J. M. Barrie

In 1984 Richard Scrushy founded HealthSouth, Inc., a chain of orthopedic hospitals and outpatient centers. His company grew quickly over the next 12 years achieving a market value of $12 billion. In the 1990s the government began awarding hospitals like HealthSouth with huge healthcare subsidies. Scrushy saw this as an opportunity and he used this source of revenue to finance acquisitions of various competing companies. Scrushy’s acquisition strategy was aggressive in that he began acquiring…

It is fascinating to find that things that apparently seem to be so different can be developed in such way that they sustain the same point of view. If we think about the career of a very tall, basketball player; people attraction to voyeurism; the career of a country music singer who beats records in discs’ selling, and the use of laugh tracks in comedy sitcom, it looks like there can not be a strong connection between them. Now if we consider that the public is looking for this basketball…

"The Goal" written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt is an interesting business novel published in 1984. It tells us a story about how Rogo, the plant manager, saves the plant with the efforts of both his staffs and the consultant Johan. The plant keeps shipping order overdue and losing money, so the supervisor comes to Rogo and tells him to solve the problem within three months by increase the productivity and efficiency. Otherwise, the plant would be shut down. Rogo quickly finds out that the problem of…

One key lesson I learned from this course is that companies focusing on both sustaining and disruptive innovations can become successful industry leaders. In Chapter 7 of The Innovator 's Dilemma, Harvard professor Clayton Christensen expounds upon the power of disruptive innovation, which arises in what industry incumbents have overlooked as “unattractive or inconsequential markets” (Christensen). These types of innovations can, over time, expand and capture more market share, displacing titans…

The music in the film plays a vital role in allowing the audience to understand the intentions and inner conflicts of the characters. In doing so, the film music can allow the mental illness that a character is experiencing to come to life on the screen, and allow the audience to relate to that character’s emotional state. Additionally, there are instances where the film music tries to do the opposite and play off of another character, and against the protagonist’s inner thought and feelings,…

Background & Thesis The movie The Village directed by Shyamalan was released in 2004. The storyline creates a setting placed in the middle of the woods during the 19th century. To give some background to the plot—there is a community of people, hence the name The Village, that have formed their own government and way of living. In this town there is evident fear and angst regarding creatures that attack the village resulting in bloodshed. This fear drives them to not go near the woods that…

The Wasp and the Echo: The Oneness with Everything In A Passage to India, E. M. Foster explores various conflicts between the Indian and the English in a dramatic setting. Foster is a master of realism; however, what walks side by side with the realistic plots like the trial and the friendship is the mysticism, which reflects Foster’s extraordinary ability to grasp the essence of the Oriental spirit. Realistic descriptions in many colonial literary works sometimes cannot suffice to present the…

The Cultural Divide In Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri emphasizes the divide between Western and Hindu culture through contrasting imagery of the sari and revealing clothing worn by Mrs. Sen, Mrs. Das, and Mala in the stories “Mrs. Sen’s”, “Interpreter of Maladies”, and “The Third and Final Continent”. By using contrasting imagery, Lahiri shows the cultural barriers that stem from her characters feeling the need to choose their own traditional values and beliefs or those of a new culture.…

people believe that a Mrs. O'Leary started the Great Chicago Fire. But what really happened is a man named Louis M. Cohn started the Great Chicago Fire. He was known as the gambler. He gambled a lot in the O'Leary barn with the O'Leary boy and he was only 18 years old. He was in the O'Leary barn with some of his friend he alway play the illegal dice game with the few boys. Louis M. Cohn started the Great Chicago fire.He was shooting craps “dice game” which is illegal. That when…

space. It was Mach 16th, the opening night of Center Stage’s production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s musical Mary Poppins. The musical was based on the stories of P. L. travers and the Walt Disney film, with original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The book was written by Julian Fellows, and new songs and additional music was composed by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Lighting and properties design was done by Theresa Bagan, scenic and costume design by…