FIRST Robotics Competition

around real human behaviours and how our mistrust of one and other clearly resonates in actions that seem otherwise monotonous or normal. In chapter thirteen of his thesis, he goes to great pains to describe the nature of humans when faced with competition, whether it is in minor details or in raging warfare. The reading cites many different human behaviours that nearly every human find them self a victim of (unless you are truly naïve or overtly trusting). He begins with the broad statement…

Would You Rather is an ultimatum horror movie in which the characters are forced to make timed decisions, which cause devastating, and often fatal consequences. Steffen Schlachtenhaufen’s gruesome twist on the classic childhood game, from which the movie receives its title, comes to show the audience how desperate situations cause people to re-evaluate or ignore our values in order to find a solution for their situation. Iris, the main character, and seven other contestants each demonstrate this…

In recent times, several unethical cases have been reported in the workplace and various organizations. Whether it is a privately owned or a corporate organization, such behaviors are unwelcomed. In the event of these scandals, various researchers have been unveiling the reasons for such actions. Similar research shows that most people have coopted different profound unethical manners. Also, more often, the society are locked in the thoughts that unethical behavior is the fruit of bad traits.…

preparing their minds for the tournament. From afar, I could hear drums and trombones. Seats were placed around the competitors’ tables, where they would eventually falter to either a win or a loss. Dusty and Vinyl went to register for the competition, while I was in charge of getting a front row seat, so I could look at Vinyl, smile at her, hoping that she would win it all, even though she barely had any practice or preparation. Nevertheless, I believed in her, believed that she would come…

as Peter Drucker says “The aim of Marketing is to know and understand the consumer so well that the product sells itself”.1 The external factors relating to such an approach are competition, environmental, cultural and societal changes, and focusing on the consumer helps highlight these changes. For example, in competition, the threat of new entrants, bargaining power of suppliers and buyers and the threat of substitutes help…

Global networks provide double benefits in this regard: at first it lets companies to work with a larger volume to keep per unit costs low and secondly, it opens the way to the emerging markets with high growth potentials. UPS, DHL, and FedEx are well ahead of rest of the competition in this measure. All these three companies operate in 220 countries across the globe and in most of the regions and countries they have established…

four-tier fare system which sought to lower its top fares by as much as 50%. The move was expected to reduce next quarter’s revenue by $100MM, but increase annual revenue by $350MM. To accomplish this goal, American instituted the following changes:  First-class ticket prices would be reduced by 20-50%  Unrestricted one-way and round-trip coach fares would be reduced by 38% on average  A non-refundable, twenty-one-day advance purchase ticket requiring a Saturday night stay would be…

actions and its role in economics. The first example explored was the unlikeliness of a house agent to wait to sell a client house for a higher price. The simple reason is the low incentive. If the agent was to wait another week to sell the house for a price that is only 10k higher, they would get less out of that then if they sealed the deal and made another sell with another client. Because of this, they might rush the client to sell the house quickly with the first offer they get in order to…

There are many retail companies that are competing for market share. That being said, Target is one of the well known retailers in the United States that encounters challenging competition from other retailers just like them. Target is a retail discount store that offers both high end products for a lower price as well as low end products that are also sold at their rival stores. Here is the five forces analysis for Target that will “analyze the competitive forces within the environment in which…

contributed towards the selection of channels to target the chosen demographics and financial forecasts. 3.2 Market targets High and low seasons will have a significant impact on the monthly earnings. As Seaside builds its market position during the first year, high season revenues will offset low season losses with an average monthly occupancy of 22 nights and low season revenues will be enough to break even. 3.3 Environmental/industry analysis 3.3.1 Bed and Breakfast Accommodation…