definition. As AI expert,…
Trap Neuter and Return How many time have you been driving through town only to see several stray cats. From small towns to big cities, stray and feral cats seem to be a problem. How can people fix it without killing them. One option is Trap, Neuter, Return, or TNR. TNR is a humane program to save feral and stray cats. TNR is effective it is the most humane and safe way to deal with stray and feral cats. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) saves cats lives. When one brings a feral or stray cat into a vet…
society and the functions which it plays. The first way to do sociological research is positivist sociology. By definition, positivist sociology is “the study of society based on scientific observation of social behavior” (mac 16). The scientists who use this method are interested in what science has to offer for explanation in a sociological context. Using…
revolution. Google, in particular has already bought eight robotics companies in the second half of 2013, and continued on well into 2014 with the purchases of Boston Dynamics and Titan Aerospace. Other companies like Tesla Motors an Audi are testing self-driving car prototypes. Products like the iPhone has responding software called “siri” where we command “her” to perform certain tasks and “she’ll” do it. Along with the Amazon echo dot, that functions the same way. Robots are coming. Whether…
When using information systems, it is essential to ask, “What is the ethical and socially responsible course of action?” A MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES Ethical, social, and political issues are closely linked. The ethical dilemma you may face as a manager of information systems typically is reflected in social and political debate. One way to think about these relationships is given in Figure 4-1. Imagine society as a more or less calm pond on a summer…
the right time- direct marketing material – higher readership - timing • Testing of media and messages- most cost effective • Strategy is less visible to competitors • Measure responses to their campaign – which is most profitable The growing use of Integrated Direct Marketing Although online and direct marketing is booming, a large no. of companies relegatelower…
profitability. 8. Introduce an economy model. Give the market what it wants. Some cannibalization but higher total volume. Another factor leading to price increases is overdemand. When a company cannot supply all of its customers, it can use one of the following pricing techniques: ➤ With delayed quotation pricing, the company does not set a final price until the product is finished or delivered. This is prevalent in industries with long production lead times. ➤ With…