Smart casual

The Rules to Men’s Smart Casual The workplace as we know it is changing. Open plan co-working spaces are replacing traditional offices all over the world. More and more freelancers are entering the workforce. Major corporations are relaxing their stuffy dress codes. With all these changes comes a new category of dress for guys to navigate: smart casual. What is Smart Casual? Smart casual is basically a mash-up of business casual, casual and business dress codes. If you threw them all into a blender together, smart casual would be the end result. On the surface, smart casual is a more stylish, fashion-conscious approach to professional dress. Instead of the status quo (khakis and a woven shirt), there’s more room to play. Smart casual…

Candice suggests there is a need for a breakdown of the perceptions surrounding work norms in appearance. A common referral during the presentation was to the evolution of female dress through the years. Female dress within a business used to be a long skirt and top which has since evolved to stages where a suit and tie has become more acceptable which is also considered the social norm within a business context. The use of this referral enticed a thought in which I thought of how well…

reached 1 million in mere 17 weeks in China, especially after people became accustomed to crazily crowded scenes in apple stores whenever new products are launched. According to an interview in a Beijing apple store (Calum MacLeod, 2015), Zuo, a 50-year-old buyer already with two smart watches, talked about his keenness on the multi-time zone function and health apps of the product. He also mentioned, “Although I’m old, I like to keep up with the trend.” Not only is this trend of IoT driven by…

The argument I am proposing is that offices should have a more relaxed dress code. I believe that if dress codes are relaxed, employees will increase their job performance and overall confidence at work. This argument deals with human resources which is my current concentration in my major of business administration. This issue also arises in my current position at a bank. The dress code is business casual, but tattoos are not allowed to show when they used to be. This also touches on…

Problem Statement The issue facing Ann Taylor in 2014 was a fairly common one, particularly for brands that have been established for as long as this women’s clothing store magnate has been. This chain of specialty stores was initially established in 1954. As such, it had witnessed myriad changes in styles and fickle customer tastes since the midway point of the 20th century. The crux of the issue that Ann Taylor was experiencing was simple enough: it needed to change with the times without…

As machines have evolved over the years in intelligence we have become more certain that they will be able excel in everything humans do in life and do it better than human beings. In other words, machines encompass important aspects of life except for one the most important aspect, emotion. This article discusses this important topic concerning smart machines and how people treat the machines without regard of empathy. In a highly viewed website, this interesting written piece describes…

talk with ordinary questions such as: “What is your favorite color?”, “Do you like…”, “Would you ever….”, and so on. This is done so the other person can get to know you better and see if there will be a chance for second date. The way you should dress for this occasion would be very casual and comfortable. This is due to the fact that you are not going out to a fancy place so dressing too extravagant might send out the wrong message. Casual clothing should include wearing “a simple white tee…

We would wear the Save-A-Lot shirt that we are given, but some of us would wear different styles of pants, shoes, and outerwear. Even though what we are doing at work is against the dress code, we are all fully capable to doing our jobs around the store. The most surprising thing about dressing somewhat casually at work, we don't receive any complaints from our bosses or customers. In the article “Does Casual Dress Affect Productivity?” by CC Holland, she describes that if employers are…

St. Louis, Missouri Interagency Smart City Program Need & Readiness Assessment While the Department of Transportation provided explicit criteria for evaluating a city’s merit to receive support under its Smart City sharing economy program, Smart City programs being offered by other agencies did not. The following review of select programs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), and Department of Justice (DOJ) applies the…

Authors are attributed to having created technologies and new innovations that expounded heavily on what they might be, and how they might be used when writing their stories. Such an example is the debit card. A debit card is a plastic payment card that can be used instead of cash when buying goods or services. The checking account of the debit holder is automatically debited when a transaction has occurred. Safety measures such as entering a personal identification number (PIN) to verify a…