Uncertainty

This is a measure of how much or how little, a culture embraces or fears uncertainty or change. In French culture, we see many rules for what is and is not acceptable within a business environ. Where as in the United States we are accustomed to few rules governing such things as idol chit-chat, or the exchange personal information…

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there are many uncertainties that are presented throughout the play. Is the ghost Hamlet confides in real or a figment of his imagination? Does Hamlet truly turn mad? Does Hamlet love Ophelia? These questions and many more are wondered by the audience and even by the characters inside of the play. Hamlet is a play about indecisiveness, and thus about Prince Hamlet’s failure to act appropriately. Many instances in Hamlet lead the reader to wonder if the ghost…

In the video “Meltdown At Three Mile Island” operators in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania contributed to a partial nuclear meltdown when they turned off the emergency water valve causing temperature to increase inside the plant. This error lead to a technological crisis that reached national concern where government officials and the president of the United States got involved. At first the residences highly relied on information that was provided by these officials. However, when the siren for an…

since of unity, with all of the instruments working together. The instruments used then change, for the most part they just fall out of the mix, as the piece comes to the tempo change. As this happens the striped down arrangement helps imply an uncertainty, it help build this emotional tension. Then at the end of the piece some of the instruments come back to help build a triumphant…

wholesome resolution relies solely on unrealistic faith in humanity, specifically shown through Asagai’s stress on marriage as Beneatha’s sole option and Walter’s drastic and nonviable change of character, while the only convincing part is the uncertainty of the family’s fate at Clybourne park. Asagai´s stress on marriage as Beneatha’s sole option After the entirety of the novel relying on the notion of Beneathaś character as progressive and independent, the ending leaves her with her only…

Herding is a very common investor behavioural trait, where people copy each other. When we don’t know what to do, we tend to copy each other. Similarly, when investors are exposed to conditions of uncertainty, they adjust their investment based on what other people are doing and invest where others are investing, rather than trying to search for information and doing fundamental analysis of their own. The problem is that they think that the other person…

Grosser, T. J., Lopez-Kidwell, V., Labianca, G. & Ellwardt, L. (2012). Hearing it though the grapevine: Positive and negative workplace gossip. Organizational Dynamics, 41, 52-61 Introduction In this article, Grosser, Lopez-Kidwell, Labianca and Ellwardt (2012) point out gossip has both sides depending on the intentions. As a fundamental human activity, gossip cannot be eliminated but can be controlled. It is a talk evaluating a third party by two or more persons, which brings…

GMO’s stands for “genetically modified organisms,” these are strands of DNA that have been modified to help benefit the plant in some form such as making the plant immune to certain diseases or to help the plant grow larger. Arguments in favor of genetically modified organisms include reasons such as the ability to use fewer pesticides because the crop has been modified to be resistant to certain insects. Another argument in favor of GMOs is that the crop is able to grow in more harsh conditions…

Last month, the trump administration refused to list the Pacific walrus as an endangered species. The need to place these walruses on the list has become a growing focus for many conservation biologists due to the uncertainties surrounding how climate change could impact walrus populations. The Pacific walrus depends on the currently receding sea ice for breeding, feeding, nursing their young, and avoiding predators. With the current climate change models, its predicted that the sea ice the…

at 5,000,000 men… the major fighting would not end until the latter part of 1946, at the earliest” (Document #3). The size of Japan’s military and the estimated prolonging of the war provided the U.S. with an uncertainty that they would not have liked to accept. To eradicate this uncertainty and provide a rapid end to the war, the U.S. took the opportunity at hand and launched both atomic bombs. In the end, this decision proved triumphant as they evaded a lengthy battle with Japan and ended the…