Mega Millions

multi-billion-dollar business. Moneyball turned baseball into an even larger business than it already was, now instead of resembling a children’s game it, looks more like a corporate office. With every player having a million dollar or more price tag on their shirt and most veterans having mega-million contracts, baseball has been converted into an economic game. Moneyball intended to develop a tool whereby economically low end baseball teams could apply sabermetrics to become savvy and…

misinformation very similar to the one I had shared. My example about how I had mistakenly like and shared, is a great example of misinformation about how I had led someone else into a bad outcome. I couldn 't imagine how many people out of the millions are sharing the wrong information to the community. Since Facebook has changed about how we view things in a certain perspective, it is unsure to myself and many others of believe what is right, and what is wrong. In conclusion, to prevent and…

Cultural industries come from the two words ‘culture’ and ‘industry’, and therefore from the term ‘Cultural Industry’. The term culture industry was created by Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno (CITE). The word Culture defines as “the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.” (dictionary.com). On the contrary Industry could be defined as that refers to consumption, commodification and…

A little more than a decade is all that it took for a major Canadian telecommunications player to enjoy success and experience total loss due to organization structure and leadership failures. Indications of their demise point to the establishment of a non-resilient culture that failed to listen to the most important people to any business organization, the customer. In this paper, we will look at the factors from an ethical point of view that contributed to the success and failure of Nortel.…

iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone series and more recently the iWatches. These products garners a huge demand from the consumers even before the products are made available for the release. In the case of iPhone 6 Apple sold a record number of 38 million smartphones and 14 million iPads in a single quarter. To cater to this staggering demand for its products Apple requires a robust supply chain system which can produce these new products at an unprecedented level. But the recent trends show the demand for…

n 1910 Citrus Canker was introduced to the United States on trifoliate rootstock seedlings that were imported Japan. The disease spread rapidly around the Gulf Coast. Starting in Texas, it made it’s way east to Florida, then north to South Carolina. The pathogen, Xanthomonas axonopodis has two pathovars known to cause Canker; one being citri, and the other being aurantifolii. These can affect all citrus cultivars and even some citrus relatives. This bacterium is not known to be harmful to humans…

Keeping Up With the Kardashians is a reality television program on the E! Network. The unscripted show features the Kardashian/Jenner family—Kris, Caitlyn (formerly known as Bruce), Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Rob, Kendall and Kylie. The series debuted on October 14, 2007, and the thirteenth season is scheduled to air on March 12, 2017. The show documents the lives of the mixed family—Kourtney, Khloé, Kim and Rob are all children of Kris Jenner and the late Robert Kardashian. Kendall and Kylie are the…

The organizational culture established by Sam Walton had fundamental elements that were key to Walmart’s success. He understood the importance of treating associates with dignity and respect and how the organizational behavior could affect the overall outcome and success of the business. The organizational culture of low cost, high margin has allowed it to become one of the largest companies in the world. While one would consider Walmart successful as far as revenue is concerned, many would…

“The Delusion of Positive Thinking,” author Barbara Ehrenreich says, “Happiness is, of course, a slippery thing to measure or define,” and in different culture, we have different ideas about happiness. In her essay, American think if they have positive thinking, they will feel happiness and have a better life. However, in reality, happiness is not only create from positive thinking. What is happiness? Some people think if they rich, they will feel happiness; some people think having a beautiful…

Let me start by saying that when I first read this article I thought that Ariel Levy was crazy. Her point of view was completely opposite from mine. The way she expressed of everything females have accomplished in the past 80 years was wrong comparing it to my ideas. I didn’t like the way she refer to female’s has chauvinist pigs; women who have objectified other women and themselves. But after doing some research of my own and comparing it to my own life experiences, I started to see her point…