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NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY Final Paper Manager Interview & Analysis Corie N. Ramirez Principles of Management Prof. Lisa Czlonka April 28, 2017 Introduction Background Party Pro Rents is a locally owned family business here in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was established in 2004. It coins the phrase “one stop shop” by providing premier tents, full-service event rentals, and event productions ensuring the highest level of professionalism and quality products that make events…

In 2008, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch in Tulsa, Oklahoma after she wore a hijab, a headscarf, to her job interview. Heather Cooke, the store's assistant manager became concerned that Elauf’s headscarf would interfere with the store's “look policy,” which does not allow any headgear, and promotes the retailer's brand by having their salespeople, or ‘models’ wear and advertise their clothing. Cooke was unaware that Elauf was a practicing muslim who wore her…

African Americans were the first people to experience the effects of the Great Depression. The Black Shirts, a Klan-like group in Atlanta Georgia, paraded and held signs that stated "No jobs for niggers until every white man has a job." (The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; The Great Depression). African Americans were beaten and killed because they had jobs. It was believed that whites should hold jobs, and not blacks. Anti-black violence took place in the 1920s. Lynchings increased in the South.…

H annelore Bauer’s sister, the thirteen year old Ingeborg “Inge” Bauer, was lugging around a rectangular wooden box with two attached straps, allowing her to carry the box on her back. Long past nightfall, a full moon illuminating the nighttime sky was enough lighting for her. With not a single oncoming vehicle in sight, she crossed an empty countryside road in the Midwest, towards a ditch. Adelburger Walther Schäffer and FVL leaders Lucas Fields, Preston Connelly, and Gudruna Hurley were…

GABBY DOUGLAS: A SUCCESSFUL GYMNAST Gabrielle Douglas is an African-American artistic gymnast on the Women’s US National team. Gabby was born on December 31, 1995. Gabby comes from a poor family, at one point they were even homeless. Through faith, hope, and hard work, Gabby and her family have recovered from poverty. Ever since Gabby was a little girl she has always had a strong passion for gymnastics, and through years of vigorious training, and hard work she made the 2012 Olympic team. Gabby…

Ronda, is the H.G. Barnard Professor of West American History at the University of Tulsa, and a past President of the Western History Association. Ronda has also worked as an on-camera adviser for C-SPAN, BBC, and PBS, and was recently named to serve on the Advisory Committee of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello…

Throughout the years, America has gone through a great revolution involving technology. With the technological revolution taking off news outlets have increased the various means by which they distribute information to the people. Increasingly a few media corporations took charge of a majority of the news the general public can access. As a result they controlled most of one’s ideas and imagination about the world. This control allows these conglomerates to influence the media they want the…

Anxiety and Me Initial Reflection Why I Chose My Topic I have had anxiety and depression issues all my life. They have caused me difficulty with making friends, doing the things that I love, and getting the grades that I should. It started with emotional breakdowns and drastic mood swings when I was little. My parents just thought I was being a kid and trying to get my way and, I had “breakdowns” about the stupidest things. What we did not realize was that there was an underlying cause for my…

of friendship and exploring how to be a good friend or family member. Other times, Steinbeck illustrates the outcome of when the relationship starts to fade away or become even more permanent. SE Hinton’s The Outsiders is about a boy growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A teenage boy named Ponyboy Curtis is growing up in an environment where smoking, getting drunk and getting in fights is normal. What…

August: Osage County “August: Osage County”, written by Tracy Letts, is undoubtedly a brilliant play about a dysfunctional family that is obligated to deal with veiled duplicities and cruelty. The storyline follows a dysfunctional family who gather together after the father leaves home, offering no word of his whereabouts. The issues of this play transcend all periods of time and place. The plot of the play is intriguing and the characters are well developed, slowly unveiling their secrets. The…