Rite of passage

Johnson needed to be a transformational leader, who led his team by example. He needed to foster inclusion, and developed trustworthy relationship. Similarly, Johnson needed to understand the culture of the organization, the values the company stood for. The first thing Johnson needed to do was to move to Dallas and become immerse in the culture and learn about the company, how they connected with clients, what was their mission, vision, and strategy. When he chose to use a private jet, he sent…

Being in a church setting, I did not want to break many norms, or be overly intolerable because I knew that many people would be very upset. From breaking the norms (sitting down while everyone else stood up to sing, texting, ect.) the people got upset, but not upset enough to leave the service. I think if I would have continuously been disruptive and annoying, people would have left, or told me to leave. I thought that it was very interesting that while they sing, they stand up, while at my…

Once the largest department store chain in the country with over 2,000 stores, the 110-year-old retailer, J.C. Penney’s, was struggling to claim market share after the 2007 recession. J.C. Penney’s 2011 sales were lower than they were in the 1990s, and the retail landscape was becoming more competitive as new companies added specialty shops, online shopping increased, and Macy’s and Kohl’s were taking J.C. Penney’s business. As a result, Ron Johnson, the man responsible for improving the retail…

Stravinsky deconstructed classical music, introducing dissonance with his ballet The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky was a modernist before his time; and, like its creator, The Rite did not conform to the audiences’ expectations, rather it pushed the boundaries of music. He realized music had never been a creation of nature, it had always been made by a/the human mind, and the human mind can learn almost anything. The Rite of Spring’s debut was far from approving. Beginning with a sweet, lilting…

varying experiences is the middle passage and conditions upon slave ships during this journey. The middle passage is the voyage from West Africa to the new world and slave ships were a pivotal part of this voyage in its entirety. The survival rate of Africans was often indicative of conditions aboard. These conditions could be affected in part by the captain of the ship. Some captains are slightly concerned…

The Middle Passage was one of the toughest experiences during the transportation of slaves. The conditions were absolutely terrible and the way they were treated was even worse.The Middle Passage was the forced journey of slaves across the Atlantic to the New World. It was also a part of the Triangular Trade where people traded goods such as guns, knives, ammo, cloth, tools, etc. The slaves were stored under the deck and chained to low-lying platforms. The average individual space was 6 feet…

The events that occurred during the Middle Passage or “middle-leg” were some of the most inhumane happenings in all of history. On a search for “the rest of the world,” Christopher Columbus unintentionally opened a route for Europeans to reach what would soon become African slaves. Between 1450 and 1809, Africans were transported by Atlantic Slave Traders from factories to the Americas for labor. These Slave Traders transported Africans by ships which were called “Slave Ships” with only an…

In chart 1 from the article The Middle Passage and Slave Ships, the different arrows shows the different goods that were going to the different countries because of this slave trade. The New World was experiencing a great economic advantage with having the slaves imported to the Americas to be…

Beginning in the 15th century, the slave trade was a dehumanizing and absolutely immoral system that was founded on racism and greed. Human beings were traded, shipped, and sold like inanimate objects with the sole intention of gleaning the highest profits for traders. Because of their race, the Africans that were traded were looked at as less than human, and the slave trade helped fuel the fire of racism so that these attitudes continued for years after the trade was first started. The…

The King’s Castle was majestically perched on top of a hill and dominated over Dungeon’s valley. Dungeon’s Valley was the dominant Kingdom of that time, located on the Western side of the Drakenlands, which comprised not only Dungeon’s Valley but also the Northern territories. Dungeon’s Valley counted 3 towns, namely Lindel, Northborock and Panilla valley. Each of these towns were led by people close to the King like his advisors, Lords, Dukes, and some of his loyal allies like Lord Heines who…